Monat: März 2024
news Regulation Transportation
With its new tailpipe rules, the EPA eyes an electric future
Automakers back the tighter emissions regulation, which climate advocates welcome but feel "falls far short of what is needed." Quelle:…
Regulation Transportation
news Sponsored
California’s concerning embrace of a new forest biomass industry
Questions about environmental safety and community health loom over the greenwashed industry and proposed export scheme. Quelle: https://grist.org/sponsored/californias-concerning-embrace-of-a-new-forest-biomass-industry/...
Sponsored
news
Waldschutz: Erhalten was uns erhält
Die zunehmende Klimakrise setzt unseren Wäldern stark zu. Hitze und Trockenheit machen ihnen zu schaffen, und die Folgen sind verheerend.…
Klimakrise
Accountability news Regulation
Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn’t.
Trackers placed in 93 bundles of Amazon packaging marked for "store drop-off" recycling showed many of them were buried or…
Accountability Regulation
Culture news
At prom, fast fashion slows down
A Michigan high school shows how style and sustainability can mix at prom. Quelle: https://grist.org/culture/at-prom-fast-fashion-slows-down/...
Culture
Accountability Economics news Regulation
Connecticut wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects
A new bill could impose a fee on any company insuring a fossil-fuel project in the state. Quelle: https://grist.org/regulation/connecticut-disaster-insurance-fossil-fuels/...
Accountability Economics Regulation
Indigenous Affairs news
The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom
To fight climate change, the world needs copper. The third largest deposit on the planet is in Arizona, a site…
Indigenous Affairs
news Science
Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame?
The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike. Quelle: https://grist.org/science/kitten-season-animal-shelter-cat-wildlife/...
Science
Energy news
Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by…
Energy