Tag: Climate and environment

Profiles in clean energy: Former Shell VP helps create a new way of making clean electricity

When Cindy Taff was a vice president at the giant oil and gas company Shell in Houston, her middle schooler Brianna would sometimes...

Humanitarians enlist entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during United Nations week

NEW YORK -- A lively discussion broke out backstage during Climate Week NYC between a TikTok comedian, a buzzed-about actress, a Latin cuisine...

Climate change and harsh weather in France bring challenges to Chablis wine country

LIGNORELLES, France -- On a brisk late September morning in the heart of Chablis wine country, grape pickers haul large and heavy buckets...

Federal government postpones sale of floating offshore wind leases along Oregon coast

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The federal government postponed an auction of floating offshore wind leases off the Oregon coast on Friday after developers said...

Utilities complete transmission line linking Iowa and Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. -- Construction work on a high-voltage transmission linking Iowa and Wisconsin has been completed and the line is fully operational, a...

As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles

BELLVUE, Colo. -- Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months."That's...