Climate change could wipe out coral reefs by 2100: scientists Climate change could destroy nearly all remaining coral reefs by the end of the century, according to research released Monday Continue Reading
The next National Climate Assessment is beginning to take shape at a time when President Trump warned world leaders to reject “alarmists” and as his conservative allies make plans to Continue Reading
Fossil-fuel production may be responsible for much more atmospheric methane than scientists previously thought, according to new research published today in the journal Nature. The results, if they hold, suggest Continue Reading
Oil and gas production may be responsible for a far larger share of the soaring levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, in the earth’s atmosphere than previously thought, new Continue Reading
Famous for its role in America’s war for independence, this city is now fighting the rising seas. Boston is raising streets, building berms and even requiring that new high-rise condominium developments Continue Reading
The investment will be used to deliver a pipeline of global projects to lower emissions from the oil and gas industry. Chevron Technology Ventures, the tech arm of Chevron Corp., Continue Reading
Lakefront property owners lose sleep over flood risks. High school students fill sandbags to protect the fragile coastline. America’s Great Lakes, the largest body of freshwater on Earth, are at, Continue Reading
When historians look back at the end of the 21st century’s second decade they will notice something remarkable. After 30 years of feeble efforts to stem greenhouse gases, people around Continue Reading
The geopolitical landscape is likely to be significantly modified by the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable and low-carbon resources, both on the global and sub-national level, experts said Continue Reading
The Dalles water supply forecast has continued to increase, reaching the highest level so far this season and 24% higher year on year on increased precipitation, according to Northwest River Continue Reading
Floodwaters in central Mississippi approached record heights Monday, leaving hundreds of homes and businesses inundated and roads closed around the capital, according to state officials who also warned of continued Continue Reading
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest man, said on Monday that he was committing $10 billion to address the climate crisis in a new initiative he called Continue Reading
The oil industry’s drive to show investors and the world that the sector is taking climate change seriously has reached the largest Russian oil producer, state-controlled Rosneft, which has just Continue Reading
Britain has been battered by severe weather for the second consecutive weekend, prompting an official warning on Sunday that lives were at risk as streets became flooded, mud flowed, rail Continue Reading
The biggest British petroleum producer just set one of the most ambitious climate goals of any major multinational oil-and-gas company. Now the pressure is on its American counterparts to do Continue Reading
Last April, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, proclaimed at an auto show here that he would soon roll back President Barack Obama’s stringent fuel efficiency standards. Continue Reading
Trump announces nominations of deputy chiefs for EPA, Energy Department President Trump on Thursday announced the nominations of two officials to become the deputy chiefs of the Environmental Protection Agency Continue Reading
Around the world and particularly across much of the United States, a question has emerged: What happened to winter? In Japan, record low snowfall has forced ski resorts to close Continue Reading
A group aiming to spur climate change legislation that would tax carbon emissions stepped up efforts by issuing a blueprint on Thursday after previewing it with a group of bipartisan Continue Reading
US greenhouse gas emissions fell by nearly 3% last year as natural gas and renewables continued to expand their share of the country’s power mix, market researcher BloombergNEF and The Continue Reading
More than half of all air-quality-related early deaths in the United States are a result of emissions originating outside of the state in which those deaths occur, MIT researchers report Continue Reading
Supermajor Total wants to stop selling fuel oil—one of the most carbon-intensive refinery products—for power generation in order to reduce its carbon footprint, the company’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanné told Continue Reading
One dam would stretch some 300 miles from the coast of Scotland to Norway. The other, roughly 100 miles, would rise in the waters between northern France and Southeastern England. Continue Reading
A weather research station on Seymour Island in the Antarctic Peninsula registered a temperature of 69.3 degrees (20.75 Celsius) on Feb. 9, according to Márcio Rocha Francelino, a professor at Continue Reading
Across vast swaths of the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, frozen ground holds billions of tonnes of carbon. As global temperatures rise, this “permafrost” land is at increasing risk of thawing Continue Reading
What do you do when the sea comes for your home, your school, your church? You could try to hold back the water. Or you could raise your house. Or you Continue Reading
February is the shortest month of the year but usually feels like the longest, and it’s made even more interminable by the fact that it’s the month when the president Continue Reading
House Republicans call their plan for tackling climate change “realistic.” Right-wing think tanks call it a “Green New Deal Lite.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans find Continue Reading
Last month, when global elites gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, climate change took center stage . While it’s unclear whether attendees came away with any concrete Continue Reading
The story of Russia turning off the gas to punish Ukraine for some perceived indignity will be familiar to most Eurasianet readers. Somewhat less known is the story of Russia’s Continue Reading
The Paris-based International Energy Agency is working on a global roadmap to bring about rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, for release this summer, its executive director Fatih Continue Reading
It’s been a rallying cry for activists and a key talking point for diplomats. For decades now, 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming has been viewed as Continue Reading
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday will propose legislation setting a goal for the United States to plant a trillion trees by 2050 to fight global warming, a plan intended to address Continue Reading
People warned Marc Benioff, the billionaire chief executive of Salesforce, not to bother talking to the White House about global warming. But Mr. Benioff, a tech mogul and environmental philanthropist, Continue Reading
Finally, a positive climate-related note coming out of the fossil fuels industry at a time when its reputation is beyond battered as it takes the bulk of the blame for Continue Reading
Natural gas sector has been unsettled by a wave of pipeline opposition Shell considers gas a transition fuel that supports the intermittency of renewables The natural gas sector faces growing Continue Reading
Global carbon dioxide emissions from power production flattened last year to 33 gigatonnes after two years of increase, even though the world economy expanded, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Continue Reading
The study results have implications for the fight against climate change. Up to one fifth of the Amazon rainforest is emitting more CO2 than it absorbs, new research suggests. Results Continue Reading
As extreme wildfires burn across large swaths of Australia, scientists say we’re witnessing how global warming can push forest ecosystems past a point of no return. Some of those forests Continue Reading
Wildfires that have devastated Australia in the last few weeks pose a risk to drinking water for millions of people. Credit: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data/Gallo Images via Getty Images Even Continue Reading
President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal 2021 calls for significant reductions to environmental programs at federal agencies, including a 26 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Trump’s budget would Continue Reading
The US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday pared back its Henry Hub natural gas spot price estimates for the first two quarters of 2020, citing a warmer-than-expected January and burgeoning Continue Reading
By After keeping a climate study secret for nearly two years, South Carolina’s wildlife agency publicly released the report in the spring of 2013 amid criticism that it had bottled Continue Reading
Florida Rep. Chris Sprowls, a Republican, declared it so in September 2019 at a speech designating him the next speaker of the House: “We need to stop being afraid of Continue Reading
Usual shipping operations at the port of Rotterdam have been suspended because of bad weather, a spokesman for the port authority said Tuesday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
Hot on the heels of Storm Ciara in the U.K. will come Storm Dennis The North Atlantic is stuck on its maximum tempest setting, sparking one rapidly intensifying low pressure Continue Reading
Fossil fuels are destroying our planet’s ability to sustain human life. The solution is obvious: We must stop investing in and producing them. Though the science around this is clear, Continue Reading
An iceberg about twice the size of the District of Columbia broke off Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica sometime between Saturday and Sunday, satellite data shows, confirming yet another Continue Reading
The mildest winter on record is possible in many parts of the Lower 48 and Europe, and it’s directly connected to an Arctic weather pattern that has prevented bitter cold Continue Reading
The fate of the latest oil sands mining project in Alberta may be decided by the estimates of carbon emission from the province’s oil and gas industry—and Alberta and the Continue Reading
