Houston was devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Now the question is whether it should be rebuilt with federal funds just as it was before or restructured so it is better able to meet the challenges of climate change in the future.
First responders have filed suit against Arkema Chemical after its facility near Houston exploded and caught fire after Hurricane Harvey. They claim they suffered serious bodily injury as a result.
Wondering how prepared your state is for upcoming changes in climate? If you’re in Texas, you might be in for trouble. This week, Climate Central unveiled the first-ever national analysis of state-level preparedness for climate change-driven, weather-related threats. States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card summarizes the changing nature of key threats and … [continued]
Here’s some recent climate change, climate policy, and fossil fuel news for you, in case you missed it (a lot going on this past week): Climate Change, Climate Politics, & Climate Policy Showtime To Air Climate Change Series From James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger: “‘YEARS OF LIVING … [continued]
The latest casualty of the Republican-held House, in its witch hunt against renewable energy, is a huge distributed solar project that would have doubled the number of solar rooftop installs in the US, while cutting electricity costs to practically nothing for hard-pressed military families, many of whom return home to lives of long term disability and resulting hardship.
In partnership with military housing developers, SolarCity was to have installed as many as 160,000 solar roofs on military family housing, supplying cheaper and cleaner electricity from their own roofs. Its SolarStrong military program…
