| | | | | Welcome! This week, insulation for all and porkless pork. But first, the secret to surviving daylight saving time. | | | The sun rose an hour late Sunday. Or that's how it felt fumbling through the newly darkened morning hours. Since daylight saving time was mandated in 1966, Americans have begrudgingly moved their clocks ahead one hour to save energy. But does it? | | Our brains have a remarkable internal clock. When it's askew, sunlight can reset it. This week, spend a few minutes strolling in the sunshine, especially in the morning. Turn off your LED lights — and screens — early. Then sleep well. | |  | | (Harry Stevens/The Washington Post) | | Spring leaves sprouted early this year across the Eastern United States, while the West stayed wet and cold. Use this interactive tool to discover how early or late leaves appeared where you live this year, and learn how the timing of spring is — and is not — related to global warming. | | | Charles David Keeling began measuring the rise of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere in 1958. Besides seasonal dips, the Keeling Curve has only moved up. No one alive today is likely to see it drop below its current level of 420 parts per million, let alone return to the pre-industrial levels of 280 ppm. | | | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced stricter standards on smog-forming pollutants from power plants. Known as the "good neighbor" rule, the regulation seeks to lower pollution that drifts across state lines and can harm Americans who have respiratory problems. | |  | | As someone whose earliest memories date back to the 1980s, I was surprised to hear government workers once traversed the country fixing up homes at no cost. "I lived in Wisconsin in the '70s," writes reader Kate DuVivier. "There was a terrific push for weatherization, including government-sponsored work crews that would do it for people for free." | | Kate's memory is spot-on. The Weatherization Assistance Program survives today. Low-income households are eligible for the program that provides insulation, air sealing and other energy-saving improvements. The Energy Department has helped more than 7 million households since 1976. But that's woefully short of the need. About 39 million households — nearly a third of the United States — are eligible. Know someone who could use this? Here's how to apply and a map of state agencies that can help. | |  | | From The Washington Post: Houses are tumbling into the sea along North Carolina's Outer Banks. Rodanthe's retreat encapsulates the unresolved risks of coastal development. The war in Ukraine is a human tragedy. It's also an environmental disaster. Pork without a pig? A New Jersey factory says it has found a way. John James Audubon, a famed naturalist, was also an unabashed enslaver. His eponymous organization has decided to keep his name. | | From elsewhere: A match made underwater: A data center in the U.K. is getting rid of waste heat by warming up a pool, reports the BBC. Under new federal rules, utilities must remove two toxic chemicals from drinking water now found in everything from dental floss to toilet paper, the New York Times reports. | |  | | Sharon Geiken writes from a small town outside Bridgeport, Calif., where record snowfall knocked out power for more than a week. "I felt like a pioneer woman cooking on top of our wood stove," writes Sharon. Here's a photo of her house and a Tesla beneath the snow. | | | A house and car are buried near Bridgeport, Calif. | | Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to get The Climate Coach in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. | | See you next Tuesday, Michael Coren, Climate Coach | | Did you know I read all your emails? Be part of the Climate Coach community. Write with thoughts on the newsletter, photos of life in your neck of the woods, and any signs of spring (it's still raining like the middle of winter in San Francisco) to climatecoach@washpost.com. | | | | | | | | | |
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