UK Study Reveals Huge Emissions Gap Between Top 1% and Poorest
Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The top 1 percent of earners in the UK are responsible for the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions in a single year as the bottom 10 percent emit over more than two decades, new data has…
Biden Threatens Windfall Tax on Excessive Oil Profits
President Biden talks about oil profits and gas prices on Monday, October 31.Alex Brandon/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Joe Biden on Monday threatened to pursue new legislation that would tax the windfall profits made by fossil fuel companies this year if…
World’s Nations Face Shrinking Odds of Taming Climate Mayhem
Ron Bailey/Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It has been an alarming time for climate scientists. One by one, the grim scenarios they had outlined for the near future have been overtaken by events: extreme storms, droughts, floods and ice-sheet collapses whose sudden appearances have outstripped…
It’s Been 10 Years Since Sandy. Is New York Any More Prepared for the Next Superstorm?
Massive amount of debris lines the street on Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 in Rockaway, in New York.AP/ Donald Traill This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy smashing into New York City, campaigners are warning that insufficient action by governments to tackle the…
One Scientist’s Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine
Juan Gilbert/YouTube This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In late 2020, a large box arrived at Juan Gilbert’s office at the University of Florida. The computer science professor had been looking for this kind of product for months. Previous orders had yielded poor results. This time,…
Big Plastic Wants You to Think You Can Recycle Your Yogurt Container
Grist / Amelia Bates This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number—1 through 7—that identifies the…