Walmart Cuts 230 Million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gases
Walmart Inc. has cut 230 million metric tons of greenhouse gases out of its supply chain in the past three years, putting the world’s largest retailer on track to achieve Continue Reading
Hurricane Laura, California Fires Both Tied to Climate Change
As Hurricane Laura pounds the U.S. Gulf Coast with nearly 150 mile-per-hour winds, causing water levels to rise almost 10 feet above normal, wildfires in California are still raging across more than a million acres, the Continue Reading
U.S. Flood Strategy Shifts to ‘Unavoidable’ Relocation of Entire Neighborhoods
Using tax dollars to move whole communities out of flood zones, an idea long dismissed as radical, is swiftly becoming policy, marking a new and more disruptive phase of climate Continue Reading
Paying for Extreme Weather: Wildfire, Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Quadrupled in Cost Since 1980
Lisa Paul was still recovering from the wildfire trauma of 2017 when she experienced a renewed wave of sickening dread last week, the skies above her home and vineyard in Continue Reading
California and Colorado Fires May Be Part of a Climate-Driven Transformation of Wildfires Around the Globe
The wildfires that exploded over the past few days in California and Colorado show clear influences of global warming, climate scientists say, and evidence of how a warming and drying Continue Reading
California and Colorado Fires May Be Part of a Climate-Driven Transformation of Wildfires Around the Globe
The wildfires that exploded over the past few days in California and Colorado show clear influences of global warming, climate scientists say, and evidence of how a warming and drying Continue Reading
Global Warming Is Melting Greenland’s Ice Sheet, Causing Sea Rise
Greenland broke its 2012 record for ice loss last year by 15%, a startling sign that a major contributor to global sea-level rise may be accelerating. On its own, ice loss Continue Reading
US Gulf of Mexico producers prepare as two Caribbean storms head north
US Gulf of Mexico producers are in the initial stages of securing their operations in advance of two storms that are expected to move into that region next week. BP Continue Reading
Two storms head for U.S. Gulf in rare hurricane season event
A pair of tropical cyclones forecast to become hurricanes early next week are headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast and will spin over the Gulf’s warm waters simultaneously, a rare Continue Reading
Rising temperatures most likely to hit Russian energy projects furthest North: Trucost
An S&P Global Trucost analysis has shown that projects furthest North in Russia, including Yamal LNG, the Bovanenkovo gas field, and the Prirazlomnoye oil field are likely to have the Continue Reading