March 2024 – Climate Desk

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Guardian

Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals

World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds

Oliver Milman · March 28, 2024
Inside Climate News

Sinking coastal lands will exacerbate the flooding from sea level rise in US cities

In the affected cities, as many as 500,000 people and one in every 35 properties could be impacted by the flooding.

Moriah McDonald · March 27, 2024
Grist

Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws

The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause.

Kate Yoder · March 26, 2024
Guardian

How birdwatching’s biggest record threw its online community into chaos

In late 2023, Peter Kaestner was about to log his 10,000th bird species seen in the wild. Then Jason Mann showed up

Kari Paul · March 25, 2024
Inside Climate News

Flaring and venting at industrial plants causes two premature deaths daily

Researchers said that the practices worsen asthma in children, increases emergency room visits and costs Americans $7.4 billion each year.

Victoria St. Martin · March 21, 2024
Grist

The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom

To fight climate change, the world needs copper. The third largest deposit on the planet is in Arizona, a site the San Carlos Apache say is “like Mount Sinai to us.”

Taylar Dawn Stagner · March 21, 2024
Guardian

World’s top fossil-fuel bosses deride efforts to move away from oil and gas

Executives at Texas summit claim clean-energy transition is failing and say world should ‘abandon the fantasy’ of fossil-fuel phaseout

Oliver Milman · March 20, 2024
Grist

Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame?

The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.

Sachi Mulkey · March 20, 2024
Inside Climate News

‘Greenhushing’ is on the rise as companies go silent on climate pledges

Facing backlash from both the left and right, companies are backing away from climate initiatives—at least publicly.

Kiley Price · March 19, 2024
Grist

EPA finally cracks down on the carcinogen used to sterilize medical equipment

Although the rule will slash ethylene oxide emissions by some 90 percent, "there's still a lot more to be done."

Lylla Younes · March 15, 2024
Wired

Rampant wildfires are threatening a collapse of the Amazon Rainforest

Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for a collapse of the Amazon in the coming decades.

Quentin Septer · March 13, 2024
Inside Climate News

The livestock industry’s secret weapons: expert academics

A new paper traces the financial ties between the livestock industry and academic research.

Georgina Gustin · March 11, 2024