Plant Based Meats Do More to Address Climate Change Than Green Buildings or Zero-Emission Cars
Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Investments in plant-based alternatives to meat lead to far greater cuts in climate-heating emissions than other green investments, according to one of the world’s biggest consultancy firms. The report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) found…
Putin “Rubbing Hands With Glee” After EU Classifies Gas as Green Energy
Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The European parliament has backed plans to label gas and nuclear energy as “green,” rejecting appeals from prominent Ukrainians and climate activists that the proposals are a gift to Vladimir Putin. One senior member said the…
Global Dismay After Supreme Court Handicaps Biden’s Climate Goals
President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with leaders of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate.Michael Reynolds/ Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden’s election triggered a global surge in optimism that the climate crisis would, finally, be decisively confronted.…
Heat Is Killing US Workers as OSHA Takes Its Sweet Time
Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every year, heat causes at least 170,000 work-related injuries and as many as 2,000 fatalities. It’s one of the top five causes of workplace injuries and deaths, and summers are getting hotter. Despite the growing risk of heat, the Occupational…
The Nightmare Politics and Sticky Science of Hacking the Climate
Getty Images This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One way to fight climate change may be to…do more climate change. “Geoengineering” is a broad term encompassing distinct techniques for hacking the climate, split into two main groups: There’s carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which could mean sucking carbon…
The Real Target of the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
Getty Images This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In yet another major blow to democratic constitutionalism, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA that the Clean Air Act does not give EPA authority to regulate the power grid as a whole. The decision will likely limit the…