Climate Protesters Smash Windows at Rupert Murdoch’s UK Headquarters
An Extinction Rebellion protest in June 2022.Vuk Valcic/Sipa USA via AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis. Activists targeted the News…
Stymied by SCOTUS, the EPA Has Other Climate Options
EPA chief Michael Regan.Associated Press This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On June 30, the Supreme Court decided that the Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama had overstepped its authority by creating the Clean Power Plan that would force the U.S. to transition from coal…
Texas Claimed It “Fixed” Its Power Grid, but It Doesn’t Seem That Way
The sun sets behind transmission lines in Texas on July 11.Nick Wagner/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Once again, Texas’ ability to keep electricity flowing to its nearly 30 million residents is in doubt: Searing heat waves, and the heightened energy use…
Plant Based Meats Do More to Address Climate Change Than Green Buildings or Zero-Emission Cars
Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Investments in plant-based alternatives to meat lead to far greater cuts in climate-heating emissions than other green investments, according to one of the world’s biggest consultancy firms. The report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) found…
Global Dismay After Supreme Court Handicaps Biden’s Climate Goals
President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with leaders of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate.Michael Reynolds/ Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden’s election triggered a global surge in optimism that the climate crisis would, finally, be decisively confronted.…
Heat Is Killing US Workers as OSHA Takes Its Sweet Time
Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every year, heat causes at least 170,000 work-related injuries and as many as 2,000 fatalities. It’s one of the top five causes of workplace injuries and deaths, and summers are getting hotter. Despite the growing risk of heat, the Occupational…