Low on water, California farme...
If California is to meet its goal of running on 100-percent clean electricity by 2045, fields that once grew hay are going to have to start producing electrons.
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Countries that are home to one-fourth of Earth’s population face an increasingly urgent risk: The prospect of running out of water.
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The golden-cheeked warbler, an endangered songbird native to Central Texas, always seems to be flitting around controversy.
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The risk of a ratings downgrade can pressure cities and companies to take steps to mitigate climate risks, such as from sea level rise.
read moreGoodbye, Snails
Once, snails decorated the forests of Hawaii like Christmas ornaments. There were more than 750 unique species, which descended from ancestral mollusks that arrived on the islands millions of years ago. Hawaii’s snails were exemplars of evolution’s generative prowess.
read moreSo Long and Thanks for all the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again washed its hands of its responsibility to protect the health and safety of our waterways.
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Earth’s hottest June on record was followed by a sizzling July that either tied or exceeded another global extreme. People, trees and fish are feeling the heat.
read moreArctic wildfires are releasing...
During the past few weeks, the top of the world has been burning. Vast swaths of the Arctic, from Alaska to Siberia, are on fire, with scientific agencies breaking out the term “unprecedented” to describe the situation.
read moreClimate Could Be an Electoral ...
When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most, including gun rights and opposing abortion.
read moreEthiopia plants 350 million tr...
Ethiopia’s ambitious national reforestation program seeks to plant 4 billion trees by October.
read moreAn Absence of Energy Leadershi...
These are interesting times for electricity regulators and legislators in the 13 US states, from the Mid-Atlantic through the Ohio Valley to Illinois, that share authority with PJM and FERC. PJM has been in direct conflict with state activity and autonomy in regulating environmental effects from energy power production.
read moreNearly 100 percent of Trump fu...
President Trump has made a big deal out of his admiration for farmers, calling them “some of the most incredible people in our country,” and “patriots.” But, based on newly acquired data on federal subsidies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, his administration may not have been thinking of all farmers — mostly just the rich, white ones.
read moreAutomakers, Rejecting Trump Po...
Four of the world’s largest automakers have struck a deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, siding with the state in its fight with President Trump over one of his most consequential regulatory rollbacks.
read moreHow Climate Change Could Trigg...
The Federal Reserve should act aggressively to reduce that risk, a leading economic historian argues.
read more7 steps in the process of meta...
The metal recycling process is a very important and useful process. It has a major advantage over the other processes. The basic properties of metal do not change even after repeated recycling over and over again. It prevents the exploitation of energy and damage to the environment.
read moreWhat’s the difference between ...
The climate crisis is increasingly distressing. Fortunately, there are many things we can do to ensure our future is as prosperous as possible. These actions fall into one of two broad categories: climate change adaptation and climate change mitigation. These terms go hand-in-hand while navigating through the climate crisis, but they mean very different things.
read moreThe environmental case for a T...
On July 1, 2019, the boards members of Friends of the Earth and Friends of the Earth Action passed a resolution calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to begin an impeachment inquiry on Donald Trump.
read moreSiberian Wildfires Prompt Russ...
Temperatures that have been soaring with climate change combined with lightning and winds to burn vast areas of forest and send smoke hundreds of miles into cities.
read moreThe deadliest environmental ca...
In December 2018, the bodies of brothers Neri and Domingo Esteban Pedro were found along the banks of Guatemala’s Yal Witz River, shot in the head. The two had recently rallied against a dam in the Ixquisis region of San Mateo Ixtatán in the western part of the country.
read moreIn Zimbabwe, the Water Taps Ru...
It had been five days since water had stopped flowing out of the taps at Eneres Kaitano’s bungalow in southern Harare, Zimbabwe’s modern and tidy capital city. Five days since she had done any laundry. Five days since she had forbidden her children from using the toilet more than once a day.
read moreThe Democrats Finally Debated ...
There were 12 minutes of climate discussion Tuesday night.
read moreThe White House Blocked My Rep...
Politics intruded on science and intelligence. That’s why I quit my job as an analyst for the State Department.
read moreControversial agency relocatio...
Critics of the Trump administration’s efforts say the decision is politically motivated.
read moreActivists Call on Retiring FER...
For the past 30 years FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has voted in favor of 398 out of 400 applications for mostly fracked gas interstate pipelines and related projects.
read moreBerkeley bans: straws, plastic...
Environmentalists have cheered “valve turners” who illegally cut off oil and gas flows through pipelines. Now their political allies are turning off valves on gas pipelines that connect to buildings in their own towns.
read moreFewer Inspections for Aging Nu...
A new report by staff members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the safety of the nation’s 59 aging nuclear power plants, recommends that the commissioners significantly weaken or reduce safety inspections of the plants.
read more‘We Can’t Sit on the Sid...
“Regardless of how we feel about the term ‘climate change,’ the one thing I hope we all agree on is that each of us individually, as companies, impact the environment,” he said. “And it is our responsibility to do everything we can to make sure that we can be respectful in terms of that impact.”
read moreRed Cross to World’s Cities: H...
One of the largest disaster relief agencies on Tuesday had a message for the world’s mayors: Heat waves are getting more intense on a hotter planet, but they don’t have to be deadly if city officials take simple and often inexpensive steps.
read moreWhat would a world without sha...
At the rate we’re killing them, we may soon see it firsthand.
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