Fish, Toads, and John Eastman: Inside the Conservative Project to Undo Federal Environmental Laws
Among the most consequential decisions in the hands of the Supreme Court this term is a pair of lawsuits involving herring fishermen. On the surface, the nearly identical cases are simple disputes about fishing regulations. But they also have the potential to completely rejigger how federal agencies mediate everything from food and agriculture to taxes…
Big Tech’s Energy Needs Are Growing So Fast That Power Grids Can’t Keep Up
Zuma Press This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. Some 12 miles out to sea sits a wind farm, where each of the 60 giant turbines has blades roughly the length of an…
Biden’s Border Closure Will Leave Migrants Vulnerable to Deadly Heat
Katie McTiernan/Anadolu/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With much of the southwest baking under record temperatures, immigrants’ rights advocates worry President Joe Biden’s decision to effectively close the border to asylum seekers for the foreseeable future will endanger lives and further marginalize climate-displaced people seeking refuge in the US.…
Right-Wing Campaign Urges Supreme Court to Protect Fossil Fuel Interests
The Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California.Genaro Molina/TNS/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the Supreme Court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars. Some of the groups behind…
Mexico’s Next President Is a Climate Scientist—and a Fossil Fuel Supporter
Claudia Sheinbaum announcing her win for president at a press conference. Jose Luis Torales/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Mexico’s President-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, an energy engineer and physicist by training, has published widely on the energy transition and greenhouse gas emissions as an environmental scientist.…
Sure, Biden’s Climate Policy Could Be Better, but Consider What a Second Trump Term Would Be Like
US President Joe Biden speaking at COP27.Maged Helal/U.S. Embassy/Zuma This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This April, at a steak dinner with oil and gas executives at the Mar-a-Lago Club, in Florida, former President Donald Trump made a request backed by a hefty promise: If…