Books to help you keep your head after the election and COP29
These reads offer insight into how to prepare for the coming years.
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The nation’s first commercial carbon sequestration plant is in Illinois. It leaks.
The locals are worried: “Just because CO2 sequestration can be done doesn’t mean it should be done.”
Solar energy is powering public landscaping in Oak Park, Illinois
Electric tools provide a cleaner and quieter alternative to gas-powered equipment.
Climate change is spoiling food faster, making hundreds of millions of people sick around the world
The World Health Organization estimates 600 million people a year already suffer from foodborne illnesses.
Forget snowbirds. These sunbirds are flocking north.
Hotter days and higher flood risk are prompting people across the South to reconsider where they live.
How the Veterans Health Administration is preparing for flood emergencies
The agency has purchased six high-water trucks and extended its telehealth offerings.
Category 5 Super Typhoon Man-yi hits the Philippines
The island nation endures its fourth typhoon in less than two weeks, while Tropical Storm Sara rakes Honduras.
Here’s how governments could fix their Paris climate commitment failures
There are no technological barriers to meeting the goals of the agreement. Governments simply aren’t deploying the solutions fast enough, the United Nations reports.
Volunteers unite to defend critical road in Hawaii from erosion
A native plant project aims to help protect Punalu‘u beach and road from rising sea levels.
Learn more about the climate crisis, from causes to solutions.
knowledge is power
He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from the IRA.
Some businesses fight climate change quietly – but they still do it
Corporations that once touted their green initiatives have lately been keeping them quiet to avoid aggravating Republican members of Congress and state legislatures. The trend is called “greenhushing.”
Why widening highways doesn’t reduce traffic congestion
It has to do with a phenomenon called induced demand.
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¿Es cierto que el cambio climático reducirá significativamente nuestra esperanza de vida?
La respuesta corta es sí, pero las acciones que tomamos para combatir el cambio climático pueden mejorar nuestras vidas también.
Tormenta Tropical Sara se forma en el Caribe Occidental y amenaza a Honduras
La mayor amenaza de Sara será una posible inundación catastrófica en Honduras y sus alrededores.
¿Cómo afecta y afectará el cambio climático a la seguridad alimentaria?
Cómo producimos, accedemos, comemos y descartamos alimentos están cambiando
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The planet is ‘on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ scientists warn
The 2024 ‘State of the climate’ report says climate scientists are more worried than ever and calls for ‘transformative science-based solutions across all aspects of society.’
Jobs in wind, solar, and energy storage are booming. Is your state keeping up?
These two states are leading the way.
