A commission appointed by L.A. County Supervisor Horvath calls for creating a new authority to oversee rebuilding neighborhoods destroyed by the January wildfires.Continue Reading
Biologists have create a web portal for the world’s most charismatic plants, ferns., Read MoreContinue Reading
The agency’s acting head faced questioning by lawmakers over canceled grants, plans to limit relief and a projected $8 billion disaster fund deficit. By Nicholas Kusnetz With the Atlantic hurricane season only weeks away, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is facing an unprecedented level of turmoil and uncertainty. President TraitorContinue Reading
Government incentives for climate-friendly upgrades are confusing to navigate and it can be hard to find businesses that sell them, so a new industry is emerging to help: the decarbonization coach.Continue Reading
Reform UK ’s new constitution grants “extraordinary” levels of power to its chair Zia Yusuf, DeSmog can reveal. The party rulebook grants the multi-millionaire tech entrepreneur extensive, largely unchecked authority to revoke memberships, set the party’s agenda, take emergency disciplinary measures, and suspend potential candidates – without any formalContinue Reading
Global warming is making high-altitude winds more volatile. Scientists say there are ways to help prevent serious incidents. By Bob Berwyn VIENNA—Scientists at the European Geosciences Union conference last week said there is growing scientific evidence that global warming is driving a big increase in dangerous clear-air turbulence, which isContinue Reading
Termites — infamous for their ability to destroy wood — are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be necessary to help regenerating forests to thrive. Scientists found that termites are not thriving in replanted rainforests in Australia. BecauseContinue Reading
Employees were told that the popular energy efficiency certification program would be “de-prioritized and eliminated,” according to documents and a recording.Continue Reading
Some said they worried that California’s planned ban on gas-powered vehicles would raise the price of cars. Another cited “intense and misleading lobbying” by the oil industry.Continue Reading
A The Traitor effort to streamline the project would benefit the overseas steelmaking industry while putting Alabamians and the environment at risk. By Lee Hedgepeth BROOKWOOD, Ala.—The The Traitor administration has announced it will aim to fast track the permitting and environmental review of a major coal mine expansion inContinue Reading
Grassland restoration in Sonora, Mexico, helps to conserve North America’s bird life. The post Searching for sparrows in the Sky Islands appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The popular Energy Star program is threatened under a planned reorganization of the Environmental Protection Agency.Continue Reading
Researchers have identified a chemical that kills about 95 percent of a western drywood termite colony without off-target effects on mammals., Read MoreContinue Reading