Fire danger is increasing as the climate warms, drying out forests. The post Expect a long summer of wildfire smoke for North America appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events – such as atmospheric rivers – by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise. A new study published last week … The post Climate change supercharges atmospheric rivers over Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Following a relatively dry winter and cool spring this year, water levels in some lakes and reservoirs across the Yukon are at record lows.
A public feud has erupted between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a government tax bill, leading to Trump claiming he asked Musk to leave his advisory role and revoked EV mandates. Musk has vehemently criticized the bill, while Trump has voiced his disappointment and threatened to terminate Musk's government contracts.
In February, a CBC News team headed by international climate correspondent Susan Ormiston accompanied scientists aboard the HMCS Margaret Brooke on the first all-Canadian expedition to Antarctic. Now, you can see some of the stunning footage they gathered in a special hour-long program that airs on YouTube Thursday night.
It may be hard to imagine, but there was a time when sperm oil was a critical component of transmission fluid. Here's why it was so popular in the 1970s.
EPA Region 9 Administrator Josh F.W. Cook aired concerns that the company is leaving the state, rather than upgrading its refineries.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, Trinidad's then-Energy Minister Stuart Young launched an official enquiry, led by one of the UK's top international criminal barristers, Jerome Lynch KC.
Brazil's environmental authority has approved one of the final requirements for state-run oil company Petrobras to proceed with oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River.
John Morales told viewers he may be unable to warn viewers of hurricane dangers due to weather agency cuts A leading TV weatherman in Florida has warned viewers on air that he may not be able to properly inform them of incoming hurricanes because of cuts by the Trump administration to federal weather forecasting. John Morales, a veteran meteorologist at NBC 6 South Florida, told viewers on Monday night that Donald Trump ’s cuts to climate and weather agencies mean that forecasters will be “flying blind” into what is expected to be an active hurricane season. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dig down about a mile or two in parts of the United States and you’ll start to see the remains of an ancient ocean. The shells of long dead sea creatures are compressed into white limestone, surrounding brine aquifers with a […]
The giant oarfish, or Regalecus glesne, is known as the 'doomsday fish'. Coastal cultures believe it signals impending disasters. Sightings are linked to earthquakes and tsunamis. The 2011 Tohoku tsunami fueled this belief. Recent oarfish videos went viral, predicting earthquakes. However, scientific research finds no connection between oarfish and seismic activity. Biological factors and climate change may explain their appearances.
The High Seas Treaty: A 20-Year Journey to Transform Ocean Governance alicia.cypress… Thu, 06/05/2025 - 07:47 The ocean makes up nearly 70 percent of the planet’s surface, bursting with rich biodiversity and natural resources that are vital for both the climate and economies. Yet, beyond national coastlines, protecting much of the ocean has long been a murky endeavor. For nearly 20 years, governments, scientists and ocean advocates have worked toward securing a global treaty to protect marine life in the ocean areas that lie beyond countries’ individual jurisdictions. These vast, mostly unregulated waters, known as the high seas, hold huge importance to the health of the planet. Finally, in June 2023, the 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the landmark...
Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies.
The Texas-based company has hit two legal hurdles over the last week.
Wildfires are turning forests into "massive carbon emitters," a new report warns. Tree-planting "will likely increase emissions."
Officials discovered the village reservoir was empty in March, and they believe climate change is to blame. Now, a team of researchers is looking for a new, permanent source of drinking water for the Nunavik community.
[Nile Post] In 2022, disastrous floods hit Sino Uganda Industrial Park in Mbale leaving a trail of destruction.
The rise of decentralised solar power has prompted a Pakistani think tank to call for China to play a leading role in Pakistan’s energy transition, creating a model for other countries in the Global South. However, a Chinese energy scholar has questioned whether its vision is too expensive to be true. “China’s solar panels are outcompeting China’s power plants,” said Muhammad Basit Ghauri, lead author of the report by the Renewables First think tank, which suggests that China has to make a...
The South-West Pacific experienced unprecedented warming in 2024, according to a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report released today (June 5)—threatening islands in a region where half the population lives close to the coast. The State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2024 Report said that sea-surface temperatures were the highest on record, and ocean heat […]
[Shabelle] Baku, Azerbaijan -- A high-level Somali government delegation, led by Minister of Energy and Water Resources Abdullahi Bidhan, took part in the Baku Energy Forum on Tuesday, joining international stakeholders in discussions focused on the future of global energy.
[New Times] The recent move by the Government of Rwanda to mobilise financing for 19 carbon market-ready projects marks a significant and overdue advancement in the nation's climate strategy.
World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather events Almost 40 million sq kilometres of ocean around south-east Asia and the Pacific – an area five times the size of Australia – was engulfed in a marine heatwave in 2024, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report has revealed. WMO scientists said the record heat – on land and in the ocean – was mostly driven by the climate crisis and coincided with a string of extreme weather events, from deadly landslides in the Philippines to floods in Australia and rapid glacier loss in Indonesia. Continue reading...
Millions of Aussies are expected to shiver through cool conditions this King's Birthday long weekend. So how cold will it get in your city?
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav addressed critical environmental issues, emphasizing India's commitment to reducing single-use plastic through bans and extended producer responsibility. India advocates for a consensus-based international agreement on plastic pollution, balancing environmental concerns with sustainable development. The government is also reassessing its climate action pledges, considering national circumstances.
A requirement that ICE agents ensure courthouse arrests don't clash with state and local laws has been rescinded by the agency. ICE declined to explain what that means for future enforcement.
The EU has urged China to stop restricting the export of rare earth minerals and magnets, with the bloc’s trade chief saying its industries are in an “alarming situation”. The request was made during a meeting between the sides’ top commerce officials in Paris on Tuesday. It comes as sectors across Europe raise the alarm about a shortage of rare earths, which are used to manufacture hi-tech goods ranging from electric cars and smartphones to military tanks and aircraft. “I informed my Chinese...
Gemologist and communications strategist Olga González brings her deep industry insight to bear on the sustainability debate shaping the diamond world. With a sharp lens on ethical sourcing, consumer perception and the power of narrative in luxury markets, González explores how the clash between lab-grown and mined diamonds is as much about values and visibility as it is about carbon footprints.
Higher temperatures caused by climate change are driving complex processes that make droughts bigger and more severe, new research shows.
Republicans in Congress have uncovered breathtaking ties between a Biden-era $27 billion green fund at the Environmental Protection Agency and former Democratic staffers.
The Trump administration insists its ready for hurricane season .... despite the FEMA chief saying he wasn't even aware such a season exists
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Samantha Harrington . Dana will do a Livestream with Yale Climate Connections on the subject today, Wednesday 6/4 at 5–6pm ET as well. Tune in here . House Republicans worked to eliminate clean energy tax credits in a massive tax bill that they passed in a 215-214 vote early in the morning on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The new bill, named the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” would sunset individual and business incentives created by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, such as tax credits for electric vehicle purchases. A large swath of the public supports such incentives. In a December 2024 survey , researchers at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, the publisher of this site, found...
“It's really unbelievable, how much noise impacts so many people."
The Trump administration's gutting of diversity programs highlights a seeming paradox of vows to deliver clean air, land and water for “every American.”
India’s transition towards a clean energy-based digital economy may have received a boost from a new study showing that the costs of solar power and its storage are now lower than coal-generated electricity used by businesses in the country. Solar and its battery storage costs have fallen to 6 Indian rupees (7 US cents) per kilowatt hour and are likely to remain stable for the next 25 years, according to a report by the India Energy and Climate Centre of the University of California, Berkeley...
The 2023 lawsuit from a coalition of environmental groups was the first to invoke the state constitution's pollution-control clause.
Free, vetted guides offer practical advice on electrifying homes and finding experienced contractors. The post In Brookline, Massachusetts, a group helps neighbors cut carbon emissions one appliance at a time appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has commended the global climate change body for approving over USD 900 million to fund climate-resilient development projects.
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[WRI] Washington, D.C. -- As climate hazards like floods and wildfires intensify - and global financial resources grow tighter - a new study by World Resources Institute (WRI) presents powerful evidence that bolstering funding for adaptation and resilience is not only urgent but also one of the smartest development investments available today.
The 8-0 decision overturned the U.S. Court of Appeals decision that the project’s environmental impact statement was insufficient. The post Supreme Court puts Utah’s oil train back on the rails appeared first on High Country News.
Facebook's parent company could start taking electricity from the 1,121-megawatt Clinton plant in Illinois by summer of 2027.
Only two wind farms are partially operating today with a combined capacity of less than 32 megawatts.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the acting administrator's remarks about there not being a hurricane season was a joke.
The queuing system at the busiest U.S. seaport complex can cut carbon dioxide emissions by 24 percent per voyage between East Asia and California.
The State Oil Fuel Fund, once riddled with huge debts after heavily subsidising oil and gas prices, has seen a shift from red to black ink in its oil account, thanks to decreasing global oil prices, said a source at the Energy Ministry.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced that this year's national commemoration of World Environment Day will feature public dialogues involving diverse groups, focusing on environmental protection and tackling pollution caused by plastic waste.
[The Conversation Africa] Climate change lawsuits have become a new way for countries to assert their rights against actions that degrade the environment. But African countries have yet to fully exploit this route.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) say they have been generating new business by leveraging their carbon-tracking technologies, despite some financial uncertainties facing the broader sector. For Hong Kong start-ups like Urban Spring, which supplies smart water refilling stations, and EzyGreenPak, which makes sustainable packaging, using technologies that measure climate-related data throughout their production chains has created new business opportunities. Both firms operate...
B.C. Premier David Eby says he won't support a new oil pipeline through the province, dismissing Ontario Premier Doug Ford's suggestion that Eby would change his mind.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02370-6Author Correction: Explaining the adaptation gap through consistency in adaptation planning
A unanimous decision will allow a controversial Utah oil project to go forward, while easing climate review standards for future major energy projects.
Air quality alerts stretch from Alberta to parts of northern Ontario, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada, with some U.S. states also seeing advisories.
These underwater batteries could potentially store hundreds of thousands of gigawatt-hours.
Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would cause devastating sea-level rise globally over the next few hundred years, report scientists in Norway.
Facebook and Instagram parent’s deal follows other big tech companies signing agreements with power companies Meta on Tuesday said it had struck an agreement to keep one nuclear reactor of a US utility company in Illinois operating for 20 years. Meta’s deal with Constellation Energy is the social networking company’s first with a nuclear power plant. Other large tech companies are looking to secure electricity as US power demand rises significantly in part due to the needs of artificial intelligence and datacenters. Google has reached agreements to supply its datacenters with nuclear power via a half-dozen small reactors built by a California utility company. Microsoft’s similar contract will restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, the site of the most serious nuclear accident...
The deal is Meta’s first in nuclear power, echoing moves from industry leaders like Microsoft, Google and Amazon.
The Department of Homeland Security has released a statement claiming that the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was making a joke when he said he didn't know that the US had an official hurricane season.
Meta (META) has secured a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy (CEG) to purchase nuclear power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois, as it works to secure more energy for its growing AI operations, the company said Tuesday.Read more...
4 Issues to Watch at the UN Ocean Conference wil.thomas@wri.org Tue, 06/03/2025 - 09:39 The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet. It provides food for over 3 billion people, regulates the climate, sustains global economies and is a source of cultural identity for communities around the world. But it’s also under intense and mounting pressure from climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. It’s the ocean’s criticality that brings world leaders together for the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France from June 9 th -13 th . Occurring every three years, UNOC invites world leaders, civil society, businesses and scientists to mobilize partnerships, commitments and solutions to address ocean challenges. The summit plays a vital role in activating international...
[New Times] In a bid to protect power generation at the Rusumo Hydroelectric Power Plant, floating booms will soon be deployed on the Akagera River to halt the advance of invasive water hyacinth.
[Premium Times] Health outcomes in Africa remain one of the worst globally, and climate change continues to worsen the situation. Integrating climate solutions into public health reforms will help improve public health and protect everyone's right to health and a safe environment.
Progress roundup: Antarctica’s newest research base lowers fossil fuel use, a medieval Italian village welcomes its bears, and more.
Alec Hutchings, WWF's chief climate advisor, says the spring heat record confirms that climate change is 'here now and needs immediate action'.
A severe storm in Alexandria struck early Saturday morning, raising concerns after several scientific studies indicated that the severe weather in the coastal governorate may be a result of climate change – portending further extreme natural phenomena such as flooding by the end of the century. According to research from the international scientific journal “Weather … The post Severe Alexandria storm may reoccur due to climate change: Researcher appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Constellation Energy Corporation announced Tuesday it has made a deal to provide the Meta technology company with clean energy for a couple of decades.
David Richardson’s comment to staff that he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season was meant in jest, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Follow today’s news live Anthony Albanese shrugs off Dorinda Cox’s sharp criticism of Labor before party switch Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Social housing waitlists grew by 26,000 households in six-year period In the six years to 2022, Australia’s social housing waitlists grew by more than 26,000 households, while the number of households able to get into social housing fell by 6,400, according to new analysis from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Australia’s social housing system needs to make stronger assurances of different kinds of housing assistance that reach beyond the constraints of unavailable social housing stock. It needs to do more for the people who are waiting, as well as for those already in social housing...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 11, 16 June 2025.
The New York Independent System Operator calls for more fossil fuel generation to address growing electricity demand.
Using international carbon credits in place of domestic action undermines climate efforts, the scientific advisory board says.
Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host summit Vanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects and said it raises questions over its bid to co-host the Cop31 summit with Pacific nations. The UN is expected to announce which country will host the major climate summit in the coming weeks, with Australia pushing for the event to be held in Adelaide as part of a “Pacific Cop”. Continue reading...
The Compelling Business Case for Climate Adaptation margaret.overh… Tue, 06/03/2025 - 00:01 Extreme weather events like floods and droughts are becoming more frequent and intense around the globe, disrupting communities and the infrastructure they rely on. In 2024 alone, the world endured 58 disasters that wreaked over a billion dollars in damages each. Yet finance to cope with and respond to these impacts falls persistently short: The gap between funding needed to adapt to climate change and what is currently available is as high as $359 billion per year . Part of the reason is that adaptation measures, such as strengthening early warning systems or making infrastructure more resilient, are seen only as a way to avoid potential losses — not as a broader investment...
The US braces for a potentially record-breaking hot summer in 2025, with NOAA forecasting above-average temperatures nationwide. Prolonged heat waves are expected to impact the West, Gulf Coast, and Northeast, straining infrastructure and public health. Cities face amplified heat due to the urban heat island effect, increasing risks of heat-related deaths and wildfires.
Airplane engines, like any other engines, need oil to function properly. But what type of oil do they use? And why can't you use it in your car?
Errol Musk, father of Elon Musk, lauded India's commitment to green technology during his Delhi visit, highlighting the country's potential in sustainability and energy efficiency. He expressed interest in Indian companies like Servotec that contribute to electricity conservation. While cautiously addressing Tesla's entry, he acknowledged India's rising power demands and admired its ancient civilization and spirituality.
As wildfire smoke drifts into the United States, it's important to know how to reduce exposure and protect yourself from air pollution and its associated health risks.
Land and Carbon, Inc. emerges with a mission to regenerate the Earth's most degraded lands while creating new transformative value and revenue for those who depend on it most.
New research adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it. The findings suggest the reef can withstand rising sea levels in isolation but is vulnerable to associated environmental stressors arising from global climate change.
Tracing the origin of an ultra-hot exoplanet: The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected atmospheric dynamics: Despite extreme heat, methane was detected on the nightside -- a finding that can be explained by strong vertical atmospheric circulation. First detection of silicon monoxide in a planetary atmosphere: Measurements of this refractory gas allow quantifying the rocky material the planet had accumulated.
Administrator Lee Zeldin directed the state agency to rework the permit to address concerns raised by environmental groups.
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Because hurricanes are one of the big-ticket weather disasters that humanity has to face, climate misinformers spend a lot of effort muddying the waters on whether climate change is making hurricanes more damaging. With the official start to the hurricane season in the North Atlantic coming up (June 1), I figured it was time to explain why we can be so confident that hurricanes are indeed more destructive today due to climate change. Note: from here on out, I’ll refer to hurricanes as tropical cyclones (abbreviated TCs), which is a more general term for this type of storm. 1. Tropical cyclones are becoming more destructive: sea level We have 100% confidence that sea level is rising because humans are...
Tesla, led by Elon Musk, is reportedly not planning to manufacture electric cars in India, but is interested in establishing showrooms. This comes as the Indian government finalizes guidelines to promote electric car manufacturing.
The lives of nearly 2 billion people in South Asia are at risk as snow and glacier melt across the Himalayas accelerates, aggravated by black carbon pollution from burning biomass and fossil fuels and unsustainable farming, climate experts have warned. Also known as soot, black carbon darkens snow surfaces and absorbs sunlight, causing it to act like a heat lamp and hasten melting. The fine particulate pollutant is typically released during the combustion of organic matter such as wood, crop...
Are Countries’ New Climate Plans Ambitious Enough? What We Know So Far margaret.overh… Mon, 06/02/2025 - 08:00 2025 is a pivotal moment for climate action. Countries are submitting new climate commitments, otherwise known as " Nationally Determined Contributions " or "NDCs," that will shape the trajectory of global climate progress through 2035. These new commitments will show how boldly countries plan to cut their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, transform their economies, and strengthen resilience to growing threats like extreme weather, wildfires and floods. Collectively, they will determine how far the world goes toward limiting global temperature rise and avoiding the worst climate impacts. A few countries, such as the U.S., U.K. and Brazil, have already put forward...
[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM -- AS Tanzania accelerates its shift to renewable energy, the private sector is stepping up as a powerful engine driving growth and adoption in this critical sector.
In some parts of the U.S., air quality reached "unhealthy" levels Sunday in North Dakota and small swaths of Montana, Minnesota and South Dakota, according to EPA.
[Leadership] PE Energy Limited, a leading energy services company, has completed and submitted the Engineering Audit Report on Upstream Measurement Equipment and Facilities in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
National Weather Service offices are reeling from job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by Trump More than a dozen National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices along the hurricane -prone Gulf of Mexico coast are understaffed as the US plunges into an expected active season for ruinous storms, data seen by the Guardian shows. There is a lack of meteorologists in 15 of the regional weather service offices along the coastline from Texas to Florida, as well as in Puerto Rico – an area that takes the brunt of almost all hurricanes that hit the US. Several offices, including in Miami, Jacksonville, Puerto Rico and Houston, lack at least a third of all the meteorologists required to be fully staffed. Continue reading...
Critics argue the projects losing funding aren’t "woke," they’re essential.
The world produces more than 460 million tons of plastic every year. Plastics are made from a wide variety of chemicals and polymers that are almost exclusively derived from fossil fuels. When they end up in the environment, they can cause lasting damage to us humans, the climate and our ecosystems. Plastics can now be found in even the remotest parts of our planet and throughout the human body. One approach currently being advocated as a way out of the crisis is plastic credits. An international consortium of experts, led by Sangcheol Moon of the University of California Berkeley and including Melanie Bergmann from the Alfred Wegener Institute, shows in the journal One Earth that offsetting schemes such as plastic credits are far from being a solution. They could even exacerbate the crisis.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 6, June 2025.
Oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia agreed during a video conference on Saturday to add 411,000 barrels a day to the market in July.
[Egypt Online] Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation announced that the 1.1-gigawatt Suez wind power plant, developed by a consortium of local and international private sector partners, has won two major international awards.
Young people are suing the president over energy policies that could accelerate climate change.
With the federal government moving to dismantle clean car sales mandates, New York lawmakers are mulling a standard to transition the transportation sector away from fossil fuels.
How glaciers collapse around the world can differ, scientists say. But in almost every instance, climate change is playing a role.
Eight months after Hurricane Helene, communities in western North Carolina still see evidence of the storm's destruction. For many, the biggest problem remains finding an affordable place to live.
Chris Bowen has refused to rule out a possible 'carbon tariff' on dirty cement or steel as he acknowledged that Australia must 'do more' to achieve its climate targets.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05273K, Analysis Miriam Blaine, Paul Webley, Damon Honnery A comparative analysis of CO 2 e emissions of renewable methanol produced from forestry residues (FR) and conventional methanol produced from natural gas (NG) is undertaken to assess which production pathway yields... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
In a tragic incident near Itagi Cross in Kittur taluk, three labourers from Kalaburagi, Ramanna, Mahesh, and Ramachandra, died instantly when an oil tanker ran over them during road construction on the Pune-Bengaluru NH. Three other workers sustained injuries and were hospitalized. The tanker overturned on the service road, leaving the driver in critical condition.
An unidentified 18-year-old Milford High School student was arrested by ICE agents Saturday morning while on his way to volleyball practice in Massachusetts.
Delhi-NCR experienced a thunderstorm, heavy rain, and dust storm, offering respite from the heat. While the maximum temperature was near average, rainfall in May has significantly increased since 1901, making it the wettest May on record. Experts attribute these changes to increased thunderstorms, higher moisture levels, and global warming, despite average temperatures remaining consistent.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off with a breezy storm trend.
Wild weather, including Cyclone Alfred and floods in NSW and Queensland, significantly slowed retail trade and household spending Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Six months of natural disasters in 2025 have cost the economy $2.2bn, largely in slower retail and household spending, according to new federal Treasury analysis. Wild weather has repeatedly battered the Australian east coast this year. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Agartala grapples with severe flash floods following incessant monsoon rains, disrupting normal life and prompting the displacement of over 6000 residents. The Chief Minister is monitoring the situation, while the administration has opened relief camps. IMD forecasts continued heavy rainfall, raising concerns about further flooding, landslides, and potential disruptions across Tripura.
A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 25, 2025 thru Sat, May 31, 2025. Story of the week If you haven't yet tuned in to the Weather and Climate Livestream you still have a chance to do so in the 13 hours after this news roundup was published! Regardless of when you tune in, you'll find something of interest to watch as they cover so many different topics. Each presentation is about 20 minutes long unless it's the middle of the night or very early morning in the U.S. when you might be treated to an hour-long segment of live coding or lab experiments! You can currently also watch the previous parts of the livestream which they have to reset every 8 hours or so via the catchup play list . We...
Delhi recorded its wettest May since 1901, reflecting a sharp rise in rainfall over decades—tripling since 1951. Recent years saw an average of 95.7mm rain, yet temperatures remain unchanged. Experts link the trend to increased thunderstorms and moisture from global warming. Rising humidity heightens health risks, power demand, and infrastructure stress, signaling a significant climate shift.
Heavy rains triggered by a depression over Bangladesh and Meghalaya have caused widespread devastation across five northeastern states, resulting in at least 32 deaths due to landslides and floods. Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh are the most affected, with houses collapsing, villages inundated, and transportation disrupted.
Honda has made many lawn mower engines, including the GCV160. Which brands used the engine, and what sort of oil do you need to keep it running at its best?
Relentless rainfall has triggered devastating landslides and flash floods across five Northeastern states, resulting in at least 18 fatalities and widespread displacement. Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Sikkim are the most affected. The IMD has issued warnings for continued heavy rainfall, prompting disaster management authorities to ramp up relief efforts and evacuation measures.
Employees say cuts and deregulation undermine department’s ability to function and will cause cost hikes Workers at the US Department of Energy say cuts and deregulations are undermining the ability for the department to function and will result in significant energy cost hikes for consumers. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will raise energy costs for American households by as much as 7% in 2035 due to the repeal of energy tax credits and could put significant investment and energy innovation at risk, according to a report by the Rhodium Group. The non-partisan think tank Energy Innovation calculated the average US household will see its utility bills rise by over $230 by 2035 as a result of cuts to renewable energy investments. Continue reading...
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Was 'global warming' changed to 'climate change' because Earth stopped warming? Both "global warming" and "climate change" continue to be used as global temperatures continue to rise. The two terms refer to different but related phenomena. Global warming captures increasing average global temperatures observed since the Industrial Revolution. Climate change speaks to the various environmental outcomes of this warming. The last ten years (2015-2024) were the ten hottest on record, with 2024 breaking the record set in 2023. The last colder-than-average year was 1976. Climate scientists calculate...
Abuja, Nigeria CNN — Authorities in Nigeria’s northern Niger state say at least 150 people have been killed after floods triggered by heavy rainfall hit Mokwa, a vibrant market town in the largely agricultural state. Ibrahim Hussaini, a spokesperson for the state’s emergency management agency, told CNN that 151 bodies, including those of “many children” … The post At least 150 killed as deadly floods hit Nigerian town appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Politicians reviled environmental minister Marina Silva in the senate this week, but new legislation is fuelling the fire Political bullying is rarely as brutal as it was in Brazil this week when the environment minister Marina Silva was ambushed in a senate meeting. Her thuggish tormentors – all white male politicians on the infrastructure committee – took turns to publicly belittle the 67-year-old black woman, who has done more than anyone to protect the natural wealth of the country – the Amazon rainforest, Pantanal wetlands, Cerrado savannah and other biomes – from rapacious abuse. One by one, they lined up to attack her for these globally important efforts. Decorum gave way to name-calling and sneering: “Know your place,” roared the committee head, Marcos Rogério, a Bolsonarist who cut...
Wind gusted up to 130 km/h in some parts and the storm only lasted around four minutes. Environment Canada says the path of the storm was between Slave Lake and Red Deer.
The government has reduced the basic customs tax on crude edible oils by 10 percentage points, effective Friday, to combat rising prices. This decision aims to lower the costs of palm oil, soyoil, and sunflower oil, bringing the effective duty down to 16.5%.
The 20-acre fire is burning in the Covington Flats area of Joshua Tree National Park, an important region where experts say the trees are best suited to survive and reproduce in a warming climate.
An Alaska man who was pinned face-down in an icy creek by a 318-kilogram boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with no major injuries, thanks in part to his wife's quick thinking and lots of luck.
The Energy Department announced Friday that it was terminating $3.7 billion in grants related to carbon capture and other projects.
Jesse Katz, founder of Aperture Cellars and Devil Proof Vineyards, has made some of the most acclaimed wines in California—and he’s doing it by thinking beyond sustainability. A record-breaking winemaker with 100-point bottles and a NASA-caliber toolkit, Katz makes the case for regenerative viticulture as both ecological stewardship and precision craft. In this Q&A, he breaks down the marketing myths around “natural” wine, how climate change has reshaped his approach, and why great winemaking starts—and ends—with the soil.
Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for these deadly, unpredictable disasters.
The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.
Several people remain missing in state of Niger after torrential rains submerged town of Mokwa More than 100 people have died and several others remain missing after a torrential downpour in the central Nigerian state of Niger, local authorities said on Friday. Floods submerged the town of Mokwa after the rains began on Wednesday night and continued into Thursday morning. Ibrahim Audu Hussein, a spokesperson for the state emergency management agency, said rescue efforts were still under way on Friday. Continue reading...
The carbon dioxide removal industry is struggling to grow at the pace needed to have a significant role in meeting climate targets
Brazil hopes to soon reap benefits of its largely renewable energy matrix. Data centers, whose demand is growing with the strides made by artificial intelligence, are the new frontier for these still-uncertain investments. This is even a matter of “digital sovereignty,” not just for Brazil, according to Dora Kaufman, a professor in the program on […]
Torrential rains in the central town of Mokwa led to the deadly floods, authorities say.
Secretary Doug Burgum called geothermal a "reliable energy source that can power critical infrastructure for national security."
A U.S. woman is suing seven oil and gas companies, saying they contributed to an extraordinarily hot day that led to her mother's fatal hyperthermia during a heat dome event that also killed more than 600 people in B.C.
Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming. While the formation of ozone is often attributed to anthropogenic pollutants, soil emissions are revealed to be another important source.
Almost 40 percent of glaciers that exist now are already in danger of melting even if global temperature stabilized at present-day conditions, a study says. An international study published in the journal Science finds that glaciers are even more sensitive to global warming than previously estimated. More than 75 percent of glacier mass will be […]
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to protect water-related ecosystems in remarks to the International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Friday.
The storm was expected to strengthen through early Friday, then weaken late in the day.
Hong Kong environmental authorities will impose new emission caps on power plants from 2030 in a bid to further improve local air quality, with a major electricity firm pledging to import more zero-carbon energy from mainland China. The Environment and Ecology Bureau said on Friday that it would further cut the electricity sector’s annual emission allowances for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and respirable suspended particulates (RSPs). In five years, the allowances would be reduced by 19 per...
From hurricanes to photo series to trivia competitions, our extreme weather experts have put together some incredible articles in the last five years. The post 10 of our all-time favorite Eye on the Storm posts appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change, a new study found Friday.
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High pressure across much of Europe comes amid worst drought in decades, while Canada braces for hot spell Record-breaking heat has been sweeping southern and central Spain, Portugal and southern parts of France this week, with some areas soaring to the mid- to high 30s celsius. On Wednesday, Amareleja in Portugal climbed to 39.5C (103.1F) – the joint-highest May temperature recorded. El Granado in Spain, hit 39.1C, while Canet-en-Roussillon in France peaked at 32.3C. Continue reading...
Glaciers are the planet’s frozen water banks. They sustain water supply, ecosystems, and even cultural traditions. But many of these sprawling beds of ice are melting. Why does that matter?
A plan to phase out coal-fired power generation offers a new business opportunity for SET-listed TPI Polene Power (TPIPP), Thailand's largest waste-to-energy developer, aiming to increase renewable power sales to customers in the industrial sector.
Bangkok is on heightened alert for potential flooding as high sea levels threaten low-lying areas along the Chao Phraya River through to Sunday, with temporary and permanent flood protection measures underway.
Energy giant Woodside has won preliminary approval to keep operating its WA oil and gas fields for another 45 years. But at what environmental cost?
The agency’s expected justification for overturning the power plant rule could also absolve it from regulating other industries’ planet-warming emissions.
Misti Leon alleges that the death of her mother, Juliana, was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of burning fossil fuels.
Most scientists say the country needs to follow up with sharp reductions in order to stave off the worst impacts of planet-warming emissions.
Exclusive: Climate cost of war is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds The carbon footprint of the first 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza will be greater than the annual planet-warming emissions of a hundred individual countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the huge civilian death toll, new research reveals. A study shared exclusively with the Guardian found the long-term climate cost of destroying, clearing and rebuilding Gaza could top 31m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). This is more than the combined 2023 annual greenhouse gases emitted by Costa Rica and Estonia, yet there is no obligation for states to report military emissions to the UN climate body. Over 99% of the almost 1.89m tCO2e estimated to...
Industrial pollution has degraded the rock art and will continue to do so until emissions at Murujuga are reduced to zero, experts argue Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast On Thursday, the new environment minister, Murray Watt, approved an extension for the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The gas plant at Karratha, Western Australia, will run until 2070. This expansion – and the pollution it will release – has led to a recommendation by the International Council on Monuments and Sites to defer Unesco’s decision on the world heritage listing of the nearby Murujuga rock art. Continue reading...
Global investors are increasingly turning to China’s global market leaders in the technology and energy sectors to diversify their investment portfolios amid heightened geopolitical tensions and uncertain economic outlook, according to JPMorgan. Funds were not only targeting established firms in industries like car manufacturing, robotics and renewable energy but also capturing opportunities in China’s innovative capabilities as market volatility spikes, said Kwang Kam Shing, Hong Kong CEO and...
Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.
Learn how ice crystallizes on the surface of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, may hold promise for signs of extraterrestrial life within its subsurface ocean.
Swiss authorities said Thursday that rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village were preventing emergency services from working, but that they were cautiously optimistic no more homes were at risk.
The Brics economic bloc approved its first joint climate finance framework on Thursday, the group’s most coordinated effort to date on funding climate action and setting the stage for a shared position – a first for the group – ahead of Cop30 in Brazil. The nonbinding framework – agreed during a high-level meeting on climate change and sustainable development – outlines Brics priorities including the reform of multilateral development banks, the scaling up of concessional finance and the...
The Supreme Court decision centered on the National Environmental Policy Act and a rail line in Utah that would carry billions of gallons of oil.
In February 2022, five divers were sucked into a 30-inch pipe they were repairing off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.
Tourists will pay more to fund climate mitigation and environmental conservation in the Aloha State.
The United States ambassador's residence in Damascus, Syria, re-opened Thursday after being closed for 13 years, presaging a warming of relations between the two countries.
Rei Vardi, founder and CEO of Eon, draws on his experience at the intersection of clean tech and mobility to unpack how electric vehicles are transforming urban life. Backed by an understanding of energy efficiency, emissions data and policy incentives, Vardi explores how EV adoption is quietly reshaping city infrastructure and public health.
The 8-0 ruling overturns lower court’s decision that halted the project intended to transport crude oil The US supreme court on Thursday backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah, endorsing a scaled-back interpretation of a key environmental law that could pave the way for faster fossil fuel expansion. In a unanimous ruling, the supreme court justices overturned a lower court’s decision that had halted the fossil fuel project on the grounds that an environmental impact assessment by a federal agency had been too limited in scope. Continue reading...
Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was true 73 million years ago, according to a new article. The paper documents the earliest-known example of birds nesting in the polar regions.
Hurricane Ida wreaked an estimated $75 billion in total damages and was responsible for 112 fatalities -- including 32 in New Jersey and 16 in New York state. Yet the hurricane could have been even worse in the Big Apple, find scientists.
Scientists are figuring out where “downscaled” climate models struggle—and how they can be improved
Researchers determined how much outdoor particulate pollution affects indoor air quality. Their study concluded pollution from inversion and dust events is kept out of buildings, but wildfire smoke can sneak inside if efficient 'air-side economizers' are in use.
Indonesian investigators have asked Singapore-based oil traders to attend meetings in the city-state next week as part of a $12-billion corruption investigation into the state-owned oil company PT Pertamina.
Former army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence review Former military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measures in advance of a planned multibillion-pound boost in defence spending. Earlier this year Keir Starmer announced the biggest increase in defence spending in the UK since the end of the cold war, with the budget rising to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned – and an ambition to reach 3%. Continue reading...
Hosepipe ban could follow, says Environment Agency, after England had driest February-April period on record A drought has been declared in north-west England as reservoir levels dwindle. Hosepipe bans could follow, the Environment Agency said, though this is a matter for water companies, which have been directed to follow their drought plans. Continue reading...
Twenty-two plaintiffs between ages seven and 25 allege government is engaging in unlawful executive overreach Twenty two young Americans have filed a new lawsuit against the Trump administration over its anti-environment executive orders. By intentionally boosting oil and gas production and stymying carbon-free energy, federal officials are violating their constitutional rights to life and liberty, alleges the lawsuit, filed on Thursday. The federal government is engaging in unlawful executive overreach by breaching congressional mandates to protect ecosystems and public health, argue the plaintiffs, who are between the ages of seven and 25 and hail from the heavily climate-impacted states of Montana, Hawaii, Oregon, California and Florida. They also say officials’ emissions-increasing and...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.
Janet McCabe is returning to Indiana University, where she will advance a relaunch of the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment, among other things.
Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis looks at how new mining operations and battery recycling could meet that demand. Recycling could play a big role in easing supply constraints, the researchers found.
In a major advancement for sustainable construction, scientists have created a cement-free soil solidifier from industrial waste. By combining Siding Cut Powder and activated by Earth Silica, an alkaline stimulant from recycled glass, scientists produced a high-performance material that meets compressive strength standards exceeding the 160 kN/m construction-grade threshold and eliminates arsenic leaching through calcium hydroxide stabilization. The technology reduces landfill volumes and carbon emissions, offering a circular solution for infrastructure development worldwide.
In a world where headlines warn of rising seas, dying reefs, and vanishing species, it’s easy to think the story ends in loss. But what if the frontlines of climate change were also frontiers of hope? From the Galápagos to the Seychelles, from New Zealand to Palau, islands are writing a different story. One […]
Open access notables A new indicator can assess absorption capacity for carbon dioxide and ocean acidification , Wang et al., Communications Earth & Environment: The ocean has absorbed 25% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions over the past 40 years, effectively slowing atmospheric carbon dioxide growth but causing ocean acidification. As acidification intensifies, the seawater absorption capacity for carbon dioxide will decline. While the Revelle factor has been used to assess carbon dioxide absorption, it becomes inapplicable at pH < 7.5. Here, we propose a new factor, γCO2, to better measure the absorption capacity for carbon dioxide and acidification. γCO2 decreases with increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide...
Thailand’s largest wind power producer plans to spend 65 billion baht to almost triple generating capacity over the next 12 years, and will go public to fund the expansion.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA'S small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in clean energy and agribusiness are being encouraged to apply for funding from the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).
CIVICUS discusses the devastating impact of palm oil extraction in West Papua with Tigor Hutapea, legal representative of Pusaka Bentala Rakyat, an organisation campaigning for Indigenous Papuan people’s rights to manage their customary lands and forests. In West Papua, Indigenous communities are boycotting palm oil products, accusing major corporations of profiting from environmental devastation and […]
Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflict A global military buildup poses an existential threat to climate goals, according to researchers who say the rearmament planned by Nato alone could increase greenhouse gas emissions by almost 200m tonnes a year. With the world embroiled in the highest number of armed conflicts since the second world war, countries have embarked on military spending sprees, collectively totalling a record $2.46tn in 2023. Continue reading...
The relocation highlights America’s failure to prepare for the ways climate change is making some places uninhabitable.
Rescuers in the Swiss Alps were searching for at least one person missing after 1.5 million cubic meters of ice, rock and mud from an imploding glacier engulfed a village in the Lotschental Valley north of Zermatt.
The city is suing oil companies over global warming. Trump says lawsuits like these threaten national security. The judge wants to hear what both sides think.
Environmental Protection Agency accounting loopholes and aging equipment have helped fuel pollution that may be undercounted by 350 percent.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00094G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hengzhou Liu, Heejong Shin, Xiao-Yan Li, Guangcan Su, Pengfei Ou, Yong Wang, Lihaokun Chen, Jiaqi Yu, Yuanjun Chen, Rong Xia, Geonhui Lee, Kug-Seung Lee, Christine Yu, Peiying Wang, Deokjae Choi, Daojin Zhou, Cong Tian, Issam Gereige, Ammar Alahmed, Aqil Jamal, Omar K. Farha, Shannon W. Boettcher, Jennifer B. Dunn, Ke Xie, Edward H. Sargent Hierarchical carbon supports, internally coated with PDA and catalyst, enhance reactant mass transport, achieve molecular dispersion of the catalyst, and tune the electronic environment of the Co center. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01817J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Sven Brückner, Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Ana Araujo, Wen Ju, Rosalía Cid Barreno, Elvira Paz, Florian Krebs, Salomé Soares, Pierre Schröer, Peter Strasser, Isilda Amorim, Zhipeng Yu, Philipp Hauke, Manuel Fernando Pereira, Lifeng Liu Efficient and stable CO2-to-CO electrolyzers are key process components for the generation of green synthesis gas and its downstream conversion and valorization to carbonaceous e-chemicals and e-fuels. While alkaline CO2... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
‘The target is ambitious, but it’s achievable,’ expert says of Labor’s 2030 renewables goal Australia news live: latest politics updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Investment in big batteries hit $2.4bn in the first three months of 2025, making it the second strongest quarter for energy storage on record in Australia. The latest data from the Clean Energy Council found six new storage projects – totalling 1.5 gigawatts capacity – reached financial close (the financial commitment that means the project is likely to be built) and a level of investment last seen in the final quarter of 2023 with a record $2.8bn. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue...
While a rise in temperature brings an uncertain future for the olive ridley sea turtles, the efforts of international conservation organizations that ban the trade in turtle meat, leather, and shells; the Indian government; coast guards; and village volunteers, including fishermen, have made a huge difference in ensuring their continued existence. Even young village children are eager to do their bit to make sure the turtles survive.
by Emily Schwing, KYUK This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. This story is not subject to our Creative Commons license. NEWTOK, Alaska — A jumble of shipping containers hold all that remains of the demolished public school in Newtok, Alaska, where on a recent visit, a few stray dogs and a lone ermine prowled among the ruins. Late last year, the final residents of this sinking village near the Bering Sea left behind the waterlogged tundra of their former home, part of a fraught...
Fortescue CEO also says suggestion Australia can lock in fossil fuel projects and claim progress on net zero is ‘concerning’ Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Crossbenchers and environmental advocates are furious at the government’s decision to extend the life of one of the world’s biggest liquified natural gas projects from 2030 to 2070. The environment minister, Murray Watt, gave the green light to Woodside Energy’s application to extend the life of the North West Shelf project from 2030 to 2070. Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...
A new analysis assails a program that lets major emitters pay for projects such as forest preservation instead of cutting their own emissions.
[The Conversation Africa] In Nigeria and Kenya, many small to medium farms and rural grain-milling businesses are not connected to the national electricity grid. They still use petrol or diesel generators for power. Energy, agriculture and development researchers Temilade Sesan, Lucy Baker and colleagues set out to discover how these agribusinesses could get electricity from renewable energy mini grids at a price that would make the mini grids commercially viable, affordable for the farmers, and able to provide an electricity
Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.
Evacuated residents are safe, but a 64-year-old man is still missing.
Mr Lammy boarded a boat with Norway's foreign minister Espen Barth Eide to view a melting glacier in Svalbard. He is on a three-day tour to Norway and Iceland.
Oil changes are vital to ensure your vehicle is running at its best, but do jets need them, too? The answer isn't exactly straightforward. Here's why.
A new report from the Pembina Institute says provincial government's policies towards renewable energy have weakened investors confidence in the industry in Alberta.
The judges ruled that German civil law could be used to hold companies accountable for the worldwide effects of their emissions.
Fighting between nuclear powers can lead to a step — or misstep — toward nuclear conflict, experts warn.
Warmer winter temperatures have altered frost patterns and growing seasons across the United States.
A dark-money group has launched a $1 million campaign targeting GOP lawmakers on renewable energy rollbacks.
Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to shifting temperatures over the past 50,000 years
The turmoil at key U.S. agencies threatens everything from forecast quality to storm recovery. The post Hurricane season is upon us, but NOAA and FEMA are not ready appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
India’s Electric Bus Revolution Isn’t Just for Megacities alicia.cypress… Wed, 05/28/2025 - 10:15 Imagine living in a country where everyone has access to clean, affordable public transportation to reach their jobs, schools and healthcare needs without relying on polluting fossil fuels. That vision isn’t too far from where India hopes to be by 2047. With an urban population of more than 470 million , India has set an ambitious goal of becoming energy independent by its 100th year of independence. This goal is not just about becoming self-sufficient for its energy needs, but ensuring it’s done in a way that reduces climate-harming emissions and becomes increasingly reliant on clean energy sources. Around 60% of India’s 1.4 billion population is expected to...
“This story was originally published on the author’s substack, Field Notes with Alexander C Kaufman, to which you can subscribe here.” Five years after President Donald Trump signaled his support for extracting metals from the moon, his new administration is seeking to satisfy the United States’ hunger for critical minerals by encouraging mining under the polar ice caps, amid warzones, and at […]
Exclusive: André Corrêa do Lago says ‘answers have to come from the economy’ as climate policies trigger populist-fuelled backlash The world is facing a new form of climate denial – not the dismissal of climate science, but a concerted attack on the idea that the economy can be reorganised to fight the crisis, the president of global climate talks has warned. André Corrêa do Lago , the veteran Brazilian diplomat who will direct this year’s UN summit, Cop30, believes his biggest job will be to counter the attempt from some vested interests to prevent climate policies aimed at shifting the global economy to a low-carbon footing. Continue reading...
Ministers of the OPEC+ oil alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, discussed production on Wednesday as another hike looms despite falling prices.
The guidance had directed agencies to consider environmental justice and climate change.
The administration estimates it can save $900 million if states take over some NPS sites.
Saúl Luciano Lliuya believes energy giant RWE should be held responsible for melting glaciers.
Higher temperatures spurred by climate change could be increasing women's risk of cancer, a new study says.
. There is mounting scepticism and alarm at the impact of green, clean energy, and no sign of a slowdown. But an apparently-ceaseless series of applications for wind farms, battery storage facilities, hydro and transmission infrastructure is currently reaching, for some, a tipping point.
MIT scientists have found that changes to the atmosphere are enabling space junk to stay in orbit longer. The post Carbon pollution isn’t just changing Earth – it could cause crowding in space appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Global warming is expected to send temperatures soaring at or near record levels over the next five years, according to a Wednesday report from the World Meteorological Organization.
Flamingo Lodge – constructed from repurposed shipping containers on stilts – replaces Florida facility battered by hurricanes Katrina and Wilma A collection of repurposed shipping containers, welded together and fitted out to create an innovative new eco-hotel inside one of the country’s most popular national parks, offers a vision of revival and resilience at the beginning of another potentially active Atlantic hurricane season. The containers exist as the elevated 24-room Flamingo Lodge at the exposed southern tip of Florida’s Everglades national park. It was built to replace the 1960s-era cinderblock construction that was finally demolished in 2009 , four years after back-to-back hurricanes, Katrina and Wilma, tore it apart. Continue reading...
On 29 May 2025, the Polarstern research vessel set sail from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a long-term observatory situated between Svalbard and Greenland. There they will investigate how the ecosystems of the Arctic deep sea are reacting to changing environmental conditions as a result of rapid climate change. The month-long expedition, which is scheduled to finish in Tromsø, Norway, at the end of June, will focus on benthic and plankton communities in the open water and physical changes in the ocean.
Judges have dismissed a climate case brought against RWE by a Peruvian farmer asking the energy giant to help fund defenses against potential flooding due to melting glaciers.
China, Southeast Asian nations and six Gulf states have pledged to foster closer cooperation with a strong emphasis on economic integration and energy, marking a milestone in enhancing tripartite alignment to tackle regional and global challenges. In a comprehensive joint statement, leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and China reaffirmed their commitment to a rules-based multilateral trading system and economic globalisation, while...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01449B, Paper Zhenyu Liu, Junyi Du, Jin Yang, Yuanyuan Yan, Yatong Wang, Meiling Wang, Tian Wang, Lixing Kang, Dingsheng Wang Pyridinic-N (N[6]) and pyrrolic-N (N[5]) are vital for the performance of metal-nitrogen-carbon (M–N–C) catalysts, yet precise control over them remains elusive. Here we theoretically explore the impact of N[5]/N[6] atomic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Regenerative agriculture has growth potential for the offsets market, but scientists question its green credentials On a blustery spring day, Thomas Gent is walking through a field of winter wheat on his family’s farm, which straddles the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire border. Some of the green shoots reach his knees, while the ground between the plants is covered with clover. Sinking a spade into the soil, Gent grins as he points to the freshly dug clod of earth on the blade. “Look at the root structure,” he says. “It rained 20mm last night. The water has drained down because the soil structure is in the right format.” Continue reading...
Murray Watt will approve the extension of one of the world’s biggest liquified natural gas projects from 2030 to 2070 Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The environment minister, Murray Watt, has given the green light to Woodside Energy’s application to extend the life of one of the world’s biggest liquified natural gas projects from 2030 to 2070. Watt said he had told Woodside he planned to approve the life extension of the North West Shelf gas processing plant, on the Burrup peninsula in northern Western Australia, with “strict conditions” relating to local air pollution. Woodside has 10 days to respond. Continue reading...
2024 was the first single year to surpass the 1.5°C global warming threshold – now scientists predict that a year above 2°C is possible in the near future
A federal judge had dismissed a challenge from the Standing Rock Sioux seeking to shutter the pipeline, saying their suit was premature.
The demand goes one step beyond a push to include regulated carbon offsets, further complicating the EU’s attempt to set a 2040 goal.
[IFRC] The new IFRC report highlights concrete ways National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -- and others in impacted communities -- help people prepare and adapt to climate change, so they can stay safe in their homes or move safely and with dignity on their own terms.
[The Conversation Africa] When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring livelihoods. However, these storms have permanent consequences for other species that are often forgotten.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01388G, Paper Kaian Sun, Shaohui Xie, Ping Guan, Zewen Zhuang, Xin Tan, Wei Yan, Jiujun Zhang, Chen Chen Carbon dioxide electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) to ethanol (C2H5OH) represents a sustainable route toward carbon neutrality. Herein, we present the design of enzyme-inspired zirconium-Fe porphyrinic-based metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheets functionalized with... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The latest prediction of global climate [issued today, Wednesday 28 May 2025] suggests the average global temperature is likely to continue to reach record or near-record levels in the coming five years.
Meg O’Neill’s comments that young people are ‘ideological’ about fossil fuels while ordering from Temu are a blatant attempt to shift responsibility away from her industry Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast You’re likely familiar with the term “carbon footprint”, which measures an individual’s environmental impact. The concept communicates to consumers that we play a significant role in limiting the impacts of climate change through small daily personal choices. The carbon footprint has merit, encouraging the use of keep cups, the offsetting of emissions for a long-haul flight, improving our recycling habits, saving the planet one Tupperware container at a time. Yes, little things do add up. We have real...
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has urged Australia to follow New Zealand's lead in doing away with its net zero policy as Coalition negotiations continue.
There would be no greenhouse gas caps on coal and gas-fired power plants.
Registrations for new vehicles in April drop to half 2024 figure despite a broader rise in battery electric cars Sales of new Tesla electric cars are sliding across Europe, data suggests, amid a political backlash against its billionaire chief executive, Elon Musk. The figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) showed registrations for new Teslas halved in April compared to the same month a year earlier, despite a broader rise in battery electric vehicles overall. Continue reading...
Ananda Santos Figueiredo, a senior in climate system science and engineering, is charting her own course of impact.
The four Just Stop Oil protesters were planning to glue themselves to the airport taxiway last August.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05889E, Paper Stephanie Collins, Yaset Acevedo, Daniel V Esposito, Rohini Bala Chandran, Shane Ardo, Brian James, Hanna Breunig Generating hydrogen from renewable resources would unlock a low-carbon energy carrier that could be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sectors such as industry and transportation. Yet, the allocation... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Progress roundup: Art world wakes up to South Asian talent, a Stockholm method of planting keeps trees happy, and clean energy tops fossil fuels in the U.S.
Season after season, readers like you have shown us that you value our coverage of hurricanes and other extreme weather. You’ve used it to stay informed and keep your loved ones safe. Now we need your help. The post We need your help to cover hurricanes this summer appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by reflecting some incoming sunlight back to space. The findings reinforce the growing awareness that Earth’s intricate web of life plays a significant role in […]
Southeast Asian economies have signalled their readiness to allow more investments from the Gulf region in sectors such as technology, artificial intelligence and renewable energy, as they look to diversify growth and shield themselves from the impact of US tariffs. In return, the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is seeking partners beyond the Middle East to tap its oil wealth as part of its efforts to play a greater role in global growth. Southeast Asia’s economies have been reeling...
[Premium Times] The government attributed the frequent rainstorms and strong winds in Ekiti and other parts of the World to global climate change.
[New Times] Experts have proposed the establishment of a 'Green jobs assessment model' to be considered in the ongoing revision of Rwanda's $11 billion climate action plan, in order to ensure that environmental and climate change policies create more jobs rather than causing employment losses.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright's order came just two days before the Midcontinent Independent System Operator implemented rolling outages in Louisiana.
Canada's new minister emphasized the need to get major projects built quickly and stressed the importance of a range of sectors.
The Republican megabill would slow efforts to green the energy system as climate change accelerates.
Oil giants like Exxon are often connected to social disputes over land and other resources in developing countries.
Grand Council Treaty 3 is deploying new water monitoring stations across the territory this summer. The goal is to collect information about the impact of climate change by tracking water quality changes over time. Here's how the program works, and how it's hoped to help First Nations advocate for solutions.
Gen Z and younger millennials are the most climate literate generations the world has ever seen. They learned about climate change in school; now, it's part of how they plan for the future, including for jobs, housing ... and kids. So, what do experts say about how to navigate the kid question? In this installment of Nature Quest, Short Wave speaks to climate journalist Alessandra Ram about the future she sees for her newborn daughter. Plus, how do we raise the next generation in a way that's good for the planet? Resources discussed in this episode include: Jade Sasser's book, Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question Kimberly Nicholas's High Impact Climate Action Guide Elizabeth Bechard's book, Parenting in a Changing Climate The Climate Mental Health Network 's Climate Emotions Wheel...
Haze hits Sydney suburbs after crossing NSW from South Australia and Victoria Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Parts of Sydney faced “extremely poor” air quality warnings on Tuesday morning as a dust storm swept in from the east. Sydney’s north-west and central west including Parramatta had the heaviest air pollution, with very poor air quality also observed across Sydney stretching as far south as Goulburn and as far north as Muswellbrook, according to official pollution monitoring stations . Continue reading...
Governments must help households to make the switch to cleaner energy, and change the rules so that the benefits and costs are fairly shared Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The great energy transition is happening before our eyes. You can see it on our roofs: more than one in three Australian homes now have solar. You can see it on our roads: nearly 10% of new cars sold in Australia last year were electric. But the greening of Australia is creating losers as well as winners. While wealthier households are saving on their energy bills by installing solar panels and switching from gas to all-electric, many people have no choice but to stay with more expensive fossil fuels. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s...
Indonesia is hoping going nuclear can help it meet soaring energy demand while taming emissions, but faces serious challenges to its goal of a first small modular reactor by 2032.
Is it worthwhile to take the extra time to pre-fill your oil filter? What are the benefits of the practice and how is the process accomplished?
Tess McClure reports on a landslide in Switzerland that left one person missing and destroyed a village The Swiss village of Blatten was wiped out in seconds. A glacier collapsed above the village on 28 May, triggering a landslide. The 300 residents had been evacuated a week earlier, but a 64-year-old man who is believed to have stayed is missing. Tess McClure , the Guardian’s commissioning editor for the Age of Extinction , reported on the aftermath. Continue reading...
One of NASA's top ozone depletion and air pollution scientists, credited with enhancing local air pollution measurement tools and dozens of other climate related research advancements, has died at age 80.
The B.C. government says a decade-old environmental assessment certificate remains valid for the construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C.
"New Zealand does not have a deforestation issue," Trade Minister Todd McClay says.
Parliament backs scheme for relatives of 123 men who died in worst disaster in Norway’s waters since second world war Forty-five years after the Alexander L Kielland oil rig capsized in the North Sea, Norway’s parliament has voted to set up a compensation scheme for relatives of the 123 men who died in the worst disaster in Norwegian waters since the second world war. “This is a historic day, the end of more than four decades of fighting for justice,” said Mímir Kristjánsson, an MP from the leftwing Red party. The chair of the victims’ committee, Anders Helliksen, said the state had “finally accepted its responsibility”. Continue reading...
For reasons still unknown, Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than models can account for. Now, scientists are calling for long-term investment in monitoring capability, so that they can make informed predictions about climate change.
The move could buy time for the agency as it considers killing the rule altogether.
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[Premium Times] "One of Denmark's strategic priorities for engagement with Africa is to increase efforts for climate adaptation, with particular focus on water, forests, and biodiversity, and support for green transition in the continent."
Dr. Stanley Sander dedicated more than five decades to atmospheric science at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, beginning his JPL career as a graduate research assistant in 1971. A leading figure in atmospheric chemistry, Stan made foundational contributions to our understanding of stratospheric ozone depletion, tropospheric air pollution, and climate science related to greenhouse gases. His […]
Germany's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator has set a new benchmark for fusion reactors, bringing commercial, near-limitless clean energy one step closer to reality.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power announced Thursday that it had signed a deal to build two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic, worth at least $18 billion.
‘Missa Laudato Si’’ incorporates the late Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ encyclical and other environmental texts in a musical reflection on climate change. The post Composer weaves climate crisis themes into new choral work appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) announced on Thursday that a heatwave is expected across most parts of the country, accompanied by an increase in surface humidity levels in the north. Cairo is forecast to reach 36°C during the day, while governorates in South Upper Egypt will hit 42°C. Meteorologists attribute the heatwave to the dominance … The post Egypt braces for heatwave – rising temperatures and humidity expected appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Federal agencies and oil companies are using artificial intelligence to map mineral deposits and assess drilling and mining opportunities.
The generative model rolled out two weeks ago contradicts the administrator on the dangers of warming.
Witnesses and an immigration advocate said about a dozen people were detained by apparent ICE agents after they were told to attend routine immigration appointments.
[Liberian Observer] The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has sounded a stern warning of an impending humanitarian and environmental crisis, projecting that more than 60,000 Liberians could be affected by deadly floods, violent windstorms, and secondary health emergencies during the peak of the 2025 rainy season.
Todd Moss is founder and executive director of the Energy for Growth Hub.
Open access notables Land-based sensors reveal high frequency of coastal flooding , Hino et al., Communications Earth & Environment: Coastal flooding is occurring more frequently due to global sea-level rise, among other factors. However, current understanding of coastal flood frequency and sea-level rise impacts is predominantly based on tide gauges, which do not measure water levels on land. Here, we present data from a novel network of land-based flood sensors in the state of North Carolina, USA. We demonstrate that tide-gauge data are poor indicators of flooding: floods occur 26–128 days annually, an order of magnitude greater than what regional tide gauges suggest in some places. Improving the accuracy of coastal flood measures is critical for identifying...
[New Times] The Ministry of Environment has announced that Rwandans will begin using methane gas for cooking in 2027, as part of a clean energy initiative aimed at reducing the reliance on firewood and charcoal.
[Leadership] Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has expressed sorrow over the devastating floods that struck Mokwa, Niger State, claiming the lives of at least 200 people, including women and children.
A court decision has forced Sable Offshore Corp. to delay controversial plans to restart offshore oil operations along Santa Barbara County's coastline.
SET-listed BCPG, the power generation arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation, is continuing to grow its business in Taiwan by developing two new solar farms, in line with the government's renewable energy acceleration policy.
Climate Change Authority chair aims jibe at MPs ‘still providing a cover for vested interests’. Follow today’s news live More from Climate Change Authority chief Matt Kean yesterday In his speech at the Australian Museum, Matt Kean also briefly referred to the Climate Change Authority’s work advising the Albanese government on a 2035 emissions reduction target. Some political or business leaders have suggested if a target appears beyond reach, we should throw in the towel. In fact, there are many ways we can do more, mostly by going with the electron flow. The pace of electrification will determine whether we succeed. Continue reading...
A climate report acquired by a Freedom of Information Act request shows that U.S. climate pollution declined in 2023. The post The Trump EPA tried to bury some good news appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Learn more about how the surprising survival of marine ecosystems after the last mass extinction can help us better prepare for the next one.
In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea living became a reality. Rowan Hooper tells us how it happened
Thailand is seeking at least 12 million baht in damages after a Myanmar cargo ship ran aground on a coral reef in Mu Koh Surin National Park in Phangnnga, causing extensive harm to the environment.
Carbon stored in landscapes for thousands of years is leaching back into the atmosphere via rivers, and human activity may be to blame
Using next-generation technology could offer fresh insight into unprecedented ocean extremes driven by climate change or other factors.
Employees in EPA’s New York regional office were advised “to not interfere” with increased law enforcement activities.
[Ethiopian Herald] In recent years, Ethiopia is making significant strides in its commitment to harness renewable energy resources, positioning itself as a leader in sustainable energy within East Africa. With abundant natural resources, including hydroelectric power, wind, and solar energy, the country is poised to leverage these assets to meet its growing energy demands and support regional energy integration.
The severe storm that struck Alexandria Governorate on Saturday early morning renewed the concerns of many public affairs experts and experts at the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF). These concerns were linked to numerous scientific studies issued by international scientific institutions, such as NASA, which revealed that the extreme climate changes impacting Alexandria … The post Experts, MPs, call on state to take warnings of Alexandria sinking seriously appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Oil and gas companies employ thousands of workers, and their revenue boosts the state's budget. But those benefits may come at a cost where schools sit near pipelines, wellheads and flare stacks.
A fish harvester from Carbonear, N.L., snapped a photo of a black iceberg while fishing for shrimp of the coast of Labrador in mid May. It caused a sensation on social media, and impressed a Memorial University professor who says it's likely a very old piece of ice dating back thousands of years.
[New Dawn] The Executive Director of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Ansu V. S. Dulleh, has issued a dire warning of massive floods and the potential for severe weather-related disasters during the rainy season.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is poised to vote on regulations that would limit emissions of nitrogen oxides — the key pollutants that form smog.
Mixing vegetables into processed meat can lower emissions — without compromising taste.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01214G, Paper Yangxin Jin, Shengqin Liu, Zhe Wang, Qi Zhu, Qingguo Le, Shan Shao, Sam H.-Y. Hsu, Anqing Zheng, Jun Zhao, Jason Chun-Ho Lam Tackling the chemically-resilient acetic acid issue in real bio-oil via Kolbe electrolysis by developing a robust in situ grown RuO 2 /TiO 2 -anode. 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
From spiraling job losses to spiking energy prices, analysts say slashing clean energy tax credits would be a dramatic shift in U.S. energy and industrial policy.
The agency on Tuesday said it's scrapping more than a dozen regulations that are “obsolete or redundant."
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has reportedly demanded ICE agents raid Home Depots and 7-Elevens as part of his lofty new target for arrests of illegal migrants.
The EU’s scientific advisers warned Monday that expected plans to outsource some emissions cuts would undermine the bloc’s climate credibility.
Thailand's recent "rain bombs" have triggered concern about a repeat of the massive floods in 2011 that caused widespread losses, paralysed cities and stung the economy.
[Daily News] TANGA: THE implementation of the 1,443-kilometre East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project has reached 60 percent completion, according to the latest report.
[The Conversation Africa] Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million hectares in extent, these forests occupy an area the same size as the Amazon rainforest.
Cool weather is forecast across most of Australia, as cold fronts send temperatures plummeting.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90059J, Correction Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Siddhartha Subramanian, Jesse Kok, Pratik Gholkar, Asvin Sajeev Kumar, Hugo-Pieter Iglesias van Montfort, Ruud Kortlever, Atsushi Urakawa, Bernard Dam, Thomas Burdyny 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
"There is no uncertainty about what FEMA will be doing this Hurricane Season."
The Interior Department has eliminated 18 outdated or redundant Bureau of Land Management regulations that the Trump administration says stymied energy production on public lands.
The carbon footprint, a report says, of the first 15 months of the war on Gaza will be greater than annual emissions from many individual countries.
New research demonstrates that with collaboration between stakeholders, Australia can fully decarbonize its domestic and energy export economies by 2060 -- a feat requiring $6.2 trillion USD and around 110,000 square kilomters of land -- while avoiding harm to important areas for biodiversity outcomes, safeguarding agricultural activities, and respecting Indigenous land rights.
A road accident in Amethi turned into a looting spree. A tanker overturned on the Varanasi-Lucknow highway. Instead of helping the injured driver, villagers stole the spilled refined oil. They used cans and buckets to collect the oil. Police intervened to disperse the crowd and take the driver to the hospital. The incident sparked debate about apathy and desperation.
Batteries for your cordless power tools aren't cheap, and so either on purpose or by accident, you may wind up with a fake battery. Here's what to do.
Citizens suggest carbon labels on advertised products could help consumers make better decisions.
Climate change also has a part to play.
A new study found exposure to specific tiny particles in air pollution during pregnancy are associated with increased risk of various negative birth outcomes.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Stanley Delano Quaye, a Liberian human rights advocate and writer based in Ottawa, Canada, has accused the Government of Liberia of turning a blind eye to widespread illegal migration and deforestation allegedly driven by Burkinabè nationals crossing into Liberia from Côte d'Ivoire.
Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a devastating four meters of global sea level rise to play out over hundreds of years according to a new study. However, the authors emphasize that immediate actions to reduce emissions could still avoid a catastrophic outcome.
Lawyer Melissa Sims breaks down how she and a team of lawyers are trying to hold gas and oil companies accountable for the damages caused by climate-change-fueled storms like Hurricane Maria. The post Puerto Rican municipalities take on Big Oil in court using a law made for the mob appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Keir Starmer expected to confirm result of 15-year search for investment at UK-France summit next month Business live – latest updates UK ministers could give the go-ahead to the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk within weeks, according to reports. Keir Starmer is expected to give the final nod to begin construction of Britain’s second new nuclear power project in a generation, alongside the French nuclear developer EDF, at a Franco-British summit next month. Continue reading...
Manipur is grappling with severe flash floods affecting over 56,000 people, triggered by overflowing rivers and breached embankments. Thousands of homes have been damaged, and nearly 3,000 residents evacuated, primarily from Imphal East. A person is missing after being swept away by a river.
Could a new pipeline send oil through Quebec? There is more openness to the idea in La Belle Province than there has been in a long time.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01509J, Paper Ximing Zhang, Feihong Guo, Xiaoxiang Jiang, Abdullah Hassan Hamadamin, Adam F. Lee, Karen Wilson, Jabbar Gardy As global demand for clean energy increases, the rapid development of photovoltaic (PV) power generation has led to a growing issue of waste PV module disposal. Traditional recycling methods face... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
RELEASE: WRI Study Finds Climate Adaptation Investments Yield Massive Returns — Over $10 for Every $1 Spent darla.vanhoorn… Tue, 06/03/2025 - 03:24 Washington, D.C. (June 3, 2025) — As climate hazards like floods and wildfires intensify — and global financial resources grow tighter — a new study by World Resources Institute (WRI) presents powerful evidence that bolstering funding for adaptation and resilience is not only urgent but also one of the smartest development investments available today. The study, which analyzed 320 adaptation and resilience investments across 12 countries totaling $133 billion, finds that every $1 invested in adaptation and resilience generates more than $10 in benefits over ten years. This translates to potential returns...
[All Rise Attorneys for Climate and Environmental Justice] On 2 June 2025, the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO) together with the Global Environmental Trust (GET), Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA), ActionAid South Africa, (ActionAidSA), and the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) obtained a court order from the Pietermaritzburg High Court setting out the agreed deadlines by which Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd and the other opposing respondents must file their answering papers.
A major hurricane could shut down one of the country’s largest energy and petrochemical hubs. But a decadeslong effort to boost protection remains largely unfunded.
A total of 26 wildfires were burning out of control Monday in Alberta, which is the source of most of Canada’s oil output.
Wopke Hoekstra successfully pushed the incoming coalition to back foreign carbon credits, helping shift the EU-level 2040 talks.
[The Conversation Africa] Imagine turning fruit waste into technology that stores electricity. This would reduce food waste and promote clean energy storage. Postdoctoral researcher Vianney Ngoyi Kitenge transformed mangosteen peels into specialised carbon materials that he used to make supercapacitor energy storage cells. He came up with a simplified way to do this, hugely reducing the cost. This breakthrough converts agricultural waste into valuable components for energy storage technology. He sets out how it works and what's
President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska's vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project, a top administration official said Monday.
As warmer waters and ocean acidification reduce coral formation, the seas will take up more carbon dioxide – an effect that hasn't been included in climate models
A group of residents called the official cleanup deadline of February 2026 “extremely unacceptable” and accused officials of misusing state funds.
Spending should be focused on the immediate threats we face: underfunded public services and an escalating climate crisis Karen Bell is professor of social and environmental justice at the University of Glasgow The UK government has now unveiled its strategic defence review (SDR), positioning it as a bold response to global threats, particularly from Russia. The plan includes increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, with aspirations to reach 3% in the next parliament. The government’s narrative suggests that increased military spending will enhance national security and stimulate economic growth. However, this perspective neglects the immediate threats facing UK citizens: underfunded public services, a strained National Health Service and the escalating climate crisis. Karen...
Recycling initiative says the move is good news for the environment and job creation
Global warming is continuously advancing. How quickly this will happen can now be predicted more accurately than ever before, thanks to a method developed by climate researchers. Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris goals is proposed.
XAI has been under fire from Memphis community groups over its use of 35 methane turbines without Clean Air Act permits or pollution controls to power its first supercomputer.
Site is home to more than a million petroglyphs, some almost 50,000 years old, but reports say it has been damaged by the Karratha gas plant Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government will launch a lobbying campaign in a bid to reverse a Unesco recommendation that an ancient rock art site in Western Australia can’t go on the world heritage list until damaging industrial emissions linked to a controversial Woodside gas development are stopped. Government officials were aiming to meet Unesco next week after its advisers said the nomination of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in north-west WA – home to more than a million petroglyphs, some almost 50,000 years old – should be referred back to Australia until nearby “degrading acidic emissions”...
A massive solar storm that hit Earth over the weekend is intensifying, with the potential to trigger radio blackouts and strain power grids.
On the chopping block would be the Bureau of Land Management's renewable energy program, the offshore wind program managed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the U.S. Geological Survey's Ecosystems Mission Area.
The Emmy award winning comic teams up with renowed scientist Michael Oppenheimer for a new video campaign David Cross is many things: a famed comic, an Emmy award winner, and a New York Times bestseller. But he is not a climate scientist. That fact might make him the perfect person to communicate the urgency of global heating to mass audiences. Continue reading...
At least 150 people killed, thousands displaced and buildings destroyed after heavy rains in north of country Significant flooding affected Nigeria last week , with more than 150 deaths reported so far. Heavy rain struck the north of the country on Wednesday night and continued into Thursday, leading to flooding along the Niger River, displacing thousands and destroying hundreds of homes. The district head said it was the region’s worst flood in 60 years. Heavy rain is not unusual at this time of year in Nigeria. The country has a tropical climate and is influenced by the west African monsoon, with the wet season running from April until October. This type of seasonality is linked to land-sea temperature differences, alongside the shifting intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), a band...
New rules will reduce airborne toxins, but an environmental group says discharge from scrubbers still threatens the fragile Arctic. The post Melting ice brings more ships – and more pollution – to Arctic waters appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Every day, Delhi’s waste pickers walk three to four kilometers under the blazing sun, collecting and sorting the garbage that keeps India’s capital functioning. Their work is essential—yet largely invisible. There are an estimated 200,000 waste pickers in Delhi, many of whom are migrants from landless, rural families in northern and eastern India. Pushed out […]
[Daily Trust] Last week, the vibrant market town of Mokwa in Niger State was hit by a disaster. When the rains came to Mokwa, they did not knock. They did not wait. They surged in the late hours of the night, flooding homes, sweeping away farms, and swallowing roads. In a matter of hours, more than 175 lives were lost, over 3,000 people were displaced, and the landscape of that once-quiet town was changed, perhaps forever. The water has since receded, but the devastation remains--raw, visible, and largely unaddressed.
When it comes to climate and the environment, some oils are a cut above. Here’s what to know.
[Earthlife] Earthlife Africa Johannesburg hosted a 'Scamtho' (community dialogue) with communities in Soweto to call on government, different stakeholders and everyone to fast track a people-led just transition to a low-carbon economy, to protect South Africa and the wider African continent from fossil fuel extraction and further climate change risks.
Beijing has infuriated Trump officials by failing to loosen its crackdown on exports of seven “heavy” rare earth metals which are essential for gadgets like smartphones and electric cars as well as military hardware like F-35 fighter jets and drones.
The court said an environmental group failed to adequately link federal approvals with alleged harm to its members.
The country will also partner with Singapore Energy Interconnections to explore building a subsea power cable between the neighbors.
[GroundUp] Lamontville has been battered by floods
The environmental group vouched for the tech giant — and carbon markets — in a greenwashing case involving the Apple Watch.
The country claims to run the world's largest weather modification program and has increased investments as climate change heightens food security risks.
Make UK tells government that prices threaten to derail industrial strategy as Energy UK calls for charges to be ‘rebalanced’ The UK government is being pressed to wipe billions from the energy costs facing households and heavy industry by reforming the high taxes levied on electricity bills. These policy levies mean the UK pays some of the highest energy bills in the world , and are simultaneously disadvantaging British industry and stifling the efforts of households to transition to lower-carbon heating systems, according to industry trade groups. Continue reading...
[UN News] UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to protect water-related ecosystems in remarks to the International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Friday.
NASA says climate change could decimate coral reefs by by 2050. And recent study in the journal Science Advances finds that clown fish in Papua New Guinea is shrinking in response to heat stress.
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, running from June 1 to November 30, is predicted to be volatile. The WMO has released the storm name list, replacing 'Dorian' with 'Dexter' due to the former's devastating impact. Experts warn of increasing hurricane strength and frequency due to global warming.
Many people are unaccounted for after floods in Mokwa, Nigeria.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center says a severe geomagnetic storm is possible Sunday night.
The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season.
‘The memories preserved in countless books, photo albums, documentation – everything is gone,’ says village’s mayor For weeks the weight had sat above the village, nine million tonnes of rock precariously resting on an ancient slab of ice. A chunk of Kleines Nesthorn mountain’s peak had crumbled, and its rubble hung over the silent, empty streets of Blatten, held back only by the glacier. The ice groaned beneath the pressure. On Wednesday afternoon, in an instant, it gave way . The ice cracked, then crumbled. The entire mass descended into the valley below, obliterating the village that had been there for more than 800 years. Continue reading...
Spain’s recent blackout and AI datacentres’ energy needs are leading politicians to reach for the restart button When millions of people across the Iberian peninsula were left without power last month the political fallout ignited debate over Europe’s renewable energy agenda, and fuelled the rising interest in nuclear power. Europe’s largest power blackout in decades, still largely unexplained, has raised questions about whether renewable energy can be relied on to provide a stable source of clean energy. It has also fuelled a renewed interest in the global nuclear power renaissance already under way. Continue reading...
The White House is taking unprecedented actions to steer the power grid away from clean energy and toward more fossil fuels.
With concern about the state of the environment growing, many major global centers are doing their part to achieve sustainability. That includes sports stadiums both in the United States and abroad, with owners using eco-friendly innovations to limit their venues’ environmental impact.Read more...
Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.
India has accused Pakistan of violating the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) due to persistent cross-border terrorism. At a conference in Tajikistan, Kirti Vardhan Singh condemned Pakistan's attempt to misuse the forum by raising IWT issues. Singh highlighted the need to reassess the treaty due to changed circumstances like technological advancements and climate change.
Over multiple generations of CMIP models Arctic sea ice trend predictions have gone from much too stable to about right. Why? The diagnostics highlighted in our model-observations comparison page are currently all temperature based, and show overall that climate models have being doing well on these trends for decades. But there has been increasing attention […] The post Predicted Arctic sea ice trends over time first appeared on RealClimate.
Chris Martz, 22, a recent graduate from Pennsylvania 's Millersville University with a degree in meteorology, said his life's work is to lower worries about climate change .
US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie.
CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia — Chris Martz was still in diapers when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005 — but that moment, he says, kicked off the political indoctrination of “extreme weather events.” Now the 22-year-old freshly minted college grad has decided to make it his life’s mission to lower the temperature on climate...
Austria and Slovenia are exceptions in continent where just a third of militaries even know their carbon footprint Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries Just two of 30 European countries have set a date to stop their militaries from emitting planet-heating emissions, a Guardian analysis has found, raising concerns about the carbon cost of Europe’s coming rearmament wave. Austria and Slovenia are the only countries whose defence ministries have committed to reaching net zero military emissions, according to an analysis of 30 European countries, with only about one-third having worked out the size of their carbon footprint. Continue reading...
New Zealand is actively pursuing a free trade agreement with India, with negotiations underway to enhance economic ties. Winston Peters, New Zealand's Deputy PM, emphasized the commitment to boosting trade beyond the current 1.5% of exports, focusing on sectors like food, agriculture, and renewable energy. Strengthening defense and security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region is also a priority.
Hannah Dugan, 66, a Wisconsin judge, was arrested by FBI agents for allegedly preventing ICE agents from detaining a man in her courtroom.
Your money is powerful and you can actively choose whether it props up harmful industries or helps build a better future 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 What if your money was quietly fuelling the climate crisis – and you had no idea? If you bank with one of the big four or have retirement savings in superannuation, there’s a good chance it is. In Australia, many major banks and most default super funds continue to invest in fossil fuel companies and their coal, oil and gas projects, driving global warming. Continue reading...
The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.
Most of the incentives left off the chopping block are those favored by oil and gas companies.
Melissa Gallia, 50, died of environmental heat stress in July last year, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court on Tuesday.
The high court just weakened the National Environmental Policy Act, in a win for Trump and Big Oil. One lawyer says it’s “the worst possible outcome”
Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to blow — that doesn't involve trekking up a mountain.
Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures on the ocean, they can operate at incredible depths and drill deeper than some airplanes fly.
The 24 awards would have gone to a range of companies trying in novel ways to reduce the pollution that is heating the planet.
Greens leader accuses Albanese government of failing two climate tests: pollution on the rise and approving extension for North West Shelf Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Australia’s climate-heating emissions increased fractionally last year as pollution from fossil fuel power plants rose for the first time in a decade, and domestic air travel and use of diesel-powered cars and trucks hit record highs. The jump in emissions was small – just 0.05% – due to falls in pollution from other sectors. But the direction was at odds with the Albanese government’s pledge to cut pollution to reach targets for 2030 and 2050. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Authorities have banned swimming off the coast of Anapa due to December's disastrous oil spill. Tourists have been seen enjoying the waters anyway.
In what could become a landmark case for climate accountability, a Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit believed to be the first of its kind against major oil companies, claiming they contributed to her mother’s death during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave.Read more...
Kell Morris’ wife held his head above water to prevent him from drowning while waiting for rescuers to arrive An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700lb (318kg) boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, thanks in part to his wife’s quick thinking and lots of luck. Kell Morris’ wife held his head above water to prevent him from drowning while waiting for rescuers to arrive after Morris was pinned by the boulder, which crashed onto him during a hike near a remote glacier south of Anchorage. Continue reading...
The Bureau of Land Management plays a key role in the Trump administration push to speed up energy development and permitting on public lands.
The former EPA enforcement adviser joins Crowell & Moring's environment and energy group.
As a chunk of Switzerland's Birch Glacier breaks off, partially destroying villages, scientists have revealed the glaciers around the world that could be next.
Collaboration Among China, Europe and Africa Can Power Africa’s Energy Transition alicia.cypress… Fri, 05/30/2025 - 08:15 As the climate crisis intensifies, transitioning to sustainable energy has emerged as a pivotal focus of global efforts. Outdated and fragile energy systems impede countries and regions from increasing energy access and affordability, improving air pollution and living standards, and driving industrialization and modernization. Since the international Paris Agreement on climate change was signed in 2015, global renewable energy investments have nearly tripled. However, these investments are predominantly concentrated in developed countries, leaving developing countries with a need of approximately $1.7 trillion annually in renewable energy investments...
In almost all countries in the world, the number of extreme heat days has at least doubled compared with a world without climate change.
Germany, France and Poland are in favor.
Academic Neta Crawford warns that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats of war, emissions will soar and the planet will pay the price Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year The climate impact of Donald Trump’s geopolitical ambitions could deepen planetary catastrophe, triggering a global military buildup that accelerates greenhouse gas emissions, a leading expert has warned. The Pentagon – the US armed forces and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies – is the world’s largest institutional greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for at least 1% of total US emissions annually, according to analysis by Neta Crawford, co-founder of the Costs of War project at Brown University...
The danger of flooding remains high around the village of Blatten, which saw 90% of the town destroyed on Wednesday when the Birch glacier partially collapsed
China’s power grid now wields a futuristic safeguard against catastrophic collapses – a quantum-powered, all-seeing “diamond ring” capable of detecting grid instability in real time with unprecedented precision. This breakthrough, inspired by the quantum properties of diamond sensors, arrives as nations worldwide grapple with blackouts triggered by renewable energy volatility and ageing infrastructure. The urgency was underscored in April, when sweeping outages paralysed Spain, Portugal and...
The Birch glacier collapse destroyed most of the village of Blatten.
Artists are called to document the existence, and disappearance, of glacier. The post How to preserve a glacier’s legacy appeared first on High Country News.
[Nile Post] Farmers in the Busoga sub-region are raising alarm over an imminent food crisis, attributing the growing threat of famine to prolonged dry spells triggered by widespread deforestation and the rapid expansion of sugar cane cultivation.
The UK's saltmarshes lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, a new report from WWF says.
Nippon’s potential investments in American steel include extending the life of one facility’s coal-based furnace.
Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies' "misrepresentations" about climate change.
The case brought against the oil industry by Charleston, South Carolina, seemed to tilt in favor of fossil fuel producers, which are trying to dismiss it.
Twenty-two young people charged that the administration is violating the Constitution and putting their health at risk by worsening climate change.
The Environment Ministry is offering $415 million of support for the commercialization of local climate and environmental technology.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01767J, Minireview Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Shumin Zhang, Feipeng Zhao, Liang Li, Xueliang Sun With the rapid development of solid-state electrolytes (SSEs), high-performance cathode materials specifically designed for all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are gathering increasing attention. Achieving interfacial compatibility between the continuously advancing SSEs and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Environment Agency (EA) said Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, and Cumbria and Lancashire have moved from 'prolonged dry weather' to 'drought' status.
Twenty-two young Americans have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that executive orders promoting fossil fuel development and dismantling climate protections infringe upon their fundamental rights to life and liberty. The lawsuit, filed in Montana, targets orders that aim to accelerate oil, gas, and coal extraction while hindering clean energy projects.
A California court has sided with state coastal authorities and ordered Sable Offshore Corp. to abide by a preliminary injunction stopping any future work on oil and gas pipelines.
The South China Sea has long been a flashpoint in geopolitical tensions, but beneath its contested surface lies one of the planet’s most scientifically compelling marine frontiers. Home to an array of deep-sea ecosystems, hydrothermal vents, underwater mountain ranges and vast coral reef systems, the region is increasingly recognised as a natural laboratory for cutting-edge oceanographic research. Climate change, biodiversity loss and overexploitation are putting mounting pressure on marine...
Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than previously thought
Misti Leon argues fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a heatwave A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave. Juliana Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle at age 65 during the 2021 Pacific north-west heat dome – an event that killed nearly 200 people, and which meteorologists say would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused global warming. Continue reading...
Solar charging might not be the main way to power the battery, but it’s still a useful backup for emergencies.
Glacial ice will melt for centuries even if global temperatures stop rising now, according to new research.
A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during the Mesozoic — the age of dinosaurs.
Despite an early start, the 2025 eastern Pacific hurricane season is expected to be near- to below average, according to NOAA. The post Tropical Storm Alvin forms off the Pacific coast of Mexico appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Up to 500,000 more plug-in hybrids could be sold because of government flexibility on the zero-emission mandate The UK government’s weakening of vehicle sales rules in April could result in fewer electric cars on British roads and higher carbon emissions, according to its official climate adviser. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) said flexibilities announced by Keir Starmer last month for the government’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate could lead to more plug-in hybrids being sold “at the expense of some EV sales, which would lead to a further reduction in emissions savings”. Continue reading...
A new study finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement targets, the non-polar glacier mass will diminish significantly. However, if warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, at least 54 per cent could be preserved -- more than twice as much ice as in a 2.7 C scenario.
Anthropologists have examined the societal consequences of global glacier loss. This article appears alongside new research that estimates that more than three-quarters of the world's glacier mass could disappear by the end of the century under current climate policies.
WILER, Switzerland - The army was deployed and rescue specialists were airlifted in to search for a man still missing on Thursday after a huge chunk of a glacier crashed down a mountain in Switzerland, burying much of a picturesque Swiss Alpine village.
A NASA study reveals that increased solar activity, particularly during solar maximum, accelerates satellite re-entry due to heightened atmospheric drag. This phenomenon, impacting constellations like Starlink, poses operational challenges and environmental concerns as more satellites burn up, releasing materials into the atmosphere. The situation necessitates improved space traffic management and consideration of space weather in planning.
Forest-based agroforestry can restore forests, promote livelihoods, and combat climate change, but emerging agroforestry initiatives focusing only on tree planting is leading to missed opportunities to support beneficial outcomes of forest management, scientists found.
More than three-quarters of the world's glaciers are set to vanish if climate change continues unchecked, a major new study warned Thursday, fueling sea-level rise and jeopardizing water supplies for billions.
“We have lost our village,” the mayor of Blatten said after the glacier’s explosive collapse covered it in ice, rock and mud. One person is missing.
Higher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for a major swath of humanity, according to new research.
As the world shifts toward sustainable energy sources, 'green hydrogen' - hydrogen produced without emitting carbon - has emerged as a leading candidate for clean power. Scientists have now developed a new iron-based catalyst that more than doubles the conversion efficiency of thermochemical green hydrogen production.
Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model projections.
Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total effect won't cancel out human-generated warming.
Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric traction by 2030, it anticipates significant carbon emission reductions. The shift includes sourcing renewable and nuclear energy, targeting 10 GW of electricity by the decade's end.
A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show that her generation can be part of the solution to combat climate change.
The search for a missing 64-year-old man was suspended after a landslide hit the village, which had been evacuated earlier this month as a precaution.
Peng Yujiang was pulled 8,500m above sea level by a rare updraft called a "cloud suck".
[Nile Post] The Government of Uganda and the Republic of Korea have taken a major step toward the realization of Uganda's nuclear energy ambitions by signing a site evaluation service contract for the proposed 8,400 MW Buyende nuclear power plant.
[IPS] Abuja -- Greenpeace Africa earlier in May brought together over 40 Nigerian civil society groups in Abuja to launch the Climate Justice Movement, the first of its kind in the country. The goal is to unite various climate efforts nationwide and address the severe impacts of climate change on Nigeria and the African continent.
Social media in China has reacted with disbelief after a Chinese paraglider who miraculously survived after being sucked into a potentially deadly cloud vortex that carried him 8,598 metres above sea level was punished by local authorities. Peng Yujiang, 55, was sucked into the clouds on May 24 in the Qilian Mountain region across Qinghai and Gansu provinces in northwestern China. He ascended to an altitude almost the height of the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest that is 8,849 metres...
Get ready for more fires, more droughts and more hurricanes.
A German court on Wednesday rejected a climate case brought by a Peruvian farmer against energy giant RWE, but set a potentially important precedent on polluters' liability for their carbon emissions.
Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different ecological levels through changes to gene frequencies, ...
The Florida Panthers trailed 2-0 after 20 minutes, but were unfazed, scoring three times in the second period and twice in the third to overwhelm the Carolina Hurricanes and reach a third-consecutive Stanley Cup Final.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01635E, Paper Mengcheng Huang, Yaojie Lei, Yajun Hu, Wei-Hong Lai, Yun-Xiao Wang, Chunyu Liu, Shengli Zhai, Guoxiu Wang Prevalent glass fiber separators in aqueous Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) offer inadequate control over interfacial reactions, contributing to the rapid growth of Zn dendrites and aggravated parasitic reactions. Moreover, the stability... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01448D, Review Article Jundong Wang, Pan Zhu, Hongling Qin, Kuichang Zuo, Huazhang Zhao, Zishuai Bill Zhang We summarize recent advances in electrochemical utilization of liquid-phase carbon species, highlighting distinct performance criteria, mechanistic insights, and design strategies for both concentrated capture solutions and seawater-based systems. 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
Greenpeace Africa earlier in May brought together over 40 Nigerian civil society groups in Abuja to launch the Climate Justice Movement, the first of its kind in the country. The goal is to unite various climate efforts nationwide and address the severe impacts of climate change on Nigeria and the African continent. The Climate Justice […]
Beijing has pledged to expand its support for Pacific Island countries in building climate resilience, and to continue law enforcement cooperation in the region, during high-level talks in the coastal city of Xiamen in southeastern China’s Fujian province on Wednesday. Top diplomat Wang Yi made the commitment, which included US$2 million for the climate change fund, at the third foreign ministers’ meeting between China and Pacific Island states. It was also the first in-person gathering since...
Greg Beard’s company burned waste coal and tires to power its mining operations and was knocked for environmental violations in Pennsylvania.
Opposition to a planned rule to limit heat deaths comes as oil and gas workers face increasingly dangerous conditions.
It marks the nation's first such levy to deal with a warming planet. The measure adds 0.75 percentage point to the daily room rate tax starting Jan. 1.
Artificial intelligence sea ice forecasting systems could help predict and protect the migration routes of endangered caribou in the Canadian Arctic, according to a new study. The research, led by … The post New AI tool aids caribou conservation in a changing Arctic appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
[Leadership] Mangroves are under serious threat in Nigeria, especially across the Niger Delta region. These unique trees particularly in the coastal areas of Bayelsa State act as shields against flooding, habitat for aquatic lives and natural carbon sinks that help fight climate change.
Labour MSP Monica Lennon has tabled a Bill to criminalise ecocide in Scotland, with severe penalties for causing environmental harm
Long before whale hunting, humans were already crafting tools from whale bones.
Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the brink of collapse – one of many becoming less stable as global temperature rise
New AI models from tech giants are set to revolutionise weather prediction. But as our climate becomes more extreme, we need to ensure broad public access to their forecasts, says Annalee Newitz
Many homes in Blatten have been flattened after a large chunk of the Birch glacier fell on to the village.
Numerous homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town A massive glacier has collapsed in southern Switzerland, partly destroying the small village of Blatten, which had been evacuated recently because of the impending danger. At about 3.30pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said. Continue reading...
A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company's emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown.
A tropical storm is brewing over the Eastern Pacific south of Acapulco. Clouds and thunderstorms that have been gathering for days will organize in the next 48 hours and could develop into a hurricane.
Forty-year extension of North West Shelf gas project granted by environment minister, Murray Watt, will result in huge greenhouse gas emissions, putting the already degraded Indigenous rock art at risk Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email We don’t know all the evidence that the new environment minister, Murray Watt, had before him when he decided to approve a 40-year life extension to one of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel developments so that it could run until 2070. But we do know this. The decision largely turned on whether the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) development on the Pilbara’s Burrup Hub can coexist for decades into the future with an incredible collection of ancient Murujuga rock art, some of it nearly 50,000...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters (Image credit: Collage by Samantha Harrington. Portrait photos via Jeff Masters and Bob Henson. Hurricane Maria damage photo by U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Nicholas Dutton / Public Domain. Hurricane and satellite by NASA Johnson / Public Domain. If you’ve been following our writing this year, you know it’s a dire time for weather, climate, and science overall in the U.S. Budget and staff cuts at NOAA, FEMA, and more threaten to cut our ability to prepare for and respond to weather disasters. In the midst of all that, hurricane season is coming, and we’re also facing budget limitations at Yale Climate Connections as the philanthropy world tries to make sense of the new administration...
The approval ends years of uncertainty over the North West Shelf’s future, and marks one of the biggest political moves so far by the re-elected Albanese government.
Tax expected to generate nearly $100m annually, to be used for projects such as replacing sand on eroding beaches Hawaii ’s governor signed legislation that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address the consequences of the climate crisis . It’s the first time in a government in the US imposes such levy to help cope with a warming planet. Continue reading...
One person is missing after the evacuated Swiss village of Blatten was buried by mud and rocks due to a glacier collapse.
Republicans in southwestern Michigan rallied the president to intervene before the J.H. Campbell coal plant closes. Now they're hoping for more.
The court said a Peruvian farmer couldn't prove sufficient climate damages from a German energy giant but says it's possible someone can make that claim under German law.
A federal court froze implementation of a Biden-era EPA rule triggering tighter emissions measures for drillers in Utah's Uinta Basin.
2024 was the warmest year on record – but the heat is far from over. A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that global temperatures are likely to continue rising, with an 80 per cent chance that at least one year between 2025 and 2029 will surpass the 2024 record.
A Peruvian farmer argued in a landmark case that German energy giant RWE should protect his home from a melting glacier. The ruling is a blow for climate activists.
[Ethiopian Herald] Muhindo Esther, a passionate conservation activist, is from Uganda's flood-prone and landslide-affected area. The community has lost many lives to these disasters, which inspired her to contribute to safeguarding the community from the impacts of climate change by organizing the youth to step up and take action.
There's a very high chance that one of the next five years will set a new heat record. It's also very likely that the next five years will see average temperatures above the lower limit in the Paris Agreement on climate change, the UN weather agency forecasts.
Appeals court rejects Saúl Luciano Lliuya’s argument his home was at risk of being damaged by glacial flood A German appeals court has dismissed the case of a Peruvian farmer suing the energy giant RWE for climate damages. The upper regional court in Hamm rejected the argument by the farmer and mountain guide Saúl Luciano Lliuya that his home was at direct risk of being washed away by a glacial flood. Continue reading...
The EU announced major strides toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting the proportion of energy from renewable sources but said it was doing less well on energy efficiency and removing CO2 from the air.
After Ofwat imposes two fines totalling £123m, environment secretary says ‘era of profiting from failure is over’ Business live – latest updates Thames Water has been hit with a record £104m fine over environmental breaches involving sewage spills, after failing to operate and manage its treatment works and wastewater networks effectively. The water regulator for England and Wales, Ofwat, confirmed on Wednesday that – on top of penalties for breaches related to dividend payouts – it was issuing the beleaguered water company with £123m in fines that would be “paid by the company and its investors, and not by customers”. Continue reading...
As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one.
Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ash pollution.
Climate experts say relying on fossil fuels in 2025 is 'total lunacy'.
Estimated 16,000 litres of petroleum products spilled into Indian ocean on 8 May during decommissioning works at Griffin field Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s offshore energy regulator has launched an investigation into an oil and gas spill at a Woodside Energy project off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. An estimated 16,000 litres of petroleum products were released into the Indian Ocean on 8 May during decommissioning at the company’s Griffin field, 58km north-west of Exmouth and 60km from Ningaloo marine park. The field stopped production in 2009. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Researchers are calling for an end to tax concessions and outdated registration models to make it less affordable to buy big cars.
A majority of the 400-plus drivers at one of the energy giant's subsidiaries petitioned to exit the United Steelworkers of America.
The government has suggested the material, which it describes as low risk, could also be used in roads and infrastructure in other parts of Japan. Slightly radioactive soil from near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be transported to Tokyo and used in flower beds in the prime minister’s garden, in an attempt to prove to a skeptical public that the material is safe. The decision comes 14 years after the plant suffered a triple meltdown in the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chornobyl . Continue reading...
[263Chat] The Community Water Alliance (CWA) has called for urgent investment in climate-resilient water and sanitation systems as climate change increasingly disrupts water access across Africa.
[The Conversation Africa] Societies around the world are confronted with complex problems that defy resolution by any single actor, even well-resourced governments or corporations. Problems like food security, climate change, or biodiversity loss involve a lot of elements and dynamics. A variety of stakeholders need to be involved in creating effective responses to such problems.
A new report warns climate change really is spiralling out of control, with predictions showing temperatures are expected to continue at or near record levels.
Unless something extraordinary happens, Labor's new environment minister, Murray Watt, looks set to extend the life of a huge Woodside gas plant in Western Australia. The decision hinges on the impact of the plant's continued operation on Murujuga rock art. A summary of an 800-page rock art monitoring report, released by the WA government, suggested concerns were overblown. However Adam Morton, Guardian Australia's climate and environment editor, says a deeper reading of the report is ringing alarm bells for some rock art experts ‘The spin has been wrong’: rock art expert raises concerns over critical report ahead of Woodside decision Woodside boss says young people ‘ideological’ on fossil fuels while ‘happily ordering from Temu’ Will Labor take its chance to act on...
Fuel leaks on the rocket caused it to begin spinning, leading to an uncontrolled re-entry through Earth's atmosphere.
Hawaii has enacted a new law increasing taxes on hotel stays and cruise ship bills to generate approximately $100 million annually for climate change mitigation. The funds will address issues like shoreline erosion, wildfire prevention, and native species protection. Governor Josh Green emphasized the necessity of such measures, especially after the devastating Maui wildfire.
Weather forecasts based on AI are faster and sometimes more accurate than traditional ones, but they may miss rare and unprecedented weather events – which are becoming more common as the climate changes
A recent study from the University of Manchester reveals that climate change is facilitating the spread of harmful fungi, posing risks to both human health and food security. The research highlights the potential expansion of Aspergillus species into new regions like North America and Europe as temperatures rise.
Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
Lumping his 31 feats together, Kami Rita Sherpa has climbed nearly 90,000 feet above sea level on the famous peak. He first climbed to the top of the world's highest mountain in 1994.
A modified wastewater discharge permit will require owner Ocean Era to monitor and control nutrient wastes from an aquaculture operation for red drum.
Wind turbines have become a financial lifeline in rural areas, but state legislators are now targeting them As a Republican state lawmaker for 16 years, a Texas rancher and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump , John Davis’s conservative credentials are impeccable. But Davis has become horrified at his party’s assault upon an increasingly vital lifeline to many rural, conservative areas of the US – clean energy development. Davis allowed seven wind turbines to be situated on his ranch, in the rolling hill country near Menard, west of Austin, and has seen the income provide opportunities not only for his family but also his local community in what is one of the poorest counties in Texas. Continue reading...
The store connects people with equipment donated by solar companies in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The post A free store helps hurricane survivors go solar in western North Carolina appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) new scientific support and operations facility, the Discovery Building, is now coming into operational use at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica. Marking a major milestone … The post Major Antarctic operations hub switches on to support UK polar science appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Australians in New South Wales are facing yet another extreme weather challenge even as thousands are still reeling from days of storms and unprecedented flooding. Massive dust clouds blanketed parts of the state, including the capital of Sydney, on Tuesday, creating conditions which experts warn are hazardous to health. Authorities warned of “extremely poor” air quality in some suburbs, with PM10 particle levels exceeding 600 – far above the “good” threshold of 40, according to environmental...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01444A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Mengzheng Ouyang, Zhenyu Guo, Luis E Salinas-Farran, Siyu Zhao, Mengnan Wang, Feiran Li, Yan Zhao, Kaitian Zheng, Hao Zhang, Guangdong Li, Xinhua Liu, Shichun Yang, Fei Xie, Paul Shearing, Maria Magdalena Titirici, Nigel Brandon Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are cost-effective alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), but their low energy density remains a challenge. Current electrode designs fail to simultaneously achieve high areal loading, high active... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Criticism of the federal government's response to the floods has intensified online, particularly around the number of personnel deployed to assist in the affected regions.
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Parks (SANParks) has launched the first ever SANParks Biodiversity Offset Bank.
The Bureau of Land Management didn't find significant effects from a proposal that spans more than 44,000 acres.
The latest version of Grok is promoting fringe climate viewpoints in a way it hasn’t done before, observers say.
Lawyers for Charleston, South Carolina, and the oil and gas industry will duel over the details of a climate case in a two-day hearing.
Charities and experts urge government to honour pledge on energy efficiency as it looks to pay for policy reversal Plans to reinstate the winter fuel payment will be undermined if the government presses ahead with mooted cuts to home insulation upgrades, dozens of charities and experts have warned ahead of the forthcoming spending review. Labour pledged before entering government to prioritise plugging the leaks in the country’s draughty homes as a way of reducing household bills and wasted energy. Continue reading...
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Meg O’Neill has called out young people as being against fossil fuels while ordering cheap online consumer goods. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former Labor minister Ed Husic has called for the government to move beyond words to action, and said sanctions on Israel are “probably under consideration”. After Anthony Albanese on Monday said Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza was “an outrage”, Husic said the prime minister’s comments were important but the government should do “whatever we can”. He told ABC Radio National: We’ve got to the threshold where there’s an expectation we move beyond words … We should be speaking up, but beyond speaking up, I think it’s important that we act, and I certainly think it’s vital our...
Anthony Albanese visits mid-north coast as police warn of ‘un-Australian’ looting during clean-up Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The number of homes destroyed in the New South Wales floods has doubled to almost 800 as teams continue to asses damage on the state’s mid-north coast. More than 5,000 damage assessments had been conducted with 794 homes deemed uninhabitable, a State Emergency Service spokesperson, Matt Heap, said on Tuesday. That figure was expected to rise. Continue reading...
The salty wind blows across the ruins of Ghana's Fort Prinzenstein, where thick walls once held thousands of enslaved Africans before their journey across the Atlantic. - Modern economy at risk - Ghana's castles and forts -- particularly Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle -- attract thousands of visitors each year, mostly African Americans seeking to reconnect with their ancestral past.
Logan Stankoven unwound a smoldering wrist shot, buzzing Sergei Bobrovsky's right shoulder to launch a Carolina Hurricanes shutout of the Florida Panthers on Monday in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.
A fuel tank fire on Monday halted production at Ecuador's largest oil refinery, sparking the evacuation of nearby residents as a giant plume of smoke billowed from the facility.
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