New study: Climate change will spread toxic mold to Midwest corn
Climate change is expanding the reach of aflatoxin, a chemical produced by a gray-green mold that infects corn crops and could threaten widespread damage to the country’s lucrative Corn Belt....
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A new coalition is placing a big bet on carbon removal technology
As global emissions continue to rise, the idea that the world will likely overshoot its climate targets is increasingly becoming a reality. In response, a growing contingent of companies have been...
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Water security is now a key US foreign policy priority
This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled drought is reshaping communities, economies, and ecosystems. For the first time, the United States...
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Across the Midwest, an ‘unlikely alliance’ forms to stop carbon pipelines
Last fall, a company called Summit Carbon Solutions started holding meetings in towns around the Midwest. Its goal was to introduce residents to a 2,000-mile, $4.5 billion pipeline called the Midwest...
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In New Jersey, Ford faces lawsuit over polluting tribal land
New Jersey is suing Ford Motor Company, one of the country’s largest automobile manufacturers, for allegedly dumping waste on the homelands of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, a Native American tribe...
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Low-cost sensors are helping communities find gaps in air quality data
For years, residents of Belmont County in Eastern Ohio suspected something was wrong with their air. Their corner of rural Appalachia was far from the vehicle exhaust and heavy industry of big cities,...
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Toxic algal blooms are driving up water costs in the Great Lakes
On August 2, 2014, the residents of Toledo, Ohio, a port city on the shores of Lake Erie, woke up without clean water. Testing had detected elevated levels of microcystin — a potent liver toxin and...
View ArticleUS emissions cost the world $1.9 trillion in economic damages
The United States has caused more damage to global economies than any other nation by burning fossil fuels, causing $1.9 trillion in lost gross domestic product between 1990 and 2014, according to a...
View ArticleWithout Congress, what can Biden do to stem the climate crisis?
The White House is scrambling to reassure Democratic voters that President Joe Biden can still take action on climate change after another blow to proposed climate legislation from Senator Joe Manchin...
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Chicago made its Southeast Side a polluter’s haven, violating civil rights
A decision by the city of Chicago to relocate a scrapyard from an affluent white neighborhood to a majority-Black and Latino area has sparked years of public outcry, a hunger strike, national media...
View ArticleManchin, Dems reach deal on climate legislation
Democratic leaders have reached an agreement with Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia on a package to fund climate action, capping off a contentious battle over a bill that just a week ago seemed...
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Is accepting the end of humanity the key to climate action? This scholar...
There’s a part at the end of “Don’t Look Up,” last year’s wildly popular Netflix film about a comet hurtling toward Earth, when a group of people have dinner together on the eve of the planet’s...
View ArticleAs lawmakers consider climate bill, devastating floods hit central US
Flooding in Missouri and Kentucky this week swept away homes, washed out bridges, and killed at least 18 people, as storms dropped record-breaking rainfall throughout the central United States. St....
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Wildfire smoke is choking Indigenous communities
On July 29, 2021, Li Boyd woke up to the smell of smoke. It was her birthday — she was turning 38 — and she had rented a boat to take her parents and aunts out on the lake near her home in central...
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Pawpaws, America’s latest fruit craze, are being threatened by climate change
Every September for the last 25 years, thousands of people have descended on a field in southeast Ohio to celebrate North America’s largest edible native tree fruit: the pawpaw. With custard-yellow...
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An Indian spiritual leader is urging the world to ‘save soil.’ Experts say...
On a clear, bright day in March, a few dozen people gathered in Parliament Square in central London, many of them wearing green T-shirts and carrying signs emblazoned with the words “Save Soil.” They...
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It’s not just oceans that are rising. Groundwater is, too.
Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean. Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet...
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As climate change helps mosquitoes spread disease, critics push for...
In early July, New York City health officials conducting routine tests on the city’s mosquito population found a concerningly large number were carrying West Nile virus. The virus, which originated in...
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Five creative visions for the future, from Looking Forward’s readers
The spotlight Hey there, Looking Forward fam. In honor of our 100th newsletter last month, we launched a drabble contest, asking you to imagine the evolution of a single climate solution that excites...
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Photos help tell climate stories. This media library lets conservation orgs...
The vision “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” Photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams The spotlight As a...
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