Energy and Climate Change

It’s not just an environmental issue, and for the first time, researchers have calculated global warming’s potential economic impact on each county.

Faced with declining enrollment and a budget deficit, the University of Montana is offering early retirement buyouts to some faculty members. Well-known, climate science Professor Steve Running accepted the offer and is set to retire.

If managed well, electric vehicles present a massive opportunity for utilities to invest productive capital into the distribution system.

Denver is pressing ahead on its promise to help make Paris climate agreement cuts in heat-trapping greenhouse gas pollution by accelerating a local takeoff of plug-in vehicles.

The partners collaborate with one another, as well as federal, state and tribal entities responsible for managing and protecting the land, water and natural resources of the Northwest, to develop actionable climate science.

SEATTLE — This city known for its rain just went a record-breaking 55 days without any.

The decision underscores the difficulty of planning for future electricity needs at a time of rapid and accelerating change in the industry.

Among the aspirational climate-related goals Boulder has set for itself are targets of 50 megawatts of local renewable energy generation by 2020, and 100 megawatts by 2030.

The review of Rocky Mountain Power’s expenses and revenues should take into account environmental costs and benefits.

"Evidence for a changing climate abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans," a draft of the report states. A copy of it was obtained by The New York Times.