Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame?
4:45am By Sachi MulkeyThe trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
Sun 9:00am By Alison F. Takemura, Canary MediaInstalling a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why.Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes
Sat 9:00am By Ed Struzik, Yale E360So-called rain-on-snow events accelerate ice loss and trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wild animals and the Indigenous peoples who depend on them.FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show
Fri 4:45am By Alleen BrownUntil now, only one other federal informant was known to be in the camps.EPA finally cracks down on the carcinogen used to sterilize medical equipment
Thu 7:20pm By Lylla YounesAlthough the rule will slash ethylene oxide emissions by some 90 percent, "there's still a lot more to be done."Your tax dollars may be funding the expansion of the plastics industry
Thu 2:17pm By Joseph WintersPlastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.Climate change and boat strikes are killing right whales. Stronger speed limits could save them.
Thu 4:45am By Emily JonesNearly a century after we almost hunted them to extinction, fewer than 360 right whales remain.You can start applying for the American Climate Corps next month
Wed 9:30am By Naveena SadasivamBiden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program.As heat becomes a national threat, who will be protected?
Wed 4:45am By Nate RosenfieldExtreme heat affects everyone. But in Florida, the hottest state in the country, only one group is legally protected.In Texas, as in California, big fires lead to big lawsuits
Wed 4:30am By Jake BittleElectric utility Xcel is facing several lawsuits over its role in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, highlighting a growing threat to power providers.New report slams carbon offset project in Cambodia for violating Indigenous rights
Wed 4:15am By Anita HofschneiderHuman Rights Watch alleges Indigenous peoples were thrown off their land in name of conservation.Pentagon tries to dodge PFAS lawsuits over a product it helped invent
Mar 12, 2024, 4:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinThe U.S. government is seeking immunity from 27 lawsuits related to a toxic firefighting foam used on military bases.The IRA has injected $240 billion into clean energy. The US still needs more.
Mar 12, 2024, 4:30 am By Syris ValentineAn analysis of the bill's impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent nearly $5.50.Detergent pods are only the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem
Mar 11, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph WintersA New York City bill to ban laundry pods is just one of many proposed solutions.Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?
Mar 11, 2024, 4:30 am By Sachi MulkeyThe question of whether humans created a new epoch has been stirring up drama for almost 25 years.Many homes burned in the Texas wildfires weren’t insured, creating a steep path to recovery
Mar 10, 2024, 8:00 am By Joshua Fechter, The Texas TribuneRural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system
Mar 9, 2024, 9:00 am By Alejandro Lazo, CalMattersResearchers found that the state's screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated.Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
Mar 8, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate YoderA quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.How changes to Hawaiʻi’s home battery program could hinder its clean energy transition
Mar 8, 2024, 4:30 am By Gabriela Aoun AngueiraA revision in how much homeowners are paid for electricity they send to the grid could keep them from participating at all.How climate change primed Texas to burn
Mar 7, 2024, 4:45 am By Naveena SadasivamThe state's high plains get a month more fire weather now than they did in the 1970s.
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