climate
Ambitious Earth Day target: Biden announces 50% emissions cut
April 22, 2021“It’s a massive investment in people and recognition that climate change is about human beings,” according to White House climate advisor Gina McCarthy.
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New satellite network to locate and monitor methane super-emitters
April 16, 2021Between 2016 and 2018, using airplane-based instruments, scientists found 600 "super-emitters" were to blame for more than one-third of the state's methane pollution.
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Court deals final blow to Trump era plan to drill in the Atlantic
April 15, 2021"We call on President Biden to keep his promise: a full and complete ban on fracking and fossil fuel extraction on public lands. Full stop."
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Four gray whales wash up dead near San Francisco
April 13, 2021More whales than usual have been washing up dead since 2019.
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AOC: U.S. infrastructure, climate, health crises deserve $10 trillion investment
April 1, 2021While President Joe Biden's roughly $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal is a welcome start, some believe the final package must be far more ambitious.
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