Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane on Oct. 7, 2024, as it headed across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. Twenty-four hours earlier, it was barely a Category 1 storm. As its wind speed increased, Milton became one of the most rapidly intensifying storms on record. And with 180 mph sustained winds […]
The operators of the nation’s first underground carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility announced that they have paused injections of carbon dioxide in the well due to likely leakage deep underground. This comes on the heels of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launching an enforcement action against the facility after another leak was discovered earlier this year at […]
Our hearts are aching for those caught in the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which impacted members of our own team. While they, their families, and their homes are fine, being amid so much destruction takes a toll. Bob Inglis and Price Atkinson, we are thinking of you and I know our entire EcoRight community is wishing all those […]
Hurricane Helene caused deadly and destructive flooding when it swept through the Southeast on Sept. 26-29, 2024. Across a broad swath of western North Carolina, where the worst flooding occurred, the amount of rainfall exceeded levels that would be expected on average only once every 1,000 years. Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University and Kathie Dello, […]
I want to give a huge shout out to our friend, Meredith Davis, from the Alliance for Market Solutions, for connecting me with today’s awesome guests. Meredith actually has connected me to a nice suite of possible guests for the season and I’m so here for that kind of collective EcoRight spirit. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ […]
Hello from Galveston, Texas! As you’re receiving this, I likely just landed and am on my way to the Citizens Climate Lobby Third Coast Regional Conference! It is my first time in Galveston and my first CCL conference. You know you’ll hear all about it next week. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN Quote of the […]
We’ve had so many “hottest months on record” over the last two years, it’s getting hard to keep up. As of this writing, the official hottest month on record happened just two months ago, in July 2024. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported July 2024’s temperatures were 0.03°C (0.05°F) higher than July 2023, […]
The French Broad River winds through the mountains of western North Carolina, fed by dozens of mountain streams, and crosses the city of Asheville. At over 2,000 feet above sea level and more than 250 miles from the coast, it is an unlikely place to prepare for a hurricane. Yet, the remnants of several hurricanes have […]
Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson opened Climate Week NYC 2024 with a speech on the key principles that must shape our climate action. Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Climate Week NYC – it’s so good to see you here today at the Times Center in New York, and for those of you joining online, thank […]
President Joe Biden – perhaps the greatest climate, clean energy and environment President in the history of the United States – spoke today at both the United Nations and at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum. Watch his remarks (or read the transcript, which we’ll post as soon as it becomes available). And if you’re serious […]
We’re in an age of urgency. Yes, investment in the energy transition hit a record high in 2023, overtaking fossil fuels and reaching US $1.8 trillion. And some governments, organizations and businesses are doing incredible work to speed up climate action like incentivizing renewable energy deployment or fostering innovation in zero-carbon materials However, the world […]
Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together over 600 events and activities across the City of New York – in person, hybrid and online. Each year, business leaders, political change makers, local decision takers and civil society representatives of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the world, […]
July 22, 2024 was the hottest day in recorded human history, with a global average temperature of 17.16 C. This followed the hottest June ever recorded, which followed the hottest May ever recorded. This all follows 2023, which was the hottest year on record at 1.48 C warmer than the 1850-1900 average according to the […]
This year, Climate Week NYC is being held from September 22-29, 2024. The event takes place every year in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly and is run in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York. By Climate Group Climate Week NYC 2024 Taking action to address climate change is […]
As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earth’s surface, like the glass of a greenhouse. I imagined myself on the playground, roasting inside a humid hothouse. Fast forward 30 years, and the terms […]