June 2023 – Page 2 – Climate Desk

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Grist

Study: Race must be a factor in combatting air pollution

Decreasing greenhouse gases alone won't help communities of color that suffer from toxic air.

Siri Chilukuri · June 21, 2023
Inside Climate News

Roundup Weedkiller Manufacturers to Pay $6.9 Million in False Advertising Settlement

Agrochemical giants Bayer CropScience and Monsanto violated a 1996 agreement to stop making false and misleading claims about the safety of its popular weedkillers, New York’s attorney general found.

Liza Gross · June 20, 2023
Slate

Millions of People Collect Plastic for a Living. What Happens if It Goes Away?

A U.N. treaty to reduce plastic pollution could be a game changer for the environment. Activists who collect plastic for a living want to make sure it takes their jobs into account.

Erin X. Wong · June 20, 2023
Mother Jones

Hollywood Has a Climate Problem

A warming planet has changed our everyday reality, so why are screenwriters ignoring it?

Kendra Pierre-Louis · June 16, 2023
Inside Climate News

ER Visits for Asthma in New York City Soared as Wildfire Smoke Blanketed the Region

Smoky days can double emergency hospital visits for asthma, which disproportionately affects Black and Latino children. In New York, the Bronx was especially hard hit.

Gina Jiménez · June 16, 2023
Guardian

Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’

World Bank says subsidies costing as much as $23m a minute must be repurposed to fight climate crisis

Damian Carrington · June 15, 2023
bioGraphic

The Coolest Library on Earth

At the University of Copenhagen, researchers store ice cores that hold the keys to Earth’s climate past and future.

Elizabeth Landau · June 14, 2023
YaleEnvironment360

Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to “Extreme” Water Recycling

San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping.

Jim Robbins · June 13, 2023
Guardian

Alarm at Right-Wing Push to Reverse Clean Energy Success in Texas and Beyond

Wind and solar supporter expect further battles ahead to prevent their progress from being unwound.

Oliver Milman and Dharna Noor · June 12, 2023
Grist

California Legislation Would Force Corporate Polluters to Come Clean

The bill, passed by the state Senate, asks firms to detail supply chain emissions as well as their own.

Max Graham · June 9, 2023
Wired

Air Monitoring Stations May Have Amassed a DNA “Treasure Trove”

Scientists could use accidental data collection to asses animal populations.

Matt Simon · June 8, 2023
Grist

Now We Have to Worry About Plankton?

Warming could turn one of the world’s most common organisms into a key carbon emitter.

Kate Yoder · June 5, 2023