US Election 2020 – Global Crisis Local Impacts
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BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
67% of Low-Income U.S. Households Face High Energy Burden
Two out of three low-income households in the United States face disproportionately steep energy bills, says a new report from the American Council for ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Multiple Mega-Fires Deliver Toxic Air, Extreme Heat, Rolling Blackouts Across Western U.S.
With “multiple mega-fires burning more than three million acres”, and millions of people in California, Oregon, and Washington State facing a mix of toxic ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearUnited States
Climate Risk Could Cut Nuclear Plants’ Operating Efficiency, Financial Viability
The risk of climate hazards is likely to increase over the next couple of decades for U.S. nuclear power plants whose economics are already ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsUnited States
U.S. Farm Workers Swelter in High Heat, Choke on Wildfire Smoke While Facing Down Pandemic Risk
Sweltering in high-30s heat by mid-morning, choking on wildfire smoke, and terrified that the pandemic will bring illness, job loss, or both: such is ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Hurricane Laura Delivers Predictable, Preventable Damage to Marginalized Communities
As the residents of Louisiana’s industry-heavy coast begin the long work of recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Laura—and the highly toxic chemical ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEncoreHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsUnited States
U.S. Fossils’ Plastic Recycling Plans Increase Toxic Pollution, Deliver Industry Lifeline
Recent efforts by Big Oil to secure the legal right to expand so-called “chemical” recycling of plastics throughout the United States are being condemned ... -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5EncoreEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Sea Level Rise Drives ‘Extraordinary’ Flooding on U.S. Atlantic, Gulf Coasts
The Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States have seen an “extraordinary” increase in high-tide flooding since 2000, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... -
Air & MarineAuto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5EncoreEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingOil & GasShale & FrackingSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Global Oil Demand, CO2 Emissions Likely Peaked in 2019 as Fossil Analysts Predict More Stranded Assets
A small parade of analysts stepped out in late June and early July with projections that global oil demand and carbon dioxide emissions likely ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsEncoreHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Heglar: Climate Crisis ‘Hurts Black People First and Worst’
Calls to “press pause” on climate action in order to fight racism more effectively simply further the whitewashing of a crisis that is systemically ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEncoreEuropeHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOceansSevere Storms & Flooding
WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
Chicago’s 1995 Heat Wave Predicted ‘Baked-In’ Racism in COVID-19 Deaths
In a bitter echo of the disproportionate suffering seen during Chicago’s killing heat wave of 1995, Black residents of the city are now facing ... -
Even in Green California, Wealthy Communities Push Back Against Densification
U.S. efforts to build denser cities are facing pushback, and not just from Donald Trump—with even committed green residents of California seemingly unmoved by ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsOpinion & AnalysisUnited States
Peabody’s Massive $1.42-Billion Write-Off Shows ‘New Reality in U.S. Coal Mining’
The decision by coal giant Peabody Energy to cut the declared value of the United States’ biggest coal mine by US$1.42 billion is an ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalJurisdictions
Photo Essay on Global Heat Waves Documents ‘Inequity at the Boiling Point’
Athens. Houston. Nigeria. The Dry Corridor. Lucknow. New York. Just a few of the many places around the world where rising global temperatures are ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Racial Inequities Must Be Solved in Tandem with Climate, U.S. Campaigner Stresses
While she credits Joe Biden’s effort to address racial inequities in tandem with the climate crisis, climate policy analyst Rhiana Gunn-Wright is urging the ...
