Oil industry in Davos: torn between Greta and Trump
Oil majors are at the sharp end of the climate debate and face a bewildering balancing act to secure their futures. It’s a Catch-22 situation: to meet ambitious emissions targets Continue Reading
Climate Change Could Cause the Next Financial Meltdown
Climate change has already been blamed for deadly bush fires in Australia, dying coral reefs, rising sea levels and ever more cataclysmic storms. Could it also cause the next financial Continue Reading
Behind Closed Doors: Big Oil Talks Broader Emission Cuts
Several of the world’s largest oil companies talked behind closed doors on Wednesday about the potential adoption of more stringent emission reduction targets that could include emissions from the products Continue Reading
Last decade most expensive for natural disasters: report
The last decade was the worst on record for economic losses from natural disasters, amounting to $3 trillion – over a trillion more than the previous decade, insurance broker Aon Continue Reading
Climate refugees cannot be sent back home, United Nations rules in landmark decision
Refugees fleeing the effects of the climate crisis cannot be forced to return home by their adoptive countries, a United Nations panel has ruled, in a landmark decision that could Continue Reading
China, India Emissions Pledges May Not Be Reducing Potent Pollutants, Study Shows
The manufacturing of HCFC-22, a refrigerant used in air conditioners, releases a greenhouse gas byproduct. Reducing this gas would be one of the least expensive methods to address climate change. Continue Reading
Factbox: Climate change plans of the leading U.S. Democratic candidates
The leading Democratic candidates all believe climate change is an existential threat to the planet and have vowed to bring U.S. greenhouse gas emissions down to net-zero by 2050. While Continue Reading
Rising temperatures put more US workers at risk of dying from heat
It was more than 100F (38C) in the attic where telephone technician Brent Robinson was working. The 55-year-old, who had worked for 30 years at Verizon, was installing a phone Continue Reading
Has Conservative Utah Turned a Corner on Climate Change?
The “Utah Roadmap” could become one of the most aggressive climate action plans in a conservative state, depending on how the legislature responds. When Utah lawmakers start their legislative session Continue Reading
Greta Thunberg calls for climate action in Davos, as Trump lashes out at ‘prophets of doom’
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg inveighed against the sowers of “climate chaos” Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, offering a view of the world that stood in Continue Reading