Gerald Lucas, 69, is a former coal miner and federal mine inspector who now gives public tours underground at the Beckley, W.Va., Exhibition Coal Mine, a working mine that ceased Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will propose a rule curbing the use of a potent greenhouse gas used in refrigeration and air conditioning, the Biden administration’s first major step Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency moved on Monday to sharply reduce the use and production of powerful greenhouse gases central to refrigeration and air-conditioning, part of the Biden administration’s larger strategy Continue Reading
Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to a levy break Sept. 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage Continue Reading
New York City on Thursday sued three major oil companies and the top industry trade group in state court, arguing that the companies are misrepresenting themselves by selling fuels as Continue Reading
ExxonMobil and Chevron confirmed their commitments to building large-scale projects to address climate change April 30, beginning with a focus on carbon capture. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
The polar blast in Texas earlier this year revealed a dirty secret in the most prolific U.S. oil field: Two under-the-radar natural gas plants that are a persistent source of Continue Reading
Brian Menounos Klinaklini Glacier in Canada: There is now far more certainty about what is happening The world’s glaciers are melting at an accelerating rate, according to a comprehensive new Continue Reading
The world’s glaciers are shrinking at a faster rate than before, with densely-populated parts of Asia at risk of flood and water shortages if the trend continues. That’s the conclusion of Continue Reading
Europe looking for guarantees US won’t shift course Murphy eyes more bipartisanship on climate GOP leader seeks details on meeting emissions targets The international community is not quite ready to Continue Reading
The Senate voted Wednesday to restore an Obama-era regulation that imposed limits on methane leaks from oil and gas operations. The move marks both the first major congressional rebuke of Continue Reading
Senate Democrats began using a special procedure to undo parts of Donald Trump’s regulatory agenda Wednesday, starting by rescinding a measure that made it harder for the Environmental Protection Agency to limit Continue Reading
Water officials in Arizona say they are prepared to lose about one-fifth of the water the state gets from the Colorado River in what could be the first federally declared Continue Reading
Deep cuts in methane emissions, including from the fossil fuel industry, are urgently needed to slow the rate of global warming and keep it beneath a threshold agreed by world Continue Reading
China is poised to report its first population decline in five decades following a once-in-a-decade census, the Financial Times newspaper said, citing sources familiar with the matter. A population drop Continue Reading
Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to combat Continue Reading
THE SENATE votes Wednesday on what sounds like an arcane regulatory question. In fact, Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) argued Tuesday, “This is the most important climate vote that the Senate Continue Reading
Scientists have identified a staggering 5.5 billion ton gap between greenhouse gas emissions acknowledged each year by the world’s nations and the emissions calculated by independent models, an accounting discrepancy Continue Reading
Top executives, policy makers and investors are gathering this week for the two-day Bloomberg Green Summit. The virtual event focuses on the core issues of climate change. The conference kicked off Monday Continue Reading
There is just no accounting for climate change. This statement is not figurative, in the way “There’s no accounting for taste” is figurative. There’s literally no common accounting for what Continue Reading
The US Environmental Protection Agency on April 26 took the first steps in dismantling the Trump administration’s rollback of fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks, including announcing it Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will move to grant California permission to set more stringent climate requirements for cars and SUVs, a reversal of a key Trump Continue Reading
Countries aiming to sharply reduce their emissions to meet climate goals must be prepared for staggering costs and looming political battles as they seek to overhaul swaths of their economies, Continue Reading
Bringing 40 heads of state together for two days of virtual climate talks created the most visible role yet for John Kerry, the White House’s special envoy for climate. With Continue Reading
The Appalachian Basin spanning Alabama to Maine spewed more methane last year than the oil- and gas-heavy Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico — making the region the biggest Continue Reading
Officials from the U.S. and other nations spent the final day of a global climate summit focused on innovation, as they debate how to deploy technology and economic incentives to Continue Reading
“The Americans have a strategy based on the development of new technologies,” France’s environment minister Barbara Pompili told the FT this week. “It’s great to develop hydrogen, as we are Continue Reading
Bill Gates during the White House climate summit meeting on Friday.Credit…Associated Press Bill Gates on Friday called for huge new public and private investment in innovation to meet President Biden’s Continue Reading
The Biden administration wants to spend $174 billion to boost electric vehicles and charging stations but its 2030 climate emissions reduction pledge released on Thursday does not include a firm Continue Reading
As many as one in five wells worldwide is at risk of running dry if groundwater levels drop by even a few meters, according to a new study appearing Thursday in the Continue Reading
The United States and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect U.S. Continue Reading
Dozens of world leaders are joining CEOs, activists and Pope Francis for a two-day virtual summit that started Thursday on reducing climate change hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. THE Continue Reading
The United States on Thursday said it will boost public climate finance to help poor countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate, doubling funding by 2024 Continue Reading
The United States will likely exceed its pledge to reduce emissions 50% to 52% by 2030 compared with 2005 levels, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told reporters on Thursday. U.S. Continue Reading
President Joe Biden’s new commitment to cut U.S. emissions in half over the coming decade from 2005 levels, with an aim to zero out planet-warming gases in the next 30 Continue Reading
President Biden’s new pledge to slash America’s greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decade is long on ambition and short on specifics, but experts say that success would require rapid and sweeping Continue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate summit will turn to the issue of technology on Friday, featuring remarks from entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg, after Thursday’s Earth Day kickoff sought Continue Reading
President Biden’s new pledge to slash America’s greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decade is long on ambition and short on specifics, but experts say that success would require rapid Continue Reading
President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office at the White House April 19, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images For poor nations that contributed little to greenhouse Continue Reading
President Joe Biden’s climate summit of 40 world leaders this week will be Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s “ last chance ” to restore Washington’s confidence in Brazil’s commitment to taking Continue Reading
The stress points keep piling up between President Biden and Vladimir Putin. Biden agreed that the Russian president is a “killer,” the United States leveled more sanctions, diplomats have been expelled on both Continue Reading
President Joe Biden is bringing together dozens of foreign leaders along with corporate executives, union heads and Pope Francis in a two-day virtual summit meant to invigorate the global fight Continue Reading
The U.S. has called out Australia’s lack of climate ambition ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit of global leaders. “Our colleagues in Australia recognize that there’s going to have to be Continue Reading
US President Joe Biden is set to announce the country’s steepest ever emissions cuts, as he hosts 40 world leaders on Thursday for a summit on climate change that will Continue Reading
The Biden administration is moving to end a legal battle with California over the state’s authority to regulate motor-vehicle emissions, setting the stage for stricter regulations on the auto industry, Continue Reading
The Trump administration sidelined career staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency when weakening pollution rules for new passenger vehicles, according to a federal watchdog report. The EPA’s inspector general found top Continue Reading
“We’re sending carbon back where it came from,” Norway’s energy giant Equinor says , describing its efforts to make carbon capture and storage (CCS) commercially viable in a future decarbonized Continue Reading
Power-generating windmill turbines are seen during sunset in Bourlon, France, February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Europe experienced its hottest year on record last year, while the Arctic suffered a summer Continue Reading
The European Union clinched a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a landmark climate change law that puts new, tougher greenhouse gas emissions targets at the heart of Continue Reading
Climate change whipsawed through Europe last year, alternately baking locked-up economies beneath record heat before inundating them with unprecedented floods, underscoring the rising levels of uncertainty faced by the continent’s 500 million Continue Reading
