EU to Unveil Landmark Climate Plan to Phase Out Fossil Fuels
The European Union is set to transform every corner of its economy — from how people heat their home to the cars they drive — as the bloc uses a Continue Reading
Europe Plans Aggressive New Laws to Phase Out Fossil Fuels
European officials are preparing to introduce ambitious legislation designed to wean one of the world’s biggest and most polluting economies off fossil fuels far more quickly than other nations have Continue Reading
Biomass: The EU’s Great ‘Clean Energy’ Fraud
” The professionalization of the biomass industry is a problem that needs attention .”–Bas Eickhout, Dutch politician and member of the European Parliament. When it comes to the global shift Continue Reading
EU rules will make electric cars more profitable than petrol, says VW executive
EU emissions rules due to come into force as soon as 2025 are likely to make petrol cars less profitable than electric models, marking a landmark moment for the auto Continue Reading
The IEA’s Climate Warnings Grow Louder, But Is Anyone Listening?
Earlier this month the International Energy Agency had yet another dire warning for those concerned about the welfare of the planet. Natural gas demand, the IEA said, was improving faster Continue Reading
Heat Scorches U.S. West as Records Fall Across the Region
Searing heat continues to scorch the western U.S., with Las Vegas tying its highest temperature ever and downtown Sacramento, California, setting a new second-highest mark on Saturday and relief at Continue Reading
Europe’s climate masterplan aims to slash emissions within a decade
The European Union is set to take the lead in climate policy action among the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters this week, with a raft of ambitious plans designed to Continue Reading
Why Record-Breaking Overnight Temperatures Are So Concerning – The New York Times
Last month was the hottest June on record in North America, with more than 1,200 daily temperature records broken in the final week alone. But overlooked in much of the coverage were Continue Reading
Reservoirs are drying up in the Western U.S.
Reservoir levels are dropping throughout the West, as the drought tightens its grip on the region and intense summer heat further stresses both water supply and the surrounding landscape. Many Continue Reading
Analysis: Europe’s carbon push stokes backlash fears
A European Union plan to extend carbon pricing to the fuel used in cars and to heat homes is facing a wall of early resistance from countries and lawmakers fearing Continue Reading
New scorching heat wave building across Western U.S.
Last week, a “thousand-year” heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest and adjacent British Columbia with widespread highs topping 100 degrees, resulting in a death toll in the hundreds. Lytton, Canada, climbed to Continue Reading
California calls for power conservation as heat wave looms
California’s power grid operator on Thursday issued a “flex” alert for Friday, asking consumers to conserve energy from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. as high demand driven by extreme heat Continue Reading
Climate Change Linked to 5 Million Deaths a Year, New Study Shows
The extraordinarily hot and cold temperatures that are becoming more common as climate change accelerates are responsible for 5 million deaths globally every year. Extreme weather accounted for 9.4% of Continue Reading
Climate Change Juiced the Deadly Pacific Northwest Heatwave
Last week’s deadly heat in the northwestern U.S. and British Columbia would not have reached the highs it did in a world without greenhouse gas pollution, according to climate scientists Continue Reading
Climate Change Drove Western Heat Wave’s Extreme Records, Analysis Finds
The extraordinary heat wave that scorched the Pacific Northwest last week would almost certainly not have occurred without global warming, an international team of climate researchers said Wednesday. Temperatures were Continue Reading
Investors With $4 Trillion Ask Banks to Raise Climate Ambitions
A coalition of investors overseeing a combined $4.2 trillion of assets are asking the world’s biggest banks to take more aggressive action in addressing climate change and biodiversity decline. Aviva Continue Reading
China Puts Most Powerful Agency in Charge of Climate Policies
Bloomberg News China’s top economic planning body has been put in charge of devising a plan for the world’s biggest polluter to cut greenhouse gas emissions, indicating that climate policies Continue Reading
The U.S. Will Need a Lot of Land for a Zero-Carbon Economy
At his international climate summit in April, President Joe Biden vowed to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. The goal will require sweeping changes in the power Continue Reading
Another intense heat wave to roast Western U.S., southwest Canada
Last week, Lytton, a small town in British Columbia, Canada, broke its nation’s all-time temperature reading three days in a row as temperatures soared as high as 121 degrees. Days Continue Reading
North America Hit Record Temperatures for Hottest June Ever
The heatwave that broke temperature records in North America made last month the hottest June ever for the region, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus. Europe also experienced extreme Continue Reading
Leaked EU Plan to Green Its Timber Industry Sparks Firestorm
A European Union strategy to boost forest protection has turned a simmering scientific debate into a full-blown firestorm, pitting one of the bloc’s oldest industries against a perceived power grab Continue Reading
Top Australian Coal Mines Are Spewing More Methane Than Rivals
A key mining region in Australia, the world’s top exporter of metallurgical coal used in steelmaking, is producing vastly more methane emissions than global competitors, according to new analysis. For Continue Reading
Arctic Roads and Runways Face the Prospect of Rapid Decline
Melting permafrost across Arctic regions has already caused highways to buckle and homes to sink. A new study conducted in the north of Alaska helps explain why rising temperatures are Continue Reading
Rebound in global gas demand threatens international climate targets – IEA
A rebound in global gas demand to 2024 following a record fall last year is poised to knock the world off track for a climate goal of achieving net-zero emissions Continue Reading
Huge Methane Leak Spotted in Heart of China’s Top Coal Hub
A massive plume of methane, the potent greenhouse gas that’s a key contributor to global warming, has been identified in China’s biggest coal production region. The release in northeast Shanxi Continue Reading
Insurance industry feels the heat on cover for fossil fuels
The spotlight on the insurance industry’s support of fossil fuel projects is proving so searing that the names of some of those involved have been scrubbed from the record. Canada’s Continue Reading
How heatwaves became climate change’s silent killer
It is hardly news any more that heat records are being broken every summer. We knew this would happen in a warming world — and so it has. What is Continue Reading
Scalding temperatures give a taste of the suffering global warming brings
Opinion by the Editorial Board Americans should get used to terms such as “heat dome” and “megadrought.” The sorts of extreme weather events that experts warned would become increasingly frequent Continue Reading
Scientists confirm record high Antarctic temperature in 2020
On Feb. 6, 2020, the mercury stood at 64.9 degrees on a thermometer at Esperanza Base on the Trinity Peninsula at Antarctica. After more than a year of investigation, scientists Continue Reading
Summer Is Already Off to a Wild Start
Extreme temperatures in China coupled with a lack of hydro-power forced blackouts in some of its largest industrial cities last month. A rare and short-lived subtropical storm popped up in Continue Reading
Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ May Be Less Resistant to Global Warming
Last August, scientists aboard an icebreaker that had been drifting with the ice across the Arctic Ocean in a yearlong research expedition decided to take a detour to the North Continue Reading
Can The U.S. And China Compromise On Climate Change?
Following a joint statement with China addressing the climate crisis on April 17th, the US submitted a new ‘nationally determined contribution’ (NDC) at the virtual summit led by Biden on Continue Reading
Deaths surge in U.S. and Canada from worst heatwave on record
A heatwave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada and the U.S. Northwest has left a rising death toll in its wake as officials brace for more sizzling Continue Reading
Wild Weather Plagues North America Grain Crops as Demand Surges
Dangerous Northwest Heat Wave Already Triggering Power Outages The world is counting on farmers in North America for big harvests of everything from corn to canola this year. Due to Continue Reading
Heat Wave Eases for Seattle, Tightens Grip Inland
A record-breaking heatwave eased for coastal cities in the Pacific Northwest but tightened its grip inland, threatening people, crops, and wildlife. After several days above 100 degrees, temperatures Tuesday topped out Continue Reading
Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records
Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since Continue Reading
European Council adopts European climate law; binding target of 55% GHG reduction by 2030 compared to 1990
The European Council adopted its position at first reading on the European climate law, ending the adoption procedure and setting into legislation the objective of a climate-neutral EU by 2050. Continue Reading
Why Methane Is Climate’s Low-Hanging Invisible Fruit
Methane is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. But new and better techniques to spot major emitters of the odorless, colorless gas have pushed curbing it up Continue Reading
Pacific Northwest cities grind to a halt in record heat
Temperatures were expected to shatter records in the Pacific Northwest again on Monday, bringing the city of Portland to a standstill as residents hunkered down in air conditioned homes or Continue Reading
US Northeast heat wave pushing up demand, power, gas prices thru midweek
The US Northeast has been hit by this year’s second heat wave, with forecasts for increased power demand, and temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, while power and natural gas prices Continue Reading
EU countries approve landmark climate change law
European Union countries on Monday gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers prepare a huge Continue Reading
Glaciers All Over the World Are Shrinking Fast—See for Yourself
The glaciers of the Tian Shan mountain range in northwestern China had lost about a quarter of their ice mass since the 1960s when this image was captured, in November Continue Reading
Congress Restores Pre-Trump Era Methane-Gas Emissions Standards
Congress has moved to restore environmental regulations to limit the amount of methane that leaks from U.S. oil and gas production facilities, reversing a Trump era rollback for the greenhouse Continue Reading
Against Expectations, Southwestern Summers Are Getting Even Drier
The Southwest, already the driest region in the United States, has become even drier since the mid-20th century, particularly on the hottest days, according to new research. Humidity has declined Continue Reading
Record Heatwaves Are Scorching Eastern Europe and Siberia
Residents in eastern Europe and parts of Siberia unaccustomed to high temperatures are struggling to cope with heatwaves sweeping across the region. Kyiv, Belgrade and Budapest experienced record-high monthly temperatures Continue Reading
Reducing oil use to meet climate targets is tougher than cutting supply
Governments around the world have been slow to take uncomfortable decisions to persuade consumers to cut energy consumption to help achieve climate targets, often because consumers are not ready to Continue Reading
California approves clean energy proposal to help respond to extreme weather
California regulators approved on Thursday a proposal that will require utilities to buy more clean power, a measure backed by environmental groups. Under the proposal, utilities will have to buy Continue Reading
Records crumble in Europe, Russia amid scorching heat wave
As temperatures approach 115 degrees in the Pacific Northwest this weekend, a second regime of top-tier heat will scorch Europe amid a record-breaking heat wave. Monthly records have already fallen as Continue Reading
Some Republicans Find Failure to Grapple With Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’
A small but growing number of Republicans say the G.O.P. needs a coherent climate strategy and formed a “Conservative Climate Caucus” on Capitol Hill. When Representative John Curtis quietly approached Continue Reading
Historic heat wave to bake Pacific Northwest. Seattle, Portland
Confidence is increasing that an episode of historic heat will torch much of the Pacific Northwest late this week into early next, with temperatures 30 degrees or more above average Continue Reading