Sure, Biden’s Climate Policy Could Be Better, but Consider What a Second Trump Term Would Be Like
US President Joe Biden speaking at COP27.Maged Helal/U.S. Embassy/Zuma This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This April, at a steak dinner with oil and gas executives at the Mar-a-Lago Club, in Florida, former President Donald Trump made a request backed by a hefty promise: If…
How a Battle Over Solar Power Tore One New York Community Apart
A solar farm in Harmoney, FloridaPaul Hennessy/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “There are lots of people who say, ‘Nimby, nimby, nimby,’ and the people who say, ‘Nimby, nimby, nimby,’ they don’t live right next door to it.” That’s what one retiree told…
A Bill Would Let Miners Dump Waste on Federal Lands Where They Have No Claim
The Rosemont Copper Company operates in the Santa Rita mountains, located in southeast Arizona.Esther Frances/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After the House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow mining companies more legal rights to federal lands by a bipartisan vote of…
These Young Alaskans Are Suing the State to Stop a $39B Gas Pipeline
Near Bear Glacier, Seward, Alaska.Andrew Harnik/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Eight young people are suing the government of Alaska—the nation’s fastest-warming state—claiming a major new fossil fuel project violates their state constitutional rights. The state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation has proposed a $38.7 billion gas export project…
Trump Doubles Down, Seeking Fossil Fuel Cash at Private Houston Lunch
Donald Trump speaks outside his criminal hush-money trial in Manhattan. Mark Peterson/Pool Photo/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump was continuing to ask fossil-fuel executives to fund his presidential campaign on Wednesday, despite scrutiny of his relationship with the industry. The former president attended a fundraising luncheon at…
Island Nations Notch a Climate Win From World’s Maritime Court
Leaders from island nations arrive for a hearing at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas in 2023 in Hamburg, GermanyGregor Fischer/AFP/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Island nations in the Pacific, Caribbean, and West Indies won a major international legal victory this week that…