The European Union has drawn up plans to classify some nuclear power and natural gas plants as green investments that can help Europe cut planet-warming emissions, a landmark proposal that, Continue Reading
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks with Special Climate Envoy of China Xie Zhenhua. COP26 took fourteen days and some long nights of negotiations. It produced breakthrough Continue Reading
Nature and geopolitics can interact in nasty ways. The historian Geoffrey Parker has argued that changing weather patterns drove war, revolution and upheaval during a long global crisis in the Continue Reading
Colorado Fires Spread and Burn Up to 1,000 Homes The infernos near Boulder, Colorado, destroyed as many as 1,000 homes, overwhelming firefighters as hurricane-force gusts propelled flames through suburban neighborhoods Continue Reading
Brussels wants to recognize nuclear power and forms of natural gas as “green” activity as part of a landmark EU classification scheme to help financial markets decide what counts as Continue Reading
Europe may be in the grips of an energy shortage and forced to reopen retired coal plants to cope but climate activists insist that it is time to part company Continue Reading
Europe may be in the grips of an energy shortage and forced to reopen retired coal plants to cope but climate activists insist that it is time to part company Continue Reading
Imagine running a 5K and winning the race by 10 minutes. That’s analogous to what is transpiring in Alaska at the moment. An exceptional slew of records has tumbled in Continue Reading
One of the major inflationary forces of 2021 has been the weather. Wild weather around the world wreaked havoc on markets for raw materials, lifting prices for everything from electricity Continue Reading
Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion in damages, according to a new study . Hurricane Ida , a tropical storm that pummeled much Continue Reading
