Articles by Phil McKenna

That $3 Trillion-a-Year Clean Energy Transformation? It’s Already Underway.

By Phil McKenna

Wind farm construction. Credit: Dennis Schroeder/NREL

Keeping Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Means Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, Too

By Phil McKenna

Short-lived climate pollutants like methane released from oil and gas fields and black carbon from diesel engines are many times more powerful than carbon dioxide but don't last as long in the atmosphere. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

After Dozens of Explosions, a Community Looks for Alternatives to Natural Gas

By Phil McKenna

A series of natural gas explosions and fires damaged homes across three Massachusetts communities on Sept. 13, 2018. Credit: Adam Glanzman/Getty Images

New York, Maryland, Connecticut Move to Phase Out Climate Super-Pollutants

By Phil McKenna

HFCs, used in cooling and refrigeration, are extremely potent short-lived climate pollutants. U.S. chemical makers that already produce less-damaging alternatives have supported their phase out. Credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

National Teachers Group Confronts Climate Denial: Keep Politics Out of Science Class

By Phil McKenna

Understanding climate science should start in science class, the NSTA says. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Tribe Says Army Corps Stonewalling on Dakota Access Pipeline Report, Oil Spill Risk

By Phil McKenna

Ron His Horse Is Thunder, a former chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, stands near the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp in 2016. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

California Climate Report Adds to Evidence as State Pushes Back on Trump

By Phil McKenna

A wildfire burns in the hills near an industrial facility outside Corona, California, in August 2018. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Water Use in Fracking Soars — Exceeding Rise in Fuels Produced, Study Says

By Phil McKenna

A horizontal gas drilling rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

Could Dairy Cows Make Up for California's Aliso Canyon Methane Leak?

By Phil McKenna

Dairy cows, like this one in California, are major sources of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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