Climate Change

"The Biden administration on Monday said it has approved a major solar energy project in the California desert that will be capable of powering nearly 90,000 homes."

"The growing risk of overlapping heat waves and power failures poses a severe threat that major American cities are not prepared for, new research suggests."

"In public, Eversource Energy likes to tout its carbon neutrality goals and its investments in offshore wind. But officials from New England's largest utility struck a different tone during an industry presentation in mid-March. Instead of advocating for lower emissions, company officials outlined a defensive strategy for preserving the use of natural gas for years to come."

"The effects on agriculture of more frequent and intense natural disasters could overwhelm lenders, destabilize the food supply and disrupt the global economy."

"An increasing number of people are being threatened by flooding caused by glacial lakes bursting, scientists have warned."

"Along the coast of Northern California near the Oregon border, the cool, moist air off the Pacific sustains a strip of temperate rainforests. Soaring redwoods and Douglas firs dominate these thick, wet woodlands, creating a canopy hundreds of feet high. But if you travel inland the mix of trees gradually shifts."

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will take its first significant step to curb climate change, an agency spokesman confirmed, moving to phase down chemicals used in refrigeration and air-conditioning that are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the planet."

"Something remarkable happened over the weekend: California hit nearly 95% renewable energy."

"California clean tech innovator Bloom Energy, with its noncombustion, low-emission fuel cells, is hardly taking the same approach to powering the planet as oil giant Chevron, but one thing the companies have in common are slick promotional campaigns defining them as environmental pioneers. That public relations savvy, though, has lately become a liability for both firms."