Climate records have tumbled in 2023.
There have been historically high sea temperatures, worrying lows in Antarctic sea-ice, and extreme weather events hitting every continent - the latest being an…
Over 50% of all transport-related emissions come from high-income countries, where people are more likely to own and depend on personal vehicles. Meanwhile, less than 1% is generated by low-income…
The UK’s rail service has been hit with widespread train delays and high levels of cancellations during the heatwave. The whole of the east coast line between Edinburgh and London was closed for…
The first Australian climate court case brought on behalf of First Nations people has heard climate “tipping points” could be reached that would rapidly lead to irreversible changes, such as sea-…
Mining the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could threaten local water supply and Indigenous culture.
More than 250 years ago, the Ojibwe people, one of the largest Indigenous…
The California company has defaulted on $289 million in Nevada bonds and put $500 million in financing for a facility in Indiana on hold. Meanwhile, U.S.
Dozens of proposed projects would pump water uphill to reservoirs that release it to generate electricity when wind and solar can’t. But their reliance on groundwater in the drought-stricken…
With growing calls for the need to reduce plastic production, industry groups are pushing back.
Fossil fuel and chemical company interests are out in force at the United Nations meeting in Nairobi,…
Concentrations of HFC-23, one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases, remained elevated in East Asia after China, a known past polluter, agreed to curb emissions.
Preliminary atmospheric…
Virginia’s largest utility provider has faced a backlash from the state’s environmental community since it announced plans to build a new, large fossil fuel facility in Chesterfield.
Over the course…
Hydrogen is getting a lot of attention as a key potential fuel source to replace fossil fuels in the future clean energy economy, because when it’s burned the end product is simply water.
Without immediate emissions cuts, global temperatures will breach the Paris Agreement’s goals sooner than expected, scientists say. ‘Despite decades of warnings, we are still heading in the wrong…
Judges overturned a state air pollution permit that was issued last year, arguing that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality illegally enabled Port Arthur LNG to avoid emissions control…
A state report card shows missed opportunities for technologies that are ready for deployment.
An August wildfire cut off electricity to Del Norte County, California. Residents might have been in…
Extreme temperatures; worsening wildfires, hurricanes and floods; infrastructure problems; agricultural impacts: The way you experience climate change will depend on where you live.
If there is one…
With global consensus difficult to find, some experts say smaller multilateral deals between major greenhouse gas polluters are needed to quickly cut emissions.
New climate talks between the United…
As oil and gas companies struggle to dispose of their wastewater in the Permian Basin, the city of Midland is challenging applications for disposal wells near one of its drinking water sources.…
Latest U.S. actions fit a long pattern of ambivalence, and even disruption, at key moments during 30 years of climate talks.
Despite some last-minute wavering over specific words and the placement…
The company’s stock price plunged as its new interim CEO announced financial losses. Environmentalists had long questioned a business model they said was based on greenwashing.
A financial crisis…
A comparison with laws in Illinois and Minnesota shows the scope of the state’s ambition.
Michigan is set to become the third state in the Midwest and twelfth in the country to require a shift to…