Tag: Global Warming
Sports in Norway, Like Skiing and Bobsledding, Face Threat From Warming Arctic
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — It was early April, and while the midnight sun had not yet arrived on the…
Sports in Norway, Like Skiing and Bobsledding, Face Threat From Warming Arctic
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — It was early April, and while the midnight sun had not yet arrived on the…
High Electric Bills Get Ready for Another Energy Price Spike: High Electric Bills
In Oregon, for example, electric rates fell almost 1.5 percent in January and less than 1 percent in…
Placing a Bet on Nebbiolo in California
Mr. Harvey’s Italian venture is entirely different. It has its own name, Aeris, and aside from the grapes…
Why U.S. Oil Companies Aren’t Riding to Europe’s Rescue
“The model has totally changed,” he said.Oil executives also argue that they are spending a lot of money…
Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself on Fire at Supreme Court
“The press spoke then of suicide, but in the essence, it is not. It is not even a…
Housing Crisis Propels High Death Toll in South Africa Floods
DURBAN, South Africa — In 2009, as officials in the port city of Durban prepared to host the…
European Green Energy Firms Often Fall Short on Financing
LONDON — When Jakob Bitner was 7, he left Russia for Germany with his parents and sister. Twenty-eight…
‘Frontline’ Review: Why the Climate Changed but We Didn’t
PBS’s investigative public-affairs program “Frontline” specializes in reminding us of things we would rather forget. On Tuesday, it…
A Portrait of South Georgia: Abundance, Exploitation, Recovery
Sally Poncet first came to South Georgia in 1977. Back then, she said, the sub-Antarctic island was as…
The Battery That Flies
He then found himself considering a career on Wall Street, doing something he didn’t want to do away…
Gas Prices Force Biden Into an Unlikely Embrace of Fossil Fuels
WASHINGTON — President Biden came into office promising to tackle the planet’s climate crisis. But rising gas prices,…