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One Rule Is Dooming the UN Climate Talks

One Rule Is Dooming the UN Climate Talks

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When Christine Peringer attended her...

11.11.2025 3

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

The Oceans Likely Contain Much More Plastic Than We Previously Thought

A new study estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone has a staggering 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics.

11.07.2025 4

Truthout

Joseph Winters

Passage of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Approves Reversals in Climate Policy

To pay for the tax breaks, the bill sunsets clean energy tax credits put in place by the Inflation Reduction Act.

04.07.2025 4

Truthout

Joseph Winters

“Self-Inflicted Tragedy”: Washington’s Abrupt Turnaround on Climate Policy

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US House of Representatives...

04.07.2025 20

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

This Program Keeps Portland Clean—and Offers Unhoused People Some Dignity

This story was originally published by Grist and Street Roots and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a Thursday...

01.06.2025 8

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

Environmental Justice Groups Sue Over Louisiana Law Censoring Air Pollution Data

The state law imposes massive fines on anyone who releases air quality data, possibly violating the First Amendment.

30.05.2025 4

Truthout

Joseph Winters

As EPA Rolls Back Regulations on 4 PFAS, Thousands More Remain Unregulated

Experts say it’s past time to regulate “forever chemicals” as a class.

24.05.2025 4

Truthout

Joseph Winters

The GOP says states’ rights matter — unless it’s California

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For nearly 60 years, California has...

23.05.2025 10

Vox

Joseph Winters

In Canada, Indigenous advocates argue that mining companies violate the rights of nature

Tribunal judges found the industry guilty of “ongoing ecocide.”

12.03.2025 4

Salon

Joseph Winters

The 8 Talking Points Fossil Fuel Interests Use to Obstruct Climate Action

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. To the extent that X ever was the...

23.01.2025 4

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

Our Big Global Problems Are Connected, so Tackle Them Together, Scientists say

Solutions that focus on just one issue may have detrimental effects on other elements, experts argue. Imago/ZUMA Press This story was originally...

21.12.2024 10

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

“Devastating”—US Backpedals on Global Pact to Limit Plastic Production

Protesters march in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 11, 2023, calling for limits on plastics production.. Han Xu /Xinhua/Getty Images/Grist This story...

20.11.2024 2

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

These 5 States Passed Crucial Environmental Ballot Initiatives

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Climate change did not take center stage during this...

10.11.2024 3

Truthout

Joseph Winters

New US Support for Global Production Limits Has the Plastics Industry in a Tizzy

Only one big meeting remains before a UN global plastics treaty is finalized next year. Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Press Wire This story...

20.08.2024 10

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

“No Evidence” Carbon Credit Schemes Are Benefitting Host Countries: Report

Construction of a controversial carbon credit project near Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. Zinyange Auntony / AFP via Getty Images via Grist This story...

12.08.2024 3

Mother Jones

Joseph Winters

Farmworker Unions and Advocacy Organizations Cheer EPA Ban on a Toxic Pesticide

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an...

09.08.2024 1

Truthout

Joseph Winters