Stormy weather: a planet in extremis
If extreme heat doesn’t freak you out about climate change, your brain may have melted
Only a few years ago, it was quite rare to s
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Stormy weather: a planet in extremis
If extreme heat doesn’t freak you out about climate change, your brain may have melted Only a few years ago, it was quite rare to see news weather coverage linking extreme storms or
130k reasons to stop
A massive oil spill in California, America readying for EV growth, big moves on gas use in buildings, Bad Apples in the Beltway, and a spotlight on Facebook’s climate denial.
Wind power rises in South; Pruitt takes over at EPA
Oroville Dam survives critical week, US solar installations nearly double in 2016, Toshiba chairman resigns over $6 billion in nuclear construction losses, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Clean power outpaces coal, Exxon writes down reserves
Half a million solar panels were installed daily in 2015, India gets $8,100 four-seat electric car, feds auction geothermal rights on 16,000 acres in five western states, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Thousand-year dreaming: floods tell a climate story
Even as drought and wildfire threaten agriculture, wildlife and air quality, other regions across North America are suffering the effects and aftereffects of intense flooding. As with wildfire, extreme flooding is also a story we must tell in the context of human-caused climate damage.
Cloud Mother
An art installation at Seattle’s Arts in Nature Festival takes a loving and optimistic look at the natural basis for our climate stability: clouds, rain, and the water cycle.
Solar power rates rattled, China’s coal use has peaked
New York passes 50% RPS and billion-dollar nuclear subsidy, Ford to test self-driving vehicles on MIT campus, Sierra Club to retire 53-million-ton coal deposit, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Coal power continues slide, solar loans replace leases
Coal supplies under a quarter of US electricity in March, electric bus company boasts a $100 million order book, Germany diverts excess power to district heating, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Portugal’s grid goes four days without fossil fuels
Bernie Sanders names Bill McKibben to Democratic platform committee, cows treated to belch less methane, climate refugees leave California for the Northwest, and more news of the week in climate and clean energy.
Wildfire in the tar sands region—More than a humanitarian crisis
Last year, we biked to Fort McMurray from Seattle. Now, what's left of it is in flames.
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