State regulator rejects gas owners’ vague promises of shift to non-fossil fuels as “aspirational”
A New York state environmental agency recently saved electricity ratepayers millions of dollars by…
Clearcutting worsens heavy rain events but selective logging is needed to limit wildfire threat, experts say
Adevastating string of floods and landslides have shocked residents in British Columbia,…
Exclusive: Investment would avoid disruption to communities as coastal floods and erosion worsen with rising sea levels, insurance council says
Australia will have to spend $30bn over the next half…
The one thing the climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, made clear is that human society remains in business-as-usual mode, with no meaningful curb on fossil fuel use. The soft pledges made at COP26…
Danish energy major Ørsted A/S (CPH:ORSTED) is planning to pour up to USD 13.6 billion (EUR 11.75bn) to deploy 3.9 GW of offshore wind turbines in Vietnamese waters, local news agency VNA said.
The…
The Glasgow climate deal has put India and China in the spotlight after they opposed a commitment to "phase out" coal while negotiating the final agreement.
Instead, countries agreed to "phase down…
The climate deal struck in Glasgow plans to reduce the world's reliance on coal and promises more money to help poorer countries cope with the impacts of a warming planet.
Campaigners on the…
New report says burning and draining of peatland by grouse moor estates and others adding to climate disaster
Just 124 landowners own the majority of England’s deep peat – its single largest carbon…
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced Tuesday that it anticipates exiting all tar sands investments by Dec. 31, two years ahead of its commitment announced in 2019.
The insurance and…
Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods and soil degradation threaten crop yields. But agriculture produces nearly one-quarter of global greenhouse gas…
Those most at risk warn countries such as Australia they will lose out economically if they do not raise targets
Some of the countries most vulnerable to climate breakdown have called on the UN and…
The forthcoming Netflix movie is about an comet hitting Earth. We are the freaking comet, people.
I don’t have to see more than the two-and-a-half-minute trailer for Don’t Look Up to feel confident…
A landmark new study of plant life in one of the world’s driest places could yield new drought-resistant crops — if mining for electric vehicle batteries doesn't destroy the ecosystems first.
Tiny proportion of world’s land surface hosts carbon-rich forests and peatlands that would not recover before 2050 if lost.
Detailed new mapping has pinpointed the carbon-rich forests and peatlands…