Utilities Have Been Lying to us About Gas Stoves Since the 1970s
Michael Bocchieri/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One-third of American kitchens have gas stoves—and evidence is piling up that they’re polluting homes with toxic chemicals. A study this summer found that using a single gas stove burner on high can raise levels of cancer-causing benzene above…
Coal Communities Fear Exclusion From Environmental Justice Initative
Belle Ayr Mine near Gillette, Wyoming Mead Gruver/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Officials from declining coal communities in Wyoming worry that the Biden administration’s environmental justice agenda is hurting their ability to compete for billions of dollars in federal clean energy and infrastructure grants,…
GM Contract Will Protect EV Workers, Paving Way for Green Transition
Members of the United Auto Workers rallied and then marched past General Motors headquarters in Michigsn in support of the UAW’s strike against Ford, Stellantis, and GM. Jim West/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Workers at General Motors’ electric vehicle battery manufacturing facilities will be…
As Climate Risks Mount, the Insurance Safety Net Is Collapsing
atias J. Ocner/TNS/ZUMA This story is the first in a four-part Grist series examining how climate change is destabilizing the global insurance market. It is published in partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and appears here as part of the Climate Desk Partnership. “We’ve got ourselves a little monster out there,” anchorman Jim Cantore warned, facing the camera in…
As Canada Explores Carbon Capture, Experts Warn of Health Risks
For Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam, whose territory would be affected by the Pathways Alliance project, safety concerns are top of mind. At the same time, trust in the provincial regulator and the oil and gas industry has been decimated this year as revelations have come to light that the Alberta Energy Regulator…
EPA Opens Civil Rights Probe of Alabama’s Sewage Failures
Lance Cheung / U.S. Department of Agriculture This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sewage collecting in crudely dug trenches. Failing septic tanks that send waste bubbling into backyards. These are some of the common sights across Alabama’s Black Belt, a strip of 24 continuous counties blessed…