A Federal Program Is Expanding Electric School Bus Fleets, But There Are Still Some Bumps in the…
Fri 5:35pm By By Kiley PriceOftentimes, you can hear it—and smell it—before you see it: The steady sputtering of a bright yellow bus rolling around the corner to retrieve kids during the school year. Each year, school buses around the U.S. carry students more than 4 billion…The Vermont Legislature Considers ‘Superfund’ Legislation to Compensate for Climate Change
Fri 5:05am By By Olivia GiegerLast summer, on the evening of July 11, Andy Jones went on a surreal canoe ride. Jones, the manager of the Intervale Community Farm in Burlington, Vermont, joined a flotilla of a dozen neighbors and farmers who paddled across their flooded fields. “It was…The Transatlantic Battle to Stop Methane Gas Exports From South Texas
Fri 5:00am By By Aaron Cantú, Capital & MainIn the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico border, residents are battling to preserve some of the last pristine wetlands on the Texas coast. They had won some victories against businesses building terminals to ship millions of tons of liquefied natural…Is it Time to Retire the Term ‘Clean Energy’?
Thu 9:00am By By Dan GearinoAt a conference this month, a reporter gave a compelling presentation that touched on how many “clean energy” sources depend on supply chains or processes that are far from clean. A lot of the problem is in the mining of metals used in solar panels and…Western States Could Make Billions Selling Renewable Energy, But They’ll Need a Lot More Regional…
Thu 5:05am By By Wyatt MyskowThe four western states that have traditionally exported large amounts of electricity generated with fossil fuels to neighboring states are poised to draw tens of billions of dollars by exporting clean energy across state lines, but only if the region can…After 13 Years, No End in Sight for Caribbean Sargassum Invasion
Thu 5:00am By By Freeman Rogers/The BVI Beacon, Olivia Losbar/RCI Guadeloupe, Maria Monsalve/El País, Krista Campbell/Television Jamaica, Suzanne Carlson/The Virgin Islands Daily News, Centro de Periodismo InvestigativoSchools evacuated due to toxic gas. Smelly tap water at home. Tourist operators and fishers struggling to stay in business. Job losses. Power outages affecting tens of thousands of people at a time. Dangerous health problems. Even lives lost. Such crises were…How a Tiny Inland Shorebird Could Help Save the Great Salt Lake
Wed 5:05am By By Wyatt MyskowSALT LAKE CITY—To complete a nonstop 4,000-mile flight, Wilson’s phalarope needs fuel. The tiny inland shorebird famed for its reversed gender roles often finds that food in the Great Salt Lake. Upwards of 250,000 of the birds, a third of the species’…A Washington State Coal Plant Has to Close Next Year. Can Pennsylvania Communities Learn From…
Wed 5:00am By By Rachel McDevitt, StateImpact PennsylvaniaThis story was produced as part of Climate Solutions, a collaboration focused on community engagement and solutions-based reporting to help Central Pennsylvania move toward climate literacy, resilience and adaptation. StateImpact Pennsylvania convened the…Low Wages and Health Risks Are Crippling the U.S. Wildland Firefighting Forces
Tue 5:02pm By By Kiley PriceAt the end of February, a curtain of flames engulfed the Texas Panhandle, eventually marking the state’s largest wildfire in history. The blaze was merciless, burning through more than 1 million acres of land and swallowing houses whole. While many…International Debt Is Strangling Developing Nations Vulnerable to Climate Change, a New Report Shows
Tue 4:12pm By By Katie SurmaSmall island developing countries are increasingly becoming locked into a cycle of environmental disasters and compounding debt burdens, making them less capable of investing in climate resilient infrastructure and providing basic public services, according to…
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