President Biden’s new federal budget proposal includes includes billions to fight climate change, create clean energy jobs and fund green research.
Author: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
Extreme heat already disrupts air travel: With climate change, it’s going to get worse
As the planet warms, extreme heat disruptions to airplanes, previously only known in the world’s hottest areas, are expected to become more commonplace.
Electric cars coming on fast: Climate worries, sinking prices put spotlight on EV sales
Climate change means more vehicles will have to be electric. American are increasingly choosing them because they’re cheap to run and fun to drive.
Here comes the sun: Wind, solar power account for record 13% of U.S. energy in 2021
Solar and wind energy last year grew at the fastest rate in U.S. history and now account for a record 13% of U.S. power generation, according to a report released Thursday.
Winds of change: 6 companies bid record $4.37B for offshore leases in New York, New Jersey
Six companies have agreed to pay a record-breaking $4.37 billion for the right to build wind turbines off the coasts of New York and New Jersey.
Omicron infections may have peaked, but hospitalizations and deaths will still increase for weeks, models show
Modeling by several universities shows the wave of omicron infections may have crested, but more hospitalizations and deaths are to come.
CDC panel recommends Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines over Johnson & Johnson for people 18 and older
A CDC panel recommended the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines be preferred over J&J’s due to the chance of rare but dangerous blood clots.
Omicron could be more contagious, less dangerous. That would be ‘good news for the human race.’
Early reports from South Africa seem to show omicron is highly infectious but not “as virulent or as pathogenic as the delta variant” of coronavirus.
How scientists in San Francisco found the first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant in the US
The first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in the United States was confirmed after an all-night session by scientists in San Francisco.
Is this the fifth COVID-19 wave? Experts fear we may simply come to call it ‘winter’
COVID-19 case counts are up in nearly 30 states, especially in the north. Experts say the latest surge underscores the virus is here to stay.