Biden wants to triple nuclear energy generation. Trump will make the call.
Nov 14, 2024, 4:30 am By Jake Bittle
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is no fan of renewable energy. He has said solar power is too expensive to work at scale, threatened to impose steep taxes on solar panels arriving from abroad, and advanced seemingly unfounded claims that many rabbits “get…‘Net-zero’ banks raised $1 trillion for fossil fuel giants
Nov 14, 2024, 4:15 am By Josephine Moulds, The Bureau of Investigative Journalims
Less than a hundred miles from where world leaders are discussing how to meet their climate pledges, BP is drilling for gas. The Shafag-Asiman project, a sprawling gas field off the Azerbaijani coast, could inject more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon into…Trump picked Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. What will that mean for environmental policy?
Nov 13, 2024, 12:48 pm By Lylla Younes
After president-elect Donald Trump announced Lee Zeldin as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the former Republican representative from Long Island, New York, phoned into Fox News from Mar-a-Lago. “You know, the EPA has been in some…Would you pay more for plane tickets to fund climate relief efforts?
Nov 13, 2024, 12:05 pm By Jake Bittle
Imagine you go online to book a flight. When you pay, you notice one additional line item next to the standard taxes and fees: Something called a “global solidarity levy” has added an extra $10 to your $200 flight. That half-percent is going to Somalia,…‘We may have less to offer’: US negotiators confront diminished standing at COP29
Nov 12, 2024, 11:02 am By Jake Bittle
As dozens of heads of state arrived in Azerbaijan for the annual United Nations climate talks this week, one absent world leader’s name was on everyone’s lips. At press conference after press conference, questions arose about the election of Donald Trump.…For farms and rural businesses, a fresh and funded harvest includes the sun
Nov 12, 2024, 9:20 am By Grist Creative
In Athens, Wisconsin, the lush green fields surrounding Stoney Acres Farm support a diverse farming operation, including cattle, pigs, wheat, and organic produce. Once a week during the summer, third-generation farmer Tony Schultz hosts a “Pizza on the…A state of emergency
Nov 12, 2024, 9:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
Hello, and welcome to the last issue of Grist’s special series on how climate disasters are shaping elections. I’m Zoya Teirstein. I was at an election night watch party in Asheville, North Carolina, last week when it became clear that Vice President…‘Praying for rain’: How New York farmers are dealing with drought — and unexpected brush fires
Nov 12, 2024, 4:45 am By Frida Garza
For farmers, planning for spring begins in the fall. That’s when seeds go into the ground. Later, if all goes well, roots begin to grow, followed by shoots and leaves. But that only happens when there’s enough water. “Unfortunately, there’s a lot of…He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
Nov 11, 2024, 4:45 am By Matt Simon
During his first time around as president, Donald Trump rolled back a bevy of environmental rules, withdrew from the Paris Agreement, and boosted the fossil fuel industry. In his second term, the president-elect is expected to be downright hostile toward clean…It’s already official: You’re living through the hottest year on record
Nov 11, 2024, 4:30 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Nine months ago, the oceans became bathwater. As historically hot sea temperatures forced corals to expel the microorganisms that keep them alive, the world endured its fourth mass coral bleaching event, affecting more than half of all coral reefs in dozens of…‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions
Nov 10, 2024, 9:00 am By Damian Carrington, The GuardianPrivate jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50 percent, the most comprehensive global analysis to date has revealed. The assessment tracked more than 25,000 private jets and almost 19 million flights…Mexico is offering water to South Texas. But there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about.
9:00am By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune
Rio Grande Valley farmers who have seen their industry devastated by insufficient rain and depleting water reserves have been offered up a modest but helpful amount of water for their dried-up land. The farmers are hesitating to accept it. Farmers and the…Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP29
Fri 4:45am By Jake Bittle
It’s possible there has never been a worse time for the United Nations to hold negotiations on climate change. Post-pandemic inflation has upended countries around the world, straining public budgets and distracting governments from climate action. Conflicts…These downballot elections may slow the shift to clean energy
Fri 4:30am By Gautama Mehta
Some of the votes Americans cast on Tuesday that may have mattered most for the climate were quite a bit downballot from the presidential ticket: A handful of states held elections for the commissions that regulate utilities, and thereby exercise direct…The funky mold turning food waste into culinary delights
Fri 4:15am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Making oncom is almost magical. It starts with a pile of soy pulp, which is wrapped in banana leaves and sprinkled with the spores of a fungus called Neurospora intermedia. The bundle is left to ferment in a warm, humid place for about a day and a half. As the…The 5 states where environmental ballot initiatives triumphed
Nov 7, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
Climate change did not take center stage during this week’s presidential election; it did not even seem to be in the wings or in the theater. Instead, the U.S. elected a candidate who has a history of rolling back environmental protections and has spoken…An attempt to repeal Washington’s landmark climate law failed massively
Nov 7, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
The people of Washington state elected to save the most ambitious price on carbon in the country. A large majority of voters, 62 percent, rejected a ballot initiative to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act, the cap-and-trade law that has already raised…The massive consequences Trump’s reelection could have on climate change
Nov 6, 2024, 8:32 am By Tik Root
Donald J. Trump will once again be president of the United States. The Associated Press called the race for Trump early Wednesday morning, ending one of the costliest and most turbulent campaign cycles in the nation’s history. The results promise to upend…The massive consequences Trump’s re-election could have on climate change
Nov 6, 2024, 8:32 am By Tik RootDonald J. Trump will once again be president of the United States. The Associated Press called the race for Trump early Wednesday morning, ending one of the costliest and most turbulent campaign cycles in the nation’s history. The results promise to upend…How do you save a rainforest? Leave it alone.
Nov 6, 2024, 4:45 am By Matt Simon
Johnny Appleseed’s heart was in the right place when he walked all over the early United States planting fruit trees. Ecologically, though, he had room for improvement: To create truly dynamic ecosystems that host a lot of biodiversity, benefit local people,…
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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
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