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 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 | Aug 8, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
VP Harris spoke on Monday, calling climate change an “immediate” and “urgent” crisis. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Florida International University to announce a series of grants being created to help states and communities better deal with climate-related...
by Beth Holmes | May 30, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Information, Sustainability
A 24 year sentence has been given to the man who started the Dolan fire in Big Sur in 2020, which destroyed 125,000 acres and killed 12 endangered condors. The Dolan fire began on an illegal cannabis farm in Monterey County on August 18, only a mile south of the Big...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The megadrought in the American West is the worst in at least 1200 years, according to a recent study by UCLA researchers, and human-led climate change is a key part of it. Park Williams, a climate hydrologist at UCLA, has been studying the history of soil hydration...
