Fast Company Activists rallied around a shared feeling of exclusion from the formal COP process and concerns that the solutions that come out of it are harming their communities. Pedestrian walk in front of the venue for COP 29 Summit in Baku on November 10, 2024, on the eve of …
‘People do not want to believe it is true’: the photographer capturing the vanishing of glaciers
By Helena Horton, The Guardian Christian Åslund was shocked at the difference between what he saw in 2002 and what confronted him this summer. Standing in blinding sunlight on an archipelago above the Arctic Circle, the photographer Christian Åslund looked in shock at a glacier he had last visited in …
Voluntary carbon markets are flooded with cheap offsets that aren’t effective, data says
Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on its behalf—by planting trees, for example, or generating renewable energy. The …
PFAS mixtures more toxic than single compounds, suggesting higher danger
By Tom Perkins, The Guardian First-of-its-kind research highlights need for change to regulation, as humans almost always exposed to mixtures. Mixtures of different types of PFAS compounds are often more toxic than single chemicals, first-of-its-kind research finds, suggesting humans’ exposure to the chemicals is more dangerous than previously thought. Humans are …
Millions in the U.S. May Be Drinking Groundwater Tainted With ‘Forever Chemicals’
By Adam Kovac, Gizmodo A USGS-developed model has shocking results for residents of California, Florida, and Massachusetts. A map showing possible areas in the U.S. at risk of PFA-contaminated groundwater. © USGS The next time you run your tap for a refreshing drink of water, you might want to consider its …
A New Nonprofit Aims to Empower Supporters of Local Renewable Energy Projects
By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News Because opposing voices tend to dominate these debates, Greenlight America will inform supporters about plans in their communities. A view of the Brighton Solar field on May 23 in Pueblo, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images A large majority of people …
Cop16: Colombia prepares to host ‘decisive’ summit on biodiversity
By Luke Taylor, The Guardian Experts say UN event will be critical for world’s declining wildlife population as host nation pushes for inclusivity. World leaders, environmental activists and prominent researchers have begun to arrive in Cali, Colombia, for a biodiversity summit that experts say will be decisive for the fate of …
US air pollution monitoring network has gaps in coverage, say researchers
Phys.Org Researchers recommend 10 locations for additional sites that could bring 67% of the people living in unmonitored air-quality hotspots into the EPA’s assessment network. Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00605 The lack of air-quality monitoring capabilities across the U.S. affects the health of millions …
A US university has a new requirement to graduate: take a climate change course
By Katherine Gammon, The Guardian UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’ UC San Diego’s Geisel library, in San Diego, California, in 2018. Photograph: Chon Kit Leong/Alamy Melani Callicott, a human biology major at the University of California, San Diego, …
AI’s race for the planet
By Scott Rosenberg, Axios Climate change is quickly transforming the world. So is AI — and the planet’s future may well hang on which of the two moves faster. Why it matters: AI could be the climate change story’s greatest villain or biggest hero. It could even be both. The electricity-hungry technology is tempting …