Climate change is rewriting the rules for wildfires and other natural hazards. Just after 11 a.m. on Dec. 30, sheriff’s deputies and fire crews headed …
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Why it is always disaster season now
The Rules Are Being Rewritten
One study has found that climate change helped western U.S. fire seasons grow by 78 days, or 64 percent, since the 1970s. But even that is now wildly out of date; the study is from 2006, and nearly every year since then ranks among the top 15 hottest years on record.
There may be no going back
Even temporarily exceeding key temperature thresholds could cause irreversible damage. When it comes to climate change, the journey matters as much as …
And The Options Are Limited
A looming Supreme Court case and a legislative minefield have narrowed the possibilities for one of the administration’s biggest agenda …
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The war has caused an energy shock, demonstrating how geopolitics can change the economics of gas and oil. If war can upend the economics of your …
Fusion power is likely still decades away, while its funders — and the climate crisis — demand a much quicker return. The CEO of a nuclear fusion …
A visualization showing how to decarbonize the planet Grid News
The dirtiest power source reared its head in 2021. Rumors of coal’s death have been greatly exaggerated. As evidence placing 2021 among the hottest …
