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April 15, 2024
Letter to NY City Council Calls for More Robust Climate Investment
Climate Works for All, a coalition of environmental Justice, community advocacy and labor groups, has called on the City Council to ask for new climate investments. Some of the priorities […]
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March 28, 2024
Will Solar Power Be Affected By the Solar Eclipse?
On April 8, 2024, a solar eclipse will start on Mexico’s Pacific coast around 11:07 a.m. PDT, traveling across parts of the U.S. and Canada until 5:19 p.m. EDT. Because […]
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March 13, 2024
Record Warm Winters Are Not Cool
Once again, record-breaking temperatures were recorded in all of the lower 48 U.S. states. Average temperatures were more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, eliminating the ice cover on the Great […]
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February 29, 2024
New Bill to Reduce Single Use Plastic Set to Pass in Albany
New York City first added a recycling law to the books way back in 1989, but recycling rates have remained stubbornly low: about 20% for households and 25% for businesses. […]
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February 14, 2024
The East Coast Is Sinking
Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year – a decline at the ocean’s edge that well outpaces global […]
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February 1, 2024
FEMA Will Cover Costs for Solar Projects After a Disaster
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will compensate local and state governments for energy efficiency upgrades to school and hospital facilities in the wake of natural disasters, the agency announced […]
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January 18, 2024
Can We Build Renewables Without Threatening Biodiversity?
One of the biggest challenges humanity faces as we try to contend with the climate crisis is finding solutions that don’t lead to even bigger problems down the road. Scientists […]
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January 5, 2024
2023: A Year of Climate Action
We’ve seen the last of 2023, and with it some hair-raising U.S. climate milestones: $25 billion worth of natural disasters (a record), heartbreaking wildfires in Maui, a month’s worth of triple-digit […]
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December 14, 2023
COP28 Climate Summit Ends with Deal to Phase Out Fossil Fuels
The COP28 Climate Summit ended on Wednesday with an historic deal to phase out fossil fuels. After a somewhat controversial start in a world that continues to try to kick […]
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December 1, 2023
What to Expect from the COP28 Climate Summit
A former head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) used to describe the annual climate summit as “the only circus in town”. It may not be good […]