Over 100 countries want an ambitious plastics treaty. Oil-producing nations are getting in the way.
Dec 2, 2024, 6:21 pm By Joseph Winters
What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an agreement on Sunday, as delegates failed to reconcile opposing views on whether to impose a cap on plastic production. Another negotiating…How giant ‘batteries’ in the Earth could slash your electricity bills
Dec 2, 2024, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy — but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually needed at the time. Then when the sun isn’t shining and…Midwest wins funding for a new hydrogen hub. Not everyone is convinced it’s ‘clean.’
Dec 2, 2024, 4:15 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
The U.S. Department of Energy is rolling out the first installment of its $1 billion commitment to ramp up clean hydrogen production in the Midwest, part of a bid by the Biden administration to lock in a nationwide roadmap for decarbonization. The Midwest…The world’s biggest climate case begins in The Hague
Dec 2, 2024, 4:00 am By Anita Hofschneider
The world’s biggest climate case begins at The Hague in the Netherlands today. Oral arguments will be heard by the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, which will consider what obligations United Nations member states have under international law to…New York isn’t ready to fight more wildfires
Dec 1, 2024, 9:00 am By Nathan Porceng, New York Focus
Joseph Nickischer can’t remember wildfires like this. “We’ve had fires that lasted this long, but not this big,” Nickischer, a former chief and current volunteer with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department, told New York Focus. “You’re talking…There’s a reason oil well sales are collapsing in California: Cleanup costs
Nov 30, 2024, 9:00 am By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main
For years, large drillers in California sold unprofitable wells to smaller companies willing to wring the last drops of oil out of them. The process essentially kicked the cost of cleaning up oil fields — pumping concrete down well bores, removing tanks and…At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance
Nov 27, 2024, 1:23 pm By Joseph Winters
Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, diplomats began convening in Busan, South Korea, for a separate bout of discussions — this time over plastics. The fifth and potentially final round of…Rampant consumerism is bad for the planet. ‘Underconsumption core’ offers an alternative.
Nov 27, 2024, 11:19 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight In one of Julie George’s most popular TikTok videos from this past summer, she highlights some of the quality items she owns and cherishes — a few nice pieces of jewelry, a single pair of Ray-Bans, a nearly empty bottle of YSL perfume. It…Who’s responsible for waste? A Q&A about the ‘conspiracy’ of overconsumption.
Nov 27, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
The last few weeks of the year are always a special time — for shopping. According to the National Retail Federation, a United States trade group, Americans will spend nearly $1 trillion on clothes, electronics, trinkets, and other goods during the 2024…Michigan wants to fast-track renewable development. Local townships are suing.
Nov 27, 2024, 4:30 am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. A lawsuit is challenging how the state of Michigan plans to approve large renewable energy projects, just weeks before a new law is set to go…How to take climate change out of the culture wars
Nov 26, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
Household appliances used to be a safe conversation topic, if a boring one. But these days, many Republican politicians see gas stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, and laundry machines as symbols of the government meddling in people’s lives. Earlier this…At COP29, new rules for carbon markets made them even more controversial
Nov 26, 2024, 4:30 am By Joseph Winters
Delegates closed out this year’s United Nations climate conference on Saturday after agonizing debates on the right way to deliver on the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. In addition to approving a new framework for international climate aid, nearly 200…‘We lost’: How COP29 ended with a deal that made the whole world unhappy
Nov 25, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
Two weeks ago, diplomats from almost 200 countries arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, to debate a subject that had never before been at the center of a United Nations climate conference: money. World leaders have long agreed, in theory, on a dire need to scale…Trump has vowed to kill offshore wind energy — but it might not be easy
Nov 25, 2024, 4:30 am By Tristan Baurick
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Deep South Today, a nonprofit network of local newsrooms providing essential journalism in underserved communities and ensuring its long-term growth and sustainability. President-elect…How the world gave up on 1.5 degrees
Nov 25, 2024, 4:15 am By Lylla Younes
When, at the annual United Nations climate conference in Paris in 2015, the countries of the world agreed to the goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, it seemed possible, probable even, that humanity…How a dwindling helium supply is impacting public land management
Nov 24, 2024, 9:00 am By Zoë Rom, High Country News
In October, the Bureau of Land Management finalized a new resource management plan for Colorado’s Western Slope that will determine how 2 million acres of public land are managed for the next 15-20 years. The plan includes some conservation wins; it sets…Mississippi River towns pilot new insurance model to help with disaster response
Nov 23, 2024, 9:00 am By Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens
This story was originally published by St. Louis Public Radio. Early on Election Day, highways in the St. Louis area were inundated with water. Over several days, intense storms battered Missouri, bringing six to 10 inches of rain — record-breaking amounts…Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene
Nov 22, 2024, 4:45 am By Katie Myers
The most exciting part of the day at Spruce Pine Montessori School is when the truck arrives to empty the porta-johns. At that point in the afternoon, the kids abandon their toy dinosaurs and monkey bars, throw up their hands, and yell in excitement as they…Where did all the climate voters go?
Nov 22, 2024, 4:30 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
For those who worry about climate change all the time, the results of the November election seemed to send a clear message: American voters just don’t care as much as you do. But even though President-elect Donald Trump took the popular vote while pledging…The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
Nov 22, 2024, 4:15 am By Frida Garza
On Monday, Senator Debbie Stabenow, a longtime champion of programs that support farmers and increase access to nutritious foods, introduced a new version of the farm bill, a key piece of legislation typically renewed every five years that governs much of how…
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Sun 9:00am By Dylan Baddour & Arcelia Martin, Inside Climate News - New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
Sat 9:00am By Alex Hager, KUNC - The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
Fri 5:40pm By Miacel Spotted Elk - Youth climate activists won lawsuits in Montana and Hawai‘i. Now they’re targeting Trump.
Fri 5:29pm By Sophie Hurwitz - How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will raise household energy costs
Fri 4:45am By Naveena Sadasivam - How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them
Thu 4:45am By Chad Small - In California’s largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River
Thu 4:30am By Anita Hofschneider - The smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
Thu 4:15am By Matt Simon - Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world
Wed 10:00am By Graham Lee Brewer, The Associated Press - Funding to protect American cities from extreme heat just evaporated
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