Tag: United States
Free house calls help Californian residents save money on their utility bills » Yale Climate Connections
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An organization in California is preparing young people for careers in clean energy. And in the process, these young people help their neighbors save...
Art installation amplifies hundreds of voices on climate change » Yale Climate Connections
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At an art installation at Rice University in Houston, Texas, visitors walk into a large corridor. Light ripples around them. And the sounds of...
Trump Sanctions More ICC Officials
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at expanding U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s rare trip to...
What can state governments do about climate change? » Yale Climate Connections
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The Trump administration is rolling back policies and programs designed to reduce climate-warming pollution and protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of climate change....
She lost her Louisiana home to disaster. Now she’s fighting oil and gas companies. » Yale Climate Connections
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After back-to-back hurricanes hit southwest Louisiana in 2020, Roishetta Sibley Ozane and her six children were left homeless.
Ozane: “I didn’t have any money...
Motorcycle diplomacy: Putin gifts $22k Ural bike to Alaska man who went viral for his Russian wheels
An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of last week’s high stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian...
Strengthening Hurricane Erin on course to recurve out to sea » Yale Climate Connections
Tropical storm warnings are flying for portions of the North Carolina and Virginia coast as sprawling Hurricane Erin chugs northward for a close pass...
Nearly a year after Helene, Appalachian communities are still recovering » Yale Climate Connections
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After Hurricane Helene caused devastation across the southern Appalachian Mountains last fall, Valentine Reilly of Boone, North Carolina, sprang into action.
Reilly: “I found...
Orphan wells leave toxic legacy across Pennsylvania » Yale Climate Connections
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Since Edwin Drake struck oil in Pennsylvania in 1859, hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells have been drilled in the state.
Many are...
Extraordinary Erin expands its reach over the northwest Atlantic » Yale Climate Connections
On its third day since rocketing to Category 5 strength, Hurricane Erin continued to churn across the northwest Atlantic on Monday, maintaining Cat 4...
