Friday morning’s low temperature forecast from the American GFS model. (WeatherBell.com) 2019 is likely to go down in the books as the warmest year on record in Alaska. Anchorage hit Continue Reading
Australia’s fire season has been unprecedented in its danger The Australian government is facing criticism over its climate policies as the country deals with devastating bushfires and a historic heatwave. Continue Reading
As I explained last month in Exxon Knew. Did They, Though? , perceptions outside of an oil company are often at odds with what is happening inside the company. I Continue Reading
Ranchers and government officials here are keeping watch on an enemy army gathering to the north, along the border with Canada. The invaders are big, testy, tenacious — and they’ll Continue Reading
The systems cost several million dollars but will allow the operators to avoid buying new low-sulfur fuel that oil traders say will be some 30% more expensive than conventional bunker Continue Reading
Deforestation and other fast-moving changes in the Amazon threaten to turn parts of the rainforest into savanna, devastate wildlife and release billions of tons carbon into the atmosphere, two renowned Continue Reading
Sonnblick Observatory sits perched on a frigid summit in the Austrian Alps, 10,000 feet above sea level. It is one of the highest weather stations in Europe where meteorologists still Continue Reading
Thousands of firefighters have been tackling blazes in “catastrophic” conditions in New South Wales Catastrophic fire warnings are in place across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), where Continue Reading
The largest refinery in Canada, Irving Oil’s 320,000-barrels-per-day Saint John Refinery in New Brunswick on the East Coast, has scrapped its specific carbon emissions reduction target for next year, adopting Continue Reading
London’s average level of pollution is above recommended limits Exposure to air pollution is linked to a greater risk of depression and suicide, the first overview of studies on the Continue Reading
The failure of global climate talks in Madrid last week to decide the fate of billions of old carbon credits raises the stakes for the U.N aviation body in Montreal, Continue Reading
Australians on the heatwave: ‘It’s so hot, I feel like dying’ A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales, Australia, amid fears a record-breaking heatwave will exacerbate Continue Reading
When former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in 2013 that the natural gas boom was helping America fight climate change, not everyone was convinced, with methane leaks cited as cause Continue Reading
The transition to net zero carbon emissions is both a physical necessity to stabilise the global rise in temperatures and the law of the land in the UK. To achieve Continue Reading
Rural fire service and fire and rescue crews work to contain the Gospers Mountain fire in the Blue Mountains National Park, northwest of Sydney, on Tuesday. (Dean Lewins/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Australia may Continue Reading
A natural gas well operated by Exxon that blew out in 2018 released a lot more methane than previously believed, a study by a team of U.S. and Dutch scientists Continue Reading
Although drillers in North America’s biggest oil field are burning off more natural gas than ever before, industry advocates say it’s not as bad as it looks. Methane-emissions intensity in Continue Reading
With the COP25 negotiations failing to agree on carbon market rules, it will be up to the UK to bring the world together at the crucial 2020 summit. “The international Continue Reading
Climate change is playing an increasingly significant role in the energy industry. CEOs are talking more openly about it—and some are even publicly rethinking their businesses for a world that’s Continue Reading
An activist group is increasing the pressure on five big U.S. and European oil companies with shareholder resolutions urging them to meet the Paris climate goals and cut carbon emissions. Continue Reading
The first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was in Continue Reading
The Dutch activist fund that has filed shareholder resolutions pressuring major oil companies in Europe to take action on climate change has set its sights on the U.S. (Bloomberg) — Continue Reading
Delegates from nearly 200 nations sparred for two weeks in Madrid at the annual United Nations climate summit without setting new emissions targets before next year’s U.N. convention in Glasgow Continue Reading
Some of the difficult issues proved impossible to resolve in Madrid The longest United Nations climate talks on record have finally ended in Madrid with a compromise deal. Exhausted delegates Continue Reading
Youth activists walked out of the UN climate talks in Madrid in protest on Friday evening as negotiations went into overtime, with countries locked in arguments over the creation of Continue Reading
The European Union warned on Saturday that a U.N. summit in Madrid must send a strong signal that countries are ready to do more to cut emissions, as fears grew Continue Reading
Data from a network of newly installed weather stations atop Mount Everest shows that the mountain experiences some of the most intense sunlight on the planet. As alpine mountaineers are Continue Reading
The varnished wooden cross stands amid a cluster of grave markers tilted at odd angles in the cemetery, because the ground beneath them is sinking. Rising temperatures are thawing the Continue Reading
EU leaders have agreed that the bloc must be climate-neutral by 2050, which if implemented fully would end its demand for unabated fossil fuels. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading
After increasing at the fastest rate for seven years in 2018, global CO2 emissions are set to rise much more slowly this year – but will, nevertheless, reach another record Continue Reading
Northam plans legislation for Virginia to join RGGI Funding would create office for offshore wind Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is proposing to add $733 million in the state budget to Continue Reading
California is joining with seven other states and the District of Columbia in committing to develop an action plan to put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses on their Continue Reading
European Council President Charles Michel said member states had different starting points European Union leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed to make the currently 28-member bloc carbon neutral by 2050. Continue Reading
The UN climate talks in Madrid are at risk of stalling over the question of how to create a global carbon trading market, a highly divisive issue that has splintered Continue Reading
The Sudd: Microbes in saturated soils will produce methane Scientists think they can now explain at least part of the recent growth in methane (CH4) levels in the atmosphere. Researchers, Continue Reading
After increasing at the fastest rate for seven years in 2018, global CO2 emissions are set to rise much more slowly this year – but will, nevertheless, reach another record Continue Reading
Do you see the methane leak billowing from this tank? Vast amounts of methane are escaping from oil and gas sites nationwide, worsening global warming, even as the Trump administration Continue Reading
ExxonMobil just beat the state of New York in a closely-watched climate fraud case. But other state and local governments suing the oil and natural gas company say they remain Continue Reading
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveils Europe’s “Green Deal” plan to fight climate change on Dec. 11, 2019, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Credit: Aris Oikonomou/AFP/Getty Continue Reading
Temperatures in the Arctic region remained near record highs this year, according to a report issued on Tuesday, leading to low summer sea ice, cascading impacts on the regional food Continue Reading
Permafrost, seen at the top of the cliff, melts into the Kolyma River outside Zyryanka, Russia, on July 4. Melting permafrost is altering Siberia’s landscape and economy. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Continue Reading
Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than it was in the 1990s. The assessment comes from an international team of polar scientists who’ve reviewed all the satellite observations over Continue Reading
HIGH IN THE Himalaya, near the base of the Gangotri glacier, water burbles along a narrow river. Pebbles, carried in the small river’s flow, pling as they carom downstream. This Continue Reading
Eadi Gul, 5, at the Khorastan Camp outside the capital of Badghis province in Afghanistan, populated by a mix of ethnic Tajiks from the nearby village of Tutak and Pashtuns Continue Reading
Trillions of dollars of market value could go up in smoke due to climate change. The damage hits the global economy in multiple ways. The first is the most obvious. Continue Reading
In his 55-page ruling, New York State Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager said the attorney general’s office had failed to prove the company violated either the Martin Act, a broad Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp won a major victory in a closely-watched lawsuit on Tuesday when a judge ruled that the company did not defraud investors out of up to $1.6 billion Continue Reading
Many people are wearing face masks on the streets A shroud of smoke from Australia’s bushfires has caused chaos in Sydney, bringing dangerous air quality, setting off smoke alarms and Continue Reading
The Trump administration has promised to give individual states more power to set their own strategies for curbing air and water pollution. But states may not be up to the Continue Reading
Americans remain shaky on the details of climate science even as they have grown increasingly concerned about human activity warming the Earth, according to a national poll by The Washington Continue Reading
