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EV sales are growing. So why are automakers getting cold feet?
From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago.
Please, no diamonds for the Wilderness Act’s 60th anniversary
The 1964 Wilderness Act celebrates its 60th anniversary today on September 3rd. Diamonds are a gift for a 60th wedding anniversary and presumably represent strength, but from a humanitarian lens diamonds…
As Tornado Alley shifts east, bracing for impact in unexpected places
Scientists say that over the last 30 years in the Northeast, they have seen more tornadoes, and there have been more favorable environments for tornadoes.
As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from…
Huge Park Outside Mexico City Serves as Climate-Adaptation Model
The park aims to restore the hydrological basin of the Valley of Mexico, provide greenspace for residents and combat climate change.
Bowser admin backs away from modeshift in Sustainable DC report
It is genuinely notable that DOEE released a progress report at all; there wasn’t one for the original 2013 Sustainable DC.
GOP-run districts get 85% of the benefit of climate law. Some still hate it.
The historic Inflation Reduction Act is the most aggressive climate policy in U.S. history, with a goal to cut carbon emissions 40% by 2030
Methane leaks are a climate problem. These satellites could help find them.
The amount of methane, the primary component in natural gas, in the atmosphere has been rising steadily over the last few decades, reaching nearly three times as much as preindustrial…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $521 Million for Electric Vehicle Charging
Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to build electric vehicle chargers across the country.
In Minnesota, Xcel Energy looks to mimic power plant with solar and storage networks
The utility’s “virtual power plant” proposal taps an emerging model to replace retiring fossil fuel generation. Advocates like the concept but say the utility shouldn’t get to own the entire…
