By Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica Vermont’s Superfund climate act—which Big Oil called “unfair”—expected to pass. Vermont may soon become the first state to force fossil fuel companies to pay their fair share to cover recovery efforts from climate change damages. This week, the state’s potentially groundbreaking law passed a preliminary …
Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report
By Ed Pilkington, The Guardian Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and …
Scientists sound alarm as growing threat looms over coastal states: ‘We are preparing for the wrong disaster’
By Doric Sam, Yahoo News Scientists have issued a stern warning over the ongoing threat of rising sea levels caused by the ever-changing climate. What’s happening? A detailed report by The Washington Post revealed that coastal communities across eight states in the U.S. are facing “one of the most rapid sea level …
Study: Hurricanes intensifying faster near coastlines amid warming
By Andrew Freedman, Axios Hurricanes are intensifying more rapidly — and to a greater extent closer to shore than they used to — in large part because of human-caused climate change, a new study finds. Driving the news: The study, published in the journal Earth’s Future, found that hurricanes have on average gained strength more …
Scientists Say Underwater Cave So Deep They Can’t Find the Bottom
By Victor Tangermann, Futurism A team of researchers has identified the deepest known sinkhole on Earth — so deep that they have yet to reach its bottom. The Taam Ja’ Blue Hole (TJBH), which is located underwater, off the coast near the border between Mexico and Belize, was once thought …
Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’
By John Hinchliffe and pictures by Mike Bowers, The Guardian Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods. Beneath the turquoise waters off Heron Island lies a huge, brain-shaped Porites coral that, in health, would be a rude shade of purplish-brown. Today that coral outcrop, or …
Wild bees are the real climate heroes
Fast Company If we want to continue eating fruits and vegetables, maintain forests, and fight climate change, we must stop focusing on only one of 20,000 bee species. Year after year, articles appear with doomsday scenarios describing how bee populations are rapidly declining, with buzzword headlines like “A bee-pocalypse in Europe” …
Lessons on how (and how not) to build a bike-friendly city
By Alex Robinson, Corporate Knights Cycling advocates in Washington, D.C. and Montreal have worked toward the same goal, but with starkly different results. The car has long reigned supreme in North American cities. As car ownership took off in the 1950s, urban planners and engineers designed streets and roads around …
Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds
By Tom Perkins, The Guardian Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines. Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along …
Events Are Driving Transparency, Awareness with Climate-Labeled Food Menus
By Christina Lampert, Sustainable Brands Using climate-impact labels is one way events can persuade attendees to choose more sustainable menu options. Event organizers globally are recognizing the need to evolve standard event practices into more sustainable versions. With the many routes trade shows and conferences can use to reduce their environmental …