Florida Utility Breaks Ground on 745 MW of New Solar Capacity
May 29, 2019, 1:38 pm By Yale e360Florida’s largest utility has started construction on 10 new solar projects with a total capacity…Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option
May 29, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Human intervention with the climate system has long been viewed as an ill-advised and risky step to…Puerto Rico Adopts New Climate Law, With Goal of 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2050
May 24, 2019, 12:21 pm By Yale e360Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló signed into law a new climate change initiative that calls…How an Illicit Chemical Is Jeopardizing Recovery of the Ozone Layer
May 23, 2019, 9:11 am By Yale e360
An international treaty signed in 1987 officially halted production and use of chemicals that…Climate Change is Altering the Composition of the World’s Plankton Communities
May 22, 2019, 3:54 pm By Yale e360The composition of the world’s plankton has changed significantly since before the Industrial…For a Texas Ranching Family, Toxic Coal Ash Pollution Hits Home
May 22, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
A Texas family’s ranch has been found to be one of the most contaminated coal ash sites in the…A Major U.S. Utility Is Closing Its Coal-Fired Power Plants a Decade Early
May 21, 2019, 4:37 pm By Yale e360One of the United States’ largest utilities, Xcel Energy Inc., announced it will close its…A Quarter of West Antarctica’s Ice Now Considered Unstable, Scientists Find
May 17, 2019, 1:22 pm By Yale e360Rising temperatures have sped up the melting of West Antarctica’s ice fivefold in the past 25…Scientists Find 238 Tons of Plastic Waste on Remote Indian Ocean Islands
May 16, 2019, 12:58 pm By Yale e360The Cocos Keeling Islands, a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, are covered with an estimated…Why Low-Income Households Need to Be Part of the Clean Energy Revolution
May 16, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, energy researcher Tony Reames discusses the growing…CO2 Concentrations Hit Highest Levels in 3 Million Years
May 14, 2019, 1:18 pm By Yale e360The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 415.39 parts per million (ppm) over the…Global Warming Is Fueling Growth Spurts in Some of China’s Oldest Trees
May 13, 2019, 2:54 pm By Yale e360Climate change is causing old trees in northern China’s permafrost forests to grow faster, likely…Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy
May 13, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving…Britain Went One Week Without Burning Coal, the First Time Since 1882
May 9, 2019, 2:25 pm By Yale e360Britain has gone a week without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since Queen…Coastal Recovery: Bringing a Damaged Wetland Back to Life
May 9, 2019, 9:09 am By Yale e360An ambitious wetlands restoration project is underway on Delaware Bay, where scientists are using…Dangerously High Air Pollution Levels Found in Most U.S. National Parks
May 8, 2019, 4:05 pm By Yale e360Some 85 percent of U.S. national parks have levels of air pollution that are hazardous to human…Bee Alert: Is a Controversial Herbicide Harming Honeybees?
May 7, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Recent court cases have focused on the possible effects of glyphosate, found in Monsanto’s…1 Million Species at Risk of Extinction, Intergovernmental Report Finds
2:07pm By Yale e360Nature is declining at an “unprecedented” rate due to human activity, with 1 million plant and…Volunteers Remove 3 Tons of Trash From Mount Everest in Two Weeks
May 3, 2019, 1:14 pm By Yale e360Volunteers have removed more than 3 tons of trash from Mount Everest in just two weeks, part of an…Intense Rainfall Is As Damaging to Crops As Heatwaves and Drought, and Climate Change Is Making It Worse
May 2, 2019, 1:36 pm By Yale e360Intense rainfall is as damaging to the U.S. agricultural sector as heatwaves and excessive droughts,…
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