Moderate drought conditions expanded across the District of Columbia area, according to a report released Thursday, as rain levels drop to 7 to 9 inches below normal this year and experts raise concerns about the impact on water supply. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report showed “moderate drought” — the...
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Deadline to apply for Finance Committee June 9 at 5 p.m. The town is accepting applications to fill a spot on the Finance Committee. To apply visit andoverma.gov and look under news and announcements. Members of the committee oversee the town’s finances, including by reviewing budgets and making recommendation on...
By Melissa Bailey/KFF Health News When John Mestas’ ancestors moved to Colorado over 100 years ago to raise sheep in the San Luis Valley, they “hit paradise,” he said. “There was so much water, they thought it would never end,” Mestas said of the agricultural region at the headwaters of the...
S3studio | Getty Images News | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase announced Tuesday that it has agreed to spend more than $200 million on a combination of carbon removal technologies. The spending will be allocated to long-term agreements to remove and store the equivalent of 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide...
Just over a fifth of the world’s projected population by the end of the century is on track to face “dangerous” average temperatures of 29C or higher without a decisive step change in the pace of decarbonisation efforts globally, new research suggests. According to a study from researchers at the...
Frontier is the public benefit company owned by payment processor Stripe which has secured more than $1 billion in commitments from its member companies to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. On Thursday, Frontier announced a commitment to pay Charm Industrial $53 million to remove 112,000 tons of CO2 between...