The second-largest city in the UK, Birmingham, unveiled on Monday a plan to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions by limiting access of private cars to the city center. Under Continue Reading
Residents across the South on Sunday were digging out from a barrage of heavy rains, wind storms and tornadoes that left several people dead and tens of thousands without power Continue Reading
From curbs on diesel cars in some cities to “flight shaming,” transportation fuels are the focus of the climate change controversy at the start of 2020. Receive daily email alerts, Continue Reading
President Donald Trump was flanked by officials from construction and other industries and his economic advisers on Jan. 9, 2020, as he announced changes to how the National Environmental Policy Continue Reading
Nearly a quarter of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions come from fossil fuels developed on federal lands, according to a government report. Credit: Bureau of Land Management The Trump administration’s Continue Reading
Relatively clean and flexible, natural gas has been described as “the champagne of hydrocarbons.” Lately, though, energy companies are treating it about as sparingly as a team that just won Continue Reading
Sweden has seen a 4% drop in the number of people flying via its airports, a rare decrease in recent years for a European country. More than 40 million people traveled Continue Reading
The bush fire crisis gripping Australia is piling political pressure on its government to take bolder action on climate change, as the scorching of vast tracts of forest and farmland amplifies Continue Reading
To protect more homes from future flooding and to lower flood insurance rates, Virginia Beach is considering funding a local program to buy out or elevate at-risk properties throughout the Continue Reading
JetBlue announced this week that it plans to go carbon-neutral on all domestic flights starting in July, a first for a major U.S. airline. The company’s plan involves both taking steps Continue Reading
As part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to accelerate the permitting process for oil pipelines and other large infrastructure projects, the White House released on Thursday a plan to Continue Reading
The US would need to derive 100% of electricity sales from clean energy resources by 2050 under a draft climate change bill that Democratic lawmakers will unveil later in January. Continue Reading
The ongoing growth of fracking in the U.S., plus the related buildout of pipelines, refineries and petrochemical plants, will release the equivalent of 50 new coal-fired power plants over the Continue Reading
This story was co-published with The Weather Channel as part of Collateral , a series on climate, data and science. As millions of acres of American farmland sat under historic Continue Reading
Sea levels could rise by 140 centimeters in Bangladesh by 2100 Bangladesh and parts of India could be hit by sea-level rise almost twice as high as previously thought due Continue Reading
The oil industry’s top lobbying group on Tuesday is launching a campaign to counter attacks from 2020 Democratic hopefuls vowing to phase out fossil fuels. (Bloomberg) — The oil industry’s Continue Reading
An unseasonably warm and impressively waterlogged storm system is set to bloom across the Eastern United States late this week, bringing the chance of severe weather — including a few Continue Reading
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently released a National Preparedness Report that does not mention climate change, despite global warming’s impact on natural disasters such as wildfires. The Trump administration’s Continue Reading
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States dropped last year after a sharp increase in 2018, new data released Tuesday show. The drop resumed a long-term downward trend driven chiefly Continue Reading
The summer heatwaves of 2019 resulted in almost 900 extra deaths, according to statistical analysis from Public Health England. Over the past four years more than 3,400 people have died Continue Reading
Poland’s energy regulator URE said Tuesday it was “doubtful” the country would meet its binding 2020 EU target to produce 15% of its final energy consumption from renewable energy sources. Continue Reading
IF A Hollywood producer ordered up these images, they might be dismissed as too dramatic: orange skies; ash-filled rain; fire tornadoes; flames jumping as high as 230 feet; people huddling for shelter on the beach. Continue Reading
China has made huge strides in cleaning up its rivers and lakes over the past 15 years, suggesting clampdowns on pollution are working. While major rivers such as the Yangtze Continue Reading
The Trump administration on Monday took its first step toward tighter pollution controls on trucks, an anomalous move for a government known for weakening environmental policies but one that would Continue Reading
Xcel offered the first voluntary decarbonization plan by any large investor-owned utility, but it includes converting coal plants to run on natural gas and buying another natural gas plant that Continue Reading
Declarations of a climate emergency are the latest fad among world governments. Everyone wants to be in the cool crowd of those ready to save the planet with their own Continue Reading
The bushfires ravaging Australia are generating so much heat that they are creating their own weather systems including dry lighting storms and fire tornadoes. On Saturday, the New South Wales Continue Reading
Federal agencies would no longer have to take climate change into account when they assess the environmental impacts of highways, pipelines and other major infrastructure projects, according to a Trump Continue Reading
Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding on Friday in a bid to prevent further rainfall over the capital Jakarta, after deadly flash floods and landslides following some of the heaviest Continue Reading
At least 16 people died in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta and its suburbs after torrential rain brought on the worst flooding in years, drawing attention to the challenge of protecting Continue Reading
Hundreds of residents and holiday-makers have been ordered to evacuate Australia’s temperate Snowy Mountains region in the state of New South Wales as fierce fires threaten from two sides, authorities Continue Reading
Western Norway is experiencing a rare heatwave for early January, at a time when temperatures should normally be below freezing. The highest temperature of 19C (66F) – more than 25C above Continue Reading
At the start of the last decade, Kallan Benson was 5 years old, her favorite story was “The Secret Garden,” and Earth was in the midst of its warmest year Continue Reading
Smoke from huge wildfires near Sydney wafted over the tarmac as Jonas Doherty readied a newly modified Boeing 737 equipped to drop 4,000 gallons of firefighting liquid above the blaze. Continue Reading
A brutal cold wave has swept northern India, blanketing streets in freezing fog, intensifying pollution, disrupting hundreds of flights and prompting school closures. India’s capital, New Delhi, experienced its coldest Continue Reading
The leader of Australia’s eastern New South Wales state has declared a week-long state of emergency in response to the escalating bushfire threat. High temperatures and strong winds are forecast for Continue Reading
Thousands have been evacuated after flash floods on New Year’s Eve At least 21 people have died in flooding in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, after the city had its most Continue Reading
Several studies from the US, Canada, and Europe suggest a promising downward trend in the incidence and prevalence of dementia. However, important risk factors for dementia—such as mid-life obesity and Continue Reading
Volkswagen on Thursday said it was in talks to discuss a settlement with German vehicle owners who are suing the carmaker over excessive pollution caused by VW’s diesel cars. In Continue Reading
The oil and gas industry seems to have entered a state of cognitive dissonance. Like never before, energy companies are publicly acknowledging the threat posed by climate change and the Continue Reading
The authorities in Moscow had spent millions on Christmas trees, sparkling lights and other holiday decorations, but the festive mood was still missing something: Winter weather. As the warmest December Continue Reading
The remains of a car that was destroyed by bushfires in Balmoral, New South Wales Scores of fires are burning out of control across Australia amid a heatwave that has Continue Reading
Done About Vidyard Carbon-capture projects are economically unviable at the moment and will need a major increase in government spending for wide-scale deployment, says John Minge, former chairman and president Continue Reading
A carpet of artificial snow has been laid along Tverskaya The Moscow authorities have dumped artificial snow in the city centre for New Year festivities, as this is now the Continue Reading
Even before the ocean caught a fever and reached temperatures no one had ever seen, Australia’s ancient giant kelp was cooked. Rodney Dillon noticed the day he squeezed into a Continue Reading
Australian authorities said on Friday they are focused on protecting water plants, pumping stations, pipes and other infrastructure from intense bushfires surrounding Sydney, the country’s largest city. Firefighters battling the Continue Reading
New methods of testing and simulating air quality should be considered in order to help policy makers have a more accurate understanding of how emissions affect air pollution levels, new Continue Reading
Charly Triballeau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Japan has 512,000 fewer people this year than last, according to an estimate released on Tuesday by the country’s welfare ministry. That’s a drop Continue Reading
Australian firefighters used cooler conditions on Christmas Day to try and contain bushfires ahead of hot, dry weather later in the week, as leaders and communities thanked them for sacrificing Continue Reading
A bipartisan group of Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, and the District of Columbia, have released a draft plan to curb emissions from gasoline and diesel over the next decade and Continue Reading
