US and Canadian Oil Production Push the Planet’s Climate Goals Out of Reach
Bayne Stanley/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by National Observer. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A surge in US and Canadian oil production over the last decade has added the equivalent of “one Russia or one Saudi Arabia” to the markets—pushing the…
Here’s Why America Is Dumping Its Trash in Poorer Countries
But as its pace of manufacturing slowed and labor costs rose, Beijing’s desire to be the world’s recycling bin rapidly diminished. Much of the imported recyclable waste was so contaminated that it could not be recycled anyway, Chinese officials complained, and piles of imported waste were ending up in China’s landfills and polluting the country’s…
To Fear or Not to Fear: A Conversation About Climate
Amelia Bates/Grist 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. In just the past year, the public conversation on climate change has turned dire. Wildfires scorched parts of the American West, wiping an entire town off the map. Blazes also torched…
Three Things to Know About the Tornadoes That Devastated Rural Alabama
An aerial view of a cellphone tower that was knocked down by a tornado in Smiths Station, AlabamaAlex Wong/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A spate of tornadoes ravaged Alabama on Sunday and left at least 23 people dead, ranging in age from 6 to 89 years old. First…
Heatwaves Are Sweeping Across the Oceans “Like Wildfires That Take out Huge Areas of Forest”
John Keeble/Getty Images 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. The number of heatwaves affecting the planet’s oceans has increased sharply, scientists have revealed, killing swathes of sea-life like “wildfires that take out huge areas of forest.” …
Coal Burning Plants Aren’t Just Polluting the Air—They’re Poisoning Water
zhongguo/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fossil fuel companies have polluted the groundwater of communities across the country with poisonous chemicals. According to a new comprehensive study by the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice, the groundwater beneath 91 percent of coal plants has been contaminated with coal ash, the byproduct…