Dharna Noor, Author at Gizmodo

Climate Justice Groups Flood Top Biden Administration Officials’ Inboxes With 5,600 Emails

The e-blast shows growing tension between the administration and the grassroots climate movement over financial regulations and fossil fuel money.

By Dharna Noor Published October 7, 2021

EartherClimate Change

Is It More Sustainable to Live Off the Land or in the City?

We try to get to the bottom of whether urban living is greener than off-the-grid life.

By Dharna Noor Published October 7, 2021

Photo: Gizmodo (explore.org/C.Spencer/National Park Service)

EartherConservation

Salute 480 Otis, Our Four-Time Fat Bear King

The winner of this year's Fat Bear Week is a stalwart of the competition. He's not the king I wanted, but he's the one we deserve.

By Dharna Noor Published October 6, 2021

EartherEnergy

Huntington Beach High School May Want to Change Its Mascot After This Oil Spill

Should it really be any surprise that this disaster hit a city that has a high school football team called the Oilers?

By Dharna Noor Published October 5, 2021

EartherClimate Change

Earth Is Getting Dimmer

Decades of earthshine data show the planet is less bright than it used to be.

Dharna Noor & Brian Kahn Published October 5, 2021

EartherClimate Change

Urban Heat Is Getting More Dangerous

Exposure to extreme heat in cities has tripled since the 1980s, putting more people in harm's way.

By Dharna Noor Published October 4, 2021

EartherClimate Change

The ABCs of Big Oil: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Century-Long Quest to Invade Elementary Schools

On the second episode of The ABCs of Big Oil , we focus on the fossil fuel industry's long history of pushing pro-oil and gas propaganda in elementary schools.

By Dharna Noor Published October 1, 2021

EartherEnergy

Why Are UK Gas Prices So High, and Could It Affect the U.S.?

Energy bills are soaring, fertilizer plants are closing, and meat and soda production are taking a hit. And a cold winter could make it worse.

By Dharna Noor Published October 1, 2021

EartherEnvironmental Justice

UN Finds Steven Donziger’s House Arrest Violates International Law, Says It’s ‘Appalled’ [UPDATE: The Judge Didn’t Listen]

The world’s leading body on human rights ruled that the home detention of the attorney, who won a landmark case against Chevron, violates international law.

By Dharna Noor Published September 30, 2021

EartherConservation

U.S. Declares Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct

'Extinction is not inevitable. It is a political choice. ... As a country we need to stand up and say we aren’t going to lose any more species to extinction.'

By Dharna Noor Published September 29, 2021

Photo: National Park Service/Explore.org

EartherConservation

2021’s Best Fat Bears, Ranked

These are the top five fat bear contestants. I will not be taking questions at this time.

By Dharna Noor Published September 28, 2021

EartherEnergy

Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’ Samsung Remix Is the Cringiest Greenwashing Campaign I Have Ever Seen

The company tapped the washed-up rapper to write a new version of "Ice Ice Baby," and it sucks.

By Dharna Noor Published September 28, 2021

EartherClimate Change

So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

Nowhere can escape climate change. Even the Earth's crust is feeling the impact of rising temperatures and melting ice.

By Dharna Noor Published September 27, 2021

EartherEarth Science

7 Dramatic Photos Show the Canary Islands’ Volcanic Eruption as It Nears the Sea

If lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano reaches the Atlantic Ocean, it could trigger explosions and the release of toxic gases.

By Dharna Noor Published September 27, 2021

EartherConservation

That Grizzly Bear Killed by a Mountain Goat Was Innocent

A mountain goat conspired with climate change to commit the stone-cold murder of a grizzly bear in Canada. This act of aggression must not stand.

By Dharna Noor Published September 24, 2021

EartherConservation

Fat Bear Junior Week Is Here

Two baby bears are going head to head in a competition of corpulence and cuteness.

By Dharna Noor Published September 24, 2021

EartherClimate Change

The ABCs of Big Oil: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrated Schools

On the first episode of The ABCs of Big Oil podcast, we get into why fossil fuel firms would want to educate kids in the first place.

By Dharna Noor Published September 24, 2021

EartherClimate Change

Lake Powell Is Losing So Much Water, It May Not Be Able to Generate Hydropower in 2 Years

The megadrought conditions in the West have kickstarted a water crisis that's rapidly turning into a power crisis.

By Dharna Noor Published September 23, 2021

EartherClimate Change

Should I Buy Water in a Plastic, Metal, or Glass Bottle?

No single-use materials are sustainable, but if you desperately need to buy a drink, here's what you should choose—and how to fight for better options.

By Dharna Noor Published September 23, 2021

EartherEnergy

Exxon’s Secret Assist From the World’s Top PR Firm

A new report says that Edelman, the world’s largest independent PR company, has been working on an Exxon ad campaign to oppose climate regulations.

By Dharna Noor Published September 22, 2021

Dharna Noor

Climate Justice Groups Flood Top Biden Administration Officials’ Inboxes With 5,600 Emails

Is It More Sustainable to Live Off the Land or in the City?

Salute 480 Otis, Our Four-Time Fat Bear King

Huntington Beach High School May Want to Change Its Mascot After This Oil Spill

Earth Is Getting Dimmer

Urban Heat Is Getting More Dangerous

The ABCs of Big Oil: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Century-Long Quest to Invade Elementary Schools

Why Are UK Gas Prices So High, and Could It Affect the U.S.?

UN Finds Steven Donziger’s House Arrest Violates International Law, Says It’s ‘Appalled’ [UPDATE: The Judge Didn’t Listen]

U.S. Declares Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct

2021’s Best Fat Bears, Ranked

Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’ Samsung Remix Is the Cringiest Greenwashing Campaign I Have Ever Seen

So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

7 Dramatic Photos Show the Canary Islands’ Volcanic Eruption as It Nears the Sea

That Grizzly Bear Killed by a Mountain Goat Was Innocent

Fat Bear Junior Week Is Here

The ABCs of Big Oil: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrated Schools

Lake Powell Is Losing So Much Water, It May Not Be Able to Generate Hydropower in 2 Years

Should I Buy Water in a Plastic, Metal, or Glass Bottle?

Exxon’s Secret Assist From the World’s Top PR Firm

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