In 1998, as nations around the world agreed to cut carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol, America’s fossil fuel companies plotted their response, including an aggressive strategy to inject doubt Continue Reading
Particularly hot weather in Uzbekistan over the past 10 days or so has caused occasional blackouts as the state power company looks to ration electricity supplies to households and industry Continue Reading
expected to last longer than forecasters had initially predicted, setting parts of the normally temperate region on course to break heat wave duration records. As temperatures hit a daily record Continue Reading
Biden’s Tax, Climate Plan Revived by Manchin, Schumer Senator Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have struck a deal on a tax, energy and climate bill, breaking a deadlock Continue Reading
Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) agreed to back a package aimed at lowering carbon emissions and curbing healthcare costs while raising corporate taxes, marking a stunning revival of core pieces Continue Reading
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin released the outline of a tax, climate and health care deal on Wednesday, in what could prove to be Continue Reading
The $369 billion climate and tax package forged in a surprise deal by Senate Democrats on Wednesday would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to try to Continue Reading
A woman shields from the sun in Beijing’s central business district. Photographer: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo Bloomberg News Scorching temperatures across China are straining power grids as the country tries to Continue Reading
Kyrgyzstan’s state utilities company is warning of potential energy shortages as a heatwave grips Central Asia. Toktogul, a reservoir used by Kyrgyzstan and its neighbors, is currently emptying out almost Continue Reading
City workers cross London bridge during a heatwave in London, on July 18. Follow us at @BloombergUK and on Facebook , and wrap up your day with The Readout newsletter Continue Reading
South for the third day as dangerously high temperatures had forecasters warning about the dangers of dehydration and exposure. Heat warnings and advisories were in effect from South Carolina up Continue Reading
Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial bucket amid historic drought and climate change in the West. Officials Continue Reading
The deadly heatwaves that have fuelled blazes and caused transport disruptions in Europe, the US, and China this month have one thing in common: a peculiar shape in the jet Continue Reading
As anticipated, U.S. President Joe Biden refrained from declaring a climate emergency, which would grant him additional powers to deal with a national climate crisis, during his speech Wednesday at Continue Reading
Climate change-driven heat events that pushed UK temperatures to record highs Tuesday will become more frequent and intense for decades to come, the head of the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said. “The Continue Reading
Climate change-driven heat events that pushed UK temperatures to record highs Tuesday will become more frequent and intense for decades to come, the head of the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said. “The Continue Reading
President Joe Biden will announce executive action to confront climate change after a key senator blocked legislation, but he’s holding off for now on an emergency decree that would allow Continue Reading
Cool air for 24 hours can set back cash-strapped UK consumers more than £18 ($22) as energy costs soar. And with the country experiencing temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Continue Reading
Texas is often hot, but not like this: Current forecasts have the temperature in Dallas hitting 109 degrees Tuesday, with highs in triple digits well into next week. Britain, on Continue Reading
US natural gas-fired power generators are bracing for record-setting demand this week as temperatures in states stretching from Texas to Kansas and Mississippi to Missouri top 100 degrees Fahrenheit. On Continue Reading
Temperatures in London and the south of England might hit a record-setting 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit) next week, hotter than the forecast in Madrid, Rome or Marseille. The English may Continue Reading
It was a familiar, if excruciating, position for Democrats. A day after pulling the plug on his party’s plans to pass a climate, energy and tax package this summer, Senator Joe Manchin Continue Reading
The Met Office issued its most severe warning for next week with temperatures set to rise above 35 degrees Celsius. Photographer: Matthew Chattle/Future Publishing/Getty Images After strikes, transport disruption, soaring Continue Reading
Highlights Record temperatures logged by 71 national weather stations Power loads in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu hit record highs China’s power consumption to grow 5%-6% in 2022 Extreme heat is sweeping Continue Reading
The temperatures in Texas and the Southern Plains are about to be turned up during an already historically hot summer. Next week, some areas of interior Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas Continue Reading
Utah’s Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this month amid a two-decade drought, a grim milestone as researchers and politicians point to grave threats to wildlife and Continue Reading
Wildfires raged across the tinder-dry country in Portugal, Spain, France and Croatia on Thursday, burning homes and threatening livelihoods, as much of Europe baked in a heatwave that has pushed Continue Reading
Searing heatwaves swept across China’s vast Yangtze River basin on Wednesday, hammering densely populated megacities from Shanghai on the coast to Chengdu deep in the heartlands. More than 90 red Continue Reading
As gas-hungry Europe revives coal plants, complicating its climate ambitions, the blistering heat this summer shows just what’s at stake. Southern France was slammed by a heat wave so intense Continue Reading
The global population grew by less than 1 per cent a year for the first time since the aftermath of the second world war in 2020 and 2021 with Europe’s Continue Reading
A wildfire threatening some of the world’s oldest giant sequoia trees in California’s Yosemite National Park expanded five-fold over the weekend as smoke prompted air quality alerts throughout the park Continue Reading
China is turning back to low-cost coal to boost its ailing economy. It’s an understandable reaction to the toll caused by Covid lockdowns. But it will come with a steep price for Continue Reading
Democratic leaders are racing to finalize a revised proposal to tackle climate change and jump-start the nation’s transition to clean energy, part of a larger sprint to strike a deal Continue Reading
Last summer the European Union unveiled “Fit for 55,” a radical plan to move away from carbon-based energy, which envisions deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to meet a goal Continue Reading
It’s that time of the year again when heavy rains in the Indian city of Mumbai and nearby areas have disrupted the lives of millions of people in the country’s Continue Reading
European lawmakers are under pressure from Ukraine to block plans to treat gas as a green asset, plunging into serious doubt an EU Parliament vote that not long ago seemed Continue Reading
The extreme heat in Spain, the UK and France this summer was made worse by changes in the jet stream , the strong westerly winds that blow above the planet’s Continue Reading
Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday. Emergency response teams made Continue Reading
Italy’s Cabinet declared a state of emergency in five regions that have been heavily hit by drought, according to a government statement. View full article at www.bloomberg.com
Legislators in Colorado, historically a major coal state, have passed more than 50 climate-related laws since 2019. The liquor store in the farming town of Morris, Minn., cools its beer Continue Reading
Credit where due: the Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling in West Virginia v. E.P.A. is the culmination of a five-decade effort to make sure that the federal government won’t threaten the Continue Reading
A busy Atlantic hurricane season and tight fuel supplies could further strain U.S. refiners who already have the lowest oil-processing capacity in eight years, analysts warned, adding this would boost Continue Reading
Clouds from Hurricane Harvey are seen in the background as smoke rises from a burn off at an oil refinery Historically, the Atlantic hurricanes have prompted U.S. oil refiners to Continue Reading
The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s flexibility to curb power-plant emissions on a systematic basis is setting the stage for a piecemeal approach to the Continue Reading
One by one, the tools available to President Biden to fight climate change are being stripped away. After a Supreme Court decision on Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency will have less authority Continue Reading
Olaf Scholz departs following his closing news conference on the final day of the G-7 summit in Elmau, Germany, on June 28.Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg Leaders of the world’s richest economies Continue Reading
The worst drought Italy has faced in 70 years is thirsting paddy fields in the river Po valley and jeopardizing the harvest of the premium rice used for risotto. Italy’s Continue Reading
Kayrros, a firm that analyzes satellite data, says methane emissions from fossil fuels have intensified, rising faster than the rebound in oil, gas and coal production since the easing of Continue Reading
The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new Continue Reading
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
