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By Sammy Roth, The Los Angeles Times Highlights Environmental Entrepreneurs, a clean energy advocacy group, finds that more than 106,000 clean energy workers filed for unemployment benefits in March. BW Research projects that the clean energy sector will shed more than half a million jobs, which is 15% of its workforce, in the coming months … Read more
By Paul Rogers, The Mercury News Highlights Nine Western US states have been experiencing an extended mass drought, called a “megadrought.” Scientists studied over 30,000 tree rings to determine the amount of rainfall and soil moisture over the centuries. The West’s last extended drought period was between 1576 and 1603 and the 20th century was … Read more
By Buddy Burch, The Climate Center In March 2020, we launched an update to the Survey of Global Activity to Phase Out Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Vehicles. This survey, which details leadership and innovation in pursuit of electrifying the transportation sector for a climate-safe future, has been an ongoing effort at The Climate Center. We … Read more
Let’s imagine it is April 2030. In the early 2020s, as the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, we in California finally addressed the climate crisis at the speed and scale science demanded. Nation & World Collaborating for Speed & Scale Climate Action Today, Earth Day 2030, we celebrate the deep systemic changes we have collectively … Read more
by Renata Brillinger, CalCAN Highlights The coronavirus pandemic is affecting farmworkers, food system resilience, and climate change impacts. The legislative session will be more constricted and fewer bills will be advance, but partners such as the California Climate and Agricultural Network will continue to work for healthy soils initiatives. Two bills are key: AB 1071 … Read more
by Julian Spector, Greentech Media Highlights Community choice agency (CCA) Clean Power Alliance, which provides power for Los Angeles and Ventura counties, has contracted a deal with sPower to build a 100-megawatt battery storage facility. This is the first CCA to contract a 100 MW battery system This battery size is equivalent to the largest … Read more
by Karl Plume, Reuters Highlights Cargill Inc is paying farmers to sequester carbon in their soils and prevent fertilizer runoff, becoming the first effort to monetize environmentally friendly farming practices. The Soil & Water Outcomes Fund, a partnership with the Iowa Soybean Association and third-party verification company Quantified Ventures, will sell the environmental credits created … Read more
By Jeremy Deaton, Nexus Media Highlights The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that the greenhouse gas methane has reached all-time high levels in the atmosphere, threatening Paris Agreement climate goals. Methane is about 80 times more potent than CO2 and has been increasing its presence in the atmosphere for the last 20 years … Read more
By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News Highlights Due to climate change, many species and ecosystems will collapse starting as soon as this decade, according to a new study in Nature. Species living in Southern, Appalachian, and Western states are particularly vulnerable to climate effects. Anywhere between 20%-40% of species will experience life-altering conditions due to … Read more
By Yvette Cabrera, Grist Highlights The National Resources Defence Council (NRDC) is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of a dozen environmental groups. Environmental groups across the country petitioned the EPA to publish an emergency rule that requires polluters to submit a public notice that they are taking advantage of newly relaxed … Read more
