Tag: Climate Protest
Fire and Rain: West to get more one-two extreme climate hits.
A new scientific study warns that the Western United States will experience more frequent and intense fire-flood cycles by 2100. As climate change progresses, burned regions are likely to face multiple extreme rainfall events within five years, dramatically increasing flood and mudslide risks in states like California, Colorado, and Oregon.
Greenhouse gas emissions rose in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 8.2% between 2017 and 2018, primarily from transportation and electricity sectors. This growth puts the state's climate reduction targets at risk, with officials concerned about meeting the 10% reduction mandate by 2020.
Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war.
Climate activists from Fridays for Future movement staged global protests across multiple countries, calling for systemic change and criticizing G20 nations' continued fossil fuel support while connecting environmental activism with peace efforts.
