Wenatchi-P’squosa People Target Solar Project on Washington’s Badger Mountain
Darnell Sam, a former tribal business councilmember and current traditional territories coordinator for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, speaks at the gathering he helped organize at Badger Mountain.Emree Weaver / High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a Thursday…
Will Anti-Fracking Congresswoman Summer Lee Hold Her Pennsylvania Seat?
Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With just two weeks left until the Democratic primary for western Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district, climate and environmental groups have overwhelmingly endorsed the anti-fracking incumbent, Rep. Summer Lee. One of the only contested Democratic congressional primaries in the…
Utilities Use Customers’ Money to Advance Fossil Fuels. This Coalition Aims to Stop Them.
Protesters gather in front of the American Gas Association to demand that funding from customers’ energy bills not be used to pay for the group’s anti-climate lobbying. Joy Asico-Smith/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday…
Critics Deluge Toronto’s Proposed “Rain Tax” on Paved Properties
Flooding during a 2017 storm in TorontoZuma This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A plan to charge Toronto homeowners and businesses for paved surfaces on their properties is creating a public backlash, a deluge of negative international media attention and even derisive comments from Donald Trump Jr. The…
Amazon Is Capable of Reducing Plastic Waste in the US. So Why Isn’t It?
Lea Suzuki / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images via Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In response to growing pressure to address the plastic pollution crisis, Amazon has been cutting down on plastic packaging. Last July, the company said it used 11.6 percent less plastic for…
A New California Bill Aims to Ban Paraquat. Yep, That Toxic Stuff Is Still Around.
Harvesting almonds in Livingston, California.Dave Getzschman/Merced Sun-Star/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Americans of a certain age hear the word “paraquat,” the first thing that might leap to mind is Mexican weed. That’s because, in the late 1970s, the United States government thought…