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For 10 days in June, negotiators from nearly 200 countries filled the halls of the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany, for the 64th Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB64). Representatives were in Bonn to draft the text that will govern how the world funds climate adaptation, cuts emissions, and manages the transition away from fossil fuels.
The shutdown of Climate.gov has created new barriers to accessing widely-trusted climate science and data crucial to informing the public on how climate systems work. Climate.us aims to fill those shoes - its mission is to provide easy access to climate information that is safeguarded from political influence, and to encourage climate literacy and action.
The United States has more than 5,500 data centers, with thousands more under construction or in planning stages. As more data centers are built, their impacts on neighboring communities are becoming increasingly evident. Data centers are associated with high energy and water use, higher utility bills for nearby households, and increased production of PFAS materials. Data centers also affect…
A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a Rapid Readout on the far-reaching implications of intensive drought across the country. For example, in the West, a lack of rain and snow this past winter, along with record high temperatures, has sparked fears of a long wildfire season. In addition, a record-low snowpack…
A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) invite you to an online briefing about tracking and reducing agricultural nitrous oxide, a major greenhouse gas. Nitrogen is a key component in fertilizer, making it critical to food security. Unfortunately, due to overapplication, only…
Since the beginning of May, Congress has held a total of 42 climate, energy, and environment-related hearings. The House of Representatives hosted 26 of these hearings across nine of its 20 standing committees, and the Senate held 16 hearings across eight of its 16 standing committees. The Natural Resources Committee led in the House for the most hearings held (8), with the Energy and Commerce…