Backers hope Inflation Reduction Act incentives spur business in Southwest Virginia

by Emma Ricketts | Apr 11, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — As the Inflation Reduction Act ushers in generous new tax credits linked to renewables, backers are hopeful that regions once dependent on coal, like Southwest Virginia, could be among its beneficiaries. “If it’s not a watershed moment for a...

On The Global Stage, Jacinda Ardern Was a Climate Champion, But Victories Were Hard to Come by at Home

by Emma Ricketts | Mar 16, 2023 | Politics

Standing before a crowd of more than 2,000 people shortly before her election as Prime Minister in 2017, Jacinda Ardern declared that climate change was her “generation’s nuclear free moment.” Referring to New Zealand’s decision in the 1980s to eschew atomic energy...

Will D.C.’s cherry blossoms survive climate change?

by Emma Ricketts | Mar 16, 2023 | Environment

Washington D.C.’s cherry blossoms are expected to reach peak bloom two weeks earlier than the historic average this year. Is this a sign of climate change? Susanti Sarkar and Emma Ricketts spoke to experts in climate science and phenology about why direct attributions...

Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

by Emma Ricketts | Jan 26, 2023 | Environment, Featured

While the prospects for a bitterly divided Congress to produce further ambitious climate legislation are almost nonexistent, newly named Republican leaders of key House committees say they want to help bring the U.S. closer to its emissions goal. “There’s...

Republicans eye the SEC’s climate-related disclosure regulations, should they take control of congress

by Emma Ricketts | Nov 7, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — After the Securities and Exchange Commission held more than 150 meetings this year with investors and other stakeholders interested in its pending regulations that would require companies to disclose climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions,...