Climate On Your Plate

Hello! Putting together the stories for this week's newsletter inspired some personal change in my household. After reading about the "Beans Is How" initiative from WRAL below, we tried a new white bean gratin recipe that is excellent, and has entered the weekly dinner rotation. May this exploration of climate-friendly food efforts from aquaculture to reducing food waste inspire similar experiments in your homes.

– Michael Crowe, Editor/Project Manager, Covering Climate Collaborative

Reporting from Our Partners

More high-end restaurants are getting creative by putting #BeansOnTheMenu, including Chef Sean Fowler at Mandolin in Raleigh.

WRAL Raleigh: Can eating more beans save the planet?

Beans, peas, and legumes are one of the planet's most sustainable protein sources, using dramatically less water, land, and fossil fuels to produce than animal products. More high-end restaurants are getting creative by putting #BeansOnTheMenu.

Screenshot from ABC 7 news video, a hand holds seaweed over an aquaculture tank.

ABC 7 Bay Area: Here's how aquafarming could give boost to CA seafood market, kelp population

A commercial operation known as Monterey Bay Seaweeds is one of the largest producing farms of its kind and leads a new type of sustainable farming.

"For us, sustainability is what we do," said Jason Dwight, chef and owner of Persepshen. Dwight has a passion for cooking but a high priority in his kitchen is sustainability. "We get whole animals from organic pastures, we bring in an entire animal and go cut by cut on the menu," said Dwight. Everything in the house is used in his recipes.

ABC 15 Phoenix: Valley chef talks sustainable kitchen to help the planet

Arizona is #1 in the nation for wasting food, ABC 15 reports, so they asked an Arizona chef on how to reduce food waste in the kitchen, including composting and creative uses for leftovers.

News from the Collab

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Lessons for rebuilding news trust from climate science, featuring

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

Climate scientist Prof. Katharine Hayhoe shares lessons on building trust, taking action, and how we connect the larger story of climate change to local impacts and experiences.

From Our Science Partners

A graph from climate central showing the ride of their climate shift index between june and august

Climate Central: State Solar and Wind Boom to Bring U.S. Toward Climate Targets

Pivotal new laws are projected to boost clean energy, cut carbon pollution, and bring the U.S. closer to its 2030 climate target. Most U.S. states are set to experience a boom in wind and solar energy capacity by 2035, according to research led by Princeton University.

What we're reading

In High Country News, an investigation into how climate change is pushing Washington's prisons to the brink
How Much Can the Seasons Bend Before They Break? asks Ferris Jabr in The Atlantic (including fascinating cultural info about ancient Japan's microseasons like "mist starts to linger" and "first lotus blossoms")
Exclusive Inside Climate News analysis found oil and gas companies spilling millions of gallons of toxic wastewater in Texas

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