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The Daily Climate
- The quick and shameful death of Biden’s biggest policyIt was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
- ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revivalBiden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away.
- Solar energy protects German vineyards from climate changeAs viticulture suffers from the effects of climate change, German researchers are experimenting with technology that fosters growth while also harvesting electricity.
- These pink microbes could help reduce planet-warming methane emissionsMicroscopic organisms are being deployed to capture methane from sources such as farms and landfills, with the potential for reuse as fertilizer and fish food.
- Many fighting climate change worry they are losing the information warShifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.
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- Can the war on coal still be won?Ten years ago, I embedded in the war on coal. I spent a month inside the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign , watching an organization renowned for tree-hugging, grassroots activism use boring legal and economic strategies to shut down coal-fired power plants in red and blue states. In the Politico Magazine article…
- Hundreds of low-income Illinois families are going electric — for freeJean Gay-Robinson said she “cried tears of joy” when utility ComEd switched all the polluting gas-fired equipment in her Chicago home to modern electric versions, at no cost to her. As a retiree on a fixed income, she is relieved that she’ll likely never have to buy another appliance, her energy bills are lower, and…
- Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demandSee more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the week” column . The world is clamoring for more electrons. It’s getting them from solar and wind. Between January and September, the two clean-energy sources grew fast enough to more than offset all new demand worldwide, according to data from energy research firm Ember. …
- Some gas stations are revamping to attract EV drivers with time to killThis story was first published by Grist . Phillip Stafford has been converted. After two years of driving a Tesla, he says there’s no going back to gasoline — the money he saves on fuel alone makes that clear. And since his work as a crisis counselor takes him all over Richmond, Virginia, he charges […]
- Connecticut’s pioneering model for publicly owned, small-scale solarOver the past decade or so, the Connecticut Green Bank, the first green bank in the United States , has taken on an unusual role — that of a “public developer” of solar projects for schools, cities, and low-income housing across the state. “There are all sorts of public institutions that take in public money […]
Recovery Diva
- Practitioner Comments re FEMAThis is a first for this website, but the Diva wants to share the opinions and concerns of a sample of people who have made emergency management a career and find the present situation re FEMA perilous. Readers are invited … Continue reading →
- Not a Good Year for FEMAFrom Grist: FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Internal turmoil and delayed aid expose the agency’s fragility under Trump. “As 2025 draws to a close, the departure of the beleaguered acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, … Continue reading →
- New FEMA Director Has Nasty ReputationFrom Yahoo.com: Trump’s New FEMA Chief Is Known as ‘The Terminator’ For Gutting Agencies “The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Karen Evans, is known within the Trump administration as “The Terminator” for her slash-and-burn style of management, … Continue reading →
- Yet Another Interim FEMA DirectorFrom Roll Call: FEMA to get new interim director ahead of agency review report. Trump has suggested agency should be dismantled, hasn’t nominated permanent director The Federal Emergency Management Agency is set to have another interim director start next week, … Continue reading →
- This Year’s Hurricane Season =?From NBC News: ‘Screwball,’ ‘crazy,’ ‘strange’: As hurricane season ends, researchers note its surprises. Hurricane season officially ends on Nov. 30. In some ways, it fit what researchers expect to see as the climate warms, but in others, it was … Continue reading →


