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Navigating the Troubled Waters of Newtown Creek Means an Environmental Cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens That Will Cost At Least $3.3 Billion
Hazardous: Last in a series about the ongoing struggle to clean up Brooklyn’s Superfund sites. Water has memory. I was told that once by Eymund Diegel, a co-founder of the Gowanus Community Advisory Group. The water that flows into New York City’s East River remembers that cigarette butt you flicked over the railing, the beer […]
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:
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Amid Community Opposition, Alabama Hyperscale Data Center Project Hits a Speed Bump
BESSEMER, Ala.—Residents living near the site of a proposed 4.5 million square foot data center delight in even small victories. Their satisfaction was apparent as they exited Bessemer’s City Council chambers, where community members wearing red in opposition to the plan had once again filled the room to capacity. On Tuesday, City Council members voted […]
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Commenters Decry Proposed Repeal of Endangerment Finding in First Day of Public Hearings
Experts and members of the public on Tuesday voiced overwhelming opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to rescind its key greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” and vehicle emissions standards. That pushback came during the first of four scheduled public hearings on the agency’s plan to overturn its prior finding that greenhouse gases endanger public […]
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Amid Tense Negotiations Over the Colorado River’s Future, Arizona Mayors Unite Against ‘Threat’ to State’s Water
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Arizona mayors, from major metropolises to rural agriculture communities, came together Wednesday to announce a new coalition focused on protecting the state’s share of the Colorado River and the canal system built to deliver the water in the face of looming cuts to that share. They also acted, they said, in response to increasingly […]
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:Alabama Town’s Residents Seek Preemptive Strike Against Massive Data Center Project
WILSONVILLE, Ala.—The people of Wilsonville aren’t about to let it happen to them, at least not without a fight. After seeing residents of nearby Bessemer, Alabama, get blindsided by a proposal for a massive data center, with little public disclosure and public officials silenced by non-disclosure agreements, Wilsonville residents sprang into action when word got […]
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:Will there be a drought where I live?
We take a look at river, reservoir and groundwater levels after a particularly dry few months.
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:A Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help A Rural Town Diversify Its Economy
Hayden, a small town in the mountains of northwest Colorado, is searching for ways to diversify its economy, much like other energy communities across the Mountain West. For decades, a coal-fired power plant, now scheduled to shut down in the coming years, served as a reliable source of tax revenue, jobs and electricity. When town […]
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:“Epic” effort needed to hit 2050 nuclear power target, experts say
Nuclear energy is back in favour as a low-emissions alternative to fossil fuels, but high costs and long build times make a goal to triple capacity by 2050 seem a tall order The post “Epic” effort needed to hit 2050 nuclear power target, experts say appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:Scientists make 'superfood' that could save honeybees
We rely on honeybees to pollinate our crops and a new food could protect them from growing threats.
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won
CHICAGO—Where the Calumet River meets the shores of Lake Michigan sits 43 acres of lakefront property, a seemingly perfect location for Southeast Side residents to enjoy. But for nearly 40 years, this has been the site of a toxic waste dump, storing over 1.2 million cubic yards of pollution-laced sediment dredged from local waterways. The […]
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:Virginia Regulator Approves Electricity Transmission Line and Towers in Alexandria to Serve One Proposed Data Center
RICHMOND—Bren Pointe residents in Fairfax County are closer to seeing steel transmission towers rise just outside their townhomes after Virginia’s regulators approved a new electricity line to serve a single planned commercial data center. On Aug. 8, the State Corporation Commission (SCC), which regulates Virginia’s utilities, approved Dominion Energy’s request to erect the “Edsall Substation,” […]
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs
Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop funding wind and solar energy on American farmland, a move that continues the Trump administration’s attempts to kill incentives for renewables while it boosts support for fossil fuels and land-hungry, energy inefficient biofuels. At the state fairgrounds in Lebanon, Tennessee, Agriculture Secretary Brooke […]
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:Court Temporarily Halts Land Transfer That Would Allow a Mine to Destroy Western Apache Sacred Land
Just hours before the deal was set to go through, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a land transfer in Arizona on Monday that would ultimately lead to the destruction of a site sacred to Western Apache people. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ temporary restraining order is the latest in a long-running saga […]
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:Melting on the Arctic’s Svalbard Islands Shows the Climate Future Is Now
A new study released this week presents the record ice melt on the Svalbard islands in summer 2024 as a glimpse into a future where other Arctic ice masses, including those on Greenland, could melt faster than currently anticipated. The amount of ice that melted on Svalbard, the archipelago north of Norway in the Barents […]
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:COP30 president prepares for clash of views on how to respond to NDCs
With most countries yet to submit new emissions-cutting plans due by the end of next month, Brazil will launch consultations on how to tackle an expected shortfall in ambition The post COP30 president prepares for clash of views on how to respond to NDCs appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:Leaders should put the Amazon at the heart of a new green economy
Amazon nations meeting in Colombia can bring unified, bold commitments to COP30 - and define a model that prioritises people and planet through long-term prosperity The post Leaders should put the Amazon at the heart of a new green economy appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:Supercharged Hurricanes Mean More ‘Ghost Boats’ Haunting Waterways
For nearly three years, drivers on San Carlos Island in Florida passed by an unusual sight tangled in the mangroves on the shoulder of a major road: a large white boat. The abandoned vessel was a relic of 2022’s Hurricane Ian, which displaced more than 7,000 vessels amid severe winds, torrential downpour and catastrophic storm […]
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:Guest post: Why the recent slowdown in Arctic sea ice loss is only temporary
The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic has long been a prominent symbol of... The post Guest post: Why the recent slowdown in Arctic sea ice loss is only temporary appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea
The debate that took place in a Washington, D.C., hearing room in June was so filled with energy-industry jargon that most people would not realize they were witnessing a battle over who could own and profit from power plants. The same fight between utility companies and independent power producers is now happening in statehouses. Utility […]
Published on: August 19, 2025 | Source:New Jersey Orders Probe, Demands Transparency From PJM
New Jersey has reached the forefront of a regional revolt against PJM Interconnection, the grid operator serving 65 million people across 13 states and the District of Columbia. Gov. Phil Murphy signed two measures into law last week, pressing for reforms to PJM’s controversial capacity market and forcing its utilities to disclose how they vote […]
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Why scientists hope seabed mud could reveal Antarctic Ocean secrets
How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:‘Make Billionaires Pay’ March Will Bring Together Climate and Social Justice Movements
As world leaders converge on New York City for September’s United Nations General Assembly, thousands of activists across a range of social movements will gather for what they hope will be the largest mass-mobilization since the “No Kings” protests in June. The “Make Billionaires Pay” march planned for September 20 will unite climate activists, migrant […]
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door
Five years ago, Elizabeth Jeffords stood at the top of a pretty, tree-lined street in Castaic, California, admiring the house she and her husband just bought. She loved how the two-story house, about 50 miles north of Los Angeles, looked out onto the Sierra Pelona Mountains. She loved how it sat at the top of […]
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Democrats’ Failures—and Opportunities for a Climate Comeback
Seven months into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, the environmental movement has suffered a rolling wave of defeats. From the proposed repeal of the EPA’s key “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gases to the Big Beautiful Bill’s accelerated phaseout of wind and solar tax credits, the current administration has sided with the fossil fuel […]
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:Expect smaller broccoli if heatwave continues, farmers warn
The British Growers Association warns that supplies of broccoli are 'tight' thanks to the heatwave.
Published on: August 18, 2025 | Source:The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape
Planet China: Fourth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. NORTH SUMATRA, Indonesia—The scientists’ spirits were flagging. They’d been searching for orangutans in isolated patches of jungle across Sumatra, trying to see where the ape had improbably hung on outside its known range in the northern […]
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse
EL PASO—Retired Catholic priest Arturo Bañuelas leaned into the microphone as he urged county commissioners to do something about the growing crisis of migrants dying in the desert just miles from the courthouse where he stood. “These deaths are occurring right here,” Bañuelas said, wearing his white clerical collar under a black shirt and jacket […]
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:Deadlocked on Plastic Pollution
Global talks on plastics fell apart this week as participating countries failed to agree on next steps for curbing harmful plastic pollution. Several countries, including the United States, opposed provisions that would put a cap on production – a red line that ultimately doomed the chance of consensus. Bob, who was on the scene in […]
Published on: August 17, 2025 | Source:Leaves falling, berries ripe, but it's hot. Is autumn coming early?
Has autumn come sooner than expected to the UK - and does it even matter if it has?
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates In Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding
WIND RIVER, Wyo.—Last week, the Northern Arapaho tribe learned that it was losing about $10 million in federal grants that would have helped members of the tribe lower their electrical bills. “For us, it’s really a kick in the balls,” said Patrick Goggles, a member of the tribe who led the implementation of the federal […]
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates in Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding
WIND RIVER, Wyo.—Last week, the Northern Arapaho tribe learned that it was losing about $10 million in federal grants that would have helped members of the tribe lower their electrical bills. “For us, it’s really a kick in the balls,” said Patrick Goggles, a member of the tribe who led the implementation of the federal […]
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:After a Drought Last Year, Ohio Farmers Wished for Rain. Now Downpours Are Destroying Their Crops
The water in the creek was rising quickly, and Paul Tomcho could not reach his herd. His southeast Ohio property—the aptly named Creekside Farm—was getting more rain than anyone in living memory could recall. Tomcho, who logs daily rainfall for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), measured the total downpour at 4.28 […]
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:From Landfills and Recycling Programs to Desks in Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers
So much plastic waste ends up in dumps around the world that millions of people, mostly in poor countries, make their living as “waste pickers,” sifting through mountains of trash, looking for recyclable materials to sell. Not surprisingly, waste pickers, who work alongside burning garbage with no protective gear, are highly exposed to toxic chemicals […]
Published on: August 16, 2025 | Source:Massachusetts Seeks to End Ratepayer-Funded Subsidy for New Natural Gas Connections
A new Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities policy designed to discourage continued growth in the use of natural gas would end existing subsidies for gas utility lines in all newly constructed homes and buildings. Under the new policy, developers, home builders or home buyers who wanted gas heat would have to pay the full cost […]
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source: