Conditions were optimal for an overflight on a bright, sunny November day in New Bern, a riverfront city that was North Carolina’s first state capital and the birthplace of Pepsi. Continue Reading
2021 ended as it began: with disaster. Twelve months after an atmospheric river deluged California, triggering mudslides in burned landscapes and leaving a half-million people without power, a late-season wildfire destroyed hundreds of Continue Reading
It’s official. For the first time since the unveiling of the Paris climate agreement in 2015, banks earned more fees arranging green-related bond sales and loans than they did helping Continue Reading
After six years of writing about all things climate change, I’ve come to see my beat as covering both real and false solutions. That might actually be a sign of Continue Reading
The Siberian town of Verkhoyansk can officially claim to be the hottest spot in the Arctic. The northeast Russian community known for its extremely cold winters reached a record-setting Arctic Continue Reading
The year 2021 ended as the fifth hottest in records maintained by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service that go back to 1979. That finding comes from publicly available Continue Reading
The European Union proposal to classify investment in some natural-gas and nuclear projects as sustainable exposed deep divisions among member states, underscoring the challenges facing the bloc as it reaches Continue Reading
America’s failing electric grids and clean energy goals will be key themes in the U.S. energy sector this year. The coming months will also be a test for President Biden’s Continue Reading
Williams Cos., one of the biggest transporters of natural gas in the U.S., said an intentional release of a powerful greenhouse gas detected by satellite was caused by work on Continue Reading
Brussels wants to recognize nuclear power and forms of natural gas as “green” activity as part of a landmark EU classification scheme to help financial markets decide what counts as Continue Reading
The European Union has drawn up plans to classify some nuclear power and natural gas plants as green investments that can help Europe cut planet-warming emissions, a landmark proposal that, Continue Reading
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks with Special Climate Envoy of China Xie Zhenhua. COP26 took fourteen days and some long nights of negotiations. It produced breakthrough Continue Reading
Nature and geopolitics can interact in nasty ways. The historian Geoffrey Parker has argued that changing weather patterns drove war, revolution and upheaval during a long global crisis in the Continue Reading
Colorado Fires Spread and Burn Up to 1,000 Homes The infernos near Boulder, Colorado, destroyed as many as 1,000 homes, overwhelming firefighters as hurricane-force gusts propelled flames through suburban neighborhoods Continue Reading
Brussels wants to recognize nuclear power and forms of natural gas as “green” activity as part of a landmark EU classification scheme to help financial markets decide what counts as Continue Reading
Europe may be in the grips of an energy shortage and forced to reopen retired coal plants to cope but climate activists insist that it is time to part company Continue Reading
Europe may be in the grips of an energy shortage and forced to reopen retired coal plants to cope but climate activists insist that it is time to part company Continue Reading
Imagine running a 5K and winning the race by 10 minutes. That’s analogous to what is transpiring in Alaska at the moment. An exceptional slew of records has tumbled in Continue Reading
One of the major inflationary forces of 2021 has been the weather. Wild weather around the world wreaked havoc on markets for raw materials, lifting prices for everything from electricity Continue Reading
Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion in damages, according to a new study . Hurricane Ida , a tropical storm that pummeled much Continue Reading
Ammonium is one of the specific components of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) that has been linked to a higher risk of death compared to other chemicals found in Continue Reading
Image caption, Cyclone Yaas brought devastation to India and Bangladesh in May Weather events, linked to a changing climate, brought misery to millions around the world in 2021 according to Continue Reading
Emissions from oil industry set to climb for years Natural gas is dominant fuel in industry Global emissions set to grow in COVID-19 recovery The Middle East faces an uphill Continue Reading
The real reason why global climate targets are doomed to fail has barely been touched on. The wealthiest 1% account for 15% of the world’s emissions–more than twice the emissions Continue Reading
The world will probably have one of the warmest years on record in 2022, underscoring concerns about the need to tackle climate change. The average global temperature is anticipated to Continue Reading
How much water flows into Southwestern U.S. cities next year will depend on the coming snowfall and the resulting snowpack accumulation. So far, it’s not looking good . High mountain Continue Reading
California and the West Coast remain entrenched in a crippling drought that’s left some reservoirs dry and vegetation desiccated, but the atmosphere will deliver another welcome dose of water this Continue Reading
Senator Joe Manchin III on Monday cited a litany of issues that drove him to oppose President Biden’s $2 trillion Build Back Better bill, from Democrats’ refusal to attach work Continue Reading
The world’s massive ice stores are melting, and researchers are only beginning to evaluate what that means. This is but one of so many signals that climate change will not Continue Reading
Glaciers across the Himalayas are melting at an extraordinary rate, with new research showing that the vast ice sheets there shrank 10 times faster in the past 40 years than Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
Thwaites is so wide, it goes to the horizon in all directions Scientists are warning of dramatic changes at one of the biggest glaciers in Antarctica, potentially within the next Continue Reading
Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter Continue Reading
China punished and demoted 10 officials in the southern city of Guangzhou after thousands of banyan trees were cut down or uprooted by the local government, prompting a rare personal Continue Reading
Russia has vetoed the passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution that for the first time would have treated climate change as a threat to peace, even as many Continue Reading
U.S. energy companies are pressing states to speed the development of low-carbon fuel markets, warning that numerous proposed projects to make renewable natural gas and other biofuels may fizzle. State Continue Reading
As we close in on the official start of winter Dec. 21, there’s little cold to be found across the Lower 48. The first of two surges of warmth has Continue Reading
Some 50 people are “likely” to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and other U.S. states late Friday and early Saturday, the Washington Continue Reading
The California Air Resources Board approved a measure that will require most newly manufactured small off-road engines (SORE) such as those found in leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other equipment Continue Reading
A sea change is happening in the world of work. In fact, it’s a sea, air and wildlife change. A growing number of young people are zeroing-in on climate-related work, Continue Reading
Deforestation is a global and accelerating threat. But new research shows that tropical forests can recover naturally and remarkably quickly on abandoned lands. The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that under low-intensity Continue Reading
