Record heat is fueling an accelerating megafire crisis in California. The ongoing massive Park fire is the latest monster to burn off the old-climate charts.
Before 2018, the state's largest wildfire on record was the Thomas fire, which burned 280,000 acres. At the time, the Thomas fire felt apocalyptic. The current Park fire burned more in just its first three days. It's currently the state's fourth-largest on record, at 430,000 acres -- joining the rapidly swelling ranks of unprecedented megafires.
Meta strikes deal for first major use of next-gen geothermal power east of the Rockies
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will by 2027 power data centers using geothermal energy storage, according to a power purchase deal announced Monday.
I reviewed the Democratic Party platform for 2024 and found something interesting: when it comes to economic policy, this year’s platform is less progressive and less ambitious than it was four years ago. Democrats have tacked right or retreated on health insurance reform, drug prices, Medicare and Social Security expansion, poverty, labor, taxes, Wall Street, and the minimum wage.
From January through July of this year, wind and solar in the U.S. generated more net electricity than power from coal, according to recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
According to the EIA’s Monthly Energy Review for July 2024, electricity net generation from renewable energy outpaced coal for the first seven months of the year so far, a first for the U.S.
DNC delegates will vote on a platform that pledges to crack down on asylum and fund the police
As thousands of delegates flock to Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention (DNC), much of the public will be watching to see how the Democratic Party makes its case for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential bid. One theme, already a popular talking point on the campaign trail, popped up repeatedly on the DNC’s first night: This race, according to the Democrats, is between a “prosecutor and a convicted felon.”
