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Major investors want chemical companies to move away from toxic forever chemicals. 

A new study published in Science Thursday calculated how different degrees of warming would impact the more than 215,000 glaciers that exist outside Antarctica and Greenland. It concluded that almost half of them could melt by the end of the century even if policymakers succeed in limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. 

At least two people have died in a “bomb cyclone” that lashed California with hurricane-force wind and extreme rainfall Thursday, forcing evacuations and leaving more than 100,000 without power.  The storm comes on the heels of a massive New Year’s Eve storm that left the soil waterlogged and is likely to be followed by two […]

A recent study of New York City’s vegetation found that a remarkable amount of the city’s vehicle carbon emissions — plus that of some neighboring areas — are absorbed by grasses and trees. On many summer days not only are all of the carbon dioxide emissions from buses, cars and trucks soaked up by the […]

Rhode Island is poised to become the first state to use funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help install solar projects for low-to-moderate income single-family homes. The state is searching for a firm to partner with for these projects.  In December, Rhode Island submitted a request for proposal, called the Affordable Solar Access Pathways […]