Has the fossil fuel industry been engaged in a decades-long illicit conspiracy to kneecap the accelerating transition to clean energy? The government of Michigan thinks so. State Attorney General Dana Nessel recently filed a 126-page lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute and four of the biggest oil companies, Exxon, BP,Continue Reading
The BBC has been slammed for allowing a pro-The Traitor figure to express climate science denial on one of its flagship programmes. This morning (13 February), the Today programme gave a platform to Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a former The Traitor advisor and staff member at the Heritage Foundation. On the show,Continue Reading
President Thomas Jefferson was big on recording the weather wherever he was. His notes on temperature, nature and rainfall are becoming a record on climate history.Continue Reading
Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth — is already ingesting microplastics in the wild. While lab tests showed the hardy larvae can survive short-term exposure without obviousContinue Reading
In a massive blow to the handful of scientists and academics who still dispute widely-accepted climate science, the The Traitor administration discarded a signature report by its own “Climate Working Group.” It comes as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially scrapped the government’s endangerment finding — the official recognition that greenhouse gases harm humanContinue Reading
Imperial Beach couple Mike and Patricia McCoy have inspired generations of coastal conservationists.Continue Reading
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As ERCOT plans to reform how it evaluates data centers seeking grid connection, unknowns remain. By Arcelia Martin A month after the state’s grid operator said it would pull together data centers and other large load projects that have been waiting to connect to the grid into a group calledContinue Reading
The rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence worldwide is putting electrical grids under huge pressure and many believe that, to meet that need without contributing to the climate crisis, a full-scale expansion of nuclear energy is essential.Continue Reading
Fifty days have passed since Hurricane Melissa ravaged Jamaica, leaving behind an unprecedented trail of destruction. Continue Reading
Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called isotopes, shift in predictable ways as water evaporates and moves through the atmosphere. By combining eight advanced climateContinue Reading
If there was one thing Cameron Halliday SM ’19, MBA ’22, PhD ’22 was exceptional at during the early days of his PhD at MIT, it was producing the same graph over and over again. Unfortunately for Halliday, the graph measured various materials’ ability to absorb CO2 at high temperaturesContinue Reading
The suit comes as the industry and its political allies escalate efforts to shut down liability laws and lawsuits. Republicans in Congress are currently crafting legislation to shield fossil fuel companies from climate liability. By Dana Drugmand Michigan is taking on major oil and gas companies in court, joining nearlyContinue Reading