Study: Extreme heat is driving deaths in US prisons
Mar 1, 2023, 7:00 pm By Alleen BrownExtreme heat is killing people in prisons across the United States, according to a new study…Walmart, Target, Home Depot lead pack of retailers emitting millions of pounds of CO2 through shipping
Mar 1, 2023, 1:00 pm By Joseph Winters2021 was a big year for the global shipping industry, as COVID-19 drove hordes of shoppers to the…In a growing petrochemical hub, the East Palestine derailment triggers ‘an uneasy feeling’
Mar 1, 2023, 11:45 am By Eve Andrews
Chris Laderer was 34 days into his tenure as chief of the volunteer fire department in Darlington,…One year in, the toxic legacy of war in Ukraine comes into view
Mar 1, 2023, 11:30 am By Blanca Begert
February marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 12 months of…A new alliance for ‘high quality’ carbon removal highlights tensions within the industry
Feb 28, 2023, 11:45 am By Emily PontecorvoEight years ago, the field of carbon removal amounted to a handful of academic lab projects and a…In Finland, Indigenous rights take a backseat. Again.
Feb 28, 2023, 11:30 am By Maria Parazo RoseThe government of Finland on Friday punted legislation that would have clarified legal rights for…Georgians plead with state officials to protect the Okefenokee from mining
Feb 28, 2023, 11:15 am By Emily JonesThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm
Feb 27, 2023, 8:14 pm By Tristan AhtoneIndigenous Sámi youth and dozens of environmental activists in Oslo, Norway shut down the Ministry…Why the White House’s environmental justice tool is still disappointing advocates
Feb 27, 2023, 1:20 pm By Naveena Sadasivam
After assuming office in early 2021, President Joe Biden announced the Justice40 initiative, which…Can you tell if a ‘bomb train’ is coming to your town? It’s complicated.
Feb 27, 2023, 1:15 pm By John McCracken
In the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, Governor Mike DeWine called on Congress to…Coal plant pollution can be deadly — even hundreds of miles downwind
Feb 27, 2023, 1:00 pm By Blanca BegertOver the past 15 years, coal power has been on a precipitous decline across the United States,…Newly revealed records show how the EPA sided with polluters in a small Montana mining town
Feb 26, 2023, 2:00 pm By Wilson Criscione, InvestigateWest
This story was originally published by InvestigateWest, an independent news nonprofit dedicated to…This “climate-friendly” fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk
Feb 25, 2023, 2:00 pm By Sharon Lerner, ProPublicaThis story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of…A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming
Feb 24, 2023, 11:45 am By Kate Yoder
The last three years were objectively hot, numbering among the warmest since records began in 1880.…Here’s why a California beach town just banned balloons
Feb 24, 2023, 11:30 am By Joseph WintersCelebrations in a beachside California city will soon have to take place without an iconic,…How the seeds of environmental racism were planted in the Progressive Era
Feb 24, 2023, 11:15 am By Nick Tabor
This story is adapted from the book AFRICATOWN, which was published this week by St. Martin’s…California is racing to electrify trucks. Can the industry keep up?
Feb 23, 2023, 11:45 am By Gabriela Aoun Angueira
This story was co-published with KCET, part of the donor-supported community institution, the…REI will ban ‘forever chemicals’ from clothes and cookware in 2024
Feb 23, 2023, 11:30 am By Joseph WintersAfter more than a year of pressure from environmental groups, the major outdoor retailer REI…A report on flood-ravaged communities in eastern Kentucky asks: What is the real cost of rebuilding?
Feb 23, 2023, 11:15 am By Brett MarshCurrent funding is not nearly enough to rebuild the thousands of homes damaged or destroyed in last…As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too
Feb 22, 2023, 11:45 am By Jake Bittle
This story is excerpted from The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American…
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