A new study findsclear evidence of what scientists have been warning of due to global warming: Atlantic hurricanes are producing more rainfall and becoming more intense.
Why it matters: The study, published in Nature Communications, examines the 30 named storms that occurred during the record 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
New polling results from The Harris Poll taken for Google Cloud, and shared first with Axios, show that senior executives at large companies around the world are prioritizing sustainability goals and feel confident in their company's progress.
Yes, but: However, many of these same corporate leaders say that "green hypocrisy exists" and that their own company has overstated its sustainability progress.
Eight out of 10 teenagers expect climate change and other environmental forces to affect big decisions like where they live and whether to have children, according to a new survey shared first with Axios.
Driving the news: The survey by youth development group 4-H and Harris Poll found that just 45% of teenagers age 13-19 believe political and global leaders are taking meaningful action to protect the environment.
A severe and far-reaching storm was affecting much of the West and Plains on Tuesday, from the Canadian to the Mexican borders.
Why it matters: The array of hazards is unusual even for the typically volatile spring in the U.S., with everything from wildfires to a multiday severe thunderstorm outbreak and, for some, even tornadoes and blizzard conditions.
Fresh data on efforts to stitch clean energy into countries' pandemic response spending shows a slightly greener hue, but it's still pretty faint.
Driving the news: The International Energy Agency's updated "Sustainable Recovery Tracker" finds that governments together have earmarked over $710 billion for clean energy as of last month.
Human well-beingis strongly tethered to energy access, but a new study finds high-consuming countries could scale back consumption without sacrificing health and happiness.
Driving the news: The Stanford-led paper in Ecosphere analyzes energy use in 140 nations from 1971-2018 against nine metrics like life expectancy, infant mortality, happiness, economic performance and more.
Gas prices reached record highs after Russia invaded Ukraine, prompting the Biden administration to scramble to reduce pain at the pump.
The latest: The Biden administration is set to announce new policies to help curb prices, including waiving requirements that limit the amount of ethanol in gasoline during summer months.
Utility Pacific Gas & Electric agreed Monday to pay $55 million in penalties and costs to settle civil cases over two massive wildfires that affected six Northern California counties.
Why it matters: Investigators found PG&E's ageing, faulty utility equipment sparked the 2019 Kincade Fire and the 2019 Kincade Fire. But the agreement means the nation's largest utility will avoid criminal prosecution for the blazes, per a statement from the company.
