While rain has stopped falling in South Carolina, the deadly storm continues to bring devastation, with numerous dams breached and damage expected to top $1 billion. Numerous dams have been breached, bridges collapsed and hundreds of roads were inundated with floodwaters, causing emergency evacuations. … [Read more...]
American Airlines CEO Expresses Condolences After Pilot Dies in Flight
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker expressed sorrow and said "all of us at American extend our condolences" to the family of the pilot who died Monday while working on one of the carrier's flights. … [Read more...]
Obama to Create First Marine Sanctuaries Since 2000
A stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline near Port Washington could become a marine sanctuary. President Obama announced plans to create two sanctuaries — one in Maryland’s Potomac River, and another in Lake Michigan — which would be the first new national marine sanctuaries designated since 2000. … [Read more...]
India Making a Big Move to Renewable Energy
India submitted its carbon reduction pledge to the United Nations on Thursday, promising to get more electricity from renewables. The Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) was drawn up in advance of the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will meet in Paris in December in an effort to use international treaty process to limit global … [Read more...]
ISIS Continues Their War Against Historic Ruins
A 2,000 year-old arch in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra is the latest casualty by ISIS militants. Professor Maamoun Abduilkarim, the country’s director of antiquities, confirmed that ISIS Sunday blew up the Arch of Triumph, one of the city’s most recognizable sites. … [Read more...]
French Riviera Deadly Flood Kills 19 People
Emergency workers and volunteers continued cleanup work in southeastern France on Monday after flash floods killed at least 19 people and wreaked havoc along a 20-mile stretch of the French Riviera over the weekend. … [Read more...]
Ohio Lawmakers Make Excuses for Their Lack of Action on Clean Energy
When Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a bill freezing his state’s renewable portfolio standard, it was widely accepted that he was offering the legislature — dominated by his own party — an opportunity to rethink destroying the policy. … [Read more...]
Wyoming Being Sued for Unconstitutional Law Violating First and Fourteenth Amendments
A controversial Wyoming law is under legal fire after a broad coalition of environmental, justice and animal rights groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday. The law, known as Senate File 12, or the Data Trespass Law, makes it illegal for anyone to collect data on public or private open land with the intention of sharing that data with the state or federal government. … [Read more...]