The world’s oceans are facing a “triple threat” of extreme heating, a loss of oxygen and acidification, with extreme conditions becoming far more intense in recent decades and placing enormous stress…
The economic damage wrought by climate change is six times worse than previously thought, with global heating set to shrink wealth at a rate consistent with the level of financial losses of a…
Joe Biden’s administration is coming under renewed pressure to escalate its curbs on the US’s booming trade in fossil fuels by halting new deepwater oil-export facilities, as well as entrenching its…
The world will have released more planet-heating emissions than have occurred since the industrial revolution, analysis found
Burning the world’s proven reserves of fossil fuels would emit more…
The West Virginia senator’s name is reviled on the streets of Bangladesh and other countries facing climate disaster as he blocks Biden’s effort to curb planet-heating gases
Within the brutal…
The wrapping of ecological disaster with fears of rampant immigration is a narrative that has flourished in far-right fringe movements in Europe and the US
Standing in front of the partial ruins of…
A new report has found that a policy standard would be most effective to reach the goal of 80% renewable energy use by 2030.
A Biden administration plan to force the rapid uptake of renewable energy…
Water investigators track down wasteful homeowners and public turf torn up to conserve scarce water supplies
Investigator Perry Kaye jammed the brakes of his government-issued vehicle to survey…
Jane Gilbert urges greater federal and state response to lethal threat posed by rising temperatures.
Miami’s new chief heat officer has called for greater federal and state action on the lethal…
Congressman Peter Meijer, 33, warns that false claims of a burger ban or blaming immigrants risk losing the young generation.
Lies that hamburgers will be banned, conspiracy-laden claims of…
Republican governor says measure sends message that Wyoming is ‘prepared to bring litigation to protect her interests’
Wyoming is faced by a transition to renewable energy that’s gathering pace…
Exclusive: documents seen by Guardian show companies fought clean-air rules despite being aware of harm caused by air pollution.
The oil industry knew at least 50 years ago that air pollution from…
Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals.
Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as…
Analysis: The new president has framed the challenge of global heating as an opportunity for US jobs, saying: ‘We have to be bold’.
For a landmark moment in the global effort to stave off…
Report shows US was battered by punishing extreme weather on both the east and west coasts in 2020.
The US was battered by a record number of weather and climate-driven disasters in 2020 as…
Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows.
The world may be barreling towards climate disaster but rapidly eliminating planet-…
Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’
Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of…
The leaders of America’s closest allies have eagerly welcomed the incoming presidency of Joe Biden as a crucial opportunity to face down the unfolding climate crisis, following four years of…