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‘Historic’ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Says Countries Must Prevent Greenhouse Gasses From Harming Oceans
An international tribunal said on Tuesday that countries have binding legal obligations to prevent greenhouse gasses from harming the world’s oceans in a landmark opinion that experts say could strengthen climate-vulnerable countries’ efforts to hold major polluters accountable and drive action to fight climate change. The advisory opinion,...
Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds
Climate change and environmental destruction are becoming increasingly central to the human rights movement. Droughts, toxic pollution, water shortages, desertification, severe storms and related events touched the lives of millions of people around the world last year, according to Amnesty International’s annual “State of the World’s Human Rights” report covering 2023.
In Two New Studies, Scientists See Signs of Fundamental Climate Shifts in Antarctica
Antarctica’s vast ice fields and the floating sea ice surrounding the continent are Earth’s biggest heat shields, bouncing solar radiation away from the planet, but two studies released today show how global warming is encroaching even on the sunlight reflector in the coldest region on the planet. Research...
The Race to Decarbonize Heavy Industry Heats Up
MEDFORD, Mass.—Inside a cinder block office building perhaps best known for the Hindu temple and table tennis club next door, a startup company is testing what may be one of the hottest new developments in clean energy technology. At the back of a small warehouse laboratory buzzing with fans...
The Midwest Could Be in for Another Smoke-Filled Summer. Here’s How States Are Preparing
Nick Witcraft knew he’d have a busy morning when his phone notified him that Canadian wildfire smoke was drifting across the U.S.-Canadian border eight days ago. Witcraft, a meteorologist for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), is among a team of state forecasters who issue air quality alerts whenever a wildfire or any other major polluting event poses a potential health risk to the public.
Is Fungus Fabric Really Taking Off? Vegan Leather Could Help Reduce Waste, But May Be Struggling to Scale
Earlier this May, celebrities gathered in New York City for the Met Gala, one of the biggest and most extravagant fashion events of the year. This year, the dress code was nature-centric, instructing guests to dress for “The Garden of Time.”. As you can imagine, many attendees showed up...
The Torture and Killing of a Wolf, a New Endangered Species Lawsuit and Novel Science Revive Wyoming Debate Over the Predator
On Feb. 29, Cody Roberts was out hunting on his snowmobile in Wyoming when he crossed paths with a lone gray wolf in the state’s “predator zone,” where wolves can be killed by almost any means and without a license. What happened next made national headlines, and prompted a backlash so fierce that Wyoming’s tourism agency temporarily suspended its practice of advertising state wildlife.
Ohio Solar Mounts a Comeback in the Face of a Campaign Whose Alleged Villains Include China and Bill Gates
LONDON, Ohio—Mark Forrest had a choice: Save his political career or continue to support a solar power project that he saw as an economic bonanza for his Ohio county. “I’m a stubborn bastard,” he said, on a recent drive near his farm. He was the only person...
BLM Ends Future Coal Mining on Powder River Basin Federal Lands
The Bureau of Land Management announced Thursday that it would no longer make federally managed lands in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin available for new coal mining leases, drawing condemnation from the fossil fuel industry in the region that produces the most coal in the country, but delivering a boon to the nation’s clean energy transition.
Q&A: The Dire Consequences of Global Warming in the Earth’s Oceans
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview with Bob Bewyn, a staff writer at Inside Climate News, based in Austria. Many of the effects of climate disruption are already in progress. One place getting hit especially hard is the ocean.
Climate Jobs Are Ramping Up, But a ‘Just Transition’ Is Necessary to Ensure Equity, Experts Say
The new American Climate Corps is hiring: A disaster recovery leader to help communities rebuild after major storms in New Orleans. A Ridgerunner in southern New England to hike the Appalachian Trail and advise visitors to keep pathways clean. A wildland firefighter to smother flames in California. These are just...
As California Considers Warning Labels for Gas Stoves, Researchers Learn More About Their Negative Health Impacts
Ruth Ann Norton used to look forward to seeing the blue flame that danced on the burners of her gas stove. At one time, she says, she would have sworn that preparing meals with the appliance actually made her a better cook. But then she started learning about the toxic...
Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest
The Midwest is emerging as a major manufacturing hub for the clean energy transition as federal incentives and falling prices for renewables spur companies to invest tens of billions of dollars into new factory operations across the country. In August 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides generous...
This Week’s Landmark Transmission Rule Forces Utilities to Take the Long View
A new rule requires U.S. utilities and grid operators to work together on long-term planning for transmission lines—the large power lines that deliver electricity across regions. The rule is part of an order issued Monday from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that is trying to drag the nation’s power...
After the Deluge, Images of Impacts and Resilience in Pájaro, California
Fourteen months ago, a catastrophic flood upended thousands of lives in Pájaro, a small Central California farmworker town filled with immigrants who speak mostly Spanish or Indigenous languages. A relentless series of atmospheric rivers transformed the inviting Pájaro River into a malevolent foe that charged through a crumbling levee and engulfed the coastal community in floodwaters.
Q&A: Is Pittsburgh Becoming ‘the Plastic City’?
Once a month for nearly two years, Evan Clark, the Waterkeeper at Three Rivers Waterkeeper, a water quality advocacy organization based in Pittsburgh, has traveled by boat along the Ohio River to Shell’s enormous new plastics plant in Beaver County. This facility is a cracker plant, using ethane from...
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Is Triggering Outdoor Air Quality Alerts Across the Midwestern U.S. It Could Pollute the Indoors, Too
Throughout May, more than 140 wildfires have burned across Alberta and British Columbia. On Sunday, the thick, ashy haze billowing from these infernos drifted across the U.S. border, casting a blanket of smoke over Minnesota and Wisconsin, which eventually made its way to Iowa and other parts of the Midwest earlier Tuesday morning.
Q&A: How the Drug War and Energy Transition Are Changing Ecuadorians’ Fight For The Rights of Nature
MINDO, Ecuador—Natalia Greene ducks her head underneath the fronds of a giant fern. It is pitch black in the Chocó Andino cloud forest and Greene is searching for spiders, frogs and other nocturnal creatures. “Ah, found one!” she shouts, steadying the beam of her flashlight on a sinewy...
Bill Discounting Climate Change in Florida’s Energy Policy Awaits DeSantis’ Approval
ORLANDO, Fla.—Addressing the human-caused emissions warming the global climate and contributing to impacts here like hotter temperatures, rising seas and more damaging hurricanes could no longer be part of Florida’s energy policy, under legislation before Gov. Ron DeSantis. The measure, approved earlier this spring by the Republican-controlled legislature,...
An Alabama Coal Company Sued for a Home Explosion That Killed a Man Is Delinquent on Dozens of Penalties, Records Show
OAK GROVE, Ala.—Clara Riley thought she was having a heart attack. As an Alabama mine has slowly approached the coal seam under her home, Riley’s anxiety has sometimes gotten the best of her. In late April, after a mine representative visited her home, the 90-year-old said she broke down. She could feel the weight of it all on her chest.
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