According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2022 Summer Reliability Assessment, the western United States is “at ‘elevated risk’ of energy emergencies during extreme conditions” like a heatwave in the coming months. The assessment, released last week, cites an ongoing drought as a major reason why. “Extended drought conditions present varied threats to…

If you have any doubt about climate change, take a look at the deadly tornadoes that hit Kentucky and several other states last month. The devastation is vast and just the latest in a list of extreme and record-breaking weather events that prove our environment is shifting. Who’s to blame? Listen to Penn State climate…

President Joe Biden spent much of his Wednesday surveying the damage left behind in Kentucky by last week’s rash of tornadoes. According to Monday’s announcement of the trip, President Biden was set to visit Fort Campbell for a briefing on the response operations, as well as Mayfield and Dawson Springs to tour damage. The video…

From Hurricanes Ida and Henri to record heatwaves in the Pacific Northwest and record lows in Texas, this year has been filled with deadly and dangerous weather. In fact, new research finds that nearly one in every three Americans experienced weather disasters in the summer of 2021. “One of the things we’re seeing…is the extremes are…

The house voted to approve a bill that would suspend the federal debt ceiling and avoid a looming government shutdown Tuesday night. The video above shows some of the debate, as well as the results of the vote. The potential shutdown is set for the end of the month. The spending bill, unveiled earlier in…

President Joe Biden spent much of his Monday on his first West Coast trip as president speaking with fire officials in Idaho and California and pushing his $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan. The video above includes clips from both stops. He started his trip in Boise at the National Interagency Fire Center, which coordinates the government’s…

According to a World Bank Group report released Monday, climate change could force more than 200 million people to move from their homes by the year 2050. “They will migrate from areas with lower water availability and crop productivity and from areas affected by sea-level rise and storm surges,” the authors of the report said…

The world’s leading climate scientists delivered a dire warning about the deepening climate emergency saying some of the changes already set in motion are thought to be “irreversible” for centuries to come. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report Monday  that warns in about a decade, the Earth’s temperature would…

After millions of Americans had to deal with extreme, record-breaking heat this week, now some are bracing for a tropical storm threat. Parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are under a tropical storm warning for what is expected to be Tropical Storm Claudette. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a state of emergency Thursday night.…