Permian Basin pipelines leak enough natural gas to meet the energy needs of 2.1 million homes.

More info: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/05/permian-basin-leaking-14-times-more-methane-epa-estimates-study

Hertz plans to buy up to 175,000 electric vehicles from GM.

More info: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hertz-plans-order-up-175000-gm-electric-vehicles-by-2027-2022-09-20/

Ten percent of US schools now use solar power.

More info: https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3644847-nearly-1-in-10-us-schools-now-using-solar-power/

Two companies have agreed to partner on turning timber byproducts into a biofuel for aviation.

More info: https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/enviva-alder-strike-deal-biomass-sustainable-aviation-fuel-2022-09-06/

Climate change is making 58% of infectious diseases worse.

More info: https://grist.org/health/study-climate-change-is-making-58-of-infectious-diseases-worse/

U.S. consumers may pay $200 million less for electricity over the next decade, thanks to the new climate law.

More info: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082022/inflation-reduction-act-electricity-prices-carbon-reduction/

The likelihood of a “megaflood” occurring in California has doubled due to climate change, with prospects of $1 trillion in damage.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/12/climate/california-rain-storm.html

NOAA says the chances of a worse-than-average hurricane season are 60%.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/04/noaa-hurricane-outlook-update-atlantic/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_energy_and_environment&wpisrc=nl_green

The US and China are each responsible for more than $1.8 trillion of global income losses from 1990 to 2014.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/12/united-states-china-global-economic-damages-emissions-study/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_energy_and_environment&wpisrc=nl_green

Wind storms traveling faster than 95 mph swept through five states July 5, turning the sky green.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/south-dakota-green-sky-derecho.html