Climate (Page 55)

Chemists are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global problem of weedkiller-tainted groundwater., Read MoreContinue Reading

Over the weekend the spiny orbs buried cars and piled up against the sides of houses as an unusual storm swept the region with dust and snow. And tumbleweeds. They’re still digging out.Continue Reading

As chief executive, he pushed a company known for Agent Orange, napalm and chlorine to undo its confrontational reputation and promote environmental sustainability.Continue Reading

Fires in the Texas Panhandle are expected to kill thousands of cattle, putting the state’s agriculture industry at risk. By Kiley Price For the past week, the Texas Panhandle has been covered in flames. The ongoing inferno—the largest wildfire in the state’s history—has burned up nearly 1.3 million acres ofContinue Reading

Virginia Natural Gas’s aim, as it wrote in its request to the state regulator, was to “further support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.” As part of its “Sustainable Gas Program,” the Virginia-based private utility wanted to purchase what it calls “Next Generation Natural Gas.” But it needed the state’sContinue Reading

Climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, the poor and older populations, who also have the least capacity to adapt to extreme weather events, a new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed on Tuesday.Continue Reading

While summer sea ice loss in the Arctic is inevitable, it can be reversed if the planet cools down, researchers say., Read MoreContinue Reading

How Pittsburgh-based EQT’s expansion in West Virginia set four families reeling, while state regulators trusted the company to answer their complaints By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource This article was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for its free weekly newsletters at publicsource.org. Your browserContinue Reading