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Guardian

Green Groups Sue to Stop Ohio from Leasing State Parks for Oil and Gas Drilling

New law – condemned as ‘illegitimate giveaway to the oil and gas industry’ – requires state parks to be leased to interested parties.

Nina Lakhani · April 7, 2023
Wired

Insect Farming Is Booming. But Is It Cruel?

More than a trillion insects are raised each year as high-protein, low-carbon animal feed, but the practice might have an ethical blind spot.

Matt Reynolds · April 6, 2023
Grist

Warming Temperatures Trigger Earliest Spring on Record in Parts of Eastern US

Unseasonably early blooms can wreak havoc on allergies, disease vectors, and agriculture.

Zoya Teirstein · April 5, 2023
Grist

From Peak to Plummet in 15 years: Coal Continues its Precipitous Decline

"This is not an economic cycle that is simply going to go away. It is a real phaseout across the industry of the use of coal."

Max Graham · April 4, 2023

Mother Jones

Mitt Romney Said That Bike Lanes Increase Emissions. Really?

His argument makes no sense.

Abigail Weinberg · April 3, 2023
Inside Climate News

Las Vegas Is Counting on Public Lands to Power its Growth. Is it a Good Idea?

As Nevada and other Western states look to spread out across more federal land, environmentalists and advocates of “smart growth” worry about sustainability.

Wyatt Myskow · April 2, 2023
Guardian

‘Why Mine So Close?’: The Fight to Protect the Pristine Okefenokee Swamp

An Alabama company wants to mine near the 440,000-acre Georgia swamp, but locals and scientists fear it could be irreparably harmed.

Oliver Milman · April 1, 2023
High Country News

How Do You Keep Migrating Birds Off a Giant Toxic Lake?

Engineers struggled to keep snow geese away from Montana’s deadly Superfund site, but ecologists have a new plan.

Sarah Trent · March 31, 2023

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Grist

How Climate Change Made the Mississippi Tornadoes More Likely

A new study explores the link between rising temperatures and more deadly tornadoes.

Siri Chilukuri · March 30, 2023
Guardian

US Offers Up an Italy-Sized Chunk of the Gulf for Oil Drilling

It's the latest blow to Joe Biden’s reputation as America's "climate president."

Oliver Milman · March 29, 2023
Canada's National Observer

Canada Forks Over $420 Million to Protect the Great Lakes

The lakes shelter thousands of species and provide water for more than 40 million people.

Natasha Bulowski · March 28, 2023
Grist

How the Natural Gas Industry Cozies Up to Utility Regulators

Sponsorships, stacked panels, dance parties: Inside utilities' campaign to convince regulators of the bright future for natural gas.

Emily Pontecorvo · March 27, 2023