EU Nations Brace for Spat Over Flagship Fund to Help Green Shift
European Union governments are poised for a fight over the the size of a fund designed to cushion some consumers from costs in a new carbon market, with France to Continue Reading
Concrete is Worse for the Climate Than Flying. Why Aren’t More People Talking About It?
Over the past 20 years, cement manufacturers have quietly doubled their carbon dioxide emissions, highlighting a sector that has received relatively little public scrutiny despite contributing nearly three times as Continue Reading
Energy investment treaty update fails to win over environmentalists
Years-long talks over updating an international energy investment treaty ended on Friday with a provisional deal which would allow the exclusion of fossil fuels interests but not fast enough to Continue Reading
Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘To the Edge’
A wildfire raged in the Sierra de la Culebra in Zamora Province in Spain this month.Credit…Emilio Fraile/Europa Press, via Associated Press Millions of Americans are once again in the grips Continue Reading
Northern Chinese provinces hit peak power loads on heat wave
Highlights State Grid says northern grids hit peak power loads multiple times High temperature alert issued for 12 provinces and regions Li Keqiang stresses on maximizing coal production A heat Continue Reading
Texas repeatedly raises pollution limits for Cheniere LNG plant
Cheniere, the largest U.S. exporter of liquefied natural gas, boasts that it’s helping to “improve local air quality in communities globally” because the cleaner burning fuel it ships displaces coal Continue Reading
Alaska’s June wildfires break records, fueled by hot, dry weather
A record number of acres have burned this month in Alaska, forcing Indigenous people from their homes, compromising air quality and stretching firefighting resources thin. More than 1 million acres Continue Reading
Saudi Oil Giant Understates Carbon Footprint by Up to 50%
Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and terminal. Many refineries operated by the world’s biggest oil company have been excluded from its disclosure of greenhouse emissions. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Before Continue Reading
Global climate goal could be in peril without carbon price reform
Investors managing $10.6 trillion on Wednesday said an overhaul of international carbon pricing policies was necessary to prevent the world from missing a goal to limit climate change. As part Continue Reading
Florida Homeowners to Pay Higher Premiums as Reinsurers See Risks and Pull Back
Home insurance rates are going up again in Florida, as rate increases by reinsurers get passed on to homeowners. Reinsurers are reacting partly to five years of outsize losses from Continue Reading