One European country can’t seem to stop breaking records when it comes to wind power. … [Read more...]
Martin Luther King and Climate Change
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” wrote Martin Luther King Jr. from a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963. “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” … [Read more...]
Paris Climate Agreement Unlocks a Previously Unused Clean Air Act Provision
A group of leading law professors who work on climate have published a game-changing new legal analysis. It finds that the Paris climate agreement unlocks a previously unused Clean Air Act provision that enables broad authority to use market-based mechanisms to reduce carbon pollution nationwide. … [Read more...]
The Possum Point Power Station Plans on Dumping Toxic Coal Ash Waste Into Virginia Rivers
The Possum Point Power Station will transfer millions of gallons of treated water from toxic coal ash ponds into Virginia's Quantico Creek if the state water board decides Thursday to allow Dominion, an energy company, to do so. The same could happen in the James River with another Dominion owned facility. … [Read more...]
A Look at the Study that Measures Damage from Weather Disasters on Cereal Crops
Droughts and heat waves wiped out nearly a tenth of the rice, wheat, corn and other cereal crops in countries hit by extreme weather disasters between 1964 and 2007, according to a new study. … [Read more...]
Climate Change is Impacting Farmers’ Mental Wellbeing
The success or failure of a farming operation depends hugely on the vagaries of weather and climate. For a farmer, a single intense rain event or prolonged dry period can mean a year of lost crops and income. … [Read more...]
Investigators Blame Violent Weather for Yangtze Ferry Disaster
BEIJING — A cruise ship disaster in central China this year that killed all but a dozen of the hundreds of people aboard was caused by violent weather, according to the findings of a government investigation released on Wednesday. … [Read more...]
Violent Weather Blamed for Yangtze Ferry Disaster
A cruise ship disaster in central China this year that killed all but a dozen of the hundreds of people on board was caused by violent weather, according to the findings of a government investigation released on Wednesday. … [Read more...]
Snow Turns to Rain as Temperatures Continue to Warm
Most of the frozen precipitation that hit the Chicago area today has now turned to liquid as area temperatures continue to climb. The area is now digging out from one of the biggest sleet events in years. … [Read more...]
Early stages of today’s winter storm hitting in the Chicago area
Early stages of today’s winter storm hitting in the Chicago area … [Read more...]