Tag:environment

Business

Planet lands $230 million contract for Pelican imagery satellites

An animated rendering of a Pelican satellite in orbit.PlanetSatellite imagery and data analysis company Planet announced it had signed a $230 million contract...

Joseph Brown - January 29, 2025

Business

Aerial firefighting companies’ new challenge: Keeping up with demand

As out-of-control wildfires threatened thousands of Los Angeles residents earlier this month, the companies that fight infernos from the air raced to send...

Joseph Brown - January 25, 2025

Science & Environment

Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged

At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from...

Joseph Brown - January 20, 2025

Economy

Home insurance costs soaring as climate-related events surge, Treasury Department says

A firefighter douses flames during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California on January 08, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty ImagesClimate-related natural disasters...

Joseph Brown - January 17, 2025

Science & Environment

California Withdraws Some Requests for Tighter Climate Rules

California has withdrawn requests that the Biden administration allow the state to enact limits on pollution from trucks, locomotives and ferries that are...

Joseph Brown - January 14, 2025

Science & Environment

In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can...

Joseph Brown - January 14, 2025

Science & Environment