by Beth Holmes | May 8, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Eastern Africa’s drought is largely the product of human-driven climate change, according to an international team of climate scientists. World Weather Attribution is a team of climate researchers and scientists from seven nations, working together to quickly...
by Beth Holmes | May 1, 2023 | Business, Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Oil company appeals are being turned away by the Supreme Court, allowing lawsuits to proceed against energy companies that may be contributing to climate change. Five cases are involved, of lawsuits brought by cities and municipalities in Colorado, Maryland,...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 24, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Cloud seeding is becoming big business in drought-stricken areas like the Rockies, despite dubious research. Cloud seeding as it’s practiced today works like this. Seeders, either tower-mounted or by airplane, shoot silver iodide into clouds. The particulates...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 10, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Salinity in groundwater is a rising concern in coastal India, threatening the drinking water for hundreds of thousands. Kochi is a city of about 600,000 in the Chellanam area of India, on the southwestern coast against the Arabian Sea. Much of the water that provides...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 3, 2023 | Resources, Sustainability
Flooding fields to restore groundwater is a new tactic farmers are using, trying to hold onto the unusual amount of rain California got this year. While it’s hard to believe, the intense rain and flooding that California has seen the past few months...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 20, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Green Energy, Sustainability
Decarbonization projects are getting $6 billion in federal funding as the Biden Administration offers grants to pollution-heavy industries. On Wednesday, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the creation of the Industrial Demonstrations Program, a grant program...
