Lawsuit Aims to Keep Fire Retardants Out of Waterways
Firefighters dropped retardant over Aliso Canyon during the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, California, last May. Jeff Gritchen/Orange County Register/Getty via HCN This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a hot, dry August day in 2002, air tankers swooped over a small wildfire south of Bend,…
Colorado to Bar Utilities From Lobbying With Customers’ Money
Getty via Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Utilities across the country use money collected from customers’ monthly bills to fund political campaigns and lobbying efforts, often with the goal of blocking climate progress. But in Colorado, that’s about to change. This week, the state passed the country’s…
Alaskan Fishing Boats Are Poaching Threatened Canadian Salmon
A sockeye (red salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka) in British Columbia’s Horsefly River.Mark Conlin/VW PICS/UIG/Getty This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. American fishing boats catching threatened Canadian salmon was flagged as a top concern for federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray before meeting with the US ambassador…
Environmentalists Seek End to Plastic Industry “Hoax”
Baled plastic at the Brightmark chemical recycling plant in Indiana in July.James Bruggers This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The newest flashpoint in a political battle between environmental groups and the plastics industry over “chemical” or “advanced” recycling has to do with the kinds…
Texas Is “Fixing” Its Power Grid in the Most Texas Way Possible
Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ever since brutal winter storms blacked out much of Texas and killed hundreds of residents in February 2021, the state’s government has constantly talked…
Oregon Bill Could Deem Some Environmental Protests “Domestic Terrorism”
Climate change protesters hold a rally during an extreme heatwave on August 13, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.Nathan Howard/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A bill that could stifle environmental protests has emerged in an unlikely place: the Democrat-controlled Oregon state legislature. Lawmakers in the Beaver State…