Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability.
New litigation from state AG offices raises the stakes in court battles focused on fighting greenwashing and misleading claims about recycling. #ClimateChange
Secretive court system has awarded over $100 billion public money to corporations, finds new analysis.
Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114 billion of public money. #ClimateChange
A different kind of youth climate activist: Meet the high schoolers who invented a microplastics solution.
Victoria and Justin Huang, two 17-year-olds from Texas, designed a system that filters microplastic particles out of water using ultrasound waves. #ClimateChange
Earth hits full year of back-to-back monthly heat records.
Planet Earth hit 12 consecutive months where the global average temperature reached a record high, according to new data released on Wednesday. #ClimateChange
Restaurants Create a Mound of Plastic Waste. Some Are Working to Fix That.
A small but growing number of restaurants are moving away from single-use plastic take-out containers, which usually end up in the trash because they can’t be recycled. #ClimateChange#Food#Restaurant
New map shows vast potential for geothermal energy beneath entire US.
Much of the vast fleet of U.S. military bases, coal plants and industrial facilities sits atop a prime resource for clean energy: layers of hot rock deep within the earth. #ClimateChange
Groundwater is heating up, threatening life below and above the surface.
Under your feet lies the world’s biggest reservoir. Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. Where is it? In the voids between grains and cracks within rocks. We see it when it rises to the surface in springs, in caves, or when we pump it up for use. #ClimateChange#Science
Climate change projected to warm shallow groundwater by up to 3.5°C.
Shallow groundwater is projected to warm on average between 2.1°C and 3.5°C by the end of the century, according to a world-first global groundwater temperature model. #ClimateChange
Paris has banned cars on more than 100 streets, increased parking fees for SUVs, and created 1,300 km of bike lanes under Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
Changes designed to encourage people to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials. #ClimateChange#Paris#France
A Brazilian city restores its mangroves to protect against climate change.
A broad coalition of organizations is working to conserve and restore mangroves in the Greater Florianópolis area on Brazil’s southern Atlantic coast. #ClimateChange
Toxic forever chemicals are dramatically on the rise in Lake Michigan and have been detected in all of the Great Lakes.
The new study found airborne concentrations of PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are much higher near Chicago, Detroit and other urban areas. Previous research recorded similar patterns for other toxic chemicals. #ClimateChange#GreatLakes#Chicago#Detroit#Michigan
Can you really make your kitchen plastic-free? With a little ingenuity and a lot of flexibility, it’s possible to find substitutes for the plastics that are leaching into our food and bodies and clogging our oceans. #ClimateChange
Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits from California, other states.
Oil and gas companies are asking the Supreme Court to block dozens of high-powered lawsuits from California to Massachusetts seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in costs related to climate change. #ClimateChange