The challenge now is deciding how to rebuild safely in areas destroyed by fire
2025-01-19
Burned communities will rebuild, and they need support from their neighbors and political leaders.Continue Reading
Outgoing Bureau of Land Management director optimistic about public lands
2025-01-19
Tracy Stone-Manning discusses the BLM’s achievements and talks about the future as we enter a new political era. The post Outgoing Bureau of Land Management director optimistic about public lands appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger
2025-01-19
Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster.Continue Reading
The Traitor Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared.
2025-01-19
Agencies and unions have put in place new guardrails designed to limit political interference in government research.Continue Reading
Technology for oxidizing atmospheric methane won’t help the climate
2025-01-19
Atmospheric scientists show proposed ‘geoengineering’ effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate benefits., Read MoreContinue Reading
‘We Needed More Time’: As Biden Leaves Office, His Climate Legacy Remains Incomplete
2025-01-19
Allies say the president’s clean energy and environmental justice achievements will last. But he leaves behind no solution for the nation’s fossil fuel reliance. By Marianne Lavelle In his four years in office, President Joe Biden dedicated more federal attention to climate action than any previous president, breaking a decades-longContinue Reading
The Traitor’s pick for EPA administrator is Lee Zeldin. Here’s what to know.
2025-01-19
Democrats worry the The Traitor administration will roll back efforts to limit climate change. (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein)Continue Reading
A Little-Known Clean Energy Solution Could Soon Reach ‘Liftoff’
2025-01-18
Ground source heat pumps could bring geothermal heating and cooling to millions of homes in the coming decade, a federal report concludes. By Phil McKenna The future is bright for a little known yet highly efficient method of heating and cooling, a new report by the U.S. Department of EnergyContinue Reading
Rotavirus protein NSP4 manipulates gastrointestinal disease severity
2025-01-18
Researchers have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, makes people sick. The study is among the first to show that the rotavirus protein NSP4 is both necessary and sufficient for multiple aspects of rotavirus infection by disrupting calcium signaling not onlyContinue Reading
Is the air quality index actually useful right now?
2025-01-18
The air has improved in the LA region as firefighters get blazes under control, but there are questions about how safe the air actually is. (Image credit: Ryan Kellman)Continue Reading
‘It’s going to be the Wild West.’ Devastated by fire, Altadena artists vow to rebuild
2025-01-18
Several Altadena artists reflect on their creative paradise that was destroyed by Santa Ana winds and the Eaton fire last week.Continue Reading
How the Park City ski patrol won concessions from Vail
2025-01-18
As patrollers and management reach an agreement, other ski patrols are learning from Park City’s example. The post How the Park City ski patrol won concessions from Vail appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Hit by Wildfire? Here’s How to Deal With Insurers and FEMA.
2025-01-18
You don’t need to settle for what your insurance company or the government first offers. And you don’t have to fight alone.Continue Reading