Fossil-Fuel Boosters Have Criminalized Climate Protests Across America
Raymond Kingfisher and other Indigenous foes of the Dakota Access Pipeline rally in Washington, DC, in March 2017.Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wir This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Republican-led legislatures have passed anti-protest laws drafted by an extreme right corporate lobbying group in a third of all…
Climate Rebels Are “Disarming” Europe’s SUVs
Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The climate activist group the Tyre Extinguishers has claimed its largest night of action yet against SUVs, with more than 600 vehicles “disarmed” across nine countries. Over the night marking six months since the launch of the campaign, which…
Climate Delegates Flock to Cairo to Prep for Next UN Summit
Families displaced by recent flooding set up this makeshift camp in Charsadda, Pakistan.PPI via ZUMA Press Wir This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With only two months to go before the United Nations climate conference kicks off in Egypt, delegates are descending on Cairo this…
Electric Utilities Key Players in Climate Denial, Study Finds
Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. America’s electric utilities were aware as early as the 1960s that the burning of fossil fuels was warming the planet, but, two decades later, worked hand in hand with oil and gas companies to “promote doubt around climate…
A Mega-Merger Has Left Some Gold Miners Fearing for Their Safety
Photo illustration by Neu Tokyo for High Country News and The Nevada IndependentThis article, a collaboration between High Country News and The Nevada Independent, was supported by grants from the Fund for Investigative Journalism and is republished here as part of our Climate Desk partnership.. Note: Because some sources were concerned about the possibility of retaliation, gender-neutral…
Just How Clean Is “Clean” Hydrogen, Anyway?
A hydrogen fuel cell bus in Canton, Ohio. Tony Dejak/AP This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Democrats’ new climate legislation, which President Joe Biden signed into law this week, has been described as “transformative” and “game-changing.” But perhaps the most apt word…