Harris cites climate ‘crisis,’ pushes $1B for floods, storms
Vice President Kamala Harris called climate change an “immediate” and “urgent” crisis Monday as she detailed more than $1 billion in federal spending to respond to disasters such as deadly flooding in Kentucky and wildfires ravaging her home state of California.
California not counting methane leaks from idle wells
California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It’s the law: California limits climate pollution and each year the limits get stricter.
Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire
Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities.
Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals
For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, President Joe Biden has learned that the hard way.
Racial Disparities in Air Pollution Where Most Americans Live Worse Than Previously Understood
An analysis of racial disparities in urban air pollution reveals starker differences than previously understood in the communities where most Americans live. Compared to earlier studies, researchers found more substantial increases in concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) comparing census tracts with no Black residents with census tracts with a small percent of Black residents.
