42,000-foot plumes of ash. 143-mph firenadoes. 1,500-degree heat. These wildfires are a new kind of hell on earth, and scientists are racing to learn its rules. “We’re running 400 to Continue Reading
Don’t expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday. Two-thirds of the United States should get a warmer Continue Reading
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA, via Shutterstock Nearly half of the continental United States is gripped by drought, government forecasters said Thursday, and conditions are expected to worsen this winter across much Continue Reading
The planet just recorded its hottest September since at least 1880, according to three of the authoritative temperature-tracking agencies in the world. The data, most of which was released Wednesday, Continue Reading
Flames from a flaring pit near a natural gas well. The worldwide number of methane hot spots has soared 32 percent so far this year despite the economic slowdown, according Continue Reading
A lawsuit in Maui alleges that Big Oil hid the risks of their products on the climate and should be held responsible for the costs of sea level rise. Credit: Continue Reading
The world’s most authoritative body of energy analysts, the International Energy Agency, has found in its annual flagship report that the world is headed toward global warming higher than the Continue Reading
Hurricanes can be monsters. They bring destructive winds and hazardous storm surge, and their floodwaters can engulf communities. But their drenching downpours can also translate to needed, life-giving rains; tropical Continue Reading
Russia’s Novatek said last week it planned to triple current liquefied natural gas production rates to as much as 70 million tons annually by 2030. That’s despite the current glut Continue Reading
Proposed green hydrogen projects are surging across the globe as governments seize opportunities afforded by post-pandemic green stimulus packages. Rystad Energy research shows the global pipeline of utility scale green Continue Reading
An oil well site in the Permian Basin owned by a bankrupt shale producer has spewed polluting gases into the atmosphere for 10 months, despite being investigated by Texas regulators, Continue Reading
Democrat Joe Biden is considering creating a special White House office led by a climate “czar” to coordinate efforts to fight global warming if he is elected president, according to Continue Reading
Joe Biden has put forth the most ambitious climate plan of any presidential candidate in history—promising, among other things, to get the country to 100% clean electricity generation by 2035 Continue Reading
The colossal amount of nitrogen used as fertilizer in agriculture is leading to an increase in emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and Continue Reading
The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court could make it harder for future administrations to adapt laws that have been on the books for decades to meet Continue Reading
Climate scientists warned 2020 could be the world’s hottest year on record, with September temperatures eclipsing previous highs and Arctic ice retreating from the seas it usually covers. Global year-to-date temperatures Continue Reading
ong ago, in lands that were always warm, people got ice from the heavens. At sunset, they poured water into shallow earthen pits or ceramic trays insulated with reeds. All through Continue Reading
Oil and gas companies are evacuating more platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Delta barrels toward the coast, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Continue Reading
A giant oil company like Exxon Mobil Corp. will publicly disclose forward-looking numbers on production forecasts, earnings potential and capital expenditures. But the biggest fossil-fuel producers don’t provide short-term guidance to Continue Reading
When investors thought about how climate change might affect their portfolios a decade ago, their attention was usually focused on the companies they were investing in. How big was a Continue Reading
No major oil, gas or coal company is on track to align their business with the Paris climate goal of limiting the global temperature rise to well below 2°C by Continue Reading
The number of people hit by seasonal flooding in East Africa has increased more than fivefold in four years, according to UN figures. Nearly six million people have been affected Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp. had plans to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece, an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting Continue Reading
A second system gathering strength south of Jamaica may threaten Gulf energy production and Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane later this week even as Tropical Storm Gamma skirts the Continue Reading
Crop switching and relocation of crop production to different states could prevent up to half of predicted losses in agricultural profits from climate change impacts according to new research conducted Continue Reading
Pandemics became the top concern for insurance professionals this year as the Covid-19 crisis roils the industry worldwide. Infectious diseases and pandemics were ranked as the most significant risks to society Continue Reading
Melt water sits on the Greenland ice sheet. (Thomas R. Chudley/University of Cambridge) The Greenland ice sheet is on track to lose mass at about four times the fastest rate Continue Reading
Even as firefighters in Northern California’s wine country battle a blaze that forced the evacuation of entire towns, a forecast of extreme heat and dry winds threatens to breath new Continue Reading
An iceberg floats past Bylot Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in 2017. (David Goldman/AP) The layers of the world’s oceans aren’t mixing like they used to due to climate Continue Reading
Precisely when the world passes peak oil demand is still very much a contested debate, but the one thing that is clear is that many of the macro trends are Continue Reading
For a President Joe Biden, rejoining the Paris Agreement would be almost as simple as signing an autograph. The hard part would be everything else. With global warming already fueling wildfires, Continue Reading
The first glimpse is emerging of a levy the European Union is drawing up to ensure its Green Deal environmental rules aren’t undone by nations with weaker standards. The measure being drafted Continue Reading
The global transition to clean, low-carbon energy is gaining momentum with the impetus from the coronavirus pandemic this year likely to be “turning point” for climate change, International Energy Agency Continue Reading
A wildfire ripping through Northern California’s wine country has more than tripled in size, forcing thousands of evacuations and endangering properties in a region devastated by blazes just three years Continue Reading
It’s Climate Week in New York, which brings with it a raft of announcements from companies outlining their new decarbonization targets and clean investment strategies. Some of the declarations are Continue Reading
After a week of far-reaching climate promises measured over decades, four of the world’s six largest economies have now proposed ending dates for their carbon emissions. President Xi Jinping’s surprise announcement at the Continue Reading
Xi Jinping speaks virtually during the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22. 2020. Sign up to receive the Green Daily newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Talk is cheap. Continue Reading
The most ambitious climate goal the world’s ever seen now has a road map for how to arrive at it. One of China’s top climate research institutes on Sunday laid out Continue Reading
The stability of the global oil market is under threat. The impact of COVID-19 and the resultant demand destruction has put an ever-increasing amount of oil and gas producers on Continue Reading
The governor of Bavaria, the state that’s home to German automakers BMW and Audi, has backed a deadline for phasing out gasoline-powered vehicles akin to the 2035 date proposed by Continue Reading
The plan still has a long way to go before it potentially takes hold, but it’s drawing sharp criticism from the shipping industry and raises the prospect of a broader Continue Reading
Six years ago, a huge part of the Pacific Ocean near North America quickly warmed, reaching temperatures more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Nicknamed “the blob,” it persisted for Continue Reading
The Prince of Wales rolled out a six-step “Marshall-like plan” aimed at putting the world on better footing to fight global warming. Prince Charles has warned that the unfolding climate emergency Continue Reading
The companies in the study – ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, Shell, Total, Eni, and Equinor – may have to divest combined resources of up to 68 billion barrels of oil Continue Reading
As most Big Oil majors have recently made commitments to reduce their carbon footprint and help tackle climate change more actively. According to a new report from anti-oil advocacy Oil Continue Reading
The world must combine COVID-19 recovery packages with massive investments in renewable energy and low-carbon infrastructure or it will fail to meet a global warming limit target, a report by Continue Reading
California will phase out sales of new, gasoline-powered cars by 2035 as part of its fight against climate change, Governor Gavin Newsom announced — the first state to set an Continue Reading
Global satellite data indicate wildfires are becoming bigger and more intense. WSJ talks with NASA’s Doug Morton to understand the science behind what’s making the planet more flammable and making Continue Reading
America is now under siege by climate change in ways that scientists have warned about for years. But there is a second part to their admonition: Decades of growing crisis Continue Reading
India’s recent clean air and blue skies, an unintended consequence of Covid-19 lockdowns, may soon be ending as seasonal crop fires start, one of the main culprits behind the nation’s chronic Continue Reading
