OpinionWant to measure climate change? Head to your backyard. Tove Danovich is a writer in Portland, Ore., and the author of “Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them.” Yan Wu is a Post Opinion graphics reporter. This spring, half the country will be able to consider growing…
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1 in 4 Americans today breathes unhealthy air because of climate change. And it’s getting worse.
1 in 4 Americans today breathes unhealthy air because of climate change. And it’s getting worse. Much of the U.S. Northeast was smothered last summer by dense smoke from Canadian wildfires, leading to New York City’s worst air quality since the 1960s. Such episodes, once mostly isolated incidents, are increasingly common due to the impact…
FEMA announces $3 billion for building climate change resilience: ‘Key pillar of Bidenomics’
The Biden administration recently announced nearly $3 billion for communities nationwide to “build resilience to climate change and extreme weather events,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported. A Monday press release from FEMA revealed that the funding will come from the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress last year. The agency noted that…
Judge sides with young environmental activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana | PBS NewsHour
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate. The ruling in the first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of…
Congressional Democrats have a new plan to combat plastic pollution
As international negotiators began hammering out the details of a global plastics treaty last week, legislators in the United States were busy unveiling a domestic policy to address the plastic pollution crisis. A new bill introduced by four congressional Democrats on Thursday takes aim at plastic manufacturers in an attempt to reduce the country’s reliance…
Federal Register :: Gas Transmission Northwest LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed GTN Xpress Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the GTN XPress Project (Project), proposed by Gas Transmission Northwest LLC (GTN) in the above-referenced docket. GTN proposes to modify existing compressor stations in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. This Project would increase the capacity of…
‘Your days of pollution are over’: California legalizes human composting
Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 351 into law on September 18, enabling Californians to turn human beings into plant food. What previously would have constituted improper disposal of human remains under the law and qualified as a crime, will soon be a permissible practice for approved and regulated “reduction chamber manufacturers.” Human composting is…
