Oil Lobby Takes on Democrat Climate Plans
The oil industry’s top lobbying group on Tuesday is launching a campaign to counter attacks from 2020 Democratic hopefuls vowing to phase out fossil fuels. (Bloomberg) — The oil industry’s Continue Reading
Storm to unleash severe weather in South, along with potentially record warmth in Eastern U.S.
An unseasonably warm and impressively waterlogged storm system is set to bloom across the Eastern United States late this week, bringing the chance of severe weather — including a few Continue Reading
FEMA threat report ignores climate change, sea-level rise
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently released a National Preparedness Report that does not mention climate change, despite global warming’s impact on natural disasters such as wildfires. The Trump administration’s Continue Reading
U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019: Here’s Why in 6 Charts
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States dropped last year after a sharp increase in 2018, new data released Tuesday show. The drop resumed a long-term downward trend driven chiefly Continue Reading
Heatwaves in 2019 led to almost 900 extra deaths in England
The summer heatwaves of 2019 resulted in almost 900 extra deaths, according to statistical analysis from Public Health England. Over the past four years more than 3,400 people have died Continue Reading
Poland unlikely to meet EU 2020 renewables target: regulator
Poland’s energy regulator URE said Tuesday it was “doubtful” the country would meet its binding 2020 EU target to produce 15% of its final energy consumption from renewable energy sources. Continue Reading
Australia’s apocalyptic fires are a warning to the world
IF A Hollywood producer ordered up these images, they might be dismissed as too dramatic: orange skies; ash-filled rain; fire tornadoes; flames jumping as high as 230 feet; people huddling for shelter on the beach. Continue Reading
E.P.A. Aims to Reduce Truck Pollution, and Avert Tougher State Controls
The Trump administration on Monday took its first step toward tighter pollution controls on trucks, an anomalous move for a government known for weakening environmental policies but one that would Continue Reading
Utilities Have Big Plans to Cut Emissions, But They’re Struggling to Shed Fossil Fuels
Xcel offered the first voluntary decarbonization plan by any large investor-owned utility, but it includes converting coal plants to run on natural gas and buying another natural gas plant that Continue Reading
Can We Life The Good Life With Less Energy?
Declarations of a climate emergency are the latest fad among world governments. Everyone wants to be in the cool crowd of those ready to save the planet with their own Continue Reading