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Portland’s heatwave is a consequence of climate change It’s time for us to do something about it share Over the past week, Portland, Oregon has seen summer like never before. Both the unprecedented heat and a sudden urge to spend time inside are strange for a city that’s known for its proximity to the outdoors. This heat wave has challenged Portland’s nature and its spirit.    The truth is, summer here isn’t supposed to be like this. It’s supposed to be mild temperatures, not 112�...

Fort Stewart controlled burns program keeps soldiers training in the woods by   An equipment operator with the Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Forestry Branch extinguishes a fire at the base of a long leaf pine tree during a controlled burn, April 23 on Fort Stewart, Georgia. (Molly Cook/Fort Stewart Public Affairs Office) FORT STEWART, Ga. — For seven months a year, hundreds of acres of this pine-forest- and wetland-covered Army post burn, sending ominous plumes of smoke miles into th...

Harvard researchers are studying whether partially blocking the sun using particles high in the atmosphere can reverse global warming. Indigenous peoples and environmental activists are urging the scientists to scrap what they see as an unproductive and risky project.

* Greta Thunberg says geoengineering could hurt vulnerable poor By Alister Doyle OSLO, June 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indigenous peoples from around the world on Wednesday urged Harvard University to abandon a project to test ways to dim sunlight as a fix for global warming, saying it posed huge risks to “Mother Earth.” Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, scientists and environmentalists opposed to “solar geoengineering” praised the bid to halt research into an artificial ...

/PRNewswire/ -- NASA recently awarded global consulting and digital services provider ICF (NASDAQ: ICFI) a re-compete contract to provide technical and...

(Image credit – Adam Schultz / The White House) Four months into his administration, President Biden’s approach to climate change is beginning to cohere around two executive orders he issued his first week in office.  Signed on Inauguration Day, the first order set an urgent tone through high-priority moves, such as rejoining the Paris climate agreement, initiating an update of government benchmarks for the social cost of greenhouse gases, and reversing a number of Trump administration ac...

Adobe Stock/Sundry Photography Climate change has been a buzz word since President Joe Biden took office in January. According to the National Climate Assessment,  climate changes threaten the U.S. transportation system and this will have an impact on roads, ports and more.  The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has issued a “Disaster Resilience Framework” which will serve as a guide for analysis of federal actions to facilitate and promote resilience to natural disasters and cha...

House Approves Jan. 6 Commission Over G.O.P. Opposition Last Updated May 20, 2021, 12:33 a.m. ETMay 20, 2021, 12:33 a.m. ET The House voted nearly along party lines Wednesday evening to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. President Biden delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduation. Here’s what you need to know: -0:00 House Approves Commission to Investigate Jan. 6 Insurrection The House of Representatives voted, 252 to 175, on We...

President Biden reinstalled the climate scientist that former President Trump fired. The Hill reported: The Washington Post reports climate scientist

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