Climate

Flooding levee district board member Regan Griffin surveys his farmland in Atchison County, Missouri on Sept. 14, 2022. A pond marks where a levee was breached during the 2019 flood of the Missouri River, flooding Griffin's farmland. The board hopes to set this levee back in the future.

Mississippi River Basin adapts as climate change brings extreme rain and flooding

12:57pm October 18, 2022

Climate change-fueled hurricanes and sea-level rise get a lot of attention, but Mississippi River Basin communities also are experiencing the effects of global warming.

Environment

Coal companies use bankruptcy and asset transfers to shed obligations

5:33pm October 17, 2022

by Dave Mistich

Coal companies shed billions in obligations to workers and the environment. They went on to riches through bankruptcy and asset transfers.

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Activists threw soup at a Van Gogh painting in London. They were protesting new oil and gas production.

Who is Just Stop Oil, the group that threw soup on Van Gogh's painting?

7:13pm October 15, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

Just Stop Oil has been in the spotlight after its demonstration in which protesters threw soup at a Van Gogh painting. The coalition is demanding an end to new fossil fuel production in the U.K.

A handout photo issued by the group Just Stop Oil shows two protesters who threw soup at Vincent Van Gogh's famous 1888 work Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London on Friday.

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' painting in London

12:46pm October 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Members of a group that wants to halt new oil and gas projects threw soup over the masterpiece in London's National Gallery, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.

The San Vicente reservoir in San Diego County stores water from as far away as the Colorado River. Pumping water into a smaller reservoir in the surrounding mountains could store excess solar power until it's needed, when the sun sets.

Environment

'Water batteries' could store solar and wind power for when it's needed

10:31am October 14, 2022

by Dan Charles

San Diego has an ambitious plan to store renewable energy, using extra solar power to pump water up a mountain. This old-style "water battery" technology could be set for a revival.

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Cattle graze near a fire in Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 22. A new report analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.

Animal populations shrunk an average of 69% over the last half-century, a report says

6:47am October 14, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.

An old hotel is submerged by rising water levels in Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya on July 20, 2022.

World News

Developing nations suffering from climate change will demand financial help

3:44am October 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

The chairperson of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming U.N. climate summit has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda.

Drought puts a stop to artificial floods that have helped restore habitat

4:59pm October 13, 2022

by Melissa Sevigny

For a decade, artificial floods in the Grand Canyon have helped restore habitat for endangered fish, but the drought has put a stop to those. Ecologists and recreationists are worried.

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National

Victims of a Colorado wildfire can choose a green rebuild that's within their budget

1:37pm October 13, 2022

by Sam Brasch

More than 1,000 homes were lost in the Marshall fire in Colorado last December. Now residents are wondering if they can afford to rebuild energy efficient, resilient homes.

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Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis' climate change policy is under scrutiny after Hurricane Ian

5:00pm October 12, 2022

by Amy Green

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' climate change policy is under scrutiny. He's focused on making the state prepared for hurricanes like Hurricane Ian, but environmentalists say it's not enough.

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