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‘Grim Outlook’ for Thwaites Glacier
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092024/grim-outlook-for-thwaites-glacier/
Published: September 19, 2024 23:05
After six years of probing, poking and sampling a Florida-sized chunk of ice in West Antarctica with submarines, satellites and drills, scientists with the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration said Thursday that a worst-case meltdown scenario…
A Trump Debate Comment About German Energy Policy Leaves Germans Perplexed
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092024/inside-clean-energy-trump-debate-german-energy/
Published: September 19, 2024 13:00
In his closing statement at last week’s presidential debate, Donald Trump made a blink-and-you-miss-it comment that earned a pointed response from the German government. “You believe in things like we’re not going to frack, we’re not going to take fossil…
Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092024/tyson-foods-emission-reduction-promise-lawsuit/
Published: September 19, 2024 09:05
A longtime agriculture industry watchdog has sued Tyson Foods, alleging the company misleads consumers by marketing “climate friendly” beef and by promising to slash its climate-warming emissions. Arkansas-based Tyson, the world’s second largest meat…
A Company’s Struggles Raise Questions About the Future of Lithium Extraction in Pennsylvania
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092024/pennsylvania-fracking-wastewater-lithium-extraction/
Published: September 19, 2024 09:00
When a new study suggested that vast quantities of the critical mineral lithium could be found in Pennsylvania’s fracking wastewater, Eureka Resources seemed perfectly positioned to take advantage of the frenzy of publicity that followed. In 2023, Eureka…
New Study Suggests Major Climate Reports May Be Underestimating Drought Risks
Published: September 18, 2024 16:37
Droughts in the coming decades could be longer than projected by current climate models, a new study published Wednesday in Nature warns. The international team of scientists examined potential biases that could skew climate models used to make drought…
A Dangerous Chemical Is Fouling Niagara Falls’ Air. New York State Hasn’t Put a Stop to It
Published: September 18, 2024 10:00
This story is a collaboration between Public Health Watch, WBFO and Inside Climate News. For at least 15 years, a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, has been sending a pollutant that causes bladder cancer into the air at…
Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092024/alabama-mobile-bay-federal-mud-dumping/
Published: September 18, 2024 09:00
For five generations, Avery Bates’ family has worked pulling fish, shrimp, crabs and oysters out of Mobile Bay in south Alabama. Now Bates fears that his family’s legacy and the oyster reefs they depend on are about to be smothered by the U.S. Army Corps…
Q&A: Near Lake Superior, a Tribe Fights to Remove a Pipeline From the Wetlands It Depends On
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092024/todays-climate-bad-river-band-oil-pipeline/
Published: September 17, 2024 20:07
This piece is part of our “Behind the Scenes” series, where Kiley Price interviews a fellow ICN reporter to learn more about one of their recent stories and how they reported it. For centuries, members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have…
Ranchers Are Using Toxic Herbicides to Clear Forests in Brazil
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092024/rancher-toxic-herbicides-brazil-forests/
Published: September 17, 2024 18:10
A destructive cocktail of herbicides, including a key compound in the lethal defoliant Agent Orange, is being used to chemically deforest huge areas of Brazil as ranchers there seek new, less detectable ways to clear forests for grazing cattle. A report,…
With Wyoming’s Regional Haze Plan ‘Partially Rejected,’ Conservationists Await Agency’s Final Proposal
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092024/wyoming-regional-haze-plan/
Published: September 17, 2024 09:00
Every year, the 3.8 million people who visit Grand Teton National Park cross their fingers for clear skies. In perfect conditions, visitors can see the Tetons thrusting upward over serene mountain lakes, one of the most iconic views in the American West.…
Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16092024/nasa-supersonic-test-flight-low-boom-high-pollution/
Published: September 16, 2024 09:05
At the end of the last century, a wealthy few lived the dream of flying faster than the speed of sound, crossing the ocean in champagne-and-caviar style in a needle-nosed jet called the Concorde. But commercial supersonic aviation’s 27-year run sputtered…
The Key to Fix California’s Inadequate Water Storage? Put Water Underground, Scientists Say
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16092024/california-underground-water-storage/
Published: September 16, 2024 09:00
A new University of California Riverside study on California agriculture and climate proposes a plan for new water capture, storage and distribution systems throughout California that will sustain agriculture and keep up with climate trajectories. …
How to Talk to Anxious Children About Climate Change
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092024/how-to-talk-to-anxious-children-about-climate-change/
Published: September 15, 2024 09:59
At 21, Olivia Vesovich has already put more on the line for the climate fight than most people, regardless of age. In 2020, Vesovich was just 16 and wrapping up her sophomore year of high school when she decided to sacrifice her privacy and step onto the…
In Honduras, Libertarians and Legal Claims Threaten to Bankrupt a Nation
Published: September 15, 2024 09:00
ROATÁN, Honduras—Years later, Luisa Connor and Vanessa Cárdenas would look back ruefully on the day foreigners visited their beachfront village with plans for a development next door. They had no idea the effort was backed by Silicon Valley billionaires…
Departures From Climate Action 100+ Highlight U.S.-Europe Divide Over ESG Investing
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14092024/climate-action-100-esg-investing-departures/
Published: September 14, 2024 09:05
Over the past few months, a string of large American asset managers have left Climate Action 100+, a global investor group created to ensure that the largest corporate emitters of greenhouse gases take action on climate change. Their departure coincides…
The Promise and Challenges of Managed Retreat
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14092024/managed-retreat-promises-and-challenges/
Published: September 14, 2024 09:00
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by managing producer Jenni Doering with reporter Daniel Shailer on managed retreat in coastal South Carolina. Coastal and low-lying areas across the…
Aquatic Ecosystems Aren’t Immune to Wildfire Impacts, Research Shows
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13092024/todays-climate-wildfires-lakes-ocean-smoke/
Published: September 13, 2024 19:43
Amid an unusual September heat wave, several major wildfires are raging simultaneously out West. As climate change fuels more severe infernos, a fairly new field of study has emerged to investigate how these blazes are interacting with a substance that…
Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
Published: September 13, 2024 09:05
For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest are drawing down water levels on the Mississippi River, raising prices for companies that transport goods downstream and forcing governments and business owners to seek alternative…
Lake Powell Plumbing Will Be Repaired, but Some Say Glen Canyon Dam Needs a Long-Term Fix
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13092024/lake-powell-glen-canyon-dam-plumbing/
Published: September 13, 2024 09:00
Federal water managers will repair a set of little-used pipes within Glen Canyon Dam after discovering damage earlier this year. The tubes, called river outlet works, have been a focus for Colorado River watchers in recent years. If Lake Powell falls much…
Proposals to Build California’s First Carbon Storage Facilities Face a Key Test
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12092024/californias-carbon-storage-proposals/
Published: September 12, 2024 20:47
Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities are facing key tests in the coming weeks, beginning with a vote by the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday night. The commission will decide whether to approve plans submitted by two oil…