Feb 28 Feds won’t allow Oregon dams to be removed to aid salmon recovery By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press A federal report said such removing the dams would destabilize the power grid, increase overall greenhouse emissions and more than double the risk of regional power outages. Continue reading
Feb 27 UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Heathrow Airport's plans to increase its capacity by over 50% were stalled when a British court said the government failed to consider the impact on climate change when it approved the project. Continue reading
Feb 25 JPMorgan cuts back lending to coal companies and Arctic drillers By Ken Sweet, Associated Press The bank will only lend to power companies to build coal power plants when the design includes carbon capture technology and will not finance new projects involving oil and gas development in the Arctic. Continue reading
Feb 20 Fracking debate causes tremors in battleground Pennsylvania By Marc Levy, Associated Press The notion of banning fracking is dividing the Democrats running for president and increasingly dividing Democrats in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 9:08 A risky expedition to study the ‘doomsday glacier’ By Miles O'Brien The Thwaites Glacier is the largest, most menacing source of rising sea levels all over the world, and it is melting at an alarming rate. For years, scientists have warily watched it from afar, but in November, a team set… Continue watching
Feb 13 South Africa seeks more renewable energy amid power cuts By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South Africans have been outraged by rolling power cuts in the current mid-summer that also have worried investors. Continue reading
Feb 13 Last month was hottest January on record, U.S. scientists say By Associated Press The global average land and ocean surface temperature in January was 2.05 degrees F above the average January temperatures for the 20th century, due to the changing climate. Continue reading
Feb 12 How the next generation of nuclear reactors could be smaller, greener and safer By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Small modular reactors, or SMRs, are part of a new generation of advanced nuclear technology that could potentially play a role in increasing the United States' supply of carbon-neutral energy. But these reactors have yet to be approved by the… Continue reading
Feb 11 Africa shouldn’t need to beg for climate aid, says bank president By Elias Meseret, Associated Press Parts of Africa are warming at a faster pace than elsewhere, and climate experts have said warming Indian Ocean waters have contributed to more powerful cyclones and the worst locust outbreak in decades in East Africa. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 6:27 Climate change, development batter Mississippi Delta oysters By Josh Landis, Nexus Media Record flooding, human-made channels and environmental disasters have exacerbated the already harsh effects of climate change in Louisiana's Mississippi Delta, impacting the region's coastal wildlife and seafood supplies. Special correspondent Joshua Landis reports on how local oyster farmers are coping… Continue watching