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The
legislation was
weakened so
significantly its
original sponsor
ultimately voted
against it. Alabamians
say they’ll continue
to push for real
reform.
By
Lee Hedgepeth
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala.—Alabama Power
customers aren’t
giving up yet. On
Monday, around two
dozen of them marched
from Birmingham’s
Kelly Ingram Park to
the nearby
headquarters of the
investor-owned utility
company to make that
much clear.
 
Utility
spending on
infrastructure has
more than tripled in
the last decade,
making up the bulk of
customer costs,
according to a new
report by the Building
Decarbonization
Coalition.
By
Carrie Klein
From
the cold
snap this winter
to the U.S.’s
war with Iran, rising
energy bills are
making headlines. But
there’s a larger story
behind spikes in
gas-utility costs, one
decades in the
making.
Recent
research found
climate-fueled
disturbances in
European forests could
more than double by
the end of the
century.
By
Kiley Price
The
world’s forests are
simultaneously climate
powerhouses and
victims, sucking
carbon from the air
while facing myriad
global warming
impacts—from wildfires
to pest outbreaks.
Cities,
towns and industrial
complexes aim to
quickly pump tens of
millions of gallons
per day in a bid to
avert disaster.
By
Dylan Baddour
JIM
WELLS COUNTY,
Texas—Dwindling levels
in this region’s main
reservoirs have
triggered a rush on
local aquifers as
cities, towns,
chemical plants and
ranchers drill for
water.
The
budgets of the EPA,
NOAA and FEMA would
all be slashed, as
would incentives for
renewable energy.
By
Dylan Baddour
President
Trump’s annual budget
request to Congress
continues his
administration’s
defunding of climate
change programs,
environmental
protection and
renewable energy,
slashing the budgets
of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration and the
Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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