White House aides acknowledge that the plan, to be announced by President Obama and his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, is a “stretch goal.” The commitment goes beyond the Paris climate agreement.
Climate Change
Northwest Passage cruise marks turning point in Arctic tourism
The company has been planning this trip for three years. The ship is outfitted with new ice-detecting equipment, including forward-looking sonar and thermal imaging technology.
Smartphone apps encourage local involvement in a changing climate
With a swipe of a smartphone, locals can submit environmental observations, and there’s even an app aimed at preventing further change.
What these drones have detected could mean hazards for the Bering Sea
Scientists will be able to sit from the comfort of their office or even in a coffee shop, as some of the data is collected in real time.
Activists remember oil and gas buyback in Kachemak Bay
An environmental nonprofit sponsored a panel discussion to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kachemak Bay oil and gas lease buyback.
Bureaucracy slowing response to climate change ‘disaster events’
Janet Mitchell says she and many others in Kivalina were encouraged last year when President Obama gave a shout-out to her village, and the peril it faces, after a flyover during his visit to Alaska.