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This Earth Day, Biden faces ‘headwinds’ on climate agenda
One year ago, Joe Biden marked his first Earth Day as president by convening world leaders for a virtual summit on global warming that even Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping attended. Biden used the moment to nearly double the United States' goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, vaulting the country to the front lines in the fight against climate change.
Evers administration calls for building code changes to meet climate change goals
A report released Tuesday suggests Wisconsin should revise its building codes to include higher energy-efficiency standards and make various other changes meant to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Scientists race to gather winter data on warming Great Lakes
What's happening in the Great Lakes during those long, frigid months when they're often covered partially or completely with ice? A casual observer — and even experts — might be inclined to say, "Not much."
New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark
Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much faster than many people recognize. Over the next three decades, the cost of flood damage is on pace to rise 26% because of climate change alone, an analysis of our new flood-risk maps shows.
A new ratings industry is emerging to help homebuyers gauge climate risks
As climate change leads to large-scale natural disasters, wildfire evacuations in the West and flooding from the South to New York City and New England.
Biden’s climate plan aims to reduce methane emissions
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, concentrating on a greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming and packs a stronger short-term punch than even carbon dioxide.
A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other terms
As a large U.N. climate conference gets underway on Oct. 31, you'll be hearing a lot of technical terms tossed around: mitigation, carbon neutral, sustainable development. The language can feel overwhelming.
Cities worldwide aren’t adapting to climate change quickly enough
Climate change is magnifying threats such as flooding, wildfires, tropical storms and drought. In 2020 the U.S. experienced a record-breaking 22 weather and climate disasters that each caused at least $1 billion in damage. So far in 2021, the count stands at 18.
US announces plan to combat ‘silent killer’ – extreme heat (UPDATE)
The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and residents from extreme heat after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and caused hundreds of deaths from the Pacific Northwest to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana.
Biden pitches spending plan as key to fight climate change
President Joe Biden tried to advance his domestic spending plans in Colorado on Tuesday by warning about climate change's dangers while calling attention to how his clean-energy proposals would also create good-paying jobs.
AGC encourages owners to build greener in response to climate change
The Associated General Contractors of America is calling on project owners and contractors to design buildings with environmental protection in mind and take other steps to combat climate change.
Reducing methane can pay for itself. So why aren’t more companies doing it?
Methane, the main component of natural gas, is a bigger contributor to climate change than the world generally acknowledges, and cutting emissions of it will be crucial to slowing global warming, a new United Nations report warns.
Today’s News
- WisDOT says veterans graves won’t be moved during I-94 expansion
- Wisconsin Laborers union launches peer support group
- Milwaukee County courthouse cost doubles to nearly $900 million
- Plan Commission punts decision on Milwaukee Walmart redevelopment
- Drilling fluid spills into wetland during Line 5 reroute construction
- Lease for Milwaukee’s Derse property opens as company moves to Oak Creek
- Goodbye NAIOP Wisconsin, hello CREDA Wisconsin
- Milwaukee elementary school deemed total loss after inferno
- Leadership roles change at Bliffert Lumber
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | June 30
- Foreclosure judgement ordered for Neutral Milwaukee site
- HEAT IS ON: Construction experts share tips on working in record-breaking temps
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)