Why the threat to food supplies — and industrial agriculture’s role in global warming — is central to the discourse on climate change. The writer Upton Sinclair once famously said, upon the reaction to his classic exposé of the slaughterhouse industry, The Jungle, “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I
Samantha Maldonado, The City In December, Mayor Eric Adams announced to great fanfare MSC Cruise’s forthcoming year-round operations from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal (BCT). The ships, the mayor said, would bring thousands of tourist dollars to New York City. But the vessels will also bring toxic diesel exhaust to the local community. Over
New research tests the promise of insurance to harden the U.S. economy to tropical storms. Tropical storms and hurricanes bring immediate and direct economic damage to communities and may also reduce a country’s economic growth for more than a decade. Models that determine climate policy in the United States have been criticized for
In 1952, a landslide caused a tsunami that killed a Greenlandic man. Some researchers think he might have been an early victim of anthropogenic warming. On a vast shoreline of crumbled, sloping rock in central West Greenland, four fishermen are hard at work tending their nets. Barely an instant after they realize a
Better accounting can go a long way in establishing sound policy to tackle the climate crisis. The Environmental Protection Agency recently earned applause from environmental groups for a move that went largely unnoticed. For the first time, the U.S. government in 2022 included methane emissions from dams and reservoirs in its annual report
Third tier English football club Forest Green Rovers are grabbing the footballing world’s attention through their climate friendly practices. The world’s first carbon-neutral club have a fully vegan half-time menu, shirts made from recycled coffee grounds, and are now fertilizing their fully organic pitch with the urine of away fans. They lead the
With the state’s power needs expected to double, it will have to import wind and solar to meet the demand. By John Stang / Crosscut.com For years, Washington has exported some of the electricity it produced. The state sent more than 18 percent of its generated power out of state in 2021, but
Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices. After more than 100 years of suppressing the West’s fires, land managers and government agencies are finally warming to the idea that fire can be beneficial — and necessary — for many landscapes. This idea is far from new among
The largest saltwater lake in the world is on the verge of collapse. Thanks to excessive water use, the Great Salt Lake in Utah is now reaching perilously low levels, with scientists and conservationists alike sounding the alarm. Fluctuating between 1,000 and 3,000 square miles over much of its history, the lake once
Oil companies may end up relying on environmentally questionable crop-based fuels. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for regulators to “accelerate refinery transitions away from petroleum to the production of clean fuels” was part of a larger effort to reduce climate pollution from California’s transportation sector, the largest source of emissions in the state. Since