A group of 29 states, along with utility and energy companies, are trying to get the Supreme Court to block Obama’s Clean Power Plan — an attempt that environmental groups say is “highly unusual” and likely to fail. … [Read more...]
Climate Change Is Putting the Country’s Fishery Dollars in Jeopardy
The first of what will be a series of assessments of the country’s fisheries found that Northeast marine life will respond poorly to ongoing man-made climate, although some species will be resilient. … [Read more...]
Here is Why The Renewables Revolution Is Unstoppable
Once upon a time, people imagined that replacing fossil fuels with renewables like solar and wind would jeopardize the electric grid’s reliability. Then along came some major countries who showed that it didn’t, and that there really are no limits to renewable integration. … [Read more...]
Rooftop Solar In California Is Being Challenged by Utilities
Solar advocates in California — including from church groups, social justice organizations, farming, schools, and city councils, as well as the usual industry figures — are on the edge of their seats, awaiting a decision from the utility regulator that will shape how rooftop solar is billed in the future. … [Read more...]
Big Business Wants to Take Advantage of Melting Arctic
Standing at a podium before the World Economic Forum, Leonardo DiCaprio briefly smiled as he received an award for his leadership in tackling climate change. Once settled under the spotlight, he quickly moved away from his grateful statements, and began railing on corporate avarice - how big business wants to ravage a melting arctic. … [Read more...]
High Temperature Records Almost Certainly Caused by Global Warming
Last week, NASA and NOAA reported that 2015 was the warmest year on record, surpassing the previous record-holder, 2014, by a record margin. And some scientists think that 2015 might not hold the record for very long, with a historic El Niño potentially driving 2016’s temperatures even higher. These records come on the heels of years of record-breaking heat — all told, 13 of … [Read more...]
A World Record For Wind Power Has been Broken Once Again by Denmark
One European country can’t seem to stop breaking records when it comes to wind power. … [Read more...]
Martin Luther King and Climate Change
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” wrote Martin Luther King Jr. from a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963. “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” … [Read more...]