Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects
By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune Nov. 6, 2023 “Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects” was first…
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Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas
By Martha Pskowski and Peter Aldhous, Inside Climate News Oct. 31, 2023 “Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas” was…
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Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were…
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New Mexico attorney general accuses landowners of preventing public access to the Pecos River
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor is going after landowners who he says are illegally…
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Navajo sheep herding at risk from climate change. Some young people push to maintain the tradition
By MELINA WALLING and JOHN LOCHER Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Whenever Amy Begaye’s extended family butchered a sheep, she was…
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Birds nesting in agricultural lands more vulnerable to extreme heat, study finds
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Birds nesting in agricultural settings were significantly less likely to successfully raise their young during…
Continue ReadingHurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy…
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How climate change is fueling alcohol-related hospitalizations
Grist dives into a new study from New York that found that hospital visits from alcohol-related disorders spike along with…
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US oil production hits all-time high, conflicting with efforts to cut heat-trapping pollution
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer United States domestic oil production has hit an all-time high last week, contrasting with efforts to slice…
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of…
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In the Amazon, millions breathe hazardous air as drought and wildfires spread through the rainforest
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Smoke from forest fires covered large swaths of the Brazilian Amazon as the region…
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White House poised to announce winners of competition to produce hydrogen fuel
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The White House is poised to announce the winners of a $7 billion federal competition to…
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Hawaii’s ‘overtourism’ becomes growing debate as West Maui reopens for visitors
West Maui began reopening Sunday to visitors just two months after a wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina. The reopening did not…
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Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million…
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Texas drought has deepened amid this year’s brutal heat
By Kevin Vu, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2023 “Texas drought has deepened amid this year’s brutal heat” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a…
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Texas awards El Paso ISD $800,000 to reduce carbon footprint
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Independent School District is receiving an $800,000 grant to reduce its carbon footprint. The money comes from…
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Montana Vista residents evacuate after massive fire in Far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Residents living in the Montana Vista area have been asked to evacuate after a massive fire at a recycling plant fills their…
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Massive fire burning in Far East El Paso, smoke seen from miles around, residents evacuated
Update: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says residents near the fire are now being evacuated. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Emergency crews are…
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano alert level is downgraded after latest eruption
HONOLULU (AP) — The alert level on Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, was downgraded Monday with no infrastructure threatened…
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Texas just recorded its second hottest summer on record
By Erin Douglas and Yuriko Schumacher, The Texas Tribune Sept. 7, 2023 “Texas just recorded its second hottest summer on record” was first published…
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Lawyers claim cable TV and phone companies are also responsible in Maui fires
HONOLULU (AP) — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the…
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Texas commission ordering El Paso Water to pay $2 million for 2021 wastewater spill
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water is being fined more than $2 million for a wastewater spill in 2021. The Texas Commission on Environmental…
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Hawaiian Electric says power lines started morning fire on August 8, but not afternoon Lahaina Fire
(CNN) — Hawaiian Electric Company said that power lines falling in high winds seem to have caused a fire during the early morning of August 8,…
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Drought conditions in Hudspeth County force ranchers to sell cattle
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas (KVIA) — Ranchers in Hudspeth County say that while the Borderland has seen small relief from recent rains, this year’s lack…
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Drought reveals WWI shipwreck at the bottom of Texas river
(CNN) — A hidden shipwreck from world war one has been revealed at the bottom of a Texas river thanks to low rainfall and a summer heat wave. The…
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California, Texas lead the nation for most disaster-prone states. Here's how the top 10 states compare.
To identify the most disaster-prone states in the country, MoneyGeek analyzed 20 years of disaster declarations data from the Federal Emergency…
Continue Reading Climate change may force more farmers and ranchers to consider irrigation — at a steep cost
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem…
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El Paso volunteer heads to Hawaii to aid in wildfire relief operations
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoan and Red Cross volunteer Humberto “Beto” Flores gets ready to head to Hawaii in the coming weeks to help with…
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A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links…
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California aims to introduce more anglers to native warm-water tolerant sunfish as planet heats up
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s only native sunfish, Sacramento perch, was once so abundant it was a regular…
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