Tag: Climate change
Electric vehicle (EV) sales set to hit an all-time high in 2022, IEA says
Tesla electric cars photographed in Germany on March 21, 2022. According to the International Energy Agency, electric vehicle sales are on course to h [...]
U.S. approves Kigali Amendment to curb climate-warming chemicals
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media after the 51-50 vote passed the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" on Capitol Hill [...]
Crypto mining could hinder battle against climate change: White House
An array of bitcoin mining units inside a container at a Cleanspark facility in College Park, Georgia, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2022.Elijah Nouvelag [...]
California avoids widespread rolling blackouts as heat strains grid
A temperature sign at an El Dorado Savings Bank during a heatwave in Sacramento, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | [...]
Mississippi governor declares emergency amid Jackson water crisis
An SUV rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.Rogelio V. Solis | APResidents of Jackson, Mississi [...]
Greenland ice loss will raise sea levels by nearly one foot: study
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 [...]
Japan is pivoting to more nuclear power — the IEA says it’s good news
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 nucle [...]
California bans the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
A charging port on a 2022 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring plug-in hybrid vehicle during AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angele [...]
Inflation Reduction Act could cut climate damages by $1.9 trillion
President Joe Biden signs The Inflation Reduction Act with (left to right) Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY; House M [...]
China issues first national drought emergency scorching temperatures
The Jialing River bed at the confluence with the Yangtze River is exposed due to drought on August 18, 2022 in Chongqing, China.Vcg | Getty ImagesChin [...]
Climate change isn’t 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 Stratensc [...]
Manchin’s climate turnaround: Climate groups react
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 K [...]
Schumer-Manchin reconciliation bill: Climate change provisions
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) exits the U.S. Capitol following a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 9, 2022.Tom Brenner | ReutersSenate Majori [...]
Monarch butterfly is added to IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species
A monarch butterfly in the butterfly pavilion at the LA County Natural History museum Wednesday, June 1, 2022.David Crane | MediaNews Group | Los Ange [...]
Biden announces new climate programs, but no emergency declaration
President Joe Biden announced new executive steps to combat climate change on Wednesday, but fell short of issuing a climate-emergency declaration as [...]