Solutions
An overhead view of a plate of plant based meatballs and tomatoes on pizza dough

Fitness influencers make the case for plant-based protein

Advocates say eating more plants could benefit athletes' health while also reducing the climate impact of their diets.
yaleclimateconnections.org
A table with scales of justice and a wooden gavel on top of legal books

Climate lawsuits gain ground as governments scale back climate action

Over the past decade, legal activists have successfully taken a number of national governments to court, triggering the adoption of more climate-friendly policies in countries including the Netherlands, Pakistan, Switzerland, South Korea, and others.

www.rfi.fr
Professional HVAC technician in red uniform repairing modern heat pump unit.

Heat pumps have so far withstood the death of federal tax credits

Demand for the climate-friendly HVAC technician has persisted even after Republicans killed incentives, with 2026 set to be another good year for the sector.

www.canarymedia.com
Woman putting her ballot in a voting box

Climate change is on the ballot —even if Democrats aren’t saying those words

The Democrats have been accused, fairly, of “climate hushing.” But they’re finding subtle ways to connect environmental issues with voters’ pocketbook concerns.
newrepublic.com
A brown brick wall with a metal door in a dry environment

The race for lithium is becoming a race for water

In the arid American West, expanded mining intensifies battles in vulnerable communities over one of the region’s scarcest resources.
insideclimatenews.org
A group of white and purple cauliflower

The Green Revolution may be turning purple

The synthetic fertilizers behind the Green Revolution come at a steep climate cost. A sunlight-powered purple microbe just matched them in a 2-year field trial.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Worker installing solar panels on a shingled residential rooftop

To block solar energy projects, one community lumped them in with junkyards and adult bookstores

A local fight in Indiana shows that even streamlined permitting can’t overcome deep community resistance to solar development.
insideclimatenews.org
An interior view of a data center with servers stretching into the distance

A construction ban on data centers would be better for Ohio than the status quo, study says

Forcing AI companies to generate 90% of the power through renewables would be best, a cost-benefit analysis has said.

ohiocapitaljournal.com
Coal-burning power plant emitting air pollution against an orange sky

Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro joins lawsuit to overturn EPA repeal of power plant climate rule

A clean air group weighs in on Shapiro joining a coalition of states challenging the EPA's elimination of rules on power plant climate pollution.
www.alleghenyfront.org
Twin cooling towers at nuclear power plant

Energy firms try to squeeze more power out of old nuclear plants

It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.
www.nytimes.com
A person using a laptop in a green field

Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action

‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed.

www.theguardian.com
A man inspects a solar water heater on a roof

Solar power is helping the Global South skip fossil fuels

Renewable electricity is cheaper than ever. While the West got rich on coal and oil, some of the world's poorest countries are banking on solar, wind and water instead.
www.dw.com
Free-standing solar panels arrayed in an open space

Solar power is helping the Global South skip fossil fuels

While the West got rich on coal and oil, some of the poorest countries in the world are banking on solar, wind, and water instead.

www.dw.com
A view of solar panels in a desert setting

Solar panels have a surprising side effect: Stopping dust storms

In a first, researchers realistically calculated how solar farms in the Gobi Desert improve air quality in northern Chinese cities.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Solar panels standing in a grassy field

United Stated Department of Agriculture finalizes changes that could end support for solar on farms

Farmer and environmental groups are suing to stop the changes to the Rural Energy for America program.

civileats.com
A small stream flows through rocks and melting snow

Climate damage already ‘locked in’  — but these 10 insights show our future is still being decided

From rising sea levels to food systems fuelling climate change — experts have laid out 10 insights that require urgent action.

www.euronews.com
United States Supreme Court building and grounds with US Flag and cherry blossoms on tree

Missing justice scrambles US Supreme Court oil liability fight

Alito’s recusal from the case has the potential to result in a tied ruling in a battle over oil companies’ liability to pay for climate impacts.

www.politico.com
Electric car charging at charger vs. internal combustion vehicle refueling at petrol gas station. Renewable clean solar wind energy with old dirty fossil coal power generation.

US Supreme Court Justices grapple with questions of jurisdiction in case against oil companies

The justices are considering whether states and localities can try to hold oil companies responsible for damages from climate change. If Boulder, Colorado, wins, the companies could owe enormous sums.

www.nytimes.com
The Daily Climate
FOLLOW US:
SUBSCRIBE:
Journalism that drives the discussion
Copyright © 2017 Environmental Health Sciences. All rights reserved.