Tag: Climate change
2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: Above Normal With 13-19 Named Storms
Alright, so get this: Hurricane Helene is doing a number on the U.S. East Coast as of Sept.26, 2024. And who’s the star of the show in capturing this intense moment? None other than...
Triumph and Tragedy in Fight for Water Rights: PBS Documentary Coverage
Water For Life kicked off its journey when filmmaker Will Parrinello and his crew tagged along with environmental activist Francisco Pineda over 14 years ago. Pineda, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, was...
El Paso Dust Storms Surge: Climate Impact and Comparison to Dust Bowl
Alright, so on a random Tuesday in May, this dude Thomas Gill, who studies earth stuff, was keeping an eye on a bunch of dust cruising through El Paso. He's a teacher at the...
Record High Forest Loss Due to Climate-Fuelled Fires
Forest destruction, like, totally went through the roof in 2024, breaking all the records, you know? The effects of climate change just supercharged those human-made fires in some of the most crucial carbon stores...
Protecting Human Rights vs. Defending Nature: Which is Riskier?
Alright, so picture this: one chilly evening in January 2023, Indigenous leader Antonio Díaz Valencia and human rights lawyer Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca decided to pull a vanishing act. Yep, they straight up disappeared...
Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Global Ecosystems
So, like, I stumbled upon this post about climate change and weather, right? And I gotta say, it was kind of a wild ride. The author was talking about this super long book they...
Former ReBuild NC Boss’ Disaster Relief Subcontractor Targeted by NC Fires
So, like, last week, the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management decided to give the boot to a subcontractor called PathBuilt. This company was actually founded by some big shots at ReBuild NC, a...
The Environmental Stance of Pope Leo XIV: A Closer Look – Inside Climate News
New Pope, New Planet-Care Era?So, like, the new pope, Leo XIV, formerly known as Robert Prevost, could totally be the game-changer the Catholic Church needs for the environment. He used to be a...
Coal Plants Granted 2-Year Reprieve by Trump Administration: Environmental Concerns Rise
Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that digs into the powers holding back climate action, first reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told nearly 200 remaining coal-fired power plants to step up their game by...
Electrification: A Key Strategy for Achieving Net-Zero Goals
Standing inside a purpose-built laboratory at the University of Salford is a red-brick terraced house, Energy House 1, located on Joule Terrace in the northern English city of Manchester. At first glance, it looks...
