Climate Change News Digest for May 21, 2025

This digest provides a selection of recent news articles relating to climate change and other environmental issues. Click on the title to read the full article from its original source.

Rotting food, rising heat: How Michigan’s landfills help drive methane pollution

Michigan ranks 8th in the nation for landfilled food waste, contributing to climate-warming methane emissions. A 2023 law now requires counties to develop organic material recovery plans, aiming to curb this environmental impact.

by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak (Planet Detroit)

How Green Is Pope Leo XIV?

An environmental theologian reveals clues about how the new pope may rise to meet the climate crisis.

By Aynsley O’Neill (Inside Climate News)

Despite backlash, more states are considering laws to make Big Oil pay for climate change

After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.

By Akielly Hu (Grist)

Could This Arizona Ranch Be a Model for Southwest Farmers?

Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwest’s first Regenerative Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering climate change.

By Samuel Gilbert (Civil Eats)

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing.

Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.

By Hilary Beaumont (Grist)

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