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Republished from thinkprogress.org By Joe Romm The infection rate of Valley Fever in the Southwest United States has gone up a stunning 800 percent from 2000 to 2011, as dust storms have more than doubled. New research directly links the rise in Valley Fever to the

Republished from independent.co.uk By Clark Mindock   American politicians are stepping up to fill a leadership void left behind by Mr Trump FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) American governors and mayors are stepping up to fill a leadership void on climate change after Donald Trump announced that the US

Republished from nytimes.com By Brad Plumer WASHINGTON — The Energy Department is closing an office that works with other countries to develop clean energy technology, another sign of the Trump administration’s retreat on climate-related activities after its withdrawal from the Paris agreement this month. The 11

Republished from nytimes.com By Eugene Linden In tiny Lesotho, a landlocked kingdom in southern Africa, about one-third of its estimated two million people spent much of the past two years in danger of starving because of the lingering effects of a drought. That is just the

Republished from nytimes.com By Michael Kimmelman The wind over the canal stirred up whitecaps and rattled cafe umbrellas. Rowers strained toward a finish line and spectators hugged the shore. Henk Ovink, hawkish, wiry, head shaved, watched from a V.I.P. deck, one eye on the boats, the

Republished from cleantechnica.com By Saurabh Mahapatra Indian Railways is going all out to reduce its fuel costs and adopt solar power in a major way. Apart from planning large-scale solar power projects and rooftop solar power systems, the world’s fourth-largest railway network is planning to install