Climate change
Biden spending budget consists of $24 billion for conservation and shielding communities from weather disasters
Joe Biden when speaking in the course of the 2022 United Nations Local weather Modify Convention COP27 in Egypt. Gehad Hamdy | Photograph Alliance | Getty Photographs President Joe Biden’s spending plan proposal for 2024 features billions of pounds distribute across federal organizations to combat local weather transform, with a bulk of the financial investment […]
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Treasury Secretary Yellen warns that losses tied to local climate modify could ‘cascade by way of the fiscal system’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on “Following Measures in the Evolution of Enhancement Finance” at a Centre for Strategic and Intercontinental Scientific studies (CSIS) in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. Leah Millis | Reuters Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that local weather improve is presently using a important economic toll in the […]
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Pictures present Venice’s canals functioning dry amid low tides
Gondolas are docked along a canal with a lower water stage in the course of a lower tide in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Luigi Costantini | AP Some of Venice’s more compact canals are functioning dry amid unusually reduced tides and a absence of rainfall, producing it tricky for gondolas, drinking water taxis […]
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Meet the GOP leaders in charge of critical House environmental committees
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Following the midterm elections in November, President Joe Biden faces a GOP-controlled House of Representatives largely opposed to the administration’s climate change and clean energy policies and efforts to curb the country’s dependence on fossil fuel […]
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Newsom unveils bill to protect California’s climate-threatened Joshua tree
A Joshua tree found along Highway 178 (Isabella Walker Pass Road near Highway 14) is viewed on November 14, 2022, near Inyokern, California. George Rose | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week proposed for the first time a bill that would protect the western Joshua tree, a native desert plant, and prohibit anyone […]
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Biden administration moves toward approval for major Alaska oil drilling project
Alaskan oil extraction site. Lowell Georgia | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday recommended a scaled-down version of a major oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, taking a step toward approving the $8 billion Willow plan that climate groups have long condemned. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management released an […]
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Floods devastate Philippines as president declares ‘state of calamity’
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard wade through floods during a rescue operation, in Isabela City, Basilan province, Philippines, January 11, 2023. Philippine Coast Guard | via Reuters The Philippines has grappled with heavy rain, flooding and landslides since the beginning of January, prompting evacuations and spurring President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to declare an official […]
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Arizona suburb sues the city of Scottsdale for cutting off its water supply
A saguaro-cactus lined road where new homes are being built in in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, on January 7, 2023. The Washington Post | Getty Images An Arizona suburb has filed a lawsuit against the city of Scottsdale after the city cut off the community from its municipal water supply amid extreme drought conditions and […]
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Arizona says developers don’t have enough groundwater to build in desert west of Phoenix
home is being built in in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, U.S. on January 7, 2023. The Washington Post | Getty Images Developers planning to build homes in the desert west of Phoenix, Arizona, do not have enough groundwater supplies to move forward with their plans, a state modeling report found. Plans to construct homes west […]
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Nest clever thermostat co-founder is back again with a new unit for the property, concentrated on meals
Matt Rogers went from Apple to Nest Labs and into quite a few properties with the now-Google good thermostat. He is wanting to get into your house once more, this time to address America’s meals waste trouble. Chewie Labs Matt Rogers has often liked to glimpse at regions that are ignored. Ahead of he still […]
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