The EPEAT Award, given annually by the Global Electronics Council, helps customers and vendors purchase and sell sustainable and environmentally friendly electronic products. Keep Reading
The southern portion of the Great Salt Lake is at a new historic low, with average daily water levels dropping about an inch below the previous record set in 1963, according to U.S. Geological Survey information collected at the SaltAir gauge location. Keep Reading
Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors of floods that have wreaked havoc across western Europe, killing more than 150 people. Keep Reading
World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative, a collaboration team of diverse climate scientists in researching extreme weather events around the globe, has released a report on the impacts of the recent deadly heatwave in Pacific Northwest America. Keep Reading
This information will help the Coast Guard effectively achieve its missions in a manner that advances the Administration’s urgent priorities of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Keep Reading
The average global surface (land and ocean) temperature in June was 1.58 degrees F (0.88 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 59.9 degrees F (15.5 degrees C), making June the fifth warmest in the climate record. Keep Reading
Review your existing community risk assessment under a climate change lens. Is your community at increased risk due to the impacts of climate change, like wildland urban interface (WUI) fires or flooding? Keep Reading
FEMA is providing mitigation assistance to homeowners to help them rebuild their homes stronger following disaster damage, as part of the agency’s commitment to make communities stronger and increase resilience from the impacts of climate change. Keep Reading
The average global temperature in May was 1.46 degrees F (0.81 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average, tying with May 2018 as the sixth-warmest May recorded. Keep Reading
The $28 billion FEMA budget request is nearly $1.9 billion more than the amount enacted in fiscal year 2021. Keep Reading
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of Multipurpose Grant (MPG) funding to support states, Tribes and territories in addressing high-priority environmental issues, including PFAS, environmental justice and climate change. Keep Reading
The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1. NOAA said it expects three to five major hurricanes this season. Keep Reading
Extra heat trapped in the atmosphere by human-caused greenhouse gas pollution continued to exacerbate global warming in 2020, driven by historically high emission levels that were largely unaffected by the economic slowdown stemming from the pandemic, NOAA scientists reported. Keep Reading
As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the New York City area in 2012, its storm surge swamped lower Manhattan, unmoored a roller coaster on the Jersey Shore, submerged runways at LaGuardia Airport and pushed the toxic waters of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal into nearby basements. Keep Reading
April was the world’s ninth-warmest April in 142 years of record keeping, despite unusually cool temperatures across much of North America, Europe, Australia, the eastern tropical Pacific and southern oceans. Keep Reading
Every 10 years, NOAA releases an analysis of U.S. weather of the past three decades that calculates average values for temperature, rainfall and other conditions. Keep Reading
FEMA has posted in the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) including a list of questions. The answers will assist FEMA in identifying specific programs, regulations and/or policies that may benefit from modification, streamlining, expansion or repeal. Keep Reading
Mayorkas announced the launch of the DHS Climate Change Action Group, a coordinating body composed of the Department’s senior leadership that will drive urgent action to address the climate crisis and will report directly to the Secretary. Keep Reading
While NOAA ranked 2020 as the second-hottest year on record, a separate NASA analysis concluded that 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record. Keep Reading
Coherence between energy and security objectives may be harder to achieve because of the pressures from climate change, domestic and international conflicts, and increasing global instability and demand for energy. Keep Reading