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Researchers say the U.N.'s global plastics treaty must reduce production and protect public health.
As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.
Not everyone rides out storms like Milton or Helene by choice. Some simply cannot afford to flee.
While overhauling Puerto Rico's grid will take years, these funds will offer immediate help to the residents most vulnerable during blackouts.
"The EV transition must be a just transition that ensures auto workers have a place in the new economy.”
The Onondaga Nation, New York state, and the U.S. Department of the Interior announced a historic agreement last week that will return more than 1,000 acres of land to the nation.
Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
“Thwaites is really holding on today by its fingernails, and we should expect to see big changes over small timescales.”
Researchers are exploring whether new strategies can get tech giants to use clean power when it’s plentiful, so utilities can avoid burning fossil fuels when it’s not.