By Keerti Gopal, Inside Climate News The youth vote was not a monolith in Tuesday’s election, despite its broad concern for the environment and disillusionment with politics and government. Students vote at the University of California, Irvine on Tuesday. Credit: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images For 19-year-old …
Trump’s reelection has sweeping climate change consequences
By Andrew Freedman, Axios Former President Donald Trump‘s reelection threatens to worsen global climate change by altering the trajectory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, eroding federal climate research and forecasting, and abdicating America’s leadership role in global climate negotiations. Why it matters: His return to the White House comes at a time …
Sustainability in the Divided States: Depolarization Is the First Order of Business
By Sandra Seru, Sustainable Brands For a field built around the long-term view, it’s up to us to do the uncomfortable work and reach across party lines. If we don’t make addressing polarization a priority, will the rest of our work be worth it? Like most US voters, I’m holding a …
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 …
Solar power to the people: how the sun is bringing light – and TV – to Amazon villages
Flávia Milhorance, Isabel Alarcón and David Gonzalez, The Guardian Solar panels make it easier for Piyulaga village residents to gather in the evenings. Photograph: Flavia Milhorance/Dialogue Earth Their fuel resources have long been plundered by others, while national grids have failed to connect them. Now, solar panels could give more than …
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 …
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 …
‘Scramble for the oceans’: how countries are racing to name and claim remote parts of the seabed
By Donna Ferguson, The Guardian Newly ‘discovered’ underwater topographical features are paving the way for nation states to exploit previously untouched marine resources An illustration of 3D mapping of the ocean. New technology has enabled exploration of the sea floor. Photograph: Hypack “The sea does not belong to despots,” Jules Verne …
Emissions War Escalates—Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit
By Ken Mclaughlin, The War Horse Should international climate pacts require militaries to comprehensively report the amount of greenhouse gases they release into the atmosphere? A Ukrainian tank fires at pro-Russian forces in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russia and pro-separatist forces have controlled the region since 2014, eight …
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, …