By Sakshi Udavant for Next City.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for New York News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Urban areas in US cities are estimated to lose an average of 36 million trees every year. This results in economic losses of up to $786 million and risks having an adverse impact on already worsening climate change. .
By Elizabeth McGowan for Energy News Network.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for Virginia News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration The hands-on solar panel lesson for rookies at Sankofa Community Orchard in mid-January might have been a bust if student Mary Lewis hadn’t shown up with her A-game — and her F-150 pickup truck. When the team was short a power drill, Lewis scurried to her trusty toolbox. .
Local elected officials are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to halt all permitting for future oil and gas projects, in light of recent progress with offshore wind. The feds are getting ready to hold a lease auction in August or September for sites off Morro Bay to build floating wind turbines. .
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced it will soon accept public comments on drafting rules to regulate underground carbon-dioxide pipelines. The emerging technology is touted as a climate change solution, but environmental groups are skeptical. The PUC recently declared it has regulatory authority over such pipelines, after it was initially believed only county governments in Minnesota had a say. .
Coloradans are not likely to see much relief in their utility bills any time soon, as a late May cold spell gives way to the full heat of summer. Fuel disruptions due to the conflict in Ukraine, unbridled oil company profits and other factors have produced higher energy costs for all Americans. Denise Stepto - chief communications officer with Energy Outreach Colorado - said Colorado s most vulnerable residents are facing tough decisions about whether to pay rent, buy food and medicine, or pay their utility bill. .