Climate research struggles to find funding
Climate research is the poor relation of the academic world. Since 1990 it’s won less than 5% of the research funds available. The post Climate...Timber buildings can help to slow global heating
Tomorrow’s town planners could take a leaf from nature’s book with timber buildings. More than a leaf: the whole tree and all the cuttings as...
Illinois governor wants clean energy legislation, could push state out of PJM power grid
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker called on the state legislature to pass clean energy legislation in his State of the State address, providing a boost to...
Beyond Carbon
Check if your state, territory, or district is working on climate and clean energy policies, including 100% clean energy laws, carbon pollution reduction targets, and...
Maryland’s governor joins coalition focused on flooding, sea level rise
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has joined the American Flood Coalition, a nonpartisan group focused on the threat from sea level rise and flooding.
Floodplain Regulations Technical Guidance Document
The responsibility for reducing flood losses is shared by all units of government—local, state and federal—and the private sector. In order to fulfill this responsibility,...Q: What is geo engineering — and why should you care?
A: Traditionally, geoengineering has encompassed two very different things: sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky so the atmosphere will trap less heat, and reflecting more...