June 2024 – Climate Desk

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Mother Jones

Supreme Court conservatives just dealt a massive blow to the administrative state

By overturning Chevron deference, the justices took power away from agencies regulating everything from health care to pollution.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · June 28, 2024
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

“Things are moving so quickly” as scientists study a “very scary” climate strategy

The controversial field of solar geoengineering is hitting its stride.

Jessica McKenzie · June 27, 2024
Grist

G7 nations are ignoring the “cow in the room”: Beef and dairy emissions

It was also a missing topic at the Bonn climate conference.

Ayurella Horn-Muller · June 25, 2024
Slate

Climate change is fueling an affordability crisis. It may not let up.

Intensifying hurricanes, floods, and heat waves are wreaking havoc across the country—and on all of our bank accounts.

Nitish Pahwa · June 23, 2024
Mother Jones

Fish, toads, and John Eastman: Inside the conservative project to undo federal environmental laws

And how SCOTUS could help it come to fruition.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · June 19, 2024
Wired

The big-tech clean energy crunch is here

Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are racing to set up new data centers in Europe, but behind the scenes there's concern about how to provide them enough power to meet AI's demands.

Morgan Meaker · June 16, 2024
Undark

A biologist, a blog, and a mosquito control dispute

Products touted as effective at killing the bloodsuckers seem too good to be true—and most of them are.

Brooke Borel · June 13, 2024
Guardian

Right-wing campaign urges Supreme Court to protect fossil fuel interests

Some of the players are tied to Leonard Leo, architect of the court’s conservative swing.

Dharna Noor · June 11, 2024
Grist

Unnatural Selection

As the climate changes, many species are teetering on extinction. How far should we go to save them?

Lois Parshley · June 6, 2024
Mother Jones

Can capitalism solve the climate crisis? Tom Steyer thinks so.

And he says billionaires need to pay up.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · June 4, 2024