How extreme weather is hitting airlines
Some airlines and airports have started to plan for a future where severe weather jolts flight schedules more frequently, as climate change increases the likelihood of extreme heat and big Continue Reading
California wildfire crisis escalates amid extreme winds
California’s wildfire crisis escalated on Tuesday as resurgent strong winds fanned the state’s biggest conflagration, drove flames from a separate, smaller blaze into a rural mountain community and prompted widespread Continue Reading
FEMA overhauls the National Flood Insurance Program for climate change
Climate change and its devastating impact are accelerating faster than ever, according to a new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Hurricanes are becoming stronger, rainfall Continue Reading
CO2-Capture Plan Using Old Oil Reservoirs in Denmark Moves Ahead
A Danish project to store captured CO2 in North Sea reservoirs that were once filled with oil and gas moved a step closer to becoming operational, after winning approval from Continue Reading
Wildfires Burn in France and Spain After Scorching Heatwaves
Firefighters are struggling to control blazes in France’s Gulf of Saint Tropez and in the Spanish province of Avila, another manifestation of dangerous global warming that’s already caused a long Continue Reading
Copycat Asian Nationalists Threaten to Overheat Earth for All
As apocalyptic wildfires raged in Greece, California and Turkey last week, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) offered a sobering assessment of the damage inflicted Continue Reading
In a First, U.S. Declares Shortage on Colorado River, Forcing Water Cuts
With climate change and long-term drought continuing to take a toll on the Colorado River, the federal government on Monday for the first time declared a water shortage at Lake Continue Reading
U.S. Utilities Could Face Slew Of Climate Lawsuits
Several years ago, a major US electric utility, wrote in its 10-K , a document filed annually with federal securities regulators, that it could not “currently estimate the financial impact Continue Reading
Cost to Bury Carbon Near Tipping Point as Emissions Price Soars
Skyrocketing carbon prices and a “ code red ” warning about the threat posed by climate change are giving fresh momentum to a technology that captures and removes greenhouse gas Continue Reading
Western states face first federal water cuts
U.S. officials on Monday are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next Continue Reading