The UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Indonesia are among the 40 countries that signed a pledge to phase out coal. That seems a positive development for the climate. But Continue Reading
Cautious optimism has emerged that COP26 in Glasgow can clinch a global carbon market deal unlocking trillions of dollars of green investment, with even hold-out nation Brazil signaling a desire Continue Reading
U.S. shale oil firm EOG Resources (EOG.N) said on Friday it aims to begin a carbon dioxide injection program by late 2022 to reduce greenhouse gases from its oil and Continue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday set a goal for driving down the cost of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as part of a U.S. plan to decarbonize Continue Reading
The international climate conference’s “energy day” dawned with fresh efforts to block the flow of money to fossil fuel companies, as activists brushed aside arguments from corporate leaders of coal, Continue Reading
Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the global economy’s addiction to fossil fuels with a raft of new pledges Continue Reading
Indonesia, Poland, Vietnam and other nations pledged on Thursday to phase out use of coal-fired power and stop building plants, in a deal at the COP26 climate summit that failed Continue Reading
In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations announced steps Thursday to wean themselves — at times slowly — off of the heavily polluting fossil fuel. The Continue Reading
IEA says COP26 pledges would slow warming to 1.8°C . Small print gives Indonesia a way out of coal deal . On the Ground By Jess Shankleman After a parade Continue Reading
The 100-nation pledge to end deforestation at COP26 has several shortcomings, which means it won’t have much impact on global agricultural production, according to Fitch Solutions. The commitment to halt Continue Reading
The US and China have shunned the UK’s flagship coal pact, dealing a severe blow to the COP26 climate summit and drawing a warning from the world’s leading energy body, Continue Reading
More than 40 countries pledged to phase out coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, in a deal announced Thursday at the United Nations climate summit that prompted Alok Sharma, the head Continue Reading
Indonesia signed up to a pledge aimed at ending coal use at COP26. But a closer look at the terms shows it will be able to continue building coal plants Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday will unveil its biggest effort yet to drastically reduce the cost of technologies that suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, in a Continue Reading
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden gesture during the World Leaders’ Summit “Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment” session during the COP26 Climate Conference at the Continue Reading
Greta Thunberg chose the day that finance chiefs rallied trillions of dollars to deploy in the fight against climate change to make her presence felt at COP26. Thunberg and other Continue Reading
As leaders at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, thrash out how to rein in catastrophic levels of global warming, one of the most important deals is taking Continue Reading
As leaders at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, thrash out how to rein in catastrophic levels of global warming, one of the most important deals is taking Continue Reading
Climate negotiators have made progress toward a deal aimed at establishing the foundation of an international carbon-trading system, according to people familiar with those talks, putting within reach a long-stalled Continue Reading
Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the global economy’s addiction to fossil fuels with a raft of new pledges Continue Reading
Global carbon dioxide pollution returned to a pre-pandemic level this year, according to an early estimate by the research group Global Carbon Project prepared for the COP26 talks occurring in Continue Reading
The world has entered the decisive decade for confronting the climate crisis. This week’s global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, has already helped summon more ambition to face this emergency than the Continue Reading
The US House is poised to vote on the most significant clean energy and infrastructure package in the history of Congress as soon as Nov. 4, Representative Kathy Castor said Continue Reading
People who were forced to abandon their homes in the San Pedro Sula Valley due to floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta take refuge in a makeshift camp underneath Continue Reading
The most noticeable theme to have come from COP26 so far has been the division between the Global North and the Global South and between energy producers and energy consumers. Continue Reading
The COP26 summit turned its attention to the finance industry’s contribution to the fight against climate change, with announcements overnight revealing that banks, asset managers and insurers representing more than Continue Reading
Wang Yuetang’s sneakers sink into the mud of what was once his thriving corn and peanut farm as he surveys the damage done by an unstable climate. Three months after Continue Reading
A new campaign asserts, incorrectly, that cows in the U.S. “may not be contributing much at all to global warming.” Scientists with the world’s top climate organization made reducing meat Continue Reading
The United States on Tuesday unveiled a plan to slash emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas operations as part of its strategy to crack down on Continue Reading
COP26 has already caused plenty of confusion, with countries pledging to limit the rise of global temperatures while also calling for more oil and gas production The recent energy crunch Continue Reading
The Global Methane Pledge, a commitment to cut emissions of one of the most potent greenhouse gases by 30% by the end of the decade, has now signed up around Continue Reading
The year 2021 is now expected to qualify among the hottest seven in history, all of them recorded since 2014, according to an early estimate by the United Nations World Continue Reading
Up to 3bn out of the projected world population of about 9bn could be exposed to temperatures on a par with the hottest parts of the Sahara by 2070, according Continue Reading
Nearly 90 countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, a pact aimed at tackling Continue Reading
The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland’s biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming. (AP Continue Reading
The Biden administration is launching an assault on methane Tuesday, advancing initiatives across government — and the globe — to keep the potent heat-trapping gas from escaping landfills, oil wells Continue Reading
A U.N. conference seen critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change launches amid acrimony on Monday after major industrialized nations were accused of dragging their feet on Continue Reading
There have been so many storms in the Atlantic Ocean this year that the National Hurricane Center has used up all 21 available names, the third time in recorded history Continue Reading
For nearly 30 years, the pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb has proclaimed it’s been setting and meeting ambitious targets around energy and greenhouse gas emissions. These days, those goals include Continue Reading
Tightening The Emissions Gap Leaders of the Group of 20 countries agreed on a climate deal that fell well short of what some nations were pushing for, leaving it to Continue Reading
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies agreed on a final statement on Sunday that urged “meaningful and effective” action to limit global warming but angering climate activists by Continue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday it was “not inconsistent” for him to push energy-producing nations to increase output of fossil fuels while also urging countries to commit to Continue Reading
The United Nations and the European Union launched a global watchdog on Sunday to monitor governments’ pledged reductions of greenhouse gas methane that have the potential to make a rapid Continue Reading
The United Nations COP26 summit that starts in Glasgow this week has been billed as a make-or-break chance to save the planet from the most calamitous effects of climate change. Continue Reading
President Joe Biden said he is disappointed that Russia and China declined to make stronger commitments to combat climate change or to send their leaders to key global meetings to Continue Reading
Leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreed Sunday to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries and made a vague commitment to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” Continue Reading
Hello 420; goodbye 413. These recent carbon dioxide measurements, the highest in 3 million years, signal that fossil-fuel burning is hurtling us irreversibly into a much warmer future. The U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow gives Continue Reading
Luis Sinco Extreme weather events – including powerful heat waves and devastating floods – are now the new normal, says the World Meteorological Organisation. The State of the Climate report Continue Reading
A U.N. conference seen critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change launches amid acrimony on Monday after major industrialised nations were accused of dragging their feet on Continue Reading
Highlights Saudi Arabia concerned about climate change: king Kingdom and allies in OPEC+ under pressure to boost supply US official says OPEC+ ramping up output very slowly Saudi king Salman Continue Reading
