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How Cities Can Help the U.S. Reduce Food-Related Emissions
The United States must cut back on its meat consumption in order to meet its climate goals. Meat and dairy account for nearly 15 percent of global greenhouse emissions, and Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country. Though it is long understood that reducing meat consumption is one of the most meaningful waysREAD MORE
‘People Need Access to Fresh Food.’
Maritza del Rosario López Cortés comes from a long line of farmers in central Puerto Rico. But it was only after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017, leaving many residents in her hometown of Villalba without electricity or access to food, that she fully appreciated the importance of local growers. “It took so long forREAD MORE
Native Growers Can Help the US Meet Its Climate Goals. Will the New Farm Bill Offer Enough Support?
Carly Griffith Hotvedt’s Cherokee ancestors planted what is called “the three sisters:” corn, beans and squash. The squash leaves provided shade and protection for the soil, and the beans, as nitrogen fixers, replaced nitrogen in the soil so corn and squash could draw it out. It kept the soil healthy and is something members of herREAD MORE
A Tale of Two Climate Migrants
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Climate change is fueling longer dry spells, bigger floods and more violent storms across the globe, but the effect is most pronounced in the tropics, where even a small rise in temperature can turn a heat wave from miserableREAD MORE
Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. In 2018, Marta Morales, a 35-year-old small farmer, was forced to leave her hometown of Colliguay in rural central Chile. Morales grew up cultivating her family’s one-acre plot, producing vegetables to eat and to sell for income. ButREAD MORE
In Asia, Millions Are Fleeing Climate Disasters With Little Promise of Relief
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Growing up in Bangladesh’s sprawling capital of Dhaka, Farzana Faruk Jhumu learned about the country’s six distinct seasons, which bring varying levels of rain. Now 22, Jhumu said it is harder to feel the borders between seasons, whichREAD MORE
Inside South Baltimore’s Fight Against Burning Trash (VIDEO)
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. When Meleny Thomas first moved to South Baltimore, she thought the towering smokestack emblazoned with the city’s name was a welcome sign. She later learned what it really was: a trash incinerator releasing pollutants into her neighborhood. The incinerator,READ MORE
California’s Climate Migrants
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. In September of 2020, California was in the midst of a record-setting heat wave. The hot and dry conditions fueled fires all over the state, and smoke from wildfires hundreds of miles away hung over the Bay AreaREAD MORE
Climate Deniers Are Embracing QAnon
Naomi Seibt was supposed to be the right’s answer to Greta Thunberg — a charismatic, blonde, German teen who would challenge climate science, like a comic book nemesis who is endowed with the same powers and abilities as her foe. Her conservative backers at the Heartland Institute billed her as a much-needed voice of reason. Seibt,READ MORE