Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it. A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency. (wapo.st)
Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting (wapo.st)
The idea is to make it effectively legal to kill anybody deemed left-of-center
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory just captured ominous signals about the planet’s health | Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever. (wapo.st)
When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP (wapo.st)
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is the latest to point out such a problem in his party
Indoor farms are remaking the produce market — at a cost to the planet (wapo.st)
Energy use in the industry varies widely depending on greenhouse size and what crops are being grown. A study of 12 indoor farms by the nonprofit Resource Innovation Institute found that five of them used as much energy, per square foot, as a hospital. One vertical farm, an outlier, was guzzling as much energy as a data center.
U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas (wapo.st)
A new rule restricts releases of methane from companies that have leases to extract fossil fuels from federal lands...
U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas (wapo.st)
A new rule restricts releases of methane from companies that have leases to extract fossil fuels from federal lands...
Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks (wapo.st)
Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks (wapo.st)
The paper is here (no paywall)
Was the 2020 election stolen? Job interviews at RNC take an unusual turn. (wapo.st)
Prospective hires say agreeing with Trump’s false election claim appears to be a new litmus test for being hired by the party
Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weather disasters | A new report from the insurance giant Swiss Re shows that the U.S. follows only the Philippines in weather damages. (wapo.st)
Park Service to cut down 300 cherry trees in Washington DC for sea wall project (wapo.st)
“As a result of the settling and sea level rise, water flows over portions of the sea walls twice a day during normal tidal conditions.”...
A ‘collapse’ is looming for Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, scientists say (wapo.st)
Scientists say the overwhelming majority of the state’s wetlands – a natural buffer against hurricanes – are in a state of ‘drowning’ and could be gone by 2070...
Hurricanes are getting so intense, scientists propose a Category 6 (wapo.st)
Watch how carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere over one year (wapo.st)
The Energy Department is poised to finalize modest efficiency standards for stoves and ovens, potentially saving consumers money on energy bills (wapo.st)
The topic of gas stoves ignited a heated debate last year when a Biden appointee suggested they could be banned because they posed a risk to human health....
The Energy Department is poised to finalize modest efficiency standards for stoves and ovens, potentially saving consumers money on energy bills (wapo.st)
The topic of gas stoves ignited a heated debate last year when a Biden appointee suggested they could be banned because they posed a risk to human health....
Donald Trump is very confused (wapo.st)
A Belgian port seized tons of cocaine. Criminals tried to take it back. (wapo.st)
Belgian customs officers seized three times as much cocaine in the port of Antwerp last year as U.S. customs and border officials seized in all of the United States
How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala (wapo.st)
Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids (wapo.st)
Moving beyond efforts to block expansion of health care for the poor and disabled, Republican governors in 15 states are now rejecting a new, federally funded summer program to give food assistance to hungry children....
U.S. oil production hit a record under Biden. He seldom mentions it. (wapo.st)
The politics of oil are particularly tricky for Democrats, whose chances for victory in next year’s elections can hinge on whether young, climate-focused voters come out in big numbers.
Want to know if your future home might flood? These states are requiring disclosure. (wapo.st)
‘It’s a recognition that flooding is only going to get worse and that they need to take action now to protect home buyers and renters,’ says one advocate
As Alaska’s climate gets wetter, snowstorms put the homeless in peril (wapo.st)
Don’t sleep on the energy efficiency pledge at COP28 (wapo.st)
