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Month: December 2022

  • High Country News

    What If Indigenous Women Ran Controlled Burns?

    The Karuk Tribe’s first-of-its-kind training seeks to extinguish hypermasculinity in firefighting culture.

    B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster · December 30, 2022

  • Canada's National Observer

    Civil society groups urge feds to ban reprocessing used nuclear fuel

    Canada’s forthcoming radioactive waste policy should include a ban on plutonium reprocessing, a national alliance of civil society organizations says.

    Natasha Bulowski · December 29, 2022

  • Guardian

    Climate Impact Labels Could Help People Eat Less Red Meat

    Information on environmental impact can persuade consumers against carbon-heavy food choices, says study.

    Helena Horton · December 27, 2022

  • Guardian

    Shifting Gears: Why US Cities are Falling Out of Love with the Parking Lot

    Cities are loosening rules on building parking spots with new buildings: ‘It’s about the climate, it’s about walkability.’

    Oliver Milman · December 26, 2022

  • Guardian

    Can Geoengineering Fix the Climate? Hundreds of Scientists Say Not So Fast

    The Biden administration is developing a controversial solar geoengineering research plan to the dismay of many experts.

    Oliver Milman · December 25, 2022

  • High Country News

    Can Assisted Migration Save the Rio Grande’s Cutthroat?

    Scientists wage an upstream battle to save trout in a warming West.

    Ben Goldfarb · December 23, 2022

  • Inside Climate News

    In a Famed Game Park Near the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up

    As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock and people, with deadly consequences.

    Georgina Gustin · December 22, 2022

  • Canada's National Observer

    Visions of a Plastic-Free Christmas

    Canada’s awaited ban on some single-use plastics products launched Tuesday just in time for Christmas, a holiday typically tied to a surge in plastics waste.

    Rochelle Baker · December 21, 2022

  • Inside Climate News

    One Farmer Set Off a Solar Energy Boom in Rural Minnesota; 10 Years Later, Here’s How It Worked Out

    Local concerns about solar’s impact on property values, the environment and health so far have been unfounded, but residents are still divided on whether the panels are ideal neighbors, or eyesores.

    Dan Gearino · December 20, 2022

  • Canada's National Observer

    B.C. Researchers Aim to Clear Up Acoustic Smog Impacting Endangered Killer Whales

    University of British Columbia engineers are working to help clear up the acoustic smog that hinders endangered orcas' ability to gather information vital to their survival.

    Rochelle Baker · December 19, 2022

  • Inside Climate News

    Their Lives Were Ruined by Oil Pollution, and a Court Awarded Them $9.5 Billion. But Ecuadorians Have Yet to See a Penny From Chevron

    One of the victims says “nobody listens to us” while the spotlight has shifted to his American lawyer, whom the oil giant has pursued in U.S. legal proceedings.

    Katie Surma · December 18, 2022

  • Guardian

    The US Touts Support for Biodiversity – But at Cop15, It Remains on the Sidelines

    Washington hasn’t signed a 30-year-old pact, leaving Biden’s envoy in the role of ‘influencer’ in Montreal.

    Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield · December 17, 2022

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