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Eric Holthaus

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About Eric Holthaus

Eric Holthaus is a meteorologist and staff writer for Grist, covering climate science, policy, and solutions. He has previously written for the Wall Street Journal, Slate, and a variety of other publications.

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Batteries are key to clean energy — and they just got much cheaper

Battery technology is ahead of schedule, opening the door for storing renewable energies. Soon, renewables might rival gas and oil in affordabilty.
Analysis | April 8th 2019

Our planet just set a scary new carbon dioxide record

Our planet’s level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a new, jarring record last month. 411.66 parts per million. What was shocking was that it occurred so early in the year: Earth’s carbon dioxide levels typically peak in May...
Race Against Climate Change
Analysis | March 7th 2019

To Fear or Not to Fear? A Conversation Between David Wallace-Wells and Eric Holthaus

David Wallace-Wells and Eric Holthaus discuss telling stories about the end of the world, facing climate fears, and finding hope in the face of doomsday studies.
Race Against Climate Change
Opinion | March 5th 2019
John McCain, Navajo Code talkers

John McCain was an American climate hero, too

Dozens of epitaphs written over the weekend proclaim the late U.S. Senator John McCain as an American hero, writes Eric Holthaus. But history may miss one of his greatest achievements: His decades-long call for climate action.
Race Against Climate Change
Analysis, Energy, Politics | August 27th 2018

Terrified by ‘hothouse Earth’? Don’t despair — do something

A team of international researchers released what looks like a blueprint for catastrophe this week. On our current path, they warned, humanity might push the planet into an entirely new, hellish equilibrium, unseen since before the emergence of our species millions of years ago.
Race Against Climate Change
Analysis, US News, Energy, Politics | August 9th 2018

For 400 months in a row, our planet has been unusually hot

Our overheating planet just reached another staggering — maybe even astronomical — new milestone.
Race Against Climate Change
Analysis | May 18th 2018

Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air

The last time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were this high, millions of years ago, the planet was very different. For one, humans didn’t exist.
Race Against Climate Change
Analysis | May 4th 2018

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