Written by: Victoria Masterson
Floating solar farms are being built in growing numbers around the world.
They’re particularly popular in Asia, according to US space agency NASA, which has photographed one of the world’s biggest floating solar farms from space.
The 320-megawatt Dezhou Dingzhuang...
Written by: Mark Maslin
The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth, destroys forests and other ecosystems and produces a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Meat and dairy specifically...
Written by: Kimberly White
A federal judge in Montana has revived a moratorium halting coal leasing on all public lands. The moratorium has been reinstated on the grounds that the impacts of coal leasing are not fully understood nor sufficiently...
Written by: Kimberly White
France has become the first European country to prohibit fossil fuel advertising, with some caveats.
The French government has rolled out legislation banning the marketing or promotion of energy products related to fossil fuels. The ban, which...
Written by: Kimberly White
The most populous state in the U.S. is cracking down on the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles. California has passed a law banning the sale of all gas cars by 2035, a pivotal step in the...
Written by: Christopher Bonasia
Canada can achieve 100 percent zero-emission electricity by 2035 with an electricity system that prioritizes renewable energy, storage, energy efficiency, and interprovincial transmission and avoids the pitfalls of nuclear generation, fossil gas, carbon capture and storage,...
Written by: Jill Hopke and Barbara Willard
It has been easy to despair about climate change given a summer of relentless heat waves, wildfires, and catastrophic flooding. Yet, there is reason for hope with high public concern globally and enactment of landmark...
Written by: Kimberly White
The United Nations General Assembly has recognized the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a universal human right in a historic vote.
The landmark resolution passed with overwhelming support by the UN General Assembly...
Written by: Simon Read
Scientists are becoming increasingly alarmed about humanity wrecking something very fundamental to all of us: the soil under our feet. Why? Because up to 40 percent of the land on Earth is now degraded, worsening climate change...
Written by: Kimberly White
The Vatican is calling for an immediate phase-out of fossil fuels. A top Vatican official has signaled support for an agreement to cease fossil fuel expansion and phase-out existing production.
During a press conference centered around Pope...
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Foundation Pays Georgia Farmers to Grow Trees on Former Croplands
Written by: YCC Team, Yale Climate Connections
Many landowners in rural parts of the southeastern U.S. have farmed on their land for decades.
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