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Climate Resilience Prize

Verizon’s second Climate Resilience Prize has awarded a total of $500,000 to four innovative, climate tech solutions providers focused on reducing climate change impacts on key communities across the U.S. Sesame Solar Inc., 10Power, Raincoat, and Perimeter were all selected as winners for their tech-powered, scalable, and reliable solutions that … [continued]

The stratosphere is the second layer of the Earth's atmosphere. Image courtesy of NASA.

The EU Confirms Itself the Global Climate Leader On Refrigerants, NGOs Say

Today’s deal on the F-Gas Regulation marks one of the greatest climate wins of von der Leyen’s Commission. The proposed phase-out schedule for these potent greenhouse gases signals a paradigm shift, driving key sectors such as heat pumps and air conditioning towards the use of climate-friendly refrigerants. BREAKING: Ambition of … [continued]

Featured image: Col. Cullen Jones, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District commander, briefs media Sept. 15, 2023, on current steps the Corps plans to take to augment the existing underwater sill

Louisiana’s Saltwater Problem Shows Us How Climate Change Can Have Complex, Unanticipated Consequences

According to news reports like this one, southern Louisiana is having some serious problems with water that are only going to get worse in the coming weeks. Let’s first take a look at the chain of events that caused this. Today’s problem is that salty water from the ocean is … [continued]