California Community Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize
Mon 12:30am By By Liza GrossThe vast landscape east of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire is among the fastest-growing regions in California, driven by a booming warehouse and logistics industry that keeps residents breathing some of the most polluted air in the nation. Yet it…Climate Change Has Infiltrated Game Night—and That’s a Good Thing, Experts Say
Sun 3:08pm By By Kiley PriceEarlier in April, more than 60 million people were presented with a mission: Track down and vanquish a golden, fire-breathing dragon terrorizing a vulnerable village. That is, a digital village in the metaverse of Minecraft, a videogame that allows its many…Texas Companies Eye Pecos River Watershed for Oilfield Wastewater
Sun 5:05am By By Martha Pskowski, Dylan BaddourThese days the Pecos River barely fills its dry, sandy bed where it crosses West Texas, but the river could be poised to flow again — with treated oilfield wastewater. Companies are racing to figure out what to do with the tremendous volume of noxious…‘Truth, Reckoning and Right Relationship’: A Rights of Nature Epiphany
Sun 4:45am By By Katie SurmaCLEVELAND—When Tish O’Dell began community organizing in her hometown of Broadview Heights, Ohio, in 2010 to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, she was certain that changing the law was the surest method to protect residents and the local…Officials Celebrate a New Power Line to Charge Up the Energy Transition in the Southwest
Sat 5:10am By By Noel Lyn SmithSALOME, Ariz.—While a power line in a remote corner of the desert Southwest might seem like an unusual attraction for national leaders, the completion of a new high-voltage transmission line that will enhance the electric grid in Arizona and California drew…New EPA Rule Could Accelerate Cleanup of Coal Ash Dumps
Sat 5:05am By By Daniel ProppThere was ostensibly nothing illegal about the plume of sulfates approaching Clermont County, Ohio’s drinking water wells in 2019. When consumed, sulfates can cause diarrhea and dehydration. Worse, experts view it as an indicator of other, more dangerous…Q&A: Thousands of American Climate Corps Jobs Are Now Open. What Will the New Program Look Like?
Sat 5:00am By Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on EarthFrom our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Maggie Thomas, the special assistant to the president for climate in the White House. At an Earth Day event in…A New Federal Tool Could Help Cities Prepare for Scorching Summer Heat
Fri 5:09pm By By Kiley PriceMedical experts often call heat a “silent killer” because many people don’t notice the signs of heat stress until it is too late. But as climate change accelerates, the impacts of excessive heat are deafening. Last year, there were nearly 120,000…Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?
Fri 6:30am By By Brett Chase, Dan GearinoThis article is published in partnership with the Chicago Sun-Times. Electricity from renewable sources dropped last year even as Illinois and surrounding Midwest states pushed to replace fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, with wind and solar power.…EQT Says Fracked Gas Is a Climate Solution, but Scientists Call That Deceptive Greenwashing
Fri 6:05am By By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSourceThis article was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for its free weekly newsletters at publicsource.org. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. “The biggest green initiative on the…
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