As New York’s offshore wind work begins, an environmental justice community awaits the benefits
May 25, 2024, 9:00 am By Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News
On a pair of aging piers jutting into New York Harbor, contractors in hard hats and neon yellow safety vests have begun work on one of the region’s most anticipated industrial projects. Within a few years, this expanse of broken blacktop should be replaced…What’s the difference between Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
May 24, 2024, 4:45 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
For a decade, wind farm companies had been eyeing Molok Luyuk — a mountain ridge of religious importance to tribes in northern California, whose people have worked for years to protect it. It’s also widely biodiverse with elk, mountain lions, and black…The ‘doomsday’ glacier is melting faster than scientists thought
May 24, 2024, 4:30 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
At the bottom of the Earth sits a massive bowl of ice you may know as the West Antarctic ice sheet. Each day, the ocean laps away at its base, slowly eroding the glaciers that line its rim. When they inevitably give in, the sea will begin to fill the basin,…A pot of unspent federal money could have prevented Jackson’s water crisis
May 23, 2024, 5:00 am By Lylla Younes
Late in the summer of 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency sent the Mississippi state government a routine report assessing its use of federal funding for water infrastructure. The agency concluded with the words: “no findings” — that is, the EPA…Microplastics are in human testicles. It’s still not clear how they got there.
May 23, 2024, 4:30 am By Joseph Winters
No human organ is safe from microplastic contamination, it seems — not even the testicles. Researchers at the University of Mexico recently tested 70 samples of testicular tissue — 47 from dogs and 23 from humans — and found microplastics in every…As reservoirs go dry, Mexico City and Bogotá are staring down ‘Day Zero’
May 23, 2024, 4:15 am By Jake Bittle
In Mexico City, more and more residents are watching their taps go dry for hours a day. Even when water does flow, it often comes out dark brown and smells noxious. A former political leader is asking the public to “prioritize essential actions for…The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy.
May 23, 2024, 4:00 am By Anita Hofschneider
Conservation efforts are more effective when Indigenous peoples and local communities are given more autonomy and involvement over their lands. That’s according to a new study published this month in the sustainability journal One Earth. Researchers analyzed…Five creative visions for the future, from Looking Forward’s readers
May 22, 2024, 10:52 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight Hey there, Looking Forward fam. In honor of our 100th newsletter last month, we launched a drabble contest, asking you to imagine the evolution of a single climate solution that excites you, 100 years from now. We are honored, and inspired, by…Northern Michiganders are getting off propane — and on to natural gas
May 22, 2024, 4:30 am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Like many buildings in this part of rural northern Michigan, the Tsuber Auto garage in the Village of Mesick is heated with propane, delivered by…Billions of people cook over open fires. Are gas stoves the solution?
May 22, 2024, 4:00 am By Gautama Mehta
Could changing the way you cook help fight global warming? If you’ve considered this question and you live in a rich country, you’ve probably been thinking about whether to ditch your gas stove for an electric or induction cooktop. But for nearly a third…Small island nations get big climate victory in international maritime court
May 21, 2024, 7:16 pm By Anita Hofschneider
Island nations in the Pacific, Caribbean and West Indies won a major international legal victory this week that puts more pressure on large governments like the European Union and China to curb their carbon emissions. On Tuesday, the International…South Korea’s energy trap: Government-funded dead end fossil fuel investments
May 21, 2024, 1:21 pm By Grist Creative
When the war in Ukraine upended the global energy supply in 2022, South Korea suddenly found itself competing for natural gas. Cut off from Russia’s supply, an energy-starved Europe began buying up supplies worldwide. In 2022 alone, South Korea saw…How data gaps could put US territories like Guam and Puerto Rico at greater risk for climate change
May 21, 2024, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
A new federal report found that federal agencies frequently fail to collect the same amount of data about U.S. territories that they collect, and maintain, for states, which advocates say has wide implications for climate adaptation and mitigation. The report,…Landfills leak methane with impunity, new research shows
May 21, 2024, 4:30 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Any climate action plan that wants to quickly turn the tide of global warming has to tackle methane, which traps orders of magnitude more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide in the first years after it’s emitted. For this reason, the Environmental…Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?
May 20, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
Is bottled water really “natural” if it’s contaminated with microplastics? A series of lawsuits recently filed against six bottled water brands claim that it’s deceptive to use labels like “100 percent mountain spring water” and “natural spring…Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk away.
May 19, 2024, 9:00 am By Mark Olalde, ProPublica
The first sign of trouble bubbled up from gopher holes a stone’s throw from Stan Ledgerwood’s front door. The salt water left an oily sheen on the soil and a swath of dead grass in the yard. It was June 2017, and Ledgerwood and his wife, Tina, had recently…As fossil fuel plants face retirement, a Puerto Rico community pushes for rooftop solar
May 18, 2024, 9:00 am By Esther Frances, Inside Climate News
The coastal communities of Guayama and Salinas in southern Puerto Rico feature acres of vibrant green farmland, and a rich, biodiverse estuary, the protected Jobos Bay, which stretches between the neighboring townships. But this would-be tropical paradise is…Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.
May 17, 2024, 4:45 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Last July, heavy storms lashed Vermont with record rain, leaving roads torn asunder, communities submerged, and farms washed out. In response, state legislators made a historic move by introducing the Climate Superfund Act to hold Big Oil accountable for the…In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
May 17, 2024, 4:30 am By Maya L. Kapoor
As the planet grapples with the ever-starker consequences of climate change, a debut book by Lumbee citizen and Duke University scientist Ryan Emanuel makes a convincing argument that climate change isn’t the problem — it’s a symptom. The problem,…DeSantis says he’s ‘restoring sanity’ by erasing climate change from Florida laws
May 16, 2024, 5:10 pm By Kate Yoder
South Florida suffered through brutal heat and humidity this week when the heat index (the “feels like” temperature) in Key West reached 115 degrees F — matching the record for any time of year. With rising temperatures, flooding on sunny days, and toxic…
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