Covering Climate Now
Posted May 16, 2022, 11:22 am
Miacel Spotted Elk
/High Country News
The possibility the Department of Energy will establish a strategic uranium reserve to increase the domestic stockpile of uranium comes at a cost: increased contamination borne by Native American tribes and local residents throughout the Southwest.... Read more»
Posted May 10, 2022, 8:54 am
John R. Platt
/The Revelator
To protect communities from environmental harms caused by corporate polluters, lax oversight, and poor enforcement of existing laws, an increased effort needs to be made at uncovering environmental crimes, and holding those responsible accountable.... Read more»
Posted Apr 27, 2022, 11:54 am
John Lorinc
/Corporate Knights
Driven by the relative scarcity of both lithium and cobalt as well as the high demand for electric vehicles, Li-Cycle plans to emerge as a player in the EV-battery recycling industry with construction of recycling plants and hubs in Arizona and across the U.S.... Read more»
Posted Apr 26, 2022, 2:40 pm
Iffah Kitchlew
/The Guardian
Oil and gas CEOs received nearly $45m more in combined total compensation in 2021 compared to 2020 amid a spike in prices.... Read more»
Posted Apr 21, 2022, 1:38 pm
Mark Hertsgaard & Kyle Pope/The Nation
By all scientific accounts, the environmental crisis that activists highlighted more than half a century ago with the first Earth Day is much more dire today, yet network news anchors from 1970 were in many ways ahead of where journalists are now.... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2022, 5:57 am
Saugat Bolakhe
/Knowable Magazine
Scientists have come to realize that the Montreal Protocol of 1987 - which phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons by the cooling and refrigeration industry - might have traded an immediate problem for a long-term one.... Read more»
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Posted Apr 11, 2022, 7:49 am
Jerry Redfern
/Capital and Main
As many groups are demanding American leaders increase oil production, the oil and gas industry has thousands of unused federal drilling permits - but the majority of producers said they had no plans to dramatically increase production in the next year.... Read more»
Posted Apr 8, 2022, 7:49 am
Alex Robinson
/Corporate Knights
Some of the country’s most populous cities have banned gas hookups in new developments - but over the last year, Republican-controlled legislatures have passed bills that prohibit cities from banning natural gas infrastructure in new construction.... Read more»
Posted Apr 5, 2022, 6:50 am
Charis Palmer
/360info
Food supply chains already in flux in the wake of COVID-19 are under new pressure from the Ukraine war with potentially dire consequences for global stability as the heavy sanctions levied on Russia take their toll.... Read more»
Posted Mar 29, 2022, 6:08 am
Laura Schultz
/WhoWhatWhy
Environmental advocacy groups are celebrating a proposal from the US Securities and Exchange Commission that would require publicly traded companies to share with their investors the risks their companies face from climate change and their greenhouse gas emissions.... Read more»
Posted Mar 10, 2022, 6:26 am
Gaye Taylor
/The Energy Mix
Representatives of 175 countries have agreed to work together to produce a global treaty to restrict plastics, as emissions from fossil-based plastics surpass air travel and the world’s waterways become inundated with plastic waste.... Read more»
Posted Feb 15, 2022, 7:15 am
Mitchell Beer
/The Energy Mix
Observers are linking the illegal insurrection in Canada’s capital to past protests supporting pipelines and fossil fuels, digging into the white supremacist funding and logistics behind the convoy, and spotlighting the increasingly serious health impacts for downtown Ottawa residents.
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Posted Feb 9, 2022, 9:54 pm
Chris McGreal
/The Guardian
The influential right-wing lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council is driving a surge in new state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry - the strategy, which aims to protect conservative-friendly industries, is modeled on legislation to punish divestment from Israel.... Read more»
Posted Jan 18, 2022, 8:56 am
Chris McGreal
/The Guardian
ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the U.S. Constitution’s guarantees of free speech.... Read more»
Posted Jan 3, 2022, 9:24 am
Theo Whitcomb
/High Country News
At the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference, water managers signed landmark agreements on conservation measures to try to steer the water users toward sustainability - but growing uncertainty about the future - loomed large, leaving experts uneasy.... Read more»
Posted Dec 7, 2021, 5:17 am
Tara Lohan
/The Revelator
The West is on track for a future with little to no snow - if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced, models show significant reductions in snowpack in the West’s mountains over the next 35 to 60 years - with far-reaching implications for ecosystems, agriculture and communities.... Read more»