Fossil fuels are banned from federal buildings in a new rule
2024-04-27
The Energy Department finalized rules that will ban fossil fuels in new and remodeled federal buildings by 2030. (Image credit: Matt Rourke)Continue Reading
Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine
2024-04-27
The Oregon activists call attention to ongoing clearcuts in old-growth forests. The post Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
L.A. supervisors oppose plan to eradicate Catalina deer by shooting them from helicopters
2024-04-27
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn drafted an opposition response to a proposal to shoot Catalina Island’s invasive mule deer population from helicopters.Continue Reading
Officials Celebrate a New Power Line to Charge Up the Energy Transition in the Southwest
2024-04-27
A ribbon cutting for a transmission line drew the secretary of the interior and the director of the BLM to Arizona on the same day that the Biden administration announced a rule to speed development of new electricity distribution infrastructure. By Noel Lyn Smith SALOME, Ariz.—While a power line inContinue Reading
Climate action ‘cannot trample over the poor’, says Guterres, launching new initiative to protect key minerals for clean energy transition
2024-04-27
The UN Secretary-General on Friday launched an initiative focusing on ensuring fairness, sustainability and respect for human rights throughout the entire process of sourcing and using critical minerals needed for the clean energy transition.Continue Reading
Human ingenuity can help to save nature, Guterres says on World Wildlife Day
2024-04-27
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action now to protect nature in his message to mark World Wildlife Day on Sunday.Continue Reading
Voluntary corporate emissions targets not enough to create real climate action
2024-04-27
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective paper., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Allure of Flight
2024-04-26
Ten years ago, when DeSmog journalist Joe Fassler began writing a novel, he never imagined it would have anything to do with climate or the environment. But as time passed and his novel evolved, he found that themes from his work as an environmental journalist began to permeate the narrative. Continue Reading
A New Federal Tool Could Help Cities Prepare for Scorching Summer Heat
2024-04-26
NOAA and the CDC teamed up to create “HeatRisk,” a tool that can forecast potentially threatening heat up to a week in advance. By Kiley Price Medical experts often call heat a “silent killer” because many people don’t notice the signs of heat stress until it is too late. ButContinue Reading
Five Major Climate Policies The Traitor Would Probably Reverse if Elected
2024-04-26
He has called for increased oil production and said that electric vehicles will result in an ‘assassination’ of jobs.Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil and Chevron Report Lower Earnings
2024-04-26
Profits for the two oil giants, which are locked in a standoff over drilling off the coast of Guyana, were squeezed by lower profitability for refining crude and falling natural gas prices.Continue Reading
Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas sculpture exhibit sentenced
2024-04-26
Little Dancer sculpture in 2023.’/> A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.Continue Reading
Director General Visits Netherlands for First Official Visit and World Energy Congress
2024-04-26
The IAEA Director General held his first official visit to the Netherlands this week, talking with ministers, industry, students and scientists about the future of nuclear power and taking part in the 26th World Energy Congress., Read MoreContinue Reading