Tag: Climate change
Asia faces threats from climate change. Here’s what can be done
A boy searches for remaining food in polythene packets at roadside in Allahabad, India, on May 11, 2018. In 2021, over 57 million people were affected [...]
Wind energy installations must quadruple to hit net-zero goals: GWEC
Onshore and offshore wind turbines photographed in Flevoland, the Netherlands.Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty ImagesThe wind energy sector had i [...]
Arizona farmers are slammed by water cuts in the West amid drought
Farmer Nancy Caywood stands in what once was an alfalfa field. The land is now fallow after her farm was cut off from accessing water from the San Car [...]
Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for EV battery materials
U.S. President Joe Biden announces the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, [...]
Coal is a ‘stupid investment’: UN chief Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General António Guterres photographed at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 11, 2021.Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images Ne [...]
California slashes supplies to water agencies amid record drought
A cracked lake bed at Nicasio Reservoir during a drought in Nicasio, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Ima [...]
Europe’s ocean energy installations surge back to pre-Covid levels
An overhead view of a tidal turbine from Orbital Marine Power on September 6, 2021.William Edwards | AFP | Getty ImagesEuropean installations of tidal [...]
Biden restores California ability to set its own auto pollution rules
Cars make their way toward downtown L.A. during the morning commute on April 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe Biden ad [...]
Why a California city is trying to build the state’s last power plant
People gathered in Glendale in February to protest the city's approval to build a fossil-fueled power plant.Courtesy of Morgan GoodwinGlendale, a Los [...]
US offshore wind auction in NY, NJ raises a record $4.37 billion
Offshore wind farm.davee hughes uk | Moment | Getty ImagesThe federal government on Friday announced a record $4.37 billion sale of six offshore wind [...]
USPS moves ahead with plan to spend billions on gas vehicles
A U.S. Postal Service worker prepares packages for delivery during Cyber Monday in the SoHo neighborhood of New York, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.Angus M [...]
Texas led the country in new renewable energy projects last year
Transmission towers are shown on June 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls approximately 90% [...]
Drought fueled by climate change the worst in 1,200 years: scientists
A dried cracked lake bed at Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Get [...]
European nuclear fusion experiment announces ‘record-breaking’ results
Nuclear fusion powers the Sun.Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesResearchers working on a project centered around fusion energy — the proce [...]
European nuclear fusion experiment announces ‘record-breaking’ results
Nuclear fusion powers the Sun.Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesResearchers working on a project centered around fusion energy — the proce [...]