Amazon Is Capable of Reducing Plastic Waste in the US. So Why Isn’t It?
Lea Suzuki / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images via Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In response to growing pressure to address the plastic pollution crisis, Amazon has been cutting down on plastic packaging. Last July, the company said it used 11.6 percent less plastic for…
Black Alabamans Urged Officials to Stop a Plant Polluting Their Neighborhood
Walter Moorer observes fumes emitted from the Hosea Weaver asphalt plant near Chin Street in the historic Black community of Africatown.Patrick Darrington/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Walter Moorer likes to say he lives at 411 “Death Row Street.” At least that is…
Democratic Senators Pressured EPA to Ease Rules on Steel Mill Pollution
Laura Hedien/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early March, a small group of Democratic senators from the Rust Belt sent President Joe Biden an urgent letter. They began by extolling the benefits of two of the Biden administration’s biggest achievements, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the…
Indonesian Communities Are Reviving Coral Reefs Decimated by Humans
Community members assemble reef stars to aid in coral restoration.The Ocean Agency This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Out among a scattering of islands spilled like beads into the Indonesian shallows, an extended experiment in coral restoration has revealed something marvelous: With a tender touch and a…
This Kind of Fracking Can Help Solve Our Climate Problems
A surge tank on the injection well return line at the Blundell Geothermal Power Plant near Milford, Utah.Jon G. Fuller / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A limitless supply of heat exists beneath our feet within the Earth’s crust, but harnessing it at…
The Biden Administration Just Rescued Parts of the Endangered Species Act
A Mantled Howler Monkey, which is listed as an endangered species by the US Fish & Wildlife ServicesJon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During former President Donald Trump’s time in office, his administration rolled back a variety of safeguards for wildlife and…