Warming seas and solar wins
A new solar array on Martha's Vineyard is helping low-income residents lower their energy bills.
Martha’s Vineyard solar array will cut bills for low-income islanders
A new rooftop solar project offers the first test of a community-benefit model that nonprofit PowerOptions Connect hopes to roll out across the Northeast.
June ocean temperatures just hit a record high. Scientists think climate change and El Niño could push them even further.
World’s oceans break June heat record: EU monitor
The world’s oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Niño and climate change drive temperatures even higher, scientists said Wednesday.
Science X
New Orleans locals are reacting to news about the city sinking, though many aren't ready to give up their homes just yet.
New Orleans residents on warning to abandon sinking city: ‘Nobody wants to leave home’
After a recent study found New Orleans is at a ‘point of no return’ amid the climate crisis, some locals say they will ‘only leave if forced to’. But what would it take to stay?
Oliver Milman and Thalia Juarez and Andrew Witherspoon
A leaked document shows the EU may exempt leather from its deforestation law, despite data on forest destruction.
Leaked document shows EU closer to dropping leather from anti-deforestation law
The European Commission is taking further steps to formally exempt the global leather trade from its landmark EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), according to a leaked draft obtained by news outlet Euractiv. The revelation comes just one month after a review of internal documents, first reported by Mongabay, exposed a paradox at the heart of the […]
Andy Lehren
Residents in New Jersey can now use small plug-in solar devices without the hassle of permits or utility approvals.
New Jersey legislature unanimously passes plug-in solar bill - pv magazine USA
New Jersey becomes the tenth state to pass a bill enabling citizens to legally use so-called “balcony solar panels.” The bill is set to take effect six months after it becomes law.
Ben Zientara
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