EXPLAINER: Why Court’s EPA-climate change ruling matters – Spectrum News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s climate change ruling on Thursday is likely to hinder President Joe Biden’s plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to make the U.S. a global leader…

Climate change will increase chances of wildfire globally — but humans can still help reduce the risk – Science Daily

New research highlights how the risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change — but also, how human actions and policies can play a critical role in regulating regional impacts. The study, conducted by an international team of…

Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change

Electric vehicle sales have doubled over the past year, making up about 5 percent of new vehicle sales in the United States in the first quarter of 2022, compared with about 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2021. General…

The US supreme court just made yet another devastating decision for humanity | Peter Kalmus

The US supreme court’s overturning of Roe v Wade was a direct attack on women. It will result in countless deaths, especially among vulnerable women, and it set civil liberties in the United States back by half a century. Now,…

Fake News CNN Mixes Climate Fiction With Facts To Push Hurricane Doom

It seems CNN just can’t play it straight with climate research when it goes against the narrative that climate change is making extreme weather worse. Case in point is a story published by CNN that details a peer-reviewed study showing…

Supreme Court Curbs EPA Power, Other Federal Agencies On Notice

The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers to restrict greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants, in a decision that could limit the authority of government agencies to address major policy questions without congressional approval. [bold, links added]…

The Mann Act: Banning Fossil Fuels Immediately To Save The Planet

I don’t want us to make too much of the individual behind the brief confession we’re about to dissect, because if it wasn’t him leading Team Irrationality, it would be somebody else. We’re much more interested in how such individuals…

The climate math just got harder

The Supreme Court has issued one of the most important environmental rulings ever, which will make the battle against global warming even more difficult. This newsletter is going to explain the basics of the court’s decision, and then talk to…

Romantic partners can influence each other’s climate change beliefs, behaviors – Study Finds

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Most people will probably tell you that trying to change their significant other’s mind is a recipe for sleeping on the couch. However, researchers from Yale University find romantic partners are actually quite influential when it comes…

Tiny swimming robots seeking life in alien seas

Tiny swimming robots sound like cool science fiction. But a JPL robotics engineer is developing them, for future missions to ocean worlds.

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