Climate change
California lawmakers move to ban new oil wells within 3,200 feet of homes and schools
Oil well and pump jacks near housing developments in the City of Signal Hill in Los Angeles County, California. Citizen of the Planet | Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images California lawmakers on Wednesday sent a bill to the governor that would impose a statewide buffer zone to separate homes, schools, hospitals […]
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Stricter standards needed for carbon offsets, several House Democrats urge
Riverside industrial pulp mill showing smokestacks and stream releases as the facility operates on a sunny afternoon. Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Several House Democrats this week called for stricter standards for voluntary carbon offsets that companies and governments buy to compensate for the greenhouse gases they emit. Reps. Jared Huffman, […]
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Mississippi governor declares emergency after Jackson’s main water plant fails
An SUV rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Rogelio V. Solis | AP Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, the state’s capital and largest city, do not have access to reliable drinking water for the near future after the city’s main water treatment facility failed on Monday. The state […]
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Greenland ice loss will raise sea levels by nearly one foot by 2100, study shows
Icebergs float in the Baffin Bay near Pituffik, Greenland on July 15, 2022 as captured from the ground during a NASA mission along with University of Texas scientists to measure melting Arctic sea ice. New observations from ICESAT-2 show remarkable Arctic Sea ice thinning in just three years. Kerem Yucel | AFP | Getty Images […]
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Ocean shipping’s major bets on likely eco-friendly, from wind electricity to methanol and liquid hydrogen
Airseas, the maritime device of France’s Airbus, has designed a gigantic, automated kite referred to as Seawing, which fundamentally tows a ship. Airseas The delivery marketplace accounts for just about 3% of the world’s overall greenhouse gasoline emissions, making as considerably artifical carbon dioxide as all the coal-fired ability plants in the U.S. combined. Continue […]
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Japan is pivoting back to nuclear after Fukushima disaster — and the IEA says it’ll help cool gas markets
This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines in front of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The country is now planning to use more nuclear power in the years ahead. Korekore | Istock | Getty Images Japanese plans to pivot back to using more nuclear power have been welcomed by the International Energy […]
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California bans the sale of new fuel-powered automobiles by 2035
A charging port on a 2022 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring plug-in hybrid car in the course of AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Car Show in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 18, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Photos California, the country’s most populous state and the centre of U.S. vehicle society, is banning […]
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Photos: Flash flooding in Texas forces road closures and high-water rescues
Brooke Conley looks for personal items to salvage at her flooded wellness studio in the Fair Park section of Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Residents are cleaning up the day after heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area caused flash flooding. LM Otero | AP Residents in the area of Dallas, Texas are recovering […]
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Climate change isn’t party political and people are realizing it’s not a ‘left-wing plot,’ charity founder says
People photographed in Lower Saxony, Germany, on July 19, 2022. A number of European countries were affected by a heatwave last month. Julian Stratenschulte | Picture Alliance | Getty Images It’s been called a “global emergency that goes beyond national borders” and described as “the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced.” […]
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Climate groups react to Manchin’s surprise turnaround on reconciliation bill
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) returns to a basement office meeting with other senators that included Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Angus King (I-ME), (not pictured) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 15, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Environmental groups reacted with surprise after U.S. Senate Democrats struck a deal […]
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