There are at least half a dozen major Western water pipeline projects under consideration, ranging from…
Category: Environmental Updates
House passes the Inflation Reduction Act, the ‘most significant’ climate bill in US history
It's the “most comprehensive, most complete, most serious climate bill that the Congress has ever passed.”
Massachusetts’ Republican governor signs far-reaching climate bill into law
It’s “a big f****ing deal.”
The Arctic is heating up four times faster than the rest of the planet
That's much quicker than climate models predicted.
How NYC’s new congestion pricing system will reduce traffic — and cut carbon
A new report proposes fee structures and shows how they would affect traffic, transit, and emissions.
Even a small rise in temperatures could decimate North American forests
A new study warns that boreal forests are fast approaching a tipping point.
Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly
Carbon dioxide emissions aren’t the only way aviation warms the planet. Exhaust contains a host of…
Hotter nights could cause a spike in deaths, study says
Climate change is driving up nighttime temperatures. Mortality rates are likely to follow.
Interior Department backtracks on public comment period for Willow Project
The government told an Alaska Native village it would have more time to give feedback on…
How climate change spurs megadroughts
The curious connection between the sky’s “thirstiness” and the dry spell devastating the western U.S.