Blog
To help you maintain some optimism about the future of our planet, I invite you to stop by here for a bite-sized piece of good news on climate change.
Fossil Fuel Companies to Pay
Vermont has enacted a statute to require fossil fuel companies to pay the cost of recovery from the impacts of climate change and the cost of mitigating future impacts.
Clean Cooking in Africa
$2.2 billion has been pledged to improve access in Africa to clean cooking equipment and fuels.
Nature-Based Climate Solutions
California has established 81 targets utilizing nature-based solutions across the state to address climate change.
Removing More Carbon Dioxide
A Swiss start-up, Climeworks, has begun operations at the world’s largest direct air capture facility, which it is building in Iceland.
Proposed Reductions in Coal Mining
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has proposed making BLM-managed coal resources in the Powder River Basin unavailable for future leasing.
Progress on the Power Grid
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a new transmission rule, which aims to meet the country's growing demand for electricity in part and for the first time through long-term transmission planning.