Stories tagged: "climate crisis"


A sign warns motorists and others of flooding on New River Inlet Road in North Topsail Beach. A 2019 study by the Center for Climate Integrity, estimates that it will cost $724 million to adequately provide short term protection against flooding in N. Topsail. (Photo by Michael McElroy)
The Climate Report Is Bad. But There Is Something We Can Do About It.

The worst-case scenario for our warming planet — deadly fires, floods, and droughts — will require international cooperation by governments. And nothing less. 

A recent study found that people making $109,000 and higher must adjust their carbon-emitting habits by a factor of 30 in order to stave of the most disastrous effects of climate change.
The World’s Wealthiest 1% Are Killing the Planet

Unless people making the equivalent of $109,000 and higher drastically change their habits, the world will be unable to prevent the most dire consequences of climate change.

COURIER Illustration (Denzel Boyd)
They Held the Line Against Trump. Now, Environmental Groups Hope the Real Work Begins.

After spending four years fighting efforts by the Trump administration to roll back protections, groups now want the Biden administration to make it clear climate is a priority.

Addressing the coronavirus pandemic is one of Joe Biden's top priorities when he officially becomes president. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The First Day: Biden Lays Out Immediate Agenda to Tackle the Issues Americans Care About the Most

Biden’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s response to the coronavirus, address climate change, and protect immigrants have broad support—and the vice president is now using that as a mandate to act.

Photo courtesy of subject. Graphic treatment by Denzel Boyd for COURIER
I Vote Because My 2-Year-Old Granddaughter’s Life Depends on It

“I will vote for you in the upcoming election,” I told Belle, secretly hoping that I would live long enough to witness her voting one day.

Energy efficiency jobs—like retrofitting buildings to meet LEED standards—could create hundreds of thousands of jobs. And Biden has put them at the center of his campaign to help America recover. (Graphic by COURIER)
Green Jobs Are Real, Pay Good Money, and Only One Candidate Knows That

Making the United States more energy efficient could create hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs, save the planet, and help end the coronavirus recession.

President Trump has openly declared his hatred of windmills—but while his arguments have no basis in scientific reality, they mask a deeper failure of his administration to address climate change or embrace science.
Does Trump Want Birds to Live or Die? An Investigation Into Windmills, Windows, and Avian Death

Trump's recent ramblings about birds, windows, and windmills might seem funny at first—but they highlight the president's climate change denial and dismissal of science.