Environmental Studies: News
Recent articles from the Environmental News Network
- KTU Researchers Explore Using Soil for Heat StorageThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025
When spring arrives and the heating season comes to an end, keeping warm becomes less of an issue.
- Plant Doctor: An AI System That Watches Over Urban Trees Without Touching a LeafThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025
Researchers combine machine vision and segmentation techniques into a tool to monitor urban plant health at the individual leaf level.
- Being Physically Active, Even Just a Couple of Days a Week, May Be Key to Better HealthThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025
A “weekend warrior” approach to physical activity — getting 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over one to two days instead of throughout the week — improved health and lowered the risk of death, finds a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
- Scientists Unveil Starfish-Inspired Wearable Tech for Heart MonitoringThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025
Designed by University of Missouri researchers, the device includes AI technology to detect potential heart problems with over 90% accuracy, making it a promising tool for at-home monitoring.
- A Single Dry Winter Decimated California’s Salmon and Trout PopulationsThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025
A single severely dry winter temporarily, but dramatically, altered the ranges of three fishes — Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead trout — in California’s northern waterways.
Environmental Studies analysis and policy
- AccuWeather on Climate changeNews from the changing weather front.
- Climate 411Bloggers from the Environmental Defense Fund.
- Climate SkepticWarren Meyer's unabashed criticisms of global warming claims.
- State of the PlanetNews and updates from the Earth institute at Columbia University; a roundup of research and policy reports. Current and useful!
- RealClimateClimate scientists discuss news of the day.
Current environment articles from the New York Times
PCC students can get a free subscription to the New York Times online -- see the box below to set your account. Here are some recent articles from the Climate and Environment section of the New York Times. Subscribers (free for PCC students!) can receive a weekly newsletter with updates from this section.
- How Tariffs Could Upend the Transition to Cleaner EnergyThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025The levies are expected to drive up costs for U.S. companies that rely on renewable energy technology from abroad and scramble supply chains worldwide.
- How Trump’s Tariffs Could Hobble a U.S. Battery BoomThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025Across the country, companies have been installing giant batteries that help them use more wind and solar power. That’s about to get much harder.
- Coal Plant Ranked as Nation’s Dirtiest Asks for Pollution ExemptionThis link opens in a new windowApr 2, 2025The facility, in Colstrip, Mont., used a new E.P.A. system for requesting special waivers from President Trump.
- Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAPThis link opens in a new windowApr 2, 2025The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
- Trump’s Tariffs Could Threaten His ‘Energy Dominance’ AgendaThis link opens in a new windowApr 3, 2025A new wave of tariffs could raise costs for energy producers, including oil and gas companies, as well as solar and wind firms.
- Renewable Energy Sector Braces for Trump TariffsThis link opens in a new windowApr 2, 2025The components used to assemble wind turbines are made by suppliers around the globe.
- Elon Musk Backlash Turns Into Global Sales Slump for TeslaThis link opens in a new windowApr 2, 2025Mr. Musk’s involvement in right-wing politics contributed to a 13% drop in deliveries in the first quarter, including steep declines in E.V.-friendly places like Norway.
- E.P.A. Hunt for Shady Deals and ‘Gold Bars’ Comes Up EmptyThis link opens in a new windowApr 2, 2025The agency head said a $20 billion Biden climate program was marred by fraud and abuse. A judge said on Wednesday the E.P.A. hasn’t provided evidence.
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