Environment

E-Bikes Take The Stage At German Car Show

4:59pm September 17, 2021

In Germany, car companies are showing off their latest electric vehicles. But in areas of Europe, some cars won't be allowed on the street soon. So some car companies are putting e-bikes on display.

Pittsburgh Wants You To See Constellations When You Look Up At The Night Sky

6:22am September 16, 2021

The Pittsburgh City Council will start implementing a plan to fight light pollution over the next two years. Scientists say light pollution in cities can make groups of stars hard to see.

Steam rises from the Miller coal power plant in Adamsville, Ala., in April. An industry group says a climate plan in Congress would shut down all U.S. coal plants by 2030 or earlier.

Congress Is Debating Its Biggest Climate Change Bill Ever. Here's What's At Stake

7:11pm September 15, 2021

by Jeff Brady

Climate measures in a massive $3.5 trillion economic plan would transform the U.S. energy system. They are crucial for meeting President Biden's ambitious climate goals but face powerful opposition.

Nicholas will slow to a crawl as it passes over Louisiana from Texas, the National Hurricane Center says.

Nicholas Puts More Than Half Of Louisiana On Flood Alert Despite Weakening

10:51pm September 14, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Parts of southern Louisiana could see isolated rain totals of 20 inches through Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said. Hundreds of thousands of utility accounts are now without power in Texas.

An artist's impression of a woolly mammoth in a snow-covered environment.

Scientists Say They Could Bring Back Woolly Mammoths. But Maybe They Shouldn't

5:47pm September 14, 2021

by Scott Neuman

A company formed by Harvard genetics professor George Church, known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing and gene splicing, hopes to genetically resurrect woolly mammoths.

For a forthcoming study, researchers with the U.K.'s University of Bath and other schools spoke to 10,000 people in 10 countries, all of whom were between the ages of 16 and 25, to gauge how they feel about climate change.

Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change And Say Governments Are Failing Them

4:03pm September 14, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

A new study shows more than half of young people say climate change makes them feel afraid, sad, anxious, angry, powerless and helpless. And government inaction in particular makes them worried.

Firefighters battle the Caldor Fire this month along Highway 89 west of Lake Tahoe in California.

How A Blistering Housing Market Could Be Making Wildfires Even More Dangerous

12:04pm September 14, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

California homes are burning. Why are they still increasing in value in regions prone to fire?

A 20-Year Megadrought Threatens Hydropower In The West

7:24am September 14, 2021

by Michael Elizabeth Sakas

The drought is creating problems for hydroelectricity for millions of people. In a federal emergency measure, reservoirs are sending water to Lake Powell to keep its power turbines spinning.

Congress May Soon Pass The Country's Most Significant Climate Change Legislation Ever

5:14pm September 13, 2021

by Jeff Brady

This week may be key for President Biden's ambitious climate goals. Congress is debating measures that are crucial for cutting carbon emissions and meeting U.S. obligations in the Paris climate deal.

Climate activists in Quezon City, Philippines, light candles and hold LED-illuminated banners in December of last year to commemorates five years since the Paris Agreement and to call for an end to the killing of environmental defenders.

Environment

It Was The Deadliest Year Ever For Land And Environmental Activists

10:59am September 13, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Global Witness, an international human rights group, says a record 227 grassroots environmental activists were killed in 2020. More than half were killed in Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines.