President Biden is touting ‘unprecedented’ climate efforts by his administration in an annual White House summit of leading economies.
climate change
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A good book on a tough subject
Book recommendations from readers.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World
Here’s why downpour in Florida just wouldn’t stop
Fort Lauderdale’s 25 inches of rain is a case of a strong thunderstorm not knowing when to say when.
Posted inNation & World
G7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy
They are meeting in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo to try to forge an agreement on the best way forward in battling climate change.
Posted inNation & World
As Earth warms, more ‘flash droughts’ suck soil, plants dry
Flash droughts are happening more often in nearly three-quarters of the climate regions of the world.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Stiff EPA emission limits to boost U.S. electric vehicle sales tenfold in a decade
If finalized next year as expected, the plan would represent the strongest push yet toward a once almost unthinkable shift from gasoline-powered cars and trucks to battery-powered vehicles.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River
One proposal would force proportional cuts if water levels at Lake Mead fall below a certain level.
Posted inNation & World, News
Abnormal surge in sea levels along southern U.S. coast heightens flooding worries
Multiple new studies highlight a rate of sea level rise that is ‘unprecedented in at least 120 years’ along the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern U.S. coast.
Posted inNation & World
The Great Salt Lake seemed like it was dying. But there’s been a ‘miraculous’ shift
A record snowy winter has jump-started a recovery for the lake’s water level, which was at a historic low in the fall.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
One Climate Future overview presented at city council meeting
South Portland Sustainability Director Julie Rosenbach makes presentation of the One Climate Future Plan and Resolves, related to climate change, that the council had previously adopted.