How Shutdown Gridlock Could Impede Disaster Preparedness
Turmoil in Washington is distracting from efforts to fix a flood insurance gap and replenish a key disaster relief fund.
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How Shutdown Gridlock Could Impede Disaster Preparedness
Turmoil in Washington is distracting from efforts to fix a flood insurance gap and replenish a key disaster relief fund.
Behind the Scenes: Uncovering the Secret Lives of Cacti and Fungi in the Sonoran Desert
Researchers are unraveling the complex symbiotic relationship between fungi and the saguaro cactus, which is increasingly at risk from climate change. By Kiley Price With sizzling temperatures and a parched climate, it can be hard to survive in the Sonoran…
Indonesia aims to redraw UNESCO site boundaries to allow geothermal projects
JAKARTA — Indonesia is seeking to redraw the boundaries of a UNESCO World Heritage rainforest to pave the way for geothermal projects — part of its renewable energy push but a move environmentalists warn could devastate biodiversity and tarnish the…
Northeast Pacific endures fourth-largest marine heat wave on record
The Northeast Pacific ocean, off the U.S. West Coast, is experiencing its fourth-largest marine heat wave since record-keeping began in 1982. “The extent of the current Pacific marine heatwave should be surprising … but unfortunately, record breaking heat is our…
Virginia Could Show How to Manage Data Center Growth. So Far, It’s a Case Study in Stalling Legislation
The state with the most data centers is struggling to enact laws to protect electric customers and limit the energy and environmental impacts of their explosive growth. By Deep Vakil, Charles Paullin RICHMOND, Va.—You might think the state that is…
The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads
Facing weakened pollution targets and threats of federal inaction, Maryland and Virginia may have to become the agreement’s enforcers. By Aman Azhar The management board of the Chesapeake Bay Program will meet this week to hammer out the next iteration…
10 years after the Paris Agreement, countries are still missing climate deadlines
When the 2015 Paris Agreement was inked nearly a decade ago, it marked a consensus, agreed to by nearly all the countries in the world, that global temperature rise should be limited to well below 2 degrees Celsius over preindustrial…
In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent
The Kigluaik Mountains stretch across the Seward Peninsula of western Alaska like a spine, their jagged ridges keeping a record of time. The Inupiaq have long read these ridges and valleys as a living story: Fire and fracture have marked…
Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire
In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble The hope that followed the signing of the Paris climate agreement in 2016 has long…