The proposal has divided clean energy and environmental groups, while a new report shows potential emissions benefits. By Dan Gearino In less than two weeks, U.S. Senate leaders plan to take an initial vote on the divisive permitting reform bill aimed at easing regulatory barriers that can delay energy projects.Continue Reading
Critics say a last-minute amendment made an “end run around public regulation” for Project Jupiter. The post How a law to allow microgrids made way for a massive data center in New Mexico appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Campaigners backing attempts to sue Shell over a typhoon in the Philippines have launched an online archive showing that the British oil major knew that burning fossil fuels could harm the climate as early as the 1960s. ExposeShell.com features documents including a 1966 memo Shell commissioned from British scientist James Lovelock and the ‘Greenhouse Effect’, aContinue Reading
A remarkably preserved elephant tooth dating back nearly 700,000 years has revealed a surprisingly lush prehistoric world where giant elephants and early humans lived side by side. Discovered in northern Israel alongside ancient stone tools, the tooth belonged to a straight-tusked elephant, one of the largest land mammals of theContinue Reading
From salmon spawning grounds in Canada to coral reefs in Indonesia, ecosystems around the world are being restored at an unprecedented rate.Continue Reading
On 29 October 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City, unleashing a devastating storm surge that flooded homes, subways and tunnels, knocked out power and sparked deadly fires. Continue Reading
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World is critical reading for anyone seeking to understand and push back against the far-right coalitions wielding considerable state and corporate power around the world. Klein and Taylor posit that today’s fascists believe that end timesContinue Reading
Would you trust a detox facility that offers a minibar in every room? How about a climate course sponsored by ExxonMobil? If not, you might direct the same incredulity towards Canada’s recently unveiled Responsible Data Centre Development Principles , endorsed by tech giants that are implicated in violating those same principles. Continue Reading
The state will rely on industry to tell it how much plastic needs to be reduced under single-use plastic law. And it’s a lot less than the state’s own estimates suggested. As the law goes into effect, industry sets the numbers.Continue Reading
With affordable EVs now getting 300 miles on a charge, fears of running out of power are beginning to fade. By Dan Gearino A decade ago, an electric vehicle with more than 300 miles of range would have cost you nearly $100,000.Continue Reading
Arizona has now joined a lawsuit against the The Traitor administration’s plan for sharing the Colorado River. But history shows water planners there saw big cuts to their water supply coming. (Image credit: Philip A Fortnam)Continue Reading
Large batteries that store electricity have revolutionized power grids and car markets. Now some start-ups are betting that “heat batteries” could be just as transformative.Continue Reading
Scientists have discovered that magma deep inside Earth can store surprising amounts of extra oxygen, potentially revealing a hidden contributor to our planet’s oxygen-rich atmosphere. The findings suggest that ancient volcanic eruptions may have helped transform Earth’s atmosphere billions of years ago, with implications for understanding life on other planets.,Continue Reading