CEDAR KEY, Fla.—For this island fishing village along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Hurricane Idalia wrought some of its worst damage not on land but offshore.
On the evening of May 17, 1970, the 19th car of a freight train derailed in the Pennsylvania village of Cromby, a small town nestled along a horseshoe curve in the Schuylkill River about 30 miles…
As the United Nations’ annual climate summit wraps up in Dubai this week, farm and food groups are applauding the conference leadership for its intensified focus on agriculture, a major source of…
Harm City: Fifth in a series about environmental justice and climate adaptation in Baltimore’s neighborhoods.
For Ben Zaitchik, the moment had arrived. He’d been working at Johns Hopkins University…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—As negotiators at COP28 debate which verbs in the final documents would indicate the correct level of urgency, scientists at the global talks delivered a simple, dire…
Alabama students on both sides of the political aisle said that in the reality of today’s world and political environment, one mention of a pressing global issue simply won’t suffice.
“Whether the…
Claims by some U.S. lawmakers at COP28 that President Biden’s policies provide global leadership on climate rang hollow with leading American climate activists at the annual conference who faulted…
Because of Biden’s domestic policies, other countries are once again looking to the United States for climate leadership, said Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the ranking Democrat on the Energy…
For the second time in three weeks, a court struck down an air pollution permit issued by Texas’ environmental regulator.
In a one-page ruling posted Tuesday, Travis County District Court Judge Amy…
The Education of Judith Kimerling: An American lawyer’s epic struggle to stop expanding oil operations harming Indigenous peoples in Ecuador’s Amazon. Part two.
But the project isn’t here yet, and won’t be until 2030 or later, due in part to the deliberate pace the Danish and European governments have set.
Jacob Trøst, Bornholm’s mayor, is preparing his…
Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed - but will it really have an impact on climate change?
The agreement reached in this glitzy metropolis for the first time nails the role of…
World leaders have reached a new agreement to tackle climate change at a big UN meeting in Dubai.
The summit followed a year of extreme weather events in which many climate records were broken.…
Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels.
The talks in Dubai came close to collapse but in a dramatic turn-around, nations agreed to "…
With the COP28 climate talks drawing to a close, three mothers from different continents tell the BBC how their love for their children has motivated them to take their arguments to the people in…
Earlier this year Professor Jacques Pironon was searching for methane in the Lorraine Basin, northeast France, when his team made an unexpected discovery.
Around 3,000m underground they found a very…
We are about to pass a civilisational milestone, say forecasters.
In the next few years we will pass 'peak' fossil fuels - it may have already happened.
It will mean the world has reached its…
The UN climate talks start haggling over how to protect the oceans on Saturday - and one woman will be closely watching.
Mervina Paueli, 25, has come to Dubai to negotiate a future for her home,…
An innovative UK climate satellite has failed in orbit just six months after launch.
HotSat-1 was put up to map heat loss from buildings and was doing so successfully until its camera stopped…
North Yorkshire church officials are hoping to install a heat pump and solar panels in a bid to become more environmentally friendly.
Grade I listed Holy Trinity Church in Skipton could have its…
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