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‘It feels very fun and freeing’: US sees ebike boom after years of false starts, theguardian.com (Dec 22, 2023) - ‘I thought we had more time’: how motherhood spurred a New Yorker’s fight against fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Dec 19, 2023)
- Climate migration may become "abandonment" as people flee flooding, axios.com (Dec 18, 2023)
- California children sue EPA over ‘intentional’ role in climate crisis, theguardian.com (Dec 11, 2023)
- Massachusetts Just Took a Big Step Away from Natural Gas. Which States Might Follow?, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 07, 2023)
November 2023
- We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we can learn from them, theconversation.com (Nov 23, 2023)
- Coast Salish Indigenous, sustainable salmon fishery, by Liz Kimbrough, news.mongabay.com (Nov 21, 2023)
- Revealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes, theguardian.com (Nov 20, 2023)
- ‘We needed to get off the grid’: New Orleans’ community-driven response to blackouts, theguardian.com (Nov 16, 2023)
- NYC launches free online therapy for teens, chalkbeat.org (Nov 15, 2023)
October 2023
- How ‘recovery doulas’ are helping Montanans navigate addiction and parenthood, montanafreepress.org (Oct 16, 2023)
- SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds, theguardian.com (Oct 16, 2023)
- Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight, latimes.com (Oct 15, 2023)
- Citizens' Assemblies should lean towards becoming a parallel polis - and much less a democratic figleaf for establishments, Daily Alternative (Oct 14, 2023)
- ‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars, theguardian.com (Oct 11, 2023)
- Climate: California governor signs law requiring big businesses to disclose emissions, lemonde.fr/en (Oct 08, 2023)
- Pope Francis: ‘Irresponsible’ Western Lifestyles Push the World to ‘the Breaking Point’ on Climate, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 05, 2023)
- In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 02, 2023)
September 2023
- Thinking Long-Term: Why We Should Bring Back Redwood Forests, e360.yale.edu (Sep 25, 2023)
- Flock of California Condors Spotted In Contra Costa County for the First Time in 100 Years., sfist.com (Sep 25, 2023)
- Three California Tribal Nations Declare First U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area, nativenewsonline.net (Sep 21, 2023)
- Biden uses executive power to create New Deal-style American Climate Corps, theguardian.com (Sep 20, 2023)
- Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?, news.mongabay.com (Sep 19, 2023)
- People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office, theguardian.com (Sep 18, 2023)
- California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2023)
- US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis, theguardian.com (Sep 14, 2023)
August 2023
- Free Therapy Putting Philadelphia’s Black Men on a Path to Healing, reasonstobecheerful.world (Aug 30, 2023)
- Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future, nexusmedianews.com (Aug 24, 2023)
- Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever’ in Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. He Thinks it Might Save the City., insideclimatenews.org (Aug 20, 2023)
- 40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households: study, thehill.com (Aug 17, 2023)
- Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 15, 2023)
- A Community-Led Approach to Stopping Flooding Expands in the Chicago Region, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 15, 2023)
- Youth wins climate case against U.S. state of Montana in first-of-its-kind legal ruling, news.mongabay.com (Aug 14, 2023) — by Liz Kimbrough
- Defuelling California’s wildfires with sheep, chinadialogue.net (Aug 10, 2023) — If rotated wisely, sheep and cattle can graze away the fuel of deadly wildfires in the American West
- How California’s Wiyot Tribe turned to community land trusts to fight for justice, thenews.coop (Aug 03, 2023) — 'Access to the land and going back to their ancestral lands is part of the healing process for a lot of Indigenous groups'
- This Northern Manhattan Wetland Has Faced Climate-Change-Induced Erosion and Sea Level Rise. A Living Shoreline Has Reimagined the Space, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 03, 2023) — In the process to create a climate-resilient city, the shoreline restoration of one of the largest remaining wetlands in Manhattan has succeeded due to community engagement and consistent stewardship. By Juanita Gordon
- New grant program asks residents to ‘throw shade,’ foster climate resiliency in Flint, flintbeat.com (Aug 02, 2023)
July 2023
- These Chicago Afghans Have Built A Community On The Soccer Field, borderlessmag.org (Jul 18, 2023)
- ‘It Affects All of Us’: Free Financial Counseling Helps Tulsans Thrive, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jul 13, 2023)
- Microplastics found in the soil on farms used to grow crops, newscientist.com (Jul 12, 2023)
June 2023
- Fighting climate change by reconnecting to ecosystems in our own backyards, nationalobserver.com (Jun 20, 2023)
- The Indigenous forest collective restoring a corner of California, Positive News (Jun 20, 2023)
- News collaboratives, youth media outlets, and a newsletter bee (“La Abeja”) buzzing around Latin communities. A better media, in California Central Valley, The Daily Alternative (Jun 17, 2023)
- ‘My life and my home’: young people start to testify at historic US climate trial, The Guardian (Jun 13, 2023) — The plaintiffs note that Montana’s constitution pledges a healthy environment ‘for present and future generations’
- Surviving the smoke-pocalypse 101: Californians offer advice to New Yorkers, theguardian.com (Jun 09, 2023)
- ‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis, The Guardian (Jun 07, 2023)
April 2023
- ‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance, The Guardian (Apr 25, 2023)
- Vacationers Generate 8 Times More Carbon on a Cruise Ship than on Land, foe.org (Apr 18, 2023)
January 2023
- The Green Jobs Boom Is Benefiting the People Who Need It Most, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jan 10, 2023)
See also
- US news (latest), 2023, 2022, 2020-2021, 2018-2019, 2017, 2016, 2010-2015
- United States community action
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