June 2020 – Page 2 – Climate Desk

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Grist

What Lockdown? Traffic Returns, and So Do Carbon Emissions

It's almost like the pandemic never happened.

Shannon Osaka · June 15, 2020
HuffPost

As Summer Season Heats Up, Migrant Workers Confront Compounded Coronavirus Risks

From Florida to New Jersey, workers and doctors are worried about more outbreaks during the summer harvest.

Chris D'Angelo and Dave Jamieson · June 15, 2020
Undark

Amid a Pandemic, Transit Authorities Turn to Technology

As Covid-19 rages on, cities are eyeing microtransit to create a responsive system. But experts say there are tradeoffs.

Doug Johnson · June 15, 2020
HuffPost

EPA Said Giving Polluters A Pass Protected Its Workers. Its Own Union Says That’s Gaslighting.

The agency’s tensions with the unions representing its workers are boiling over as EPA looks to reopen regional offices.

Alexander C. Kaufman · June 13, 2020
Grist

Wait … Chevron Said ‘Black Lives Matter’?

Big Oil’s promises to take on racism and climate change ignore the bigger picture.

Kate Yoder · June 12, 2020
Mother Jones

Arizona’s Emergency Responders Face a Roaring Wildfire Amid a Worsening Pandemic

And fire season has only just begun.

Rebecca Leber · June 12, 2020
Wired

Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain

Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles.

Matt Simon · June 11, 2020
Slate

As a Virus Does, So Too a Fire

Because of the coronavirus, the U.S. Forest Service has instituted a new approach to wildfires—one that could end up injecting even more uncertainty and risk into the equation.

Stephen D. Fillmore · June 10, 2020
High Country News

What Really is Antifa?

Effie Baum, an ‘everyday anti-fascist,’ talks about President Trump’s threat to designate the movement as a terrorist organization, and corrects the record.

Leah Sottile · June 5, 2020
Grist

Hurricanes Disproportionately Harm Communities of Color. TV News Ignores That Fact.

Zero out of 669 news segments on major networks reported on the disproportionate impact of hurricanes on poor communities and communities of color.

Emily Pontecorvo · June 5, 2020
Guardian

Trump Orders Agencies Cut Environment Reviews, Citing ‘Economic Emergency’

Changes could hurt communities of color, which are more likely to live with pollution due to decades of environmental racism.

Emily Holden · June 4, 2020
Guardian

Coal—Free First for Electricity in Great Britain

Coronavirus slump and sunniest spring on record send green energy soaring in England, Wales and Scotland.

Jullian Ambrose · June 2, 2020