climate

The crisis in Ukraine could speed up the shift to cleaner energy

4:23pm April 04, 2022

by Laura Benshoff | Keystone Crossroads

There's concern that the U.S. push to send more natural gas to Europe will come at a cost to the climate. But experts say the Ukraine crisis may actually invigorate efforts around sustainable energy.

The report finds the world's energy supply needs to shift to renewable sources, like this solar farm in Karnataka, India, but it's not happening fast enough.

Environment

It's not too late to stave off the climate crisis, U.N. report finds. Here's how

3:41pm April 04, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

The good news is that the world has solutions and technology to slow climate change. The bad news is that time is running out.

National

It's feared a vital lake in Oregon could run dry within a generation

5:12am April 04, 2022

by Emily Cureton Cook

In Oregon's high desert, a more than 10,000-year-old lake is drying up. That doesn't have to happen. Summer Lake hosts millions of migratory birds annually, but its water is being diverted to farms.

Lauren Alkire (from left), Nick Ellis and Sean de Guzman, manager of snow surveys and water supply forecasting unit, conduct the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 1.

National

California is getting a very dry start to spring, with snowpack far below average

3:57pm April 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

Without a heavy dose of April and May showers, the state's drought will deepen. That could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season.

The business model of luxury ski areas is again under scrutiny as the perils of climate change take hold in the Rocky Mountains.

Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes

5:01pm March 31, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

In the West, ski resorts are banking on a Spring Break surge after a rough winter of prolonged drought, labor and housing shortages and frustrated customers.

Customers queue to enter a re-opened Zara clothes shop at Colombo shopping center in Lisbon, Portugal, on in April 2021.

World News

Europe has designs on making the 'fast fashion' industry more sustainable

5:00am March 31, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Under the proposal, the European Commission would set new durability standards and require companies to include how sustainable and recyclable a clothing item is on its label.

National

Encore: The SEC wants companies to disclose how climate change is affecting them

4:18pm March 30, 2022

by David Gura

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed historic new rules that would require companies to disclose data on climate risk the same way they file financial information.

President Biden takes notes during a meeting to discuss clean energy efforts with CEOs of U.S. electric utility companies at the White House in February 2022.

Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States

5:58pm March 28, 2022

by Julia Simon

The spread of misinformation about solar and wind energy is leading some states and counties to restrict or even reject projects. Researchers say it's a threat to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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National

Examining the marine heatwave experience last year in the Gulf of Maine

2:42pm March 28, 2022

by Fred Bever

New research finds the Gulf of Maine hit record hot temperatures in 2021. It's warming three times faster than the world's oceans, and is already seeing major disruption to its ocean ecosystems.

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Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced four mass bleaching events in the last seven years, like this one in 2017. Scientists warn repeated bleaching makes it tough for corals to recover.

Environment

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is hit with mass coral bleaching yet again

7:00am March 26, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

Some corals have turned a ghostly white due to extreme heat stress. It's the fourth bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the last seven years, which makes it harder to recover.