Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists
Jun 29, 2022, 10:45 am By Christopher Ketcham
In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S. logging and woods products industry has…What’s wrong with the economy? Climate change, for one.
Jun 29, 2022, 10:30 am By Kate Yoder
It’s hard to wrap your head around the toll that climate change is taking on the economy. Last…Extreme heat puts workers in danger. A new report calls for action.
Jun 29, 2022, 10:15 am By Joseph LeeEvery year, heat causes at least 170,000 work-related injuries and as many as 2,000 fatalities.…Can virtual reality recreate the overview effect? I took a $50 trip to space to find out.
Jun 28, 2022, 10:45 am By Kate Yoder
The International Space Station hovered before me against a black, starry sky. Looking down, I…June heat waves smash records across the globe
Jun 28, 2022, 10:30 am By Lina TranIt’s just a few days into summer, and heat waves have already toppled records across the globe,…With ‘real zero,’ NextEra pushes back against deceptive carbon offsets
Jun 28, 2022, 10:15 am By Joseph Winters
As companies around the world pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, a major U.S.…The disease after tomorrow
Jun 27, 2022, 10:45 am By Zoya Teirstein
Many of us have spent the last two-and-a-half years worried about the health risks posed by other…Better late than never: Biden administration unveils new push for offshore wind
Jun 27, 2022, 10:15 am By Julia KaneThe Biden administration and 11 states on the East Coast are working together to accelerate the…Pollen and heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture
Jun 25, 2022, 10:30 am By Carolyn Beans
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of…Low-cost sensors are helping communities find gaps in air quality data
Jun 24, 2022, 10:45 am By Diana Kruzman
For years, residents of Belmont County in Eastern Ohio suspected something was wrong with their air.…Louisiana’s insurance market is collapsing, just in time for hurricane season
Jun 24, 2022, 10:30 am By Jake BittleLast week, Louisiana insurance commissioner Jim Donelon held a press conference to announce some…Indigenous Ogiek win ‘landmark’ reparations ruling from African Court
Jun 24, 2022, 10:15 am By Joseph LeeThe Republic of Kenya must pay the Indigenous Ogiek people reparations for decades of illegal…Five months later, the Ancón oil spill’s effects linger
Jun 24, 2022, 10:00 am By Jimena Ledgard
This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of…Biden’s new vision for the National Flood Insurance Program
Jun 23, 2022, 10:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinThe Biden administration is proposing a major overhaul to the National Flood Insurance Program, or…The push to ban new gas stations is coming to Los Angeles
Jun 23, 2022, 10:30 am By Kate Yoder
A couple of years ago, banning the construction of new gas stations anywhere in the United States…One family, three generations of cancer, and the largest concentration of oil refineries in California
Jun 22, 2022, 10:45 am By Adam Mahoney
This story was produced in collaboration with High Country News. When I visited Christina Gonzalez…New Jersey’s landmark environmental justice law one step closer to reality
Jun 22, 2022, 10:30 am By Julia KaneNew Jersey is one major step closer to implementing a groundbreaking environmental justice law. Two…A rule to make corporate climate action more transparent is one step closer to reality
Jun 22, 2022, 10:15 am By Emily PontecorvoLabels like “carbon neutral” and “climate positive” can make it seem like some brands have…No friend of the coal miner
Jun 21, 2022, 3:48 pm By Grist Creative
While working at a West Virginia mine, Gary Hairston dashed up a set of stairs to get out of the…Olúfémi O. Táíwò’s theory of everything
Jun 21, 2022, 10:45 am By John Thomason
On an overcast spring day in Washington, D.C., Georgetown University professor Olúfẹ́mi O.…
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