Energy and Environment: A melting glacier, an imperiled city and one farmer’s fight for climate justice

Gene editing could revive a nearly lost tree. Not everyone is on board.; Deforesters are plundering the Amazon. Brazil is letting them get away with it.; Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds; Surrounded by fossil fuels, they fear the climate bill leaves them behind; Jackson, Miss., shows how extreme weather can trigger a clean-water crisis; EPA finally moves to label some 'forever chemicals' as hazardous; Why California wants to give residents $1,000 not to have a car; In fast-warming Nevada, climate bill may not lift Democrats; His family fished for generations. Now he's hauling plastic out of the sea. ; Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan leaves families stranded without aid; Why Pakistan's record-breaking monsoon season is so devastating; U.N. chief calls Pakistan floods a 'climate catastrophe'; A centuries-old cactus survived everything. Then summer rains came.; Record-setting, long-duration heat wave is roasting Western U.S.; Costs of climate change far surpass government estimates, study says; Endangered giant tortoises in Galápagos being killed for meat, officials fear; Earthquakes for Ukraine: Dutch gas drilling tests what countries will accept; Drought is exposing world relics — from dinosaur tracks to Nazi ships; Don't be 'squeamish' about drinking reused wastewater, U.K. official says; How 'heat officers' plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers; A decade after Fukushima disaster, foes of nuclear power reconsider; These U.S. locations saw the most extreme temperatures in the past decade; Did forecasts of an extra-busy hurricane season turn out dead wrong? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Try four weeks FREE, then $4 every four weeks the next year  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Angela Ponce/For The Washington Post) A melting glacier, an imperiled city and one farmer's fight for climate justice A Peruvian farmer is suing one of Europe's biggest emitters. The case could set a precedent for holding polluters accountable for harm to the planet. By Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   Gene editing could revive a nearly lost tree. Not everyone is on board. In the early 20th century, an exotic fungus nearly drove the American chestnut out of existence. Researchers say it's now functionally extinct. By Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   Deforesters are plundering the Amazon. Brazil is letting them get away with it. Inspection agencies have been gutted. The courts are lenient. Appeals can grind on forever. Deforesters keep deforesting, because they know they can. By Terrence McCoy ●  Read more »   Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds Climate change has set in motion massive ice losses that couldn't be halted even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, according to a new study. By Chris Mooney ●  Read more »   Surrounded by fossil fuels, they fear the climate bill leaves them behind In Port Arthur, Tex., and around the country, environmental justice activists see danger as the new climate law pairs renewable development with fossil fuels. By Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Jackson, Miss., shows how extreme weather can trigger a clean-water crisis The water crisis in Jackson, Miss., portends what could happen in other U.S. communities, as climate change pushes under-resourced and overburdened water systems to the brink. By Brady Dennis and Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   EPA finally moves to label some 'forever chemicals' as hazardous These types of compounds continue to turn up in drinking water, cosmetics, fabrics and food packaging used by millions of Americans. By Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   Why California wants to give residents $1,000 not to have a car Amid a climate-policy bonanza, California passed a bill to give an incentive for living car-free. By Shannon Osaka ●  Read more »   In fast-warming Nevada, climate bill may not lift Democrats As Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) makes her pitch for a new climate bill, it raises a question: If Democrats cannot successfully sell their environmental agenda amid a cascade of climate disasters this summer, then when? By Maxine Joselow ●  Read more »   His family fished for generations. Now he's hauling plastic out of the sea. One catch at a time, Lefteris Arapakis is cleaning the Mediterranean. By Michael Birnbaum ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan leaves families stranded without aid "The destruction and losses are so huge, it's something we have never seen before," a local official said. By Shaiq Hussain, Haq Nawaz Khan and Susannah George ●  Read more »   Why Pakistan's record-breaking monsoon season is so devastating La Niña, a large low-pressure system over the region and climate change have pushed Pakistan to its worst flooding in at least a decade. By Kasha Patel ●  Read more »   U.N. chief calls Pakistan floods a 'climate catastrophe' The deadly floods Pakistan is suffering raise a difficult question: Who should pay for the damage climate change is causing in the developing world? By Shannon Osaka ●  Read more »   A centuries-old cactus survived everything. Then summer rains came. The beloved cactus, nearly 100 years older than Arizona itself, weathered generations of storms and droughts, until it toppled to the ground after August rains. By Derek Hawkins ●  Read more »   Record-setting, long-duration heat wave is roasting Western U.S. Los Angeles and Sacramento are included in excessive heat warnings through the Labor Day weekend as a heat wave grips California and the U.S. West. By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   Costs of climate change far surpass government estimates, study says A paper in the journal Nature on the damage caused by climate change brings into relief the threat that higher temperatures pose on the lives and livelihoods of people at home and abroad. By Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Endangered giant tortoises in Galápagos being killed for meat, officials fear Ecuador is investigating the deaths of four endangered Galápagos giant tortoises. Authorities fear they were killed and eaten. By Rachel Pannett ●  Read more »   Earthquakes for Ukraine: Dutch gas drilling tests what countries will accept As Russia cuts gas flows, the U.S. and Germany have raised a fraught question: Could the Dutch keep drilling for Europe's greater good? By Anthony Faiola ●  Read more »   Drought is exposing world relics — from dinosaur tracks to Nazi ships It's a rare opportunity to study never-before-seen relics, but it comes at an enormous ecological cost and sets off a race against time for researchers. By Derek Hawkins ●  Read more »   Don't be 'squeamish' about drinking reused wastewater, U.K. official says Amid a worsening drought, Britain's environment chief is urging people to embrace the idea of "toilet-to-tap" recycling systems. By Rachel Pannett ●  Read more »   How 'heat officers' plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers As climate change causes summer temperatures to soar, heat-focused officials are working to adapt their cities for a harsher future. By Claire Parker ●  Read more »   A decade after Fukushima disaster, foes of nuclear power reconsider The global reevaluation shows the extraordinary degree to which the war in Ukraine is reshaping long-held positions about nuclear power. By Michael Birnbaum and Michelle Ye Hee Lee ●  Read more »   These U.S. locations saw the most extreme temperatures in the past decade The most exceptional temperatures in the nation range from a scorching 130 degrees in Death Valley to a numbing minus-56 degrees in Minnesota. Analysis ●  By Jacob Feuerstein ●  Read more »   Did forecasts of an extra-busy hurricane season turn out dead wrong? The season has been near record-slow thus far, and some forecasters are dialing back their predictions. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Coronavirus Updates for news to help you stay safe and informed during the pandemic. Sign up »

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