climate change

City Council

Philly climate goals: 3 takeaways from CIty Council hearing | #citycouncil

But these efforts to reduce emissions amount to “low-hanging fruit,” said Schapira, with the Philadelphia Energy Authority. She said the investments to date have largely been for changes that will pay for themselves in energy savings. “It’s things that can be budget-neutral,” she said. “We haven’t reorganized how we do things. We haven’t asked for […]

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Alaska

The culling of Alaska’s bears and wolves | #alaska | #politics

This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here by permission. As spring arrived in southwestern Alaska, a handful of people from the state Department of Fish and Game rose early and climbed into small airplanes. Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of electric green growth emerged from a blanket of snow. Their […]

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Alaska

Biden cancels last oil, gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska —  In a move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge last week, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The Interior Department’s […]

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Mayor

What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars – POLITICO

It looked like group therapy. One late summer day, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, sat with a group of faith leaders and clean-air campaigners in a small circle in the near-empty hall of a suburban church. The moment was meant to be one of celebration, for Khan and for London. He was marking the […]

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Alaska

For visiting U.S. House members, Denali is a showcase of globally significant climate change | #alaska | #politics

In Denali National Park and Preserve, effects of climate change are wide-ranging and dramatic. There are landslides being triggered by warming temperatures and thaw, glaciers shrinking, plants expanding their territory upslope, shifting populations of animals from insects to large mammals, struggling salmon runs in the Yukon River basin that pass through the park area – […]

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City Council

Des Moines City Council weighs climate action plan | #citycouncil

The Des Moines City Council met Monday with ADAPT DSM to discuss plans to combat climate change. Extreme temperatures, drought and flooding have urged the council to create a climate action plan. The goals include having 100% carbon-free electricity citywide by 2035 and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, among others. ADAPT DSM was created […]

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Alaska

Red Alert for America’s Wild Arctic Fishery in Alaska | #alaska | #politics

Alaska’s obsession with fish began to dawn on me before I even got there. On a flight to Fairbanks some months back, I sat by chance next to Clinton Cook, a tribal president from Craig, a village in the state’s panhandle. A lively, friendly character, his conversation ranged across land sovereignty, logging and propane logistics. […]

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Alaska

Climate group will spend $80 million to tout Biden’s environmental record | #alaska | #politics

CNN  —  Advocacy group Climate Power is committing $80 million in advertising to call attention to President Joe Biden’s climate and environment agenda ahead of the 2024 election, the group announced Monday. The ad campaign broadly aims to inform voters about the president’s wide-ranging climate and clean energy agenda. As he took office, Biden set […]

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Mayor

ULEZ Is ‘Best Two-For-One Offer’ Ever, Says London Mayor Sadiq Khan

London’s low-emissions zone is the “best two-for-one offer” ever according to the city’s mayor Sadiq Khan, who has pushed ahead with the policy despite fierce opposition from drivers and political dissent in his own party. Khan said air pollution was “an invisible killer,” during a session at the Concordia Annual Summit in New York, arguing […]

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Alaska

Drilling for Oil in Alaska, as World Scrambles for Arctic Riches | #alaska | #politics

There’s an ocean of oil and gas frozen in place beneath the Arctic. The cascading impact of climate change would argue for leaving it there. Yet the melting of the High North’s icy barriers also feeds the ambitions of nations near and far to exploit it. Countless headlines herald a new scramble for the Arctic’s […]

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