Dana Nuccitelli

Severe Drought Is Taking a Toll on California and Western U.S.  EcoWatch

The recent “Climate Day” at the Biden White House, in which he signed a raft of orders dealing with climate change, could almost qualify as a Green New Deal in all but name. Or at least a mini-Green New Deal.

Their ‘death spiral’ is a vicious melting-warming feedback, leading to more melting of snow and ice and still more warming, an ongoing cycle.

It’s exacerbating the hot and dry conditions that allow wildfires to spread farther and faster.

A recent study estimates that the ‘social cost of carbon’ is 100 times greater than the agency’s estimate.

Dana Nuccitelli, Author at Yale Climate Connections  Yale Climate Connections

The sweeping plan outlines how a federal government fully under Democratic control may seek to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

Contrary to the argument made in Jeff Gibbs’ and Michael Moore’s controversial film, curbing growth can slow climate change, but only clean technologies can stop it.

A new administration could renew the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate agreement, strengthen air pollution standards, and more. But that will take time.

The YouTube film offers outdated and wildly misleading information on renewable energy.

How did Georgia Tech climate scientist Kim Cobb transition from a principal focus on coral reef studies to being ‘all in’ in pursuit of climate ‘solutions’?

Whether denying coronavirus or climate change, many deploy the same unfounded strategies and messages.

Yale Climate Connections’ Dana Nuccitelli documents new research findings about the need for aggressive climate solutions by Project Drawdown.

Climate solutions are expensive investments in the short run but will yield huge long-term savings, according to new research by Project Drawdown.

Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on the issue of climate change.

Build Your Own Solutions to the Climate Crisis With the En-Roads Climate Simulator  EcoWatch

The interactive tool suggests that carbon taxes could be effective, but they won’t work on their own.

How climate change influenced Australia’s unprecedented fires  Yale Climate Connections

It was the second-hottest year on record.

Findings confirm reliability of projections of temperature changes over last 50 years