Climate Change

Metrolink, a Southern California commuter rail service, no longer powers its locomotives with petroleum-derived diesel and has switched to more natural plant- and animal-based renewable fuels.

You often hear about the wind and see the video of the wind-blown news reporter in a hurricane, but the real danger to people is caused by rainfall and accompanying flooding that has nowhere to go in built-up communities.

The state's ongoing struggle to account for heat wave illnesses and deaths — despite promises to improve monitoring — has frustrated some public health experts who say the lack of timely information puts lives in jeopardy.

Research by Pecan Street in Austin, Texas, shows that electric vehicles can be used as an effective device to smooth electric demand while getting recharged when electricity is cheaper and more plentiful.

The higher ed system will use nearly $4 million to boost workforce development to prepare workers for jobs relating to clean energy technology, such as offshore wind and electric car development.

Argonne National Laboratory recently won a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish an urban laboratory in Chicago called Community Research on Climate and Urban Science, or CROCUS.

Two companies have announced a new partnership, combining Aclima’s air quality data with UrbanFootprint’s vulnerability data. The data shows disproportionate impacts on people of color and low-income communities.

The people in this room do not control the weather. They could not stop climate change on their own. But with the right tools and better observations, they might warn more people sooner?

Between Saturday afternoon and Monday, the southeast of the island had received between 15 and 25 inches of rain. The rest of the island got between 5 and 12 inches. Several rivers have also overflowed their banks.

"Even with catastrophic wildfires raging across the western United States, We’re still being asked, as an agency, why we’re trying to slow it down. That’s confusing. I’ll be honest, it’s just mind boggling.”

The declaration would allow Oregon to partner with FEMA to provide power emergency generation, communications, evacuation support, debris removal and prepare for future fires.

The federal government has unveiled a new resource, the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation portal, which aims to help communities assess climate risks and plan resilience projects accordingly.

Cities around the world are exploring ways to mitigate the effects of extreme heat and make urban areas cooler. Officials sometimes look to new technology to this end, but are also using low-tech devices, like trees.

“What we’ve seen almost over the last 10 years now is a huge change in the ways fires have been burning throughout California,” said Jon Heggie, a battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

“This one is being taken particularly seriously because of how hot and how long it’s going to last,” Contra Costa County Health Officer Dr. Oz Tzvieli said Friday morning. “We’ve also learned in public health that heat is a very threatening event."

Recent fires having killed more than 13 percent of all giant sequoias, and scientists and officials are growing increasingly concerned that the state its forests emit more climate-warming carbon dioxide than they absorb.

The result is a more defined standard for warning people about heat and a higher likelihood that an advisory will be issued in Denver and other areas of the state.

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Acting Director Dawn Brantley said drought conditions are being felt through the state, from damaging wildfires to dry riverbeds and wells.