You may have heard the US electric vehicle market is at death's door. You've heard wrong. I looked at 2023 sales and 2024 forecasts and talked to a bunch of analysts: insideclimatenews.org/news/08022024/…

What an insane story: The pro-plastics lobby is now teaching classes to school students and conservative states approve these plans to counter "woke culture." God help us as we drown in plastic. washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

45 states took federal money to devise climate plans that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Can you guess which 5 states passed on a combined $15M and don't have a strategy to cut GHG? cbsnews.com/news/climate-a…

Whoa. Kim firing her shot at the The Washington Post

While this subject will leave you enraged, this was one of the best and most shocking 20/20s I’ve seen…and I had the honor of working on the show last year. Bravo to the entire team that put this one together.

“We’re trying to shake the public awake”: Ben Tracy takes a closer look at one climate group that says it doesn’t need to be liked to be effective, tomorrow on CBS Mornings.

Thousands of people are under evacuation orders as the Corral Fire, California’s largest wildfire this year, burns more than 14,000 acres and counting. The fire is now 50% contained and its cause is under investigation. cbsn.ws/4bKiYTU

Billions of cicadas have emerged from Georgia to southern Wisconsin. But as the two broods of the so-called periodical cicadas cover about 16 states, climate change may be messing with the bugs’ internal alarm clocks. cbsn.ws/2432

Extreme heat is fueling about 20 large wildfires that have burned more than 100,000 acres in the West so far. This fire season could extend longer and be of greater intensity than usual, climate scientists say. cbsn.ws/3KO7tiv

My mocktail just cost $21 at the hotel bar in LA. 😳

Historic flooding has damaged farming communities across the Midwest, and crop losses are raising fears that food prices will increase again: “What’s all so remarkable to consider is how much we Americans depend on these crops.” cbsn.ws/4eHC92M

Will climate voters come out for Harris? Time will tell. cbsnews.com/news/kamala-ha…

Wildfires are “an existential threat for ecosystems and people across the western U.S.,” an expert said. Extreme fire events in the western U.S. and Canada have increased from six in 2003 to 67 in 2023. cbsn.ws/3A43n3D

The Biden administration has proposed new rules to provide heat protection for nearly 36 million workers. The safety standards call for access to water, rest areas and mandatory breaks every two hours when it’s 90 degrees.

See you on October 1, JD.

National recommendations call for cooling heat stroke patients before transporting them to the hospital, but as David Schechter found out, only 11 states require ambulance services to follow this life-saving protocol.

As America grapples with an escalating plastic crisis, the city of Houston, ExxonMobil and other partners announced a new program that promised to recycle nearly all of the city’s plastic waste. Two years later, the program has yet to fully materialize — and critics say evidence

Less than 10% of all plastic waste gets recycled in the U.S. and it’s estimated that within just a few decades, the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans will outweigh even fish. The plastic industry has said it has a way to address the problem — a method known as “advanced

$15 for a pound of coffee? Groceries have been more expensive lately, with inflation helping drive up the cost of nutritional staples by 25% since 2019. But there’s a root problem with the surge in grocery costs that’s attacking food right at the source. Here’s what to know.

About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the U.S. each year — and less than 10% of it is recycled. Houston, Texas says its new recycling program can handle any type of plastic. Ben Tracy looked into whether the claims are too good to be true.