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Heavy Electric Vehicles Jeopardize Climate Action and Public Safety, Experts Warn

A growing number of environmental and public safety experts worry that some of the new EVs expected to flood U.S. streets could actually make driving more dangerous and even exacerbate climate change.

Kristoffer Tigue · February 7, 2023
Mother Jones

Relax, New Yorkers. Nobody’s Coming for Your Gas Stove.

Electrification is much harder than the culture wars would have you believe.

Maggie Duffey · February 6, 2023
Canada's National Observer

Milestone Agreement to Protect Vast West Coast Marine Areas Endorsed by First Nations, Ottawa and B.C.

Fifteen First Nations are assuming stewardship of a vast network of marine protected areas in their traditional territories that span two-thirds of Canada’s West Coast.

Rochelle Baker · February 5, 2023
Guardian

Clue to Rising Sea Levels Lies in DNA of 4m-Year-Old Octopus, Scientists Say

Genes of Turquet’s octopus hold memories of melting of previous Antarctic ice sheet, raising fears of what another thawing could bring.

Graham Readfearn · February 4, 2023
Guardian

The $400 Billion Man Running America’s Clean Energy Transition

Jigar Shah heads a loan program that was “dormant” under Trump, but now it’s hopping.

Oliver Milman · February 3, 2023
Guardian

Air Pollution Causes Chess Players to Make More Mistakes, Study Finds

Co-author of paper says results have implications for anyone who has to think hard in polluted areas.

Helena Horton · February 2, 2023
Grist

This Deal Could Save the Colorado River—if California Doesn’t Blow It Up

The proposed pact would reduce water use by roughly a quarter, drying up farms and subdivisions.

Jake Bittle · February 1, 2023
Inside Climate News

Confronting California’s Water Crisis

State officials should protect water as a public resource and rein in corporate water abusers to deal with its increasingly uncertain water future, a new report says.

Liza Gross · February 1, 2023