Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.
May 28, 2024, 4:00 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
Allie “Nokko” Johnson is a member of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and they love teaching…Researchers explore mining seawater for critical metals
9:00am By Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360
Can metals that naturally occur in seawater be mined, and can they be mined sustainably? A company…Puerto Rico’s rooftop solar boom is at risk, advocates warn
Sun 9:00am By Maria Gallucci
In Puerto Rico, residents are flocking to rooftop solar and backup batteries in search of more…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…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…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.…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…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. …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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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…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,…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…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…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…
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