Inside a new experiment to find the climate-proof coffee of the future
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In northwestern Montana’s Swan Valley, a pile of about 100 small logs, 10 feet long or so, sits neatly stacked, ringed by berry bushes, a few white wildflowers, and towering larch trees. Surrounding the logs are several acres of U.S. Forest Service land,…In Georgia, companies want to cut emissions. Utilities are holding them back.
Jul 22, 2024, 4:45 am By Emily Jones
With much fanfare and celebration, Georgia Power, the state’s largest electricity provider, just marked a major milestone: Two new nuclear reactors near Augusta are now generating enough energy to power a million homes, without using fossil fuels or emitting…Oklahoma’s tribal lands are 5 times more likely to flood than rest of state
Jul 22, 2024, 4:00 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
In Oklahoma, Indigenous communities are the most likely to be at risk of flooding, with one recent study showing the danger increases by more than five times when compared to surrounding areas. The reason for the risk: location. “We get stuck in places…What would a Harris presidency mean for the climate?
Jul 21, 2024, 5:41 pm By Zoya Teirstein
After weeks of intense media speculation and sustained pressure from Democratic lawmakers, major donors, and senior advisors, President Joe Biden has announced that he is bowing out of the presidential race. He is the first sitting president to step aside so…The problematic chemicals fueling America’s EV revolution
Jul 21, 2024, 9:00 am By Craig Welch
Propulsion without the need for petroleum: That’s the lithium-ion battery’s promise. Backed by government incentives across the globe, lithium-ion batteries are hailed as key to a green transportation revolution — and for good reason. They cut…The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves
Jul 20, 2024, 9:00 am By Li Zhou, Vox
As this summer has already made clear, extreme heat is here, and it’s poised to get worse in the coming years. Due to soaring temperatures, more and more people are also at risk for severe health concerns that come with them, including heat stroke,…What Project 2025 would to do climate policy in the US
Jul 19, 2024, 4:45 am By Zoya Teirstein
As delegates arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee earlier this week to officially nominate former president Donald Trump as their 2024 candidate, a right-wing policy think tank held an all-day event nearby. The Heritage Foundation, a key…One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management
Jul 19, 2024, 4:30 am By Saqib Rahim
If all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, some 170 countries will finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty to curtail plastic pollution. Its success will depend in no small part on money: creating a funding pipeline so that signatories,…One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management.
Jul 19, 2024, 4:30 am By Saqib RahimIf all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, some 170 countries will finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty to curtail plastic pollution. Its success will depend in no small part on money: creating a funding pipeline so that signatories,…The state senator leading efforts to return land to tribal nations
Jul 19, 2024, 4:15 am By Anita Hofschneider
As a kid, Mary Kunesh watched her dad travel from reservation to reservation in northern Minnesota, working as a pro bono attorney for tribal nations who needed legal assistance. She heard stories from her grandfather about her family’s history, filled with…Eulogy for a cactus
Jul 19, 2024, 3:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
James Lange remembers the day he and a team of botanists and conservationists gathered at a rock formation encircled by a thicket of mangroves in Key Largo, Florida. They’d come to the nation’s last wild stand of a rare cacti to confront the inevitable.…How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet
Jul 18, 2024, 4:30 am By Syris Valentine
Michael Diamond thought he’d have to wait until this year, at least, to have enough data to understand how a shipping regulation aimed at curbing pollution affected the clouds that deck the ocean. “They’re so variable. They’re so wispy. They’re so…Canada makes an unprecedented push for multifamily housing
Jul 18, 2024, 4:15 am By Akielly Hu
For more than a century, zoning ordinances rooted in segregation have encouraged the construction of single-family homes, often at the expense of apartment buildings and other structures that promote urban density. Beyond contributing to a mounting housing…Amazingly, forests are still sucking up as much carbon as they were 30 years ago. But there’s a catch
Jul 18, 2024, 4:00 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Each year, burning fossil fuels puff tens of billions of metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And for decades, the Earth’s forests, along with oceans and soil, have sucked roughly a third back in, creating a vacuum known as the…These power athletes are shifting attitudes about what vegans can look like
Jul 17, 2024, 10:37 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight Eating a plant-based diet is one of the highest-impact actions a person can take to reduce their personal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. A broader cultural shift toward plants in some of the meat-eatingest countries could lead to more…The people who feed America are going hungry
Jul 17, 2024, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Standing knee-deep in an emerald expanse, a row of trees offering respite from the sweltering heat, Rosa Morales diligently relocates chipilín, a Central American legume, from one bed of soil to another. The 34-year-old has been coming to the Campesinos’…Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution
Jul 17, 2024, 4:30 am By Lylla Younes
Demand for steel is on the rise globally, driven by population growth and the expanding economies in developing nations. The material will also be important to the green energy transition, forming the backbone of infrastructure like wind turbines, solar…Is there a wrong way to talk about climate change?
Jul 17, 2024, 4:15 am By Kate Yoder
Talking about climate change doesn’t come naturally to most people, even those who are worried about it. Roughly two-thirds of Americans report discussing it with family and friends “rarely” or “never,” a survey found last fall. They might be…Hunger was already bad enough. Then Beryl hit.
Jul 16, 2024, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Amid the widespread destruction, brutal heat, heavy rains, and ongoing outages along the Gulf coast, relief organizations are scrambling to ensure people stay fed in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Ever since the storm made landfall in southeastern Texas, causing…
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