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The U.S. experienced 20 climate and weather disasters last year, resulting in $145 billion in damages and killing 688 people, according to NOAA data.

Top California Democrat and Think-Tank Titans Slated to Attend Chinese Communist Diplomacy Event Event comes as officials warn China has ramped up influence efforts California Senate majority leader Robert Hertzberg (D. ) / Getty Images Chuck Ross • May 13, 2021 1:50 pm The Democratic majority leader of the California state senate and officials from some of the United Statess top foreign policy think tanks will speak this week at a forum organized by a group with close ties to the Chine...

Two energy experts join Stoicheias scientific advisory board Daniel Schrag, Chris Wolverton join materials discovery tech startup iCrowd Newswire 11 May 2021, 06:07 GMT+10 SKOKIE, Ill. — World-renowned scientists Daniel Schrag and Christopher Wolverton have joined Stoicheias Scientific Advisory Board, the new tech startup announced today. A MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, Schrag is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and professor of environmental science and engineering at Harvard University,...

Science Moms Help Other Moms Tackle Climate Change Unmute MADISON (WKOW) - The group is hoping to give moms the resources to not only talk but fight climate change. Founded within the last five years, the group consists of eight climate scientists located across the United States; one scientist teaches at Texas Tech University while another teaches at Colorado State. Another scientist teaches at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her name is Tracey Holloway. A ma...

A recent webinar examined how the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors could affect the global food system.

A recent webinar examined how the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors could affect the global food system.

A recent webinar examined how the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors could affect the global food system.

A recent webinar examined how the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors could affect the global food system.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a call for national unity, devoting much of his inaugural address not to the policies and programs to come, but to the “uncivil war” that Americans must put behind them to tackle their myriad national challenges. The Inauguration of Biden as the 46th president and of Kamala Harris as the first woman, African American, and Asian American vice president took place before a sparse, masked crowd and amid heavy security, both vivid reminders of two major c...

Foreign Policy magazine in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds. Each episode focuses on ordinary people across the globe who have found ways to fight back against the seemingly insurmountable challenges of climate change. In this selected episode, host and CNN climate change analyst John Sutter interviews Daniel Schrag, the director of Harvard University’s Center for the Environment, about the role of technology in combatting climate change.  Solar and wind are now cheaper than nat...