Monat: August 2024
Health news
How climate change is expanding the reach of EEE, a rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness
Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease with a high mortality rate, has been spreading in the Northeast as temperatures rise.…
Health
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NYC’s food delivery workers are sweltering in the heat — and demanding more protection
"We risked our health for the delivery companies during COVID, and now we are doing it again." Quelle: https://grist.org/labor/nycs-food-delivery-workers-are-sweltering-in-the-heat-and-demanding-more-protection/...
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Energy news
States are falling behind in using IRA funding to advance climate action
Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the…
Energy
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Amazon says it’s going ‘water positive’ — but there’s a problem
The company’s pledge to conserve water at its data centers doesn’t account for the thirsty power plants that keep them…
Technology
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A new solution for flood-prone cities? Concrete made from shellfish waste.
Researchers have developed a type of concrete that uses discarded shells to trap water. It's now combating floods and food…
Cities Food and Agriculture
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Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries
A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it. Quelle: https://grist.org/transportation/oakland-electric-school-buses-battery-storage/...
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Extreme Heat news
As climate change worsens, deadly prison heat is increasingly an everywhere problem
With heat waves sweeping across the country, incarcerated people in states with traditionally milder climates are facing brutal conditions that…
Extreme Heat
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Methane leaks are a climate problem. These satellites could help find them.
Data from a new fleet of satellites is poised to change how we monitor — and mitigate — a potent greenhouse…
Climate Grist
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The forgotten fight to ban gas-powered cars in the 1960s
Half a century ago, an obscure state senator fought to ban gas-powered cars — and almost won. On March 1,…
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