The Vulnerability of California’s Coast Is Terrifying
This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The destructive impacts of climate change have become increasingly apparent in California, with brutal droughts, historic wildfires and extreme precipitation hammering the state. But new research suggests that the worst might be yet to come. By the end of…
These 5 People Are Bringing Equity to the Fight Against Climate Change
Grist/Elsa Mengistu/Adrien Salazar/CEERT/Adam DeTour Photography/Todd Youngblood Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change doesn’t discriminate, but systems created by people do. Policies and other decisions put some closer to the frontlines of disaster than others: communities of…
The US Is Accused of Blocking Global Action Against Plastic Pollution
This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Environmental groups involved in talks at a United Nations conference in Kenya have accused the US of blocking an ambitious global response to plastic pollution. Representatives of countries at the UN environment conference in Nairobi this week agreed to significantly reduce single-use plastics over…
“I’m Fighting for My Future”—A Climate Change Generation Is Making Itself Heard
Greta Thunberg, climate activist, who inspired global strikes.Daniel Bockwoldt/DPA via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2040, Haven Coleman will be 33 years old. Having grown up in Colorado, she may have left the state to attend college or start her career, but wherever she goes will be…
In Schools All Over the Country, America’s Kids Are Exposed to Water Tainted by Toxic Lead
Edwin Remsberg/VW Pics via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Shakima Thomas came home one day last October, she found a piece of paper wedged in her door telling her the water in her…
Microplastic Pollution Is Absolutely Everywhere
Bernd Wüstneck/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published in The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Microplastic pollution spans the world, according to new studies showing contamination in the UK’s lake and rivers, in groundwater in the US and along the Yangtze river…