Climate change
The $52 billion plan to save New York’s low-lying areas from sea level rise and storm surges
Roger Gendron is one of tens of thousands of residents who live on the far outskirts of Queens in neighborhoods prone to flooding and worsening coastal storms. Emma Newburger | CNBC QUEENS, N.Y. — Roger Gendron recalled when nearly eight feet of floodwaters inundated his home and tore down the first floor ceiling while he […]
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How a GOP-controlled House will attack ESG and corporate climate change strategy
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Chairman of the House Financial Service Committee Maxine Waters (D-CA) listen as David Marcus, CEO of Facebook’s Calibra, testifies on “Examining Facebook’s Proposed Cryptocurrency and Its Impact on Consumers, Investors, and the American Financial System” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 17, 2019. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Republicans hoping […]
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Biden unveils stricter emissions rules for heavy-duty trucks
EPA Administrator Michael Regan gives remarks at an event on new national clean air standards for heavy-duty trucks near the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters on December 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday announced stricter standards on smog-forming emissions from trucks, vans […]
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California cuts payments to homeowners for solar panels feeding energy back to the grid
Save A Lot Solar contractors install LG Electronics solar panels on a home in Hayward, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday passed a proposal that will reduce compensation provided to households for the surplus electricity their rooftop solar panels […]
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The Arctic is finding hotter and stormier, and ship site visitors is growing as ice melts
Martin Leonhard of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project (EastGRIP) operates snow blower placing a new snow ground for the wintertime-storage weather conditions port tent at EastGRIP camp on August 9, 2022. EastGRIP is an intercontinental science station on the Greenland ice sheet, the 2nd-largest ice body in the entire world after the Antarctic ice cap. […]
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First-ever California offshore wind auction surpasses $757 million in bids
Offshore wind farm. davee hughes uk | Moment | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more than $757 million in winning bids for its auction of offshore wind development rights in California, marking the third offshore wind lease sale this year and the first ever for the Pacific region. The sale is a […]
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Biden to require new federal buildings to slash greenhouse gas emissions
A view of sunset in the evening hours in the United States Capitol, Washington D.C., on December 02, 2022. Celal Gunes | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a new building performance standard that would require federal agencies to slash energy use and electrify equipment and appliances in 30% of […]
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Renewables to overtake coal and become world’s biggest source of electricity generation by 2025, IEA says
Wind turbines in the Netherlands. A report from the International Energy Agency “expects renewables to become the primary energy source for electricity generation globally in the next three years, overtaking coal.” Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Renewables are on course to overtake coal and become the planet’s biggest source of electricity generation […]
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Los Angeles bans oil and gas drilling within city limits
An oil pumpjack operates in the Inglewood Oil Field on January 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban new oil and gas drilling and phase out existing wells over the next two decades, a historic decision that comes after years of complaints […]
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Hurricane Ian was the costliest disaster and the second-largest insured loss on record after Hurricane Katrina
Remains of destroyed restaurants, shops and other businesses are seen almost one month after Hurricane Ian landfall in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello Marco Bello | Reuters Hurricane Ian, a category 4 Atlantic hurricane that struck Florida and South Carolina earlier this year, was the costliest catastrophe and the second-largest […]
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