here’s about a 40% chance that the global average temperature for at least one of the next five years will be 1.5º Celsius higher than in pre-industrial times—and the odds are only Continue Reading
The water in the Atlantic is constantly circulating in a complex pattern that influences weather on several continents. And climate scientists have been asking a crucial question: Whether this vast Continue Reading
If the headlines don’t already feel rather apocalyptic, they are about to get worse. On Monday, the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release the first part of its Continue Reading
Stemming the methane leaks from landfills, oil fields, natural gas pipelines and more is one of the most powerful levers we have to quickly slow global warming. T The threat Continue Reading
President Biden on Thursday announced a multistep strategy aimed at rapidly shifting Americans from gasoline-powered cars and trucks toward electric vehicles — a central part of his plan to reduce Continue Reading
Highlights Administration to tighten tailpipe emissions rules Fuel savings seen around 200 billion gallons of gasoline Sets 50% vehicle electrification goal for sales by 2030 Receive daily email alerts, subscriber Continue Reading
Conditions in and above the Atlantic Ocean continue to suggest that this year’s hurricane season will be an above-average one, a government scientist said Wednesday.Matthew Rosencrans, of the National Oceanic Continue Reading
A rapidly spreading wildfire burned homes and forced thousands to evacuate in two heavily wooded counties northeast of Sacramento in Northern California on Wednesday, generating a towering plume of smoke Continue Reading
A group of Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday unveiled legislation establishing a $500 billion fund to be financed by Big Oil and other “carbon polluters” that they hope to attach Continue Reading
A quick start to the Atlantic hurricane season saw five storms form so far this year, well ahead of normal pace of a normal year, before settling into a lull Continue Reading
A massive methane plume detected last month over Kazakhstan occurred near a major pipeline that supplies natural gas to China. The cloud was observed roughly 100 kilometers (62 miles) west Continue Reading
Few things seem as stable and predictable as the moon. It goes from new to full and back again every month. It moves the tides. The same side always faces Continue Reading
Just 5 percent of the world’s power plants account for nearly three-quarters of global carbon emissions from electricity generation, a recent study showed . And all those power plants are Continue Reading
Financial firms including British insurer Prudential, lenders Citi and HSBC and BlackRock Real Assets are devising plans to speed the closure of Asia’s coal-fired power plants in order to lower Continue Reading
Scientists have long been worried about what many call “the methane bomb” — the potentially catastrophic release of methan e from thawing wetlands in Siberia’s permafrost.But now a study by Continue Reading
Temperatures are skyrocketing yet again in the Pacific Northwest as the second major heat wave of the summer overtakes the region. This heat wave is not nearly as intense as Continue Reading
What is the cost of our carbon footprint — not just in dollars, but in lives? According to a paper published on Thursday, it is soberingly high, and perhaps high Continue Reading
The phone call to the Eugene Water & Electric Board was startling. A group of homeowners, fearing a storm could knock down nearby power lines and ignite wildfires, was asking Continue Reading
Highlights 2020 in top 10 for temperature, rain, sun Average temperature up nearly a degree Daily rainfall, sunshine records broken In a warning for power markets in the world’s fifth Continue Reading
A heat wave scorched southeast Europe on Thursday, sending residents flocking to the coast, public fountains and air-conditioned locations to find some relief. Temperatures rose above 40 C (104 F) Continue Reading
Minnesota has become the latest state to adopt California clean car standards; the new standards were finalized by a notice in the state register on Monday. Original map from Minnesota Continue Reading
Heatwaves in the U.S. and floods in western Europe have dominated the news cycle recently, forcing us to re-examine the relationship between climate change and extreme weather. Other catastrophes are Continue Reading
When the International Energy Agency released its Roadmap to Net Zero report, OPEC slammed it as “destabilizing.” Russia said the IEA’s plan could push oil to $200 per barrel. Even Continue Reading
Record heat waves and crippling energy shortages across much of the Middle East are plunging homes and businesses from Lebanon to Iran into darkness and stirring unrest as poor families Continue Reading
Pressure is mounting on the oil and gas sector to clean up its act and reduce emissions from operations, the so-called Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Many of Europe’s Continue Reading
Check out this recap of popular downstream-related articles on Rigzone. Rigzone’s downstream readers showed much interest last week in new carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments from a pair of Continue Reading
Climate scientists have long warned that global warming would lead to extreme heat in many parts of the world. But the 120 degree Fahrenheit temperatures brought on by the heatwave Continue Reading
Fires, floods, heatwaves, and droughts. The deadly weather that has unfolded in recent weeks has left climate scientists “shocked” and concerned that extreme events are arriving even faster than models Continue Reading
Heat will bear down on Texas and the Great Plains within days, driving temperatures in Dallas above the 100-degree mark for the first time this year. A dome of high Continue Reading
The world will need to invest up to $173 trillion in greener energy infrastructure and supply over the next 30 years if it wants to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by Continue Reading
Water and mud landslides overran houses and roads in Germany this month, killing more than 160 people and leaving hundreds missing. Deadly weather as far apart as China, Germany and Continue Reading
ESG investing: it’s in every media outlet and on every bank’s business plan. A rush to what many call alignment of values with investment goals has led to a flourishing Continue Reading
It’s an eternal dispute – the need to meet consumer energy needs through oil and gas production versus the battle of climate change activists and green policy. When President Biden Continue Reading
A new flight of large-scale climate projects requiring financial backing of about $1 trillion a year will be needed to meet the Biden administration’s carbon goals, a U.S. Energy Department Continue Reading
Group of 20 ministers are likely to end talks this week without an ambitious deal on climate change, another setback in the fight against rising temperatures ahead of key negotiations Continue Reading
The global rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic is set to drive emissions of greenhouse gases that stoke climate change to all-time highs, the Paris-based International Energy Agency said in a Continue Reading
Erratic winds and parched Oregon forests added to the dangers for firefighters on Monday as they battled the largest wildfire in the U.S., one of dozens burning across several Western Continue Reading
There’s a debate about how companies should be recognized for buying carbon offsets based on avoiding emissions. Better to call them “carbon responsible” instead. A section of forest in part Continue Reading
Reducing carbon emissions seems to be on the top of everybody’s agenda at the moment. A recent post in The New York Times reports on proposals being discussed in the Continue Reading
The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather Continue Reading
The $3.5 trillion budget plan from congressional Democrats would finance a far-reaching transition to cleaner power, but it is expected to face opposition from parts of the energy industry and Continue Reading
With billions of dollars being invested into ESG funds last year, 2020 has been called a “tipping point” year for this mega-trend in global markets. And many are predicting that Continue Reading
German officials feared more deaths on Friday after “catastrophic” floods swept through western regions, demolishing streets and houses, killing more than 100 people and leaving hundreds more missing and homeless. Continue Reading
Highlights Rockies, PNW at 50%-60% risk for hotter temperatures Southwest power burn averages record 5.1 Bcf/d in H1 July SoCal city-gate cash price tops $8/MMBtu this summer More record gas-fired Continue Reading
Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous conflagrations across the U.S. West that are Continue Reading
The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium rose above 90 on Friday, as the search continued for hundreds of people still unaccounted for and Continue Reading
Global electricity demand is growing faster than renewable energy capacity can be rolled out and will require more power to be generated from the burning of fossil fuels, the International Continue Reading
Global electricity consumption will surge this year as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, with fossil fuels supplying almost half the increase in a shift that threatens ambitious net-zero Continue Reading
As the spread of the novel coronavirus disrupted industries around the world, the rate of global greenhouse gas emissions took a big dip. BP’s annual Statistical Review of World Energy Continue Reading
As unprecedented heatwaves sweep across large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, China is telling its people to brace for another summer of dangerous floods and droughts. China’s National Climate Center Continue Reading
