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…Mass protests against New Zealand’s effort to weaken Māori rights — and hurt the planet
Nov 22, 2024, 4:00 am By Anita Hofschneider
Earlier this week, tens of thousands of people converged on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament in a show of solidarity against a legislative onslaught against Indigenous rights. They had marched peacefully for nine days, in what Māori peoples call hīkoi,…As a COP29 deal on fossil fuels falters, the blame game begins
Nov 21, 2024, 2:23 pm By Jake Bittle
Editor’s note: Grist is hosting a free virtual event on January 9, 2025, at 2 pm EST / 11 am PST to analyze the progress and challenges seen at the U.N. climate conference known as COP29. Join Grist’s Jake Bittle in conversation with attendees and experts…Can Lula still save the Amazon?
Nov 21, 2024, 4:45 am By Joaquim Salles
When Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, he inherited environmental protection agencies in shambles and deforestation at a 15-year high. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had dismantled regulations and gutted institutions…How do you define climate adaptation? Here are 10,000 ways.
Nov 21, 2024, 4:30 am By Jake Bittle
The essence of the Paris climate agreement was distilled into a single number. The almost 200 countries that signed the pact in 2016 agreed they would try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Over the past decade, as…How communities are giving new life to polluted land
Nov 20, 2024, 10:54 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The vision The tarp shade snaps and flutters in the breeze above the harvest volunteers. The CSA is bountiful this spring — crunchy lettuce, sweet strawberries, and even some cherries from the new windbreak. Stores around here sell produce this tasty,…Climate change made all of this year’s Atlantic hurricanes so much worse
Nov 20, 2024, 6:00 am By msimon
Like wildfires chewing through dried-out forests, hurricane after hurricane fed on extra-hot ocean water this summer and fall before slamming into communities along the Gulf Coast, causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damages and killing more than 300…The World Bank has a factory-farm climate problem
Nov 20, 2024, 4:45 am By Frida Garza
Recent data analysis conducted by a human rights advocacy organization found that nearly a dozen international finance institutions directed over $3 billion to animal agriculture in 2023. The majority of those funds — upwards of $2.27 billion — came from…Meet the peach that traveled the Trail of Tears and the elders working to save it
Nov 20, 2024, 4:30 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
It’s November and it’s unseasonably warm as John John Brown, a Muscogee elder, works to replant peach saplings. “I haven’t had much luck growing them from seed,” he says. The reason, he thinks, is because peaches need lower temperatures. Around…Can unions save offshore wind from Trump?
Nov 20, 2024, 4:15 am By Gautama Mehta
In the constellation of renewable energy technologies that the U.S. has sought to deploy in order to battle climate change, offshore wind has had perhaps the rockiest path in recent years. In 2023, high interest rates and the global supply chain shocks brought…The US no longer supports capping plastic production in UN treaty
Nov 18, 2024, 6:44 pm By Joseph Winters
The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty. According to representatives from five environmental organizations, White House staffers told representatives of…New York’s plastic lawsuit against PepsiCo has been dismissed. What’s next?
Nov 18, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
Late last month, the New York state Supreme Court granted a request from PepsiCo to dismiss a plastic pollution lawsuit brought against it by the state’s attorney general, Letitia James. The complaint, which sought civil penalties against the food and…A new generation of cheaper batteries is sweeping the EV industry
Nov 17, 2024, 9:00 am By Tim Stevens, Canary Media
A significant shift is underway in the electric car segment. No, I’m not talking about the shift to EVs. That’s still progressing despite a few manufacturers getting cold feet. What I’m referring to here is a subtle change in the makeup…Trump’s GOP at UN climate talks: We’re in charge now
Nov 16, 2024, 1:01 pm By Jake Bittle
Though the election of Donald Trump has loomed over this month’s United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Biden administration officials and prominent Democrats have given speech after speech pledging that the nation’s transition to renewable…It’s not normal for the East Coast to be on fire
Nov 16, 2024, 9:00 am By Paige Vega, Vox
Last weekend, a very small wildfire broke out in a hilly and densely vegetated area of Prospect Park, a swath of green space in Brooklyn. The 2-acre blaze drew about 100 firefighters as residents were warned to stay out of the park. Meanwhile, on the New…How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
Nov 15, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
As President-elect Donald Trump gears up for his second term in January, things might appear bleak for those who want to see the United States tackle climate change. Trump has promised to expand fossil fuel production and undo much of President Joe Biden’s…The question bringing COP29 to a halt: Who’s rich enough to pay for climate change?
Nov 15, 2024, 4:30 am By Jake Bittle
The world’s governments have come to the United Nations’ climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, deadlocked on one ugly question. It’s been debated for years, but now they need to find an answer in a matter of weeks; trillions of dollars’ worth of…Introducing ‘anti-COP’: A climate summit for activists who are fed up
Nov 15, 2024, 4:15 am By Tik Root
It took Samoan activist Tunaimati’a Jacob Netzler three flights and a bus ride over the course of 24 hours to reach the big climate conference. The plan was to join nearly 200 other campaigners from around 40 countries to discuss the fate of the planet. But…Trump’s second term is already derailing food talks at COP29
Nov 15, 2024, 4:00 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Thousands of delegates have congregated in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week for COP29, this year’s United Nations climate summit. Ahead of the conference, experts predicted that food and agriculture would take center stage, thanks to an agenda that included…Can you solve the world’s trillion-dollar climate finance puzzle?
Nov 14, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
As thousands of government ministers and climate activists descend on Baku, Azerbaijan, for the annual United Nations climate summit known as COP29, they have a difficult task ahead of them. Meeting the historic targets outlined in the 2015 Paris climate…
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