UN’s authoritative climate report, published on Monday, urges drastic emissions cuts which means dialing back rapidly on use of fossil fuels
The Biden administration is being slammed by both…
In February of last year, a CO2 pipeline exploded, engulfing Satartia, Mississippi in a noxious green fog that left residents confused, convulsing, foaming at the mouth and even unconscious — an…
U.S. thermal coal producers watched their domestic customer base shrink in 2020 as utilities continued to announce coal-fired power plant closures and transition to less expensive renewable and…
U.S. coal production bounced back in the first half of 2021 from early pandemic lows set in the first half of 2020, but average quarterly employment in the sector has not similarly recovered.
‘The future we’re trying to build together is a future beyond fossil fuels’
Energy regulators in California have voted to require most new buildings to require solar panels from the beginning of…
Zero containment of wildfire, one of about a dozen big blazes in drought-stricken state that have destroyed hundreds of homes.
A wildfire burning for a week in northern California continued to grow…
Federal officials, for the first time ever, declared a water shortage from the Colorado River on Monday — yet another bleak indicator of the magnitude of the drought across the West made worse by…
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) has begun marketing U.S. shale gas properties as it ramps up a long-stalled program that aims to raise billions of dollars to shed unwanted assets and reduce debt taken on…
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is quietly discussing a target date of 2050 for weaning aircraft off fossil fuels as part of the White House’s broader push to fight climate change, sources…
"We’ve bought forest offsets that are now burning,’ says Microsoft’s carbon program manager
Forests purchased by major corporations in an effort to offset their carbon emissions are burning as the…
It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage California’s largest wildfire has done to a small town
It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage done to…
Many scientific findings continue to be disputed by politicians and parts of the public long after a scholarly consensus has been established. For example, nearly a third of Americans still do not…
We should hold governments’ feet to the fire, but also acknowledge that good work is being done, writes
The deadly flooding in Europe has produced a torrent of political comment about the climate…
Growing demand for hydrogen-based technology is driving renewable energy expansion in Texas—including the largest wind-powered hydrogen project in the U.S.
The 345-MW wind-to-power project is the…
‘There are a significant number of lives that can be saved if you pursue climate policies that are more aggressive than the business as usual scenario’
The amount of carbon emissions produced by…
Based on already planned and announced retirements, less than half of the U.S. coal-fired power generation capacity that existed at the start of 2015 will remain online by 2035, a new S&P Global…
A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure, following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local…
Debris from areas burned by wildfires courses through city streets as one woman dies in flash flood on Colorado River
Parts of Arizona have been hit with devastating flooding, with the city of…