by Yes Magazine | Mar 21, 2023 | Climate & Environment
But not all of these stories are grim postapocalyptic journeys after climate catastrophes. In fact, a particular kind of cli-fi with themes of hope, resilience, and renewal has existed for years. Until recently, it’s been the purview of authors from communities that...
by Governing Magazine | Mar 20, 2023 | Climate & Environment
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden pushed his climate agenda in an unexpected direction by announcing he had approved ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil drilling project in Alaska. The decision “greenlights a carbon bomb,” the nonprofit Earthjustice responded. The...
by The Conversation | Mar 17, 2023 | Climate & Environment
Harmful chemicals known as PFAS can be found in everything from children’s clothes to soil to drinking water, and regulating these chemicals has been a goal of public and environmental health researchers for years. On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection...
by The New Lede | Mar 11, 2023 | Climate & Environment
What we flush down the toilet could be making us sick, according to a new study. Toilet paper could be a significant source of toxic “forever chemicals” in wastewater, according to research published this week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology...
by Yes Magazine | Mar 10, 2023 | Climate & Environment
In 2002, Deirdre Birmingham and her husband, John Biondi, bought a 166-acre farm in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. On a portion of that land—once used to raise cattle and grow feed crops, like corn, soybeans, and alfalfa—they planted apple and pear trees to...
by ProPublica | Feb 26, 2023 | Climate & Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from discarded plastics as part of a “climate-friendly” initiative to boost alternatives to petroleum. But, according to agency records obtained by ProPublica and The...