Proposed NOAA Budget Cuts Would Jeopardize Essential Tools
Experts say that cutting back on satellite programs is a bad idea. By Bob Berwyn Warm ocean temperatures,…
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Austria Is Making Electric Cars More Affordable Than Ever
A new Austrian public-private partnership is expected to create jobs and spur economic growth — offering a powerful example for…
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The White House Is Divided Over the Paris Agreement
President Donald Trump’s advisors are clashing over whether or not the United States should pull out of the…
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke Confirmed as Secretary of the Interior
Ryan Zinke, a former Navy SEAL in the middle of his second term as Montana’s sole congressman, was…
Trump Orders EPA to Repeal Obama-Era Rule Protecting Waterways
As expected, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the head of the Environmental Protection…
Humans Are Igniting the Vast Majority of Wildfires in the U.S.
And as climate change leaves vast swaths of the country warmer and more arid, human-created blazes will only…
Geoengineering: A Dangerous Tool or Climate Control of the Future?
Despite use by at least 52 countries around the world, both the National Academy of Sciences and the…
The Southeast Has an Energy Problem, and Minorities Are Hit the Hardest
Energy poverty has become so severe in the Southeast that many households pay 600 percent more of their annual income on energy than the national average. In Memphis, the community is banding together to fight back.
Small Changes That Add Up: How Trump’s Team Rewrote the Department of Energy Website for Kids
Effort meant to inform younger generations about energy and the environment sees sentences reworked and pie charts eliminated.…