Category: Climate Action & Science

More than half a century after one of Montana’s most destructive mining disasters poisoned the upper Blackfoot River, a new gold exploration project near the river’s headwaters is sparking concerns about whether its decades…

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RICHARDSON, Texas—Jonathan Pace first noticed the noise. But it wasn’t until he bought a Bluetooth-based drone tracker that what seemed like a neighborhood nuisance became something he could measure: how often Amazon drones flew…

The board of the UN’s flagship climate fund has agreed to allowed management to invest more of its money in projects in developing nations and keep less in reserve The post Billions unlocked as…

Bavi is expected to pass through the U. S. Source: Yale Climate Connections.

Among the sponsors of Freedom 250, the organization created by President Donald Trump to plan the celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial, is a Florida mining company with a regulatory issue pending before the Trump…

California Resources Corporation, the state’s largest oil company, passed a long-targeted milestone in May: It had finally taken carbon dioxide that would otherwise warm the atmosphere and injected it deep underneath its own oil…

Drought-resistant grass and drainage pipes ensure games can keep going even in times of drought or heavy rain. The post How a Maryland soccer complex became more climate-resilient appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Seeking to sow unity amid a pending heat crisis, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaped a whirlwind of right-wing rage. Mamdani’s post on X on Wednesday urged New Yorkers to turn their thermostats to…

Even though the global lender has ditched a headline goal for its financing with climate benefits, it has decided to continue its climate action plan in the face of US pressure The post World…

Bavi is expected to undergo rapid intensification before bringing super typhoon conditions to the U. S. Source: Yale Climate Connections.

Data center developers in Pennsylvania plan to rely on at least seven new natural gas-fired power plants that would emit climate-warming gases equal to adding 14 million cars on the road every year, according…