You Won’t Believe What New Mexico Is About to Buy
An oil drilling rig and oil storage tanks in Loving, New Mexico.Jim West/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. New Mexico will invest $500 million into purchasing water from controversial sources, including treated oilfield wastewater, as a means to bolster the state’s water portfolio. The…
The War in Gaza Has Come for the Climate Movement
Demonstrators participate in a protest against the Israel-Hamas war during the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit.Peter Dejong/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Greta Thunberg posted a photo of herself holding a “stand with Gaza” sign on Instagram in October, the backlash in Israel and Germany came…
Study: Climate Is a Top Priority for Many Elderly Swing State Voters
On the front line of the drive for US political action on climate, the youth movement has had a largely unsung partner—one with more experience, greater resources and often, ample time to devote to the cause.Voters aged 65 and older are second only to those between the ages of 18 and 34 in naming climate…
Divert Just Five Percent of Military Funds to Climate Action, Advocates Argue
Combat tanks in Sderot, Israel. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wealthy nations should divert five percent of their military budgets to climate finance, advocates argue. The call comes as global leaders at COP 28 in Dubai gather for a special-themed day on “relief, recovery, and peace”…
UN Deems North Carolina Chemical Pollution a Human Rights Violation
Lance King/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United Nations says the ongoing PFAS contamination of the Cape Fear watershed in North Carolina violates residents’ right to a clean and safe environment, and it has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to hold the polluters accountable. Its…
US Beauty Products Are Still Full of Dodgy Ingredients
Women at a Philadelphia screening of “A Letter to my Sisters,” a documentary about young women and breast cancer.Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the arcane and often seemingly impenetrable bureaucracy of the US government, few agencies have as broad of…