September 2023 – Climate Desk

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Grist

The summer that reality caught up to climate fiction

"My novel is going to be coming true for the rest of my life."

Kate Yoder · September 28, 2023
Grist

Indigenous peoples are being excluded from a global pool of climate cash

The U.N. says the world is spending trillions on climate action and only a fraction is going to Indigenous communities.

Anita Hofschneider · September 26, 2023
Grist

New battery recycling rules could be a game-changer

The regulations could ease demand for mining and jump-start battery recycling worldwide.

Maddie Stone · September 26, 2023
Mother Jones

Are these $2,000 water bills racist?

Decades of disinvestment and failing infrastructure shortchange Black communities.

Henry Carnell · September 26, 2023
Grist

FEMA rolls out climate adaptation loans for small and overlooked communities

The federal disaster relief agency has taken heat for steering past resilience funds to whiter, wealthier areas.

Jake Bittle · September 26, 2023
Guardian

American football season is getting hotter. Young players are dying.

Nearly a dozen US football players have died of heat in recent years as teams reckon with training in a changing climate.

Maanvi Singh · September 26, 2023
Inside Climate News

US housing crisis thwarts recruitment for nature-based infrastructure projects

Even when the funding is lined up in northern Wisconsin, a lack of affordable housing makes it hard to attract workers and get started.

Lydia Larsen · September 25, 2023
Guardian

Brazil supreme court rules in favor of Indigenous land rights in historic win

Court voted against agribusiness-backed attempt to prevent communities claiming land they did not physically occupy in 1988

Tom Phillips · September 22, 2023
Mother Jones

“We keep people alive”: As summers get deadlier, a tiny church is fighting back

In a South Phoenix neighborhood struggling with homelessness, addiction, and environmental racism, climate change is just the latest crisis.

Audrey Gray · September 21, 2023
Inside Climate News

Protecting Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett, Bama and the fiight to save the manatee

The singer grew up in Mobile and had a huge following in Alabama, even if many in the state were less than thrilled by his liberal politics.

Lee Hedgepeth · September 19, 2023
YaleEnvironment360

From carbon sink to source: the stark changes in Arctic lakes

Scientists believe these lakes could be turning into sources of carbon, which would have important consequences for the world’s climate.

Cheryl Katz · September 19, 2023
Guardian

Climate activists block Federal Reserve bank, calling for end to fossil fuel funding

Action came as world leaders begin arriving in New York for the UN general assembly and after Sunday’s march to end fossil fuels

Dharna Noor · September 19, 2023