United States domestic oil production this May was nearly 400,000 barrels per day (b/d) less than in May 1986 U.S. oil consumption this May was 300,000 b/d greater than last May.
Irene Bedard has made her share of appearances on the big screen. You may have even heard her voice in TV shows, movies, and video games. Perhaps you ve
The Inupiat of Alaska recently created an entirely new word, usteq, to describe a catastrophic combination of permafrost thaw, flooding, and erosion that can lead to total land collapse. For the almost 600 inhabitants of Shishmaref, an Inupiat Eskimo village on a barrier island in the Chukchi Sea, usteq poses a threat to every dimension of daily life: housing, food security, public infrastructure, culturally significant landmarks. In 2016, the community voted for the third time in 43 years to relocate, but a lack of financial support from the state and federal governments continues to thwart the effort.
The global climate crisis has already displaced millions of people in the U.S., with many millions more at risk in the coming decades from flooding, sea level rise, wildfires, droughts and other extreme-weather events and disasters. Many of the most vulnerable are underprivileged, minority or Indigenous communities that have already suffered historical displacements. Land rights in t