Millions of residents in the Los Angeles area were rattled by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake that hit early on Thursday morning and came as the region continues to battle multiple wildfires that have yet…
Two of five new electric buses parked at the Belém terminal, while awaiting clearance from the Municipal Audit Court (TCMPA). (Photo: Alice Martins Morais)
A recent row over a small fleet of air-…
Concern about the fossil fuel and plastics industries’ alleged deception about recycling is growing, with new polling showing a majority of American voters, including 54% of Republicans, support…
Olivia Vesovich, one of 16 youth plaintiffs in Held v. Montana, on her favorite hiking trail in Missoula, Montana in July 2023. Credit: Tailyr Irvine/The Washington Post via Getty Images.
At 21,…
GCF Executive Director Mafalda Duarte speaks at the High-level Pledging Conference for the fund's second replenishment in October 2023. (Photo: Green Climate Fund / Ute Grabowsky)
Since the Green…
White House Senior Advisor for Clean Energy John Podesta and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speak during a bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, September 6, 2024. (…
In Brooklyn, one of New York City’s five boroughs, a new schoolyard features newly-planted native trees offering shade and bright playground equipment that sits adjacent to a track and turf field.…
The Pentagon in Virginia in 2022. The action comes as the military has attempted to evade responsibility for its PFAS pollution elsewhere. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP
US lawmakers and the…
Flooding around the town of Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire during Storm Henk in January. Photograph: David Davies/PA
The UK faces another autumn and winter of destructive floods, the Met Office…
When the first steam-powered car arrived on the island of Ireland in 1896, the impact motorised transport would have was beyond imagination.
More than a century later, cars have transformed our…
The Natural History Museum recently redeveloped its outdoor space into two new gardens focusing on evolution and biodiversity. Photograph: Jonathan E Jackson/NHM/PA
The Natural History Museum in…
The authors of the analysis found 86 cases have been filed and 40 are currently pending. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian
Big oil is facing a soaring number of climate-focused lawsuits, a new…
A bear approaches a road in Covasna, Romania, to pick up food thrown by tourists – a practice leading them to increasingly venture out of the forest. Photograph: Andrei Pungovschi/AFP/Getty Images
LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Global electricity generation from solar farms has exceeded generation from wind farms since May, marking the longest ever stretch when solar power has been…
Donald Trump visits the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, on 29 July 2020. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters
Kamala Harris stridently backed new fracking and expanded US gas production…
A landslide and mega-tsunami in Greenland in September 2023, triggered by the climate crisis, caused the entire Earth to vibrate for nine days, a scientific investigation has found.
A rag picker carries recyclable materials surrounded by cows and storks at a disposal site in Guwahati in India. Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images
All of humanity could share a prosperous,…
With the onset of the rainy season, severe flooding across Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and Nigeria has significantly worsened the situation of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the…