EVs Make Up Half of New Car Sales in Norway So Far This Year
Jul 11, 2019, 12:19 pm By Yale e360Nearly half of the new cars sold in Norway in 2019 have been electric vehicles, up from just 25…As Climate Changes, Colombia’s Small Coffee Farmers Pay the Price
Jul 11, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Hundreds of Colombia’s small coffee growers have stopped cultivating the bean in the face of low…As Ocean Temperatures Rise, Corals Are Steadily Moving Poleward
Jul 10, 2019, 2:07 pm By Yale e360Rising ocean temperatures are increasingly causing coral reefs to shift away from the equator into…A Massive Seaweed Bloom Now Stretches Across the Atlantic Ocean
Jul 9, 2019, 2:37 pm By Yale e360Scientists have discovered a massive seaweed bloom stretching across nearly the entire Atlantic…In an Era of Extreme Weather, Concerns Grow Over Dam Safety
Jul 9, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Many of the United States’ 91,000 dams are aging and sorely in need of repairs that could…Climate Change Made Last Month’s European Heatwave At Least Five Times More Likely
Jul 5, 2019, 11:00 am By Yale e360The record-breaking heatwave that struck France and other European nations in June was made at least…Great Plains’ Ecosystems Have Shifted 365 Miles Northward Since 1970
Jul 2, 2019, 2:39 pm By Yale e360Ecosystems in North America’s Great Plains have shifted hundreds of miles northward in the past 50…China Wrestles with the Toxic Aftermath of Rare Earth Mining
Jul 2, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360China has been a major source of rare earth metals used in high-tech products, from smartphones to…Japan Has Officially Resumed Commercial Whaling
Jul 1, 2019, 12:25 pm By Yale e360Japan has officially reopened its commercial whaling industry after more than three decades, killing…Shifting U.S. to 100 Percent Renewables Would Cost $4.5 Trillion, Analysis Finds
Jun 28, 2019, 3:49 pm By Yale e360Converting the entire U.S. power grid to 100 percent renewable energy in the next decade is…UK’s Goal of Net-Zero Carbon by 2050 Becomes Law
Jun 27, 2019, 1:46 pm By Yale e360The United Kingdom’s goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 has now become law, making…In Greenland’s Melting Ice, A Warning on Hard Climate Choices
Jun 27, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Greenland is melting at an unprecedented rate, causing vast quantities of ice to disappear and…Electricity Demand Will Soar as Households Try to Cope With Hotter Temperatures
Jun 25, 2019, 3:40 pm By Yale e360Global energy use could increase by as much as 58 percent by 2050 as communities and industries use…Scientists Probe the Surprising Role of Trees in Methane Emissions
Jun 24, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Recent research is showing that trees, especially in tropical wetlands, are a major source of the…Declassified Cold War Spy Technology Shows How Quickly Himalayan Glaciers are Melting
Jun 21, 2019, 1:49 pm By Yale e360During the Height of the Cold War, a telescope-shaped American spy satellite code-named Hexagon…Chattanooga Become First U.S. Airport to Run Entirely On Solar
Jun 20, 2019, 2:22 pm By Yale e360Tennessee’s Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has become the first airport in the United States to…Forgotten Landscapes: Bringing Back the Rich Grasslands of the Southeast
Jun 20, 2019, 7:18 am By Yale e360
Native prairie and savanna once covered vast areas of the U.S. Southeast from Maryland to Texas, but…EPA Announces Its Replacement of Obama-Era Power Plant Rules
Jun 19, 2019, 1:36 pm By Yale e360The Trump administration has announced a new rule for power plants that gives states more control…U.S. Forests Are Being Devastated to Supply Biomass Energy Industry, Report Finds
Jun 18, 2019, 1:02 pm By Yale e360Forests in the U.S. Southeast are being devastated by demand for wood pellets to power biomass…To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line
Jun 18, 2019, 5:00 am By Yale e360
Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive…
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