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A new U.N. water report warns the world is headed toward a global water crisis if human-caused climate change and population growth aren't addressed.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C.—led by New York and Massachusetts—filed a lawsuit today in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s presidential memorandum that attempted to block new wind energy projects.
The following is a statement from Kit Kennedy, managing director for power at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):
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Staff and budget cuts at local offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are degrading weather forecasts and adding chaos to New England's commercial fisheries. Proposed additional cuts could throw fisheries, scientific research and weather forecasting into further disarray, threatening lives and livelihoods throughout the region.
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Elizabeth Kolbert on the Trump Administration’s attempt to end Energy Star and other proposed rollbacks of climate policies.
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Hamas and the United States announced an agreement today that will lead to the freeing of Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, a dual American citizen, ahead of President Donald Trump’s trip to the region.
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APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA)— More than 1,000 corals that were born at The Florida Aquarium are headed to the Florida Keys.
The elkhorn corals were transported to the Florida Keys, where they will be planted on the reef or nurtured in ocean-based nurseries, the Florida Aquarium said.
The baby corals were born in 2022 and 2023 at the Aquarium. They came from rescued parent colonies originally from Florida’s Coral Reef.
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Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.
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HYANNIS – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear challenges that were brought against Vineyard Wind. The cases were brought by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, and the Texas Publ…
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Are we as blind to climate risks as NYC was to financial risk in the '70s?
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Plus, consumers could be protected from insurer meltdowns, dueling communities reach rare agreement over water rights, and rural America scores access to clean water.
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HYANNIS – Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has joined 17 other attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over halting federal approvals for wind energy projects. A…
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Bird migration at Oak Hammock Marsh in Manitoba, Canada. (Photo credit: Travel Manitoba/Wikimedia Commons) Human-related causes leave birds susceptible to injury and death. By Jairus James During their spring migration, billions of birds fly from their southern wintering habitats.
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CHILMARK – A dead minke whale washed ashore on Chilmark over the weekend. Federal officials, as well as the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), are investigating the cause of death…
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Funding cuts and geopolitical shifts threaten the survival of the global digital rights ecosystem at a moment when it is needed most, writes Ramsha Jahangir.
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The author and academic speaks about an apocalyptic future and strategies for survival.
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Bad news, beachgoers: The seaweed monster is back and it’s expected to be bigger than ever.
Scientists at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab, the point people for tracking the floating mats of seaweed called sargassum, are predicting what could be the state’s worst seaweed season. In the latest report issued April 30, they project 40% more seaweed than the previous record mess of 2022, when stinky, scratchy piles sent many tourists packing and cost cities millions to clean up.
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A Department of Energy program beloved by the tech right might become the latest victim of the Trump administration’s war on “woke.”
As part of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s reconciliation budget text released late Sunday night, the majority of the hundreds of billions of dollars authorized for the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office would be rescinded.
The LPO was pumping hundreds of millions, and in some cases billions, of dollars into speculative and future-tech projects under the administration of President Joe Biden, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. While many of the projects were part of a liberal-friendly clean energy push, the LPO also funded bipartisan or even somewhat GOP-coded projects like the restarting of the Palisades nuclear plant in Covert, Michigan.
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We could be saying goodbye to long-planned space missions, new weather satellites, and crucial life-saving treatments.
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Local climate activists are on edge after people claiming to be FBI agents visited at least six at their homes on the same day in Greater Boston in March. Weeks later, the motivations behind these visits remain a mystery.
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The insurance industry used the public database to estimate future costs, while local governments turned to it for lessons on building resilient infrastructure.
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BARNSTABLE – Between expanded fishing and oil drilling, more commercial enterprises could be coming to the waters around of Cape Cod. The Trump Administration has issued multiple executive or…
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There’s a deadly chemical in your cutting board. Alarming new research finds that 13 percent of U.S. heart disease deaths in people aged 55 to 64 can be linked to exposure to a chemical group commonly found in plastics. In 2018 alone, these phthalates contributed to 350,000 annual global deaths from heart disease.
This data comes after the Food and Drug Administration under President Joe Biden declined to institute a total ban on phthalate-laden plastics in products that come in contact with food, such as wrappers, cookware, and cutting boards.
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BARNSTABLE – The Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund Management Board has voted to award over $105 million in subsidies to fourteen wastewater projects across Cape Cod. The towns are Falmout…
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Bill McKibben on the tech mogul’s supercomputer Colossus—situated on the edge of a predominantly Black neighborhood in Memphis—which is raising concern among locals.
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If you’re lucky like me, you haven’t had to think about what comes out of your tap. Or whether it will come at all.
But then decades of wear and tear caught up with us. And water utilities are (forgive the pun) underwater.
Today, they’re removing old lead drinking water pipes. They’re building treatment systems to get rid of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They’re recycling wastewater and filtering sea water for drinking. Many need to be ready to deliver enough water to firefighters in case an entire neighborhood goes up in flames. And then there’s the general catching up on decades of deferred maintenance as local officials avoided the unpopular decision to raise rates. The Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates drinking water in the U.S., estimates $625 billion is needed over the next 20 years for these upgrades.
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CHATHAM – The town of Chatham has instituted an emergency shellfish closure due to “red tide”. Shellfishing is banned until further notice in the following areas: Pleasant Bay, Jackknife, Potter’s …
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