Prepare for Climate Change or Risk Loss of Funds, Says FEMA
For the first time, states will have to show FEMA that they are dealing with climate change to get preparedness funding.
The View From Labor: No Jobs On a Dead Planet
Social and environmental movements are finally coming together, seeing their goals as inseparable.
Australia Crushes Its Renewable Energy Industry
While renewable energy grows in Central America, Australia is reverting back to zero.
Nobel Prize Goes to Inventors of LED Lights
Three engineers overcame decades of unsuccessful efforts to produce bright blue LEDs, paving the way for a fundamental transformation of lighting technology.
As Judge Rules BP Grossly Negligent, Gulf Gets First Big Infusion of Restoration Funds
A federal judge is slapping BP with the maximum civic penalty as communities finally get $627 million to begin restoration.
Rewilding Europe Shows How We Can Reverse Mounting Species Loss
Yes, more than half of our planet's wildlife is gone in just two generations, and many are focused on bringing them back.
Modi's Renewable Energy Revolution for India
India’s new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has been making the rounds on US talk shows, in addition to having dinner at the White House. Since taking office in May, he’s promised a "saffron" revolution that brings solar lighting to all 400 million people that still live in the dark by 2019. His predecessor missed the mark, but Modi, known as a "doer," is forging ahead on massive commitments to renewable energy. He’s got plenty of experience because as Chief Minister of the Indian state Gujarat, he led the country on solar. At the time, Gujarat had 70% of India’s solar, with 900 megawatts installed in just two years. He formed the first government agency in Asia focused on climate change and wrote the book, Convenient Action: Gujarat’s Response to Challenges of Climate Change. Already huge solar investments and the country’s first offshore wind farm have been announced, and tenders are out for 7 gigawatts (GW) of solar. The military is replacing diesel generators with 1 GW of solar and electrified fences that mark the border will also be solar-powered. Piyush Goyal, India’s Energy Minister, expects $100 billion will be invested in renewable energy in the next five years, going far […]
Animals, Plants On the Move in Response to Climate Change
Species on land and in water are moving and changing, and scientists aren't sure how to help.
October 11: 2014 Global Frackdown
First came the Peoples' Climate March, and now fracking gets an international day of protest.
World's First Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture Project Turns On
The Boundary Dam coal plant in Canada will capture 90% of carbon, most of which will be sold for enhanced oil recovery.
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