In Brazil, Lula vows to halt deforestation — but it won’t be easy
Nov 1, 2022, 10:30 am By Blanca BegertCelebrations broke out across Brazil on Sunday when, after a divisive race, Luiz Inácio Lula da…Feds to Colorado River states: reduce water usage, or we will do it for you
Nov 1, 2022, 10:15 am By Jake BittleThis story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled…Democrats passed a major climate bill. Why aren’t more midterms ads touting it?
Oct 31, 2022, 10:30 am By Kate YoderIn the weeks leading up to the midterm election on November 8, environmental groups have been trying…US unveils $1 billion effort to electrify school buses
Oct 31, 2022, 10:15 am By Brett MarshLess than 1 percent of the nation’s roughly 500,000 school buses are electric or run on…A decade after Sandy, Manhattan’s flood barrier is finally in sight — sort of
Oct 28, 2022, 10:45 am By Jake BittleWhen Superstorm Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, it pushed 13 feet of storm surge into New…A NASA satellite launched to detect dust has discovered huge methane leaks
Oct 28, 2022, 10:15 am By Avery Schuyler NunnOn the evening of July 14, NASA launched the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, or…The world’s healthiest forests are on Indigenous land. Here’s why.
Oct 28, 2022, 10:00 am By Joseph LeeThe world’s healthiest, most biodiverse, and most resilient forests are located on protected…Report: Global climate ambitions still fall short ahead of COP27
Oct 27, 2022, 11:00 am By Emily PontecorvoLast November, world leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations’ annual…Tax the rich for climate action? Protect towns from floods? It’s on state ballots this November.
Oct 27, 2022, 10:45 am By Blanca BegertFor years, with climate bills stalled in Congress, advocates, community groups, nonprofits, and even…The US is finally ready to discuss climate reparations. But is it ready to act?
Oct 27, 2022, 10:30 am By Naveena SadasivamAt a New York Times event last month, Biden administration climate envoy John Kerry caused a stir…How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy
Oct 26, 2022, 10:30 am By Jake BittleAlmost every time it rains in New York City, the grounds of the South Jamaica Houses start to flood.…As drought chokes Mississippi River, barges carrying grain shipments have nowhere to go
Oct 26, 2022, 10:15 am By John McCrackenHarvest time has come, but ongoing droughts have left farmers with nowhere to send their grain…Report: Human health is ‘at the mercy of fossil fuels’
Oct 26, 2022, 10:15 am By Zoya TeirsteinEvery year for the past seven years, the medical journal the Lancet has published a report…The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
Oct 25, 2022, 10:45 am By Jake BittleThis story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled…Rishi Sunak is ‘better news than Truss’ on climate change, but by how much?
Oct 25, 2022, 10:30 am By Blanca BegertOver the past several months, Britain has seen the death of a monarch, the proclamation of a new…380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.
Oct 24, 2022, 10:45 am By Joseph WintersNo plastic is truly recyclable — not even the water bottles and milk jugs that people usually toss…Idaho cobalt mine is a harbinger of what’s to come
Oct 24, 2022, 10:00 am By Kylie MohrThis story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of…Los escombros de los desastres están empujando los vertederos de Puerto Rico al límite
Oct 21, 2022, 11:25 pm By Camille A. Padilla DalmauEste artículo fue apoyado por la organización sin fines de lucro de periodismo Economic Hardship…Disaster debris is pushing Puerto Rico’s landfills to the brink
Oct 21, 2022, 10:45 am By Camille A. Padilla DalmauThis story was produced in collaboration with 9 Millones, a digital media outlet based in Puerto…Congress is spending millions on new air monitors. Will it make a difference?
Oct 20, 2022, 10:45 am By Lylla YounesIn the late summer of 2018, hundreds of residents packed into the community center of an affluent…
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