As the planet warms, the increase in sea levels threatens to uproot more than a third of the world’s population. Understanding exactly how fast and by how much they’re rising Continue Reading
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved on Friday a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil for ships in the Arctic, but environmental organizations slammed the new regulation as Continue Reading
Carbon pricing sounds like the simplest solution to the world’s emissions problem: if you want to emit, you have to pay for it. Europe has pioneered carbon pricing efforts with Continue Reading
It all started with Hurricane Hanna, which swirled in from the Gulf of Mexico to Padre Island, Tex., on July 25. Originally forecast to move into South Texas as a Continue Reading
The 9 percent fall has been partially offset by extreme forest fires The coronavirus pandemic triggered a sharp drop in air travel and in greenhouse gas emissions, which fell a Continue Reading
An aerial view of mostly harvested farmland at sunset on Oct. 30, 2020 in Lacona, Iowa. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images The American Farm Bureau Federation, the country’s largest and most Continue Reading
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., eager to elevate climate change issues throughout his administration, is already drafting orders to reduce planet-warming pollution and seeking nominees who will embed climate policy Continue Reading
A Joe Biden administration is bound to usher in a 180-degree pivot on climate change from the outgoing presidency. But with control of the Senate hanging in the balance with Continue Reading
Ultrathin, incredibly strong, superconductive, cheap–and impossible to use. Those are some of the unfortunate oxymorons that have been used to describe graphene, the gee-whiz nanomaterial that was supposed to forever Continue Reading
As climate change contributes to ever-worsening fire seasons in the Western U.S., more people are moving to the very areas most likely to burn. Of the 15 counties with the highest Continue Reading
Hurricane Iota slammed into Central America late Monday with ferocious winds and rain, threatening to cripple a region already reeling from a deadly storm two weeks ago. Iota, the most powerful Continue Reading
China’s environmental regulator has asked authorities in some northern provinces to take measures to reduce emissions, as air pollution is expected to continue next week. Northern provinces including Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong Continue Reading
China’s environmental regulator has asked authorities in some northern provinces to take measures to reduce emissions, as air pollution is expected to continue next week. Northern provinces including Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong Continue Reading
The U.S. oil and gas industry has been fretting about the implications of a Biden Presidency on the sector in view of Joe Biden’s energy plan to favor renewables development Continue Reading
When Hurricane Laura battered Louisiana in August, becoming the most powerful storm to ever make landfall in the U.S., forecasters were confounded by its behavior. Not only did it fail Continue Reading
U.S. financial regulators are gearing up to tackle climate change under President-elect Joe Biden. The industry will be ready to make sure any new rules suit them. Then the Federal Continue Reading
A Biden administration could do a lot to act on climate change without acts of Congress, such as adjusting the federal financial system to look at climate as a systemic Continue Reading
Just five of the 39 largest oil and gas companies have announced carbon-reduction targets that match levels needed to avoid a 2-degree Celsius temperature increase. And only 20 have taken initial steps to Continue Reading
Matthew Busch for The New York Times In studying the effects of climate change on hurricanes, scientists have focused on what occurs over water, when storms are forming and strengthening, Continue Reading
John Podesta served in the White House as counselor in charge of climate and energy policy during President Barack Obama’s second term. He has no desire to reprise his role Continue Reading
Joe Biden’s victory gives the people who dream up big climate ideas something they haven’t experienced in years: an opportunity to wield power in U.S. and shape the future of Continue Reading
This satellite image released Tuesday by NOAA shows busy storm activity in the Gulf of Mexico. With the naming of Subtropical Storm Theta this week, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season Continue Reading
President-elect Joe Biden plans to push for the most progressive climate policy the U.S. has ever had, aligning the world’s second-largest carbon emitter with a growing group of nations aggressively Continue Reading
The Trump administration abruptly removed a top official charting the U.S. government’s research on global warming, just as his agency began writing the next climate report card. Mike Kuperberg, a Department of Continue Reading
The majestic blue whale has plied the seas for about 4.5 million years , while the Neanderthals winked out of existence in a few hundred thousand years. But are those Continue Reading
If there’s one thing working on climate for a living teaches you, it’s coping with uncertainty. If there are two, it’s how politics seemingly trumps all else. Welcome to the wondrous Continue Reading
A rule of thumb in election years is that presidential candidates woo their political base with bold policies in primaries, then take the partisan edge off to court undecided voters in the fall. So Continue Reading
After ravaging Central America with disastrous rains, Tropical Depression Eta is primed to redevelop into a tropical storm and head toward South Florida and the Gulf of Mexico in the Continue Reading
Rich countries risk missing their goal to provide $100 billion a-year by 2020 to help poorer nations combat climate change, after funding slowed in the year since President Donald Trump Continue Reading
A gas flare near Mentone, Texas. The outcome of the U.S. general election is not yet clear. What’s been obvious for months is that climate change was on the ballot Continue Reading
The outcome of the U.S. general election is not yet clear. What’s been obvious for months is that climate change was on the ballot , and the U.S. election matters Continue Reading
Highlights Freeze on rules, executive order reversals EPA enforcement burst possible Prospects for clean energy technology legislation New York — In a scenario where Democratic contender Joe Biden takes the Continue Reading
Last month was the warmest October for Europe on record, with Arctic sea ice retreating as northern regions in particular felt the effects of rising air temperatures. Europe was 1.6 degrees Celsius Continue Reading
At the stroke of midnight Wednesday, when the United States became the only country to formally quit the Paris Agreement, the global accord designed to avert catastrophic climate change, it Continue Reading
France’s Neoen SA will partner with Tesla Inc. to install one of the world’s biggest lithium-ion batteries in Australia after reaching a grid connection deal with the power market operator. The 300-megawatt Victorian Big Continue Reading
A man crosses a flooded road in the Okonwas community during the passage of Hurricane Eta on the north Caribbean coast in Rosita, Nicaragua, on Wednesday. After roaring ashore Tuesday Continue Reading
Wall Street’s confidence that the U.S. election would spark a clean-energy revolution dimmed after Republicans appeared set to retain control of the Senate, casting doubts over whether Joe Biden could Continue Reading
Measuring a company’s carbon footprint and determining whether it’s reducing it has always been difficult. Agreeing on what emissions a bank or investment firm with thousands of different assets and clients Continue Reading
US oil and gas stocks rose while those of renewable energy producers fell on Wednesday, as traders gambled that even if Joe Eiden wins the White House, Democrats’ likely failure Continue Reading
The next National Climate Assessment, the federal government’s most definitive and comprehensive report on climate change and its consequences for the United States, will be directed by atmospheric scientist Betsy Continue Reading
While control of the White House and US Senate waits for ballot counters, a host of implications for energy and commodity markets from the Nov. 3 elections unfolded across the Continue Reading
China and Japan are among the “ many, many countries ” flooding U.S. beaches with plastic waste. At least, that’s what President Trump said in late 2018 as he signed Continue Reading
The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a years-long promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact Continue Reading
Baker Hughes Co., one of the world’s biggest oilfield servicers, bought technology that enables companies to capture carbon emissions with a view to storing them underground as the industry faces Continue Reading
Airbus SE won a contract to help build a European Space Agency satellite designed for scientists to more accurately predict the pace of climate change. The mission will enlarge the constellation of satellites Continue Reading
In just a day’s time, Super Typhoon Goni transformed from an ordinary Pacific cyclone into the year’s most intense storm on the planet. The typhoon is on a beeline for Continue Reading
President Trump has spent the run-up to next week’s election touting himself as the finest steward of the nation’s air and water in generations. “Who would have thought,” he boasted Continue Reading
The UK government has invited countries to prepare announcements of stronger climate commitments ahead of a planned virtual international climate summit Dec. 12. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
Demonstrators hold banners during a rally near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Dec. 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP 21, the UN conference on global warming. Credit: Continue Reading
Desert locusts are breeding afresh in Ethiopia and Somalia and new swarms will form by mid-December and are likely to move southwards toward Kenya. “Although countries are better prepared compared to Continue Reading
