Monsoon floods that have killed more than 950 people and evacuated millions in Pakistan this summer were intensified by climate change. The climate crisis is here and now, more @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...

We got big project out today about Chicago’s lead pipes. The news is we mapped them all. The big idea is that Chicago residents are living through a public health crisis, and we wanted to help them visualize their place in it. @grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com

Chicago has the most lead service lines of any city in the county. We mapped out which neighborhoods are hit hardest. Mega collab out today from me, @peteraldhous.com @juanpab.bsky.social @compatibilism.bsky.social + @amyqin.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...

"[Drummond] shouldn’t be shipping coal to the state of Israel in the first place, given Israel’s persistent human rights record,” one protester told @insideclimatenews.org near the company's corporate campus on Friday. Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/2208202...

Thousands are being forced to evacuate in Southern California as the Canyon Fire grows rapidly, fueled by extreme heat and dry conditions.

The petrochemical industry didn’t like the science that the EPA was putting out on chemical risks. Now, the office responsible for that work has been eliminated by the Trump administration and the future of agency risk assessments is uncertain.

In the neighborhoods where Black residents were hit hardest by Chicago's 1995 heat wave, many systemic disparities remain unaddressed. insideclimatenews.org/news/1707202...

Eight months past a federal deadline, >90% of at-risk Chicagoans haven't been warned that their water may be contaminated with lead. 2nd story in our summer lead pipes series is out @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org, from me + @juanpab.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1407202...

139 EPA employees were put on administrative leave today for signing a petition (on their own time) that expressed disagreement with the administration. Very important unpacking here from @lisasorg.bsky.social and @shamaan.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0307202...

Air pollution is making the gene-level mutations in lung cancer tumors of nonsmokers look a lot like those in smokers' lungs. New research from NIH today @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0207202...

“It’s like you got a mask on,” Curtis Hackett said. “It’s just like you got a fan on and it’s blowing hot air, that’s exactly how I feel.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2606202...

Chicago has the most lead service lines of any city in the country, and its current plan to replace them is lagging behind a federal mandate. This story kicks off our summer series on lead pipes in Chicago, with @insideclimatenews.org, @wbez.org and @grist.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2606202...

"It’s a rogues’ gallery of polluters that have lined up to oppose the bill," Enck says. @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @nyassemblymajority.bsky.social: Put #NewYork over industry profits. Pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act. @insideclimatenews.org @laurendalban.bsky.social

Any economic benefit from the Trump administration’s retreat on climate policy would be overwhelmed by the negative costs of air pollution and contraction in clean energy jobs, a new study says.

President Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday focused on speeding up nuclear energy development by reducing regulations that officials said have “choked” the industry for decades.

In Chicago, artists highlight environmentally hazardous prison conditions and draw links between abolition and environmental justice — the show is staying up through June 7! insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...

Chubb is no longer providing property insurance to a Louisiana LNG project that has faced sustained local opposition over health and environmental concerns @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1605202...

Pakistan contributes just 1% of global emissions, but floods and heat waves are causing devastating death and disease. A new Amnesty International report explains that the country is severely undercounting climate deaths, even as the crisis intensifies insideclimatenews.org/news/0505202...

As the Trump administration rolls back public health protections, the EPA says it's targeting toxic forever chemicals. Experts and advocates are skeptical and are raising red flags with the announcement insideclimatenews.org/news/2804202...

Offshore wind is an important part of the state's climate goals, and NYC's vision for a green economy. Last week, the Trump administration halted a crucial offshore wind project off the coast of Long Island. insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202... insideclimatenews.org/news/2204202...

More Americans are breathing unhealthy air than any time in the last decade, and climate change is making the problem worse. That’s really bad news for public health. Learn more @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2304202...

Trump touts coal as cheap and efficient, although the market says otherwise. His new executive orders seek to force a revival of the industry and the president talks of a “guarantee” for coal investments.

Developers are building a new quantum computing project on a long-vacant steel mill site in Chicago. Residents want a binding commitment that concerns about contamination and displacement won't be ignored. Read more @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2903202...

Global warming is literally baking the moisture out of the top layers of Earth's soil across most continents ...

The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

Turns out doctors are not in favor of throwing out pollution regulations… insideclimatenews.org/news/1903202...

Severe weather warnings persist after the weekend’s deadly tornadoes and wildfires, which came amidst cuts to federal agencies providing crucial extreme weather information. New from me and @leehedgepeth.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1703202...

From Birmingham to San Francisco, Raleigh to New York, and even Vienna where EU scientists showed solidarity, @lizagross.bsky.social @dennispillion.bsky.social @bberwyn.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org colleagues captured Stand Up For Science! insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

@keertigopal.bsky.social of @insideclimatenews.org did a nice job placing these survey findings in context in her reporting: insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...

The End of Term Archive team @eotarchive.org crawled millions of federal webpages! If you are worried about a page going down or changing information on it, you can check to see if it is saved in the Internet Archive's @waybackmachine.bsky.social. 1/2

Good piece here by @keertigopal.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org with more coverage of the Summer of Heat on Wall St. campaign organized by @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social @pop4climate.bsky.social @climatedefenders.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1001202...

New reports mark 2024 as the first full calendar year with more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of human-caused global warming above pre-industrial levels. Top European scientists say our society is unprepared for these new climate challenges.

Two UK activists from Just Stop Oil took on Shell’s lawyers in court and lost. The decision comes as activists face heightened legal barriers, including increasingly long prison sentences for soup-throwers, road-blockers and other protesters.

Shell won injunctions against climate activists in the UK amidst an escalating crackdown on protest. Read about the case, its implications, and the two activists who took a big risk to fight the multinational oil company in court, here insideclimatenews.org/news/1712202...

If you haven't already, check out this installment of the Cashing Out series from my colleagues @katiesurma.bsky.social and Nick Kusnetz. And then read the rest of the series, which has given me many, "Holy shit," moments--a marker of revelatory journalism. insideclimatenews.org/news/0812202...

Environmental defenders in the US, like these activists from the Summer of Heat this past summer, are increasingly being criminalized while the state privileges fossil fuel interests over the general public's health and well being. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

A scoop: the embattled director of ReBuild NC leaves state government

This story has everything. A "deceptive" developer, a pair of bonded eagles, a passionate city councilor, a failure of the feds, Snake Handler at noon, and a corgi named Duke. Take a moment to read and share my latest for @insideclimatenews.org from Auburn.

Disaster survivors are fighting disinformation + bureaucracy to help their neighbors in the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, and are calling for more investment in resilience measures as climate threats grow. For @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...

“The Supreme Court has essentially rubber stamped basically any power [Trump] might assert…we and the rest of the movement take this very, very seriously.” @insideclimatenews.org's @keertigopal.bsky.social reports on scary times. insideclimatenews.org/news/0111202...

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