Up for Reelection, Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Avoids Climate Change Talk
Michael Swensen/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, has been called the state’s “consoler-in-chief.” He’s presided over a period of extreme weather in the state, from tornadoes that leveled entire towns in the farmlands of western Kentucky, to record flooding that washed…
“Carbon Bomb” Financiers Threaten World’s Ability to Curb Warming
Richard B. Levine/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Banks pumped more than $150 billion last year into companies whose giant “carbon bomb” projects could destroy the last chance of stopping the planet heating to dangerous levels, the Guardian can reveal. The carbon bombs—425 extraction projects…
Maine Voters Have a Chance to Oust Their Profit-Driven Utilities
Seth Berry, left, an author of the Pine Tree Power proposal and a former Democratic state representative, chats with voters at a gathering of climate activists in Winslow, Maine, in August 2023. Annie Ropeik/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maine will vote on…
Study: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Behind a Spate of Anti-Protest Bills
Indigenous people march among thousands representing various groups that participate in the End of Fossil Fuels protest.John Lamparski / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest…
Pennsylvania Frackers Used 80,000 Tons of Secret Chemicals Over Past Decade
A natural gas well being drilled near Dimock, Pennsylvania. Charles Mostoller/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Oil and gas producers in Pennsylvania used some 160 million pounds of chemicals that they are not required by law to publicly identify in more than 5,000 gas wells…
Sugarcane Burning Is a Plague on These Black Floridians
A sugar cane field burning near Canal Point, Florida. Friends of the Everglades This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Christine Louis-Jeune knew she was home when she saw ash falling from the sky and onto her windshield. She hadn’t been back to her central Florida hometown…