This is why fighting climate change is so urgent
Humans are the main cause of climate change — we burn fossil fuels and chop down forests, causing average temperatures to rise worldwide. That global warming trend is increasingly disrupting our climate — the average weather over many years. Earth has already warmed by about 1 degree Celsius, or ...
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Plugging orphan wells across the United States
2021年10月14日 · This is a map of more than 120,000 documented orphan wells that are eligible for closure funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.These wells, which have no solvent owner of record, can leak oil, gas and …
MethaneSAT is now in orbit! See how we got there
Watch this behind-the-scenes video on our MethaneSAT project. A unique satellite with a critical mission: to slow global warming fast. Learn all about this one-of-a-kind project with a special introduction. Then watch the SpaceX rocket launch that will propel MethaneSAT into low-earth orbit, where it will orbit the earth every 95 minutes, creating the …
The biggest thing Congress has ever done to address climate change
2022年8月12日 · Editor’s note: President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 16, 2022. By Fred Krupp. It’s a new day in the fight against climate change, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act.With its $369 billion in climate and clean energy investments, the new law is the largest, most ambitious climate legislation Congress has ever passed.. Multiple independent analyses show the bill will ...
2024年3月14日 · EDF.org 2 Fact 3: EV sales are strong and growing faster than most expected. • EV sales are strong. More than 1.4 million EVs were sold in 2023 in the U.S., 9.1% of all passenger
How the clean energy transition affects workers and communities
2020年8月11日 · US renewable energy consumption surpassed coal for the first time in 2019. Source: EIA. Prior to the pandemic, renewable energy was one of the nation's strongest sectors, adding jobs 70 percent faster than the overall economy.As renewable energy becomes even more competitive and policymakers increase efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the best available science, jobs in the ...