Climate Change

"The industry-backed measure to protect fossil gas looks to have received enough signatures to appear on the ballot in November."

"A fairly controlled fire grew to a 10,000-hectare inferno over the course of a day, causing 9,600 residents of an eastern Canadian community to flee and putting a nearby community on evacuation alert."

"Almost a dozen U.S. auto factories will collectively receive $1.7 billion from the Biden administration to retool themselves to make electric vehicles."

"The Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate organization that helped elect President Biden, is now calling on him to quit the race for the White House."

"Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules — moves that would restrict the government’s ability to combat climate change and pollution."

"Another county in Southern California has confirmed finding mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus."

"Michael, a resident of Richmond’s Southside who declined to share his last name, sat on Forest Hill Avenue waiting for a bus Tuesday just before 2 p.m., when a car thermometer recorded the temperature at 94 degrees."

"Some forest carbon offsets sold by the biggest offsetting company in the United States offer little or no benefit to the climate, a satellite analysis has found."

"Since December, Nike has lost about 30% of employees who worked primarily on sustainability initiatives, due to layoffs, voluntary departures or transfers to other duties. Already, the company was missing its targets for reducing emissions."