The Biden administration is purging members of two of the scientific advisory committees that guide the work of the Environmental Protection Agency, a move designed to shrink the influence of industry Continue Reading
President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan represents an enormous effort to protect Americans from climate change, but it sidesteps one of the most immediate and wrenching dilemmas: Deciding not just Continue Reading
The Ever Given drama in the Suez Canal momentarily turned the world’s attention to container shipping. It will require a more sustained focus to address the dangers these crucial ships Continue Reading
China’s coal-fired power generation increased last year as growing electricity demand outpaced the installations of new clean power capacity, making China the only G-20 country with rising coal generation, climate Continue Reading
In January, Biden’s new administration called for a suspension of all new oil and gas leases as part of its efforts to drive forward climate change policies. But several states Continue Reading
Methane pollution from the largest oilfield in the US has soared back to pre-pandemic levels as a recovery in drilling undermines industry pledges to crack down on emissions of the Continue Reading
The city of Los Angeles has been collecting data on its carbon pollution footprint for over a decade as a part of its efforts to fight global climate change. In Continue Reading
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt faster, raising sea levels along the Atlantic coast at a rate not seen for 2,000 years, according to a new study led by Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Thursday set a goal to cut the cost of solar energy by 60% over the next decade as part of an ambitious plan to decarbonize the Continue Reading
Decarbonizing energy in a way that is affordable for all will require determination and a variety of technologies, policies and regulation, writes S&P Global Platts’ global director of analytics, Chris Continue Reading
A new report by a group of environmentalist organizations has accused the world’s biggest banks of wreaking “climate chaos” on the world by investing trillions in the oil and gas Continue Reading
Congratulations, everybody. We did it. It’s March 24, 2021—tomorrow morning!—and we’ve woken up to discover just sitting there in the garage a boundless zero-carbon technology. What do you think it Continue Reading
Just two or three years ago, the biggest U.S. oil corporations were not mentioning climate change or environmentally-responsible investment at conference calls or results releases, but the global push for Continue Reading
U.S. coal, natural gas and motor fuel producers get implicit benefits worth tens of billion of dollars a year by not having to pay for the damage their products do Continue Reading
Hotter summers in Iraq are blasting soldiers sitting inside armored vehicles. Flooding is threatening the world’s largest navy base. Russian submarines are prowling the melting Arctic. Now NATO Secretary General Continue Reading
With persistence drought in New Mexico, 65% of the winter wheat crop was reported in very poor to poor condition, according to the USDA. Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Normally at Continue Reading
The Biden administration is set to participate in a climate summit co-hosted by China on Tuesday, just days after its first face-to-face talks with that country descended into bickering. John Kerry, the Continue Reading
Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain Continue Reading
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has directed two of America’s biggest oil companies to hold shareholder votes on farreaching new emissions targets, as the regulator adopts a tougher approach Continue Reading
American investors are joining a rush to buy carbon permits, prompting bets that the cost of pollution may be about to rally further after European prices hit a record high. Total Continue Reading
Aerial view of a flooded area in the village of Queja, in San Cristobal Verapaz, Guatemala on Nov. 7, 2020 after Hurricane Eta. Credit: Esteban Biba/Pool/AFP via Getty Images The Continue Reading
Australia’s east coast was smashed by heavy rains on Saturday, sparking dangerous flash flooding that forced the evacuation of multiple regions as the fast-moving waters unmoored houses, engulfed roads, stranded Continue Reading
The energy transition won’t happen if it’s wrapped up in red tape. Financing an innovative low-carbon economy is one of the defining challenges of our age, as Bill Gates argues Continue Reading
Oil demand is expected to grow in the next five years, contrary to the goals in the Paris climate agreement. Global oil demand is expected to grow steadily over the Continue Reading
One of the federal government’s main efforts to push Americans to prepare for climate threats is in question after the Senate majority leader’s office objected to a plan to adjust Continue Reading
Climate change could lift interest payments on sovereign and corporate debt by nearly $270 billion a year by the end of the century, according to Cambridge University and the University Continue Reading
Ocean trawling, condemned by green groups for destroying marine habitats and depleting fish populations, generates a similar volume of carbon emissions to the global aviation industry, driven by activity in Continue Reading
Delhi has been ranked as the most polluted capital city globally, according to a new report released on Tuesday. The ‘World Air Quality Report, 2020’, shows that Bangladesh, China, India, Continue Reading
Most of Europe’s natural gas industry has announced an ambition to become climate neutral by mid-century at the latest. But a study shows how difficult it will be to turn Continue Reading
At first, Andrew Christ was ecstatic. In soil taken from the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, he’d discovered the remains of ancient plants. Only one other team of researchers Continue Reading
The world’s three biggest consumers of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, are getting ready to boost usage so much that it’ll almost be as if the pandemic-induced drop in emissions Continue Reading
Russia, the world’s fourth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, is bearing witness to one of the most obvious effects of climate change: rapidly rising temperatures in the Arctic. The region is warming more Continue Reading
Spain began the new year battling Storm Filomena, a once-in-a-generation weather event that blanketed Madrid in snow and paralyzed the economy. Health workers were stranded, supermarkets shut, and the army Continue Reading
When Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston and dumped about 3 feet of rain in 2017, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. ’s largest campus was heavily flooded. Its global data center was inundated, along with buildings Continue Reading
Bobby Outten, a county manager in the Outer Banks, delivered two pieces of bad news at a recent public meeting. Avon, a town with a few hundred full-time residents, desperately Continue Reading
As the man in charge of developing Russia’s vast Arctic north, Aleksey Chekunkov faces more climate-related challenges than most, from permafrost sink holes to the emergence of West Nile fever Continue Reading
The six biggest Wall Street banks have now promised to get to net-zero emissions, after Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co joined the club this Continue Reading
China’s economy roared back from the pandemic on a plume of greenhouse gas emissions, raising questions over how the nation will balance new growth targets with its climate change goals. Carbon Continue Reading
The La Nina climate pattern that egged on a record 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and left the western U.S. parched will likely fade in the next few months, but there’s Continue Reading
As persistent drought and climate change threaten the Colorado River, several states that rely on the water acknowledge they likely won’t get what they were promised a century ago. But Continue Reading
The United States needs to set a target to slash its greenhouse gas emissions between 57% and 63% below 2005 levels by 2030 in order to achieve the Biden administration’s Continue Reading
President Joe Biden Candidate Joe Biden rode into the White House promising to build back the economy after the devastation of Covid-19 with cleaner energy and a lower carbon footprint. Continue Reading
More than 10 million people die each year from air pollution, according to a new study — far more than the estimated 2.6 million people who have died from Covid-19 since it was Continue Reading
Douglas Beaver, Chief Resilience Officer in Norfolk, Va. in the historic neighborhood of Chersterfield Heights. When it rains in Norfolk, Va., the residents of the Chesterfield Heights and Grandy Village Continue Reading
Weather-battered Texas is going from ice to fire as dry winds roaring out of the Great Plains stokes the risk of blazes, just weeks after a deep winter freeze. Governor Continue Reading
Jeff Bezos hired Andrew Steer of the World Resources Institute to help him spend a $10-billion commitment to fight climate change by 2030. Steer, also the World Bank’s former special envoy Continue Reading
Before it was pumped, leveed, and paved, south Florida looked like a network of spongy wetlands. Over the course of about a century, those damp lowlands were transformed into a Continue Reading
Here’s one more reason the world should aim to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a goal of the international Paris Agreement: It will help keep the tropics from becoming Continue Reading
Temperatures in the Arctic Ocean, an area that has a significant influence on the world’s weather, were much warmer last month than the average for the past two decades. Northeastern Canada Continue Reading
President Joe Biden wants to change the way the U.S. uses energy by expanding renewables, but he will need to navigate a host of challenges — including the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
