Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected].
Making history
Back in 2020, close to 2,000 elderly women from Switzerland — a group known as the Climate Seniors — filed a lawsuit accusing their government of failing to take adequate measures to halt climate change. This week, Contributing Editor Michaela Haas shared the news that the women won their case. It’s a monumental ruling: As the Associated Press reports, this was “the first time an international court has ruled on climate change — and the first decision confirming that countries have an obligation to protect people from its effects.”
Michaela says:
Two years ago I wrote about the Climate Seniors, Swiss women who were suing the government for failure to implement climate action. [On Tuesday] came the ruling: They won!
Outlook sunny
As coal power in the US continues to decline, renewables are growing at an impressive clip. That’s according to a story Will Doig shared from Grist this week, which highlights findings from a report released by the nonprofit Climate Central.
Will says:
The effects of the Inflation Reduction Act are starting to show up: Thanks in part to the IRA’s policies and incentives, solar power has been surging and nearly one-quarter of America’s energy mix is now renewable.
What else we’re reading
🌽 Sustainable Agriculture Gets a Push From Big Corporations — shared by RTBC founder David Byrne from the Wall Street Journal
📖 Harper Collins made a tiny tweak to its book design — and has saved thousands of trees as a result — shared by Editorial Director Rebecca Worby from Fast Company
🧳 The suitcase-sized kit helping to rid the Philippines of one of history’s great killers — shared by David Byrne from The Guardian
In other news…
Our friends at The Trace, a nonprofit news outlet dedicated to covering America’s gun violence crisis and its solutions, recently published a powerful, deeply reported feature story on the gun violence prevention movement’s new experiments with public health messaging for the TikTok era.
