Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday. Emergency response teams made Continue Reading
Italy’s Cabinet declared a state of emergency in five regions that have been heavily hit by drought, according to a government statement. View full article at www.bloomberg.com
Legislators in Colorado, historically a major coal state, have passed more than 50 climate-related laws since 2019. The liquor store in the farming town of Morris, Minn., cools its beer Continue Reading
Credit where due: the Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling in West Virginia v. E.P.A. is the culmination of a five-decade effort to make sure that the federal government won’t threaten the Continue Reading
A busy Atlantic hurricane season and tight fuel supplies could further strain U.S. refiners who already have the lowest oil-processing capacity in eight years, analysts warned, adding this would boost Continue Reading
Clouds from Hurricane Harvey are seen in the background as smoke rises from a burn off at an oil refinery Historically, the Atlantic hurricanes have prompted U.S. oil refiners to Continue Reading
The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s flexibility to curb power-plant emissions on a systematic basis is setting the stage for a piecemeal approach to the Continue Reading
One by one, the tools available to President Biden to fight climate change are being stripped away. After a Supreme Court decision on Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency will have less authority Continue Reading
Olaf Scholz departs following his closing news conference on the final day of the G-7 summit in Elmau, Germany, on June 28.Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg Leaders of the world’s richest economies Continue Reading
The worst drought Italy has faced in 70 years is thirsting paddy fields in the river Po valley and jeopardizing the harvest of the premium rice used for risotto. Italy’s Continue Reading
