Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcement Full report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street Analysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists In the Pacific, Fiji is the hardest hit by Trump’s tariffs. It has been levied with a 32% tariff, Vanuatu at 22% and Nauru at 30%. Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka said the move was akin to a “trade blockade” that his country could not win. Today was the worst stock market experience in five years. Usually when you have a terrible stock market experience, it’s because a bank fails, a pandemic, a hurricane or because some other country does something. We don’t have these kinds...
Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and scrupulously logical.
A surprising cache of stone tools unearthed in China closely resembles Neanderthal tech from Ice Age Europe.
Colorado State University climatologists predict 17 named tropical storms, including nine hurricanes, during the 2025 Atlantic storm season.
Tiny tropical islands and remote Arctic outposts with no populations are among the countries and territories that now face at least 10 per cent U.S. tariffs, with some far higher.
Researchers’ failures to communicate are jeopardizing even basic tests, but new projects may point the way forward
The law sought to sharply reduce power plant emissions by 2030 and ultimately reach carbon neutrality.
A Montana coal plant with a history of fighting environmental rules aims to partake in the Trump administration’s plan to dodge the Clean Air Act.
Tufts University wants a federal judge to release, without delay, Rumeysa Ozturk, the Fulbright Scholar from Turkey grabbed off the street by masked ICE agents.
Application, submitted by Cranswick, would have created one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe A megafarm that would have reared almost 900,000 chickens and pigs at any one time has been blocked by councillors in Norfolk over climate change and environmental concerns. Councillors on King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough council unanimously rejected an application to build what would have been one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe. Continue reading...
NatureScot has granted more than £1.3m to nature restoration projects across the country to help enhance biodiversity and tackle the impacts of climate change.
Scientists warn that 4°C (7.2°F) of warming will make the average person 40 per cent poorer by 2100, while the average Briton will be 46.5 per cent poorer.
The world added the smallest amount of new coal capacity in two decades last year, a report said Thursday, but use of the fossil fuel is still surging in China and India. Last year also saw a record number of new coal proposals in India, the report warned.
Solar has outpaced wind as the renewable energy leader. But recent innovations, like taller towers and longer rotor blades, could unlock significantly more wind energy potential — though not without challenges.
[Leadership] The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for a stable operating environment to effectively utilise the approval of a $500 million loan by the World Bank to Nigeria under the Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus Program.
[African Union] The urgency of climate change compels us to revisit lost wisdom in the African Agricultural Sector. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki is African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems observes that extreme weather, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures threaten the staple crops that dominate global agriculture, necessitating the need to look beyond rice, maize, and wheat--species that account for nearly 50% of the world's calories but are increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks.
Nuuk, Greenland AP — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials at a time when the Trump administration is seeking control of the vast Arctic territory. Frederiksen announced plans for her visit after US Vice President JD Vance visited a US … The post Danish prime minister visits Greenland as Trump seeks control of the Arctic territory appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Environmental groups are suing the Interior Department over plans for the Santa Ynez Unit.
Invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency as climate change expands their geographic reach.
Students have big feelings about climate change. Most teachers don’t know how to help.
Wet and stormy weather is hitting Southern Ontario, with Environment Canada posting several warnings and special weather statements.
Australia has just sweltered through its hottest 12 months on record, a weather official said Thursday, a period of drenching floods, tropical cyclones and mass coral bleaching.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Committee Linking Entrepreneurship-Agriculture-Development (COLEAD) has intensified its efforts to enhance Kenya's horticultural exports through a stakeholder workshop in Nairobi, focusing on global market compliance, climate resilience, and economic sustainability.
Industrial officials have joined hands with businesses to support a project to convert used cooking oil into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), in a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
After adjusting to microgravity—and getting through a few bouts of vomiting—the astronauts got to work in polar orbit.
Forecasters say potent storm system moving east could become supercharged and bring ‘life-threatening’ flooding Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the midwest and south on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned. There were tornado warnings Wednesday morning near the Missouri cities of Joplin and Columbia – merely the opening acts of what forecasters expect will be a more intense period of violent weather later on Wednesday, as daytime heating combines with an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming into the nation’s midsection from the Gulf. Continue reading...
High-speed drones will be put to the test in the extreme Arctic environment as part of a project to assess how quickly glaciers in Greenland are retreating
Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41% The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions. Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and the Institute of International Finance all make clear the finance sector considers the Paris climate agreement limiting global temperatures, signed a decade ago by nearly 200 nations, is effectively dead and investors should plan accordingly. Continue reading...
[Capital FM] Kenya has been honoured with the opportunity to co-host the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA), an international institution focused on accelerating climate change action.
From robot rights to ageing and climate change, this month’s science fiction squares up to the big topics, with new titles from authors including Nick Harkaway and Eve Smith
[RFI] Accra -- Ghana has launched West Africa's largest floating solar project, marking a significant step towards increasing its renewable energy capacity. The country aims to raise its share of renewable energy from the current 1% to 10% by 2030.
Pennsylvania’s former largest coal plant was imploded to make space to build a data center campus.Read more...
The disappointing global deliveries of the company's electric car models come as CEO Elon Musk's role as President Trump's cost-cutting czar sparks a backlash among consumers.
State police anti-terrorism unit investigating whether blaze in Torre Angela was started by anarchists Italy’s interior ministry has written to police forces across the country to increase security at Tesla dealerships after 17 of the electric cars made by Elon Musk’s company were destroyed in a fire in Rome. Italy’s state police anti-terrorism unit, Digos, is investigating whether the fire at the Tesla dealership in Torre Angela, a suburb in the east of the capital, was started by anarchists. Continue reading...
The president has put his weight behind boosting coal, but trade associations and the nation's largest union say recent policies spell trouble.
Learn what sodium-ion batteries are, how they compare to lithium-ion, and whether they could become the future of energy storage.
In March, Indian refiners increased US crude oil imports by 66% amidst US President Trump's push for American energy exports. Incidentally, Russian oil imports to India also rose due to suppliers circumventing US sanctions.
California's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains measures 96% of average. It's the third straight year the state has had near-average or above-average amounts of snow.
A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.
UCLA researchers say California and other states aren't recycling enough water. They recommend reusing much more to ease water shortages along the Colorado River.
The program helps states tackle abandoned wells that can leak planet-warming methane into the air and potentially harmful chemicals into drinking water.
The Supreme Court criticized certain NGOs for stalling development projects by conjuring false environmental risks. It dismissed an appeal by 'Kahar Samaj Panch Committee' challenging a floating solar power project at Jayakwadi Dam, emphasizing that such projects align with government policy to promote solar energy.
The shale gas produced in East Texas is for the U.S. market for now, but exporting it in the form of liquefied natural gas to Japan is an option for the future, according to Tokyo Gas.
Saskatchewan, the second province to revoke a carbon tax, wants to "ensure that our industries ... are more competitive," its premier says.
The Rev. Jörg Alt started serving Tuesday his nearly monthlong prison sentence for participating in a street-blocking protest in Nuremberg.
The minor party makes pledge as Labor faces calls to explain its nature policy and plans for a federal EPA Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Polls tracker ; election guide ; full federal election coverage Anywhere but Canberra ; interactive electorates guide Listen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina Get our afternoon election email , free app or daily news podcast The Greens have promised to push the government to boost environment spending to $7.8bn – 1% of the federal budget – next financial year if they hold the balance of power after the election. The minor party made the pledge as Labor faced calls to explain its nature policy after Anthony Albanese promised he would establish a federal environment protection...
Calgary drivers were happy to see a drop in fuel prices on Tuesday - as the end of the federal Consumer Carbon Tax took effect.
J&K authorities are intensifying monitoring efforts in the Himalayas to mitigate the risks of glacial lake outburst floods which pose a substantial threat to residential areas and infrastructure, including power projects. Fourteen high-risk glacial lakes have been identified, with proactive measures being employed to prevent potential overflow and consequent devastation.
The Supreme Court has dismissed an NGO's plea against a renewable energy project at Jayakwadi Dam, highlighting the necessity for progress despite resistance. The court noted the NGO's actions might be influenced by a rival company's interests and found no legal restrictions in the eco-sensitive zone.
Prime Minister Modi emphasized the strategic role of Chile as a gateway to Antarctica and announced November 4 as National Yoga Day in Santiago. The leaders discussed enhancing cooperation in areas like critical minerals, digital infrastructure, renewable energy, and student exchange, aiming to strengthen bilateral relations and investment opportunities.
Invertebrates may be the unsung heroes of the planet but they have received a lot of love and recognition from Guardian readers. A dazzling array of nominations have flown in for insects, arachnids, snails, crustaceans, corals and many more obscure creatures for our invertebrate of the year competition. Natural history reporter Patrick Barkham reviews this year’s shortlist of 10 Vote for the beast that may be as ruthlessly predatory as us – the fen raft spider Continue reading...
The push is playing out as EPA also dangles the prospect of two-year exemptions from an array of recently strengthened air toxics rules.
The potent storm system will bring the threat of “significant, life-threatening flash flooding” starting Wednesday, according to the Weather Prediction Center, a part of the National Weather Service.
The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries.
The little-known Saya de Malha bank in the Indian Ocean is one of the world's biggest seagrass meadows and carbon sinks. Yet its biodiversity is under threat from unregulated industrial fishing. - 2025/04 / article , 2025/04 saya
Despite the common narrative, recent flooding events cannot solely be attributed to climate change, reveals a new study led by the University of Exeter.
‘Come Along for the Ride,’ with upcoming performances in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, blends grief and comedy on stage. The post A play that confronts climate change with humor appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
SpaceX launches private polar space flight funded by cryptocurrency magnate Chun Wang.
Many of the people displaced by Eacop project were inadequately rehoused or compensated, report says People displaced from their homes alongside the site of an oil pipeline under construction in Uganda have complained of being inadequately rehoused or compensated. When completed, the East African crude oil pipeline (Eacop) will transport oil from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields in western Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania. Continue reading...
SpaceX launched the Fram2 mission, the first human spaceflight over Earth's polar regions, carrying four astronauts including commander Jannicke Mikkelsen and entrepreneur Chun Wang. The mission, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, aims to advance research for future Mars travel and involves various scientific experiments, including space X-ray imaging and microgravity mushroom cultivation.
With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation. The post How Alaska Native youth are protecting the land for their future ancestors appeared first on High Country News.
The Norwegian government is keen to maintain its position as a key energy supplier to Europe and sees the largely unexplored Arctic region as the main source of future output.
The European Commission wants to keep a 90 percent emissions-cutting target but change how countries calculate their progress.
California Energy Commission staff recommended upholding local officials' rejection on environmental and zoning grounds.
Early indications suggest blast in Asturias region was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive mixture in mines.
Rabea Rogge became the first German woman to go into space aboard a SpaceX rocket flying directly over Earth's polar regions for the first time.
“It’s ironic that, as a pro-democracy and pro-climate group, we’re protesting against electric cars,” one activist said. “But you cannot sacrifice our democracy for one piece of the thing.”
The consumer carbon price will end on April 1, with some industry analysts estimating Canadians could see between 15 and 17 cents per litre in savings on gas.
After soaring over the weekend, gas prices in B.C. are expected to come down 18.5 per cent as the province's consumer carbon tax is phased out.
SpaceX is set to launch the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday -- a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts.
Plans to help European winegrowers adapt to climate change, boost tourism to vineyards and market alcohol-free wine come as trade war looms.
Conflicts over mineral mining, including copper and lithium, are rising, threatening billions in investments and slowing the clean energy transition, a new study finds
The president, who regularly attacks renewable energy, is apparently ready to argue that climate change would benefit humans
Five people died and four were seriously injured in a blast Monday at a coal mine in northern Spain's Asturias region, the nation's deadliest mining accident in decades.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01350J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hyo Jin, Dong Woog Lee, Jeonguk Hwang, Min Hoon Myung, Jee Ho Ha, Seungwoo Choi, Soon-Jae Jung, Seunghyun Lee, Jinwoo Park, Young-Ryul Kim, Nyung Joo Kong, Youngsik Kim, Hyun-Wook Lee, Hyunhyub Ko, Tae Joo Shin, Seok Ju Kang, Myung-Jin Baek Common polymer binders are insulators, which significantly diminish the battery performance owing to their low electron mobility. For aqueous sodium-air batteries (SABs) to exhibit reliable performance as energy storage systems,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Head of Riverkeeper, which helped clean up Hudson River, talks about challenges during the second Trump term Donald Trump ’s push to repurpose the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amid funding cuts and staffing losses poses a huge threat to water safety and environmental advances in one of the big environmental success stories in the US in recent decades: the clean-up of the Hudson River. Once a byword for environmental degradation, the Hudson River is now recovering, in part due to the work of Riverkeeper, a non-profit environmental organization that established a model of legal activism for water protection and inspired more than 300 programs globally. It is also where Robert F Kennedy Jr cut his teeth as an environmental lawyer, before becoming a senior member of Trump’s rightwing...
April will bring a flurry of space missions from the likes of NASA, SpaceX, Roscosmos and ULA.
Climate change is disrupting natural cycles.
Overfishing and warming seas threaten stocks of anchovies, the key ingredient of the nuoc mam fish sauce villagers in central Vietnam make.
An HVAC expert says an energy audit can show homeowners which upgrades will help the most. The post Wasted energy could be costing you thousands appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Launched just seven months ago, ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite has been proving how the New Space approach can accelerate the development of missions capable of delivering detailed temperature and humidity profiles for short-term weather forecasts.Moreover, the impact of this tiny prototype satellite goes even further – its measuring instrument has been recognised as able to provide data that’s on a par with traditional large missions.
The rate at which the planet is warming has sped up since 2010, and now researchers say that China's efforts to clean up air pollution are inadvertently responsible for the majority of this extra warming
A new study found elevated and previously overlooked health risks for communities living near industrial polluters.
Protecting the environment is one of the defining issues of the 21st century, with the United Nations estimating that the global community has just five years leftto cut emissions enough to avoid catastrophic climate change.Read more...
Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres praised the role of small island states in maintaining the integrity of international climate agreements but said the world was far behind and said that the decarbonisation of the global economy is by now irreversible with or without the craziness in the United States.
Putin is offering the U.S. a stake in the minerals, rare earths and vast natural gas deposits in Russia’s Arctic.
Meanwhile, Adelaide records driest period in decades and Perth swelters through temperatures above 35C Outback deluge pushes Queensland towns to the brink: ‘Out here it’s drought or floods’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland cities and towns are dealing with the effects of flooding – including extensive stock losses and widespread damage – after a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of days. The north Queensland city of Townsville would “almost certainly” surpass its annual rainfall record this week, just three months into 2025, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s senior meteorologist, Jonathan How. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
[New Times] Schools in remote areas of Rwanda have welcomed the government's initiative to deploy solar power, aiming to connect nearly 1,000 schools by the end of 2025. The effort is part of a new energy policy introduced in February.
A federal court said it could not act on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s complaint while a federal agency completes an environmental review.
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree goal.
Friends of the Earth Netherlands has expanded its climate targets, filing a lawsuit that charges ING is contributing to global warming.
Peak measurement taken this month was about 30,000 square miles smaller than the lowest previous peak in 2017, a difference about the size of California.
Youth Demand, an off-shoot of Just Stop Oil, intend to cripple the capital by blocking the roads as they look to fill the void left after the environmental group said it would end their campaign of stunts.
Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts.
Labour’s measures to ban deep-peat burning aim to safeguard habitats, tackle carbon emissions, and protect wildlife, so why are hunters up in arms? Burning vegetation on deep peat will be banned under government plans to protect nature and reduce carbon emissions. Vegetation on peatland is often burned to create habitat for grouse, which like to feed on the fresh shoots of new plants that grow after the burn. This increases the number of birds available to be shot for sport. Continue reading...
The application of a new power purchasing price by Vietnam Electricity puts 173 solar and wind projects at risk of insolvency.
Alireza Doroudi, a student at the University of Alabama, was detained on Tuesday by ICE agents. Another unidentified student was detained on Thursday at the University of Minnesota.
PARIS: Nuclear energy can help align Thailand’s sustainable development goals with its commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2065, an expert says.
More than 200,000 Ontarians are without power as this weekend's ice storm moves east, threatening parts of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
Knowing when to change your oil can be difficult, especially since there can be disagreements on the topic. Here's everything you need to know.
This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. The US Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects—but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities. […]
Dense construction and decreasing greenery in Mumbai create varying temperatures across suburbs. In March 2025, Powai recorded 13.1 degrees Celsius cooler than Ghatkopar, highlighting the Urban Heat Island effect. Experts stress the need for more trees and customized climate mitigation plans across different city zones to counter rising heat.
The Trump Administration has revealed first quarter earnings from the oil and gas industry, boasting that the president's 'drill, baby, drill' agenda is producing a high payout, benefiting oil producing states.
My own trip to Nuuk showed me you can’t just rock up and attempt to bend all that bleak, rugged terrain to your will In August 2018, I did something that JD Vance and his wife, Usha, can only dream of: I went to Greenland, and I didn’t cause a national outcry against my presence. The not-causing-a-national-outcry part of that was easy. All I had to do was show up and not be a thinly veiled agent of Trumpian expansionism while pretending to care about dog sled races. The other part – going to Greenland in the first place – is harder to explain. I’m not an explorer, a sailor or a climate scientist. I don’t belong to any of the vanishingly few occupations with legitimate reasons to visit the Arctic Circle. I was there, inexplicably, as a literary journalist. Continue reading...
Elliott Ingram was stunned at how a thief made off with his Ioniq 5 deploying a device to mimic the smart key – and says he should have been warned The motor manufacturer Hyundai faces legal action over allegations it failed to warn its customers that one of its most popular models of electric cars could be stolen “effortlessly in seconds”. Elliott Ingram, an expert in digital security, was stunned when a CCTV camera installed at his home recorded a hooded thief stealing his Hyundai Ioniq 5 car in less than 20 seconds. The thief is believed to have used a device, available online, to mimic the car’s electronic key. It is the latest in a spate of thefts involving the vehicle, and many owners now resort to a steering lock. Ingram’s car was later recovered by police, but he is terminating...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 7, 16 April 2025.
The public launch of the Canadian Institute for Arctic Security on Thursday provided some baseline information on northern defence – and highlighted the need for continued relations with the U.S. military amid current political tensions.
Donald Trump's EPA says coal plants and other industrial polluters can ask to bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act by sending the agency an email.
Japan is using cow dung to create fuel for vehicles, reducing carbon emissions and managing agricultural waste. In Shikaoi, cow manure is converted into hydrogen for farm equipment and local businesses. This innovative process has caught global attention, with similar projects already being implemented in other regions. This technology presents a promising future for clean, renewable energy.
Navigating the many options on the market can be overwhelming. Here’s where to start Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com Any Australian who has been to Europe may have noticed that in cities such as Berlin or Tallinn, double glazed windows are a standard feature of building design. Of course this can be partly explained by colder European winters, but for those of us living in the chillier southern parts of Australia this seems like a missed opportunity. In Australia, most homes are built with single glazed windows creating a thermal weak spot – up to 87% of heat is increased through thin windows...
About 200,00 barrels of jet fuel to be transferred before Stena Immaculate is taken to north-east coast for inspection A US oil tanker that was hit by a container ship in the North Sea is to be towed to the north-east of England after more than 200,000 barrels of jet fuel are removed over the weekend, a maritime company has said. The Solong collided with the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate about 12 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire on 10 March, leaving one man missing, presumed dead. Crowley, which manages the Stena Immaculate, said salvage and recovery operations are moving into the next phase. Continue reading...
Winter storms in the Sierra Nevada in March have increased the snowpack to 90% of normal, a good sign for California's water supply, state officials announced.
While the Toyota Tundra has a solid reputation, recent years have seen the manufacturer issuing several recalls. Here's how to tell if yours is affected.
Vice-president expresses interest in Arctic security as four Greenlandic parties form unity coalition in rebuke to US The White House accused Denmark of neglect as JD Vance landed in Greenland for an unsolicited and controversial visit to the Arctic island. Shortly after flying into the ice-locked US military base of Pituffik in north-west Greenland with his wife, Usha, and other senior US officials on Friday, the vice-president told US troops he was “really interested in Arctic security”. Continue reading...
Morning estimates from Environment and Climate Change Canada say Winnipeg received anywhere from five to 30 centimetres of snow, depending on what area of the city you're in.
Just 5.53 million square miles of ice had formed as of March 22, the smallest maximum extent since satellite recordkeeping began in the 1970s.
A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by climate change.
[New Era] Over five centres in the northern regions are experiencing delays in the pension fund distribution due to floods.
Sea ice in the Antarctic has dropped to a near-record low, according to the EU's Copernicus Marine Service.
The group submitted answers to 35 questions from the agency, which is attempting to claw back $20 billion tied to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, scientists have revealed.
But a Trump-era funding freeze could disrupt investments in clean energy projects. The post Clean energy generates major economic benefits, especially in red states appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world's largest seagrass fields and the planet's most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia has developed a national Blue Economy strategy to harness its maritime resources for sustainable economic growth, focusing on areas like fisheries, marine tourism, shipping, and renewable energy, while also promoting environmental stewardship and improved livelihoods.
The arrival of spring brings a question: How to manage the disruption brought by climate change?
Wettest March day for 15 years in some parts of northern Australian state, while storms and hail hit Mediterranean More heavy rain has hit Queensland, Australia, just weeks after the devastation of Cyclone Alfred. Much of north and central Queensland was put under severe weather alert for heavy rainfall earlier this week, as six-hourly rainfall totals of 30-60mm were anticipated, with the risk of seeing up to 120mm locally in this period. In the north-west of the state, this rain caused the Haughton River to rise rapidly, with water levels reaching 2.68 metres on Wednesday night, exceeding the 2.5-metre major flood level. Continue reading...
Several lists circulating at the Department of Energy and on Capitol Hill propose eliminating carbon capture projects, transmission lines and grid upgrades.
“The restart of nuclear power plants is critical,” Fatih Birol said, to meet growing demand for electricity.
A federal judge rejected oil companies' efforts to move the lawsuit out of the state court where it was first filed.
Overfishing compounds the problem, and geopolitical tensions make management difficult.
The 2025 budget reflects a measured outlook on the energy landscape, highlighting progress that has been made and lingering problems
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00197H, Review Article Jiguo Tu, Yan Li, Bokun Zhang, Xiaoyun Wang, Ramachandran Vasant Kumar, Libo Chen, Shuqiang Jiao High-voltage spinel lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) stand out as a promising cobalt-free cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, due to its low cost, high voltage and energy density capabilities. However,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The group says it has succeeded in stopping Britain from approving new oil and gas projects and will hold one last demonstration in London.
Speaking in the Arctic, Russia's president said Trump's plans were "serious" but nothing to do with Moscow.
China has rushed ahead in recent years as the world's forerunner in wind energy, propelled by explosive local demand as Beijing aggressively pursues strategic and environmental targets.
Learn about the climate changes that followed the end-Permian extinction, allowing select species to take over the planet’s oceans.
Close to a dozen US-sanctioned tankers are idling off Malaysia with Iranian crude, with some having been stationed in the oil-transfer hub for more than a month — a possible sign of slowing logistics for the sensitive trade to China.
EPA sets up email address where ‘regulated community’ can request exemption to evade air pollution rules Donald Trump’s administration has offered fossil fuel companies an extraordinary opportunity to evade air pollution rules by simply emailing the US president to ask him to exempt them. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a new email address where what it calls the “regulated community” can request a presidential exemption from their requirements under the Clean Air Act , which is used to regulate dangerous toxins emitted from polluting sources. Continue reading...
Greenland has 56,000 people, one grocery store chain and enough rare earths to keep a superpower humming. Washington wants it—openly. Vice President Vance’s surprise visit with his wife has reignited tension with Denmark and opened a fresh chapter in the U.S.’s increasingly un-subtle Arctic ambitions. But even if America gets the minerals, does it have the means to process them? Or is this just one more high-stakes handout to Beijing?
Putin warns the Arctic could be a springboard for future conflicts.
The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But new research shows how the declines are contributing to sea level rise more than previously thought.
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin announced his decision to terminate a $2 billion grant for a Stacey Abrams-linked non-government organization.
[Nile Post] WHO estimates that air pollution is responsible for approximately seven million premature deaths each year, linked to chronic respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and cardiovascular conditions.
The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing entities subject to the Clean Air Act to seek exemptions via email through Monday while the agency reconsiders relevant rules.
Scientists say their new method adds more evidence that the agency is underestimating the health harms from environmental pollution.
Photosynthesising microbes in soil may increase their activity as temperatures rise, offsetting some of the carbon emissions expected to be released from peatland and permafrost
The Belize National Forensics Science Service executive director, Gian Cho, said Thursday that carbon monoxide poisoning killed three American women found dead while at a vacation resort there in February.
The Labor Environment Action Network says it won’t ‘sugar coat’ its reaction after working ‘so hard’ on obtaining commitment for EPA Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor’s grassroots environment action network has told its members it does not support legislation that Anthony Albanese rushed through parliament this week to protect salmon farming in Tasmania, describing it as “frustrating and disappointing”. In an email on Thursday, the Labor Environment Action Network (Lean) said it would not “sugar coat” its reaction to a bill that was introduced to end a formal government reconsideration of whether an expansion of fish farming in Macquarie Harbour, on the state’s west coast, in 2012 was properly approved. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking...
The agency argues in a new legal brief that the $20 billion in grants don't reflect Trump administration priorities.
[Daily Maverick] Africa is blessed with enormous potential from solar, wind, geothermal and hydro. Renewables can meet 75% of Africa's electricity needs by 2040 and 100% by 2050.
Net zero is a target that countries should be striving for to stop the climate crisis. But beyond the buzzword, it is a complex scientific concept – and if we get it wrong, the planet will keep heating. Biodiversity and environment reporter Patrick Greenfield explains how a loophole in the 2015 Paris climate agreement allows countries to cheat their net zero targets through creative accounting, and how scientists want us to fix it Continue reading...
Final gathering in April will mark end of street protests although campaign to continue ‘in courts and prisons’ Supporters of the climate group Just Stop Oil have announced that, after three years of disruptive protests, they are ending their campaign of civil resistance. Hannah Hunt, whose speech on Valentine’s Day 2022 marked the beginning of the campaign, made the announcement outside Downing Street in London on Thursday. Continue reading...
EPA documents released by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works include a list of 400 grants targeted for elimination, including 62 in California.
The oil and gas industry is ramping up its attacks on climate Superfund laws that seek billions of dollars from major polluters.
The Department of Transportation considers freezing funding for bike lanes and other pedestrian safety projects as the Trump administration leans into fossil fuels.
The landmark Juliana v. United States sparked a global movement to defend children's rights to a healthy climate, a campaign that's already scored two wins.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Thursday to Guyana to offer to put the newly oil-rich nation under the US security umbrella as neighboring Venezuela asserts claims.
China added almost 374 billion watts of renewable power — three-quarters of it from solar panels — in 2024. That's more than eight times as much as the United States did and five times what Europe added last year.
Trigg Talley has been a fixture at global climate talks for two decades.
Drought relief came at a price, as flash floods forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes, closed schools and highways, and swept cars away.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to allow tokenised carbon credits to be traded via digital asset exchanges as well as brokers and dealers, in a bid to promote Thailand as a carbon credit trading hub.
Nationals senator questioned whether Labor’s proposed carbon emissions standard for car makers will make them more expensive. Follow today’s news live PM expected to call Australian election on Friday morning with poll likely to be held in early May Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Taylor on reports Dutton had to tell colleagues to stop leaking It’s been reported that Peter Dutton has had to read the riot act to the Coalition party room to tell MPs to stop leaking and undermining their colleagues. We will continue to fight hard for those hard-working Australians who deserve relief at the bowser, who are paying too much for everything right now and who can get a better deal. Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 4, April 2025.
Four space explorers will launch with SpaceX next week on a polar orbital mission that could unlock a new area in space for future spaceflights.
Moe said the move will give consumers a break and make industries more competitive as the United States imposes tariffs on Canada.
What are ice quakes? Learn how the discovery of ice quakes deep within the Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet is helping scientists better understand the dynamics of glacial ice.
SYDNEY - An “unprecedented” mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia’s western coast, scientists said on Wednesday, turning huge swathes of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white.
A potentially violent storm is headed into the Pacific Northwest today and it could bring life-threatening tornadoes to states that rarely see them.
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, according to a synthesis of more than 2,000 studies. The exhaustive global analysis leaves no doubt about the devastating impact humans are having on Earth, according to researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich. The study – which accounted for nearly 100,000 sites across all continents – found that human activities had resulted in “unprecedented effects on biodiversity”, according to the paper , published in Nature. Continue reading...
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink Last September the Washington Post published an article about a new paper in Science by Emily Judd and colleagues. The WaPo article was detailed and nuanced, but led with the figure below, adapted from the paper: The internet, being less prone to detail and nuance, ran with the figure, with climate skeptics calling it their “new favorite graph” and reposting it everywhere, claiming that it shows the insignificance of recent human warming relative to the Earth’s long temperature history. The furor over the graph reached its apogee in January when Joe Rogan showed it in a podcast interview with Mel Gibson, saying that “If you believe these silly...
Naming Los Angeles' BIG3 team the Riot might be controversial, but league founder Ice Cube says the moniker 'represents the resilience, passion, and unbreakable spirit of' the city.
Meteorologists are predicting another 'blockbuster' Atlantic hurricane season that could bring even more destruction than the storms of 2024.
Senate Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse expressed anger at the agency's actions during a hearing Wednesday.
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted When Donald Trump won November’s election, a small team working on a key new US government tool charting impacts of the climate crisis scrambled into action. They hastily renamed the resource to remove the word “climate” and quietly released it without fanfare in December, before Trump’s return to the White House. Continue reading...
HANOI — Vietnam’s finance ministry has put forward a proposal to cut preferential import tariffs on a range of products including liquefied natural gas (LNG), cars, wood and agricultural products, as the nation seeks to avoid the imminent threat of US tariffs.
Wind, solar, and battery storage projects are generating billions in tax revenue for communities, a University of Texas study finds. The post Clean energy is powering local economies in Texas appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
"Helene just dropped tons of fuel on the ground," a North Carolina State University forestry professor said. "Then these flash droughts allow that fuel to dry out very fast."
[SAnews.gov.za] With Eskom not meeting minimum emission standards and delaying critical energy reforms, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, warned the power utility that government will not grant it unchecked permission to pollute.
Third of global GDP could be lost this century if climate crisis runs unchecked, says report Taking strong action to tackle the climate crisis will increase countries’ economic growth, rather than damage their finances as critics of net zero policies have claimed, research from the world’s economic watchdog has found. Setting ambitious targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and setting out the policies to achieve them, would result in a net gain to global GDP by the end of the next decade, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in a joint report with the UN Development Programme. Continue reading...
Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China's stranglehold on the market?
Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of repeating the abuses of mining for coal and other fossil fuels.
The embattled agency continues to disseminate crucial updates in a hostile political environment. The post NOAA issues critical drought warnings during cuts to agency appeared first on High Country News.
An "unprecedented" mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white.
Jim Skea insists the IPCC, the UN climate panel he chairs, is not in crisis and remains relevant despite criticism it is too slow in publishing its landmark scientific reports on climate change.
Advocates fear that the changes could help the agency administrator repossess billions of dollars that were awarded under the Biden administration.
[IPS] Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada -- The central role Indigenous Peoples and local communities in addressing climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification has gained widespread recognition over the past decade. Indigenous Peoples' close dependence on resources and ecosystems, exceptional tradition, and ancestral knowledge are invaluable assets for the sustainable management of our planet's natural resources.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00273G, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Hao Zhang, Suwen Wang, Enmin Lv, menghui qi, Chengchao He, Xing-Long Dong, Jieshan Qiu, Yong Wang, Zhenhai Wen The transition to renewable energy sources and the need for efficient energy conversion technologies have led to the development of various types of catalysts, among which atomically dispersed metal catalysts... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Microalgae are tiny organisms that convert energy from sunlight into fuel. The arctic ecosystem depends on them. In springtime, the algae bloom brilliant shades of green and draw tiny crustaceans, fish, birds and more to arctic waters. But what happens in wintertime, when the sun goes down and darkness reins for months? In the depths of the polar night, biogeochemist Clara Hoppe has found evidence that some microalgae are still ready to photosynthesize. Today on the show: how tiny microalgae limbo for their lives and come out more powerful than scientists ever imagined. Want to hear more stories of nature pushing the boundaries of what scientists previously thought possible? Let us know by emailing shortwave@npr.org ! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support...
UN-backed research has found emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from Glencore's Hail Creek coalmine are probably between three and eight times higher than officially reported. Two aircraft with different types of monitoring equipment and flying at different altitudes looked for plumes of methane coming from the coalmine in Queensland's Bowen Basin – a site highlighted in a previous study as a major emitter. Glencore has challenged the results, saying in a statement it had 'significant doubts' about the research, claiming it used 'out of date' data ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds Continue reading...
Donald Trump signed an order to declassify documents related to the 'Crossfire Hurricane' investigation, which probed whether there was 'collusion' between Russia and the 2016 campaign.
Unloading Coal Exposure: Where Are Banks Now, and What’s Next? margaret.overh… Tue, 03/25/2025 - 17:38 Banks have long funneled billions into coal, sustaining the world's biggest source of energy-related emissions well past the point when investors were aware of the impacts.While some banks are scaling back to manage risks and tap into clean energy opportunities, progress is slow. In 2023, for every $1 of financing for wind, solar and grids, banks facilitated $1.12 into coal and other fossil fuels. In 2022, that figure stood at $1.35. The direction is right, but the pace is deficient.Despite pledges to stop funding new coal projects, many banks, especially in Asia, where coal dependence runs deep, remain entrenched. And the challenge extends beyond power plants; banks are deeply...
Environmental Protection Agency workers from coast to coast devoted their lunch hours Tuesday to protecting planned cuts to reduce the size and scope of the federal agency.
A giant whirlpool of light, known as a "SpaceX spiral," was recently spotted swirling across the night sky over Europe as a Falcon 9 rocket prepared to reenter Earth's atmosphere after deploying top-secret cargo.
The country’s energy regulator called for the ‘healthy and orderly’ growth of small-scale, distributed solar power and dissuaded monopolies.
Hurricane Helene, which slammed into Florida's Big Bend in late September, caused the deaths of nearly 250 people—a number only dwarfed by the infamous 2005 storm.
Everyone knows that regular oil changes are important for an engine's longevity. But what does motor oil do, and does getting an oil change affect mpg?
About 80 miles west of Charlotte, N.C., officials ordered mandatory evacuations for roughly 165 properties in rural Polk County.
What started with a ‘salty’ cup of tea ended with one couple losing their home to climate-change-induced rising sea levels. Solutions, like sea walls, restoration of mangroves, and water management, are too slow to stop the ruin of once-thriving coastal communities.
Everyday actions like attending a protest, signing a letter of support, or supporting communities at risk should never be considered ‘unlawful’ The first amendment guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. It will have little meaning if multibillion-dollar corporations can sue peaceful protesters out of existence for their speech. Yet, that’s exactly what was decided in a small courtroom in Morton county, North Dakota. Energy Transfer – a Dallas-based fossil fuel company that is responsible for the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) – sued two Greenpeace entities in the US (Greenpeace Inc and Greenpeace Fund), and Greenpeace International. Energy Transfer was awarded more than $660m in a highly watched, month-long case. Greenpeace will appeal the verdict. Sushma Raman is the interim...
Months before a wildfire, they’d taken steps to prevent fires from reaching their house. The post A Colorado couple invested in wildfire protection for their home. It paid off. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Once a climate champion, Brazil's president Lula is pushing for more oil drilling, even as the country prepares to host the UN climate conference.
[Bhekisisa] As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution.
A German court on Monday banned airline giant Lufthansa from saying in its advertisements that passengers could "compensate" for carbon emissions from flights, finding that the claims were 'misleading'.
Climate change will affect human health as well as the environment. An Australian study shows millions will be at greater risk of heart trouble as temperatures rise.
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and Saturn.
US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on imports from countries purchasing Venezuelan oil and gas, potentially affecting India, China, and others. These tariffs aim to exert economic pressure on Venezuela, which Trump accuses of hostility and other malpractices. The tariffs, effective from April 2, coincide with his broader plan for reciprocal tariffs on other nations.
A deal to keep two Baltimore power plants open into 2029 is the tale of repeated failures by the largest U.S. power market to plan for a future without coal.
Enbridge has pitched the planned Line 5 tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac as a way to avoid oil spills.
The International Energy Agency found demand for air conditioning is driving an uptick in both energy usage and climate pollution.
Increasing global temperatures are causing the world's largest iceberg to melt rapidly, contributing to rising sea levels that could, in turn, accelerate the disappearance of Thailand's coastline over the next 25 years, an academic warned on Monday.
Baseball season is nigh! From Yankee stadium in New York to Dodger stadium in Los Angeles, teams around the country will face off Thursday to mark the start of the 2025 MLB season. And when we here at Short Wave think of baseball, we naturally think of physics. To get the inside scoop on the physics of baseball, like how to hit a home run, we talk to Frederic Bertley , CEO and President of the Center of Science and Industry, a science museum in Columbus, Ohio. In this encore episode, he also talks to host Regina G. Barber about how climate change is affecting the game. Interested in the science of other sports? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you.
From our broken environmental laws to the role of gas, there are some big questions that remain unanswered by both major parties See all our Australian election 2025 coverage Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here A national election campaign is days away and the focus in Canberra is on a federal budget that wasn’t going to happen until a tropical cyclone threatened southern Queensland a fortnight ago. The climate crisis and environment are expected to get passing mentions. But there is a strong case that they should be at the forefront of debate over the next six weeks, understandable cost-of-living concerns notwithstanding. Continue reading...
Firefighters in North and South Carolina are battling multiple wildfires fueled by debris from Hurricane Helene and an ongoing drought. The fires have prompted evacuations and air quality alerts, with containment efforts hampered by rough terrain, strong winds, and dry conditions.
There's a small chance of very high warming even with moderate future emissions, according to a computer model exploring what could happen in the next thousand years
by Annie Waldman and Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. The guidance, which was distributed to several staffers last week, comes on the back of multiple new directives to cut off NIH funding to grants that are focused on subjects that are viewed as conflicting with the Trump administration’s...
Apple (AAPL) announced a new investment fund in China that will support its plans to transition to a 100% renewable energy supply chain by the end of the decade.Read more...
US carmaker’s European market share falls as Chinese rival BYD overtakes it on global revenue, topping $100bn Business live – latest updates Sales of new Tesla cars slumped in Europe last month in the latest indication of a potential buyer backlash over Elon Musk’s high profile and controversial behaviour since becoming a leading figure in Donald Trump’s administration. The Texas-based electric carmaker sold less than 16,000 vehicles across Europe last month, down 44% on average across 25 countries in the EU, the UK, Norway and Switzerland, according to data compiled by the research platform Jato Dynamics. Continue reading...
Rising temperatures and extreme heat have led to a surge in demand for cooling. But, ironically, the more we rely on energy-intensive air conditioners, the more the planet warms. How can we do things differently?
A young person from Whitehorse will be on Canada's Environment and Climate Change Youth Council for the next two years. Pearl Pique Carpina is the sole member from the northern territories among a dozen youth from across the country who will make up the second cohort of the council. They were named earlier this month.
A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flats For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over the future of the Wyndford estate in Glasgow, dividing residents and sparking wider national controversy. Was the demolition of its high-rises an environmental travesty or the first step toward much-needed regeneration? The dispute began in November 2021, days after the city hosted the UN climate conference Cop26, at which politicians and businesses promised to curb wasteful building destruction. Yet residents of Wyndford soon found leaflets on their doorsteps heralding a “bright new dawn” – one that involved the demolition of all four high-rise blocks on the estate. The decision set off years of protests, legal...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is part of a delegation that top Trump officials are leading to the Arctic island, which President Donald Trump has said he wants to acquire.
At issues is whether biofuel blending and state ozone plan cases should be heard in regional courts potentially more favorable to EPA critics.
The proposal sent to the governor would increase the top royalty rate for oil and gas development from 20 to 25 percent on New Mexico’s state trust lands.
Greenland’s prime minister says move is ‘demonstration of power’ and accuses US of interfering in its political affairs Greenland’s prime minister, Múte B Egede, has called for the international community to step in after it was announced that Donald Trump’s national security adviser and the US second lady will visit the Arctic island, accusing Washington of “foreign interference”. Mike Waltz and Usha Vance are due to arrive in Greenland this week as part of a delegation that will also include the US energy secretary, Chris Wright. Continue reading...
[Liberian Investigator] Suakoko -- Under a blazing sun on the serene campus of Cuttington University, Mr. Joseph Ndebeh, a respected agricultural scientist at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) and lecturer at the university's College of Agriculture & Sustainable Development, voiced growing alarm over the climate-related threats confronting Liberia's farmers. Calm yet passionate, Ndebeh is not only an academic but also a farmer whose connection to the land reflects his deep commitment to Liberia's agricultural future.
President Trump announced Monday all countries who purchase oil or gas from Venezuela will be subjected to a 25% tariff on all trade with the US, marking one of the harshest economic crackdowns on the dictator regime yet. “Any Country that purchases Oil and/or Gas from Venezuela will be forced to pay a Tariff of...
A 78-year-old grandmother who was imprisoned for joining in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 has blasted the conditions of the female prison she spent Christmas in.
Melting ice is revealing new coastal zones in the Arctic, but while this new landscape might fuel speculation about natural resources, it is vulnerable to rockfalls and landslides that can cause dangerous tsunamis
Commitment may quell caucus angst about party’s environment credentials, but could face backlash from Western Australia’s industry and government Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor has vowed to establish a federal environment protection agency if it wins the election, just weeks after the 2022 election promise was shelved amid a political and industry backlash in Western Australia. The public commitment will help placate Labor MPs anxious about the party’s green credentials after the government went ahead with laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge over its impact on the endangered Maugean skate. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide.
It has support from the Trump administration and has advanced thanks to oil and gas techniques. But it accounts for just 1 percent of American electricity.
Talks to take place with operators about the scheme, announced in 2020, which has failed to make any grants Ministers are considering diverting money from a £950m scheme to install rapid chargers for electric cars on the UK’s motorways, announced five years ago, after it failed to make a single grant. Much of the cash allocated to the rapid charging fund (RCF) could be redirected to investments in other charging schemes, or to support the transition to electric vehicles more broadly, although decisions have yet to be made, according to a person close to discussions in government. Continue reading...
Canada's third-most-populous province is following Prime Minister Mark Carney, who ended a federal tax on gasoline, diesel and natural gas.
Declared by the U.N. General Assembly in 2022, the March 21 celebration aims to promote the conservation of glaciers, a crucial source of drinking water.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre launches his first campaign as party leader, promising a firm stance on U.S. tariffs and criticizing Liberal policies for weakening Canada's economy. Poilievre aims to reduce taxes, improve cost of living, and eliminate the carbon tax, while also addressing resource sector employment and crime reduction.
One of the newer types of engine oil is 0W-8. Here are the cars that use it, how it is different from other oils, and why it's so expensive.
As the threat of global climate collapse grows, Beijing is considering a plan to turn the Tibetan Plateau into an agricultural stronghold.
As one of the regions most affected by the global climate crisis, local scientists are struggling with canceled research grants and funding cuts from federal agencies.
Ancient sponges and corals were found on the exposed seafloor, in an area previously inaccessible to humans.
A wholesale gutting of the United States weather service is placing international weather and climate modelling at risk.
From July 1 households and small businesses will see rebates automatically applied to their electricity bills. Follow today’s news live Greens unveil plan to divert $4bn defence spending to domestic, ‘defensive’ missiles The Greens have unveiled a plan to divert billions of defence spending on American technology to the domestic production of “defensive” missiles and vehicles. They are both supplied by the US with little to no sovereign input, are expensive and outdated. Like Aukus, this equipment is much more about signalling our loyalty to the US than defending Australia. A national Climate Response Service would help co-ordinate the thousands of volunteers who already do this lifesaving work across the country, and we’ll make the coal and gas corporations pay for it. Continue reading...
Scientists say widespread damage to both world heritage-listed reefs is ‘heartbreaking’ as WA reef accumulates highest amount of heat stress on record Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s two world heritage-listed reefs – Ningaloo on the west coast and the Great Barrier Reef on the east – have been hit simultaneously by coral bleaching that reef experts have called “heartbreaking” and “a profoundly distressing moment”. Teams of scientists on both coasts have been monitoring and tracking the heat stress and bleaching extending across thousands of kilometres of marine habitat, which is likely to have been driven by global heating. Continue reading...
Spring is about transformation, a season often marked by its dynamic sights, smells, sounds and tastes. As humans change the climate, our experience of the season is changing, too.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 6, 28 March 2025.
Stardust, an Israeli–US startup, intends to patent its unique aerosol technology for temporarily cooling the planet.
Chandrayaan-3's Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) achieved unprecedented in-situ temperature measurements at the Moon's south pole, revealing higher than expected surface temperatures. These findings are crucial for understanding lunar thermophysics and potential water-ice deposits, which are essential for human habitat and exploration. The research, bridging critical knowledge gaps, was published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment.
Many glaciers in the world will not survive the 21st century, according to reports published by the United Nations. Five of the past six years have experienced the most rapid glacier retreat on record; 2022-24 was the largest three-year loss of glacier mass. Reports from the United Nations Water, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural […]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 3, March 2025.
NSW EPA investigation finds debris that washed up on Sydney beaches in 2024 ‘consistent with a land-based sewage source’ Get our afternoon election email , free app or daily news podcast Authorities investigating mystery balls of debris that closed beaches in Sydney and the south coast in recent months have determined that they likely originated from Sydney Water’s land-based sewage treatment network, the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) said on Friday. “The development comes after a comprehensive scientific and technical investigation found similarities between the makeup of the debris balls and samples taken from several of Sydney Water’s major wastewater treatment plants, including those at Malabar and Bondi,” the EPA said in a statement . Sign up for the Afternoon...
Max Chandler-Mather, the housing spokesman for the Greens, has suggested high immigration levels aren't pushing up house prices.
India and Thailand have strengthened their relationship, forming a strategic partnership to address security and economic concerns in the Indo-Pacific region. They signed five cooperation agreements, focusing on tourism, education, and technology, and committed to combatting human trafficking. Modi emphasized cooperation in renewable energy, digital technology, and FinTech.
At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels.
Colorado State University’s hurricane forecasting team is calling for yet another unusually active season with 17 named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. The post Forecasters predict another active 2025 Atlantic hurricane season appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Insects dominate animal species diversity yet face many threats from anthropogenic drivers of change. Many features of insect ecology make them a challenging group, and the fragmented state of knowledge compromises our ability to make general statements ...
But oil markets still crumbled under the weight of President Donald Trump's expansive tariffs in early trading Thursday.
Eight OPEC oil producing nations Thursday agreed to boost crude oil production by 411,000 barrels a day, lowering prices by 6%. The increase was much more than expected and starts in May.
Across the country, companies have been installing giant batteries that help them use more wind and solar power. That’s about to get much harder.
Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers Oil and gas barons who donated millions of dollars to the Trump campaign are on the cusp of cashing in on the administration’s support for energy-guzzling data centers – and a slew of unprecedented environmental rollbacks. Energy Transfer, the oil and gas transport company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, has received requests to power 70 new data centers – a 75% rise since Trump took office , according to a new investigation by the advocacy nonprofit Oil Change International (OCI) and the Guardian. Continue reading...
There are now just six weeks to go until All-Energy once again unites global experts, academics and innovators at Glasgow’s SEC from May 14-15 to advance the aim of net zero and a more sustainable future for all
Emma Pinchbeck, chief executive of the Climate Change Committee, has said flying should be considered a luxury, but that it would be unfair to price lower income families out of air travel.
Putin wants to win the new Syrian leadership's loyalty with oil and gas — and keep the issue of Assad off the table.
As China’s vast electrical grid relies more on wind, solar and hydropower, it faces a growing risk of power shortages due to bad weather – and that could encourage the use of coal plants
[This Day] The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has advised the federal government that a ban on the importation of solar panels in the face of glaringly inadequate domestic production capacity could worsen the country's energy crisis.
For decades, satellites have played a crucial role in our understanding of the remote polar regions. The ongoing loss of Antarctic ice, owing to the climate crisis, is, sadly, no longer surprising. However, satellites do more than just track the accelerating flow of glaciers towards the ocean and measure ice thickness.New research highlights how ESA’s CryoSat mission has been used to uncover the hidden impact of subglacial lakes – vast reservoirs of water buried deep under the ice – that can suddenly drain into the ocean in dramatic outbursts and affect ice loss.
Dan Simmons was the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy during the president's first term.
Analysts say the president’s vow to lower Americans’ gasoline and electricity is imperiled by his tariffs and on-and-off funding for federal energy programs.
Layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services have dealt a critical blow to the agency's efforts to manage rising temperatures made worse by climate change.
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.
The EPA’s slashing of more than $1 billion in grant funding has hit hard in Western communities that have felt climate impacts from flooding, wildfire smoke and melting permafrost.
A destructive tornado has ravaged Lake City, Arkansas, prompting a state of emergency. The storm, which displayed a hook echo radar signature, threatens the mid-south and lower Ohio valley with severe weather, including flash flooding and strong tornadoes. At least one fatality has been reported.
Both sides are also expected to sign agreements on the development of solar power plants and trade cooperation in several sectors.
In February 2025, John Cook gave two webinars for republicEN explaining the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. 20 February 2025: republicEN webinar part 1 - BUST or TRUST? The scientific consensus on climate change In the first webinar, Cook explained the history of the 20-year scientific consensus on climate change. How do we know there’s a scientific consensus on climate change? How did we get there, and what exactly does it all mean? The webinar "Bust or Trust? The scientific consensus on climate change," focused on establishing that there is a scientific consensus on climate change and how to communicate that effectively. The existence of a scientific consensus is supported by multiple studies conducted over the past...
The world added the smallest amount of new coal capacity in two decades last year, a report said Thursday, but use of the fossil fuel is still surging in China and India.
A massive storm developing today is set to bring life-threatening tornadoes and potentially historic floods in what could be the worst 24 hours of extreme weather this year.
The National Weather Service says a "multi-day catastrophic and potentially historic" storm is expected to impact multiple states beginning on Wednesday.
The White House and tech oligarchs are using free speech arguments as cover to suffocate any European attempt to regulate digital space In 1858, when London could no longer tolerate the stench of raw effluent in the Thames, city authorities commissioned a system of sewers that operates to this day. A century later, when noxious fog choked the capital, parliament passed the first Clean Air Act , limiting coal fire emissions. When a dangerous toxin assails the senses, polluting public space to the detriment of all that use it, the case for legislation is self-evident. The argument is more complex when the poison has no chemical properties; when it exists in a virtual realm. This is the conceptual challenge for regulation of digital content. It is made all the more complex by conflation...
Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basket About a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last fall, Roger Wynn and I met in an Asheville, North Carolina, supermarket parking lot. He’d driven two hours from Little Mountain, South Carolina, where the passing storm had also left its destructive mark. “When the power finally came back on,” Wynn said, “two of my freezers didn’t work.” Wynn was worried not about spoiled food inside, but his seed collection. On that autumn day, in an act of forced downsizing and seed philanthropy, Wynn handed over two boxes filled with seeds. He wanted me, as founder of the non-profit Utopian Seed Project, to share the seeds with farmers across the region. The...
Appeal court finds in favour of anglers who said plans to clean up river were so vague as to be totally ineffectual UK politics live – latest updates A group of anglers trying to restore the ecosystem of a river have seen off a challenge by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, who claimed that cleaning up the waterway was administratively unworkable. Reed pursued an appeal against a group of anglers from North Yorkshire, who had won a legal case arguing that the government and the Environment Agency’s plans to clean up the Upper Costa Beck, a former trout stream devastated by sewage pollution and runoff, were so vague they were ineffectual. Continue reading...
The potent storm system will bring “significant, life-threatening flash flooding” starting Wednesday and continuing each day through Saturday, the National Weather Service said.
If Peter Dutton needs to court the crossbench to form minority government after the election, he would risk putting his Coalition partner offside on climate and environment policy Interactive guide to electorates in the Australian election Listen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina See all our Australian election 2025 coverage Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast If the Coalition wins the election, it will face a concerted push from its junior partner, the Nationals, to weaken and even abandon climate initiatives and promote coal as an interim measure in the Coalition’s nuclear power plan. That would put Peter Dutton and the Liberals between a rock and a hard place should he seek to form a minority government, given that...
As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the law — and the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to "send a message."
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has welcomed the latest estimates from the Ember Electricity Data Explorer, which shows that coal accounted for 74.31% of South Africa's electricity generation in January 2025.
The discovery was made by workers on Sunday, March 30, and police were called to the Biffa Teesside recycling facility which has been closed off since.
In some areas, entire communities have been without electricity since wild weather slammed the state over the weekend.
De-extinction is a techno-fantasy that distracts from the real work of protecting our planet. The post Bringing back the mammoth won’t fix the future appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
After mass firings and rehiring, thousands of federal employees are bracing for deeper cuts — just as wildfires, floods, and rising temperatures threaten national parks.
President Bola Tinubu dismissed the entire leadership of Nigeria's state-run oil company Wednesday, naming a former Shell executive to lead the outfit in a sweeping overhaul that one commentator described as "long overdue".
[New Times] The Rwanda Meteorology Agency urges residents to take precautions due to the risk of floods, landslides, and wind damage, as heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected in April.
The utility is no longer committing to closing its largest coal plants and is trimming renewable expansion amid policy uncertainty.
Supporters of U.S. liquefied natural gas projects say the move will improve the process for getting time extensions.
Green banking groups head to court Wednesday in an attempt to force Citibank to unfreeze their accounts.
Environment Agency review waste tyre exports after BBC probe reveals millions sent to furnaces in India.
SpaceX has just shared a video from the Fram2 mission, which has become the first-ever crewed flight to take a polar orbit. The footage (below), captured by a camera attached to the opened nose cone of the Crew Dragon spacecraft about 265 miles up, features stunning scenery from the iciest regions on the planet. It […]
India and Chile have agreed to begin negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement and to enhance defense and security cooperation. Four agreements were signed, including one for cooperation in Antarctica, with both leaders emphasizing the need for UNSC reforms and global efforts to combat terrorism.
Saskatoon's new temporary shelter is officially open at 210 Pacific Avenue. The same day the city's two warming shelters have closed for the season.
Learn more about the ecosystem that’s remained under the ice for centuries.
Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class solar flare is the most intense type of solar flare and can produce as much energy as a billion atomic bombs.
An eerie new video from ESA's Solar Orbiter shows a towering 'cyclone' of plasma exhibiting behaviors never seen before on our sun.
Canadians in eight provinces will receive the last carbon rebate later this month as the federal consumer carbon price comes to an end Tuesday.
Walter Cruickshank, the longtime civil servant who helped lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for more than two decades, is retiring.
Southern Ontario is set to see a significant amount of rainfall midweek just days after a major ice storm hit parts of the region over the weekend.
As Quebec becomes the last province in Canada that hasn't abandoned carbon pricing, the province could start feeling pressure to align itself with the rest of the country.
KUALA LUMPUR — A gas pipeline operated by Malaysia state energy firm Petronas caught fire on Tuesday on the outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur, authorities said, with operations ongoing to try to tackle the blaze.
Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching and trafficking When the guns finally fell silent in 1992, little was left alive in Gorongosa national park. During the 15 years of Mozambique’s civil war – in which more than a million people died – the country’s wildlife also paid a terrible price. Poaching for meat and ivory was so intense that the small surviving elephant population rapidly evolved to lose their tusks . Leopards, wild dogs and spotted hyenas had all disappeared. Populations of zebra, buffalo and other herbivores had collapsed . In the following years, a huge effort to restore the park took shap e. Led by the philanthropist Gregory Carr and Mozambique’s government, it was the start of the park’s...
[Liberian Observer] The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), in collaboration with the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) and other key stakeholders, has launched a composting site at Jorkpen Town Market under the Solid Waste Management Transformative Pilot Project. This initiative aims to tackle the city's waste crisis by turning organic waste into valuable compost, reducing landfill waste, and promoting sustainable waste management practices.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump’s push to repurpose the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amid funding cuts and staffing losses poses a huge threat to water safety and environmental advances in one of the big environmental success stories in the US […]
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00211G, Paper Jianlong Wang, Zheng Yang, Zhenjie Wang, Xinxian Wang, Yanrui Zhao, Jinbiao Ma, Hengyu Li, Yang Yu, Zhong Lin Wang, Tinghai Cheng With the challenges of monitoring marine environmental pollution, developing in-situ energy harvesting technologies for self-powered marine sensing nodes has become increasingly urgent for effective environmental protection. As an effective approach... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Industry leaders say there is little detail on how the opposition’s policy will work and it is ‘difficult to predict’ what the final price would be Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Get our afternoon election email , free app or daily news podcast Gas industry leaders have expressed confusion and concern about a Coalition plan to force them to sell more of the fossil fuel in Australia and cast doubt over whether Peter Dutton’s target to cut gas prices can be delivered. Speaking at an Australian Domestic Gas Outlook conference in Sydney, several executives argued the policy to create what the opposition leader called an “east coast gas reservation policy” could exacerbate future gas supply issues in southern states. Sign up for the Afternoon Update:...
Efforts to create "government efficiency" departments may cut funding for some state energy and environmental agencies.
Inferno spread to nearby homes, trapping residents, while full extent of damage still being assessed A colossal fire has erupted in a Malaysian suburb outside Kuala Lumpur due to a burst gas pipeline, prompting evacuations of nearby homes. The inferno near a gas station in Putra Heights in central Selangor state on Tuesday was visible for kilometres. National oil company Petronas said the fire broke out at one of its gas pipeline at 8.10am. Continue reading...
AB 1111 would push back the state’s ban on fossil fuel bus purchases to 2045.
The flood-affected area in outback Queensland has grown to double the size of Victoria after experiencing its worst deluge in 50 years. Water broke the banks of a makeshift levee in Thargomindah in the state's south-west, forcing the evacuation of 100 residents. Stock losses are expected to be catastrophic and more rain is forecast for the coming week Outback deluge pushes Queensland towns to the brink: ‘Out here it’s drought or floods’ Rain records to fall in Queensland with Townsville to set new annual high – in April Continue reading...
Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods seeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France.
Florida's orange juice industry is getting squeezed by hurricanes, citrus disease and changing consumer tastes as the state revealed what is expected to be its smallest crop in 95 years.
In a global exclusive, WIRED went inside TAG Heuer's Swiss factory to see exactly how the brand has brought back its classic entry-level race watch, but this time bigger than ever—and solar powered.
President Donald Trump has revoked the licenses that allowed several transnational oil and gas companies to operate in Venezuela despite the country being under US sanctions.
Canada's northern affairs minister signed off on the Sahtú Land and Water Board's recommendation that Imperial Oil be given a temporary licence for its operation in Norman Wells, N.W.T.
The administrator said expenses tied to the facility "could have instead been spent on remediating environmental issues in forgotten communities."
"The scarcely visited museum cost a whopping $4 million taxpayer dollars to build in accordance with Smithsonian standards and more than $600,000 annually to operate," an EPA official said.
Super yacht deckhand Christian Bogle (pictured), 26, of Newquay, Cornwall, was snorkelling with crewmates at a beach in the city of Nadi, Fiji, last June when he tragically lost his life.
The Beaufort Gyre, an important ocean current, is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, scientists have warned.
The Trump administration and California are on the same side when it comes to a particular challenge of the state's auto emissions standards.
The statewide snowpack measured 90 percent of average Friday, just ahead of the anticipated April 1 peak before the sun begins melting the snow faster than it can accumulate, said a state water official.
Unsustainable logging is one of the global north’s best-kept secrets. We’re running out of time to stop it The world is running out of time to halt deforestation and forest degradation. Yet instead of stepping up, the United States is dismantling forest protections and undermining global progress – highlighting the dangers of global forest policy that fails to hold the wealthiest, most powerful countries accountable. Unsustainable logging is one of the global north’s best-kept secrets. Each year, millions of acres of old-growth and primary forests across North America, Europe, and Australia are clearcut under the guise of “sustainable forest management”. International policy, by design, looks the other way, focusing attention instead on deforestation in the tropics. This double standard allows...
Hundreds of thousands of people in Ontario are still without power on the third day of a spring storm after freezing rain-coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice.
We asked 18 Republicans whose districts benefit most from Biden’s IRA climate law if they back Trump’s demands Billions of dollars in clean energy spending and jobs have overwhelmingly flowed to parts of the US represented by Republican lawmakers. But these members of Congress are still largely reticent to break with Donald Trump’s demands to kill off key incentives for renewables, even as their districts bask in the rewards. The president has called for the dismantling of the Inflation Reduction Act – a sweeping bill passed by Democrats that has helped turbocharge investments in wind, solar, nuclear, batteries and electric vehicle manufacturing in the US – calling it a “giant scam”. Trump froze funding allocated under the act and has vowed to claw back grants aimed at reducing planet-heating...
[IPS] Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres praised the role of small island states in maintaining the integrity of international climate agreements but said the world was far behind and said that the decarbonisation of the global economy is by now irreversible with or without the craziness in the United States.
Shares nosedive at Wood Group after Deloitte review finds ‘inappropriate management pressure’ The UK oil services company John Wood Group has admitted that its financial results need to be restated, after a review found “cultural failings” led to information being withheld from its auditors. The FTSE 250-listed company said the independent review, carried out by Deloitte, also found “inappropriate management pressure” to stick with existing financial reports. Continue reading...
Annual peak is lowest on record, covering 5.53m sq miles – about 30,000 sq miles below the previous low in 2017 Winter sea ice in the Arctic has reached a record low in 2025, according to Nasa and the US’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The annual peak, recorded on 22 March, was the lowest since records began 47 years ago, with sea ice covering just 5.53m sq miles – about 1.1m sq miles less than last year, and 30,000 sq miles below the previous low in 2017. The Gulf of St Lawrence had almost no ice, while the Sea of Okhotsk experienced notably lower than average sea ice extent. In late January, sea ice extent in the Arctic unexpectedly decreased, losing an area the size of Italy (more than 115,000 sq miles). This can be attributed to cyclones pushing southerly winds in the Barents and...
[Leadership] LPV Technologies, a local solar panel manufacturer, is seeking partnerships with dealers and distributors to enhance the renewable energy sector in Nigeria.
Sales of solar panels are expected to ratchet up following the government's decision to set up a one-stop service centre to facilitate factory operators wanting to utilise solar power, say solar panel suppliers.
Experts say tribes are protesting federal agencies as Trump fast tracks oil and gas projects.
[Nile Post] Heavy floods hit Kampala on Wednesday, leaving a trail of destruction and disruption across the city.
First-quarter deliveries will be significantly down, say analysts, with the CEO and his links with Donald Trump the ‘core toxic issue’ Tesla investors are bracing for evidence of declining global demand this week as the electric carmaker battles headwinds including a consumer backlash against its chief executive, Elon Musk . On 2 April, the US company will release data for first-quarter deliveries – a proxy for sales – that is expected to show a dip on the same period last year. The figures follow global protests on Saturday against Musk and Tesla, targeting the carmaker’s showrooms. Continue reading...
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment's Deputy Director-General (DDG) for Climate Change and Air Quality, Maesela Kekana, has reflected on the deliberations that took place during the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting held this week.
[Ethiopian Herald] C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group praised Addis Ababa for strengthening its capacity to address the climate crisis, aligning local actions with global sustainability goals and advancing meaningful climate initiatives.
Detail not yet clear about new nature watchdog plan, which comes after previous attempt drew backlash from Western Australia Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has confirmed the federal environmental protection agency he has promised to establish if elected would not be “the same model” as the one he promised but failed to legislate during this term of government. In his first public comments about reviving the nature watchdog plan, Albanese confirmed Labor would pursue a different model in consultation with the states, industry and environmental groups. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
The world’s most-populous country and third-largest carbon emitter will regulate "carbon intensity" to slow emissions increases as it grows.
Emissions fell by 1.8 percent last year to 366 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
The United States has revoked several transnational oil and gas companies' licenses to operate in Venezuela, Caracas said on Sunday, which had been granted despite Washington's sanctions against the South American country.
The construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast is a key part of the government's growth programme, but some residents in the area say it's causing a housing problem.
Weather forecasters expect a quarter- to a half-inch of precipitation Sunday and Monday, likely not enough to affect wildfire burn areas.
More than 300,000 without power as storm, expected to continue overnight, pummels Ottawa, Quebec and Ontario More than 300,000 Canadians faced power outages in parts of Ontario on Sunday as an ice storm pummeled the region over the weekend, according to electricity provider Hydro One. Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings for freezing rain in Ottawa, parts of Quebec and Ontario, with the risk of snow mixed with or transitioning to ice pellets expected to continue until Monday morning in some regions. Continue reading...
Over 75 million Americans are currently in the threat zone as the massive weather system barrels eastward, which could trigger tornado watches, flash flood warnings, and ice storm alerts.
Even the clean energy industry admits that solar and wind energy isn't as reliable as fossil fuel power and that New York's green energy law to transition to renewables is a bust, according to a bombshell report.
"New Orleans. Nothing says humans are arrogant like building a city in a flood-prone bowl under sea level."View Entire Post ›
With a $4.5 trillion fight over tax cuts looming, the oil and gas industry wants to protect billions of dollars in tax benefits it enjoys and get new ones, too.
A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 23, 2025 thru Sat, March 29, 2025. This week's roundup is again published by category and sorted by number of articles included in each. The formatting is a bit different compared to previous weeks, though. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if you spot any clear misses and/or have suggestions for additional categories, please let us know in the comments. Thanks! Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (11 articles) March 23: Imperiled in the Wild, Many Plants May Survive Only in Gardens , Yale Environment 360, Janet Marinelli. As the impacts of climate change and other threats mount, conservationists...
Nitrogen comprises around 78% of Earth's atmosphere, so why do most lifeforms breathe oxygen?
The demonstrators chanted "off fossil fuels Brad" and "BlackRock Brad."
Local councillor says federal Labor should not be ‘plonking giant batteries in public parks’ though no other council has refused development applications in the state Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Interactive guide to electorates in the Australian election Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great See all our Australian election 2025 coverage Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Brisbane city council has stymied a federal government renewable energy scheme by denying three development applications for community batteries the size of a fridge due to loss of green space. The PowerShaper XL batteries, which range in capacity between 90kW and 180kWh, are about the size of an NBN or traffic signal box...
While CO2 gets the spotlight, black carbon’s potent, short-lived warming effect is pushing Asia’s glaciers past the tipping point.
Tens of thousands of residents in Ontario are without power as an ice storm pummels parts of the province and threatens even more.
The Trump administration’s crusade against lowering emissions shows a frustrating lack of imagination.
A new report reveals global warming could cause “once-in-a-century” heatwaves annually.
Just Stop Oil says it will disband but does this mark an end to the chaos caused by its climate protests?
China Electricity Council data shows non-fossil fuels now account for 58.8 per cent of country’s total installed power capacity.
Mi’kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia say they are considering legal action against newly passed provincial legislation that opens the door to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00237K, Paper Kefeng Ouyang, Sheng Chen, Lidong Yu, Hongyu Qin, Ao Liu, Youfa Liu, Quan Wu, Bingjie Ran, Shubing Wei, Fei Gao, Kun Zhang, Jin Hu, Yan Huang A diverse array of Zn metal batteries (ZMBs) is swiftly emerging as a prominent force in the energy storage sector. The electrolyte modification is integral to improving ZMB performance by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Degrading soil, air pollution, vanishing biodiversity, emerging plant and animal health issues and more are coming together in the current situation of multiple crisis. Ensuring water security is just one, among the many challenges individuals, countries, and the world faces. Yet, we shouldn’t forget that water makes up the largest percentage of our bodies and […]
As US pivots toward territorial ambitions in the west, the Kremlin’s support signals a deeper alignment in their challenge to global norms As JD Vance touched down in Greenland, the Trump administration received an unlikely endorsement for the US’s first potential territorial expansion since 1947: Vladimir Putin. Speaking at an Arctic policy forum in the northern Russian city of Murmansk on Thursday, Putin presented a more comprehensive case than any US official yet for Donald Trump’s plan to annex Greenland, crafting a historical argument that sounded suspiciously convenient in terms of Russia’s own territorial designs on Ukraine. Continue reading...
Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in Gaza The abductors wore masks because they do not want their identities known. On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk exited her apartment building and walked on to the street in Somerville, Massachusetts – a city outside Boston – into the fading daylight. Ozturk, a Turkish-born PhD student at Tufts University who studies children’s media and childhood development, was on her way to an iftar dinner with friends, planning to break her Ramadan fast. In a video taken from a surveillance camera, she wears a pink hijab and a long white puffer coat against the New England cold. The first man, not uniformed but wearing plain clothes, as all the agents...
The groups said the Forest Service plan’s flaws — including clear-cutting for timber — are magnified by the damage from Hurricane Helene.
The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report recounts the toll of record-breaking hurricanes, heat and flooding in the Region, but shines light on renewable energy and a response to the call for robust, end-to-end early warning systems.
Body representing the gas industry says Peter Dutton’s plan is a ‘damaging market intervention that will drive away investment’ Interactive guide to electorates in the Australian election Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great See all our Australian election 2025 coverage Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Energy experts have expressed doubts the Coalition’s plans to force gas producers to sell more of the fossil fuel domestically could bring down prices or ease supply pressures, saying the move could also push up greenhouse gas emissions. In his budget-reply speech, delivered only 12 hours before Anthony Albanese announced a federal election for 3 May, the Coalition leader, Peter Dutton, said that, if elected, his government would...
A federal court found the Biden administration failed to fully account for the sale's impact on climate change and a critically endangered whale.
Extreme weather and climate impacts had a damaging toll on Latin America and the Caribbean last year, resulting in dying glaciers, record-breaking hurricanes, debilitating drought and deadly floods, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report on Friday.
Some researchers propose that countries should start to rack up a carbon debt once they exceed their carbon budget, obliging them to do more to draw down carbon dioxide, but the idea is unlikely to form part of international climate agreements
Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial The stunning $667m verdict against Greenpeace last week is a direct attack on the climate movement, Indigenous peoples and the first amendment. The North Dakota case is so deeply flawed – at its core, the trial was really about crushing dissent – that I believe there is a good chance it will be reversed on appeal and ultimately backfire against the Energy Transfer pipeline company. Continue reading...
President Trump’s environmental rollbacks, aided by surging energy demand from the tech sector, could extend the life of coal power plants.
Greenhouse gas emissions in France dropped 1.8 percent in 2024, a monitoring group working for the government said on Friday, but pointed out that was less than for the previous year.
CANBERRA - Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, locking in a showdown over climate action, nuclear power and a runaway housing market.
[350Africa.org] The StopEACOP Coalition strongly condemns the financial institutions that have chosen to bankroll the destructive East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), as announced by the EACOP Ltd. company on Wednesday. While concerning, the announcement marks a desperate attempt by the EACOP company to inspire investor confidence. The announcement, which does not disclose the loan amount committed by the five banks, cannot conceal the project's failure to reach full financial close after more than seven
[Nile Post] Kampala residents face devastation after floods claimed lives and destroyed homes. With growing frustration, they blame government mismanagement, inadequate compensation, and poor waste disposal for worsening the situation.
[SAnews.gov.za] Cabinet has welcomed the proclamation of the Climate Change Act by President Cyril Ramaphosa as it enables the development of effective climate change policies and the long-term plan for a transition to a low-carbon economy and society.
[World Bank] As countries strive to balance rapid digital transformation with sustainable energy use, a major challenge emerges--how can digital expansion be green and inclusive? Many developing nations, including Mozambique and Madagascar, face this question as they scale up digital infrastructure while ensuring energy efficiency and climate resilience.
The French climate minister called for bolstering price-stabilization mechanisms and tweaking some elements of the current Emissions Trading System.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90031J, Correction Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio, Kyle Herman, Marfuga Iskandarova, Joao M. Uratani, Steve Griffiths To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05905K, Paper Ziwei Xu, Junpeng Li, Yifan Fu, Junjie Ba, Fengxue Duan, Yingjin Wei, Chunzhong Wang, Kangning Zhao, Yizhan Wang An ultrathin, water-repellent Zn 2+ -selective membrane suppresses interfacial water penetration and hydrogen evolution, enabling >10 000 cycles at 99.91% CE for scalable, Ah-level zinc metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The opposition leader’s new national gas plan aims at increasing domestic gas production. But in reality that just means more subsidies for gas companies Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Peter Dutton’s new national gas plan sounds good in theory: force gas companies to supply more gas for domestic consumption, thereby reducing domestic gas prices by about 30%. But the reality is likely to be very different. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
The data comes after researchers reported that the past 10 years have been the 10 hottest on record.
Saskatchewan is set to become the first Canadian province to go “carbon tax free," but the NDP say it leaves a giant hole in the latest budget.
Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, locking in a showdown over climate action, nuclear power and a runaway housing market.
PARIS - Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned Thursday.
Environment and Climate Change Canada's David Phillips says snowfall over the next 24 hours could be greater than what Manitoba has seen all winter.
COPENHAGEN - Danish government ministers condemned what they called President Donald Trump's escalated rhetoric on Thursday and praised Greenland's inhabitants for their resilience in the face of US pressure for control over the Arctic island.
Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' worth of technology to take a peek.
At least six people are feared dead and nine injured after a tourist submarine sank off Hurghada's coast in Egypt's Red Sea. Named Sindbad, the submarine had over 45 Russian tourists on board when it sank during a coral reef exploration. Rescue efforts saved 29 people. Investigations are ongoing as authorities look into the cause of the incident.
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At 5.53 million square miles (14.33 million square kilometers), the maximum extent fell below the prior […]
President Donald Trump has promised to boost oil production on public lands.
Just Stop Oil has said it is going to stop carrying out its campaign of stunts.
Less use of gas and coal in electricity supply and industry sectors drove reduction, Department for Energy says The UK’s carbon emissions fell by 4% last year, according to official figures. Provisional statistics published on Thursday by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) show UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions were 371m tonnes carbon equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2024, down from 385 MtCO2e in 2023. Continue reading...
Open access notables New coasts emerging from the retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers in the twenty-first century , Kavan et al., Nature Climate Change: Accelerated climate warming has caused the majority of marine-terminating glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere to retreat substantially during the twenty-first century. While glacier retreat and changes in mass balance are widely studied on a global scale, the impacts of deglaciation on adjacent coastal geomorphology are often overlooked and therefore poorly understood. Here we examine changes in proglacial zones of marine-terminating glaciers across the Northern Hemisphere to quantify the length of new coastline that has been exposed by glacial retreat between 2000 and 2020. We identified a...
The climate protest group that rose to prominence due to a series of high-profile demonstrations has said it is switching tactics. It is 'the end of soup on Van Goghs,' a statement said.
It’s the latest Republican attack on Biden energy efficiency regulations. Several Democrats joined the effort Thursday.
Only 53 percent of Mali's population had access to electricity as of 2021, according to the latest data
Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’ The US could be plunged back into an era of toxic acid rain, an environmental problem thought to have been solved decades ago, due to the Donald Trump administration’s rollback of pollution protections, the scientist who discovered the existence of acid rain in North America has warned. A blitzkrieg launched by Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on clean air and water regulations could revert the US to a time when cities were routinely shrouded in smog and even help usher back acid rain, according to Gene Likens, whose experiments helped identify acidic rainwater in the 1960s. Continue reading...
A New Orleans native set up a buddy system that pairs people across state lines. The post Hurricane Katrina survivors offer emotional support to Helene survivors appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Clusters of powerful winter storms which bring major impacts to the UK were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.
Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive court victory. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by plumbing and building trade groups against a New York City ban on natural gas in new buildings. The decision is the first to explicitly disagree with a previous ruling that struck down Berkeley, California’s […]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has termed climate change as a direct threat to Kenya's environment, economic and national security.
Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday.
A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too.
A new energy survey from the Dallas Fed found industry leaders hoping for more stability from the Trump administration.
Its absence marks a departure from recent administrations, including President Donald Trump’s first term.
[UN News] Ministers from 40 countries met on Wednesday at the first major climate forum of 2025 to discuss progress in renewable energy generation and the rising toll of inaction over rising temperatures.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05689B, Paper Zhongbin Pan, Yu Cheng, Zhicheng Li, Pang Xi, Peng Wang, Xu Fan, Hanxi Chen, Jinjun Liu, Junfei Luo, Jinhong Yu, Minhao Yang, Jiwei Zhai, Weiping Li Electrostatic capacitors are typically necessary to operate in harsh-temperature environments to fulfill the demanding requirements of renewable energy, electrified transportations, and advanced propulsion systems. However, achieving exceptional capacitive performance in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Atlantic coast of the United States is set to experience an active and dynamic hurricane season in a possible repeat of last year’s lineup of devastating storm systems, experts warn.
Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much of Vietnam and southeast Asia's food.
Astronomers, using the James Webb Space Telescope, captured the first direct images of Neptune's auroras, revealing light shows previously believed to exist but unseen. These auroras appear at unusual mid-latitude positions due to Neptune's unique magnetic field. The JWST also discovered significant cooling of Neptune's upper atmosphere, offering insights into nearly invisible auroral emissions.
The cost of regular gasoline climbed to over $1.80 per litre in many areas -- just days after the province confirmed it would scrap the consumer carbon price next week.
A federal judge in Alaska on Tuesday ruled the Biden administration lacked the authority to cancel seven oil and gas leases that had been issued for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
With the right incentives, adoption of electricity-based furnaces and green hydrogen can help the steel industry reduce carbon emissions.
The Minns government’s key environmental promise was the Great Koala National Park. Two years after the election, government loggers are still cutting down trees in the area.
The project in southern Wyoming is the first of its kind considered by the Bureau of Land Management.
U.S. Department of Agriculture removed prior requirements related to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility and climate change from rural grant funding requests to support U.S. energy independence.
Democrats questioned Sean Donahue's legal experience and involvement in EPA's efforts to block funding for climate programs.
The court upheld the agency’s rejection of similar plans from Texas and Louisiana.
As droughts reduce hydropower and clouds dim solar output around the world, experts say meteorology and climate science must be at the heart of the energy transition.
Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a fifth day on expectations that global supply may tighten after the U.S. announced tariffs on countries that buy Venezuelan crude, although OPEC+ plans to go ahead with an output hike in May limited gains. - REUTERS
The Biden administration said it had canceled the leases because of legal errors it found in the first Trump administration’s environmental review for the sale.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat has delivered a recorded speech at the National Conference of the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects (Round Three) stressing that digital technology is one of the most powerful tools for addressing societal challenges, particularly climate change. The event – hosted by the Ministry of Planning, Economic … The post Digital technology most influential, powerful tool to address societal challenges: Talaat appeared first on Egypt Independent.
[UN News] As droughts reduce hydropower and clouds dim solar output around the world, experts say meteorology and climate science must be at the heart of the energy transition.
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06192F, Paper Jiacheng Liu, Yan Wen, Wei Yan, Zhongliang Huang, Xiaozhi Liu, Xuan Huang, Changhong Zhan, Yuqi Zhang, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Chih-Wen Pao, Zhiwei Hu, Dong Su, Shunji Xie, Ye Wang, Jiajia Han, Haifeng Xiong, Xiaoqing Huang, Nanjun Chen The production of value-added liquid fuels via the electroreduction of CO has received widespread attention. Although copper (Cu) has demonstrated promising activity in producing multi-carbon products, the yield of a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[ENA] Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration has urged stakeholders to coordinate efforts in response to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which poses significant challenges to Ethiopia's critical exports.
The House legislation would ban oil and gas drilling within 10 miles of the state's three national estuarine research reserves, including Apalachicola Bay.
by Sharon Lerner and Lisa Song ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Although it was too late for him to benefit, Daniel Kinel felt relieved in December when the Environmental Protection Agency finally banned TCE. The compound, which has been used for dry cleaning, manufacturing and degreasing machines, can cause cancer, organ damage and a potentially fatal heart defect in babies, according to independent studies and the EPA. It has also been shown to greatly increase...
[The Conversation Africa] Wealthy nations fuelled their industrial growth and urbanisation by burning fossil fuels. This was the biggest cause of climate change, which now affects every country in the world, even developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa which are responsible for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Wealthy nations owe a climate debt.
Alarming levels of coral bleaching have been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white.
Nature, Published online: 26 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00954-yStudies on climate change and South Africa are also on the latest list of grants to be terminated, according to updated documents obtained by Nature.
Among the types of facilities listed are refineries, pipelines, oil and gas storage facilities, electricity transmission infrastructure, and power plants, including hydroelectric and nuclear.
British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province.
Experiment onboard upcoming SpaceX mission will examine how nutrient-rich oyster mushrooms grow in microgravity Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An Australian company will attempt to be the first to grow a crop of mushrooms in space, aboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission set to launch in early April. In an experiment aboard Fram2, the first human spaceflight mission to orbit Earth’s polar regions, the Australian firm FOODiQ Global is aiming to grow oyster mushrooms in microgravity. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimates Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane at a Queensland coalmine were likely between three and eight times higher than officially reported, according to UN-backed research that flew aircraft over the site. Queensland’s open-cut coalmines are known to be a major source of methane and experts are worried that official figures could be a gross underestimation of actual emissions. Continue reading...
Our not-to-distant future relatives could be in for a rough ride even if we manage to curb our carbon emissions, a new study suggests.
[The Point] Global coastal areas are at risk due to geomorphological issues, climate change-induced sea-level rise, and increasing human population, settlements, and socioeconomic activities.
Arguments over the proper jurisdiction for cases related to ozone pollution and biofuel mandates proved complicated for the high court Tuesday.
Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution
The central role Indigenous Peoples and local communities in addressing climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification has gained widespread recognition over the past decade. Indigenous Peoples’ close dependence on resources and ecosystems, exceptional tradition, and ancestral knowledge are invaluable assets for the sustainable management of our planet’s natural resources. Globally, Indigenous Peoples manage or have […]
An ancient Antarctic ecosystem is revealed after a massive iceberg breaks free.
[Nile Post] Karamoja, one of Uganda's most climate-vulnerable regions, faces rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and frequent droughts and floods, threatening food security, livelihoods, and natural resources.
Swiss scientists say the biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, although significant ice loss is now inevitable. - REUTERS
According to an internal email, EPA officials knew they had no contractual right to cancel some grants. They did it anyway.
Increase in pay package comes despite fall in profits and as oil company watered down pledge to cut emissions Business live – latest updates The oil company Shell has revealed plans to ramp up cost savings and cut spending, as it handed its chief executive an increase to his pay package which angered environmental campaigners. The pay package for the energy company’s chief executive, Wael Sawan, rose by 8.5% last year, to £8.6m, according to its annual report, released on Tuesday. The payout was labelled “obscene” by green campaigners. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05922K, Paper Shuang Han, Minghai Li, Qiyu Fan, Zhuoyi Han, Xuewen Ming, Wen Wang, Wanan Cai, Haijun Niu The BHED additive optimizing the Zn 2+ solvation structure and in situ building the β-ME SAM with highly active zincophilic sites on the Zn anode surface, Zn-ion batteries exhibit excellent interfacial stability, cyclic reversibility, and longevity. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[New Times] Rwanda joined the global community in reaffirming its commitment to consumer rights and environmental sustainability as the world marked World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD).
The illegal makeshift plants cause serious health problems and huge environmental damage.
The lawsuit comes as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has suggested walking back mandatory reporting for big polluters.
Rising temperatures are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that wreak havoc on people and the environment.
Union Technical chief declares work on Glasgow housing development provided blueprint to roll out across country
Amid fears of a ‘wide-scale rollback’ of protections, there are questions over whether ‘rushed legislation’ would actually work Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates See all our Australian election 2025 coverage Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here A new bill being introduced by the Albanese government to protect Tasmanian salmon farming could stop communities challenging other decisions, including coal and gas developments, and may not even be effective in its principal aim, experts have warned. The government plans to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act to end a formal reconsideration by the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, into whether an expansion of fish farming...
Trump’s latest tariffs threat suggests the US will take bolder moves against China, the biggest consumer of Venezuelan oil.
Floating platforms of wood could draw up seawater and help it to freeze, seeding the formation of new sea ice
We’ve pumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that needs to be paid back. Large animals like wolves, bison and whales may already be tackling the problem
In an era where electric cars are either toxic political footballs or niche buys that face a troubled public charging infrastructure, the ID Buzz, long-anticipated and now arrived, has the opportunity to change the conversation.
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Wang Zhongying, chief national expert, China Energy Transformation Programme of the Energy Research Institute, and Kaare Sandholt, chief international expert, China Energy Transformation Programme of the Energy Research Institute China will need to install around 10,000 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar capacity to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, according to new Chinese government-endorsed research . This huge energy transition – with the technologies currently standing at 1,408GW – can make a “decisive contribution” to the country’s climate efforts and bring big economic rewards, the China Energy Transformation Outlook 2024 (CETO24) shows. The report was produced by our research...
US President Donald Trump announced Monday steep tariffs on imports from countries buying oil and gas from Venezuela, a punitive measure that could hit China and India, among others, and sow fresh global trade uncertainty.
Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon river.
[ISS] Local populations feel the effects of climate change, but new research shows only indirect links to violent extremism.
Just after midnight, the Emergency Line received a distress call from Langjökull glacier, near the mountain Klakka. Upon investigation, it was found that two men traveling on snowmobiles had encountered significant trouble.
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, will this week lead the Group of Twenty (G20) Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) as part of South Africa's Presidency of the G20.
The tax breaks come on top of $862 million in spending that Georgia lawmakers earlier allotted for Hurricane Helene relief.
[Liberian Investigator] Buchanan -- In a major step toward legislative engagement in climate governance, the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), with support from the Government of Canada through NovaSphere, opened a high-level Climate Learning and Exchange Forum for members of the Liberian Senate under the theme, "Advancing Legislative Actions for Climate Mitigations in Liberia."
You don’t need to travel far to witness the impact of climate change up close.
For young adults, air pollution may increase risks of some kinds of heart attacks more than others. The post Higher ozone levels tied to heart attack risk appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. For Chris Wright, there may be no simple truths. At his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 15, the man poised to take control of the U.S. Department of Energy and its vast apparatus of technological research and development sat behind a walnut desk wearing a gray suit and a crisply knotted red tie. Wright, the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, a $3 billion natural gas fracking company, harkened back to his days...
This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Oil and gas executives in Canada are calling on Canadian federal leaders to take their cues from US President Donald Trump—they’re asking the government to declare a national energy crisis to fast-track expensive fossil fuel infrastructure that would […]
Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution?
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Dr Dion George, will this week represent South Africa at the 15th Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD), where the country will reinforce its commitment to climate action.
The cooperatively owned projects managed by Ripple Energy operate the Kirk Hill wind farm in Scotland and the Graig Fatha wind farm in Wales.
Party’s full caucus endorsed legislation on Monday morning after three meetings, meaning it can go before parliament this week Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor’s bid to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge over its impact on the endangered Maugean Skate is one step closer, amid unease about the government’s commitment to environmental protection. In a sign of internal angst, sources told Guardian Australia that Labor’s environment caucus committee needed three meetings between Friday and Sunday night to finally reach agreement on the legal intervention . Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
But the field remains rife with debate over the consequences if the strategies are deployed at large scale and over the exact benefits for the climate.
[IPS] Bloemfontein, South Africa -- World Water Day calls us all to promote the essential element of life: water. But we must also look this year at the rapidly vanishing sources of freshwater that we depend on, especially glaciers. Although glaciers may be remote for many of us, they are an essential component of the water cycle, nourishing rivers and lakes that are important for millions of people around the world. As precious resources with sources under threat, glaciers in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region are an
South Carolina governor declares emergency as North Carolina announces mandatory evacuation in Polk county Three major wildfires that broke out in one North Carolina county still recovering from Hurricane Helene have exploded to burn more than 3,000 acres combined as South Carolina’s governor declared an emergency in response to a growing wildfire in the Blue Ridge mountains. The North Carolina department of public safety announced a mandatory evacuation starting at 8.20pm on Saturday for parts of Polk county in western North Carolina about 80 miles (129km) west of Charlotte. Continue reading...
A stretch of the Yellowhead Highway east of Edmonton was affected Sunday morning as RCMP searched in the area for two suspects in Elk Island National Park.
Exclusive: Australia’s top green organisations suspend anti-nuclear power ads to fund campaign against Labor’s move to protect salmon industry Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s leading environment organisations have abruptly suspended advertising campaigns attacking the Coalition’s plan to introduce nuclear power and are instead funding ads accusing Anthony Albanese of signing “the death warrant” of an endangered species . The shift from criticising the Coalition to Labor on the cusp of an election campaign was agreed by the bosses of green groups – including the Australian Conservation Foundation, Greenpeace, the WWF Australia and the Climate Council – at what campaigners described as an emergency meeting on Saturday. Sign up for Guardian...
A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 16, 2025 thru Sat, March 22, 2025. This week's roundup is again published by category and sorted by number of articles included in each. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if you spot any clear misses and/or have suggestions for additional categories, please let us know in the comments. Thanks! Stories we promoted this week, by category and number of articles shared: Climate Change Impacts (14 articles) Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, according to NASA analysis Ocean water expands as it warms, researchers said. by Julia Jacobo, International, ABC News, Mar 14, 2025 How Can We...
With the help of the agency, the Trump Administration is doing everything it can to make emissions grow again.
Every year since 2007, people have been urged to switch off their lights in a symbolic show of support for environmental awareness. The WWF says the campaign is a reminder to take climate action before it's too late.
Australia’s world heritage-listed reefs – Ningaloo on the west coast and the Great Barrier Reef on the east – are being hit by simultaneous coral bleaching, with teams of scientists on both coasts monitoring and tracking the event across thousands of kilometres of marine habitat. On Western Australia’s Ningaloo reef, waters have accumulated the highest amount of heat stress on record during an extended marine heatwave that has hit coral reefs all the way along the state’s vast coastline AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported Continue reading...
Miliband said he wanted ‘to understand any wider lessons to be learned on energy resilience for critical national infrastructure’ Willie Walsh , the International Air Transport Association ’s director general, criticised Heathrow airport in as a result of the disruption, reports the PA news agency. “This is yet another case of Heathrow letting down both travellers and airlines,” he said. Walsh added: From that arises the question of who bears the costs of taking care of disrupted travellers. We must find a fairer allocation of passenger care costs than airlines alone picking up the tab when infrastructure fails. Until that happens, Heathrow has very little incentive to improve.” I’d like to stress that this has been an incident of major severity. It’s not a small fire. We have lost...
Zinc additives are fairly common in oil, especially when treating a classic or high milage engine, but what does the additive actually do for your engine?
Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse.
This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the first six weeks of the new Trump administration, it’s become clear that the president intends to undo not just Joe Biden’s environmental legacy, but an entire generation’s worth of action on climate change. The administration has announced it […]
Other mountain ranges are losing their glaciers faster but Asia’s critically dependent economy and people put it on the front line.
U.S. President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows with his suggestion that American interests could somehow take control of Ukraine's largest nuclear power station, which has been occupied by Russian forces for the past three years.
He told broadcasters yesterday that the investment from Great British Energy will immediately save the public sector money on electricity bills.
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