From Tree Planting to ‘Sponge Cities’: Why Nature-Based Solutions are Crucial to Fighting the Climate Crisis

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By Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian Nature could hold the key to protecting humanity as the planet heats, but scientists say it is still an underused option The natural world underpins human civilisation on every corner of the planet. From oceans to rainforests, grasslands to mangrove swamps, ecosystems feed billions of …

US Coal Power Plants Killed at Least 460,000 People in Past 20 Years – Report

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By Nina Lakhani, Guardian Pollution caused twice as many premature deaths as previously thought, with updated understanding of dangers of PM2.5. Coal-fired power plants killed at least 460,000 Americans during the past two decades, causing twice as many premature deaths as previously thought, new research has found. Cars, factories, fire …

Louisiana Residents’ Lawsuit Over Racism in Petrochemical Plant Approvals Nixed

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By Clark Mindock, Reuters Nov 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Black Louisiana residents alleging their local government racially discriminates through land use policy that has concentrated polluting petrochemical plants in minority neighborhoods, finding the lawsuit was filed too late. U.S. District Judge Carl …

Environmental Justice a Key Theme Throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment

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By Kristoffer Tigue, Georgina Gustin, Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin, Inside Climate News The report finds that societal factors, including historic racism, have shaped the climate reality for many communities of color. It also details the impacts of climate change on Indigenous people, public health and agriculture. WASHINGTON—Whether it’s the likelihood of living in …

In the Florida Everglades, a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hotspot

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By Amy Green, Inside Climate News Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane. ORLANDO, Fla.—It used to be the water spilled over Lake Okeechobee’s southern shore, flowing eventually into the sawgrass prairies of the Florida Everglades. …

Texas Sees ‘Bonanza’ in Carbon Storage Market

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By Elliot Woods, Capital and Main Critics say Railroad Commission and politicians focus on business, not environmental protection. With the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act last year, Congress and the administration of President Joe Biden made a colossal bet on nascent massive-scale technological …

AI Summit a Start but Global Agreement a Distant Hope

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By Martin Coulter and Paul Sandle, Reuters LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak championed a series of landmark agreements after hosting the first artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit but a global plan for overseeing the technology remains a long way off. Over two days of talks …

Giving City Dwellers Access to Nature is Key Aim, says National Trust

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By Helena Horton, The Guardian A National Trust gardener at work at the ‘sky park’ at Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester. Photograph: Annapurna Mellor/National Trust Images Charity to bring its gardens to urban areas to allow nature-deprived communities access to green spaces. Bringing glorious gardens and green space to nature-deprived people in cities is …

Lessons from the ‘White Gold’ Rush in Latin America’s Lithium Triangle

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By Natalie Alcoba, Corporate Knights Can three countries in the most lithium-rich place on Earth use the green revolution to break free from the extractive patterns of the past that leave little behind? It is quiet and lonely on the mountainous range of Argentina’s Catamarca Province, where llama-like vicuña graze …

Home Countries of Major Rainforests Agree to Work Together to Save Them

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By Ange Adihe Kasongo, Reuters BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Countries that are home to the world’s three major rainforests agreed on Saturday to cooperate to overcome deforestation and safeguard biodiversity but fell short of a concrete alliance to protect the vital carbon sinks. The announcement came on the final …