Producers of “Forever Chemicals” Knew They Were Toxic, Say UN Experts
Aerial views of Cape Fear River in North Carolina, which is surrounded by forests. Ken Blevins/Star News/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In advance of a United Nations meeting this week where pollution is on the agenda, a UN human rights team has called out…
Methane-Spewing Gas and Oil Drillers Owe the US Billions—in Theory
Mario Tama/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 US climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules. But in addition to all its well-known carrots, lawmakers quietly included a smaller number of sticks—particularly when it comes…
Is It Illegal For the White House to Fight COVID Misinfo? Up to SCOTUS.
Modeling of Omicron strain of the virus (blue) and red blood cells National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On March 18, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the federal government overstepped its bounds by asking social…
The EPA Launches a Crackdown on Killer Soot
Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, in Orlando.Paul Hennessy / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized long-awaited new limits on soot, the tiny air pollution particles emitted by sources as varied as power plants, factories, car exhaust,…
Are Ocean Plastics Cleanup Efforts Helping—or Hurting?
Workers for environmental nonprofit, The Ocean Cleanup. Cover Images/ZUMA This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Rebecca Helm despises the phrase “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” This moniker is used to describe the vast stretch of ocean from the West Coast of North America to Japan that is…
Oil Firms Target Rural Communities Again, Now for Lithium Mining
Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to have oil wells on every corner. The small town, located in the southwestern part of the state, sits atop the Smackover Oil Formation, one of the largest oilfields in the United…