These Australian Coal Mines Are Methane Super-Emitters
Just inland of Australia’s east coast, roughly 200 miles from the Great Barrier Reef, a single coal mine run by Glencore Plc emitted so much super-warming methane in a year Continue Reading
Investors Want to Ratchet Up ‘Blended Finance’ in Climate Fight
A group of the world’s biggest asset owners are proposing a dramatic escalation of joint public-private financing ventures in a bid to help poor countries weather the climate crisis. “This Continue Reading
Iceland’s Cabinet Raises Climate Goal as Glaciers Melt
Iceland’s governing coalition, which spans the entire political spectrum, settled on ruling together for a second consecutive term after tough talks including on energy and climate issues. The volcanic island Continue Reading
‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth
This article is part of a series produced in partnership with NBC News and Undark Magazine, a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. It Continue Reading
The Clean Energy Transition Enters Hyperdrive
After decades in which governments and industry groups have often assumed that the shift to renewable energy will be a financial burden, economists and analysts are increasingly making a case Continue Reading
Researchers use satellite data to show vehicles are an under-recognized source of urban ammonia pollution
By disrupting normal societal activities such as driving, COVID-19 lockdowns afforded a unique opportunity to study their impacts on the environment. Researchers now report in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Continue Reading
China emissions fall as economy buffeted by property downturn
Carbon dioxide emissions in China have fallen for the first time since last year’s lockdown, the latest signal the property sector downturn and energy shortages have hit industrial demand in Continue Reading
European carbon prices hit record high after German price floor pledge
The benchmark European carbon contract hit a fresh record high of 73.18 euros a tonne on Wednesday after Germany’s incoming coalition government said it would prevent carbon prices in its Continue Reading
Germany’s New Climate Policies Fall Short of Greens’ Promises
Climate policies unveiled by Germany’s new coalition government underscored the challenges ahead for the Greens, who won the most governing power ever with support from voters demanding more action to Continue Reading
Making Sense of the Narratives After the Glasgow Climate Talks
The COP26 climate talks in Glasgow ended with some progress , though not enough to ensure the world avoids catastrophic climate impacts. If countries meet their pledges, greenhouse emissions in Continue Reading
Greenland lost the most ice from iceberg calving and ocean melt on record this year – The Washington Post
Greenland has had a quite a year. For the first time in its history, rain fell at its summit. In August, it experienced one of the latest-occurring melt events in Continue Reading
The Supreme Court will hear cases that could undercut Biden’s climate agenda. Here’s what to know. – The Washington Post
n our crowded news cycle, it can be easy to miss key developments related to climate policy. So you would be forgiven for missing that the Supreme Court last month Continue Reading
Carbon Markets May Soon Free Billions for Investment. But Where?
Nations clinched the Paris Agreement six years ago but finished writing it only at COP26 in Glasgow this month. There, negotiators finally checked the box on something called “Article 6,” Continue Reading
Wildfires Are Getting Worse, and One Chemical Company Is Reaping the Benefits
Eric Clancy, an operations manager at Perimeter Solutions, sprays the company’s Fortify fire retardant along the roadside in Paso Robles, Calif. Perimeter Solutions has rolled up all the meaningful competition Continue Reading
Cloud seeding gains steam as West faces worsening droughts
As the first winter storms rolled through this month, a King Air C90 turboprop aircraft contracted by the hydropower company Idaho Power took to the skies over southern Idaho to Continue Reading
Benchmark EU carbon price breaches 70 EUR/tonne for first time
The European benchmark price for carbon allowances on Monday climbed above 70 euros ($78.88) per tonne for the first time since the European Union’s carbon market launched in 2005. The Continue Reading
Eurozone banks told to do more to tackle climate change risks
The European Central Bank has asked banks to “urgently” improve plans to protect their businesses from climate change risk after a review found widespread shortcomings in lenders’ approach to environmental Continue Reading
Dems confident on methane fee as budget bill moves to Senate
A Democratic plan to impose a fee on methane emissions from oil and gas wells has cleared a key hurdle, but it faces strong opposition from the oil and gas Continue Reading
COP Scorecard: Here’s What You Need to Know
COP26 took fourteen days and some long nights of negotiations. It produced breakthrough pledges, a set of rules on carbon trading and some big aspirations that will have to be Continue Reading
Hydrogen produces ‘substantial’ methane, may hinder COP26 pledges
Hydrogen has been billed as the clean energy of the future by governments worldwide, including in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan. But a new study published in the journal Applied Energy Continue Reading
The Energy Transition Will Be Impossible Without Fossil Fuels
OPEC members and other participants of ADIPEC2021 are calling on governments and international institutions to be realistic about the global energy transition While countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia Continue Reading
Climate change deniers are over attacking the science. Now they attack the solutions.
Believe it or not, it’s nearly 2022 and some people still think we shouldn’t do anything about the climate crisis. Even though most Americans understand that carbon emissions are overheating Continue Reading
Climate Change Increases Chance of Wildfires in California
The hottest summer days in the Sierra Nevada in California greatly increase the risk that wildfires will ignite or spread, and as the planet keeps warming the risks will increase Continue Reading
Analysis: Pandemic debt adds to challenge of funding world’s climate goals
Huge spending by governments kept the world economy afloat during the pandemic as officials mobilized a fiscal response not seen since World War Two to bolster household incomes and give Continue Reading
Investors Bet Climate Adaptation Will Soon Be Profitable
At this month’s climate talks in Scotland, a lot of time was spent condemning the shortage of money available to fight global warming. Some of the loudest complaints came from Continue Reading
New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency
The electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 using renewable energy could establish a climate-neutral, artificial carbon cycle. Excess energy produced by photovoltaics and wind energy could be stored through the electrocatalytic Continue Reading
COP26’s Message to Companies Is Clear: Speed Up Your Net-Zero Plans
The Glasgow Climate Pact is a message to investors and executives that the march to net zero is accelerating. The agreement , negotiated by almost 200 nations over two weeks, Continue Reading
Five big takeaways from COP26
After two weeks of intense deliberations, diplomats from nearly 200 countries reached a final deal Saturday evening to work together to stave off the worst effects of climate change for current and Continue Reading
AP analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983
A new dataset highlights the number of people on Earth exposed to dangerously hot weather World leaders have committed to limiting Earth’s rising temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Continue Reading
Insurers Are More Jittery About Climate Risk, BlackRock Says
Insurers are getting increasingly worried about the perils of climate risk after a run of natural disasters, according to a report by BlackRock Inc. The big majority of insurers now Continue Reading
Atmospheric river soaks Seattle, gives Vancouver up to 10 inches of rain
Parts of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia can’t catch a break. Atmospheric rivers, or plumes of deep tropical moisture, have brought excessive rainfall, flooding and mudslides over the past Continue Reading
COP Scorecard: Here’s What You Need to Know
COP26 took fourteen days and some long nights of negotiations. It produced breakthrough pledges, a set of rules on carbon trading and some big aspirations that will have to be Continue Reading
How China’s Deal With the U.S. Helped Avert COP26’s Collapse
It was Day 13 of the COP26 summit, and even the trees inside the Glasgow venue were beginning to wilt. With the meeting running almost 24 hours over its scheduled Continue Reading
Scientists skeptical on how alive 1.5 temperature limit is
While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders Continue Reading
COP26 agrees new climate rules but India and China weaken coal pledge
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow succeeded in getting 197 countries to agree new rules on limiting greenhouse gas emissions, but last-minute objections from India and China stymied a commitment Continue Reading
The 800 Million Barrel Oilfield Getting Boris Johnson In Trouble
Having just hosted COP26 in Glasgow, Boris Johnson is now coming under pressure to cancel plans to explore the Cambo oilfield – a project that is thought to hold 800 Continue Reading
Climate talks back off from call to end all coal use
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely Continue Reading
COP26 talks pushed into weekend as negotiators try to hammer out deal
Negotiators pushed talks on how to tackle climate change into Saturday at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, as divisions remained on the phase-out of fossil fuels, and between rich Continue Reading
COP26 Live Updates: Negotiators Race to Reach Climate Deal
Anxious energy filled the halls of the exhibition center in Glasgow on Friday, where diplomats from nearly 200 countries blew past a deadline for striking a global climate accord, with Continue Reading
New draft gives and takes as UN climate talks enter last stretch
A new draft agreement drawn up for the last scheduled day of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to reach higher in their plans to tackle Continue Reading
Australia Leads the World in Coal Emissions Per Capita
Annual average coal emissions per capita from 2015-2020 in tons of CO2 India and China are the world’s two biggest coal polluters, but Australia and South Korea lead the world Continue Reading
Analysis: Carbon superpowers: U.S.-China deal seen as symbolic but not sufficient
A joint China-U.S. declaration on climate change is a political reset to a time when the world’s two biggest carbon emitters reached the brief meeting of minds that helped forge Continue Reading
US-China thaw on climate change shifts the mood at COP26
It took more than 30 meetings over the course of a year to iron out one thing that the US and China can still agree about: fighting climate change. John Continue Reading
Calls for Climate Reparations Reach Boiling Point in Glasgow – The New York Times
For as long as there have been international climate talks, Saleemul Huq, a botanist from Bangladesh, has quietly counseled diplomats and activists on the prickliest question: What is owed to countries Continue Reading
New draft gives and takes as UN climate talks enter last stretch
A new draft agreement drawn up for the last scheduled day of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to reach higher in their plans to tackle Continue Reading
COP26: New Draft Calls for Phase-Out of Coal and More Money
A new draft of the a climate pact being debated at COP26 talks in Glasgow on Friday maintains most of the key elements climate-watchers were looking for — though with Continue Reading
Climate talks back off from call to end all coal use
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely, Continue Reading
La Niña Is Coming to Shape Winter. What to Know.
The latest fluctuations in climate conditions across the Pacific Ocean are increasing the likelihood of a La Niña winter in the U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. NOAA predicts Continue Reading
Who will pay tops the agenda as UN climate talks approach end
Approaching the final day of the two-week COP26 U.N. climate summit, delegations intensified efforts to strike a deal to tame global warming, with the focus on finding the cash to Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia denies playing climate saboteur at Glasgow
The tightest of smiles on his face and the fabric of his traditional thobe swirling about him as he strides through a hallway at U.N. climate talks, Saudi Arabia’s energy Continue Reading