Heat Wave Spreads Across Europe as Summer Highs Come Early
Even under the shade of large umbrellas at Terraza Colon cafe in the heart of Madrid, it was hot. The tables were empty. “June is one of the best months Continue Reading
Iraq’s ‘pearl of the south’ Lake Sawa dry amid water crisis
Hussam al-Aqouli remembers the exact spot along southern Iraq’s Lake Sawa where his two daughters once dipped their feet into clear waters. Now he stands there two years on and Continue Reading
The U.S. Oil And Gas Industry Has A Methane Problem
A new report shows that U.S. oil and gas firms are underreporting methane leaks. The report suggests that much of the methane emissions appear to be caused by a small Continue Reading
Almost all of Portugal in severe drought after hot, dry May
Almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May, the country’s weather service said Thursday. The month of May was the hottest in the southern Continue Reading
Scientists find massive methane leak at Pemex Gulf of Mexico oil field -paper
Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos released thousands of tons of methane gas into the atmosphere from an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico last December, research Continue Reading
Sweltering heat to bake Southwest before swallowing South, Southeast – The Washington Post
Temperatures are soaring as we head into the weekend beneath an intense and sprawling heat dome that will bring triple-digit heat to 45 million Americans in the coming week. Heat Continue Reading
Oil, gas companies underreported methane leaks, new study shows
Big oil and gas companies have internal data showing that their methane emissions in the vast Permian Basin “are likely significantly higher than official data” reported to the Environmental Protection Continue Reading
Wildfires in US West Match Climate Projections ‘Eerily’ Well
The largest wildfires in New Mexico’s history belong to the same troubling increase in conflagrations, exacerbated by drought and rising temperatures, that have burned vast areas of the western United Continue Reading
As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’
If the Great Salt Lake, which has already shrunk by two-thirds, continues to dry up, here’s what’s in store: The lake’s flies and brine shrimp would die off — scientists Continue Reading
‘Extreme’ heat to bake Texas, Southwest with highs topping 110 degrees
Temperatures are set to soar in Texas and the Desert Southwest this week, with readings topping 110 degrees and an escalating danger of heat-related illnesses. The National Weather Service is Continue Reading
With climate change lurking, China’s food security dream seems a bridge too far
Dreams are unrealistic, impractical, demanding – but absolutely essential to living a rich and fulfilling life, Ralph Marston once said. But what if a dream is too good to be Continue Reading
Forecast heatwave for desert Southwest promises surge in US gas, power prices
Highlights 70%-80% risk for above-average temperatures Gas prices could top $10/MMBtu by June 10-11 SP-15 on-peak bal-week offered at $150/MWh Natural gas and power prices across the desert US Southwest Continue Reading
How to Push Wall Street to Ditch Fossil Fuels for Clean Energy
The invasion of Ukraine has put the US and Europe on a wartime mission to abandon Russian fossil fuels. This series looks at speeding up zero-carbon alternatives by lowering political Continue Reading
High summer power prices, reliability concerns anticipated in Western half of US
MISO, West region at highest risk High power prices expected in ERCOT Eastern ISOs forecast sufficient capacity The Midcontinent System Operator and Western US are at risk of energy emergencies Continue Reading
Bills in red states punish climate-conscious businesses
Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! ICYMI, yesterday we reported on how Democratic state lawmakers are promoting bills targeting the fossil fuel industry for climate damage. Today we’re looking Continue Reading
Experts: Everything points to another busy hurricane season
Batten down the hatches for another nasty hurricane season. Nearly every natural force and a bunch of human-caused ones — more than just climate change — have turned the last Continue Reading
Trump Policies Sent U.S. Tumbling in a Climate Ranking
For four years under President Donald J. Trump, the United States all but stopped trying to combat climate change at the federal level. Mr. Trump is no longer in office, but his Continue Reading
First hurricane of the eastern Pacific season approaches southern Mexico
The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season strengthened on Sunday as it spiraled toward the southern coast of Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (177 km/h) that Continue Reading
Billionaire’s AGL Win Jolts Australia Awake to Climate Activism
Mike Cannon-BrookesPhotographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg An Australian billionaire’s success in forcing AGL Ltd. to scrap a breakup plan and its top executives to step down may shake the status quo Continue Reading
Critical fire condition warnings issued across US Southwest
Warnings of critical fire conditions blanketed much of the U.S. Southwest on Saturday, as crews in northern New Mexico worked to stop the growth of the nation’s largest active wildfire. Continue Reading
Monsoon rains lash India’s Kerala coast, two days ahead of usual
India’s annual monsoon, which delivers about 70% of the country’s rainfall, arrived on the coast of southern Kerala state on Sunday, the state-run India Meteorological Department said, two days ahead Continue Reading
Second Planned Burn Contributed to New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire, Forest Service Says
Firefighters doused trees along a road near Las Vegas, N.M., earlier in May. Two New Mexico fires that merged into the largest wildfire in state history were each sparked by Continue Reading
High gas prices, energy security fears impede decarbonisation push
Energy security has become a top priority for importers as forecasts of tighter gas supplies and volatile prices in the next few years are keeping buyers on edge and impeding Continue Reading
Most of U.S. West Is in Severe Drought as Peak Wildfire Season Looms
The drought has pushed down reservoir levels in many places across the West, including the Castaic Lake reservoir in Los Angeles County. The American West is locked in its worst Continue Reading
China Coal Expansions Threaten Higher Methane Levels Worldwide
China’s plans for 169 new and expanded coal projects could boost global methane emissions from mines that produce the dirtiest fossil fuel by 10% and jeopardize its own short-term climate Continue Reading
Northeast heat, early-season demand adds to region’s gas inventory burden
Highlights 90s F forecast from mid-Atlantic to Massachusetts Northeast power burns to top 9 Bcf/d in early June Northeast inventory deficit grows in May to 85 Bcf An early-season heat Continue Reading
Up To 6 Major Atlantic Hurricanes Forecasted For 2022
Atlantic weather systems have severely affected oil and gas operations in the past. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above average Continue Reading
US NOAA sees above-average Atlantic hurricane season with up to six major hurricanes
Risks to production, refining, exports, ports NOAA predicts up to 21 named storms 2021 season was the third-most active US energy and commodity markets are set for another busy Atlantic Continue Reading
White House weighs waiving smog rules on gasoline to lower pump price -sources
The White House is considering waiving U.S. gasoline environmental rules aimed at reducing summertime smog, hoping the waiver will combat rising pump prices, according to three sources involved in the Continue Reading
A Hot, Deadly Summer Is Coming With Frequent Blackouts
Asia’s blistering heatwave has caused hours-long daily blackouts, putting more than 1 billion people at risk. There won’t be enough energy supplies to go around as sweltering heat boosts power Continue Reading
Insurers Are Suffering Major Losses Due To Climate Change
Insurers are now suffering 3.6 times more losses from natural catastrophes than they were three decades ago, according to new research, which suggests insurance companies are being hit by the Continue Reading
Driest Conditions in 40 Years Seen Continuing in Horn of Africa
A weather phenomenon over the Indian Ocean is exacerbating the driest conditions in more than four decades in the Horn of Africa that may continue for the rest of the Continue Reading
Severe drought could pose problems for US power grid this summer -NERC
The organization responsible for North American electric reliability warned energy shortfalls were possible this summer in California, Texas and the U.S. Midwest where extreme heat from a severe drought could Continue Reading
Dire Climate Report Prompts UN Official to Ask Rich Countries to Share Energy Tech
The World Meteorological Organization’s new report catalogs new records for sea-level rise, ocean temperature, greenhouse gas concentrations and ocean acidification. Last year brought new records for sea-level rise , ocean Continue Reading
Climate Change Has Made Deadly Heat Waves Normal
It doesn’t take the end of the world to upend the way billions live in it. The punishing weather we are uneasily learning to call “normal” is doing that already. Continue Reading
Climate Change Threatens China With Yet Another Deadly Flood Season
As China’s rainy season starts, National Climate Center forecasts show that flooding in the north and south of the country could be as bad as last summer when torrential rain Continue Reading
What It’s Like to Live Through India’s Nonstop Heat Wave
A diary from New Delhi on a recent day when the city of 19 million struggled to cope with killer temperatures Large parts of northern and central India are bracing Continue Reading
Menaced by flames, nuclear lab peers into future of wildfire
Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept within a few miles of the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national Continue Reading
Hurricane-Force Gusts Strike Central US in Wild Weather Event
Some of the wildest weather of this year ripped across the US Midwest and Great Plains on Thursday, unleashing tree-toppling, hurricane-force wind gusts and crashing hail. The highest wind report Continue Reading
Record Wildfires Threaten to Wreak $200 Billion in Global Damage
Across huge swaths of the planet, this year has started off hot, dry and on fire. Record blazes have raged out of control in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Continue Reading
The Temperature Is the Least Surprising Part of the Texas Heat Wave
Temperature in Continental US on May 9. Source: National Weather Service/NOAA Texas suffered extremely high temperatures in the last week, reaching 112° Fahrenheit (44.4° Celsius) in Rio Grande Village, near Continue Reading
Record heat fueling severe storms, tornadoes in central U.S.
A sprawling dome of summerlike heat has swelled from Texas to Wisconsin and is poised to shatter records in more than a dozen states. Madison, Wis., Chicago, Des Moines, St. Continue Reading
Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes , a new U.S. government study found . The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study links changes in Continue Reading
Earth could soon briefly hit threatening climate threshold
Since signing the Paris climate agreement in 2015, nations around the world have focused on one climate goal: limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial Continue Reading
Midsummer heat baking southern states with highs feeling like July
The calendar says May, but the atmosphere has fast-forwarded at least a month. A sprawling dome of summerlike heat is parked over the central United States, bringing temperatures 20 degrees Continue Reading
Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds
When Royal Dutch Shell sold off its stake in the Umuechem oil field in Nigeria last year, it was, on paper, a step forward for the company’s climate ambitions: Shell Continue Reading
Nigeria: Three Things That Can Go Wrong At an Illegal Oil Refinery in Nigeria
Oil rigs Years of government neglect and unemployment in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have given rise to a widespread industry of illegally refining stolen oil. It is estimated that about Continue Reading
As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village
Record-high April temperatures over Pakistan melted glaciers faster than normal, triggering a flash flood Saturday in a village in the northern region of the country that wiped out part of Continue Reading
California drought could wither many Los Angeles lawns
From behind the wheel of his work van, Fernando Gonzalez took in the immaculate front yard amid the arid and affluent hills north of Los Angeles. The red and white Continue Reading
Calf Canyon fire in New Mexico spreads as strong winds blow
Strong winds continued into the day Sunday, helping spread the second-largest wildfire on record in New Mexico farther into small farming communities in the state’s mountain valleys, as crews expect Continue Reading