Drought wears on you mentally. Nebraska organic farmer Kevin Fulton told me that earlier this week, as I asked him about his 28 years in the business for my latest feature, out this morning. What he s...
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Supreme Court Clouds Future Of EPA Clean Air Rules, Threatening Climate Goals
Aerial view of coal power plant high pipes with black smoke moving up polluting atmosphere at … [+] sunrise. getty SCOTUS ruling could set back efforts to fight climate change, affect energy inv...
Here’s The Latest Data On Climate And Food And It’s Not Good
Challenges abound as industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils. As a devastating and historic drought from Illinois to Texas to California grinds on, ...
Marine Animals May Face Mass Extinction Event Within 300 Years Unless Climate Change Is Reversed, Study Finds
Topline Climate change could set up the Earth’s oceans for one of the worst mass extinction events in the planet’s history over the next 300 years, a new study published Thursday estimates, but the ri...
Soaring Gas Prices Could Have Been Mitigated If Energy Sector Plugged Huge Methane Leaks, IEA Says
Topline Methane leaks from the energy sector are much higher than what national governments claim, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, adding the industry could slash emissions of the high...
Flaring Of Gas Falls Off In Permian And Bakken – And Why That’s Good News.
Three oil wells in the Bakken and flaring of natural gas on The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation … [+] near New Town, North Dakota. The Washington Post via Getty Images Gas flaring refers to bur...