It’s been the third wettest July ever recorded, and the month is only half over
June broke records because it was so hot. So far July has been cool and unusually wet, something that comes as no surprise to Massachusetts...
Baby birds flee the nest to escape record heat wave in Oregon
In a failed attempt to escape a record-breaking heat wave in late June in Pendleton, Oregon, more than 100 baby birds bailed from their nests....
California wildfires outpacing 2020, the worst on record – Los Angeles Times
California is off to another record-breaking year of wildfires as the state enters its most dangerous months, with extreme heat and dry terrain creating the...
Death Valley had planet’s hottest 24 hours on record Sunday amid punishing heat wave
The astonishingly hot temperatures occurred amid a punishing heat wave in the West, focused between interior Oregon, Central Valley in California and southern Nevada. Intensified...
Another ‘red tide’ left 15 tons of dead fish on Tampa Bay’s shore, and experts warn of more destruction
The dead fish have been washing up on the shores of Tampa Bay in West Central Florida since at least early June, thanks to a...
Governing New York City
It would be terrific if the next mayor leveled with us and recruited all New Yorkers to be part of a real effort at community...
More Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels: The Fight Over Energy’s Future
The president and energy companies want new transmission lines to carry electricity from solar and wind farms. Some environmentalists and homeowners are pushing for smaller,...
Biden’s clean energy plan would cut emissions and save 317,000 lives
A Biden administration plan to force the rapid uptake of renewable energy would swiftly cut planet-heating emissions and save hundreds of thousands of lives from...