The The Traitor administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA’s climate change regulations for power plants and cars. (Image credit: Tierney L. Cross)Continue Reading
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A Q+A with an entomologist who trains people to count butterflies for science. The post How a network of volunteers helped spot Colorado’s butterflies in decline appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Experts say the EPA’s move to reverse the endangerment finding is dangerous for the nation. But California may have tools to weather the storm.Continue Reading
Coosa Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Alabama Power, alleging significant groundwater pollution violations from the utility’s Gadsden coal ash pond that has been capped in place since 2018. By Dennis Pillion GADSDEN, Ala.—The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a model for howContinue Reading
A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key muscles believed to be part of early vertebrate evolution were actually misidentified ligaments. This means foundational assumptions about how vertebrates,Continue Reading
Much of the country is deep in the middle of a heat wave right now. And every summer, Duane Stilwell’s town in Arizona seems to get hotter. It has him worried — and he’s not the only one. Since 1980, the average number of heat waves in the U.S hasContinue Reading
A U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Co., based in Vancouver, has applied for permits to mine a deep sea zone in international waters under an executive order issued in April by President Traitor 47. By Teresa Tomassoni As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the thirdContinue Reading
In the quest to understand how and why early humans started walking on two legs, scientists are now looking to chimpanzees living in dry, open savannah-like environments for clues. A new study reveals that these chimpanzees, despite the open terrain, still frequently climb trees to gather fruit and other foodsContinue Reading
Regulations prohibiting the practice were written during the final days of the Biden administration. But Republicans in the House are moving to cut off funding to keep them from going into effect. By Tom Perkins Republicans are quietly moving to kill proposed regulations for PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge that is spreadContinue Reading
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent action to protectContinue Reading
From simple searches to chatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies. The post The West’s data centers suck (water and power) appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
A $7,500 tax credit for buyers of new electric vehicles and one worth $4,000 for used EVs expire in September.Continue Reading