Category: Energy
Biden to cancel Trump’s oil drilling leases in Alaskan refuge
The Interior Department will also pledge no new leasing for oil development on 10 million acres in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, an area to th [...]
States withhold cooling aid for the poor as heat gets deadlier
But in 16 states, including some with significant heat risk, not a single household received money to pay cooling costs from 2001 through 2021, accor [...]
As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared
Europe has 345 radar facilities. North America, 291.
“The continent, at large, is in a climate risk blind spot,” said Asaf Tzachor, a researcher at t [...]
How the power grid survived a hot, hot summer
New wind turbines, solar panels and batteries played a major role in propping up the grid on the hottest days, but natural gas and coal plants remain [...]
The summer from hell was just a warning
The weather extremes are costly, deadly and probably coming faster and faster — but, perhaps even more worrying, they should not come as a surprise.
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FEMA forced to restrict disaster spending because of low funds
“If I can’t do that, I’m going to point out why,” Biden said, without explicitly saying he would blame lawmakers for stalling or rejecting his $12 bi [...]
Idalia threatens ‘widespread’ outages across Florida
Florida’s largest utilities, including Duke Energy and Florida Power and Light, did not yet have estimates for how many outages to expect or how long [...]
Hurricane heads for state still recovering from 2022 storm
The center of Idalia is expected to make landfall more than 200 miles north of where last year’s Category 5 hurricane hit the coast, threatening part [...]
Record warm waters power Hurricane Idalia’s path to the coast
“It just makes rapid intensification more likely,” said Brian McNoldy, a hurricane expert at the University of Miami.
Though much remains unknown abo [...]
Republicans seize on gasoline prices, but the U.S. is pumping oil faster than ever
“The U.S. consumer blames whoever is in the White House” for high gasoline prices, Quincy Krosby, chief global strategist for financial advisory firm [...]
‘The heat’s different now’: Why the U.S. was unprepared for a deadly summer
The pair were found dead, along with their terrier, Belle, in mid-June, just days into what has since become a two-month-long heat wave in the Southw [...]
Biden faces calls to declare climate emergency as he heads to Maui
It isn’t the first time the White House has faced calls to take this step, but the ongoing crisis in Hawaii and a string of climate events this summe [...]
Maui town ravaged by fire will ‘rise again,’ Hawaii governor says of long recovery ahead
“Tragically it took less than a single day for us to lose Lahaina in the deadliest fire our country has seen in more than a century,” she said.
Nativ [...]
Why the latest abortion pill ruling has enviros rolling their eyes
“Unborn babies are a source of profound joy for those who view them,” he continued. “Expectant parents eagerly share ultrasound photos with loved one [...]
Wealthy oil nation lays groundwork for ‘eye-popping’ climate fund
Creation of the fund would be one of the largest ever state-sponsored financial efforts to help countries fight climate change. And it comes as the U [...]