Ambitious Energy Goals Are Hurting European Businesses
European carbon prices are running at record highs these days, and they have more room to rise, according to some analysts and traders. On the face of it, this is Continue Reading
New Gas Plants Threaten Carbon Hangover Long Past Biden Deadline
The red-and-white flue stacks of the James M. Barry Electric Generating Station tower over the Mobile River, belching steam into the Alabama sky. The sprawling complex of coal and natural Continue Reading
How can the world get to net zero emissions by 2050?
What is the best way to reach net zero emissions by 2050? The International Energy Agency, a Paris-based oil watchdog, has mapped out a pathway that it says is “narrow Continue Reading
Green Finance Goes Mainstream, Lining Up Trillions Behind Global Energy Transition
Some of the world’s biggest companies and deepest-pocketed investors are lining up trillions of dollars to finance a shift away from fossil fuels. Assets in investment funds focused partly on the Continue Reading
Drought Imperils Economy in California’s Farm Country
Sitting in a pickup truck on his almond farm 100 miles north of San Francisco, Tom Butler pointed to a withered grove he has been planning to bulldoze in order Continue Reading
California drought emergency brings water shortages, fire danger
California’s deepening drought has worsened into a crisis, as a second dry year in a row has diminished the state’s water supply and another difficult fire season looks inevitable. Nearly Continue Reading
As record heat scorches western Russia and central Canada, climate alarm bells ring
t’s only May, and temperatures near the Arctic Circle in northwestern Russia are approaching 90 degrees. In Moscow, temperatures have shattered records on consecutive days. It has also been unusually Continue Reading
Large Methane Cloud Detected Over Prolific Canadian Gas Basin
A cloud of methane was detected by satellite over a natural gas field in Canada, identifying a hidden source of pollution from one of North America’s most prolific production basins. The Continue Reading
Scientists Predict an ‘Above Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season
Federal scientists on Thursday forecast that 2021 could see in the range of 13 to 20 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes of Category Continue Reading
More active hurricane season than normal forecast, but less than 2020’s record
The National Hurricane Center on May 20 forecast a more active Atlantic hurricane season than normal as being most likely in 2021, but not as active as 2020’s record-setting storm Continue Reading