December 2023 – Climate Desk

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Slate

The gas lobby is slowing climate progress

You may be helping them

Meg Duff · December 28, 2023
Inside Climate News

Congress continues to block farms from reporting livestock emissions

A long standing pattern of letting livestock producers off the hook continues, even as billions pour into the industry.

Georgina Gustin and Phil McKenna · December 27, 2023
Guardian

Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists

French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows

Phoebe Weston · December 20, 2023
Grist

Why people still fall for fake news about climate change

It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #climatescam is taking off.

Kate Yoder · December 19, 2023
Inside Climate News

EPA begins a review process that could bring an end to vinyl chloride

Environmentalists were heartened by the agency’s move after the chemical burned in a train derailment in February in East Palestine, Ohio.

Kiley Bense · December 19, 2023
Grist

How to describe 2023 in two words? Global boiling.

Forget "rizz." These 10 words defined the hottest year ever.

Kate Yoder · December 18, 2023
High Country News

What’s on your Christmas tree? Hint: Not just ornaments

A lack of data obscures the possible polluted legacy of a holiday tradition.

Ruby McConnell · December 15, 2023
Grist

The billion-dollar industry between you and FEMA’s flood insurance

Cutting payments to brokers, or selling policies directly to consumers, could save millions. FEMA and insurance companies say it’s not quite that straightforward.

Tik Root · December 14, 2023
Mother Jones

America’s Water Woes

A special investigation into how failed policy has put the Colorado River basin—and the water supply of one in five Americans—in great peril.

various authors · December 13, 2023
YaleEnvironment360

How mounting demand for rubber Is driving tropical forest loss

The growing market for rubber is a major, but largely overlooked, cause of tropical deforestation, new analysis shows.

Fred Pearce · December 13, 2023
Guardian

California children sue EPA over ‘intentional’ role in climate crisis

Genesis B v EPA is the latest in a series of youth-led constitutional climate cases brought by non-profit law firm Our Children’s Trust

Dharna Noor · December 12, 2023
Grist

As UN talks collapse, the world has no plan to adapt to climate change

Rich countries are dodging responsibility for adaptation aid, infuriating leaders from vulnerable nations.

Naveena Sadasivam & Jake Bittle · December 12, 2023