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Major Methane Leaks Ongoing in Turkmenistan and Gulf of Mexico
Satellite data shows methane leaks in a fossil fuel field in western Turkmenistan have caused more global heating in 2022 than all of the carbon pollution from the United Kingdom. → Read More
Another South Florida Condo Evacuated After Building Deemed Unsafe
Residents of yet another South Florida condo building were forced to quickly evacuate on Tuesday after an engineering inspection raised "serious concerns" about the building's structural integrity. → Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Big Oil Push to Move Climate Lawsuits Away From States
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday effectively rejected appeals by multiple oil and gas companies to have cases brought against them heard in federal court. → Read More
Biden Establishes Office of Environmental Justice
President Biden on Friday signed an executive order creating a new Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) within the White House Council on Environmental Quality. → Read More
Biden Pledges $1.5 Billion to Fight Climate Change, Deforestation. GOP Seeks to Gut IRA
President Biden pledged $1.5 billion for international climate and deforestation funding on Thursday. → Read More
One-Third of Americans Exposed to Dangerous Levels of Soot and Smog
People of color are far more likely to breathe heavily polluted air than white people, the American Lung Association’s 2023 State of the Air report shows. → Read More
10 Rivers Facing Pollution, Development, and Climate Change — And Policies That Can Help
America’s waterways need help. Threats such as industrial pollution, poorly planned development, and climate change are widespread. In some cases, help could be imminent—but only with support from the public and lawmakers, according to a report out today from the conservation group American Rivers. → Read More
Court Strikes Down Berkeley, California’s Ban on Natural Gas
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday struck down a building code ordinance passed by Berkeley, California, which, with some exceptions, banned new residential and commercial buildings from installing methane gas piping. → Read More
Texas Education Officials Weaken Climate Science in Textbooks
The Texas State Board of Education changed its guidelines last month to "emphasize the 'positive' aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks," Scott Waldman reported yesterday. The Republican-controlled board approved changes proposed by climate denier Patricia Hardy, who wants teachers to offer "both sides" of climate science. → Read More
Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Could Hurt Renewables
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is generating questions about the viability of the clean energy companies it financed, as the bank had long been a favorite of renewable startups because of its understanding of the clean-tech marketplace and cleantech-focused financing tools. → Read More
California Inundated By Heavy Rain (Again), Biden Declares Disaster
Torrential storms soaked California and set off flooding across the state this weekend. The heavy rainfall was caused by one of the many atmospheric river events to hit the state this winter. Californians have seen hundreds of inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains and rain elsewhere in the state since January. Atmospheric rivers, long, narrow bands of moisture in the atmosphere that… → Read More
Climate-Fueled Fires, Warming Threaten Western Forests
Two new studies highlight the vulnerability of California forests. Climate change, mainly caused by the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, has heated the atmosphere faster than conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains can adapt, shifting their ideal elevation 600 feet above where it was nearly a century ago, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. → Read More
EPA Releases $550M for Environmental Justice Grants
The EPA will disburse $550 million meant to boost efforts to address environmental inequities, the agency announced Thursday. The funds will be distributed among 11 entities, including large non-profits, tribal nations, and universities, that will in turn serve as grantmakers. → Read More
Climate Change Could Threaten Global Internet Connections
The extraction and combustion of fossil fuels pollutes the air we breathe, while the impacts of climate change could actually deprive us of something at least as elemental to life as we know it — the internet. → Read More
Concerns About Whales 'Just a Cynical Disinformation Campaign' by Offshore Wind Opponents
Offshore wind opponents along the Eastern Seaboard are weaponizing disinformation about whale strandings to serve their political positions. → Read More
Biden's State of the Union Criticizes Big Oil Profiteering, Says Oil Will Be Needed for 'at Least Another Decade'
President Biden criticized Big Oil profits while saying oil would be needed "for at least another decade" in his State of the Union address. → Read More
3.4 Million Adults in U.S. Were Displaced by Extreme Weather Last Year: Census Bureau Survey
3.4 million adults in the U.S. were displaced from their homes by extreme weather disasters in 2022, a U.S. Census Bureau survey finds. → Read More
Texas LNG Plant's Carbon Capture Proposal Slammed as 'Greenwash' and 'Band-Aid on a Bullet Hole'
The proposed Rio Grande LNG export facility near Port Isabel, Texas would pollute the community, harm jobs and climate, advocates say. → Read More
Satellite Detects Methane Cloud 4.6 Miles Long Over Wyoming
A satellite detected a methane cloud over Wyoming much larger than the gas plant from which it likely originated disclosed to regulators. → Read More
Los Angeles County Bans New Oil Wells
Los Angeles County banned new oil drilling and set a 20-year phaseout of wells. Oil and gas wells affect over a million county residents. → Read More