Climate

Written by: Jayur Mehta and Tara Skipton Native North Americans first arrived in Florida approximately 14,550 years ago. Evidence for these stone-tool-wielding, megafauna-hunting peoples can be found at the bottom of numerous limestone freshwater sinkholes in Florida’s Panhandle and along the ancient...

Written by: Kimberly White  A Montana judge has blocked an air quality permit for a controversial natural gas power plant, citing climate change concerns.  State District Judge Michael Moses canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant currently...

Written by: Connor Dunleavy  The world’s high-latitude regions experience climate change at a rate twice as fast as the rest of the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Prince Williams Sound in South Central Alaska. This shelter...

Written by: Kimberly White Google is taking another step in its sustainability journey. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the company aims to become carbon-free by 2030.  The tech giant has been one of the most ambitious companies when setting...

Written by: Sacha Mooney, Hannah Victoria Cooper, and Sofie Sjogersten Perhaps because there are no chimney stacks belching smoke, the contribution of the world’s farms to climate change seems somehow remote. But agriculture accounts for a staggering 26 percent of all...

Courtesy of Yale Climate Connections Written by: Jeffrey T. Kiehl, PhD ‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’ – George Santayana Our planet’s climate recently achieved a disturbing milestone in history, with atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reaching 415...

Written by: Kimberly White The United States will provide $1 billion to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund.  President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would resume its contributions to the UN's flagship climate fund following a six-year hiatus with a...

Written by: YCC Team For the past decade, the midnight sun has been helping the remote community of Colville Lake in the Canadian Arctic decrease its dependence on fossil fuels. Codzi: “Relying on fuel coming – those things are not for certain. What...

Written by: YCC Team Many everyday choices — like washing your clothes in cold instead of hot water — are an opportunity to help reduce carbon pollution. A new book called “The Climate Action Handbook” gives people 100 ways to improve...

Written by: Kathleen Simpson When it comes to the role of philanthropy in the fight against climate change, grant-making features front and centre. Grants can be nimble and risk-tolerant in spurring climate solutions, as highlighted in a recent report by...