While men and women spend roughly the same amount of money each year, men’s personal consumer choices create 16 percent more greenhouse gas emissions compared to those of women, according to a new study. Analyzing the spending habits of single men and women, researchers in Sweden set out to answer […]
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How climate change is destroying delicate beauty of dragonflies
The climate crisis is changing the appearance of male dragonflies – and how they find their mates, according to a new study. Typically, male dragonflies have ornamental black patterns on their wings to attract mates and intimidate rivals. America is changing faster than ever! Add Changing America to your Facebook […]
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Britain could become ‘inhospitable’ to native species if climate change goals missed
Mountain hares, which live in the Highlands of Scotland, are also adapted to Britain’s seasons, moulting their usual brown coats in October for white fur designed to blend in with the usual snowy environment. But annual snow cover in the Highlands has declined by 37 days on average between 1960 […]
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Nurture Our Mother Mural to Represent Earth Day Theme of Climate Leadership |
Artists Adriana Arriaga and Claudia Borfiga were selected to paint Earth Day Festival mural. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara-based artists Adriana Arriaga and Claudia Borfiga named to paint community mural inspired by climate leadership. The two were selected from an online Call For Entries to paint the 2021 Earth Day Mural. […]
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5 Things To Watch For At Biden’s Big Earth Day Climate Summit
Consider it President Joe Biden’s climate debutante ball. The White House will convene a two-day summit this Thursday and Friday in which it will unveil its new emissions-cutting goal to world leaders, in a bid to restore America’s reputation in the polite society of global carbon negotiations. The virtual conference […]
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Overnight Energy: Treasury creates hub to fight climate change through finance | Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez introduce ‘Green New Deal for Public Housing’ |
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Dakota Access pipeline to remain in operation despite calls for shutdown | Biden hopes to boost climate spending by $14B | White House budget proposes $1.4B for environmental justice
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: White House pulls deputy Interior secretary amid reported pushback | Fed to form committee focused on climate risks to financial system | Democratic senators call on Biden to sanction Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Obama NOAA leader joins Biden White House in climate role | Study: Climate change could reduce more than 60 countries’ credit ratings | NASA climate official says agency has ‘renewed emphasis’ on practical science applications
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Haaland courts moderates during tense confirmation hearing | GOP’s Westerman looks to take on Democrats on climate change | White House urges passage of House public lands package
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: US officially rejoins Paris climate agreement | Biden Energy Dept orders sweeping review of Trump energy rules | Texas power grid was ‘seconds and minutes’ from total failure, officials say
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Five things to know about Texas’s strained electric grid | Biden honeymoon with green groups faces tests | Electric vehicles are poised to aid Biden in climate fight
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Biden’s efforts on climate is a start but what about including biodiversity?
After moving backwards for four years on all things related to the environment under the Trump administration, the Biden administration has put forward an ambitious plan to protect 30 percent of federal lands and water by 2030 as part of its broader climate initiative. This places the U.S. back into a […]
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China Teaches Kids Its Own Version of the Climate Change Story
For most of her young life, nine-year-old Gao Ximan dreamed of becoming a policewoman. But after attending an eight-week online workshop about climate change this summer, she decided being a conservationist was a more important ambition. “Siberian tigers and snow leopards are so cute, but they are dying out,” said […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden signs series of orders to tackle climate change | Republicans press Granholm on fossil fuels during confirmation hearing
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Biden to sign series of orders to tackle climate change
President Biden will sign three executive actions on Wednesday aimed at addressing the climate crisis, kicking off the process of meeting U.S. obligations under the Paris agreement while directing the government to purchase electric vehicles and pause new oil and gas leases on public lands. The sweeping package of executive […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Court upholds ruling invalidating Dakota Access, but doesn’t shut down pipeline | Schumer calls for Biden to declare climate emergency | Biden seeks to bolster consultation with Indian Country
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Kerry aims to talk US back into a lead role in climate fight
From a wood-paneled library in his Boston mansion, new climate envoy John Kerry is talking the U.S. back into a leading role in global climate action, making clear the nation isn’t just revving up its own efforts to reduce oil, gas and coal pollution but that it intends to push […]
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Biden faces tough climate balancing act in California desert
The Trump administration left President Biden a dilemma in the California desert: a plan to remove protections from millions of acres of public lands and open vast areas to solar and wind farms. Biden’s team could easily block the proposed changes, which were slammed by conservationists as a last-gasp effort […]