
Umair Irfan
Former correspondent
Latest articles by Umair Irfan


The SEC says Elon Musk should never run a public company again.


The US is second only to India when it comes to the economic cost of global warming.


The interior secretary’s latest gaffe was a pledge of allegiance to fossil fuels.


Massive downpours like these are no longer as rare as the name suggests.


What hurricanes reveal about our neglected, dangerous toxic waste sites.


The worst disaster of the Trump administration (so far).


Warmer temperatures are increasing the energy and moisture available to hurricanes.


One rancher is deploying a controversial holistic grazing strategy to restore the land and capture carbon dioxide.

All the ice that melted at the South Pole in the past 25 years, visualized with swimming pools.

Turns out there’s a lot of latent demand for a quick and cheap way to get around.