UN plastics treaty inches closer to reality as lobbyists tout plastics’ ‘massive societal benefits’
May 1, 2024, 11:06 am By Joseph Winters
Negotiators wrapped up the fourth round of formal discussions over the United Nations’ global…What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?
May 1, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
For several months last year, patrons of a Seattle coffee shop called Tailwind Cafe had the option…EPA finally takes on abandoned coal ash ponds — but it might be too late
May 1, 2024, 4:30 am By Gautama Mehta
Last week, the EPA released a suite of long-awaited rules meant to cut down the carbon that the U.S.…The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions.
Apr 30, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
This story was produced by Grist and was co-published with Fast Company. When office workers stopped…Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
Apr 29, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot, even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve…The world agreed to create a climate reparations fund. Now comes the hard part.
Apr 29, 2024, 4:30 am By Naveena Sadasivam
After three decades of work, advocates for developing countries scored a major win at last year’s…US military bases teem with PFAS. There’s still no firm plan to clean them up.
Apr 29, 2024, 4:00 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
In 2016, Tony Spaniola received a notice informing him that his family shouldn’t drink water drawn…A decade later, Flint’s water crisis continues
Apr 28, 2024, 9:00 am By Adam Mahoney, Capital B
This story was originally published by Capital B. At the edge of Saginaw Street, a hand-painted sign…A highway in Indiana could one day charge your EV while you’re driving it
Apr 27, 2024, 9:00 am By Kristoffer Tigue, Inside Climate News
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of…A water crisis in Mississippi turns into a fight against privatization
Apr 26, 2024, 4:45 am By Lylla Younes
In the summer of 2022, heavy rainfall damaged a water treatment plant in the city of Jackson,…Indigenous leaders are risking their lives to speak at the UN
Apr 26, 2024, 4:30 am By Joseph Lee
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes?
Apr 26, 2024, 4:15 am By Syris Valentine
In Washington, a dozen dams dot the Columbia River — that mighty waterway carved through the state…Republican attorneys general mount a new attack on the EPA’s use of civil rights law
Apr 25, 2024, 4:45 am By Lylla Younes
For much of its 53-year history, the Environmental Protection Agency let civil rights complaints…The more plastic companies make, the more they pollute
Apr 24, 2024, 2:00 pm By Joseph Winters
The more plastic a company makes, the more pollution it creates. That seemingly obvious, yet…On the agenda this Earth Day: A global treaty to end plastic pollution
Apr 24, 2024, 11:25 am By Joseph Winters
The spotlight Hey there, Looking Forward fam. Happy Earth Day (and Earth Week, and Earth Month) —…As the climate changes, cities scramble to find trees that will survive
Apr 24, 2024, 4:45 am By Laura Hautala
Last fall, I invited a stranger into my yard. Manzanita, with its peeling red bark and delicate…How should Georgia elect key utility regulators? US Supreme Court asked to weigh in
Apr 24, 2024, 4:30 am By Emily Jones
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with WABE and Grist, a nonprofit, independent…From Australia to the Arctic, young Indigenous changemakers speak out
Apr 24, 2024, 4:15 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…Indigenous advocates at the UN say the green transition is neither clean nor just
Apr 23, 2024, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…Biden’s ‘Solar for All’ awards $7B to bring affordable energy to low-income families
Apr 23, 2024, 4:30 am By Syris Valentine
Clean energy, like so many commodities in this country, is neither distributed evenly nor equally.…
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