Tag: Extreme weather
What Does It Take To Save US Forests From Logging? A Justice Conservation Fund
The Puritan settlers of New England, steeped in the Old Testament biblical worldview, believed it was their God-ordained destiny to transform the dismal American wilderness into an earthly paradise. Seventeenth century Puritan writing is full of the idea of wild country as the environment of evil, and so they cut … [continued]
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Some Weird Things Are Happening And The Grid May Never Be The Same
New battery storage techniques are about to change the cost and availability of renewable energy on the utility grid.
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EPA Head Lee Zeldin Celebrates Victory Over Climate Science
The head of the EPA was the keynote speaker last week at a conference organized by the Heartland Institute — an implacable foe of the EPA.
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Connecticut Organizations Urge Federal Leaders to Protect Climate Accountability Efforts
Advocates warn that fossil fuel industry efforts to secure federal legal immunity could undermine Connecticut’s climate accountability and polluter pays efforts. CONNECTICUT — As Big Oil lobbies Congress and the Trump administration for legal immunity from laws and lawsuits aiming to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis, 78 Connecticut … [continued]
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Where do you put a thousand-year flood?
In Milwaukee, every flush and drain leads to Kevin Shafer. As the executive director of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, he manages a system where extreme weather can force difficult […]
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