by Minghe Hu | Aug 29, 2018 | Environment
Harmful algal blooms, like the red tide devastating Florida’s waterways, are threatening human health and imposing a major financial burden on businesses, according to experts who testified Tuesday before a Senate subcommittee. Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, can cause...
by Minghe Hu | Aug 27, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON—Blockchain technology could make the U.S. more energy efficient in the long run, but right now the cryptocurrency miners using blockchain actually are consuming large amounts electricity to power their computers and other devices, experts told a Senate...
by Basma Amer & Juliette Rocheleau | Aug 24, 2018 | Environment
Experts believe climate change is adversely impacting marine food chains. One of the species affected is salmon, a main staple for Native American tribes in Alaska. Populations of the cold-water fish is reducing in numbers, and Native Americans who rely on it as a...
by Minghe Hu & Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu | Aug 14, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The University of Michigan is investing millions of dollars to create technologies that capture carbon dioxide and turn it into commercial products, but some experts say this approach might not help reduce greenhouse gas or fit in well with the market...
by Minghe Hu | Jul 31, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – A House energy subcommittee is pushing legislation to require the Energy Department to lease some of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities to companies or foreign governments and use the profits to update old equipment and infrastructure. The...
by Shelby Fleig | Jun 1, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Federal funding for programs that aim to reduce the effects of climate change increased by $4.4 billion from 2010 through 2017, according to the Office of Management and Budget. But a congressional watchdog said this week that OMB is exaggerating...
