Storm Surge Big Threat of Ian to Florida
Hurricane Ian is bearing down on the west coast of Florida with "catastrophic storm surge," heavy rain, and wind speeds just 2 mph shy of a Category 5 storm. The monstrous storm
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Storm Surge Big Threat From Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian – now a Category 3 and set to strengthen into a Category 4 storm – made landfall near La Coloma in southwest Cuba around 4:30 am this morning, bringing with
Member of Congress’ Misogyny is Part of ‘Playbook’
The insults hurled by a sitting member of Congress at an expert witness testifying on environmental racism perpetrated by the petrochemical industry typifies the misogyny – often intertwined with racism – leveled
Carlyle Group Left Polluting Investment Out Of Climate Report
The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms, omitted its largest oil and gas investment from regulatory filings on its exposure to greenhouse gas pollution risk earlier this year,
Power Outages Remain in Puerto Rico, Canada from Fiona
More than half of Puerto Rican electricity customers, over 700,000, were still without power amid widespread power outages Monday morning after Hurricane Fiona hit the island over a week ago. Two thousand
Bitcoin Mining in US Pollutes As Much As 6 Million Cars
The U.S. bitcoin industry produces as much climate pollution every year as 6 million internal combustion cars and three times more than the country's biggest coal plant, concludes a new report from
Office for EJ Will Raise Profile at EPA
EPA administrator Michael Regan announced the creation of an Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights on Saturday to administer $3 billion in environmental justice funding and, activists hope, embed environmental
Higher Elevation Fires Threaten West’s Water
A vicious cycle of heat and drought is pushing wildfires to higher elevations, threatening the winter snowpack critical for water supplies across the Western U.S. a recent study shows. The research, published
Waterborne Disease and Standing Water in Pakistan
Warming temperatures could fuel the spread of a deadly, brain-eating amoeba in the U.S. that killed 147 people between 1962 and 2020. This summer, monsoon-driven flooding made worse by climate change submerged
Gas Industry Got What It Wanted From Biden
The U.S. methane gas industry, unlike the Russian military, has achieved nearly all of its pre-invasion objectives, The Guardian reports. Before Russian forces had even invaded Ukraine, a U.S. LNG trade association
Canada in Fiona’s Path, Most Puerto Ricans Still Without Power
More than 63% of Puerto Rican electricity customers were still without power Friday morning as Category 4 Hurricane Fiona hammered Bermuda on its path north toward Canada's Maritime provinces. “This could be
Amnesty Says Egypt Of Covering Up Human Rights Violations
A second major international human rights group in less than two weeks accused Egypt of trying to conceal a decade's worth of “unrelenting violations of human rights” ahead of COP27 in November.
FEMA Disaster Response Compounds Racist Impacts
Climate-fueled disasters tend to disproportionately harm Black, Latino, Indigenous, and disabled people due to decades (and centuries) of racist and ableist policy decisions. Those disproportionate harms, like higher exposure to more extreme
Manchin Has Released Fossil Fuel Permitting Bill
Coal millionaire and West Virginia senator Joe Manchin III released his long-awaited bill on Wednesday to streamline the construction of fossil fuel projects including methane gas pipelines. The bill was promised to
Guterres Calls For Windfall Taxes On Fossil Fuel Industry
Polluting energy companies must be taxed on windfall profits to offset the damage caused by climate change and rising prices, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly Tuesday. The fossil
Solar Panels Keep Some Lights On In Puerto Rico
Hurricane Fiona, now a Category 4 storm and the first Major Hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season, continues to churn across the Caribbean as those in its wake confront the destruction. The
Senate Set To Ratify Kigali Amendment On HFCs
A measure ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on hydrofluorocarbons passed a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday, clearing the way for final passage as soon as today.
Manchin Fossil Fuel Streamlining Bill Panned By Dems, GOP
Coal millionaire and West Virginia senator Joe Manchin III released his long-awaited bill on Wednesday to streamline the construction of fossil fuel projects including methane gas pipelines. The bill was promised to
Massive, Public, Fossil Fuels Database Released
Burning the known fossil fuels still underground would produce more greenhouse gas pollution than has been produced since the beginning of the industrial revolution, a new, first-of-its-kind, public database of global fossil
Millions Without Water, Electricity In Fiona’s Wake
Hurricane Fiona's destruction across the Caribbean continues to mount as the now-Category 3 hurricane barrels toward the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas after pummeling the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Hammered By Fiona, Entire Grid Down
Hurricane Fiona dumped catastrophic flooding on Puerto Rico over the weekend, knocking out the entire island's electrical grid and dropping as much as 30 inches of rain. Electricity was out across the
Alaska Hit By ‘Meteorologically Perfect Storm’
A massive cyclone hammered northwestern Alaska over the weekend, sweeping north through the Bering Strait and flooding coastal communities following the worst storm in at least 50 years. The "meteorologically perfect storm,"
Newsome Signs Climate Bills Into Law
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a wide-ranging package of bills, including 40 climate-related measures, into law on Friday. The legislation includes a mandate that the state achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 as
Floating Offshore Wind Target Set By Biden
The Biden administration committed Thursday to build enough floating offshore wind capacity by 2035 to power 5 million homes. The 15GW by 2035 target is in addition to the administration's goal of
Formosa Plastics Permit Thrown Out By Judge on EJ Grounds
A Louisiana court threw out key air quality permits for the massive, proposed Formosa Plastics facility in Lousisiana's "Cancer Alley," in a major victory for the community activists who have fought for
Rainfall in Pakistan Likely Worsened by Warming
The rainfall that drove catastrophic flooding in Pakistan this summer — killing more than 1,500 people, impacting 33 million people, and submerging about one-third of the country — was made worse by
Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Reinstated
The Interior Dept. reinstated offshore oil lease sales across an area of the Gulf of Mexico bigger than Delaware on Wednesday in order to comply with a provision of the Inflation Reduction
Freight Rail Cos. Could Shut Down Oil, Gas Deliveries
President Biden announced a tentative agreement early this morning to avert a nationwide railroad strike. Major railroad companies are threatening to shut down much of the nation's freight rail, setting off widespread
East Africa On Brink Of Famine As Drought Persists
The ongoing drought across East Africa is pushing regions to the brink of famine as forecasters issue dire warnings for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the Wall Street Journal reports. An
Farmers in Peru Rehab Pre-Columbian Dams Amid Water Shortage
Farmers in the Peruvian Andes are refurbishing pre-Columbian dams to mitigate the harms caused by drought, Reuters reports. Repeated below-average rainy seasons have forced farmers in the district of Pamparomás to idle
Private Equity Gets Failing Grades On Climate Risk Exposure
Private equity firms are exposing investors, including retired teachers, nurses, and firefighters, to unknown levels of financial risk by continuing to invest billions of dollars in fossil fuel projects with no exit
Pakistan Flooding Death Toll Increases As Long-Term Damage Looms
Another 54 people died in Pakistan in a 24-hour span earlier this week, bringing the official death toll of the extreme rains and flooding to 1,481. The unprecedented monsoon rains submerged one-third
Human Rights Watch Raises Alarm Ahead Of COP27
A major international human rights group called on the UN to ensure Egypt, and other countries hosting climate conferences, meet human rights standards on Monday. Egypt will host COP27 this November. Human
Bus Stops in L.A. Largely Unprotected From Sun
Just one-quarter of Los Angeles County bus stops have any kind of shade or rain shelter, forcing riders like Ken Willis to seek shelter under whatever shade they can find, the LA
Pipeline Company Trespassing on Native Land — Judge
A federal judge ordered Canadian pipeline company Enbridge to pay the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for "trespassing" across tribal lands with the controversial Line 5 oil and gas liquids
EPA Investigator General To Probe Jackson Water Crisis
The EPA inspector general has dispatched staff to investigate the collapse of the Jackson, Miss., drinking water system. The public water system failure has highlighted the compounding crises of systemic racism and
Mental Health Toll Of Climate Disasters Mounts
The floors in Dana Jones' home in Houston's Melrose Park neighborhood are warped by flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and the walls are growing black mold, thanks to Tropical Storm
Smoke Spreads From Northwest Fires
At least 21 wildfires are burning across Oregon and thousands have been forced to evacuate or experienced preventative power shutoffs as several days of "red flag" warnings led to "extreme fire growth"
Zelenskyy Calls Winter ‘Crucial’ for EU
The coming winter will be the most "crucial" test of the European Union in its history, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech on Saturday as European countries debate policies to
Hate Speech Increases Online With Extreme Temps
Researchers used artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze more than 4 billion geolocated tweets over six years and found that, of the tweets containing hate speech, the critical variable was temperatures
Tipping Points Loom Due To Failure To Cut Climate Pollution
The continued failure to sufficiently slash greenhouse gas pollution will set off irreversible "tipping point" events including four — the irreversible collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, thawing of
Side Deal Easing Way For Pipelines Slammed By Frontline Groups
Black, Indigenous, and people of color from across the country rallied in what is now Washington D.C. on Thursday, demanding Congress and President Biden reject an energy permitting overhaul that would expedite
UK’s new energy chief is a climate denier
The UK’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has appointed an energy secretary with a record of dismissing climate science. In 2013, Jacob Rees-Mogg, falsely claimed that the effects of rising climate pollution
Cheniere Request to Emit More Formaldehyde is Denied
The EPA on Monday denied a request from Cheniere Energy to exempt the LNG company from air pollution rules. Cheniere, the biggest exporter of liquified methane gas from the U.S., had sought
Thwaites Glacier Capable Of Existentially-Rapid Retreat
A massive Antarctic glacier is less stable and could potentially cause more and more rapid sea level rise than previously predicted, a study published Monday in Nature Geoscience finds. The Thwaites Glacier,
Electricity Demand Breaks Records, but not Cal. Grid
The California electrical grid survived — barely — a day of widespread, brutal heat on Tuesday. “This will be essentially the worst September heat wave on record, certainly in Northern California and
Power Grid (Barely) Survives California’s Weekend
The California electrical grid avoided large-scale blackouts Monday as residents heeded officials' calls to reduce their electricity consumption amid the scorching heat. California's grid operator (CAISO) had warned the extra demand on
Russia Shuts Off Nord Stream Gas Indefinitely
Russia indefinitely cut off delivery of methane-based gas to Europe, Gazprom said Friday. The state-owned energy company blamed the Nord Stream 1 pipeline shutdown on maintenance issues, just hours after the G-7
White House Climate and Energy Staffing Changes
The White House announced multiple climate and energy staffing changes on Friday. Gina McCarthy will officially leave her role as national climate advisor on September 16 and will be replaced by her
Human Body Under Threat By Extreme Cal. Heat
Extreme heat shattered records up and down the West Coast over the weekend, threatening human health as well as the electricity grid. More than 45 million people across seven states were under