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Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesFood SecurityIce Loss & Sea Level RiseUnited States
‘Data is Power’ as Alaska Tlingit and Haida Draft Climate Adaptation Plan
With no climate plan currently in place in the state of Alaska, and federal efforts focused on the state’s rapidly melting northern regions, the ... -
Ellicott City, Maryland Faces Implications of Two ‘1,000-Year Floods’ in 22 Months
A small Maryland river town which endured a terrifying 1,000-year storm in May 2018, having barely recovered from the one that hit in 2016, ... -
U.S. Set to Add 17,000 MW of New Renewables Per Year Through 2022
The United States is on track to add 17,000 megawatts of new renewable energy capacity per year through 2022, according to analysis this week ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsHot SpotsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
‘Foreign-Funded Radicals’? Calgary-Based Enbridge Underwrites Pro-Line 3 Advocacy Group in Minnesota
A pro-pipeline group in Minnesota that presents itself as the voice of public support for the Line 3 pipeline is little more than a ... -
Great Lakes Due for Extreme Highs, Lows as Climate Change Shifts Water Levels
With 2019 precipitation in the region running 150 to 200% or more above normal, water levels in the Great Lakes have risen by as ... -
Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
String of Cancellations Could Spell the End of New Gas Plants in California
The latest in a string of project cancellations is opening up the possibility that California will never have to build another new natural gas ... -
U.S. Utilities Invest in Technology, Build Customer Trust to Cope with Future Storms, Wildfires
Facing the rising threat of wildfires in the west and devastating storms throughout the country, American utilities say they’re improving their storm response strategies, ... -
U.S. Farmers Fall Far Behind on Planting After Record Midwestern Floods
After suffering through the wettest year on record, and with rain continuing to bucket out of June skies, American corn farmers are desperately behind ... -
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Stiglitz: Green New Deal Would Deliver the Second World War-Scale Investment to Confront the Climate Crisis
Describing the climate crisis as the “third world war,” Nobel laureate and former World Bank chief economist Joseph E Stiglitz is urging critics of ...
