Vernon Loeb

Sep 7, 2023 | t.ly | Amal Ahmed |Vernon Loeb

Over the last century, the state of Texas has reaped billions of dollars by allowing companies to burrow into the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to extract oil and gas. Now, the General Land Office—the state agency tasked with protecting the vulnerable Texas shoreline and other natural resources—is eyeing carbon sequestration as the next industry to develop in the Gulf.

Sep 6, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Georgina Gustin |Vernon Loeb

The country’s farmers took in a record $19 billion in insurance payments in 2022, many because of weather-related disasters, according to a new analysis that suggests climate change could stoke the cost of insuring the nation’s farmers and ranchers to unsustainable levels.

Sep 2, 2023 | shorturl.at | James Bruggers |Vernon Loeb

Every week, the expressions of love and support pour into Whitesburg, Kentucky’s Mountain Community Radio, WMMT, like messages in a bottle from friends and family to inmates incarcerated in the seven state or federal prisons within the reach of the station’s signal. On a recent episode of the show “Calls from Home,” a woman told her man: “You know I got you. I couldn’t ask for a better husband.” Another caller said: “I love you with all my heart, forever and a day. Have amazing dreams. Good night.

Aug 25, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Lydia Larsen |Vernon Loeb

The struggle to meet a growing global energy demand is playing out across North Dakota’s landscape. On the western half of the state, oil and gas wells dot the Bakken shale, and farmers swap small grains, such as wheat, barley and oats, traditionally grown in the region, for corn and soybeans used as biofuel feedstocks. These landscape changes across grassland regions like those in North Dakota affect local wildlife and ecosystems.

Aug 24, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Keerti Gopal |Vernon Loeb

Carbon offset projects claiming to curb deforestation are significantly overestimating their impact, according to a new study published in Science on Thursday. Sold as a way to lessen the impact of greenhouse gas emissions by allowing polluters or consumers to purchase offsets or credits that allow them to keep emitting in return for funding projects that decrease emissions elsewhere, offsets have become ahigh-profile model for corporate climate action.