Monat: April 2024
Extreme Heat news Oceans Science
Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people. Earlier this month, the world officially…
Extreme Heat Oceans Science
Equity International news
The world agreed to create a climate reparations fund. Now comes the hard part.
A 26-member board is finally beginning work on the UN’s new loss and damage fund. Quelle: https://grist.org/international/loss-and-damage-board-meeting-climate-reparations-fund/...
Equity International
Accountability Health news Regulation
US military bases teem with PFAS. There’s still no firm plan to clean them up.
Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected at 80 percent of active and decommissioned military bases Quelle: https://grist.org/accountability/us-military-bases-teem-with-pfas-theres-still-no-firm-plan-to-clean-them-up/...
Accountability Health Regulation
Accountability news
A decade later, Flint’s water crisis continues
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a…
Accountability
news Transportation
A highway in Indiana could one day charge your EV while you’re driving it
Construction of the pilot project on U.S. Highway 52 began this month. State officials hope it can help quell range…
Transportation
Equity news Regulation
A water crisis in Mississippi turns into a fight against privatization
Thanks to a federal judge, residents of Jackson will have a say in how the city resolves its yearslong water…
Equity Regulation
Global Indigenous Affairs Desk Indigenous Affairs news
Indigenous leaders are risking their lives to speak at the UN
From harassment to kidnapping and arrest, Indigenous advocates who face reprisals for their work say the U.N. must protect them.…
Global Indigenous Affairs Desk Indigenous Affairs