By Emily Jones, Grist With less than half of Georgia Power’s electricity carbon-free, businesses and governments are scrambling to meet looming clean energy targets. With much fanfare and celebration, Georgia Power, the state’s largest electricity provider, just marked a major milestone: Two new nuclear reactors near Augusta are now generating enough …
It’s ‘almost impossible’ to eliminate toxic PFAS from your diet. Here’s what you can do
By Tom Perkins, The Guardian Found in products such as eggs and rice, ‘forever chemicals’ have been linked to cancer, kidney disease and more. In recent years, research has found or pointed to the presence of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in a range of staples, products and beverages across the food system. …
Ant Surgeons? Transatlantic Butterflies? Worms That Make Antibiotics?
By Jules Howard, Slate Invertebrate science is crawling with breakthroughs. It should always be this way. It’s been a busy few weeks in the news in so very many ways, including for science stories about creepy-crawlies and other unsightly animals that make most people—unfairly—recoil in horror. First, there was the …
What we can learn from Mexico’s struggle to ban a potent pesticide
By Erin Nelson, Laura Gomez Tovar, and Manuel Angel Gomez Cruz, Corporate Knights Researchers are helping citrus farmers adopt agroecology practices to transition away from glyphosate, as the Mexican government wavers on whether to ban the weed killer. Farmers around the world all need to deal with weeds. The most …
NATO Report Outlines Growing Climate Risks to Global Security
By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News Extreme weather is fueling global conflict—and hampering NATO’s ability to address it, according to a new analysis. Last week, world leaders from more than 30 countries across North America and Europe gathered in Washington to discuss the top security threats facing members of NATO, …
America’s Aging Dams Are a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen
Wired Climate change presents a growing threat to the nation’s nearly 92,000 dams, many of which are more than 100 years old, as heavy rainfall, flooding, and other forms of extreme weather become more common and severe. Minnesota’s century-old Rapidan Dam captured the national spotlight last week when its partial failure destroyed …
Energy companies win dismissal of Baltimore’s climate change case
By Nate Raymond, Reuters July 11 (Reuters) – A Maryland judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking to hold energy giants such as Exxon Mobil(XOM.N), opens new tab, BP(BP.L), opens new tab and Chevron(CVX.N), opens new tab responsible for climate change, saying the case went beyond the …
US sued over ‘failure to examine harms’ from delayed offshore oil decommissioning
By Georgina Mccartney, Reuters July 11 (Reuters) – An environmental group on Thursday sued the U.S. government over its approach to examining the harm caused by ageing offshore oil and gas infrastructure, citing the risks delayed decommissioning poses to people and the environment. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the …
Florida: tree cactus becomes first local species killed off by sea-level rise
By Richard Luscombe, The Guardian Key Largo tree cactus no longer growing naturally in US thanks to salt water inundation and soil depletion. Scientists in Florida have recorded what they say is the first local extinction of a species caused by sea-level rise. The climate emergency has killed off the Key Largo …
Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital
The Guardian Ruling, based on constitutional rights for natural features like Quito’s Machángara River, appealed by government. A ruling described by activists as “historic”, a court in Ecuador has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the country’s capital, Quito. The city government appealed the ruling, …