General Motors Is Going All Electric
Release Date:
10/03/2017
After more than a century peddling vehicles that pollute the atmosphere, General Motors is ending its relationship with gasoline and diesel.
Environment and Climate Change
New York State Seeks Leases for Extensive Offshore Wind Program
Release Date:
10/03/2017
New York State has asked the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to consider identifying and leasing at least four new wind energy areas off its Atlantic Coast.
How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
For homeowners in flood zones, one big question looms: Rebuild or retreat after another “500-year storm?”
Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million commitment that will back the deep ocean probes monitoring how ocean temperatures are changing.
Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator
Release Date:
09/29/2017
State Assemblyman Peter Lopez will take over this weekend as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the storm-wracked Caribbean.
Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Nearly every weekday trucks pick up 4 tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team of students and employees use them—an estimated one-tenth of the total amassed in the city...
Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan
Release Date:
09/27/2017
A massive iceberg about four times the size of Manhattan broke off Antarctica on Saturday, the U.S. National Ice Center confirmed to CBS News.
Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Since its launch earlier this year, the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education has recruited 125 health professions schools and programs around the world to ensure future health professionals are educated on the health impacts of climate...
Puerto Rico's Governor Calls for Greater Federal Response to Hurricane Maria
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello called on the Pentagon to provide more search-and-rescue help and humanitarian resources to help the beleaguered island recover from “complete devastation” from Hurricane Maria.
In Canada, Climate Change Could Open New Farmland To The Plow
Release Date:
09/25/2017
As global warming intensifies droughts and floods, causing crop failures, Canada may see something different: a farming expansion.
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