This week’s good climate news

With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way.

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A city skyline in the background with a power plant in the foreground

EPA proposes limiting climate pollution from power plants

In a crucial step to protect people from the impacts of climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed limits to climate pollution from power plants.

This will bring us closer to a clean energy future with healthier air, a safer climate and affordable, reliable electricity and falls in line with previous EPA proposals to limit methane pollution from oil and gas industrial facilities.

A resort in Aruba on the beach and simply stunning blue ocean waters

Aruba could enshrine ‘rights of nature’ in constitution 

The island of Aruba could become the second country to give nature legal rights. As a vacation hot spot, the nation is largely dependent on nature for tourism and its economy, but environmental degradation threatens its ecosystems.

If passed, the proposed amendment would constitutionally allow nature to exist and regenerate and aim for a balance between nature and the economy.

Rock pools, which are basically just some rocks with water in and around them. They really nailed the name on this one.

Sea creatures jazzed about artificial rock pools rolling in

Researchers from Bournemouth University in the U.K. installed over 100 artificial rock pools in three sites to mimic sea creatures’ habitats. Sixty-five different species were observed using 45 artificial rock pools on a coastal seawall, compared with just 40 species on the natural harbor wall.

Coastal regions are threatened by climate change, and artificial rock pools can give marine animals the extra help they need.

A house with workers actively installing solar panels on the roof

Low-income housing to get climate upgrades

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $1 billion to upgrade hundreds of low-income housing properties to fight climate change.

Low-income communities face disproportionate impacts of climate change, and the funding is intended to help these households become more energy efficient, water-efficient and resilient to extreme weather events.

Let’s take action on climate together