In The News: Office of Executive Vice President and Provost

President Joe Biden’s signed an executive order last month with the goal of having half of all cars sold in 2030 be electric, part of his agenda to address global warming.
The future of teaching has shifted to the online platform following the global lockdown that started early last year, with most lectures and classes being held remotely.

Colleges are taking different approaches in terms of how they’re using online learning in the second fall with COVID.
The irony reveals the need for a greater mix of renewable energy sources.

Southern Nevada colleges and universities are switching more in-person classes to a remote format for the fall semester amid high COVID-19 metrics, frustrating some students who were counting on a nearly full return to campus.

Southern Nevada colleges and universities are switching more in-person classes to a remote format for the fall semester amid high COVID-19 metrics, frustrating some students who were counting on a nearly full return to campus.
Severe droughts are drying up rivers and reservoirs vital for the production of zero-emissions hydropower in several countries around the globe, in some cases leading governments to rely more heavily on fossil fuels.
In the north of California, the turbines of an important hydroelectric power station are idle - heat and drought have dried up the lake. The climate crisis is also restricting power supply elsewhere.

Severe droughts are drying up rivers and reservoirs vital for the production of zero-emissions hydropower in several countries around the globe, in some cases leading governments to rely more heavily on fossil fuels.
Severe droughts are drying up rivers and reservoirs vital for the production of zero-emissions hydropower in several countries around the globe, in some cases leading governments to rely more heavily on fossil fuels.

Sometime next month, for the first time, the federal government is likely to declare a water shortage at Lake Mead.

2 million people are under red flag warnings across California, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon, where the Bootleg Fire is the first official “megafire” of 2021.
