Water Shortages and Heat
Most of Brazil was on a heat alert this weekend, as heat indices reached as high as 140°F. An ocean away, South Sudan is closing its schools in advance of an extreme,
Most of Brazil was on a heat alert this weekend, as heat indices reached as high as 140°F. An ocean away, South Sudan is closing its schools in advance of an extreme,
Climate change is disrupting cocoa production, driving up global chocolate prices and threatening the mostly poor farmers who cultivate it — and it's about to get worse. Major cocoa processing facilities in
A controversial pumped storage project will likely not be built after the Navajo Nation reiterated its opposition following a new FERC rule prioritizing tribal views on projects to be built on their
Projects The Department of Transportation will disburse $3.3 billion of funding for 133 projects in 40 states intended to address harm to historically excluded communities by past transportation investments, President Biden announced
The Federal government will give tribal governments $120 million to address the impacts of climate change, the Department of the Interior announced Thursday. Indigenous peoples across what is now the United States
The first commercial-scale wind farm off the U.S. coast is officially open and sending electricity to New York's electrical grid, its developers announced Thursday. The 12 wind turbines that make up South
Electricity demand in the U.S. is rising for the first time in decades, straining the electrical grid and threatening to torpedo President Biden's climate goals, the New York Times reports. Dramatic increases
The massive expansion of fracking operations in the Permian Basin enabled the U.S. to extract more oil than any country, ever, in 2023, according to a DOE report released Monday. Permian fracking
Utilities' efforts to update infrastructure and secure clean water supplies are pushing up the cost for households, and an increasing number of families are struggling to afford the basic necessity, the Los
A law passed by the Florida legislature, but yet to be signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), prohibits municipalities from implementing heat safety protections for workers in the Sunshine State. Florida is
A severe drought is limiting the number of ships that can pass through the Panama Canal, disrupting shipping routes, delaying deliveries, and driving up the cost of crossing. Panama is experiencing one
The EU must accelerate efforts to prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change, the European Commission said Tuesday. The commission did not propose any major new policies in response
Europe is unprepared for mounting climate risks, the first-ever climate risk assessment released by the European Environment Agency warned Monday. The continent faces more frequent, and more severe extreme weather, including wildfires,
Small, window-mounted heat pumps could bring massive energy savings — and quieter, individualized temperature control — to tenants and others living in multi-unit apartment and condo buildings with centralized heating, the AP
As the enormous energy demand of artificial intelligence continues to grow the new (again) owner of the beleaguered Mountain Valley Pipeline sees a business opportunity. EQT Corp. CEO Toby Rice said on
The roughly 30 lawsuits brought by cities, states, and tribes across the U.S. seeking to hold the oil and gas industry accountable are moving closer to trial as evidence of industry deception
Pipeline leaks have spilled nearly 10 billion cubic feet of methane gas pollution into the atmosphere, Reuters reports, warming the climate as much as running four coal power plants for a year.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Thursday it had reached an agreement with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners under which state insurance regulators will collect and share data about how climate
Even if every car in the world were an EV, it would not mitigate some of the most ruinous effects of car-centric infrastructure, a new analysis cautions. The analysis of roughly 400
Though not the focus of his third official State of the Union address, President Biden touted his efforts to "save the planet from the climate crisis," promote clean energy, and highlighted contrasts
Artificial intelligence stands poised to dramatically accelerate the spread of climate disinformation while consuming massive amounts of energy, belying claims it will address or even solve the climate crisis, a new report
Earth experienced its hottest February on record, breaking a monthly heat record for the ninth straight month, according to an analysis by the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. A concurrent report released
Increasing reliance on state-run 'insurers of last resort' to cover homes so vulnerable to climate impacts private insurers have fled the market represents a looming crisis with no good solutions when the
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules on Wednesday requiring publicly traded companies to disclose financial risks to their investors caused by climate change and efforts to address the crisis. The
The low sea ice levels and high temperatures in Earth's latitudinal extremes in 2023 are a preview of the heated world to come, two new studies show. Research, published in the Bulletin
Biomass manufacturing giant Drax and a state-connected California nonprofit finalized an agreement under which the UK company will produce a million tons of wood pellets annually from trees in the Golden State.
Two cases before the Supreme Court could have significant implications for climate disinformation on social media platforms, Inside Climate News reports. The laws were passed in Texas and Florida in response to
A crucial hearing in federal court regarding Puerto Rico's struggling power company and its proposed debt restructuring began Monday. Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority holds $9 billion in debt and has struggled
Ten days of extreme weather across the country — including a heatwave in the central U.S., a massive blizzard in California, and (ongoing) wildfires in Texas — punctuated the beginning of meteorological
Women-led rural households are hurt worse by the impacts of climate change, a new UN report finds. Compared to male-headed households, families headed by women across 24 poor and middle-income countries lost
A satellite with the power to track methane pollution from oil and gas industry operations across wide areas will launch this afternoon from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The MethaneSAT project,
Laws designed to criminalize environmental protest and protect fossil fuel operations are proliferating globally, threatening basic human rights and democracy, Inside Climate News reports. A UN position paper published last week by
Global climate pollution rose 1.1% in 2023, with dramatic gaps between cuts by wealthy economies and increases in many developing markets, the International Energy Agency said in its annual emissions report, Friday.
Increased electricity demand driven by the growth of artificial intelligence threatens to overwhelm supply, renewable or otherwise, the New York Times reports. The proliferation of electricity-hungry cloud computing data centers across the
The vast majority of funding disbursed under the 2021 infrastructure law has gone to car-dominant transportation at the expense of other less-dangerous, climate-friendly forms of transportation, a new analysis finds. “We’re seeing
The EPA will delay issuing new, wider-reaching standards for existing methane gas-fired power plants until after the 2024 election but will move ahead with greenhouse gas limits for existing coal and new
Global pledges intended to spur investment in developing countries for climate solutions and resilience fell short of their target this week, prompting criticism from nongovernmental groups about the powerful countries most responsible
Wyoming will pass up the chance to apply for roughly $5 million in federal money to plug certain kinds of oil and gas wells. The Inflation Reduction Act gives states around $350
Extreme weather led to the displacement of millions of children between 2016 and 2021, the United Nations said this week, and climate change is likely to displace millions more in the coming
Pope Francis has once again weighed in on climate change—this time condemning climate deniers and lambasting “irresponsible” Western lifestyles that contribute to carbon emissions. In a 7,000-word letter issued Wednesday—a format known
The Environmental Protection Agency will open an investigation into whether or not the state of Alabama violated Black residents’ civil rights when it distributed funds to improve sewer systems, the agency said
Two in every five amphibian species in the world, or around 40% of 8,000 species, are categorized as threatened—a much higher percentage than other classes of animals, a new assessment has found.
The carcasses of 120 Amazon river dolphins have been found floating in a tributary of the river over the past week, prompting widespread alarm from scientists about the high temperature of the
Most Americans are just fine with living near renewable energy projects, a new poll finds. A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll released Tuesday finds that 75% of Americans would be comfortable living
The state of Arizona will no longer allow a farm owned by a Saudi Arabian company to freely pump groundwater from beneath state land, Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs announced Tuesday. Fondomonte Arizona,
It’s getting harder and harder to avoid plastics. In a study published in Environmental Chemistry Letters last month, scientists in Japan documented how they collected water from clouds at the top of
The heat just won’t stop. Parts of the U.S. are set to experience unseasonably warm temperatures this week as parts of Europe are reeling from scorching September heat. In the U.S., millions
New York City’s composting program is set to significantly expand this week, as 2.6 million people in Brooklyn now have a way to dispose of food scraps and yard waste after city
California Senator Dianne Feinstein died on Friday, at the age of 90. Long regarded as an environmental champion, though no radical progressive, Feinstein’s thirty-year career in the Senate began with a significant
As drought lowers fresh water levels on the Mississippi River, a flood of salt water is slowly traveling up from the Gulf of Mexico to take its place, threatening the city of
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