Tag: severe weather
US sets record for billion-dollar disasters in a single year, with...
“If we want to reduce the damages from severe weather, we need to accelerate progress on both stopping climate change and building resilience.”
As extreme weather events increase, what are the risks to wildlife?
Last year the United States racked up nearly $100 billion in damages from weather and climate disasters. These events are starting to take their toll on wildlife, too.
18 dead, more than 900 rescued as Florence floods the Carolinas
"The storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now."
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California passes first US clothing recycling law: A bold step toward sustainability in fashion
The aim is to combat the growing environmental crisis posed by the fast fashion industry and textile waste, which has increasingly burdened the state’s landfills and ecosystem.
Trump’s false claims about Hurricane Helene response draw fire from NC newspaper and local...
The Charlotte Observer issued a pointed editorial denouncing Trump’s false claims and warning that such disinformation is hampering recovery efforts.
Ocean temperatures 800 times more likely due to climate crisis fuel Hurricane Milton’s explosive...
According to Climate Central, a research organization specializing in climate impacts, the record-breaking sea temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico provided the fuel that allowed Hurricane Milton to intensify at an unprecedented pace.
Blowout erupts in west Texas’s Permian Basin, creating 100-Foot tower of oily water
A 1961 oil and gas well is the suspected source of a geyser eruption in the region where Permian wastewater disposal is causing a flurry of earthquakes.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Biden’s emergency abortion rule appeal, allowing Texas ban to...
This decision came on the first day of the Court’s new term and has significant implications for the legal landscape of reproductive rights across the country.