By Katie Myers, Grist In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn’t pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an “energy emergency.” Scott Olson / Getty Images It looked for a while like the coal mining era was over in the Clearfork Valley of …
Atlanta is embracing a cheap, effective way to beat urban heat: ‘cool roofs’
By Matt Simon, Grist White or reflective roofs significantly reduce temperatures. Atlanta is the latest city to mandate their adoption. Mark Gail/The The Washington Post via Getty Images Walk outside into 100-degree heat wearing a black shirt, and you’ll feel a whole lot hotter than if you were wearing white. …
Sunken warships from WWI and WWII are ticking pollution time bombs at the bottom of our oceans
By Rosie Frost, EuroNews Copyright Imperial War Museum As rusting war-era ships decay on the seafloor, their toxic cargoes pose an urgent but often overlooked environmental risk. In December 1918, the HMS Cassandra was headed towards Tallinn to support Estonian efforts to break away from Bolshevik rule at the end …
This national monument is ‘part of the true history of the USA’. Will it survive Trump 2.0?
By Dani Anguiano, The Guardian The Sáttítla Highlands with Mt Shasta in the background. Photograph: EcoFlight Sáttítla Highlands, with its unique lava-flow landscape, feels like ‘another planet’, but its protected status, granted by Joe Biden, is now threatened. It’s easy to get lost in the Sáttítla Highlands in remote north-eastern California. There …
Senate Republicans are about to pass a bill that will destroy the climate and spike your energy bills
By Heather Clark, Fast Company Curbing climate change is within reach. It’s not too late to take action. [Source Image: artpartner-images/iStock/Getty Images Plus As record heat waves hit much of the U.S., the Senate is about to pass a bill that will decimate clean energy—and take away our best shot …
Map: All 250 million acres of public land the Trump budget bill would sell off
By Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company The Senate’s reconciliation bill would mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of public lands, and make even more eligible for sale—including hiking trails, ski resorts, and wildlife corridors. [Screenshot: The Wilderness Society] The Senate budget bill—also called the reconciliation bill, or Trump’s “One …
Could Seaweed Be the Key to Critical Mineral Independence?
Sustainable Brands New biomining platform eschews environmentally destructive conventional mining to source critical minerals via photosynthetic marine systems. In the world of climate solutions, seaweed has emerged as a great green (or brown or red) hope. Along with being a superfood, its incredibly fast growth rate and supercharged carbon-sequestration ability have made it a go-to feedstock …
Trump is trying to kill California’s EV standards. It will affect cars across the country
By Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company As the Trump administration moves to end California’s more aggressive auto regulations, it’s throwing the industry into more chaos—and setting the U.S. back on its EV transition. [Source Image: 3alexd/iStock/Getty Images Plus] For nearly 60 years, California has been able to set its own standards …
Study Says Clean Energy Rollbacks Will Cost Economy $1.1 Trillion by 2035
By Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News As the Trump administration makes the economic case for the repeal of climate policies, sobering numbers emerge on health and energy costs. A lignite-fueled power plant is seen in Stanton, North Dakota, where air pollution in the state could be 13 percent higher in …
Biodiversity allows for sustainable fisheries and better nutrition
By Krishna Ramanujan, Phys.Org Small fish caught in inland Cambodia’s highly biodiverse rice field fisheries. Credit: Kathryn Fiorella To satisfy the seafood needs of billions of people, offering them access to a more biodiverse array of fish creates opportunities to mix-and-match species to obtain better nutrition from smaller portions of …