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"Around the United States, middle school science standards have minimal references to climate change and teachers on average spend just a few hours a year teaching it."
"Food companies and governments must come together immediately to change the world’s agricultural practices or risk “destroying the planet”, according to the sponsors of a report by some of the largest food and farming businesses released on Thursday."
"If international solidarity with climate victims falls short, litigation offers a vital but imperfect avenue for compensation".
"So you’re thinking about eating more plants?"
"At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time."
"Two culprits have pushed this keystone species to the brink in New Mexico."
"The prime minister has reversed an earlier decision not to go to the COP27 climate summit in Egypt."
"Brazil's Supreme Court said in a statement on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro recognized the result of the election he lost by authorizing the start of a transition to a government by President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva."
"The federal government has selected the first two areas for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico, clearing the way for a process that could have windmills spinning over the waves near Louisiana by the decade’s end."
"As climate change continues to transform California’s landscape in staggering and often irreversible ways, researchers have zeroed in on yet another casualty of the shift: the forests of the southern Sierra Nevada."
"National climate pledges would collectively require 1.2 billion hectares (about 3 billion acres) of land, researchers have found in a new study, The Land Gap Report."
"The top 1% of earners in the UK are responsible for the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions in a single year as the bottom 10% over more than two decades, new data has shown."
"The Biden administration is considering proposals to relocate Native American communities threatened by global warming. It could become a template for the rest of the country."
"The White House on Wednesday announced more than $13 billion in assistance aimed at lowering utility bills, creating union jobs, and meeting climate goals—with a big emphasis on heat pumps."
"Racially segregated communities in the United States are exposed to airborne toxic metals at a rate that’s nearly 10 times higher than more well-integrated areas, according to a new study published Tuesday."
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