Archive - Cape Cod & Islands Climate Roundup

Spring is coming; changes in publication schedule

Bad news keeps coming at federal level; local progress even more important!

Apr 2 •

March 2025

February 2025

Feb 28: Right whales are back, painful cuts at NOAA, and you name the Gulf

Also, join Mass Audubon on March 8 for the Natural History Conference

Feb 28 •

Feb 21: Lobster baby bust explained, and the growing promise of geothermal

Also, homeowner's insurance rate hikes hit Martha's Vineyard

Feb 21 •

Feb 14: Courtship tips from WHOI, more $ unfrozen, still targeting offshore wind

And 95% of countries blow the Paris Agreement deadline to submit new 5-year emissions-cutting plans

Feb 14 •

Feb 7: Youth Climate Summit, Cli-Fi book recs, and Trump/Musk's chaos hits climate

Also, Bill McKibben wants everyone to know: Solar is the Costco of energy

Feb 7 •

January 2025

Jan 31: Wellfleet's Banksy, whales not driven crazy, funding freeze hits Cape

Also, states take the lead on climate, and a new tool to check your local pond water quality

Jan 31 •

Jan 24: Local bright spots against a dark background

Also, presenters selected for Natural History Conference, kids learn about the blue economy, and Massachusetts positioned better than most on offshore…

Jan 24 •

Jan 17: Falmouth cuts costs & emissions; draft Trump Executive Order threatens offshore wind; Hear from Cape Bridges' Megaproject Leader

Also, stunned turtle season wraps up, (rare) good news from SCOTUS, and in Zanzibar they have "Solar Mamas"

Jan 17 •

Jan 10: Another step in cleaning up toxins in Hyannis; new Mass Save plan goes big; and officially, the hottest year ever.

Also, a reprieve for Alaska's Arctic Refuge, Los Angeles burns, and will Oklahoma really ban renewables?

Jan 10 •

2024 was a year of contradictions; let's kick off 2025 with 5 good things

Piping plovers making a comeback on the Cape; a geothermal breakthrough in MA; Zillow puts climate front of mind; NY, VT hold oil companies to account…

Jan 3 •

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