Tag: climate desk
Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno
The rules for Torontoâs ravines are based on the idea that a species will develop traits specific to a location as they grow over...
In Defense of Parasitic Worms
CAPTION: Chelsea Wood kneels to search for shore crabs at a beach in Tacoma, Washington. She will later dissect the crabs to search for...
A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian...
VanWalleghem said there is room to push costs down as the company gains experience from these first few plants. The storage systems have a...
1 in 3 Americans Live in Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution
For Gaddy, who is African American, the report’s findings confirm what she and her neighbors in Newark’s predominantly Black South Ward have experienced...
How One Corporation Is Cashing In on America’s Drought
On its website, Greenstone describes itself as âa water companyâ and as âa developer and owner of reliable, sustainable water supplies.â Its CEO,...
Toronto Wants to Manage Storms and Floods—With a Rain Tax
This story originally appeared on Canadaâs National Observer and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A plan to charge Toronto homeowners and businesses...
Searching for ‘Forever Chemicals’ From an Endless Landfill Fire
Testing done by ADEM, Butler said, also did not assess water samples taken from sites closest to the dump. And while PFAS compounds...
