A milestone year for renewable energy
To you, our readers
You'll notice a change coming to the newsletter soon. The Monitor is shifting its reporting teams as it prepares to launch its new daily online news package next month. Inhabit will be joining forces with the Monitor science and technology teams to be led going forward by Noelle Swan. We'll be getting a new look but听one thing won't change: our deep devotion to distinctive climate and environmental coverage.听Keep an eye out for stories from a wider pool of writers and a new and richer science and environment newsletter. //听Mark Trumbull听补苍诲听Noelle Swan
What we're writing
'More for less': Renewable power surges into mainstream as costs fall
Investors in renewable sources of electricity generation are increasingly getting more bang for their buck, according to a UN-backed report. //听Eva Botkin-Kowacki听
California's conservative farmers tackle climate change, in their own way
As California transitions from devastating drought into one of the wettest periods in decades, farmers are seeking new ways to protect their fields from whipsaw weather extremes. //听Jessica Mendoza
As rivers get cleanups, can city residents still afford to live nearby?
The Los Angeles River and Washington's Anacostia River could become tests of how well communities can balance new development with opportunities for longstanding residents. //听Henry Gass
What we're reading
Mass migration of species due to climate change听has profound implications for society, an international team of scientists predicts.听// The Guardian
After the rains:听These graphics听track the state's water security. // Water Deeply
President Trump has called environmental regulations job-killers.听Here's another side to听that story.听// Ohio Valley Resource
The Navy converted from coal to oil a few years before the US听entered World War I, a hundred years ago this week. // The Conversation
What's trending
"Between Norway and Greenland in the western Eurasian basin, Atlantic currents flow into the Arctic at a depth of 200 to 250 meters, about 4掳C warmer than the surface water." // Eli Kintisch, writing in Science magazine
鈥淭his drought emergency is over, but the next drought could be around the corner.鈥澨�// Gov. Jerry Brown, quoted in The Los Angeles Times
