The evidence is growing: Your gas stove is a menace to the climate, and could very well be harming your health. A new peer-reviewed study published on Thursday by Stanford University researchers found that as much as 1.3 percent of the gas used in typical U.S. stoves could be leaking into the atmosphere unburned. While […]
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To get rural Americans involved in climate crisis, see them for who they are
I like small towns. I grew up in the Hudson Valley of New York state, just beyond the reach of the commuter trains to Manhattan; spent 15 years in rural Colorado, living in a town with no traffic lights and a population well under 2,000; then moved to a similarly tiny town in southwestern Washington […]
The government’s new ‘Earthshot’ — making it cheap to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere
The U.S. government has a new goal to make it much cheaper to suck carbon dioxide out of the air. On Friday, at the United Nations’ climate conference, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced her agency’s new “Earthshot Initiative” to bring the cost of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it securely below […]
The complex challenge of climate change requires collaborative solutions
When the Dixie Fire began on July 13, 2021, environmental groups knew it would be a fast-growing blaze thanks to the combination of the megadrought, the buildup of forest debris (aka wildfire fuel) , and extreme heat. They couldn’t have predicted that it would be the first wildfire to span the Sierra Nevada mountain range, […]
Imagine 2200: A climate-fiction project by Fix, Grist’s solutions lab
Fix’s climate-fiction short story collection, Imagine 2200, is live today. Check out the winning stories now. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Imagine 2200: A climate-fiction project by Fix, Grist’s solutions lab on Sep 14, 2021.
Sustainable agriculture is the future of farming – here’s why
It’s time to burst the bubble of the rural-urban divide: When it comes to competing against forces of gentrification and big agribusiness in the name of food equity, small farmers and urban farms have a lot in common. Here’s how two agricultural entrepreneurs are working toward common ground in the name of a healthier food […]
In Maricopa County, an electric school bus brings power to the people
One in every nine children in Maricopa County is asthmatic. The Arizona county, home to Phoenix, has some of the most polluted air in the country. At least 13 percent of Maricopa residents under 65 lack health insurance; 12 percent of the county’s population lives in poverty. But Maricopa is also home to the state’s […]
Is climate change happening faster than expected? A climate scientist explains.
Climate scientists have long warned that global warming would lead to extreme heat in many parts of the world. But the 120 degree Fahrenheit temperatures brought on by the heatwave in the Pacific Northwest in June were more in line with what researchers had imagined would occur later this century. “Astonished” is the word Michael […]
What will the GOP’s new ‘climate caucus’ accomplish?
Representative John Curtis of Utah wasn’t always interested in tackling climate change. In 2018, his first full year in Congress, he voted against 35 climate and environmental bills, according to the League of Conservation Voters, an environmental advocacy group that keeps track of how members of Congress vote. But earlier this year, Curtis invited his […]
Illinois had a chance to pass one of the most progressive clean energy bills in the country. It failed.
After two years of negotiations, it seemed likely that Illinois was finally going to pass ambitious clean energy legislation during its latest legislative session. There were over five bills on the table that included decarbonization goals, expanded renewable energy programs, equity measures, improved energy efficiency standards, and job creation strategies. Even Governor J.B. Pritzker had […]