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Toxic gas adds to a long history of pollution in southwest Memphis
Staten Island Advance· 7 days agoFor many years, Rose Sims had no idea what was going on inside a nondescript brick building on...
Why new ethanol aviation fuel tax subsidies aren’t a clear climate win
Technology Review· 6 days agoCorn, like any plant that uses photosynthesis to produce food, sucks up carbon dioxide from the air....
Elgin neighborhood floods due to new subdivision, residents say
KTBC via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoNeighbors living in Bastrop County say they have experienced unprecedented flooding ever since development began on a new subdivision just up the road.
Why climate change action requires "degrowth" to make our planet sustainable
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHe also studied at the same time other societies, non-Western societies, that were more sustainable....
Forcing Polluters to Clean Up Their Mess Means New Hope for Communities
Sierra Club· 3 days agoIn Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago, Dulce Ortiz is celebrating with her children. Ortiz is a cofounder of the local environmental justice organization Clean Power Lake County ...
As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’
San Francisco Chronicle· 13 hours agoSponge city techniques differ from other stormwater management approaches because they are scaled to much larger storms and need to be applied across nearly all urban surfaces. In response to ...
What can Idaho’s Craters of the Moon tell us about climate change?
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 2016, the U.S. Geological Service conducted a study showing that pikas, small herbivores that...
A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows
The Conversation· 5 days agoAn international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. This is the first time that a limit on the production of plastic has ...
The Unsettling Eco-Horror of "Evil Does Not Exist"
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe latter’s proposal is to transform the forest into a bucolic tourist trap...observation that “water flows downhill” mocks the concept of trickle-down...
Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe UK’s overall carbon pollution in 2023 was around 300 million tonnes. Lead author Dr William...
