El Paso Heat Deaths Hit Record
El Paso sits on the far west corner of Texas, across the border from Mexico. The city has 890,000…
AI Drive Means Comeback For Coal
Coal has been on its way out as a major source of US electricity for years. In 2022, 513…
Category 4 Erin To Miss US Completely
Hurricane Erin blew up from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in two days. It demonstrates the…
Turning Off Light bulbs Won’t Save The Planet
A new study from Oxford Academy titled “Climate action literacy interventions increase commitments to more effective mitigation behaviors,” found…
World’s Plastics Problem Sickens More Humans
About 400 tons of plastic waste is produced each year. There is a large body of data that is…
EV Insurance Is 50% More Than Gas-Powered Cars
EV car insurance is higher than gas-powered car insurance. They require an average of 3.04 hours to repair. The…
Vermont Town Ruined By Flood
Plainfield, Vermont, doesn’t belong on a map anymore. As Inside Climate News points out, it has been nearly obliterated…
Temperatures Hit Highest Level Since 1850
The State of the Climate 2024 has been published. The American Meteorological Society puts it out. Much of what…
“Intense And Scary” Environment Future
The Australian government has an unpublished document that it might want to keep unpublished. It models future environmental effects…
Amazon, Google, And Meta Take Over Electricity
All the large tech companies were going to be green by 2040. They would build their own solar and…
110 Degree Heat Causes 400 Deaths in Phoenix
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health forecasts 400 people will die of heat-related illnesses this year. The county’s…
Wind Turbines Kill 600,000 Birds
Some people say it is a small price to pay for access to one of the world’s most important…
Gas Prices Fall As Electricity Price Surges
A look at energy prices over the last two years shows that the price of gasoline has fallen sharply…
EV Sales Soar
EV sales jumped in July, according to Cox Automotive. The primary reason was lower prices and higher incentives. Much…
Can Google Drop Florida’s Hurricane Risk?
As the National Weather Service gets staggered by cuts at its parent NOAA, some of its offices are not…
New York’s Concrete Jungle Contains Dangerous Heat
In New York City, it has been called the “Concrete Jungle” for years. It refers to the tall buildings,…
Used Tesla Prices Drop 12%
According to iSeeCars, the prices of used Model Y, Model X, and Model S Teslas dropped over 12% in…
No One Is Regulating Wildfires
One of the primary problems with wildfires is that, without regulation, there is no reason to think that the…
AI Model Training Needs Additional Record Levels Of Electricity
Leaving aside the direct use of AI by consumers and businesses and there is another aspect of its growth…
Extreme Heat Sends Kids To Hospitals
A new study of Dallas hospitals shows that children are coming to emergency rooms more often because of extreme…
$400 Billion To Protect American Cities From Oceans
Depending on the source, sometime between 20240 and 2060, global sea levels will be so high that part of…