New Study Finds Gas Stoves a Key Cause of US Childhood Asthma
Around 650,000 American children, researchers estimate, may be suffering asthma attacks caused by gas stoves in their homes.Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. About one in eight cases of asthma in children in the United States is due to the pollution given off by cooking…
As Climate Outlook Worsens, Republicans Go After “Woke” Capitalism
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his state would divest about $2 billion from BlackRock, a Wall Street firm that advocates for environmentally conscious investing.John Locher/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It has only been a decade since climate activists launched campaigns to get…
Manchin’s Permitting Reform Could Lead to More Oil Pipeline Spills
Mill Creek near Washington, Kansas, was contaminated by crude from this week’s Keystone pipeline rupture. US EPA This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Crews continued to clean up the blackened banks of a northern Kansas creek Tuesday morning after a rupture in the Keystone pipeline…
UN Environment Chief Warns of a Biodiversity Apocalypse
Inger Andersen, Director General of the UN Environment Programme.Martin Sylvest / Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The UN’s environment chief has warned that “we are at war with nature” and must “make peace,” as countries gather at Cop15 in Montreal to agree a deal…
Forced Labor, Child Miners, Payment in Drugs—Clean Energy Supply Chain Has Issues
Child miners on the back of a vehicle en route to Numbi, DRC.Stephen Digges / Zuma Press This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Australian clean energy industry has warned of growing evidence linking renewable energy supply chains to modern slavery and urged companies and governments…
Cop27 Climate Summit Promises Disaster Aid to Poor Nations
The Conference in Sharm El Sheikh focuses also on the most vulnerable communities as the climate crisis hardens life conditions of those already most disadvantaged.Dominika Zarzycka / Zuma Press This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On the eve of the Cop27 climate conference that has just finished in…