340,000 UPS drivers poised to strike over extreme heat, safe working conditions (grist.org)
The largest single-employer strike in U.S. history could frame worker power as a climate solution.
Pennsylvania locomotive manufacturing workers are striking for greener jobs (grist.org)
Pennsylvania locomotive manufacturing workers are striking for greener jobs (grist.org)
This little-known US federal regulator could crack down on fraudulent carbon offsets (grist.org)
The Biden administration bets big on ‘climate smart’ agriculture (grist.org)
Climate Connections: A warming planet, pathogens, and diseases (grist.org)
There’s no cure for citrus greening. California growers have no choice but to keep going. (grist.org)
“The bacteria is fatal to citrus trees and has decimated citrus groves in Florida and Texas. Now, California growers are holding the line to keep producing the vital crops. As temperatures rise, that gets more difficult.”...
The ocean is turning green. Yes, it's climate change. (grist.org)
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The ocean is turning green. Yes, it's climate change. (grist.org)
More than half of the world’s oceans have changed colors in the past 20 years, becoming more green than blue. The culprit? Climate change. In a study, published Wednesday in Nature, decades worth of research showed 56 percent of the world’s oceans experienced color change between 2002 to 2022.
‘The Heat Will Kill You First’ is a chilling book — and a warning (grist.org)
Author Jeff Goodell on extreme heat, a threat that is at once invisible, familiar, and universally underestimated.
How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves (grist.org)
Offshore wind just got its biggest boost yet: The Biden administration approved a project in New Jersey that will generate enough renewable power for 380,000 homes. (grist.org)
Connecticut bans utilities from billing customers for lobbying efforts (grist.org)
Hackers already infiltrate EV chargers (grist.org)
one featured a picture of President Biden pointing his finger, with an “I did that!” caption. the hosts of The Kilowatts tweeted a video showing it was possible to take control of an Electrify America station’s operating system. cracks could conceivably permit hackers to access vehicle data or consumers’ credit card...
Wood isn't the climate-friendly material you think it is (grist.org)
A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying....
These US climate advocates don't care about your carbon footprint. They care about whether you vote. (grist.org)
Why the Environmental Voter Project and its 6,000 volunteers are laser focused on getting more environmentalists to the polls.
A community leader on why aid work is necessary to build climate resilience (grist.org)
Extreme heat will cost the US $1 billion in health care costs — this summer alone (grist.org)
High temperatures could lead to 235,000 ER visits and 56,000 hospital admissions for heat-related conditions annually.
Extreme heat will cost the US $1 billion in health care costs — this summer alone (grist.org)
Extreme heat will cost the US $1 billion in health care costs — this summer alone (grist.org)
Grist: How to build a zero-waste economy (grist.org)
American culture needs to “dispose of that disposable mindset, where everything is to be used and thrown away,”