President-elect will be first to be sworn in inside since Reagan in 1985 when temperature was below freezing US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has announced that his second inauguration ceremony will be moved indoors at the US Capitol due to dangerously cold temperatures forecast to hit the nation’s capital on Monday that would make the traditional outdoor swearing-in ceremony unsafe. “The weather forecast for Washington DC, with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way,” Trump said in a Truth Social post . Continue reading...
Climate change presents one of the most urgent crises of our time, with increasing threats to life, infrastructure, economies, and ecosystems worldwide. Climate change is no longer a distant concern; its effects are being felt now and are projected to intensify if emissions continue unabated. The consequences are severe and irreversible for people today, with […]
Janet Coit talks about how climate change has complicated fisheries management.
The division upped enforcement under Biden with record fines against polluters but faced setbacks on defending some key environmental rules in the conservative-dominated Supreme Court.
Trump's second inaugural is set to be the coldest since Ronald Reagan's second, when the ceremony got moved inside due to the weather. The impact on crowd size is unknown.
Imperial Oil is facing nine charges for allowing millions of litres of contaminated wastewater to leak from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta, and for failing to mitigate the environmental damage.
A rush of Arctic air will overwhelm the weather pattern across North America starting this weekend, plunging Eastern Canada into some deep cold.
‘Direct Pay’ Tax Credits Bring Clean Energy and So Much More to US Communities shannon.paton@… Fri, 01/17/2025 - 10:00 The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act’s “ direct pay ” provision offers communities across the country access to clean energy tax credits for the first time. Just two years after it was introduced, direct pay is already helping to bring clean vehicles to city fleets, fund electric vehicle chargers for low-income neighborhoods , provide cost-effective solar power to wastewater plants, and help schools upgrade outdated and inefficient HVAC systems. But clean energy deployment is hardly the only benefit. Projects receiving direct pay credits are creating good-paying jobs, reducing air pollution, cutting energy costs, creating lasting sources of capital for...
Big oil executive plans to celebrate Trump’s inauguration as California burns – though experts say climatic conditions are only getting more extreme Donald Trump ’s response to the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles has provided a stark prologue to how his US presidency will probably handle the growing threat of such disasters – through acrimony, brutal dealmaking and dismissal of a climate crisis that is spurring a mounting toll of fires, floods and other calamities. As of Thursday, four fires, whipped up by wind speeds more typically found in hurricanes, have torched 63 sq miles (163 sq km) of Los Angeles, a burned area roughly three times the size of Manhattan, destroying more than 12,000 homes and businesses and killing at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires, the...
If all new buildings used CO2-storing materials, a new paper says, 16.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas could be stored annually — half of what humans produced in 2021.
Environmental crime is the third most profitable criminal activity globally after drug trafficking and forgery.
The lawsuit comes as the fee, which is set to go into effect Friday, faces potential reversal by congressional Republicans.
The Democratic star had promised his department would be integral to Biden administration efforts to tackle climate change and create good-paying jobs.
For far-right AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, renewable energy is "unreliable" and should make way for nuclear power. But Germany's wind sector is on track to make significant gains.
[UN News] The UN Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee which also extends measures related to the illicit export of petroleum from oil-rich Libya, initially authorised in 2014.
Analysts say the country will burn a lot more natural gas in the coming years to meet soaring electricity demand, potentially locking in decades of heat-trapping emissions.
Mahmoud Essmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, accompanied by members of the House of Representatives’ Energy and Environment Committee, headed by Representative Talaat El-Sweidy, conducted a field visit today, Friday, to the High Dam Power Station, which is affiliated with the Hydroelectric Power Plants Company in Aswan Governorate. The purpose of the visit was … The post High Dam upgrade to save Egypt $269 million annually appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The liberal prime minister leaves office amid a wave of anger over his ambitious climate policies.
As natural disasters make need to cut CO 2 emissions clearer than ever, energy demand of AI systems is about to soar Violent weather events have been top of the news agenda for weeks, with scientists and fact-based news organisations attributing their increased severity to climate breakdown. The scientists consulted have all emphasised the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time there are predictions about artificial intelligence and datacentres urgently needing vast amounts of new electricity sources to keep them running. Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) have been touted as the green solution. The reports suggest that SMRs are just around the corner and will be up and running in the 2030s. Google first ordered seven , followed by Amazon, Microsoft and Meta each...
Electric cars add a new dimension to the mess left by devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
MANILA — Companies in the United States are interested in oil and gas projects in the Philippines, Manila's energy chief said, as tensions with Beijing hamper exploration in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
National Weather Service says ‘wind siege has finally ended’ and forecasts higher humidity but warns high winds could return next week As the battle against the deadly fires in Los Angeles county enters its 10th day, officials are warning evacuees against returning to their homes due to the presence of toxic, hazardous waste and exposed power and gas lines. During a Thursday press conference, Yonah Halpern, principal engineer with LA county public works said that toxins such as asbestos, and mercury can be found in fire debris and that the US Environmental Protection Agency and county fire department will be going house-to-house to assess and remove hazardous materials at no cost to the property’s owner. Continue reading...
The increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) is now incompatible with IPCC pathways which remain below 1.5°C, a Met Office study finds.
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to approve Southern California Edison's wildfire mitigation plan, ignoring requests that the decision be delayed.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) expects to reduce the power tariff by 0.17 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit), leading to cheaper electricity bills, if the government agrees to reduce its spending on a policy to promote investment in renewable energy.
Toyota’s heavy-duty trucking unit was fined $1.6 billion on Wednesday over fraudulent emissions testing and other violations.
With the outlook for risk of fire, flood and other disasters increasing, this is not a problem that will go away As we watch the horror of the Los Angeles fires, Australians are painfully reminded of our own vulnerability to climate change, which continues to exacerbate the impact and frequency of these unnatural disasters. The images of loss and destruction in LA are particularly painful to those who have experienced such losses first-hand in Australia. Nicki Hutley is an independent economist and councillor with the Climate Council Continue reading...
Adenike Oladosu is a leading Nigerian ecofeminist, climate justice leader and researcher. She was appointed as an ECW Global Climate Champion on World Environment Day in June 2024. In December of last year, Adenike was honored by #BBC100Women, selected as one of the BBC’s 100 most influential and inspiring women from around the world. […]
Thailand aims to introduce a new carbon credits market this year as Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy seeks to address weak demand and low prices.
Democrats worry the Trump administration will roll back efforts to limit climate change.
In a notable break from President-elect Donald Trump, EPA nominee Lee Zeldin acknowledged the reality of climate change during his Senate confirmation hearing.
Maruti Suzuki India plans to launch its first electric car, the e-Vitara, and an electrified scooter, Access, at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025. The company aims to increase its production capacity and boost exports while investing in green technologies and addressing the complexities of electrification in the automotive industry.
Open access notables Long-term trends in heat wave gaps for the New York City metropolitan area , Lin & Colle, Urban Climate: Heat waves occurring in close succession to one another are hazardous because of the prolonged stress on the human body and energy demand. A heat wave gap metric, the time between two adjacent heat wave events, was utilized to examine the gap length and frequency trend for several stations around New York City (NYC) during the last several decades. From 1961 to 1990 to 1991–2020, the average heat wave gap for the various stations decreased by 15–41 %, the number of short gaps (≤5 days) increased by 33–300 %, while the number of long gaps (>5 days) remained relatively constant. Pervasive ...
The Vermont senator took a dig at President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Trump’s nominee to lead the interior department will tell senators that he supports expanding drilling on public lands, a reversal from Biden’s policy Donald Trump’s pledge to expand oil and gas drilling was one of several campaign promises he made that could undermine the fight against the climate crisis. In October, the Guardian’s Oliver Milman took a closer look at how Trump’s proposals could have consequences that reverberate for millions of years: The climate crisis may appear peripheral in the US presidential election but a victory for Donald Trump will, more than any other issue, have profound consequences for people around a rapidly heating world, experts have warned. The comments signal a coming sharp turn in policy after President Joe Biden attempted for years to restrict...
Hino Motors (TM), a Toyota Motor Co. subsidiary, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $1.6 billion fine as part of a settlement with several U.S. agencies over an emissions fraud scheme.Read more...
Oil giant BP (BP) is laying off about 5% of its workforce as it looks to bring down costs, CEO Murray Auchincloss told staff in an internal memo Thursday.Read more...
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The former governor of North Dakota touted his commitment to energy development, while parrying Democratic lawmakers’ questions on climate and offshore wind.
An advocate noted a Stockholm Environment Institute study found the annual evaporation of water kept in reservoirs is 17 percent of the water currently used for agricultural irrigation.
[Nile Post] Surpassing the 1.5°C global temperature limit set by the Paris Agreement significantly increases the risk of crossing irreversible tipping points, such as ice sheet collapses, widespread coral reef die-offs, and disruptions to the Gulf Stream.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is questioning the nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, in a confirmation hearing Thursday.
A veteran police inspector has been sacked after he called Just Stop Oil protesters 'spoilt special needs kids' in a series of critical social media posts directed at the environmental group.
In the days after the devastating wildfires, air monitors recorded some of the highest levels of air pollution in recent years, coinciding with a surge in hospital visits.
Well here’s a thing: Aberdeen and Grampian Chambers of Commerce (AGCC) is praising the climate change sceptic Donald Trump, would-be wrecker of the Paris Agreement, after he said the UK should open up the North Sea to more oil and gas drilling, and “get rid of windmills”.
"Perfect time to hop on a plane and go somewhere south," FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin said. "Like, really, really far south."
They produce about a third of the world’s food and fair pricing is critical to secure their livelihoods, build resilience and tackle issues such as food security and climate change
The surf breaks that create epic waves store millions of tons of carbon. Protecting them from climate change protects a sport and the planet.
Nuclear power is expected to hit record levels in 2025. Calling it "clean energy," advocates are pushing for the power source to play a greater role in global plans to mitigate climate change.
State Supreme Court Justice Anar Patel said the city failed to prove that Exxon Mobil, Shell and BP misled New Yorkers about the climate impacts of fossil fuels.
There were tense exchanges over climate change and fossil fuels.
Eastern NSW, particularly northern rivers, and Gold Coast at high risk for severe thunderstorms and winds on Thursday, BoM forecasts Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Persistent rain and strong winds will sweep across New South Wales into the weekend, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts, with Sydney on the “southern cusp” of the stormy weather. Angus Hines, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said Sydney’s weather could shift from storms to a “dreary” mix of wind, rain and cloud. It would be “persistently windy” and “quite chilly”, he said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Trump's pick for secretary of energy, fracking executive Chris Wright, faced questions about a past social media post calling wildfires "hype."
Kerala’s once idyllic beaches, such as Shankumugham, are now facing severe erosion due to rising sea levels and sand mining, threatening the homes and livelihoods of over 9.3 million coastal residents. Significant beach areas have vanished, and tourism-dependent businesses are struggling, necessitating urgent governmental intervention and an aggressive coastal management plan.
Democrats criticize Chris Wright’s comments during US Senate confirmation hearing for energy secretary nominee Donald Trump’s nominee for energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing criticism for disputing the ties between climate change and more frequent or severe wildfires, the Washington Post reports , a stance that is contrary to scientific consensus. During Wright’s US Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Democrats, including the California senator Alex Padilla, challenged Wright over past comments, pointing to a LinkedIn post calling wildfire concerns “hype” and dismissing their connection to climate policies. Continue reading...
I’ve been writing about climate change for years. I know my graphs won’t change minds, but facts matter 2025 has not started well, and you should be bloody angry. We are less than five months from the federal election and both major parties’ climate change policies are an amalgam of indolence and lies. Continue reading...
Chris Wright, the fracking company CEO who Trump has nominated to lead the Department of Energy and who had previously claimed “there is no climate crisis,” admitted that climate change is a “real issue” during his confirmation hearings on Wednesday. Wright, who runs Liberty Energy and is worth $171 million, was tapped in mid-November by […]
Welcome to our fourth Postcard from Rothera Research Station, giving you an update on the latest progress as we modernise our largest station in Antarctica. Modernisation progress The season is … The post December 2024: Postcard from Rothera Research Station appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
(New Orleans, LA – January 15, 2024) Today, Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) released its Draft FY26 Annual Plan for public review and comment. The Annual Plan reflects which projects in the Coastal Master Plan will move forward in a given fiscal year and, upon its adoption by the CPRA Board and the approval of the Legislature, provides the authority to expend funds originating from the state, federal government and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Restore the Mississippi ... Read The Full Story The post Louisiana Commits $1.8 billion to Critical Coastal Restoration and Protection Projects appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta .
When it comes to gas exports and competition with China, the two administrations share a similar vision, the top U.S. energy diplomat says.
ADVISORY: World Resources Institute’s Stories to Watch 2025 darla.vanhoorn… Wed, 01/15/2025 - 11:51 WASHINGTON (January 15, 2025) – Join WRI’s President and CEO, Ani Dasgupta , on Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 9:00 – 10:30 AM EST / 3:00 – 4:30 PM CET for WRI’s flagship event, Stories to Watch — shedding light on the future of global climate finance . Click here to register . At COP29 in Baku, world leaders came together around a bold new climate finance goal: How can we support countries in making the critical transition to clean energy while building the resilience and infrastructure needed to withstand the escalating impacts of climate change? They committed to reaching at least $300 billion annually by 2035 — though this is far...
HANOI — Vietnam aims to complete construction of the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant by 2030 as it ramps up its nuclear energy goals and seeks to diversify sources for power supply.
The Department of Agriculture's proposal details how biofuel crops can reduce carbon emissions — but it's up to the Trump administration to accept or reject.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Asheville, North Carolina, was once widely considered a climate haven thanks to its elevated, inland location and cooler temperatures than much of the Southeast. Then came the catastrophic floods of Hurricane Helene in September 2024. It was a stark reminder that nowhere is safe from climate-worsened extreme weather risks: Hurricanes arriving from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic seaboard. Hail in the Midwest. Floods in the East. Sea level rise along the coasts. Wildfires in the West, most recently exemplified by the devastating and costly fires around Los Angeles . And worsening extreme weather translates into more expensive property damages, growing insurance claims, and rising insurance rates. Somebody has to...
Global heating means atmosphere can drive both extreme droughts and floods with rapid switches Climate “whiplash” between extremely wet and dry conditions, which spurred catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, is increasing exponentially around the world because of global heating, analysis has found. Climate whiplash is a rapid swing between very wet or dry conditions and can cause far more harm to people than individual extreme events alone. In recent years, whiplash events have been linked to disastrous floods in east Africa , Pakistan and Australia and to worsening heatwaves in Europe and China . Continue reading...
Luke Evans, whose work has been called ‘breathtakingly new’, says he has lost experimental data and all equipment A scientist in Liverpool has lost more than a decade of work after the prefabricated building that served as his research lab was destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Luke Evans, the chief executive of Scintilla CME and a PhD student at the University of Liverpool, was due to submit his work in March. His research centres on advanced fuel cell technology that converts organic waste into clean energy, and could be crucial in the transition away from fossil fuels. Continue reading...
Chris Wright’s arguments are set to draw scrutiny from Senate Democrats during his confirmation hearing for the Energy Department post.
More than 25 lawsuits have been filed over Biden administration regulations by environmental, industry and worker safety groups.
Review could lead to bans on plastic chemicals including vinyl chloride, compound at center of 2023 Ohio train wreck The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a formal review of five highly toxic plastic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, the notorious compound at the center of the East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck fire . The move could lead to strong limits or bans on the substances. Vinyl chloride is most commonly used in PVC pipe and packaging production, but is also cancerous and highly flammable. For about 50 years, the federal government has considered limits on the substance, but industry has thwarted most regulatory efforts, hidden the substances’ risks and is already mobilizing against the new review. Continue reading...
Exclusive: US companies are increasingly shipping toxic waste to other countries, where some argue it poses a risk US companies ship more than 1m tons of hazardous waste to other countries each year, raising questions over possible impacts on health and the environment, an investigation by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab has found. Exports of toxic waste, most of which is shipped to Mexico and Canada, have climbed 17% since 2018, US records show. And while sending it away for recycling and disposal is legal, some experts are concerned that more and more of America’s most dangerous discards are leaving the country. Continue reading...
Global warming changed the behavior of the jet stream, and a new pattern is now clear: sapping moisture from the West Coast and freezing the East.
Chris Wright, the founder of a fracking services company, argues that oil and gas are key to alleviating global poverty.
[IPS] Bulawayo -- Neglected indigenous crops, rich in nutrition and resilient to climate change, are key to tackling global hunger only if governments invest in research and development (R&D) to tap the potential of such innovations.
Southern California is facing critical wildfire conditions due to dry winds and parched terrain. With significant evacuation orders in place, power outages affecting thousands, and arrests made for wildfire-related offenses, the National Weather Service warns of extremely dangerous fire weather, potentially worsening until Wednesday.
Officers can detect space oil by wiping kit’s test strip against vaping device’s inhale and inject ports, before soaking it in solution.
The long-awaited rules would require pipeline operators to prepare for potential leaks, after a 2020 rupture sent 45 people to the hospital.
U.S. oil output is projected to grow more slowly next year as lower prices put a damper on drilling activity and producers prioritize value over volume.
The Florida Republican has described the Paris climate agreement as "meaningless."
Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth made clear climate change and clean energy would not be his focus at the Pentagon.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has delayed action on a sweeping program to charge for greenhouse gas emissions.
Iraq and British oil giant BP are set to finalise a deal by early February to develop four oil fields in Kirkuk and curb gas flaring, Iraqi authorities announced Wednesday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has evolved since its establishment in 1875. Over the years, IMD has advanced from basic weather prediction tools to sophisticated systems and expanded its presence, including stations in Antarctica, to provide precise weather forecasts crucial for agriculture and extreme weather events.
WMO secretary-general Celeste Saulo stated that a global temperature rise of 1.55 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels by 2024 signifies a serious threat but doesn't render the Paris Agreement invalid. She emphasized the need for significant climate action in 2025 to curb greenhouse gases and boost renewable energy adoption.
Protesters and supporters square off this week as the Alberta Energy Regulator conducts a second round of hearings into a proposal to mine for coal in Alberta's Rocky Mountains.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05356G, Paper Qun He, Yuzhu Zhou, Li-Hui Mou, Chuanqiang Wu, Daobin Liu, Binghui Ge, Jun Jiang, Li Song Electrocatalytic water splitting, a promising alternative to fossil fuels, has substantial potential for hydrogen generation. However, developing efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) faces challenges, especially in alkaline... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Officials for the United States and Thailand on Tuesday signed an Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the two nations.
China hopes to take the concept of space-sourced solar power from science fiction to reality.
[Egypt Online] Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat lauded the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)'s support for Egypt's energy strategy and transition plans towards renewable energy projects.
Analysts say Jakarta needs to weigh the economic benefits of discounted Russian oil against the risk of backlash from Western allies.
The lawsuit targets EPA's removal of a legal shield for unpermitted pollution stemming from plant emergencies.
Having a ready supply of rechargeable AA batteries on hand could keep hundreds of alkaline cells out of landfill.
Environmental Protection Agency officials warn of toxic PFAS found in sewage often spread on pasture Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge spread on pasture as fertilizer pose a risk to people who regularly consume milk, beef and other products from those farms, in some cases raising cancer risk “several orders of magnitude” above what the Environmental Protection Agency considers acceptable, federal officials announced on Tuesday. When cities and towns treat sewage, they separate the liquids from the solids and treat the liquid. The solids need to be disposed of and can make a nutrient-rich sludge often spread on farm fields. The agency now says those solids often contain toxic, lasting PFAS that treatment plants cannot effectively remove. When people eat or drink foods containing these “forever”...
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law leaned in to climate denialism amid historic winter fires in California.View Entire Post ›
Treasury expected to decide whether to support EDF-backed nuclear power plant in this year’s spending review Business live – latest updates The cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk has doubled since the plans were presented to the UK government in 2020 and could now reach close to £40bn, according to reports. A rise in construction charges over recent years, combined with cost overruns and delays at EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear project in Somerset is expected to increase the final bill to build a successor project at Sizewell, according to the Financial Times. Continue reading...
The Californian infernos should remind Australia’s leaders about the enormous costs of not acting to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Leave it to the poet Robert Frost, writing more than a century ago, to capture in 9 short lines and 51 words the challenge facing the world, and perhaps its ultimate fate: Fire and Ice Some say the world will … Continue reading → The post Fire and Ice: a forecast for the end of the world – and sometimes, for the same-day’s national weather. first appeared on Living on the Real World.
At least 65 oil tankers were stationary in waters near Russia, off Singapore’s coast and near Chinese ports, ship tracking data showed.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03839H, Paper Shengyu Tao, Mengtian Zhang, Zixi Zhao, Haoyang Li, Ruifei Ma, Yunhong Che, Xin Sun, Lin Su, Chongbo Sun, Xiangyu Chen, Heng Chang, Shiji Zhou, Zepeng Li, Hanyang Lin, Yaojun Liu, Wenjun Yu, Zhongling Xu, Han Hao, Scott Moura, Xuan Zhang, Yang Li, Xiaosong Hu, Guangmin Zhou The paper proposes a physics-informed model to predict battery lifetime trajectories by computing thermodynamic and kinetic parameters, saving costly data that has not been established for sustainable manufacturing, reuse, and recycling. 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
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat has discussed with Chief Executive Officer of the UAE company Masdar Mohamed Jameel al Ramahi ways of promoting cooperation, within the framework of the energy strategy and ministry’s plan to diversify energy sources, expand renewable energy projects and reduce reliance on fossil fuel. The talks took place … The post Electricity min., Masdar company probe promoting coop. in clean energy appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Two activists from Just Stop Oil defaced Charles Darwin’s grave at Westminster Abbey to highlight the climate crisis, marking the grave with '1.5 is dead' after global temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C threshold. Alyson Lee and Di Bligh were arrested, stressing the urgency for the UK government to phase out fossil fuels. The damage was temporary.
Companies and their investors should use every tool – especially their political influence – to defend America’s thoughtful, strategic methane rules.
Chronic outages are a way of life throughout the island, where privatization, under-investment, and climate change leave the grid at constant risk of collapse.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05591H, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. James Han Zhang, Rohith Mittapally, Guangxin Lv, Gang Chen To explain reported solar interfacial-evaporation rates from porous materials beyond an apparent 100% efficiency using the thermal evaporation mechanism, many publications hypothesize that intermediate water inside porous materials have a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The microbiome of Antarctic worms helps them cope with extremely cold conditions, providing insights into the role of the microbiome in host health and adaptation.
Anne Idsal Austin played a role in easing regulations on the fossil fuel industry during her time at the agency in Trump’s first term.
Industry, greens and government attorneys are at odds about the impact of the ruling for a pending challenge to a congressionally mandated Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale.
Grey ball-shaped debris found washed up along shore will be tested by Environment Protection Authority, local council says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Nine of Sydney’s northern beaches have been closed after ball-shaped debris washed ashore. The Northern Beaches council on Tuesday advised beachgoers to avoid Manly, Dee Why, Long Reef, Queenscliff, Freshwater, North and South Curl Curl, North Steyne and North Narrabeen beaches until further notice. Continue reading...
Norsk Hydro and Northvolt had established the recycling project, Hydrovolt, in 2020 as a 50-50 joint venture.
Authorities are working on a plan to prepare Thailand for nuclear power technology, though the enforcement of the new power development plan (PDP), which approves the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), is facing delays.
As Environment Canada calls the southern Alberta precipitation forecast a coin toss, farmers are expressing concerns beyond the control of Mother Nature.
India Meteorological Department has created a dedicated webpage to provide hourly, daily, and weekly weather updates for the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, with similar updates for nearby cities in Uttar Pradesh. The special page includes information on temperature, wind conditions, humidity, and air quality. Current forecasts indicate cloudy skies and foggy conditions for the next few days.
Concerns that dangerous fine particle pollution can become embedded in bloodstream and lungs Los Angeles wildfires – live updates Los Angeles wildfires: full report The Los Angeles wildfires have claimed the lives of at least 24 people and have burned more than 100,000 structures. While the focus is understandably on avoiding the flames, another immediate danger lurks across the county and beyond, one more difficult to escape: smoke. The most dangerous component of wildfire smoke is fine particle pollution, also known as PM2.5 or soot. These tiny particles, smaller than one 20th the width of a human hair, can, if inhaled, become embedded in the bloodstream and lungs. It is estimated that about one-third of all particulate matter pollution in the US now comes from wildfire smoke...
As climate change accelerates Arctic ice melt, opening up new shipping routes and resource extraction opportunities, Greenland’s geopolitical value has soared.
Analyzing gas trapped within different layers of the ice can tell us about Earth’s climate in the past — and give us clues to what might lie ahead.
Gadalof says the fires are being amplified by a severe drought from last year and unusually strong Santa Ana winds. Water-bombing pilots from Canada are helping fight the blazes.
January payments of the Canada Carbon Rebate will roll out in eight provinces on Wednesday to help individuals and families offset the cost of the federal pollution pricing.
As devastating wildfires rage across Los Angeles, Trump has stoked controversy, launching politically charged attacks against Democrats through memes.
“It’s the single greatest existential threat to humanity,” President Joe Biden said of climate change during a speech Monday.
What the president-elect calls a ‘giant hoax’ is changing the strategic calculus in the Arctic and for the Panama canal Donald Trump ’s desire to seize control of Greenland and the Panama canal is being shaped in part by a force that he has sought to deny even exists – the climate crisis. Last week, Trump ramped up his demands that the United States annex both Greenland and the Panama canal, refusing to rule out economic or even military interventions to take them and threatening “very high” tariffs upon Denmark, of which Greenland is an autonomous territory, if it opposes him. Continue reading...
Supreme Court will not block California's suit against big oil companies for damage from climate change.
Nature-based solutions could get a boost through the new policy, which experts see as important for fighting climate-change-driven floods.
Everyone knows you need to change the oil in your car regularly, but what happens if you don't? Not recognizing dirty oil can be catastrophic to your car.
Worshippers and tourists watched on as Alyson Lee, 66, and Di Bligh, 77, began defacing the memorial in Westminster Abbey at 10am.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04689G, Paper Wei Bi, Canhuang Li, Dawei Yang, Yu-Zhen Zhang, Lei Hu, Qianhong Gong, Jie Zhang, Yong Cai Zhang, Mengyao Li, Jishi Wei, Yingtang Zhou, Dan Zhou, Wu Tianli, Li-Feng Chen, Andreu Cabot Two-dimensional (2D) nanocarbon-based materials with controllable pore structures and hydrophilic surfaces exhibit significant potential in various applications. However, traditional methods often encounter challenges in achieving these 2D carbon nanomaterials effectively.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[The Conversation Africa] Falcons are found worldwide, from the fast and slick hobbies to the large and powerful gyrfalcon of the Arctic tundra. In Africa, falcons are found across many habitats. Several species are unique to the continent, including the endangered Taita falcon, which nests on high cliffs, and the greater kestrel, which breeds in the old nests of other species, particularly crows.
The Energy Poverty Awareness Center has ties to a group that is largely funded by fossil fuel firms, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
An investigation is under way after a suspected unexploded bomb was discovered near an oil pipeline 40 miles east of Shetland last month. Shell UK... Suspected bomb found near oil pipeline
Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.
Some 40 flood alerts or warnings are active across England and Scotland today, with ice and snow now beginning to melt as temperatures move above 0C (32F).
(AP) — An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it was first detected, officials said. The task force, which includes Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov, was set up after Russian President Vladimir … The post Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill spreads appeared first on Egypt Independent.
California-based startup Brimstone is producing alumina as a byproduct of a low-carbon alternative to cement.
The Southeast Asian country is the world’s biggest exporter of the fuel source and relies on it for the majority of its power needs.
One move would replace the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy with a group charged with increasing energy production.
Environment minister said vandalism and intimidation were ‘completely unacceptable’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A climate activist who graffitied the word “liar” on the federal environment minister’s office has stood by his highly publicised actions, urging the public to stand up for their beliefs. Zachary “Zack” Edward Jaworowski Schofield took a can of red spray paint to Tanya Plibersek’s Sydney electorate office in December. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
My generation feels trapped in a political system not built for us. Why wouldn’t we be disillusioned? I’m scrolling on TikTok after work when I get a text that would have sent 12-year-old Anjali into a spiral, a frenzy of extreme climate anxiety. The text is from a friend letting me know that it’s official – 2024 is the hottest year on record . Not just that, it’s the first year to exceed 1.5C of warming over preindustrial levels. The news comes as my entire feed is flooded with images of an inferno of flames ripping through neighbourhoods in LA, in winter. Continue reading...
Asian refiners, tanker operators, traders, and port executives are facing significant disruptions after the US imposed stricter sanctions on Russia's oil industry. China and India's refiners, major importers of discounted Russian crude, are particularly affected, with China’s teapots considering alternative mechanisms to manage the impact.
Ed Miliband's 'obsession' with renewable energy is leaving consumers with record high bills to keep wind farms switched off, critics warned last night.
New York Times: 'We sound like a broken record because the records keep breaking.'
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who says he’ll pursue “energy dominance” at the EPA, authored paid commentaries without disclosing who paid for them
France’s east African territory braced for a storm expected to bring strong winds and flash floods less than a month after a deadly cyclone.
SURAT THANI: Strong waves and flooding due to higher sea levels wreaked havoc in coastal communities in seven districts of this southern Thai province on Sunday.
Country’s largest mudflat solar photovoltaic energy storage facility combines salt production with photovoltaic power generation.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order suspending parts of the Coastal Act and the California Environmental Quality Act to aid homeowners rebuilding after losses in last week's wildfires.
The disastrous California wildfires are another undeniable sign of the dangers of climate change.
A listing of 23 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 5, 2025 thru Sat, January 11, 2025. This week's roundup is again published soleley by category. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if you spot any clear misses and/or have suggestions for additional categories, please let us know in the comments. Thanks! Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts The Risks of Climate Change to the United States in the 21st Century CBO assesses how climate change will pose risks to the United States through its effects on economic activity, real estate and financial markets, human health, biodiversity, immigration, and national security. by Congressional...
CNN — Ukraine claimed Saturday to have struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in a drone attack, starting a fire at the facility more than 700 miles into Russian territory. The attack on the Taneco refinery in the city of Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan – one of the largest and most modern refineries in Russia – … The post Ukraine says it has hit one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in a drone strike appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Residents of the French territory of Mayotte braced Sunday for a storm expected to bring strong winds and flash floods less than a month after the Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by a deadly cyclone.
Those who fear they will bear the burden of his nuclear power scheme want answers from the opposition leader.
The tanker was sailing from Russia to Egypt with almost 100,000 tonnes of oil when its engine failed and it lost manoeuvring ability.
As fires wreak havoc in California, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., claimed in a post on X the catastrophe is "what a climate emergency looks like."
Flight cancellations pile up and state officials warn of dangerous roads on Saturday with biting cold and wet snow Flight cancellations piled up and state officials warned of continuing dangerous roads on Saturday in the wake of a winter storm that closed schools and disrupted travel across parts of the southern US. A storm that brought biting cold and wet snow to the south was moving out to sea off the east coast on Saturday, leaving behind a forecast of snow showers in the Appalachian mountains and New England. But temperatures are expected to plunge after sundown on Saturday in the south, raising the risk that melting snow will refreeze, turning roadways treacherous and glazed with ice. Continue reading...
If you've never had to check your car's oil level yourself before, fear not. The process is quite simple, and we'll walk you through it step by step.
German maritime authorities said Saturday they are towing a disabled oil tanker in the Baltic Sea thought to be part of Russia's clandestine "shadow fleet" used to evade Western sanctions.
Parts of Georgia and Carolinas are digging out from a winter storm on Saturday after it produced heavy snow, freezing rain and ice across the region, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.
The 274-meter-long Eventin was sailing from Russia to Egypt with almost 100,000 tonnes of oil on board when its engine failed.
We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too high Zero per cent contained. In layperson’s terms, that means “out of control and burning at will”. It’s a common designation for a wildfire – in the wild. But when a fire like this enters an urban area such as Los Angeles County , the most highly populated metropolitan area in the US, it becomes an exploding bomb, and this one has been detonating since last Tuesday. By now, the energy release from this wind-driven, drought-fuelled firestorm turned urban conflagration is into the megatons, and the nuclear-scale destruction is there for all to see: block after block and neighbourhood after neighbourhood levelled – roughly 12,000 structures destroyed...
Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends North Sea oil and gas must be brought under greater public control to avoid a cliff-edge collapse of the industry and secure a sustainable future for workers and communities, according to a report. Under the current private ownership model the inevitable end of North Sea oil and gas production – whether through government action or the lack of viable oilfields – will lead to private companies abruptly abandoning the basin, leaving frontline communities and the state to deal with the social and economic consequences, the authors predict. Continue reading...
As inauguration day approaches, consumers scooping up iPads, building supplies, shelf-stable foods and electric cars Tablets and appliances made in China, hybrid cars built in Canada, European wine. As Donald Trump’s second inauguration as president quickly approaches, Americans are stocking up on goods in anticipation of tariffs Trump plans to place on imports, according to a Guardian reader poll. Since the election, Trump has promised to immediately impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian imports, along with increasing existing tariffs on Chinese imports by 10%. On the campaign trail, Trump said he would put tariffs of 10% to 20% on all imports. Continue reading...
The BBC investigates possible scenarios for the huge Arctic territory's future as the US president-elect talks about taking control of it.
The fossil fuel industry is fighting back harder than ever against those who would seek to curtail it to protect the climate. Profits are up, political pressure for change is down. Meanwhile, the planet just gets hotter.
Weather organizations from around the world agree that the planet's average global surface temperature in 2024 could well have passed a crucial threshold meant to limit the worst effects of climate change.
Seth Meyers rebukes Donald Trump for false claims about California’s wildfire management and the alleged 'Water Restoration Declaration,' which does not exist. Meyers emphasizes the importance of accurate leadership, praises community efforts, and underscores the urgency of addressing climate change as a critical threat.
Germany was racing Saturday to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, towing the stricken ship it said was part of Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet" away from shore to avert an oil spill.
Recent drought has left the state vulnerable to wildfires. The post Climate change, not endangered species protection, is a big culprit in Los Angeles fires appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Ben HockmanNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory A basketball-sized towbody containing a camera, atmospheric sampling instruments, and support hardware is suspended on a multi-kilometer tether from a high-altitude balloon in the Venusian atmosphere, allowing it to peer beneath the dense cloud layer and image the surface at high resolution. The towbody harvests energy from the differential wind […]
Russian oil majors Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz were both targeted in the new sanctions package, along with Moscow’s “shadow fleet.”
In Indonesia’s forests today, we can breathe a sigh of relief. At the conclusion of our dry season, during a time when climate change impacts are increasing in frequency and severity, there were no giant fires with plumes of smoke choking our region. Tragically, forest fires have been burning elsewhere with increasing intensity, in the […]
Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’ It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the climate crisis is pushing humanity into temperatures we have previously never experienced. Last year was the hottest in global temperature records stretching back to 1850, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa announced , with the worldwide average 1.46C (2.6F) warmer than the era prior to humans burning huge volumes of planet-heating fossil fuels. Continue reading...
Events in California reveal how political obstruction is deepening a climate crisis that needs urgent action to prevent it becoming an irreversible disaster The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people , displaced 180,000 and scorched about 40 square miles – an inferno driven by fierce winds and severe drought in what should be California’s wet season. It is a sobering reminder that the climate crisis is driving wildfires to become more frequent, intense and destructive – leaving ruined lives, homes and livelihoods in their wake. The US president Joe Biden responded by mobilising federal aid. By contrast the president-elect, Donald Trump, a convicted felon who was criminally sentenced on Friday, used the disaster to spread disinformation and stoke political division...
Measures targeting Russian energy sector attempt to leverage peace deal for Ukraine in Trump administration The Biden administration on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions yet targeting Russia ’s oil and gas revenues in an attempt to give Kyiv and the incoming administration of Donald Trump leverage to reach a deal for peace in Ukraine . The move is meant to cut Russia‘s oil revenues for the war that started in February 2022, and has killed or wounded tens of thousands and reduced cities to rubble. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the timing of the was chosen because “oil markets are in a fundamentally better place” and the US economy is better positioned to absorb any market disruption. Continue reading...
Claims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather No 10 insists UK has sufficient energy supply A rise in electricity costs this week has raised fears that officials operating Great Britain’s power market could be held to “ransom” by owners of gas power plants during cold, windless days in order to keep the lights on. Here, we look why costs have increased sharply, the trading rules for plants and the implications for Labour’s clean power ambitions. Continue reading...
Takeover combines electricity generators to become largest independent US power provider, with 2.5 million customers The US nuclear power giant Constellation Energy has agreed to buy the natural gas and geothermal firm Calpine Corporation for $16.4bn, one of the biggest takeovers in the US power industry. The acquisition would combine two of the biggest electricity generators in the US into the largest independent power provider in the country, with some 2.5 million customers. Continue reading...
The company says it plans to drill 361 crude oil and natural gas wells in the year ahead.
The outgoing Democratic administration billed the new sanctions as the most significant to date against Moscow’s oil and liquefied natural gas sectors, the driver of Russia’s economy.
Combined, they will have a capacity of 60 gigawatts from nuclear, natural gas, geothermal, hydro, wind, solar, cogeneration and battery storage.
The official numbers are in: 2024 is the hottest year on record. Climate change is the main culprit. But there might be something else going on, too.
As a bitter Arctic freeze engulfs Britain, with some communities bracing for heavy snow and -20C temperatures, payments have been triggered in a total of 51 postcode areas.
The MV Sounion had been a disaster-in-waiting in the waterway, with 1 million barrels of crude oil aboard that had been struck and later sabotaged with explosives by Houthis rebels last year.
Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold.
The U.S. Departments of Treasury and State Friday applied new sanctions on Russia's oil production and exports. Sanctioned were oil companies, 183 ships, dozens of oil traders, insurance companies and energy officials.
The United States and Britain on Friday announced sanctions against Russia's energy sector, including oil giant Gazprom Neft, just days before outgoing President Joe Biden leaves office.
Britain should brace for blackouts as the country becomes increasingly reliant on renewable energy, a former Cabinet minister has warned. Lord Frost raised fears about the net-zero crusade.
[VOA] Nairobi -- Africa's agriculture ministers are meeting in Uganda this week to discuss the best way to transform the continent's food production systems. The ministers hope to agree on a 10-year action plan to reduce Africa's reliance on food from outside the continent and adapt its farming practices to climate change and modern technology.
Tracy Stone-Manning discusses the BLM’s achievements and talks about the future as we enter a new political era. The post Outgoing Bureau of Land Management director optimistic about public lands: ‘When we save nature, we save ourselves’ appeared first on High Country News.
Fresh oil started pouring from a stricken Russian tanker in the Black Sea on Friday, said officials in Moscow, as Ukraine warned of "terrible environmental consequences" from the spill.
Today, several climate agencies confirmed what we knew was coming: Earth once again experienced its hottest year on record. But whether or not it surpassed 1.5 C above the pre-industrial average depends on which climate agency you look at.
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — the Paris Agreement’s most ambitious target — looks increasingly unlikely.
Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth’s atmosphere and climate have evolved.
Taiwan, near-fully dependent on imported energy, plans to shut its last reactor. Yet renewables like nuclear can support its security and carbon goals.
2024 was the first full calendar year to see global temperatures exceed the warming limit laid out under the international Paris Agreement on climate change. But scientists say it's not too late to act.
Scientists warn efforts to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5°C will fail as data confirms 2024 was the hottest year in human history
The 23-year-old hiker who was lost in Kosciuszko national park for 13 days has been discharged from Cooma hospital. Follow today’s news headlines live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Nine people in hospital in Hobart after suspected carbon monoxide exposure Nine people have been hospitalised after a hazardous material incident at a business in Hobart yesterday. I had some discoveries when I came back to Serbia. I never told this to anybody publicly, but discoveries that I was, I had a really high level of heavy metal. Heavy metal. I had the lead, very high level of lead and mercury. Continue reading...
Earthquakes that occurred near an oil extraction site in Surrey, UK, in 2018 and 2019 had been put down to coincidence, but a new analysis with an updated look at the geology of the area suggests the seismic events may indeed have been linked to drilling
2024 was the first full calendar year to see global temperatures exceed the warming limit laid out under the international Paris Agreement on climate change. But scientists say it is not too late to act.
A major winter storm is expected to be the biggest in years as cold air moves in from the Arctic bringing snow and frigid temperatures across 20 Southern States.
The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an EU agency said Friday.
‘Centralised Waste Plastics Collection’ pilot programme will end on January 19 as recycling habits in the city have matured, official says.
After months of delay, the cool La Niña climate pattern has emerged in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which increases the risk of drought in parts of the Americas
Summer dry seasons are extending into winter, intensifying the impacts of Santa Ana winds. The post The role of climate change in the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles fires appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
NASA's LEXI instrument is set to land on the moon's surface sometime this month. Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch Earth's atmosphere "breathing out and breathing in" to uncover key space weather mysteries.
As the Arctic region undergoes changes due to climate change, the melting of the ice opens up a new frontier, unlocking untapped resources and potential new trade routes.
President Biden said the federal government will 'spare no expense' in containing the fires devastating Los Angeles County.
In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species. New research suggests climate change played a much smaller role than once thought, though not all agree.
California’s wildfires have sparked a political blame game, with Elon Musk and MAGA supporters accusing Democrats’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies of undermining disaster response efforts. Critics argue that DEI dilutes meritocracy and diverts resources from critical infrastructure to ideological projects. However, experts highlight that wildfires are primarily driven by climate change, poor water management, and outdated infrastructure—issues unrelated to DEI. While valid concerns exist about California’s preparedness under its Democratic leadership, scapegoating DEI oversimplifies a complex crisis. Addressing systemic challenges like climate resilience and infrastructure investment is vital, rather than reducing the debate to ideological battles.
With 2024 set to go down as the hottest year on record, we know that what is coming is truly horrifying The past 12 months have seen our world enter new territory. Last year will go down as the first time that the global average temperature exceeded 1.5C above preindustrial times over a calendar year. We could crash permanently through the 1.5C guardrail within the next five years , and shatter the 2C limit as soon as 2034. This will almost certainly result in the tipping points for collapse of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets being crossed , committing us to the drowning of coastal towns and cities. In years to come, we will look back at this time and ask the same question that future generations will ask: why didn’t we stop this catastrophe? Bill McGuire is professor emeritus...
Anything to keep the realities of climate change from spreading.
Ice warnings extended for majority of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and large parts of east of England as temperatures set to drop as low as -20C overnight Tell us how you have been affected by snow, ice and rain in the UK An NHS trust is preparing to cancel operations, urgently discharge 140 patients and restrict admissions to help it cope with “extreme winter pressures”. The Gloucestershire acute trust declared a “critical incident” on Wednesday as hospitals in England asked patients seeking medical help to come alone to reduce overcrowding in A&E. Continue reading...
As the LA wildfire is on track to be the most devastating blaze ever in Southern California , a timely new study identifies the cause.
The agency's updated strategy addresses the impacts of a warming climate on the regional economy and security.
The $16.5-billion high-profile project in question would capture harmful carbon dioxide emissions from the oilsands, Canada's heaviest-emitting sector.
Franklin Mountain Energy said it worked on the effort with an alliance of federal land and parks agencies, telescopic observatories and the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association.
Why land protection and climate action are both vital to the future of plants and animals. The post Where have all the species gone? Understanding climate change’s toll on nature appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
It is a historic milestone for climate research: an international research team involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has successfully drilled a 2,800 metre-long ice core , reaching the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. In the fourth Antarctic season of the European Commission-funded project "Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice", the team was able to drill ice that contains a continuous record of the history of our climate as far back as 1.2 million years ago - and probably beyond. The previous age record comes from the EPICA core drilled in 2004, which depicts the atmosphere of the last 800,000 years.
The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has achieved a historic milestone this week, by successfully drilling a 2800-metre-long ice core, consisting of ice from the Antarctic … The post Historic Drilling Campaign Reaches Ice more than 1.2 Million Years Old appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica.
A failure of justice, and draconian Tory law, put Gaie Delap in prison. A failure of government is keeping her there Gaie Delap will turn 78 on Friday, in Eastwood Park prison, Gloucestershire. Sentenced to 20 months last August for climbing a gantry over the M25 for Just Stop Oil, she was released in November to serve the rest of her sentence on a home detention curfew. But the electronic tag that she was required to wear couldn’t go round her ankle because she has deep-vein thrombosis and it might have risked causing her a stroke. It couldn’t go round her wrist because they couldn’t find a tag small enough, which people keep saying is because she’s frail. Delap hates being called frail. Her wrist is a perfectly reasonable size, 14-and-a-half centimetres. It’s the wrist-tag design that’s...
Researchers found that U.S. solar power generation has stayed relatively stable during extreme wildfire seasons.
The oil major faces “significant headwinds” at its refining division, wrote an RBC Capital Markets analyst.
A group led by former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is challenging Biden administration actions that would move the nation away from gasoline-powered vehicles.
Planning ahead is becoming increasingly difficult as climate change ramps up variability in snowfall, rainfall and other weather conditions.
Ken Coates, who chairs the Yukon Arctic Security Advisory Council, says Canada's standing as a credible Arctic power is suffering — and the prime minister's decision this week to resign won't help.
Farmers in West Bengal are transforming agriculture through innovative techniques like Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) and solar-powered farming, leading to reduced irrigation costs, increased yields, and sustainable practices. SwitchON Foundation has been instrumental in training farmers and providing essential resources for these advancements.
As hurricane-force winds fan the most destructive wildfires in California history across bone-dry foothills, communities face the dual threat of natural forces and a warming world.
In new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, leading researchers to propose action to protect kids Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research has linked to chemical exposures, findings that require urgent revamping of laws around the world, according to a new paper published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Authored by more than 20 leading public health researchers, including one from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and another from the United Nations, the paper lays out “a large body of evidence” linking multiple childhood diseases to synthetic chemicals and recommends a series of aggressive actions to try to better protect children. Continue reading...
Onboard computers are critical to space exploration, aiding nearly every spacecraft function from propulsion and navigation systems to life support technology, science data retrieval and analysis, communications, and reentry. But computers in space are susceptible to ionizing solar and cosmic radiation. Just one high-energy particle can trigger a so-called “single event effect,” causing minor data […]
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03820G, Paper Xi Jin, Jun Li, Siyuan Zhu, Wenyan Tan, Jiahong Tang, Xueyuan Gong, Xingyu Liu, Yu Zhang, Chao Zhou, Zhaoheng Tang, Vincent O Nyamori, Bice Susan Martincigh, Matthew L Davies, Ming-Hua Li, Tongsheng Chen, Qi Chen, Jin-Song Hu, Qijie Liang, Weiqiang Chen, Yan Jiang The illumination side of perovskite solar cells is more vulnerable to external impact (such as hail, flying rocks, snow, hurricanes, etc.) than the rear side, leading to more likelihood of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Police have hit an electric car driver with a fine after the vehicle blocked an entire pavement whilst being charged via a short cable through a set of railings in Liverpool.
The day the president-elect declared that he would oppose new windmills, fires fueled by climate change ravaged Los Angeles.
John and Stacy Ambler's half-built home that sits along McDonald Creek inside the federal park may be forced to be torn down after an agency believes they illegally constructed it.
Data from on high reveals the stark differences in temperature across the continental United States.
The Grays Bay Road and Port project would see the construction of a 230-kilometre all-weather road that stretches from ice roads in Yellowknife all the way to the Arctic ocean.
[The Herald] African countries collectively have emitted very little of the greenhouse gases that have caused climate change, but are badly affected by climate-induced floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health problem across the U.S., as climate change increases the risk and intensity of wildfires.
The calls came during a public hearing on the agency's plan to strengthen limits on releases for smog-forming nitrogen oxides.
Experts say that rising global temperatures are making wild fires more likely in California.
National Weather Service meteorologists predicted wintry precipitation across the southern Plains region starting Wednesday night, with snow likely in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Progress roundup: Success for coral raised in the nursery, corn grown on steep hillsides, and a new powder that captures CO2 from the atmosphere.
That's the second Trump-ordered Arctic sale that has gone bust.
How Global Climate Initiatives Can Risk Indigenous Women’s Land Rights alicia.cypress… Wed, 01/08/2025 - 08:02 After years of being away from her ancestral village of Jotomana, Rosa Velásquez, a member of the Wayúu Indigenous group in La Guajira, Colombia, was greeted by gigantic wind turbines punctuating the horizon and dominating the surrounding landscape. “We live among turbines. The companies like them, but I don’t,” Velásquez told The Guardian . “Where am I to go if this is my territory? What are my grandchildren going to do once I die?” While Velásquez wrestled with these uncertainties, Leiji Hana González, a 32-year-old Wayuu mother of two, and her family were forced to flee their 40-year-old home in her ancestral village because of land conflict sparked by...
Former North Dakota governor Doug Burgum, an outspoken proponent of carbon capture, committed to making his state carbon neutral by 2030.
According to informed sources, the Egyptian government is heading towards paying one billion dollars of the dues of foreign oil companies this January. Egyptian Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk announced in recent press statements that the government has paid 25 to 30 percent of the arrears of foreign partners in the petroleum sector, stressing that the … The post Egypt to pay US$ 1 billion of foreign oil companies dues appeared first on Egypt Independent.
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[RFI] As the first African country to lead the trillion-dollar G20 group, South Africa will spend 2025 pushing debt relief, climate change and international justice issues. This means there's a lot at stake for Brics and developing nations.
Climate change, a development boom, and overexploitation of groundwater are draining the Sunshine State.
Flames spread as hurricane-force winds tear through the region.
Reversing President Joe Biden’s move might also prove politically difficult, as Republican governors of coastal states in the first Trump administration opposed oil drilling off their coastlines.
The tech giant instead will rely on users to combat falsehoods about global warming and other issues.
This comes as overall climate tech investment dipped in 2024, as venture capitalists remain cautious amid U.S. political uncertainty.
Intense rain is sweeping across eastern Australia, marking the end of a stifling heatwave as a powerful cold front moves through the region.
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At a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, acknowledged climate change is “real” and that greenhouse gasses are making the planet hotter—but stopped short of saying the agency must regulate them. About 90 minutes into the hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public […]
As the Biden administration ends, a designer of the Department of Agriculture's work on climate change says farmers want the types of incentives he helped craft.
Much of the outgoing president’s work on energy and environmental policy is now at the mercy of the president-elect.
Congratulations to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff who have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List for their contributions to improving our understanding of Antarctica, … The post BAS staff awarded the Polar Medal 2025 appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Imperial Oil is scheduled to make its first court appearance for the new charges next month in Fort McMurray.
Global average precipitation in 2024 may have broken the previous record set in 1998, as rising temperatures boosted the amount of moisture in the atmosphere
Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and media Adam McKay, writer-director of climate-crisis satire Don’t Look Up, says that the film’s popularity with viewers shows the popular will to tackle climate change, despite the critical brickbats the film attracted and political inertia around the issue. McKay was speaking to the NME during the wildfire emergency that is currently affecting Los Angeles , which has included many high-profile victims from the Hollywood community. Saying that while Netflix, the film’s distributors, would not release definitive audience figures, he estimated that “somewhere between 400 million and half a billion” people saw it, and that “viewers all really connected...
The Treasury secretary nominee supports tightening sanctions on the Russian oil sector “to levels that would bring the Russian Federation to the table.”
Poor water conditions and sanitation have led to recurrent outbreaks of the diarrheal disease.
The former New York lawmaker addressed issues on climate change, regulations and EPA operations.
There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy.
Ice core analysis from Greenland reveals volcanic upheaval that coincides with the creation of mysterious "sunstones" in Denmark.
[WHO] Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement are converging to create an unparalleled global health crisis, with 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in 2025. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for US$ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA), to support life-saving health interventions worldwide.
The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land. The post EPA takes unprecedented step to remove uranium waste from the Navajo Nation appeared first on High Country News.
According to the Met Office, Earth is 'off-track' to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) - a key goal set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the Paris Agreement.
The American Conservation Coalition has grassroots support and the ear of Trump's cabinet picks. The next four years will test its influence.
Scientists say frog’s journey shows difficulty of spotting insects or fungi spread by global plant trade A tiny tree frog hitchhiking in a bunch of roses to Sheffield from Colombia has inspired a study into invasive species reaching the UK’s shores. Dr Silviu Petrovan, a researcher in the University of Cambridge’s zoology department and a senior author of a paper published today in the journal Bio Science , had his interest piqued when he was asked to identify a live frog found in roses in a florist’s shop in Sheffield. Continue reading...
Companies explore oil and gas projects in the country’s deep waters as Manila seeks to diversify its energy sources.
The record rise is incompatible with keeping global warming to 1.5C according to the Met Office.
Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spread As Los Angeles’s deadly wildfires continue to burn, a group of survivors is taking aim at the industry most responsible for fueling climate disasters: fossil fuels. Residents impacted by the blazes lamented during a Thursday conference call losing their homes and communities and called for litigation and policies that could force big oil to pay for the damages. In the coming days, lawmakers will introduce legislation with that aim in mind. Continue reading...
Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii
The once-laughable notion of selling solar power in the Middle East is now a rich vein for China to strengthen its presence in the region.
Supreme Court has called for a unified policy across India to manage tiger reserves more effectively, addressing issues like vehicular disruptions and illegal activities. Highlighting recent irregularities in Corbett Tiger Reserve, the Court emphasized the need for consistent regulations. A CBI investigation into illegal activities related to wildlife tourism and deforestation in Uttarakhand is ongoing under court supervision.
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The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a factor in the fires' intensity.
The group includes representatives from the automotive industry, the nuclear power sector, agriculture and the labour movement.
Reform leader Nigel Farage and former Prime Minister Liz Truss both attended the launch of a US lobbying group which denies the scientific consensus human activity is causing climate change
Engine oil is vital for protecting a car's engine. If your car requires 5W-20, can you use 5W-30 instead? Here's why those numbers are so important.
A tropical cyclone could develop as early as Sunday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays on potential planets around the most common type of stars. Astronomers found that only a planet with greenhouse gases in its […]
Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland would 'replace' the federal carbon price if she becomes the next Liberal party leader, Global News has confirmed.
Chris Wright, Trump's energy secretary nominee, faced Democratic backlash during his confirmation hearing over controversial wildfire comments.
Burgum described Trump’s aspiration to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” as a way to counter demand for fossil fuels from autocratic nations — Russia, Iran and Venezuela — that have fewer environmental safeguards.
Environment and Climate Change Canada says there's a winter storm watch for much of the Red River Valley, including Winnipeg.
Health officials said they set up six medical stations in cleanup zones, with mobile medical teams patrolling affected coastal areas.
Hino Motors will plead guilty to submitting false emissions data to regulators for more than 100,000 heavy-duty trucks. The company will pay an array of fines, and fix some affected vehicles for free.
President-elect Donald Trump's EPA nominee said he believes global warming is real.
After a brief pause in the arctic air during the end of the workweek, a series of frontal boundaries will help usher in the coldest air of the season, beginning over the weekend and continuing into the upcoming week.
Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement are converging to create an unparalleled global health crisis, with 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in 2025. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for US$ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA) , to support life-saving health interventions worldwide. The appeal, launched today by WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, outlines the critical priorities and resources needed to address 42 ongoing health emergencies, including 17 Grade 3 crises – the most severe emergencies requiring the highest level of response. With health systems stretched to their limits and global financial resources dwindling, the US$ 1.5 billion are needed to help people facing the...
Hurricanes and wildfires in mainland U.S. affect the insurance business in Hawaii because insurance companies buy reinsurance on the global market, so some insurers want to charge more in the state.
Low-pollution solar-powered generators can help communities in crisis. The post When the grid goes down, solar power can step up appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
How climate change, strong winds, and unprepared neighborhoods combine to create the perfect recipe for California’s urban firestorms
[Namibian] Indigenous knowledge systems play a vital role in fostering climate resilience, biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods.
[African Arguments] How is Niger enduring the consequences of unprecedented floods last year that devastated an economy already crippled by sanctions?
Over the last two years, developers have generated roughly 5 million carbon credits from cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells.
Soil water sustains terrestrial life, yet its fate is uncertain under a changing climate. We conducted a deuterium labeling experiment to determine whether elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), warming, and drought impact soil water storage and ...
British energy giant BP on Thursday said it would axe 4,700 staff jobs, or about five percent of its workforce, and is cutting thousands of contractor roles to reduce costs.
Sen. Marco Rubio outlined the importance of oil, gas and coal in his confirmation hearing for secretary of State.
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis Global economic growth could plummet by 50% between 2070 and 2090 from the catastrophic shocks of climate change unless immediate action by political leaders is taken to decarbonise and restore nature, according to a new report. The stark warning from risk management experts the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) hugely increases the estimate of risk to global economic wellbeing from climate change impacts such as fires, flooding, droughts, temperature rises and nature breakdown. In a report with scientists at the University of Exeter, published on Thursday, the IFoA, which uses maths and statistics to analyse financial risk for businesses and governments, called for accelerated action...
Sri Lanka has secured its biggest-ever foreign investment after signing a deal with Chinese state-run oil giant Sinopec, officials said on Thursday.
India's trade deficit fell to $22 billion in December as exports declined 1% to $38 billion and imports rose 5% to $60 billion. Key factors included a drop in oil product and gems exports, contrasted by rising electronics and garment shipments. Commerce secretary Sunil Barthwal highlighted the resilience of Indian exports and government strategies targeting top markets to boost trade amidst global challenges.
In 2024, India experienced over 3,200 deaths due to extreme weather events. Notably, lightning and thunderstorms claimed 1,374 lives, floods and heavy rains caused 1,287 fatalities, and heat waves led to 459 deaths. The year was the hottest on record, with significant temperature increases across various regions. Additionally, several cities reported new temperature and rainfall records, highlighting the impact of climate change.
The shipping industry is planning to swap some fossil fuels for green ammonia – but that could create a major new source of nitrogen pollution
Rare fossils challenge assumptions about how the big cats thrived in a challenging environment.
Seoul says North Korea ‘can never be recognised as a nuclear-armed state’ under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Pro-Kremlin media said the student suffered from chronic asthma, raising concerns about whether exposure to toxic fumes led to his death.
Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame?
Air Resources Board withdraws request for approval of rules to limit pollution from diesel trains and big rigs California ’s efforts to limit pollution from diesel-powered trains and big rigs were stalled in anticipation of pushback from the incoming Trump administration . The California Air Resources Board said on Tuesday it withdrew its requests for federal approval to implement stricter emissions rules for locomotives and semi-trucks because the US Environmental Protection Agency had yet to approve them. The decision came just days before Joe Biden leaves office. Continue reading...
New Brunswick-based Irving Oil has confirmed that the century-old company will remain privately held, after completing a strategic review that started in June 2023.
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Energy Department, faced lawmakers for confirmation hearings and called for efforts to "unleash" America's energy sector.
From better-tasting Chinese rice to harnessing solar power in space, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
Forecasters warn of ‘particularly dangerous weather situation’ in California; Gavin Newsom hits back at House speaker for ‘politicizing’ tragedy Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters Tell us about financial consequences you are facing LA mayor, Karen Bass , has shared a phone number for residents who have evacuated to get assistance in finding and retrieving pets in evacuation areas. Posting on X, Bass wrote: Pets are family. The City is making help available to find and retrieve pets in evacuation areas. Continue reading...
The Energy secretary nominee addressed this month’s wildfires in Los Angeles.
New gusts could reach hurricane-force in mountainous areas - as the US disaster's death toll creeps up.
The scope of the Cop26 net zero banking alliance may have been limited, but the exodus of six US banks signifies a seismic political shift Last week, as flames began tearing through greater Los Angeles, claiming multiple lives and forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate, JP Morgan became the sixth major US bank to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) since the start of December. A smaller story, certainly, but the departure of top US banks from the NZBA in the weeks since Donald Trump’s re-election nonetheless speaks to a seismic political shift prompting major financial institutions to turn away from the climate-related commitments they made in the optimistic years after the Paris agreement. The NZBA is a voluntary network of global banks committed to “align lending and investment...
Most people think it’s no laughing matter. The post Why a comedian is using jokes to talk about climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against it In the year preceding the devastating Los Angeles county wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate disasters. Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session, and the polluter pay bill was among the most targeted pieces of legislation, a Guardian review of state lobby filings found. Continue reading...
Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session; just two companies spent more than $30 million to strike down the "polluter pay" bill.
[African Arguments] From governments to scientists and unions, momentum is growing behind a demand for a clean energy transition and climate justice.
Trump calls climate change a hoax. But at the state level, the climate fight will continue — or even accelerate.
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens is more relevant today than ever. The wealthy and powerful are meeting again this year in glamorous Davos, at an invitation-only event. They arrive in chartered aircraft and private jets to speak about our warming climate, among other global concerns. The […]
Leaders of the American Petroleum Institute see a key role for the fossil fuel as electricity demand rises.
Forests that are supposed to sequester carbon are being demolished. Are preservation projects “actually delivering real climate benefits”?
The proposals were designed to cut emissions from trucks and trains.
The American Medical Association's PAC contributed to politicians who voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, according to Harvard researchers.
British arm of Heartland, which has taken oil and Republican funding, to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry Climate science deniers are lining up a political offensive in Britain after a US lobby group opened a UK branch which is already working with Nigel Farage. The Reform UK leader was the guest of honour at the launch of Heartland UK/Europe, which is to be headed by a former leader of Ukip and climate denier. Continue reading...
British firm in the vanguard of companies arguing SMRs are a quicker and cheaper option than large Hinkley-sized plants The Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset is gargantuan. The 176-hectare (435-acre) plant will provide 3.2 gigawatts of power, enough for 6m homes. It is not just the project that is huge: the cost is as well. With a price tag that has ballooned to a reported £48bn , and delayed by at least five years, it has become a symbol of the pitfalls of nuclear power. But a clutch of companies argue they have a quicker, cheaper option than large Hinkley-sized plants in the form of small modular reactors (SMRs), which can be built in a factory and then slotted together on site. Continue reading...
Interactive graphics reveal the shocking extent of Britain's pothole problem - and scientists think climate change is to blame.
The move bans oil and gas drilling, mining, and other industrial activities on vast swaths of public land in California.
In a study published Tuesday, the EPA acknowledged that sludge containing PFAS could present a danger to human health.
Some in No 10 wish they had thought a bit more about how it looked before giving job to niece of ousted Bangladesh PM The warning signs were always there. When a photo of Tulip Siddiq standing alongside Vladimir Putin and her aunt, the now ousted leader of Bangladesh, emerged in 2015, alarm bells rang within the Labour party. At the time, Siddiq was the Labour candidate for the marginal seat of Hampstead and Kilburn. Yet she brushed aside concerns over her presence at the signing of a billion-dollar arms deal and nuclear power project at the Kremlin two years earlier. Continue reading...
“Russia can no longer blackmail us, and we have a guarantee that we can completely supply ourselves with oil from the West,” Prime Minister Petr Fiala said.
As PM pins hopes on AI, what effect will building energy-hungry datacentres have on Labour’s clean power pledge? Keir Starmer this week launched a plan to bring a 20-fold increase in the amount of artificial intelligence (AI) computing power under public control by 2030 . But the race to build more electricity hungry AI datacentres over the next five years appears to work against another government target: to plug in enough low-carbon electricity projects to create a clean power system by the same date. Continue reading...
Koh says China’s economy is set to grow between 4 per cent and 5 per cent this year, boosted by demand for EVs, renewable energy and AI.
Imperial Oil’s current water licence in the N.W.T. is set to expire in March, and the process of issuing a normal renewal is on hold because the entire operation in Norman Wells, N.W.T., is now the subject of an environment assessment.
Campaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open Parents driving children to private schools is associated with a 27% increase in air pollution and congestion in a south London street, according to campaigners who are calling for private schools to make greater use of sustainable transport. The analysis by Solve the School Run found that nitrogen dioxide levels and fine particulates produced by vehicles in the street in Herne Hill were far higher when nearby private schools such as Dulwich college were open, compared with when only local state schools were open. Continue reading...
China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation's brand-new heavy lift rockets.
The nuclear energy agreement was among seven signed in a range of fields that also included digital technology and electronics.
The National Environmental Policy Act, water and nuclear battles are just a few of the environmental issues on the justices’ docket during the first half of the new year.
Moscow says Ukraine tried to attack TurkStream pipeline infrastructure in Russia with drones.
A 132-mph wind gust was recorded at a mountain weather station south of Anchorage.
The transition to renewable energy in Africa presents an opportunity to promote gender equality and empower the youth
Even if you haven’t suffered direct damage, you’re paying for increasingly extreme weather. The post Nobody’s insurance rates are safe from climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Allocation of funds from Inflation Reduction Act makes it harder for president-elect to halt green initiatives The Biden administration has raced to allocate $74bn of funding for climate initiatives before Donald Trump’s inauguration, leaving $20bn vulnerable to potential rollback by the incoming president, new figures reveal. As the inauguration of Trump looms, the outgoing administration has been accelerating its allocation of cash for climate change and clean energy programs before they are throttled by the incoming US president. Continue reading...
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on the report " Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles " written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in 2024. Below is the blog post version of rebuttal #11 based on Sabin's report. Unsubsidized solar energy is now generally cheaper than fossil fuels. According to the International Energy Agency’s 2020 World Energy Outlook, photovoltaic solar power is “the cheapest source of new electricity generation in most parts of the world,” and “[f]or projects with low cost financing that tap high quality resources...
Neglected indigenous crops, rich in nutrition and resilient to climate change, are key to tackling global hunger only if governments invest in research and development (R&D) to tap the potential of such innovations. More than 150 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates are calling for investment in moonshot technologies to realize the potential of innovative […]
Nuclear power advocates call it "clean energy," and are pushing for the controversial power source to play a greater role in global plans to tackle climate change.
Online retailer will also begin its first large-scale deliveries by train and trial heavy post-style carts Business live – latest updates Amazon is to deploy nearly 150 electric heavy goods vehicles as well as piling packages on to trains and post-style trolleys in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of delivering goods in the UK. The tech company said it had bought more than 140 electric Mercedes-Benz heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and eight Volvo lorries – which it says is the UK’s biggest order of electric trucks – that can take loads of up to 40 tonnes. Continue reading...
The justices have again declined to get involved in the climate liability litigation, allowing cases to proceed to trial and potentially encouraging more local governments to sue.
Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright and the pick for deputy secretary, James Danly, support policies for keeping oil and gas as the primary U.S. fuel sources.
The CEO of the American Petroleum Institute said oil and gas companies are looking for laws and regulations that will outlast the new administration.
The justices have once again declined to get involved in the climate liability litigation, allowing cases to proceed to trial and potentially encouraging more local governments to sue.
It’s free, it’s sensible and it makes workers happy. The government needs to accept that this is the new normal You would be hard-pressed to find a single positive side-effect of the pandemic. If there is one, it is the growing numbers of people who now work from home. Half of workers work from home for at least part of the week now, and many workplaces have thrived because of it. Zoom meetings save time and wasteful travel, employers are free to hire talent from anywhere in the country, and employees have escaped escalating property prices in London and steep commuting costs. Working from home (WFH) has been a boon for the climate, too; according to one US study , two to four days of remote working a week lowers carbon emissions by between 11% and 29%. Yet WFH is now coming under accelerating...
Environmental experts are worried the cumulative effects of gas, oil and fuel spills aren't being adequately tracked in parts of the North. Last year, Nunavut and N.W.T. together recorded hundreds of contaminant spills, some of them small and others in the thousands of litres.
The Scottish Government is being urged to give its 'full-throated support' to North Sea oil and gas
The Independent MP for Goldstein said there are many small business owners in her electorate who are worried about the rising cost of energy. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Rowland reacts to number of women preselected by Liberal party to replace retiring MPs Michelle Rowland was also asked about the fact just one woman has been preselected to replace eight Liberal MPs who are retiring at the next election. Is she disappointed by this? Clearly, Peter Dutton talks a big game when it comes to these issues, but the reality is borne out by the fact that they continue to overlook women for public office … For my mind, that says everything about Peter Dutton being stuck in the past, just as he’s stuck in the past around the national...
Experts are on red alert after uncovering a ticking time bomb in Antarctica that would reshape the continent and dramatically increase sea levels worldwide.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05288A, Paper Yanjun Wang, Yue Wang, Wenjing Duan, Xuang Bai, Pengyuan Liu, Chiwei Xu, Hongqin Wang, Jinjue Zeng, Qi Wang, Fanyu Zhou, Yuhang Meng, Lijun Yang, Cheng-Hui Li, Zheng Hu, Xiangfen Jiang, Liang Jiang, Jingxin Lei, Xue-Bin Wang The matter cycle and the renewable energy are fundamental to sustainable development. Despite the recognized urgency of plastic recycling, its implementation is still limited technologically. A dynamic crosslinker can enable... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Honolulu officials had filed a lawsuit against the companies for an alleged decades long misinformation campaign The supreme court has shot down the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to kill a Hawaii lawsuit, which is seeking to hold the sector accountable for an alleged decades-long misinformation campaign. The Monday decision will allow the closely watched litigation, filed by officials from Honolulu, to proceed toward a trial. It is a procedural victory for the wave of climate accountability lawsuits filed against oil and gas companies in recent years. Continue reading...
Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ongoing source of carbon-rich dust in our own Milky Way galaxy in greater detail: Wolf-Rayet 140, a system of two massive stars that follow […]
The deadly Santa Ana winds fueling the Los Angeles fires are expected to pick back up this week as another Arctic blast plunges the eastern US into deep cold, marking another week of extremes.
Engraved over 20 millennia ago, it intertwines ritual, symbolism, and water management in a stunning display of prehistoric ingenuity.
Managers at a Tennessee plastic factory allegedly told workers to remain at work during Hurricane Helene, resulting in the death of six workers after flooding from the hurricane hit the factory. The company then sent their families fast food gift cards as condolences.
[Vanguard] A former presidential candidate, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that insecurity and climate change constitute the biggest threats to agriculture in Nigeria.
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to claw back unspent money under the Inflation Reduction Act.
CNN — It’s been less than a week since the year’s first wildfire embers raced through the air over Los Angeles, carried by hurricane-level Santa Ana winds to spark some of the deadliest wildfires California has ever seen. The Palisades Fire started Tuesday, and by the end of Wednesday it had burned more than 17,000 … The post Wildfires have been raging in Los Angeles for days. When will they end? appeared first on Egypt Independent.
[UN News] The world is entering a new era of crisis for children; climate change, inequality and conflict are disrupting their lives and limiting their futures, an authoritative study from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
The emergency situations minister said that "the most difficult situation" was near the port of Taman, where fuel oil continues to leak into the sea from a damaged tanker.
Rice grown in China also has better texture now, Chinese researchers say in note for Nature after article flags climate change impact.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 2, 28 January 2025.
Forecasters say there won’t be winds as strong as last week’s record-setting gusts, but LA’s dry season will get worse When it comes to forecasting the conditions for catastrophic California wildfires, there are two main ingredients: fuels (think grasses, shrubs, trees – basically anything that’s available for fires to burn) and winds. When analyzing fuels, forecasters look mainly at the levels of drought, along with any recent rains that may help diminish the effect of longer-term drought. With winds, in southern California at least, it’s all about anticipating the Santa Anas – the fierce winds that blow offshore, from the deserts to the coast, bringing loads of dry air with them. Continue reading...
Tropical storm batters eastern parts of Africa, including French territory still recovering from Cyclone Chido Over the weekend, eastern parts of Africa were threatened by Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi. What started as a slight tropical disturbance between Indonesia and Australia on 2 January progressed westwards while developing into a depression over the week that followed. The depression strengthened into a moderate tropical storm with heavy downpours and gusty winds exceeding 39mph (63km/h) across central parts of the Indian Ocean. At this time, the system was named Dikeledi. It continued westwards and deepened into a tropical cyclone on the evening of 10 January as maximum sustained wind speeds hit 74mph – the equivalent of becoming a category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. Continue...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters and Bob Henson Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a building at Sunset Boulevard amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The fast-moving wildfire had destroyed thousands of structures and burned more than 15,000 acres by Thursday, January 9. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) [ Haz clic aquí para leer en español ] The New Year has rung in with one of the most horrific wildfire events in world history: an urban firestorm in the Los Angeles metro area that has killed at least five people and reduced thousands of homes to smoking rubble. Two major fires in excess of 10,000 acres – the Palisades fire in the...
Turbocharged monsoon floods are intensifying the spread of waterborne diseases in the Indian Ocean island nation.
There's no hope of drilling off the state’s coastline right now, but there's at least one new onshore oil project on the drawing board.
The BOEM plan, which calls for "equitable outreach," may not survive the incoming Trump administration.
Despite being one of the world’s top three exporters of liquefied natural gas, Australia has struggled for years to ensure adequate supply for domestic consumption.
Sometimes, weather is just weather. And other times human-caused climate change had an obvious impact.
Air quality in the Los Angeles region has plummeted due to smoke from the ongoing wildfires. With all that smoke comes possible risks to human health. So what actually is smoke and why is it so harmful? Jessica Gilman , an atmospheric chemist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains what smoke is made of, how it behaves in the atmosphere and smoke's role in climate change. Plus, tips for how to lessen your exposure. Check out the CDC's recommendations for avoiding smoke inhalation here. Read more of NPR's coverage of the fires. Questions, story ideas or want us to dig more into the science underpinning natural disasters? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support...
Survivors of the coal mine disaster on the Assam-Meghalaya border recount traumatic encounters, while relatives mourn the loss of their primary earners. An ongoing recovery operation has retrieved four bodies, but many are still missing. The perilous conditions and allure of higher daily wages compel workers to these illegal and dangerous mines.
It was a significantly powerful year in the Lone Star State.
Asian markets tumbled Monday after an outsized US jobs report dealt another blow to hopes for more interest rate cuts, while oil extended a rally sparked by new sanctions on Russia's energy sector.
An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread.
Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan pushes back against ‘misunderstandings’ over facility opening this year.
Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight costs.
When your car's oil has just been changed, it should be at its best, right? So why is it that sometimes after an oil change, the check enging light comes on?
Protesting the fossil fuel industry and their political allies can help fix the narrative, and turn disasters into opportunities for climate action
A 2022 poll of 1,500 U.S. teenagers found that 89 percent of them regularly think about the environment, “with the majority feeling more worried than hopeful.”
Even once researchers can reliably get more power out of a fusion reaction than they put in, they'll still need to overcome engineering challenges to scale up fusion energy.
A tropical storm was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday after causing torrential rains and flash floods that killed three people in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar.
Jacob Lofland says quitting college and going to work as a roughneck for the oil and gas company where his father is a well-respected fixer seems like the right move for his character Cooper Norris in "Landman" Season 1.
Less than a month since it was hit by a deadly cyclone, the French territory of Mayotte was bracing Sunday for a severe storm expected to bring strong winds and flash floods. Authorities have called for “extreme vigilance” as the French weather service warned residents that the new storm could be reclassified as a cyclone.
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House later this month, some northerners are anxious about what the new U.S. administration will mean for the Arctic environment, circumpolar politics and the fight against climate change.
After hours of towing, a German maritime emergency team brought the oil tanker Eventin to safety off a Baltic seaport. The vessel, part of Russia's aging "shadow fleet," suffered a full blackout late Friday.
A 24-year-old man named Vijay Danu survived a 330-foot fall into a gorge near Pindari glacier, Uttarakhand. His rescue involved a 13-member team's all-night trek through harsh conditions. Despite severe injuries and hypothermia, Danu was saved and transported for advanced medical care. The operation highlighted the team's extraordinary dedication and bravery in extreme conditions.
A devastating wildfire in Los Angeles, fueled by high winds and dry conditions, has resulted in 11 fatalities, destroyed thousands of homes, and forced widespread evacuations. The Santa Ana winds, alongside drought-like conditions and rapid urbanization, exacerbated the fire's spread, overwhelming firefighting efforts. Authorities are investigating the fire hydrants' failures during critical moments.
Legislation aimed at limiting the US’s role in global warming is likely to be an early target of Donald Trump The devastating wave of wildfires that has reduced thousands of Hollywood homes to ashes could not have afflicted the US at a more telling moment. Figures released last week revealed that for the first time the world overshot the 1.5C limit in global temperature rises that had been set as a desired upper figure by the Paris climate accord of 2015. It is clear that the floods that engulfed Valencia last year, along with the typhoons that ripped through the Philippines and the drought that afflicted the Amazon were all made more likely by this unwanted temperature rise, say scientists. From this perspective, Hollywood’s misery is just one of many examples of the destruction...
Authorities have put the French overseas territory of Mayotte on red alert late on Saturday, Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville said, as a tropical storm nears the Indian Ocean archipelago that was devastated by a cyclone last month.
The president-elect is sending former senior officials back to his energy and environment departments in the number two position.
Conservatives blame diversity initiatives for Los Angeles wildfires, ignoring scientific evidence linking the disaster to climate change.
John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los Angeles are different from those before When writing about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds and how they affect the behavior and imaginations of southern Californians , Joan Didion once said: “The winds show us how close to the edge we are.” I’ve lived here my entire life. I evacuated my family’s hillside home as a teenager. I’ve experienced the surrealism of watching ash rain down from the sky more times than I can count. But there is something different, supercharged, about the hurricane-force winds that fueled this week’s catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles . Continue reading...
Turkey vultures feed on dead carcasses, helping to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastrophe Apocalyptic flames and smoke are raging through southern California in the worst fire in Los Angeles county’s history. At least seven people have died. Thousands of structures have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. The private forecaster AccuWeather estimates initial damage and economic loss at more than $50bn and has the potential to be the costliest wildfire disaster in American history . The impacts of the disruption and loss faced by community members is incalculable. While some media outlets are discussing the link between the LA fires and climate crisis , the president-elect Donald Trump and rightwing media are using this...
A Nunavut researcher who attended a recent Arctic science conference says more money and research is needed to understand how the availability of country food in Inuit communities is changing because of the warming climate.
Ed Miliband's 'obsession' with wind and solar power leaves Britain at risk of blackouts, a former energy secretary warned last night as UK gas reserves fell to 'concerningly low' levels.
Sweeping measures target every stage of Russian energy production and distribution chain but will they deter Moscow’s biggest customers?
A winter storm is barreling through the US, slamming into a state where people are 'still living in tents' after the hurricane season. Twenty states, from Texas to Delaware, were on alert Friday for snow.
Marco QuadrelliNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory There is a strong coupling mechanism between the lithosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, atmosphere, and the plasmasphere of many planetary bodies. For example, the ionosphere has been shown to respond to space weather events induced by Solar activity, as well as to atmospheric events, and events in the surface and interior of […]
Los Angeles has been hit with its worst-ever wildfires, which continue to blaze, already claiming at least ten lives and devastating air quality—just as a spate of mask bans have been enacted or proposed around the country, including in LA itself. Since authorities began issuing evacuation orders across the area, Joaquín Beltrán, a community organizer […]
The White House, now unconcerned about the effect on gas prices and inflation, blacklisted two of Russia’s biggest oil producers and nearly 200 tanker ships.
Scientists have warned that the Paris Agreement to limit global warming will likely be breached as data reveals 2024 was the hottest year in human history.
The total number of people killed in extreme weather events intensified by climate change in 2024 is likely in the tens or hundreds of thousands, said the World Weather Attribution group. The post Earth roasts through its second consecutive hottest year on record appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[This Day] In navigating Africa's journey towards energy security and economic growth, the enormous benefits of its fossil fuels remain undisputed. Africa has over 125 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves and hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of established gas reserves, with more discoveries emerging across the continent. This natural resource continues to power industries, generate revenue, and create jobs, playing a pivotal role in the development of the continent.
The future looks dire with consumption pivoting away, especially in China and France, and grape growers worldwide hit by climate change, but the wine sector is a long-term sector.
Long-awaited guidance on the clean energy tax credit has landed, but questions remain for crop-based fuels as the Trump administration steps in.
[The Herald] Zimbabwe aims to triple its Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) to 1,5 million tonnes by 2028, a move analysts say will strengthen national food security, mitigate the risks of increasingly erratic weather patterns caused by climate change, and accommodate increased grain output, which has seen record yields in recent years.
To solve the climate crisis, power must flow away from the billionaire class When I feel uncertain, I find it’s helpful to write down things I know to be true. Fossil fuels are causing irreversible planetary overheating. Overheating threatens essentially all life on Earth. Oil and gas executives knew this but they chose to systematically lie and block a climate transition. They continue to make this choice. I choose to focus my energy on the climate crisis because a habitable planet is a prerequisite for everything worth fighting for, and because the prospect of losing a planet feels horrific and sad to me in a primal way that I can’t express with words. I’m also simply in love with the Earth. But planetary overheating is really just the most geophysical symptom of extractive colonial...
The specter of flames devouring built environments has become more familiar over recent years and is often blamed on climate change. But is that always the case?
Hybrid cars remain popular due to lower sticker prices and range anxiety – but tax breaks and lower running costs mean EV buyers save in the long run 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 It wasn’t long ago that electric cars were the darlings of the showroom. Buyers were queueing to own vehicles that, at the time, were hard to get hold of and held the promise of lower running costs. Continue reading...
[New Dawn] Two Liberian public health institutions - the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia have signed Lead Paint Regulations to reduce exposure by limiting lead content in residential and decorative paints.
Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04566A, Review Article Junwei Ding, Miao Du, Shiwen Wang, Linsen Zhang, Yuanzheng Yue, Morten M Smedskjaer Advanced rechargeable batteries are critical for enabling effective energy storage. A promising strategy to improve the electrochemical performance involves tailoring heterostructures (HSs) with heterointerfaces (HIs) in the active battery components.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Software can help drivers charge when renewable energy is available and electricity demand is low. The post Smarter EV charging could ease the strain on the electric grid appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Norwegian capital’s sites were 98% free of fossil fuels last year, and it aims to increase use of electric machinery Tafseer Ali felt no need to raise his voice as the pair of diggers lumbered past him, their treads weighing heavy on the rock and asphalt. Quiet electric machines like these make it easy to work in the city centre, the construction manager said – and keep the neighbours happy. “If they have less noise, we get fewer complaints.” Continue reading...
In 2024, natural disasters related to variations in the water cycle caused more than 8,700 deaths and at least $550 billion of economic loss.
[Premium Times] In the early months of 2024, Nigeria was thrown into prolonged, severe heat waves, especially in the northern parts of the country, with temperatures rising to a record 41°C. Farmers bore the brunt.
Earth's average temperature in 2024 reached a record high, surpassing the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set by the Paris Agreement. This increase, linked to fossil fuel emissions and El Nino impacts, is the first full-year breach of this benchmark. Experts warn about the long-term implications, emphasizing urgent action against climate change.
An international team of scientists has drilled nearly two miles into Antarctic bedrock, extracting a 1.2 million-year-old ice core. This breakthrough, achieved by Beyond EPICA at Little Dome C, promises unprecedented insights into Earth's climate history, revealing changes in greenhouse gases and atmospheric conditions over millennia.
The average global surface temperature for 2024 exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels threshold set by the Paris Agreement for the first time, according to the European Union's climate watchdog.
The nation increased renewable energy, but those environmental gains were washed away by rising pollution from transportation and natural gas.
Global temperatures soar 'beyond what modern humans have ever experienced'.
Last year was the world's warmest on record, bringing temperatures above a politically symbolic milestone.
While Britain might now be facing freezing weather, scientists have confirmed that 2024 was officially the hottest year on record and the first to exceed the 1.5°C of warming targetted by the Paris Agreement.
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”. The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows. That is a jump of 0.1C from 2023, which was also a record hot year and represents levels of heat never experienced by modern humans. Continue reading...
Winter Storm Cora is bearing down on the southern United States, bringing a brutal blast of frigid winter air with snow, ice and extreme temperatures across a 1,400 mile long swath from Texas to the Carolinas.
Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create The world’s richest 1% have already used up their fair share of the global carbon budget for 2025, just 10 days into the year. In less than a week and a half, the consumption habits of an individual from this monied elite had already caused, on average, 2.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, according to analysis by Oxfam GB. It would take someone from the poorest 50% of humanity three years to create the same amount of pollution. Continue reading...
Chinese rocket scientist reveals blueprint for ‘incredible project’ to build solar power station in space using super heavy rockets.
'You can't blame this all on climate change,' said O'Leary, adding there's just one thing to blame: 'It's just poor management on [Newsom's] behalf.'
The achievement represents the longest continuous record of Earth’s climate from an ice core.
Finland has paraded the enormous anchor allegedly used by an oil tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet to snap several critical undersea cables on the bed of the Baltic Sea.
PM Anwar Ibrahim envisions Malaysia as a hub for electricity, talent, and supply chain diversification, emphasising oil and gas and semiconductor expertise.
[Vanguard] The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed at least 619 facilities, including Mosques, Churches, hotels, among others for various environmental infractions in 2024.
“This is practically one of the most serious environmental challenges we’ve faced in recent years,” he said during a cabinet meeting on Thursday.
Open access notables Large emissions of CO2 and CH4 due to active-layer warming in Arctic tundra , Torn et al., Nature Communications: Climate warming may accelerate decomposition of Arctic soil carbon, but few controlled experiments have manipulated the entire active layer. To determine surface-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane under anticipated end-of-century warming, here we used heating rods to warm (by 3.8 °C) to the depth of permafrost in polygonal tundra in Utqia?vik (formerly Barrow), Alaska and measured fluxes over two growing seasons. We show that ecosystem respiration is ~30% higher in warmed plots than in control plots (0.99 μmol m−2 s−1 versus 0.67 μmol m−2 s−1, p <...
The current fires in Los Angeles are reminders of the costs of forgetting The fires raging in and around Malibu are huge, and they’re terrible, and they’re also the latest in a series of catastrophic fires in Los Angeles county and the region, the latest consequence of heat and drought and wind that have long created the region’s volatile fire weather. The climate crisis has made it hotter and drier and made wildfire worse here and across the west and around the world, but this region’s ecology has always been wedded to fire. Homes built in and around natural landscapes – canyons, chaparral coastal hills, forests, mountainsides – with a history of wildfire that are pretty much guaranteed to burn again sooner or later create the personal tragedies and losses and the pressure for fire crews...
He represented states challenging the Obama administration's signature climate change rule.
Rather than months without rain or the effects of climate change, figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. are pointing to a familiar scapegoat as entire neighborhoods burn.
The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this week's oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the state has challenged as too restrictive and at odds with a 2017 law aimed at opening the refuge's sweeping coastal plan to exploration and development.
Bureau of Meteorology says showers and storms a regular feature of Australian summer, but warm and dry periods still to come Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Showers are expected to continue for Sydney and Brisbane throughout much of the coming week, but summer isn’t over yet, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. In fact, senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said showers and storm activity were a regular feature of the Australian summer, especially for northern Australia, as well as south-east Queensland and eastern New South Wales. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Cities cancel flights and school in anticipation as Dallas, Texas, is expected to get a year’s worth of snow Parts of Texas and the US south are getting hit with yet another winter storm. The winter storm will hit central and northern Texas with 1-6in (3-15cm) of snow, according to the latest update from AccuWeather. Pockets of snowfall from 6-12in are expected to hit north of Dallas, Texas; to Arkansas, Tennessee and eastern North Carolina through Friday. Continue reading...
The plan carves out a new pollution source category titled “chemical manufacturing with ethylene oxide” and requires emissions monitoring around facilities.
New rule hailed as major step toward reining in source of local toxic air pollution that hits low-income neighborhoods The EPA plans to require the nation’s municipal waste incinerators to monitor for dangerous air emissions, a move environmental groups have hailed as a major step toward reining in a staggering source of localized toxic air pollution that most frequently hits low-income neighborhoods . Municipal incinerators’ stacks often spew hazardous pollutants like dioxins, particulate matter, PFAS, carbon monoxide, acid gases, or nitrogen oxides. The substances are linked to cancer, developmental disorders and other serious diseases, but still are burned with limited or patchwork oversight. Continue reading...
A provocative climate change tweet discussing the evolution of climate change-related disasters has gone viral as the Los Angeles wildfires rage on.
[Liberian Observer] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) have signed the Lead Paint Regulations--the collaboration aimed at raising awareness of the chemical's dangers and monitoring manufacturers' compliance.
Rystad Energy releases data days after Ukraine stopped flows of Russian gas through its pipelines Europe bought a record amount of liquefied natural gas from Russia last year, data shows, despite EU efforts to ditch the fossil fuels funding Putin’s war chest. Ships carrying 17.8m tonnes of ultra-cold Russian gas docked in European ports in 2024, up by more than 2m tonnes from the year before, according to analysts Rystad Energy. Continue reading...
After staying flat for nearly two decades, electricity use is starting to rise again, and the boom in wind and solar power hasn’t kept pace.
Conditions for a January LA firestorm have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist An exceptional mix of environmental conditions has created an ongoing firestorm without known historical precedent across southern California this week. The ingredients for these infernos in the Los Angeles area, near-hurricane strength winds and drought, foretell an emerging era of compound events – simultaneous types of historic weather conditions, happening at unusual times of the year, resulting in situations that overwhelm our ability to respond. Continue reading...
Over half of Earth’s land surface is covered with fire-prone vegetation, with grassy ecosystems—such as grasslands, savannas, woodlands, and shrublands—being the most extensive. In the context of the climate crisis, scientists worldwide are exploring ...
Calpine generates electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources that helps power roughly 27 million homes every year.
How melting ice and geopolitical rivalries are heating up competition in the Arctic
US greenhouse gas emissions barely decreased in 2024, leaving the world's largest economy off track to achieve its climate goals, according to an analysis released Thursday, as the incoming Trump administration looks set to double down on fossil fuels.
Iron ore billionaire says he is ‘personally delighted’ at lawsuit as fossil fuel giant has ‘opened themselves up to cross-examination’ in a US court Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is among a group accused of orchestrating “smear campaigns and lawfare” against the global oil and gas sector “for politics, publicity, and private gain” in a dramatic defamation claim launched in US courts by fossil fuel company ExxonMobil. But the iron ore billionaire, who is not himself a defendant in the case, said he is “personally delighted” at the court action and that “Exxon has walked themselves into the court and opened themselves up to cross-examination”. Continue...
The wildfires burning across LA are also degrading the air quality across the region. The resulting air pollution is a serious health threat, especially for children, pregnant people, older adults, and those with preexisting conditions.
As ice recedes, hidden volcanoes under Antarctica awaken, reshaping predictions for climate change.
As fires rage in the Los Angeles area, the health risks from air pollution mount. Here’s what to know.
That's where the U.S. gets most of its offshore oil.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03104K, Paper Xian Wu, Wei Zhang, Haotian Qu, Chaohong Guan, Chuang Li, Gongxun Lu, Chengshuai Chang, Zhoujie Lao, Yanfei Zhu, Lu Nie, Guangmin Zhou Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are garnering significant interest for use in solid-state lithium metal batteries. However, a critical challenge in the rational design of electrolytes lies in ensuring interfacial compatibility,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Fast-moving wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of extreme weather events that may have been exacerbated by climate change
No companies bid for the chance to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was the second auction in four years that failed to draw strong interest.
An oil worker was evacuated from a deep-sea rig to Shetland this afternoon (Wednesday) in a medical emergency. Shetland coastguard said it received an evacuation... Emergency evacuation from oil rig
Baba Vanga's predictions for 2025 include a major war in Europe, advances in human telepathy, lab-grown human organs, contact with extraterrestrial life, discovery of a new energy source, financial success for certain zodiac signs, and environmental issues like melting ice caps and rising sea levels. These forecasts urge us to be mindful of our actions and their consequences.
[State Department] The United States welcomes the signing of a landmark $27 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Program agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. MCC and the Mauritanian government designed this program to build Mauritania's capacity in inclusive power sector planning, grid operations, and electricity regulation. The Threshold Program will provide debt-free grants to develop fundable environment resilience projects and to incorporate climate change and social
In January last year, Jacob Davidge's entire downstairs was destroyed after flooding caused the house to flood with rainwater from Storm Henk.
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink Global surface temperatures have risen around 1.3C since the preindustrial (1850-1900) period as a result of human activity. 1 However, this aggregate number masks a lot of underlying factors that contribute to global surface temperature changes over time. These include CO2, which is the primary driver of long-term warming, as well as non-CO2 greenhouse gases like CH4, N2O, and halocarbons. But it also includes planet-cooling aerosols that have masked a sizable portion of the warming of our greenhouse gas emissions to-date. Rounding out the list are other anthropogenic factors (tropospheric ozone, albedo changes due to land use change), and natural forcings (primarily volcanic eruptions and variations in solar...
How the microorganisms lurking in your dishwasher could turn out to be climate superstars.
Countries around the world are working to reduce their emissions of planet-heating carbon dioxide. Germany is now responsible for less than 2%, but even that is too much. Why?
German climber Jost Kobusch witnessed avalanches and exploding glaciers while climbing Mount Everest, as a strong earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday (January 7). - REUTERS
Lawsuit challenges the federal government’s December 2024 decision to add restrictions to offer of drilling leases The US state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The federal lawsuit in the US district court in Alaska filed on Monday challenges the federal government’s December 2024 decision to add restrictions to an offer of oil and gas drilling leases in an area known as the coastal plain. Continue reading...
The apparent strike is the latest in a series of Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy and military facilities.
Alico owns 53,371 acres across eight counties in Florida and 48,700 acres of oil, gas and mineral rights in the state.
Ukraine's armed forces said Wednesday they attacked a strategic Russian oil depot overnight used to provide fuel for strategic bombers. A huge fire erupted at the Kombinat Kristall depot in the Russian city of Engels.
Wyoming lawmakers are considering a bill to remove carbon dioxide from the state's list of pollutants and repeal carbon capture mandates.
The tiny nation of Niue has raised £3m selling sponsorship of its marine protected area at just over £100 for a square kilometre Niue, also known as the Rock of Polynesia, is one of the tiniest island states in the world. It takes a mere two hours to drive around it, giving views of its rugged limestone cliffs and occasional sandy coves. These coves give way to caves and chasms, once used for storage, burial sites and even as living spaces. But perhaps what visitors seek most are its crystal clear waters, home to spinner dolphins, eels, grey reef sharks, sea snakes and humpback whales. Now the island is engaged in an innovative plan to try to conserve these vast and pristine territorial waters. The scheme , which has been running for a year, involves selling off sponsorship of the ocean...
Two people have died after winter weather struck northern France, with three départements placed on heightened alert for snow and ice Thursday morning and coastal areas warned of potential flooding.
A rescue operation involving the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF, and other agencies resumed on Wednesday morning to save nine individuals trapped in a flooded coal mine since Monday in Umrangso, Assam. The flooding, linked to an underground water channel, left water levels inside the mine at approximately 100 ft.
The credits aim to drive deployment of zero-carbon power with funding linked to how much projects cut emissions rather than the technologies they use.
The country plans to complete the project in 2036 to replace aging coal-fired plants and keep steady deliveries to its power system.
Climate change is one of the most serious global threats to the future of the world’s population. Its impact extends far and wide, from the economy to governance to the very health and well-being of society. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 2030 and 2050, some 250,000 extra deaths per year will occur […]
A new study from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., examined the health impacts of pollution from the oil and gas sector in Alberta. The lead author said there's been a lack of research on the topic in Canada.
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