Bill McKibben: Winning Slowly Is the Same as Losing
If we don’t win very quickly on climate change, then we will never win. That’s the core truth about global warming. It’s what makes it different from every other problem Continue Reading
The Atlantic hurricane season from hell is finally over
Tracks of all Atlantic tropical cyclones in 2017. Their lifetime peak wind speed and minimum pressure are listed on the right. The horrible hurricane season that we desperately wanted to Continue Reading
Cold Blast Headed for Europe Won’t Faze a Very Warm 2017
December forecast to be coolest since 2010 despite warm tail Power, gas markets to be well-supplied unless cold is extreme Europe’s coldest December for seven years is unlikely to derail Continue Reading
Europe backing climate ambitions with capital
The European Union has extended financial support for the fight against climate change through German and Indian partnerships. File photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI Nov. 29 (UPI) — The European Union Continue Reading
Automakers struggle with the future in Los Angeles
Car manufacturers’ attempts to square what U.S. consumers want against the clean vehicles regulators and investors demand will be on display in Los Angeles this week at an auto show that Continue Reading
Storm That Unleashed Deadly Floods in Greece Was a Rare ‘Medicane’
Tropical systems don’t usually form in Mediterranean Storm developed eye wall like a hurricane, NOAA says A “rare tropical-like storm” grew in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea last week Continue Reading
How Greed, Fear, And Our Own Biases Blind Us To The Reality Of Climate Change
The Climate Science Special Report that the Trump administration released last Friday is straightforward and relentlessly sobering. Scientists from 13 government agencies agree that the long-term global warming trend is Continue Reading
Ice Apocalypse
Eric Holthaus at Grist has a look at Antarctica’s melting glaciers – Ice Apocalypse. In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2,500 miles from the tip Continue Reading
No joke: China government warns northern cities to get serious in war on smog
Some northern Chinese cities failed to improve air quality by much last month, hitting the smog-prone region’s overall results in a drive against pollution, the government said as it warned Continue Reading
Eight energy majors commit to reduce methane emissions within natural gas industry
BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, Statoil, Total and Wintershall committed to reduce further methane emissions from the natural gas assets they operate around the world. The energy companies also agreed Continue Reading