Climate change in the USA
In announcing new emissions curbs for power plants, President Obama noted that the US is already experiencing damaging climate change. Factr tracks the impacts and the debate.
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Need a job? Hiring to flourish in these fields as humans fight…
These growing fields are helping fight climate change — they're also a great opportunity for job seekers or young people picking…
Shifting Gears on Mental Health: How Insurance Is Taking a Stance on…
Mental health-related issues affect more than 50 million Americans. The insurance industry has a chance to step up and make a…
IRS whistleblowers appear at Hunter Biden hearing, World Cup preview:…
IRS whistleblowers lashed out at federal officials in a Hunter Biden hearing, the world's biggest women's soccer tournament…
Could rice be the key to Southern Black farmers' battle against…
Minority and small farmers don't always have the luxury to move from flood-prone land. Could rice be the key to their…
Heat record after heat record will be broken in 2023. Here's how to…
The dizzying headlines are unlikely to slow down over the next few weeks, or in the years to come as climate change reshapes the…
Rising Star Molly Lovelette on What It Takes to Succeed as a Broker…
We spoke to Alliant’s Molly Lovelette about the many changes affecting green energy — from new technology and increased…
Biden administration approves largest US offshore wind farm off New…
The U.S. Bureau of Energy Management approved Ocean Wind 1, an offshore wind turbine project to be built off New Jersey.
Hurricane season could turn 'hyperactive' amid unprecedented…
Top forecasters upgraded their hurricane predictions for 2023 and are now calling for a \
The oceans are unusually hot and on track to get hotter. That's not…
Roughly 40% of the world’s oceans are experiencing marine heat waves, the most since satellite tracking started in 1991.
America's right to bear fireworks continues to make American…
Fireworks can worsen air quality, disturb veterans and gun violence victims and scare pets making Fourth of July a divisive…
It's tiny, delicate and rare. Zoo hatches a critically endangered…
Eggs of the critically endangered northern spider tortoise incubate for 220-240 days and only 1 of 10,000 live to adulthood.
Texas suffers under brutal, early heat wave. Experts say climate…
The heat wave that's scorching the south-central U.S., especially Texas, has a connection to human-caused climate change, experts…
Toxic algae bloom suspected in deaths of sea lions and dolphins on…
The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute has received more than 1,000 reports of sick and dead marine mammals from June 8…
India's Modi praises U.S. democracy in address to Congress
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the foundations of American democracy in an address to a joint meeting of Congress on…
Mighty conservatives gather at Road to Majority conference
Now underway in the nation's capital: The Road to Majority Policy Conference, a very large gathering of some 3,000 faith-minded…
Biden touts 'historic' climate spending as he courts California donors
President Biden traveled on Monday to donor-rich California, where he unveiled billions in new federal spending to help coastal…
Rotting seaweed, dead fish, no sand: Climate change threatens to ruin…
Warmer-than-average temperatures can mean more fish kills and shark sightings, increased rip currents and coast-covering seaweed…
Everyone's got something to say about Trump -- except world leaders…
In the final days of the 2016 U.S. election campaign, European Union leader Donald Tusk could no longer contain himself: "One…
The dull way Americans are being forced to care about climate change…
Whether or not you believe climate change is a problem, your insurance company already does — and it's responding.
Risk Cooperative CEO Andres Franzetti Details the Origins of His…
R&I: What was your first job? My first job out of college was working in the finance space for a mortgage company. I was a loan…
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