Chicago Tribune Illinois preparing to make roads safe for solar eclipseChicago TribuneIllinois Department of Transportation officials say efforts are underway to make sure traffic keeps moving and roadways are safe during the upcoming solar eclipse. The Carbondale area in southern Illinois is in the path of a total eclipse on Aug. 21 … and more »

Washington Post Nonprofit installs solar panels on roofs of lower-income households — freeWashington PostTwane Turnage and Anthony Garner stood at the bottom of a bright orange ladder and carefully guided a solar panel with hooks and ropes attached along the ladder rails toward a pitched roof. “Pull!” hollered Turnage, 18. “Pull!” echoed Garner, 21.

KDLT News Solar Eclipse: What To Expect In South DakotaKDLT NewsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Millions of people are eagerly waiting the solar eclipse that will be taking place in a little more than two weeks. It’s been 99 years since the last solar activity spanned across the nation. But how does a solar eclipse happen?…

WSOC Charlotte Eye doctors warn about taking precautions viewing the solar eclipseWSOC CharlotteZaneeka Hill is looking forward to seeing a total solar eclipse later this month with her son Maliq. When the moon passes between Earth and the sun Aug. 21, the day will briefly become night. With everyone’s eyes on the sky, and the…

Ask Tom: Will global warming raise water levels in Lake Michigan …Chicago TribuneGlobal warming will not raise water levels on Lake Michigan. and more »

Wicked Local Ipswich Climate Action column: Facts, not hysteria on global warmingWicked Local IpswichIt’s not enough that the Trump Administration is denying the consensus among 97 percent of climate scientists that fossil-fuel emissions are causing a rapid rise in global temperatures, or that it’s fired, muzzled or frozen the positions of hundreds of … and…

Ars Technica We know Vikings as infamous raiders—was that merely a response to climate change?Ars TechnicaPopulation pressures and political rivalries probably played a role, but changing climate around the North Atlantic may also have given the Scandinavians a push. So far, paleoclimate researchers have mostly focused on warmer climates in the Vikings’ …

New Zealand Herald Climate change to make Wellington as hot as Sydney: Niwa reportNew Zealand HeraldWellington could become hotter than Northland, and end up with a climate closer to Sydney’s, if no action is taken on climate change. That’s the latest prediction from Niwa which has just released its first ever report on the specific…

Financial Times Trump falls flat with climate change retreatFinancial TimesOn Friday, the US state department submitted a notification to the UN that the administration intended to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement reached in 2015. The statement, confirming the decision that President Donald Trump announced in June …Energy the key to fight climate changeThe Nation…

The Independent Forget ‘Earth Hour’, we need to adopt real solutions to our environmental predicamentThe IndependentThey argue about the correct solution, spend money on faux strategies unlikely to accomplish anything significant or lasting and claim chronic crisis fatigue. Ultimately, a major change in behaviour is needed. It requires embracing a more frugal …