climate change

The office of sustainability for the City of Oklahoma City is conducting a short survey on heat perception. The survey is continuing research for OKC’s urban heat island campaign.

Construction has started on Oklahoma City’s first parking-protected bike lane. The lane will be built in northeast Oklahoma City on Lottie Avenue from NE 13th Street to NE 23rd Street.

The company announced last week that it’s developing its first solar farm in Oklahoma, and plans to power local grids and its operations.

The Choctaw Nation will soon start climate pollution reduction projects with grants from the EPA. The nation wants to focus on sustainability and stewarding a healthier environment in Southeast Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has received a $3 million federal planning grant to develop a statewide greenhouse gas inventory and develop plans for reducing emissions. The funding comes from the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act.

National Weather Service is issuing heat advisories for Oklahoma this week. Excessive heat and severe weather are changing crops for farmers and routines for landscapers.

The National Weather Service in Norman is into its second consecutive week of issuing heat advisories for the state. High temperatures are made more intense by humidity and heat bursts that usually occur in the spring are persisting this month.

Half a dozen rural Oklahoma businesses and agriculture producers will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

With extreme floods all over the world filling headlines, researchers at the University of Oklahoma predict things will only get worse.

Increase of extreme weather prompts NPR to create new Climate Desk for reporting on environment and climate change.