Humankind has the unenviable duty to address the looming threats of runaway climate change and environmental collapse. At risk are Earth’s millions of species and our human civilisation, all of Continue Reading
The European Commission said it was backing an effort to take the global lead in environmental and climate action with a call for increased financing. “The European Union is a Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch said Thursday it was worried that lawsuits meant to muzzle environmental advocacy groups were inhibiting free speech. A lawsuit filed by Canadian logging company Resolute Forest Products Continue Reading
The Trump administration took a major step toward dramatically weakening an Obama-era rule designed to cut pollution from vehicle tailpipes, setting the stage for a legal clash with California that Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil Corp’s chief executive said on Wednesday he hopes the new attorney general in New York “comes to a different conclusion” than predecessor Eric Schneiderman on a climate change Continue Reading
Because of the increased use of natural gas, carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector were at their lowest in 30 years, a government report read. The U.S. Energy Continue Reading
China’s carbon emissions are on track to rise at their fastest pace in more than seven years during 2018, casting further doubt on the ability of the Paris climate change Continue Reading
Top legislator Li Zhanshu called for full and effective implementation of the Air Pollution Control Law, during an inspection tour to central China’s Henan Province from May 24 to 28. Continue Reading
You might be looking at the next global crisis right now. Because as easily as most people get a clean drink out of the tap, billions of people can’t take Continue Reading
Judge William Alsup who is hearing a case brought by San Francisco and Oakland against five Big Oil companies, has given the plaintiffs and Chevron a homework assignment that suggests Continue Reading
Worldwide, three new humans are born every second. Every day, 225,000 more mouths are added to the global dinner table. That adds up to 80 million new people per year Continue Reading
Subtropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, is forcing the evacuation of oil workers from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as it moves toward Continue Reading
As the start of a new hurricane season looms on June 1, homeowners along this stretch of Texas coast—which Harvey pounded with 130-mile-an-hour winds before steering north to drench Houston—are Continue Reading
Most clean-energy technologies are not on track to meet the world’s long-term climate goals, make energy universally accessible, and significantly lower air pollution, with just 4 out of 38 techs Continue Reading
Californians for Zero Emission Vehicles (CalZEV), a coalition of public health, environmental and electric vehicle industry organizations, announced its strong support for the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) measure currently before Continue Reading
ExxonMobil plans to reduce the amount of natural gas it burns as waste by a quarter within two years. (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to reduce the amount of Continue Reading
The world’s largest oil and gas companies often report a range of internal and proprietary climate scenarios, making it difficult to compare across the sector, non-profit think tank Carbon Tracker Continue Reading
Asian flour millers are set to buy record volumes of wheat from Black Sea producers in 2018 as traditional supplier Australia faces a second year of drought and as demand Continue Reading
Investors are upping the ante on big oil companies over climate change, demanding they take more concrete action to help curb global warming. The issue is set to come into Continue Reading
After paying more than $65 billion in legal costs for the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, BP Plc is wary of the risk of lawsuits related to climate change. Chief Executive Officer Continue Reading
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has faced setbacks on more than half a dozen actions to reverse Obama-era rules. In March, as part of Scott Pruitt’s aggressive campaign to Continue Reading
Large global investors—representing a combined US$10.4 trillion worth of assets under management—urged oil and gas companies on Friday to start acting responsibly in tackling climate change, putting pressure on Big Continue Reading
Emissions of one of the chemicals most responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole are on the rise, despite an international treaty that required an end to its production in 2010, Continue Reading
Forget Iran and OPEC — there’s another issue that will keep oil prices supported for the next two years, according to Morgan Stanley. Brent crude will reach $90 a barrel Continue Reading
New rules coming into force from 2020 to curb pollution produced by the world’s ships are worrying everyone from OPEC oil producers to bunker fuel sellers and shipping companies. The Continue Reading
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has new rules coming into effect at the start of 2020 requiring shipowners to dramatically lower the concentration of sulfur used in their fuels. Ships Continue Reading
The spread of air-conditioning in hot countries is set to create a huge increase in demand for electricity, threatening efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Energy Continue Reading
In the Trump era, it has mainly been blue states that have taken the lead on climate change policy , with liberal strongholds like California and New York setting ambitious Continue Reading
A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to Continue Reading
Brussels is to propose a 15 per cent cut to trucks’ emissions within seven years, rejecting calls from companies, campaigners and some EU member states for more ambitious targets to help Continue Reading
State residents should review a draft climate plan that balances the need for oil and gas revenue against environmental issues, Alaska’s governor and lieutenant governor said. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker Continue Reading
The leaders of the world’s biggest car companies are arriving at the White House on Friday, and it may be their last chance to stop the Trump administration from a Continue Reading
Mr Trump has repeatedly threatened funding cuts to Nasa’s climate science and missions President Donald Trump’s administration has quietly axed US space agency Nasa’s monitoring system into greenhouse gases, a Continue Reading
California lawmakers reached out to major automobile manufacturers to counter federal efforts to weaken fuel economy standards, state senators said. The federal Environmental Protection Agency said former President Barack Obama Continue Reading
From a grassy hilltop in western Maryland, a high-tech spying operation tracks the source of pollution and ozone coming into the state. State regulators use such automated air-monitoring stations to Continue Reading
A new report from five international agencies has concluded that the world is not on track to meet 2030 global energy targets set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, Continue Reading
Blistering heat in the middle of spring is poised to volley power plants’ demand for natural gas in the U.S. Northeast to the highest in at least four years. Temperatures Continue Reading
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is setting itself up for a hard legal battle over fuel economy standards, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said. California and a coalition of 17 other Continue Reading
The Trump administration is moving to relax some offshore drilling requirements imposed in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster but is rebuffing the oil industry’s plea for bigger changes. Proposed Continue Reading
The new regulations would also challenge California’s authority to set its own emissions marks, which it seeks to keep at the tougher, Obama-era standards. The Trump administration has drafted a Continue Reading
The upcoming implementation of restrictions on sulfur emissions in marine fuels can potentially jack up the annual fuel costs for the shipping industry by a whopping $50-$60 billion, including by Continue Reading
While the climate policy world is littered with numbers, three of them have dominated recent discourse: 2, 1000, and 66. At the 2015 U.N. climate summit in Paris , world Continue Reading
The Trump administration should brace itself for years of litigation should it downgrade fuel economy standards for vehicles, a California senator said. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Tuesday that would stop it from relying on scientific research underpinned by confidential data in its making of regulations. The measure Continue Reading
Resurgent state sector risks worsening trade tension with U.S. State controls 67% of steel capacity, 80% of coal: analyst President Xi Jinping’s big push to curb pollution and excess capacity Continue Reading
High atop the ski lift at Zar Mountain in southern Poland, the villages below disappear. At first, they seem obscured by morning fog. But the yellow haze does not lift. Continue Reading
A small tremor was recorded early Friday in the shale heartland of Oklahoma, one day after state regulators limited work because of seismic activity. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a Continue Reading
Water supply levels in California were bolstered in March but still sit below normal, after several late winter storms increased snowpack and reservoir levels, according to the California Department of Continue Reading
As Bob Dudley set out BP’s strategy for adapting to a lower-carbon energy system at an event in London this week, there was a familiar face in the front row Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell has recommended that its shareholders vote against a climate resolution that an activist climate group wants passed at the annual general meeting next month. Dutch climate group Continue Reading
