Resilience
Dry farm fields with mountains in the background

Forecasters predict and prepare for increased drought and wildfire risk after NOAA climate outlook

After a mild winter and dry spring outlook, here is how Oregon is preparing for the potential of its warmest year on record.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com
A dry section of the Great Salt Lake with mountains in the background

Facing a hotter climate and drying Great Salt Lake, some families plan to leave Utah

Some Utahns are leaving the state to get away from the drying Great Salt Lake and dust containing heavy metals from its exposed lakebed.

utahnewsdispatch.com
An aerial view of a railway and green trees with Richmond, VA in the background

Trees take root as Virginia’s frontline defense against urban heat

As temperatures climb, some parts of the commonwealth are heating up faster than others — a result of too few trees and too little shade.

virginiamercury.com
Texas longhorn cattle grazing on sparse pasture with one longhorn prominent in the foreground

Corpus Christi water crisis spurs stampede on South Texas aquifers

Cities, towns, and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster.

insideclimatenews.org
Village of Stowe, Vermont

As Vermont defends its law to make fossil fuel firms pay for climate adaptation, the bill is already coming due

The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy.
insideclimatenews.org
Miami Beach, Florida showing coast as well ad inland waterway.

Florida communities with highest climate change risk face new Tallahassee hurdles

A bill that passed Florida’s Legislature would prevent local governments from capping greenhouse gas emissions.
www.politico.com
Young person winter-skating on backyard rink with hockey stick and puck

Hockey rinks turn to plastic ice as planet warms

Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures.
www.nytimes.com
Firefighter wielding a Pulaski tool silhouetted against inferno

Forest Service shake-up comes as risky wildfire season looms

The Trump administration says moving the Forest Service headquarters to Utah and shutting down 31 research stations will streamline operations and bring leaders west, where the forests are.
insideclimatenews.org
Statue of Liberty against a smoky, smoggy, sky and backdrop

Why reducing air pollution deaths isn’t just about reducing air pollution

Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, for example by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives.

www.theguardian.com
A pile of red and green coffee beans

Brazilian researchers remix coffee varieties to confront climate challenge

Researchers in Brazil are crossbreeding arabica coffee with rare, more resilient species to help the crop survive rising temperatures, drought and disease.

www.reuters.com
NASA photo of planet Earth with North America front and center

Opinion: Trying times: Keeping the faith as environmental gains are lost

For people who came of age in the 1970s, it is especially painful to witness the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of hard-won environmental progress. But as the assaults on clean air and water, endangered species, and more mount, a noted ecologist finds reasons for hope.
e360.yale.edu
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The emotional contradictions of climate messaging

Two new analyses of media and social posts reveal some unexpected twists — climate advocates warn of crisis while offering optimism, and skeptics lean on "science."

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
A small rooftop solar panel on a tiled roof

Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps, and EVs

The war on Iran has become a catalyst for green technology, as Europeans scramble to find less volatile alternatives to oil and gas.
www.euronews.com
A row of wind turbines against a blue sky

Texas saw a $50 billion future in renewables. Then the political winds shifted

Clean energy brought income to ranchers and to counties buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Federal policy changes threaten that momentum.
grist.org
Two fishermen deploying nets from a small boat

In New England, catching climate data along with fish

Commercial vessels are deploying high-tech sensors to map a shifting sea, providing critical data for scientists and some help for the industry.
www.nytimes.com
A prison wall with barbed wire and guard towers

Federal trial over insufficient air conditioning in Texas prisons starts

The plaintiffs are asking for the entire Texas prison system to be air-conditioned by the end of 2029 in a trial that is expected to last two weeks.
www.texastribune.org
Gold-colored FEMA sign on building adjacent to Department of Homeland Security logo

FEMA skips National Hurricane Conference amid DHS shutdown

The conference is one of the largest aimed at preparing for hurricane season, which begins June 1. A task force report on potential reforms to the agency also remains on hold.
insideclimatenews.org
Snow-covered fossil fuel pipeline leading to a refinery.

How to build a pipeline in Canada’s frozen, shifting North

An oil crisis and shifting permafrost: they’re challenges now, and they were challenges in 1947, when the first pipeline was built across the Canadian North.

thenarwhal.ca
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