OJAI, CA – A massive column of smoke from the nearby Madre Fire looms over this small valley town, serving as a constant reminder to residents that their lives are once again dictated by wind speed and containment lines.
FACTRAGE – In less than two weeks, the world’s leading climate scientists will issue a focused and urgent assessment on “tipping points,” critical thresholds that could lock the planet into irreversible and self-perpetuating change.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was signed into law following a contentious, party-line vote in the U.S. Senate, enacting major changes to federal climate, healthcare, and tax policy.
NATIONWIDE – As summer heat waves intensify across the country, they are exposing a critical, often invisible, vulnerability in American cities: the legacy of their own design. The way cities were built, whether a century ago or in the last decade, is now determining who is most at risk when temperatures soar, revealing how decisions […]
NATIONWIDE – The National Weather Service (NWS), an agency operating under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has begun the process of hiring over 100 new employees to stabilize its operations after facing nearly 600 job cuts through layoffs and retirements earlier this year.
NATIONWIDE – Wildfires burning across central and western Canada have led to mass evacuations and prompted air quality alerts extending across large portions of the United States. Thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes as provinces declare states of emergency amidst intense blazes.
BLATTEN, SWITZERLAND – A massive section of a glacier collapsed in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, unleashing a torrent of ice, rock, and mud that buried nearly all of the evacuated village of Blatten. The incident, described as one of Switzerland’s largest recorded mass movements, has left one person missing and the community reeling from extensive […]
USA – A concerning new report from the American Lung Association (ALA) reveals a significant deterioration in air quality across the United States, leaving millions vulnerable to dangerous pollutants. The annual “State of the Air” report, highlighted in articles by The Guardian, The New York Times, and Fox Atlanta, paints a grim picture of rising […]
