Storm Eleanor: Travel disruption and homes without power
Enable it in your browser or download Flash Player here .Sorry, you need Flash to play this. Fire crews were called to fix scaffolding outside a building near Oxford Circus Continue Reading
New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers
A New Year’s Day cold snap in the southern U.S. Plains poses a threat to winter wheat, particularly in Kansas, the country’s biggest producer of the grain, agricultural meteorologists said. Continue Reading
It’s Been One of the Worst Years Ever for Billion-Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters
Hurricanes, floods, fires dominated coast-to-coast events ‘This is one of the worst years on record for U.S. damages’ In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Continue Reading
China Takes Another Green Step Forward
China is adopting a new green index in a bid to pressure local governments to reduce pollution and create more-sustainable economic development—though a high pace of growth is likely to Continue Reading
China blasts two provinces for deception in environment fight
China has criticized officials in the industrialized province of Shandong for deceiving authorities to evade capacity cuts in the polluting coal, steel, aluminum and chemical sectors, and slammed another province Continue Reading
California Cities Are Suing Oil, Gas And Coal Companies Over Climate Change
The city of Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz County announced Wednesday the filing of separate lawsuits in state court against 29 oil, gas and coal companies seeking damages related to Continue Reading
Suing Big Oil over climate change, Santa Cruz eyes wildfire, storm costs
The city and county of Santa Cruz have joined a growing number of communities suing oil companies over climate change, alleging a plot in which the fossil fuel industry concealed Continue Reading
We’re concerned about climate change, U.S. shale company says
In its first-ever report of its kind, U.S. shale company Pioneer Natural Resources said it wanted to become an oil and gas leader, but in a sustainable way. “Climate change Continue Reading
BHP defends climate positions and Paris support
A day after the U.S president broke away from a climate precedent, Australian miner BHP said it may leave industry groups because of its stance on the Paris deal. In Continue Reading
Exxon ends restrictions on meeting shareholders
ExxonMobil, the world’s largest listed oil group, will allow shareholders to meet members of its board, as new chief executive Darren Woods moves to end restrictions that had vexed some Continue Reading