Trump Greenlights Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but Will Oil Companies Show Up?
The Trump administration has announced that it is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development – the latest twist in a decades-long battle over the fate of this remo
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Renewable Energy Remains One of America’s Most Attractive Investment Options.
Investors who know the renewables market best believe its brightest days are still to come, writes Gregory Wetstone. Gregory Wetstone is president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a Washington, D.C.-based industry group.
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The US is in a water crisis far worse than most people imagine.
Industrial runoff and lax standards have tainted water across the US. Senators and doctors are calling me, asking what to do.
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Methane released in gas production means Australia's emissions may be 10% higher than reported.
Analysis shows the government, which has committed to a ‘gas-led recovery’, has failed to properly account for methane’s effect on global heating.
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Legal challenge over UK's exclusion of incinerators from emissions target.
Campaigner says decision at odds with Paris agreement to achieve net zero by 2050.
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U.S. Voters Increasingly Concerned About Climate Crisis.
The dangers of climate chaos are conspicuous across the country as wildfiresrage in the West where prolonged drought has turned some forests into a tinderbox, the Gulf Coast braces for ba
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Kenya races to prevent new locust plague threat.
Kenya is in a race to track locusts to prevent a new plague from forming in East Africa and eating all the greenery they find in their wake.
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Oil Spills Threaten Endangered South African Penguins.
African Penguins are Endangered African penguins, recognised by their chest black horseshoe markings and their distinct bray-like calls.
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Has Africa's green revolution failed?
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a favorite cause among Western donors — including Germany. But a study finds that the work of the organization is actually counterproductive.
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Japan's Nagashiki says has scuttled part of Mauritius oil-spill ship.
TOKYO - Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping, which owns the bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius and caused a large oil spill, said on Tuesday it has completed scuttling of the front part of the vessel on Monday as instructed by local authorities.
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Africa declared free of wild polio after decades of work.
Achievement comes following Nigeria vaccination drive, with last cases of wild virus recorded four years ago.
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10 More Eggs Harvested from Last 2 Female Northern White Rhinos.
Scientists in Kenya have harvested 10 eggs from the last two remaining northern white rhinos in the race to keep the species from total extinction.
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Canadian pension board invests $141m in Chinese coal projects, undercutting federal phaseout policy.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is jeopardizing Canadians’ retirement savings, undercutting federal government policy, and making a mockery of one of the country’s few points of climate leadership on the world stage by investing C$141 million in Chinese coal companies, a leading
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Sierra Leone court freezes Steinmetz’s Octea assets over environmental damage.
In the lawsuit, 73 plaintiffs living around the mine say they have suffered respiratory infections and headaches. Freetown — The high court of Sierra Leone, on Wednesday, granted an interim freezing order on the assets of Octea, a subsidiary of Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz’s BSG R
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Sudan's Jabal Maragha: Illegal gold diggers destroy ancient site.
Illegal gold diggers have destroyed a 2,000-year-old archaeological site in Sudan in the eastern region of the Sahara desert, official say.
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Sanders Condemns GOP for Ignoring Climate Crisis at RNC.
As wildfires burn through California and the western United States, the Gulf Coast prepares for two potential hurricanes within a 48-hour timeframe, and record high temperatures
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Extreme Heat, Wildfires and Record-Setting Storms Suggest the Future Climate Crisis Is Already Here.
From the historic heat wave and wildfires in the West, to the massive derecho that tore through the middle of the nation, to the record-breaking pace of this year's hurricane season, the unprecedented and
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Joint venture looks to invest billions in 'natural capital' projects to help combat climate change.
Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’.
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Up to half of world's water supply stolen annually, study finds.
As water scarcity increases from factors including climate change, so do drivers of water theft, an ongoing problem in Australia.
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Antarctica: 60% of ice shelves at risk of fracture, research suggests.
Collapse of shelves would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise.
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