Impacts Photo by Olivia Spink on Unsplash US Halloween pumpkin crop hit by extreme weather and lack of water Pumpkin growers in west and south-west fail to achieve predicted yields as climate crisis worsens drought and heat extremes.
Causescommons.wikimedia.org Pumpkin pollution is a problem—here's what you can do Tossing jack-o-lanterns in landfills generates harmful methane gas, but there's a better way to get a second life out of your decorative gourds.
commons.wikimedia.org Drag queen Pattie Gonia wanted a scary Halloween costume. She went as climate change Drag queen Pattie Gonia said she wanted a very scary costume for Halloween this year. "And honestly, what is scarier than climate change?" the Nebraska native told NPR over the phone while doing their two-hour makeup routine.
Newslettercommons.wikimedia.org How to make more sustainable Halloween candy choices Chocolate, a fixture of Halloween, can have serious environmental, climate and social impacts.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Fracking and the election President Trump has repeatedly and falsely accused the former vice president of planning to ban fracking.
Solutions Don't trash your Halloween pumpkin. Compost it The environmental case for smashing pumpkins.
www.sierraclub.org Some climate-change-inspired Halloween costumes Environmental destruction is scary - and makes for a really frightening costume.
