June 7, 2024
Image: AP Photo/David Goldman
Vermont makes big oil pay; a labor win at a factory leading the EV school bus transition; and a new satellite promises to unravel the role of clouds in climate change.
The new green manufacturing industry is growing in states that have traditionally been unfriendly to union. A school bus company in Georgia where workers just signed a hard-won contract shows how green incentives may also benefit labor movements.
AP Photo/David Goldman
Murrawah Maroochy Johnson, a 29-year-old Wirdi woman of the Birri Gubba Nation, won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Her battle against a proposed mine set new legal precedent in Australia and protected a nature refuge.
Surprisingly little is known about the relationship between climate change and clouds -- will rising temperatures lead to more or fewer? Will they shield us from heat or exacerbate it? A newly launched satellite, 23 years in the making, may finally provide answers.
European Space Agency/P. Carril
On May 30, Vermont's Climate Superfund Act became law, holding Big Oil accountable for damages spurred by emissions. Desite concerns the governor might veto the bill, ultimately, he allowed it to pass into law without his signature.
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Scientists studying space agriculture found that an ancient Mayan farming technique works in the dry, rocky terrain on Mars. It could also be used to farm drought-ravaged soils on Earth.
Rebeca Gonçalves