Biden Climate Agenda Now Hinges on Rules Exposed to Rewrite
President Joe Biden will need to rely far more on regulation to meet his promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, after his roughly $2 trillion economic Continue Reading
How China’s Deal With the U.S. Helped Avert COP26’s Collapse
It was Day 13 of the COP26 summit, and even the trees inside the Glasgow venue were beginning to wilt. With the meeting running almost 24 hours over its scheduled Continue Reading
Climate Change Threatens Recoverable Oil Reserves
Onshore oil and gas operations are exposed to the ‘full range’ of the physical impacts of climate change. More than 40 percent of commercially recoverable oil and gas reserves are Continue Reading
Climate Change Is Threatening 40% Of All Global Oil And Gas Reserves
Extreme weather events resulting from the changing climate are threatening some 40 percent of the world’s recoverable oil and gas reserves, risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft has said in a new Continue Reading
HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally
Fossil fuel combustion, a major source of air pollution, contributed to more than one million deaths globally in 2017, more than 27% of all deaths from outdoor fine particulate matter Continue Reading
The EU Unveils A New Plan To Curb Methane Emissions
The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday proposals to curb methane emissions and reduce leaks in the energy sector in the European Union (EU) as part of efforts to put the Continue Reading
Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the planet in peril
The ice shelf was cracking up. Surveys showed warm ocean water eroding its underbelly. Satellite imagery revealed long, parallel fissures in the frozen expanse, like scratches from some clawed monster. Continue Reading
The Antarctic Is Signaling Big Climate Trouble.
THE IMMENSE AND FORBIDDING Southern Ocean is famous for howling gales and devilish swells that have tested mariners for centuries. But its true strength lies beneath the waves. The ocean’s dominant Continue Reading
It’ll Take More Than Biden’s Economic Plan to Meet Climate Goal
Climate provisions in President Joe Biden’s tax-and-spending plan are critical to fulfilling his pledge to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 but are far from enough, according to a Continue Reading
Arctic Fires Are Melting Permafrost That Keeps Carbon Underground
Few things signal something’s gone haywire on the planet quite like frozen land on fire. Now scientists have determined that Arctic fires, even milder ones, can reshape a landscape for Continue Reading