Plane skidded off runway and 45 cars were piled up as 53 million were under winter weather alerts over Thanksgiving A Thanksgiving weekend storm system brought over a foot of snow and strong winds across the US midwest and thunderstorms across the south, as 53 million people from South Dakota to New York were under winter weather alerts . Over the weekend, ahead of one of the busiest travel days of the year on Sunday, a 45-car pile-up occurred on interstate 78 in Indiana and a Delta Air Lines plane skidded off the runway in Des Moines, Iowa, during landing. Continue reading...
From Atacama to Patagonia, Chile makes extremes easy with dark-sky nights, glacier days and coastal dinners.
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen—and how fast—is anything but settled.
Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claims A new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers. The agricultural industry sprays about 8m pounds of antibiotic and antifungal pesticides on US food crops annually, many of which are banned in other countries. Continue reading...
Thousands gathered for the 'protestival' at Horseshoe Beach in Newcastle on the NSW Central Coast this weekend marked by multiple dangerous incidents.
Indonesia's death toll from severe floods and landslides has reached 442, with hundreds missing and injured, as two cities on Sumatra remain unreachable. Thailand is also grappling with devastating floods, having claimed 162 lives, while Malaysia continues to shelter thousands displaced by the monsoon. Climate change is cited as a factor intensifying these deadly weather events.
Rain caused by Cyclone Senyar prompted deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia and Thailand. Effects from a separate cyclone in Sri Lanka killed nearly 200.
The Indus River Valley in South Asia hosted one of the most advanced societies at the time, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Then it mysteriously disappeared.
Cyclone Ditwah has prompted a high alert in South India, with Tamil Nadu and Puducherry bracing for potential rain and thunderstorms. The cyclone's path runs parallel to the coast, posing a threat after claiming 159 lives in Sri Lanka. India has launched Operation Sagar Bandhu, deploying relief and rescue teams to assist the island nation.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 23, 2025 thru Sat, November 29, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: International Climate Conferences and Agreements (8 articles) Bad COP Personal Blog, Michael E. Mann, Nov. 22, 2025. COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new efforts to “strengthen” climate targets have been launched at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Nov 23, 2025. UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape...
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Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.
Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78% Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Activists say they have blocked two more coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protests, bringing the total number of ships turned around by campaigners this weekend to three. Thousands of people have gathered at Rising Tide’s annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. The blockade began on Thursday and will continue until Tuesday. Continue reading...
As viticulture suffers from the effects of climate change, German researchers are experimenting with technology that fosters growth while also harvesting electricity.
Thailand has climbed to 17th among nations most at risk from extreme weather, according to the latest Climate Risk Index (CRI) released by Germanwatch. The Department of Climate Change and Environment (DCCE) said the findings have prompted accelerated upgrades to early‑warning systems and a push for a more integrated resilience framework.
2025 was an unusual Atlantic hurricane season. Darren Bett explains what set this season apart from others.
Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia with attack on empty vessels on way to load up with oil for foreign markets Ukrainian naval drones hit two tankers operating under sanctions in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia’s vast oil industry. The two oil tankers, identified as the Kairos and Virat, were empty and sailing to Novorossiysk, a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal, the official at the security service of Ukraine told Reuters. Continue reading...
MOSCOW - One of Russia’s largest oil terminals halted operations on Saturday following an attack by sea drones, hours before Ukrainian negotiators were headed to the United States for talks on ending the war.
The NYPD and ICE agents were clashed with a large group of protesters blocking the streets in New York's Chinatown on Saturday morning, leading to at least two arrests.
Airlines are urgently upgrading Airbus A320 aircraft software. Intense solar radiation could corrupt flight data. This directive follows an incident where an aircraft pitched downwards unexpectedly. IndiGo, Air India, and Air India Express are accelerating fixes. No aircraft can fly until the mandatory modification is complete. This global alert impacts thousands of jets, causing travel disruptions.
A Russian oil tanker, the Virat, was struck by an unmanned vessel in the Black Sea near the Turkish coast, with explosions reported. Another vessel, the Kairos, also experienced an explosion. In footage of a crew member aboard Virat, a man reports it to be a drone attack in panic. Ukrainian sources have claimed responsibility, stating they targeted the ships for allegedly transporting sanctioned Russian oil.
Cyclone Ditwah is poised to make landfall near the North Tamil Nadu–Puducherry–South Andhra Pradesh coast by early November 30, prompting high alert across southern India. The storm, which has already caused devastation in Sri Lanka, is expected to bring heavy to extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds, leading to widespread disruptions and potential urban flooding.
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency as Cyclone Ditwah's rains and floods claimed 132 lives and left 176 missing. Over 15,000 homes were destroyed, forcing 78,000 into shelters. The nation seeks international aid, with India already dispatching relief supplies and reaffirming support.
Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice giant and how it can help us understand more about planets in our Solar System.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium said it would resume operations when the drone threat was lifted.
Thousands are currently participating in a flotilla at the world's largest coal export port which will continue into Sunday.
International research and highly-specialized divers are bringing an underground, underwater world to the surface
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia great again. In 2022, the Biden administration earmarked billions of dollars to help revitalize and strengthen former coal communities. The objective was to lay down building blocks for the region to transition from extractive industries like coal and timber to a hub for solar and other advanced energy technologies, with a view to long-term economic, climate and social resilience. Continue reading...
Airbus has issued an urgent global alert for its A320-family aircraft due to a software flaw potentially affected by intense solar radiation. This directive follows a JetBlue incident where a jet unexpectedly pitched downward. India will ground over 350 jets for a quick fix, with global operations facing potential short-term disruptions.
A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentality Earlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in – volunteers walk them there and back. In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it’s simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down by walking in front of them. Last month, 50 people rushed to a church, where the congregation was trapped, having got word that there were ICE agents waiting outside. Maybe...
Coral reefs at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea are healthy and resilient to climate change, but growing thermal stress poses a potential bleaching risk, according to a Chinese environmental assessment. The report rated the atoll’s maritime environment as excellent, with no signs of cyanide in seawater, sediment or fish samples. Scarborough Shoal, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines, is claimed by both countries, and Manila has accused...
The issue is thought to affect 6,000 planes, which will need to undergo an urgent software update or have computers replaced.
The finance minister says Thailand faces challenges in three spheres: a new global trade order, technological transformation and severe climate change.
Air travel faces significant disruption this weekend as over 350 IndiGo and Air India A320 family aircraft in India, and thousands globally, are grounded for a crucial software upgrade. This precautionary measure follows an incident where an A320 unexpectedly pitched downward, potentially due to solar radiation affecting flight control data. The upgrade aims to ensure fleet safety.
The European Space Agency’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched today, 28 November, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into orbit at 19:44 CET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as part of the Transporter-15 rideshare flight from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
MOSCOW - Hungary’s Viktor Orban defied the EU Friday by promising Vladimir Putin he will keep buying Russian oil, as he attended a Kremlin meeting held in the midst of a diplomatic push to end Moscow’s Ukraine offensive.
Video: 00:02:27 ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US.Embracing the New Space concept, HydroGNSS is one of ESA’s new Scout missions being developed within the Earth Observation FutureEO programme.
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Another 130 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 44,000 evacuated to temporary shelters amid rescue operations Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 123 people across Sri Lanka so far, with another 130 still missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DCM) said on Saturday. Director general Sampath Kotuwegoda said relief operations were underway with 43,995 people moved to state-run welfare centres after their homes were destroyed in the week-long heavy rains. Continue reading...
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney is rolling back climate rules and encouraging pipeline construction to boost the energy sector amidst US tariff uncertainty. This move aims to diversify oil exports and reduce reliance on the US market, though it sparks internal government tensions and environmentalist criticism.
We found the psychological impetus people need to take action on climate change — realizing it will affect them and their way of life personally.
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has joined forces with the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) and Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) to share an ice-capable vessel that will resupply three Antarctic … The post International collaboration secures Antarctic station resupply for the next decade appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
The Paulatuk Hunters and Trappers Committee and Fisheries and Oceans Canada implanted acoustic tags in nearly 40 Arctic char this past summer. The intent is to better understand where char are spending their time and when they’re migrating, as they respond to a shifting climate.
Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution Trump administration orders to keep an ageing, unneeded Michigan coal-fired power plant online has cost ratepayers from across the US midwest about $113m so far, according to estimates from the plant’s operator and regulators. Still, the US energy department last week ordered the plant to remain open for another 90 days. Continue reading...
The Cop30 UN climate change conference in Belem, Brazil, concluded with a package of decisions that champions implementation and finance, yet its success is nuanced, marked by both institutional progress and political compromises over the core issue of fossil fuels. The conference, framed as the “implementation Cop” by the Brazilian presidency, turned attention away from purely text negotiations to implementing action. The world is grappling with the complex realities of executing a systemic...
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C Business live – latest updates UK energy bill payers will hand over £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, the French company building two nuclear power stations, according to government figures. EDF, owned by the French government, will be entitled to £1bn in annual payments as soon as Hinkley Point C , in Somerset, comes on to the grid in 2030. The sum is due under the contracts-for-difference system that guarantees low-carbon energy companies a fixed price for the electricity they generate. Continue reading...
Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being a carbon sink to a carbon source in 2010 to 2017
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[Vanguard] Nigeria has stepped up efforts to confront antimicrobial resistance (AMR), food safety risks and the growing impact of climate change on agriculture through a strengthened One Health approach.
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Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined An eight-year-old girl left destitute in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa has been barred from coming to the UK to join her parents. The Guardian reported on the case of Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown after the hurricane. Her mother, Kerrian Bigby, a carer, moved from Jamaica to be with Lati-Yana’s British father, Jerome Hardy, a telecommunications worker, in April 2023, leaving their daughter to be cared for by her grandmother. Continue reading...
Whitehorse is set to welcome thousands of participants to the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in March. With just 100 days to go before event, local organizers say they'll be ready.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04892C, Paper Wang Xu, Yongbiao Mu, Yaoyu Yin, Anjun Hu, Yuanjian Li, Jian Wang, Qi Liu, Jianping Long, Lin Zeng, Shimou Chen High-voltage lithium metal batteries (LMBs) face severe cathode-electrolyte interfacial degradation at elevated temperatures. To address this issue, we develop a conjugated topologically confined composite electrolytes (M-FGPE) by in situ incorporating... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Up to five Chinese vehicle assemblers, leveraging their technology and production advantages in building electric cars, are likely to make the list of the world’s top 10 carmakers by 2030, disrupting the pecking order in the global automotive industry, according to global consultancy McKinsey. “The industry will undergo some major changes by 2030,” Guan Mingyu, a senior partner of McKinsey, told reporters in a media briefing on Thursday. “Indeed, we have already seen some signs that tremendous...
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement with Alberta’s premier on Thursday that rolls back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast. Under the agreement, the federal government will scrap a planned emissions cap on the oil and gas sector and drop rules on clean electricity, in exchange for a commitment by Canada’s top oil-producing province to strengthen industrial carbon pricing and...
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The passage of long overdue reforms to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act demonstrates powerfully that democratic governance is alive and well in Australia. The Australian parliament has done its job and passed 21st-century reforms that support a modern economy, enable the creation of new and sustainable jobs while promising not to destroy, but in fact improve, the health of the natural world. Continue reading...
Global News has confirmed Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault, the former federal environment minister, has resigned from cabinet.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04802H, Paper Wenyan Du, Qi Huang, Yaokang Lv, Ziyang Song, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu Organic p-type cathodes for Zn-organic batteries (ZOBs) have high-voltage (1.0-1.2 V), but face limited redox capacity (generally < 250 mAh g -1 ) due to low-density active sites. Here we... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
More humans are in the water, while climate change is altering the natural range of many shark species.
Open access notables Observed large-scale and deep-reaching compound ocean state changes over the past 60 years , Tan et al., Nature Climate Change Multiple climate-related stressors affect the ocean, including warming, acidification, deoxygenation and variations in salinity, with profound effects on Earth system cycles, marine ecosystems and human well-being. Nevertheless, a global perspective on the combined impacts of these changes on both surface and subsurface ocean conditions remains unclear. Here, applying a time-of-emergence methodology to observed physical and biogeochemical variables, collectively referred to as compound climatic impact-drivers, we show individual and compound ocean state changes have become increasingly prominent globally over the past...
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding Trees planted as part of a nature restoration project on Prince William’s land in Dartmoor national park have been deliberately poisoned with herbicide, sparking outrage and a hunt for the culprit. The willow trees, on Duchy of Cornwall land, were planted as part of a project to stop peat erosion, store carbon and reduce the risk of flooding. Continue reading...
India is set to open its nuclear energy sector to private companies. This move aims to boost energy security and technological advancement. The government plans to increase nuclear power capacity significantly by 2047. A new bill will be introduced to facilitate this major policy shift. This reform follows the successful opening of the space sector to private players.
[People's Dispatch] Despite official US boycott, participants agreed for shared responsibilities in dealing with the challenges of climate change and reforms in the UN with the objective of equitable global governance
[New Times] This month, at the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP3O) in Brazil, Rwanda signed the International Declaration to Triple Global Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050, a move that officials at Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB) expect to position the country for finance and technology transfer.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said her government has been negotiating a "grand bargain" on carbon capture and an oil pipeline with the federal government.
JAKARTA - Floods and landslides brought about by torrential rain in North Sumatra province of Indonesia have killed at least 28 people, with rescue efforts hampered by what an official described as a “total cut-off” of roads and communications.
Nuns in Florida,turned to a local jeweler for help with holy relics ravaged by floods. He managed to restore the treasures, which seemed at first unsalvageable.
[Liberian Observer] The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) has successfully completed full solar electrification of multiple public health facilities across Southeastern Liberia, marking a major milestone in the nation's drive to expand energy access and improve essential services.
CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday welcomed Claudio Descalzi, the CEO of Italy’s Eni, praising the long-standing partnership between the government and the energy company, which accounts for about 40 percent of Egypt’s natural gas output, according to a presidential statement. Sisi commended Eni’s social responsibility programs, noting the company’s … The post Sisi praises Eni partnership as Italian energy giant plans $8 bln in new investments in Egypt appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Asia’s oil-dependent economies could soon find further relief as a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv edges closer, raising the prospects of Russia resuming crude supply to global markets and again reshaping supply dynamics that have significantly influenced prices since the war in Ukraine broke out in 2022. Analysts told This Week in Asia that the potential accord had already led to lower oil prices amid heightened expectations that sanctions against Moscow might soon be lifted, potentially...
The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with Norway to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø.
US group Dekleptocracy identifies chemicals used for military vehicles’ lubricants and tyres as potential vulnerabilities A US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine after last month’s targeting of the Kremlin’s biggest oil firms. Previous rounds of sanctions have been applied to Russian energy companies, banks, military suppliers and the “shadow fleet” of ships carrying Russian oil. Continue reading...
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here We should start at the beginning in assessing the Labor-Greens deal to revamp Australia’s national environment law . And the beginning is that, ideally, you would not start from here. Despite its name, the 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act was designed under John Howard to allow developments to go ahead, usually with conditions attached that may limit the damage to nature. Continue reading...
Chris Packham says conservationists like him have not done enough to protect nature.
On the 32nd anniversary of New Oriental, a private Beijing-based education services provider, the company’s founder, Yu Minhong, wrote an internal letter to his staff about his trip to the South Pole. “I am standing in the icy world of Antarctica, surrounded by vast expanses of pure white, emerald-like icebergs and boundless tranquillity,” he wrote. “The glaciers shimmer with a captivating glow under the sunlight, as if to silently declare the power of time and the meaning of perseverance.” He...
A newly discovered, faint radio emission, the Hectometric Continuum, emerges only after sunset and pulses through Earth's upper atmosphere for several hours. This natural radiation, undetectable from the ground, originates from plasma interactions within the magnetosphere and has surprised scientists due to its nighttime-only appearance and sensitivity to calm space weather.
Anthony Albanese announces Greens have agreed to support Labor’s rewrite of the EPBC Act. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast ‘We are very close’ on environment bill, Hanson-Young says Hanson-Young says she’s feeling more positive about a deal on the environment bill than she was at the start of the week. I don’t expect that we will get everything we want. We’re just trying one last time [on the basis] that I wanted more protections for our forests, and protections for climate, of course. If we can get movement on those issues, I’ve always said that I’m up for helping the government improve these laws. We’re not there yet. But I’m feeling more positive than I was at the beginning of the week. There’s no requirements on them...
Ottawa and Alberta are poised to announce a memorandum of understanding, affirming support for a pipeline to the B.C. coast that's being described as 'Northern Gateway 2.0.'
Young activists behind a landmark case allege "Ontario's repeal of its own emissions targets is an 11th hour attempt to escape accountability on its toothless climate plan."
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.
Fram might be the most recognizable brand name for automotive oil filters after years of production, but who actually makes the brand's filters today?
Hundreds of Oregon high school students walked out of school after ICE agents detained a 17-year-old male.
North Sea oil industry leaders warned the Chancellor's decision to leave the windfall tax in place in the Budget could lead firms to slash investment and jobs.
Launched just a little over three months ago, Copernicus Sentinel-5A has returned its first images – including a global map of ozone, maps of nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East and South Africa, formaldehyde over parts of Africa, and emissions of sulphur dioxide from an active volcano in Russia – showcasing the mission’s powerful capability to monitor atmospheric gases worldwide.
'Canada can be an energy superpower, both in conventional and clean energy,' Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said ahead of a Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday.
Exclusive : Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s government, which will preside over the next UN climate summit , should gather the world’s 25 biggest greenhouse gas emitting countries and push them to draw up a roadmap to end the era of fossil fuels , former US secretary of state John Kerry has said. Only by “hard-nosed” confrontation with fossil fuel producers, and reducing their consumption in major economies, would the world be able to tackle the climate crisis, he said. Continue reading...
Starting in September 2026, reversal of ‘temporary’ 5p-a-litre cut in duty introduced by Rishi Sunak aims to keep EVs attractive to motorists Budget 2025 – live updates Fuel duty will be frozen again, but only for five months until September 2026, the chancellor has announced, as she confirmed a new 3p-a-mile charge for electric cars from 2028. Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty in April at 52.95p a litre for petrol and diesel, a 16th successive year without a rise, but the so-called “temporary” 5p cut introduced by Rishi Sunak will be reversed in stages from September. Continue reading...
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% last financial year, in what the Albanese government says is the largest annual drop due to reduced fossil fuel use outside the Covid-19 pandemic. About half of the 9.9m tonnes reduction was due to an increase in solar and wind generation pushing coal-fired power out of the system, according to new government data to be released on Thursday. Continue reading...
[Premium Times] During an inspection of True Metals, the battery-recycling plant at the centre of the investigation, the minister found workers operating in what she described as "hazardous and dehumanising conditions."
While no hurricanes struck the U.S., Hurricane Melissa left behind devastation in the Caribbean.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s not often that the governors of California and Florida are on the same page, but this week they’re aligned in opposition to the White House’s latest plan to expand offshore oil drilling near both their shores. The Trump […]
The oil major shut the pipeline system down on Nov. 17 following intermittent shut-offs after a farmer discovered a gas sheen in a drainage ditch on a blueberry farm north of Seattle.
The proposed Western Gateway Pipeline from Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan would deliver gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to Arizona and California from as fast east as Missouri by 2029.
[Leadership] The Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) has launched a new policy brief, recommending a shift to naira-denominated concessionary financing for renewable energy developers and consumers in Nigeria.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
Torrential rains unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving six others missing, police said Wednesday.
[Premium Times] "The world is changing, but Nigeria is not abandoning oil and gas; we are repositioning them," he said.
A new report finds the state needs to cut emissions 4.5 percent annually, year after year, to meet its goals.
Just Climate is trying to allocate capital into areas it’s identified as falling through the cracks of environmental investment strategies.
Thailand's automotive industry faces mounting challenges as severe floods in the South threaten to disrupt domestic car sales and delay economic recovery during the remainder of this year, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Current geopolitics might suggest that Western scientists have been in general alignment with the United States in the global race for fusion energy – but some of Europe’s top nuclear physicists are placing their bets on China. Scepticism over US fusion goals and chronic delays at the 33-nation International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in France have created an opening for a new leader in the field, and China appears poised to fill it. Targeted for completion in 2027, the...
The deadly floods have affected 2 million people, the majority of whom are still cut off from help.
The province committed to reducing its annual emissions by 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030 in the wake of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
Ten months into Donald Trump's second term, communities across the US are scrambling to keep clean energy projects alive as federal support dries up.
A food bank worker shot from behind by an ICE agent last month pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon.
For many environmental advocates, the COP30 climate negotiations ended this weekend in disappointment. The annual United Nations conference, which brought together more than 190 countries in Belém, Brazil, concluded without any firm plans to phase out fossil fuels—a key step scientists say is urgently necessary to address the climate crisis. In part, experts say, that’s […]
Why COP30 Was a Breakthrough for Cities margaret.overh… Tue, 11/25/2025 - 15:53 Cities and states have aimed higher and moved faster on climate action than national governments. The reason is simple: To local leaders, climate problems and solutions matter because their constituencies are directly impacted by them. Extreme heat, flooding and air pollution make people's lives worse. Cleaner air, convenient public transportation, and access to parks and nature make them better. Cities are also at the root of climate change. They already house the majority of the world's population and generate 75% of all greenhouse gas emissions . By 2050, there will be another 2.5 billion urban dwellers globally . Many cities are leading the way on what effective climate action can...
[New Era] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah told the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on Saturday that Namibia needs US$15 billion to meet its climate goals, warning world leaders that the country cannot meet its adaptation needs without major international support.
The national parks will also be free next year to residents on eight holidays, including President Donald Trump’s birthday.
[This Day] The Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Mrs. Tenioye Majekodunmi, has stated that Nigeria will enhance its efforts to promote a green economy aimed at mitigating climate change.
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has welcomed the outcomes of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
[New Dawn] As COP30 concluded in Belém, Brazil, a noticeable shift in broad ocean ambition was observed. However, the deep sea - one of our planet's most vital carbon stores and a key climate regulator - remained largely absent from negotiations.
[Premium Times] "I have been doing this work for one year and three months now," he said. "My parents are poor farmers. I've written WAEC and passed, but there's no money to continue school. This is the only work I have for now."
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator Dave Borlace . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Video description There is a quiet revolution happening across the vast content of Africa. Imports of solar PV panels jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025. Millions of microgrids and individual solar installations are now driving the electrification of just about every African nation. But fossil fuels still dominate most existing utility scale grids. So, can the people of Africa by pass the centralised monopolies and drive their own renewable prosperity. Because if they can, they might just save all of us! Support Dave Borlace and his "Just have a Think" channel on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/justhaveathink
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[The Conversation Africa] US president Donald Trump's efforts to derail a successful wrap-up of the G20 summit in Johannesburg failed. Trump boycotted the meeting and the US told other countries through diplomatic channels not to sign a communiqué. Nevertheless, the 19 remaining countries and regional organisations signed a 30-page declaration. This called for, among other things, increased funding for renewable energy projects, more equitable critical mineral supply chains and debt relief for poorer countries. Senior
All prior five-year drilling plans — dating back to 1980 — reference National Environmental Policy Act analyses.
The West African nation was among a group of countries that pushed for a deal to reduce fossil fuels.
TotalEnergies denies it is liable for the damage that Hugues Falys has suffered.
Scientists warn that a warming climate is intensifying storms and rainfall across Southeast Asia, making floods and landslides increasingly destructive and frequent.
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop Dawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but in the windowless conference room it could have been day or night. They had been stuck there for more than 12 hours, dozens of ministers representing 17 groups of countries, from the poorest on the planet to the richest, urged by the Brazilian hosts to accept a settlement cooked up the day before. Tempers were short, the air thick as the sweaty and exhausted delegates faced up to reality: there would not be a deal here in Brazil. The 30th UN climate conference would end in abject failure. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05181A, Review Article Min Xu, Hongmin Liu, Xinran Gao, Yitao Lou, Huakun Liu, Shi Xue Dou, Nana Wang, Zhongchao Bai All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) offer exceptional energy density and safety, yet interfacial instability at both cathode and anode remains a major challenge. This review pioneers a unified, multiscale framework that... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05191F, Paper Wen Zhou, Gaohong Liu, Yanbing Mo, Xiao Zhu, Kaiyue Zhu, Xiaoli Dong The slow desolvation process and the low ionic conductivity of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) pose significant challenges, severely limiting their performance in extreme environments. Herein, we propose a weakly-solvated electrolyte system... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.
A wind project in Guysborough County, N.S., involving the Membertou First Nation has passed the environmental review stage.
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty and YKDFN Chief Ernest Betsina signed a memorandum of understanding indicating the two nations will take lead on the Arctic economic and security corridor project.
A fragile Cop30 consensus is a win. But only a real bargain between rich and poor nations can weather the climate shocks that are coming This year’s UN climate talks in Brazil’s Belém ended without a major breakthrough. The text of the final agreement lacked a deal to shift away from fossil fuels , delayed crucial finance and the “mutirão” decision contained no roadmap to halt and reverse deforestation. But the multilateral system at Cop30 held together at a point when its collapse felt close. This ought to be a warning: next year’s conference of the parties must strike a better bargain between the rich and poor world. Developing countries are far from united on some issues. Over rare earth minerals China sees any move as targeting its dominance, while Africa sees it as essential for...
The ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century. The hole this year was the fifth smallest since 1992, the year a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals began to take effect.
President Donald Trump inked a proclamation that exempts coal-using steel facilities from Biden-era regulatory updates to the Clean Air Act.
The Biden administration implemented tougher bonding rules for onshore oil and gas production on public lands.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections of an article by Sanket Jain that just won a gold medal from the United Nations Correspondents Association With limited access to indoor cooling or study spaces, Kavya Waghmare often studies under trees. (Image credit: Sanket Jain) Every summer when extreme heat arrives in Dhakale, India, Pramila Waghmare notices her children’s grades drop, only to improve again when winter arrives. After three years of this pattern, she asked her neighbors and learned that heat waves seemed to be hurting the academic performance of at least 40 schoolchildren in her hamlet with a total population of less than 1,000. Schoolteachers told her that students in many nearby villages in Maharashtra state had similar problems, especially...
Violent underwater 'storms' are melting Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' from below, a new study warns.
[Scrolla] Saws has issued Orange and Yellow level warnings for storms, hail and floods across Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and parts of KZN. Western Cape and Northern Cape residents must brace for scorching heat, while other provinces face showers and gusty winds.
In its latest bid to protect fossil fuel interests, the White House also appears to exaggerate coke's importance to U.S. steelmaking.
[The Conversation Africa] It wasn't a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I experienced the challenges of the United Nations COP30 climate talks firsthand.
Alaska is warming faster than the global average and its coastal populations are particularly vulnerable, say climate scientists.
There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores
[Nile Post] At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, a broad alliance of governments, companies, Indigenous-peoples organisations and civil society announced the launch of the Scaling J-REDD+ Coalition, a global effort to accelerate jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programmes, mobilise large-scale finance and channel it into forests, climate and livelihoods.
The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement following the US withdrawal, even if they agreed on little else
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by deadly floods sweeping across Thailand and Vietnam, a crisis that has killed scores and stranded entire communities as meteorologists and climate analysts warn of heavier rains driven by La Nina and long-term warming. The scale of the inundation has highlighted how a late-season monsoon surge, layered onto fragile flood-management systems, is overwhelming towns and cities from southern Thailand to Vietnam’s central coast, with Malaysia...
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover In May 2023, a lightning strike hit the forest in Donnie Creek, British Columbia, and the trees started to burn. It was early in the year for a wildfire, but a dry autumn and warm spring had turned the forest into a tinderbox, and the flames spread rapidly. By mid-June, the fire had become one of largest in the province’s history, burning through an area of boreal forest nearly twice the size of central London. That year, more of Canada burned than ever before. The return of cold and snow at the close of the year typically signal the end of the wildfire season. But this time, the fire did not stop. Instead, it smouldered in the soil underground, insulated...
New Delhi — It’s easy to tell when it’s smog season in New Delhi; the air gets darker, heavier and starts scratching the throats and testing the lungs of the city’s 34 million residents. Pollution been an issue for so long in the Indian capital that the city’s famous Red Fort is turning black, an … The post Lethal smog is back in the world’s most polluted capital. Residents have had enough appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Independent investigators said overly complex regulation had led to a 'relative decline' in the country's leadership position and higher energy costs for consumers.
[SADC] The G20 Leaders' Summit concluded with a bold declaration to build a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable global economy. On 23 November 2025, leaders announced ambitious commitments spanning Africa's growth and industrialisation, disaster resilience, energy transitions, critical minerals, food security, financial stability, and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence The 30th conference of the parties (Cop30), the annual climate summit of all nations party to the UNFCCC, just ended . Stakeholders are out in the media trying spin the outcome as a win. Simon Stiell, climate change executive secretary for the UN is, for instance, praising Cop30 for showing that “climate cooperation is alive and kicking, keeping humanity in the fight for a liveable planet”. But let us be clear. The conference was a failure. Its outcome, the decision text known as the Global Mutirão or Global Collective Effort, is, in essence, a form of climate...
A growing number of GOP elected officials question the use of carbon capture and storage for oil and gas projects.
The company that specializes in liquefied natural gas disclosed in a filing that it’s also considering restructuring its debt through a court process in the United Kingdom.
The Trump administration has made it tougher for local regulators to reduce truck emissions. Some see warehouse rules as a work-around.
Annalena Baerbock pointed to droughts and other damage from climate extremes in places such as Chad, Syria and Iraq.
Most of the money dedicated to fighting climate change goes to causes other than agriculture, which accounts for a third of emissions.
Australia has been hit with wild weather as a devastating storm lashed one state while residents in another are being warned to brace for an intense heatwave.
[UN News] Leaders from across the world are debating how industry can help tackle some of the world's most urgent challenges - from climate change and food insecurity to the need for fairer supply chains - at the Global Industry Summit, which opened on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
[Independent (Kampala)] Comment -- When daily news reports on the impact of yet another disruptive flood in Kampala, or the rising cost of matooke due to prolonged droughts, it raises public concern and frustration. Yet the effects of climate change, such as severe floods, droughts, landslides, and cyclones, are a reality in countries across eastern Africa, and Uganda is no exception. The recently launched Uganda Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), prepared by the World Bank Group in concert with the government and other actors
[The Conversation Africa] Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn't countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body set up to assess the science related to climate change? The idea of setting up an international panel on inequality has been recommended by the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] What's the context? Jiwoh Abdulai, Sierra Leone's environment minister, talks to Context about what climate change means in his West African nation.
Experts criticised “overly complex” rules and called for an overhaul of Britain's nuclear strategy.
This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
Getting to net zero CO 2 emissions globally means we can halt global warming. This requires a rapid phase-out. It’s physics With another set of global climate talks behind us, the Australian government faces some tricky tasks before it takes over negotiations at the next round of talks next year in Turkey. Cop30 in Belém, Brazil, did not deliver the bold fossil fuel phase-out roadmap we needed, but it did nudge the system forward with more scrutiny of fossil fuel producers. And despite the weakness of the outcome, one can gain some important comfort by the fact that Bélem – and the G20 in Johannesburg at the weekend – both solidly endorsed the Paris agreement, its central goal of keeping warming to 1.5C and the importance of net zero emissions. Cop30 agreed that an “ambition...
Rachel Reeves will 'sound the death knell' for North Sea oil and gas unless she scraps the windfall energy levy in her budget, the Scottish Tories have warned.
The deal calls for tripling climate funding for poorer nations by 2035.
Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief The world is not winning the fight against the climate crisis but it is still in that fight, the UN climate chief has said in Belém, Brazil, after a bitterly contested Cop30 reached a deal. Countries at Cop30 failed to bring the curtain down on the fossil fuel age amid opposition from some countries led by Saudi Arabia, and they underdelivered on a flagship hope – at a conference held in the Amazon – to chart an end to deforestation. Continue reading...
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday addressed speculation about whether an agreement is close for a new pipeline between Alberta and B.C.'s northern coast.
The Toyota Tundra has beeb a reliable and popular pickup truck in the U.S. market for years, but if you need towing capacity, other trucks have it beat.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 16, 2025 thru Sat, November 22, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: International Climate Conferences and Agreements (9 articles) Extreme Heat, Leaks and Security Issues Roil COP30 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change raised multiple concerns about the makeshift venue in Belém. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Nov 18, 2025. Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane `would avoid nearly 1C of global heating` Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown The Guardian, Fiona Harvey and Jonathan Watts in Belém, Nov...
Delhi awoke to dense smog, with the average Air Quality Index at 381, placing it in the 'very poor' category despite GRAP-IV measures. Bawana recorded 'severe' pollution at 435. Authorities revised GRAP, shifting 'severe' AQI measures to Stage III, allowing work-from-home decisions for government and private offices.
From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this documentary are simply astounding
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is being urged to explain how it will drive a fossil fuel phase-out, after it joined dozens of countries at a UN climate summit to back a declaration that the world should quickly wean off coal, gas and oil. Australia signed up to the declaration on a just transition away from fossil fuels at a side event at the Cop30 conference in the Brazilian city of Belem, which finished on Saturday night local time, more than 24 hours after the scheduled close. Continue reading...
What did we learn from a climate summit that ended in a deal with no new mention of fossil fuels?
Australia may not be hosting Cop31, but the unprecedented Turkey partnership is a real chance to secure global influence and turbocharge a new green zeitgeist Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Cop30 climate conference has finally come to an end , with Australia having lost out on the grand prize of hosting next year’s gathering. But Australia’s formal partnership agreement with Turkey nevertheless provides an opportunity to secure unparalleled global influence and turbocharge our own transformation to a net zero, green export economy. Here are three ways to make it happen. First, Chris Bowen’s new role as Cop31 “president of negotiations” puts the climate and energy minister at the helm of the most complex and consequential...
Top End residents told to stay sheltered at home until authorities give the all-clear. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sloane said while it was only in the “final couple of days” she made the decision, now that she is in the job she is “committed”: I was probably finally convinced only in the final couple of days, to be honest, I had colleagues come and have chats. I have a really good relationship with Mark Speakman . It was a friendly chat with Mark. It was a hard chat, but it was a very friendly one. And then when I’m in, I’m in 100%. I think what a lot of people would do in my position is weigh up the pros and cons and think of all the reasons that I shouldn’t do it, but at the end of the day, the reasons I should outweighed...
The COP30 climate summit fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels after running over time for more than 18 hours.
No agreements were made to phase out the global use of fossil fuels during the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Brazil that ended on Friday.
The final agreement, with no direct mention of the fossil fuels dangerously heating Earth, was a victory for countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Two weeks of climate negotiations in the Brazilian city of Belem have closed with an agreement that calls for renewed commitments to tackle rising temperatures yet omits any mention of fossil fuels.
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal The world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate breakdown. Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries. Continue reading...
STATEMENT: COP30 Delivers on Forests and Finance, Underdelivers on Fossil Fuels darla.vanhoorn… Sat, 11/22/2025 - 11:53 Belém, Brazil (November 22, 2025) — Today, negotiators concluded COP30 in Belém, Brazil. They reached an agreement to triple adaptation finance and to hold a series of dialogues on trade within the UNFCCC for the first time. However, the formal negotiations offered an inadequate response to the shortfall in ambition in national climate commitments, failing to explicitly agree on the roadmaps to transition away from fossil fuels and halt deforestation that many countries and stakeholders had advocated. The Brazilian COP President launched these roadmaps in its own capacity. Other major highlights from the summit include the launch...
Celebrations to McLean’s jaw-dropping goal picked up by seismic activity monitors at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory When Scotland qualified for the men’s football World Cup for the first time in 28 years, supporters were propelled into wild celebration – and even made the earth move in the process. According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), when Kenny McLean scored from the halfway line to seal a breathtaking 4-2 win over Denmark , which are ranked 18 places higher in the world than Scotland, the reaction at Hampden Park was equivalent to a very small earthquake. Continue reading...
Methanotrophs, including those that capture methane from the air, seem to outcompete methanogens in dry environments, a new study shows.
World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the COP30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming — but omitted any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.
The final text of a proposed deal would be a disappointment for European countries and low-lying Pacific island nations.
It's the heart-warming tale of a teacher who brings a penguin back to life after he rescues it from an oil spill - a true story that is now a feelgood film starring Steve Coogan .
Millions in India's capital face a persistent health hazard from air pollution, with sustained high levels of PM2.5 linked to severe respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological damage. This daily reality, especially during winter smog, significantly reduces life expectancy and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, demanding systemic emission control.
What was once considered a climate holy grail comes with serious tradeoffs. The world wants more of it anyway.
Over the Hexi Corridor, a ribbon of fertile land on the edge of the Gobi Desert blessed by the Yellow River in western China, a gleaming forest of wind turbines and solar farms stretches to the horizon. This is Gansu, China’s renewables frontier, a major source of wind and solar energy. And yet, just beyond the dunes, another giant stirs. At the Changle Power Plant, turbines roar to life as another 1-gigawatt coal unit comes online – six reactors now pulsing with the energy that could meet the...
President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end Cop30 live – latest updates Climate crisis talks look likely to stretch well into the weekend in Brazil, with countries still far apart on the crucial issues of phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon. The Cop30 president, André Corrêa do Lago, urged ministers and high-ranking officials from more than 190 countries to find common ground : “We need to preserve this regime [of the Paris climate agreement] with the spirit of cooperation, not in the spirit of who is going to win or is willing to lose. Because we know if we don’t strengthen this, everyone will lose.” Continue reading...
The United States has retreated on climate. China, the only superpower at COP30 and the world leader in clean energy, is not filling the void.
Spinning vortices of water trapped under the Thwaites glacier ice shelf account for 20 per cent of the ice melt. They’re expected to get worse as the world warms
With China’s surge in renewable energy, greenhouse gases are reaching a turning point
Exclusive: Concession follows fierce criticism of the workaround but may not be enough to convince minor party Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor would prevent a contentious “national interest” exemption being used to approve coal and gas projects if the Greens agreed to support its nature laws, Guardian Australia can reveal. The offer follows a groundswell of criticism about the discretionary power, including from the author of the review that inspired the new laws, Graeme Samuel , and the former treasury secretary Ken Henry . Continue reading...
The Interior secretary, and Trump energy czar, also said China was attempting "intelligence gathering" on U.S. minerals.
In final hours of UN climate summit talks in Brazil, negotiators push to bridge divides on key issues including finance and moving away from coal, oil and gas
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than 5,500 toxic sites nationwide could face coastal flooding by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to new research. The study, published on Thursday in Nature Communications and led by scientists at the University of California, warns that if […]
If the company closes its Northern California pipeline, it would starve Bay Area refineries of in-state oil.
The groundbreaking research offers evidence that specific fossil fuel giants drove economic losses for decades. The post This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experienced heavy early season snowfall Evacuation warnings were issued last week in California as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding and landslides . The storms in the US were linked to a phenomenon known as an “atmospheric river” – a long filament of moisture-laden air that originates above the Pacific Ocean and provides vital replenishment of reservoirs and snowpack along the western coast of the US. However, they can also bring destructive volumes of rain, particularly along coastal areas. Elsewhere in the US, parts of Colorado experienced some of their longest stretches of snowless days ever this year, with Denver surpassing its third-latest snowfall date this week after recording its highest ever November temperature...
[FrontPageAfrica] Belém, Brazil -- In a major step toward enhanced regional collaboration on environmental governance and climate action, the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia and the Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone today signed a milestone Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Belém, Brazil, on the margins of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30).
The Enforcement Directorate conducted extensive searches at over 40 locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe into coal mafia operations. The investigation targets alleged coal theft, pilferage, and illegal mining, with significant financial losses to the government suspected.
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? I began by trying to discover whether or not a widespread belief was true. In doing so, I tripped across something even bigger: an index of the world’s indifference. I already knew that by burning fossil fuels, gorging on meat and dairy , and failing to make even simple changes, the rich world imposes a massive burden of disaster, displacement and death on people whose responsibility for the climate crisis is minimal. What I’ve now stumbled into is the vast black hole of our ignorance about these impacts. What I wanted to discover was whether it’s true that nine times as many of the world’s people die of cold than of heat. The figure is often used by people who want to delay climate action:...
LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump's administration is planning to open up millions of square miles (kilometers) of US coastal waters to oil and gas drilling, it said Thursday, in a step that could lead to a massive expansion of fossil fuel extraction.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 22, 28 November 2025.
A new independent evaluation of the Global Environment Facility’s food systems programs says they are delivering strong environmental and livelihood gains in many countries but warns that a narrow focus on farm production, weak political analysis, and shrinking coordination budgets are holding back deeper transformation. The Evaluation of GEF Food Systems Programs, prepared by the GEF […]
A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mph gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached Jamaica.
Walking away from oil and gas revenue would require a titanic shift in the nation’s economy.
[263Chat] Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has called on residents to closely follow weather updates and use mobile alerts to avoid being caught in flash floods as the city steps up efforts to clear blocked drainage systems ahead of peak rains.
[UN News] As climate talks in Belém enter their final stretch, negotiators are working on three fronts: technical details, ministerial consultations, and Presidency-led discussions. Behind the jargon and complex frameworks lie fundamental choices for more than 190 countries - choices that could shape how the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, is turned into real-world action.
Large swathes of the country were already below freezing on Friday morning, with the Met Office saying parts of England could dip to around -7C as an Arctic blast tightens its grip.
California air regulators adopted new rules designed to reduce methane leaks and better respond to disastrous underground fires at landfills statewide.
But Sunshine state Republicans might oppose drilling off state’s famous beaches that keep tourism dollars coming in The Trump administration on Thursday announced new oil and gas drilling off California ’s and Florida ’s coasts, setting the stage for a political showdown – including with Sunshine state Republicans who have largely opposed petroleum development in the Gulf of Mexico. This announcement comes as the US petroleum industry, despite contending with low crude prices , has been pushing for an entree to additional offshore drilling areas. The industry’s move for increased access also marks an effort to increase jobs and US energy independence, according to the Associated Press . Continue reading...
The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a five-year plan to hold as many as 34 auctions for oil and gas drilling rights leases in the Gulf of Mexico and in federal waters off the coasts of Alaska and California. The Interior Department proposal is aligned with US President Donald Trump’s energy-dominance agenda to supercharge domestic fossil fuel production. It is likely to set off a fresh conflict with California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who is among the president’s harshest...
The plan would mark the first new oil and gas leases in federal waters of the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some states All the coverage from Cop30 The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has told Cop30 delegates that he will take his fossil fuel transition roadmap to the G20 in Johannesburg this week to campaign for it, despite reports that petrostates have said they will not accept the plan. Before leaving Cop30 in Belém, the figurehead of the global south told civil society representatives he was ready to fight for the proposal to phase out oil, coal and gas in whatever forum was necessary. Continue reading...
[Nile Post] Global investment in the energy transition rose by 20 per cent between 2022 and 2024, reaching approximately Shs 8,676,000 billion (USD 2.4 trillion), according to a major new analysis released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Of this amount, about Shs 2,912,000 billion (USD 807 billion) was directed specifically toward renewable-energy technologies.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems, as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production.
Offshore oil and gas drilling might resume in federally controlled waters near California and in waters near Florida after being banned for decades.
Oceans contribute to climate regulation by absorbing over a quarter of human-caused CO₂ emissions and around 90 percent of excess heat but attract only 1.7 percent of everything that’s invested in science.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration aims to expand U.S. fossil fuel production.
Exclusive: Guidance distributed to MPs seeks to pre-empt questions about plan’s compatibility with Paris agreement, indicating opposition is aware of potential breach Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Coalition MPs are being told to argue that the decision to dump a net zero emissions target is “entirely consistent” with the Paris agreement, despite leaked documents suggesting the opposition is aware such a position could conflict with Australia’s obligations under the climate pact. Guardian Australia has obtained talking points issued to MPs to help them stay on message about Sussan Ley’s new energy and emissions plan , which was finalised on Sunday after months of bitter infighting. Continue reading...
Snow falls in parts of UK with Met Office warning that worst-affected regions could face travel disruption and power cuts Hundreds of schools are closed and many roads are blocked or treacherous to drive on as the UK feels its first significant blast of winter, with snow blizzards, ice and freezing temperatures. Many parts of the UK experienced the coldest night of the season. The Met Office issued eight separate yellow snow and ice weather warnings for Thursday, covering Devon and Cornwall, parts of Kent, the east coast of England and East Anglia, north-east England, south-west and north-west Wales, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland. Continue reading...
Discovery Building takes shape The latest update from Rothera, our largest research station in Antarctica, where construction work on the new Discovery Building is advancing well as the summer season … The post 20 November 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Solar Cycle 25 is hitting its chaotic peak, turning the aurora into a global spectacle and pushing once-sleepy outposts, dark-sky parks and Arctic hotels into full-blown sky-chasing mode.
Brazil's leader said he hopes “one day to convince the president of the United States that the climate crisis is serious” — and to join a phase-out of fossil fuels.
With US sanctions on the horizon, Indian oil refineries are redirecting their focus to the Middle East for crude oil supplies. A noticeable rise in tanker bookings from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and the UAE highlights a major transformation in their sourcing strategy.
China’s intake of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) surged to an all-time high in October as Western sanctions forced a retreat by other buyers and redirected cargoes, while analysts said that key drivers included discounted prices and Beijing’s shift to non-US suppliers. Chinese customs data released on Thursday showed that imports from Russia jumped by 76.7 per cent, year on year, to 1.3 million tonnes – the first time monthly volumes from across the northern border topped 1 million tonnes,...
The main location for next year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, will be held in Turkey after leaders at this year's meeting reached a compromise.
[Liberian Investigator] Belém -- Liberia has issued a forceful appeal for Africans on the continent and across the diaspora to unite behind a common climate justice agenda, declaring that global climate negotiations must reflect the shared history, vulnerabilities, and aspirations of African-descended people everywhere.
On the evening of November 11, Britain's wind turbines set a new maximum wind record, reaching 22,711 megawatts (MW) for the first time.
Study finds rising seas could flood facilities handling waste, sewage, and oil and gas – and coastal states most at risk More than 5,500 toxic sites nationwide could face coastal flooding by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to new research. The study, published on Thursday in Nature Communications and led by scientists at the University of California, warns that if heat-trapping pollution continues unabated, rising seas will flood a wide range of hazardous facilities including those handling sewage, toxic waste, oil and gas, as well as other industrial pollutants. Continue reading...
Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is causing climate change. From renewables and green tech to tackling deforestation, what will it take to turn the tide on emissions?
Bolivia’s new president, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, took office on 8 November 2025. He has promised to prioritize bridging regional, political, and social divisions to build a long-term vision for the country. This political transition is timely in that it also adds a new dimension to Bolivia’s position at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), which takes place this week in Brazil (1).
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition has offered to help Labor rush through new nature laws if it agrees to gut environment protection, challenging Labor to side with business interests over green groups to implement the long-awaited changes. Environmental lawyers are urging the government against further weakening already flawed laws at the “behest of industry”. Continue reading...
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA is among the countries expected to benefit from up to 20 million US dollars for implementing projects aimed at addressing the impacts of climate change through the Loss and Damage Fund.
The nation’s drilling efforts are gaining fresh momentum after President Donald Trump indicated an interest in Pakistan’s “massive oil reserves" this year.
The rule to end most climate regulations is not expected until January, slipping from a planned December deadline.
The EU did not join 82 countries calling for a phase-out of oil, coal and natural gas.
Hosting the bloc's first summit in Africa, South Africa wants to prioritize issues affecting poor countries, including responses to disasters made worse by climate change.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Dr. Deborah Barasa, used her national statement at the United Nations Climate Change 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) High-Level Segment to issue one of the strongest appeals yet for credible climate finance and concrete global action.
[New Times] The first week of COP30 talks in Belém, Brazil, has been marked by intense debate over adaptation finance and the Loss and Damage Fund, as negotiators push for stronger support for countries hardest hit by climate change.
Almost three years ago, hundreds of residents in Joshimath, India, were forced to leave after deep cracks appeared in the walls of some 800 homes because the ground was sinking around them. The town's location, climate change and heavy construction are being blamed.
President Trump blasted Jimmy Kimmel and ABC following the late-night host's show Wednesday, where the liberal comedian alleged the commander in chief was "bracing for Hurricane Epstein."
In December 2023, Jeremy Hewitt, B.C.'s assistant deputy minister for climate change, travelled to Dubai for the COP 28 Climate Conference.
Germany’s support for Brazil’s new rainforest protection fund adds momentum to a global effort that will reward forest conservation, penalize deforestation and direct resources to Indigenous and traditional communities.
As president Lula tries to find common ground between negotiating countries, planetary scientists say emissions must be urgently cut Mother Earth is watching over Cop30. “I am taking care to watch over all the decisions taken here about me,” she told the Guardian. The blessing card she presented said: “Knowing the powerful impact my thoughts can have on others and the environment, I choose to create a positive mindset.” This beautiful vision is in everyday life Nazaré Oliveira, an indigenous woman from Belém, and a descendant of the Potyguar people. She is part of the international spiritual organisation Brahma Kumaris , led by women and which uses meditation to emphasise the concept of identity as souls rather than bodies and the idea that humanity and nature are one. This is my fifth...
Faculty Advisors: Tom Bell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Graduate Mentor: Sarah Lang, University of Rhode Island Oceans Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Tom Bell and Graduate Mentor Sarah Lang Isabella Showman Detecting Coastal Sea Ice Extent and Freshet Event Timing in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Using Sentinel-1 C-SAR Isabella Showman, University of Washington The detachment of coastal […]
The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water from Greenland
STATEMENT: Brazil and UK Announce Declaration to Improve Fertilizers for Food Security, Nature and Climate nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 11/19/2025 - 12:11 Belém, Brazil (November 19, 2025) — At COP30, the governments of Brazil and the UK announced the Belém Declaration on Fertilisers , a ministerial call to action to improve the production and optimize the use of fertilizers in all their forms for food security, nature, and the climate. Japan also endorsed the call to action, along with a group of civil society organizations. Following is a statement from Richard Waite, Director, Agriculture Initiatives, World Resources Institute: “Synthetic and organic fertilizers are essential for achieving high crop and pasture yields and for feeding a growing global population...
The tech giant aims to offset its carbon emissions by bringing back a nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania.
Sri Lanka is facing a severe crisis as Cyclone Ditwah has caused devastating floods and landslides, resulting in at least 334 deaths and nearly 400 people missing. Over a million individuals are affected, with low-lying areas in Colombo still inundated. India has dispatched an additional 10 tons of disaster response aid, including a medical team, to assist the nation.
Dozens have been arrested during climate protests at one of the world's biggest coal export ports.
Heavy monsoon rains across south-east Asia leave thousands of people without shelter or critical supplies Indonesian and Thai authorities are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people as they said more than 600 people had died in devastating floods and landslides across south-east Asia. Heavy monsoon rains have overwhelmed parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in recent days, leaving thousands of people stranded without shelter or critical supplies. Continue reading...
When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
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Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from floods and mudslides in that island nation have risen to 193.
Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for years Entire areas of Sri Lanka’s capital are flooded after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more missing. Officials said the extent of the damage in the country’s worst-affected central region was slowly becoming clear on Sunday as relief workers cleared roads blocked by fallen trees and mudslides. Continue reading...
Kazakhstan told Ukraine on Sunday to stop attacking the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which handles more than 1 per cent of global oil, after a major drone attack halted exports and seriously damaged loading infrastructure. The CPC, which includes Russian, Kazakh and US shareholders, said it had halted operations after a mooring at its Russian terminal on the Black Sea was significantly damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack. Ukraine this year mounted wave after...
JAKARTA/BANGKOK - The death toll mounted to over 500 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on Sunday, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend.
India received 5.4 million tonnes of Russian oil worth 2.1 billion euros via 30 vessels operating under false flags between January and September 2025, a report reveals. This highlights Russia's use of a growing 'shadow fleet' to bypass Western sanctions, with India being a major recipient of these oil shipments.
A recent report says Canada is not doing enough to protect its shorelines, and despite sharing a quickly eroding Arctic coastline, the three territories do not have dedicated shoreline management plans.
Japan’s famous akoya pearls have never been more in demand but, as seas warm and younger generations move to the city, the industry’s future is uncertain.
This blog is now closed Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Littleproud suggests values test for temporary migrants would stop ‘importing hate’ Littleproud says a values test for new migrants – which the Coalition has flagged – wouldn’t hurt. What do you think about this idea of some sort of values test for people who are coming on temporary visas? There is already the citizenship test for those who want to become citizens, but if you are coming temporary visa, on any of these visas you are talking about, do think there should be some sort of values test? Is that a problem the moment? I don’t think it hurts … When you’ve seen the discord...
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown Tensions are growing between the government, the water sector and its regulators over the management of England’s water supplies, as the Environment Agency warns of a potential widespread drought next year. Research commissioned by a water retailer has found water scarcity could hamper the UK’s ability to reach its net zero targets, and that industrial growth could push some areas of the country into water shortages. Continue reading...
You might think thicker oil protects your engine better, but it can actually cause serious damage. Here are the biggest risks of changing your oil viscosity.
IndiGo has fully updated its entire A320 fleet, becoming the first Indian carrier to complete mandatory software enhancements. This rapid upgrade, prompted by an Airbus global warning about solar radiation affecting flight-control systems, saw Air India and Air India Express also making significant progress. While minor delays occurred, cancellations were largely avoided as airlines raced to meet regulatory deadlines.
A carbon dioxide seep on a reef in Papua New Guinea is being used as a time machine to see into the future of the world’s coral.
Electric vehicles may be better for the environment and have lower running costs, but data suggests they lose value far quicker than gas-powered models.
The damaged Caspian terminal handles about 1% of global oil supplies.
Despite years of policy interventions, air pollution in India is rapidly getting worse. By the middle of this month, cities including the capital New Delhi were seeing air quality readings at hazardous levels. A 2024 IQ Air report found India’s particulate matter (PM2.5) levels to be more than 10 times the World Health Organization’s safe limit. In the north, pollution mainly comes from traffic, construction dust, industry and seasonal stubble burning. What began as an environmental issue is now...
KUALA LUMPUR — The developer of an energy project linked to Malaysia’s king, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, says it could attract 144 billion ringgit (US$35 billion) worth of investment from global investors in the long term and help support the nation’s economy.
Complaints about air pollution in the SNP 's first low emission zone are higher now than they were before it was brought in.
Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services said on Saturday. The two oil tankers, Kairos and Virat – said to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” that evade sanctions – were struck in quick succession off Turkey’s Black Sea coast late Friday afternoon. The strikes prompted rescue operations by the Turkish coastguard and other teams. Crew members on board both vessels were reported to be...
Prince William has paid tribute to Steve Irwin as gala takes place in Brisbane tonight to raise funds to continue to work of the wildlife conservationist.
The storm will spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with "widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions," the National Weather Service said.
The Alberta deal includes a commitment from Ottawa to 'enable the export of bitumen ... including if necessary through an appropriate adjustment to the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act.'
More than 300 people killed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island with 162 reported dead across Thailand The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in south-east Asia reportedly climbed past 460 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got under way in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed swathes of the three countries this week, killing hundreds and leaving thousands stranded, many on rooftops awaiting rescue. Continue reading...
CAIRO, Nov 27 (MENA) – Egypt’s non-oil industrial sector led economic growth in the first quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year, contributing 1.83 percentage points to overall GDP, the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation said on Thursday. The sector grew 14.5 percent, while communications and information technology also expanded 14.5 percent and … The post Egypt reports strong GDP growth in Q1 2025-26, led by non-oil industry, tourism, and ICT, minister says appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Airbus has grounded 6,000 A320 aircraft—half its global fleet—for emergency software fixes after discovering intense solar radiation can corrupt critical flight control systems. The unprecedented recall follows an October incident when a JetBlue flight suddenly nosedived without pilot input, forcing an emergency landing. Airlines worldwide face massive disruptions during peak travel season, with repairs taking hours for most planes but weeks for 1,000 older jets requiring hardware replacements. The incident is being hailed as the largest aircraft recall in history.
The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to 123, with 130 people still missing, authorities said Saturday. Nearly 44,000 people have been displaced and are in temporary shelters, the South Asian country’s disaster management centre said. The death toll is expected to rise. Social media posts on Saturday showed several areas affected by overnight mudslides that authorities have yet to reach. Sri Lanka has been battered by severe weather since last...
Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by storm British MPs have joined campaigners calling for more aid and humanitarian visas for Jamaicans to enter the UK after Hurricane Melissa demolished parts of the country, plunging hundreds of thousands of people into a humanitarian crisis. The UK has pledged £7.5m emergency funds to Jamaica and other islands affected by the hurricane, but many argue that the country has a moral obligation to do more for former Caribbean colonies. Continue reading...
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter warning of dire consequences from the company's rapid AI development. They argue Amazon is sacrificing climate goals and its human workforce for AI dominance, citing increased emissions, water consumption for data centers, and job displacement. The workers demand ethical AI practices, including clean energy use and employee involvement in AI decisions.
India has launched Operation Sagar Bandhu to aid Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah, which has claimed at least 80 lives. An Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft delivered approximately 12 tons of humanitarian aid, including tents, blankets, and food, to Colombo. This assistance underscores India's commitment to its 'Neighbourhood First' policy and Vision MAHASAGAR amidst the island nation's severe disaster.
Video: 01:45:00 ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US.Embracing the New Space concept, HydroGNSS is one of ESA’s new Scout missions being developed within the Earth Observation FutureEO programme.
"COVID-19 just really drove it home how owners would VASTLY prefer their employees to all die than take a slight hit on profits."View Entire Post ›
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop A Native American actor known for her role in Northern Exposure has said she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) officers in Seattle , Washington, who told her that her tribal identification “looked fake”. Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actor, alleges that she was stopped by four masked men while she was walking to a bus stop in Redmond. She offered them her ID card from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon but was told by an ICE agent that “anyone can make that.” Continue reading...
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia needs to make the most of the 32nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP32) to play a pivotal player in the global fight against climate change and to transform its rich cultural heritage into a platform for promoting tourism, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said.
The Environmental *Protection* Agency is undergoing massive deregulation.
A teenage college student was deported by ICE agents despite a federal judge's orders against her removal.
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Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions More than 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter expressing “serious concerns” about AI development, saying that the company’s “all-costs justified, warp speed” approach to the powerful technology will cause damage to “democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth.” The letter, published on Wednesday, was signed by the Amazon workers anonymously, and comes a month after Amazon announced mass layoff plans as it increases adoption of AI in its operations. Continue reading...
A fierce fire gutted a warehouse storing luxury vehicles in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi on Friday morning, destroying five supercars and 45 Tesla electric cars, with estimated losses of more than 190 million baht.
China's Envision Group is considering a $34 million battery manufacturing plant in India, aiming to support the nation's renewable energy integration. The proposed facility would assemble battery systems, utilizing Chinese-sourced cells while developing local racks and software. This move comes as India faces storage shortages, hindering its renewable energy expansion and grid stability.
Over nearly 70 years, they’ve documented atmospheric CO2 levels rising at Mauna Loa. The post Why scientists monitor carbon dioxide levels at a Hawaiian volcano appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Five international flights bound for Sri Lanka were diverted to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Friday due to bad weather and a cyclone warning over Colombo. Flights from Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur, and Mumbai landed safely. Separately, an Air India flight returned to Delhi after a false smoke warning in its cargo hold.
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the world’s great natural climate stabilisers. The alarming shift, which has happened since 2010, means all of the planet’s three main rainforest regions – the South American Amazon , south-east Asia and Africa – have gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem. Continue reading...
Cyclone Ditwah is poised to bring heavy rainfall to north Tamil Nadu, with red alerts issued for delta and coastal districts on November 28-29. Chennai and neighboring areas face orange alerts for heavy to very heavy rain on November 29-30. Wind speeds are expected to reach 60-80kmph, with potential for extremely heavy downpours in specific locations.
The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island Friday rose to 164 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said.
Electronic waste is surging globally, challenging recycling systems. Tech recycling 2025 and sustainability tech initiatives aim to reduce the e-waste crisis.
The upcoming wedding of the founder of a renowned milk tea company from a grass-roots background and the daughter of a wealthy family that owns a leading solar energy firm has captivated the Chinese public and is trending online. Zhang Junjie, the driving force behind the Chinese milk tea brand Chagee, and his bride Gao Haichun, whose parents are the founders of Trina Solar, will celebrate their nuptials at the Zhongwu Hotel in Changzhou, eastern Jiangsu province, on December 15, according to...
[Nigeria Health Watch] PRETORIA - Climate change is driving economic losses in developing nations. It's slowing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and worsening threats such as infectious diseases, food insecurity, declining air quality, and mounting strain on health systems.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05453B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Andreas Josef Bornschlegl, Attila Janos Mozer, Jessie Ann Posar, Jianchang Wu, Juan S. Rocha-Ortiz, Patrick Duchstein, Mauricio Caicedo Reina, Alejandro Ortiz, Braulio Insuasty, Dirk Zahn, Justin B. Davies, Marco Petasecca, Larry Lüer, Christoph J Brabec Molecular semiconductors have the potential to enable new possibilities in the fields of radiation detection and space applications, but they need to prove resilience against the ionizing radiation present in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Sri Lanka faces a catastrophic scenario as relentless rains unleash devastating floods and landslides across the nation. At least 56 lives have been tragically lost, with 21 individuals still unaccounted for. The destruction has left over 600 homes in ruins, displacing nearly 44,000 residents.
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hanson-Young says environmental action and business interests linked Hanson-Young was asked if she could guarantee the targets wouldn’t damage the economy or business. She said the Greens were looking at the connection between the two, pointing to the devastating algal bloom in South Australia that had smashed local industry, fishing and tourism. You cannot continue to pretend that somehow the economy is off over there while the environment has nothing to do with it and that the climate has nothing to do with it. If we want a strong economy, we have to transition. We’ve got to do it faster. And the community wants it. No one told South Australians that when the climate crisis hit, they wouldn’t...
A strong winter storm is set to bring snow and ice to a large swath of the US starting today, which will impact travel for millions of Americans this weekend.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05379J, Paper Libin Zeng, Xinyue Wang, Dashuai Wang, Xianyun Peng, Zhibin Liu, Na Wu, Kexin Wang, Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Lecheng Lei, Paolo Samorì, Yang Hou Electrochemical conversion of methane (CH4) represents a sustainable route for converting greenhouse gases into valuable liquid fuels and chemicals. However, achieving high-yield products at industrially relevant current densities remains a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Several flights are delayed and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan could see six to 10 inches of snow Parts of the US midwest and the Great Lakes region are bracing for a strong storm this weekend, as an estimated 82 million Americans travel to gather in celebration of Thanksgiving. Some parts of the country are expecting cold, snowy conditions, and the weather has already caused some travel delays. On Thursday morning more than 800 flights were already delayed, most in the northern states. Continue reading...
Prime minister says deal ‘sets the state for an industrial transformation’, but project is likely to face wide opposition Mark Carney has agreed an energy deal with Alberta centred on plans for a new heavy oil pipeline reaching from the province’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, a politically volatile project that is expected to face stiff opposition. “It’s a great day for Alberta and a great day for Canada,” the prime minister said on Thursday as he met the Alberta premier, Danielle Smith. He said the agreement “sets the state for an industrial transformation” and involved not just a pipeline, but nuclear power and datacentres. “This is Canada working,” he said. Continue reading...
Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.
Government urged to address situation that could mean homes and businesses going without on coldest days Business live – latest updates Ministers have been warned that Britain could face a looming gas supply crisis by the end of the decade and should draw up plans to guard against the emerging risk. The government’s energy advisers urged ministers to address an “emerging risk to gas supply security” that could mean homes and businesses going without gas during a prolonged period of cold weather. Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be environmentally friendly. The Paris Judicial Court found global oil and gas giant TotalEnergies guilty of misleading commercial practices, in a case brought by three environmental organisations.
Environment group warns of ‘major risk’ to groundwater, which supplies 90% of Northern Territory water supply Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A plan by fossil fuel company Santos to expand gas exploration in the Beetaloo basin has been criticised by environmentalists who fear it may mark the beginning of a fracking rush in the Northern Territory. Santos has published plans to drill 12 fracking wells at Tanumbirini Station, a 5,000 sq km cattle station about 340km south-east of Katherine. Continue reading...
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have identified a remarkable way the Gulf Stream could be saved - but there is a catch.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, No Taste Like Home aims to rebuild trust between students and the land Juniper Stewart just turned 12. She wears a cropped orange sweater and her ginger curls in a bob. She used to like Taylor Swift, but now she’s more into the Cranberries and other indie rock. Juniper also knows how to identify a Pilobolus mushroom, which grows on “cow poop”, according to Juniper. She can confidently harvest plantain leaf, a ubiquitous wild plant that’s tasty in salads and sautées, and useful as a poultice on stings and poison ivy. She has paper bags full of sourwood leaves drying at home to make tea, and she’s delighted by the fact that when you touch jewelweed seed pods, they explode. Continue reading...
[Leadership] Nigeria could lose over $1 billion in direct agricultural export earnings and more than $3 billion in total economic value each year if it does not align with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.
Spain 's weather agency AEMET issued an orange storm alert on Thursday for Majorca and warned that huge waves were expected to hit the eastern coast of the island.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Vivo Energy expands Shell network to 195 Sites with launch of modern Mawanda road station
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Uncertainty remains regarding whether domestic cats ...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06107E, Paper Long Pan, Kaining Cao, Mufan Cao, Min Gao, Yuan Zhang, Yang Zhou, Zhengming Sun Tellurium-based aqueous batteries (TeABs) promise high theoretical capacity but are constrained by sluggish Te 0 /Te 4+ conversion and rapid capacity fading. Here, we introduce a dilute electrolyte-heterostructure interlocking (DEHI) strategy that couples a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Cyclone Senyar could bring more extreme weather to Indonesia this week.
Oil prices hit four-year lows amid Ukraine-Russia peace talks. JP Morgan predicts Brent could plunge to $30s per barrel by 2027, potentially pushing US petrol below £0.80/L.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04460J, Paper Carlos D. Rodríguez-Gallegos, Oktoviano Gandhi, Huixuan Sun, Shi An Ting, Even Hjetland, Avi Alcalay, Philippe Selve, Daniel Reinhardt, Michael Chochole, Thomas Reindl Global analysis reveals that offshore floating PV could meet the global electricity demand several times over, with extensive areas already suitable for cost-competitive deployment. 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
A pending framework agreement between Ottawa and Alberta to build an oil pipeline will not prompt Steven Guilbeault, a former Greenpeace activist, to quit Mark Carney's cabinet.
The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws on parliament’s final sitting day of the year, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel’s blueprint to fix the broken system. The Greens have agreed to support Labor’s re-write of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act after securing further concessions from the government amid tense and prolonged negotiations. The deal will sideline Sussan Ley’s Coalition, which refused to yield on their...
Oil and gas firms were supposed to start reducing methane, a powerful driver of climate change. The agency is giving them more time and may cancel the requirement.
In its annual State of the Industry report, Enserva says total oil and gas capital spending is expected to drop by 5.6 per cent this year and by a further 2.2 per cent in 2026.
Energy Minister Stephen Lecce announced on Wednesday that the province had approved a plan from Ontario Power Generation to refurbish the plant's CANDU reactors.
The West Coast Oil Tanker Ban came into effect in 2019 and prohibits tankers from carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil along the northern coast of B.C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada will now be using a colour-coded system to make it easier to understand the severity of extreme weather.
The UN climate talks at COP30 once again brought the critical issue of climate finance to the forefront of global discussions. However, while much of the debate revolved around traditional forms of aid directed at developing countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, a faster, more transformative approach lies in expanding access to […]
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink I still spend a decent amount of time engaging with folks who disagree with me on X (nee Twitter). One thing there has recently caught my eye is the integration of Grok, xAI’s large language model (LLM), into twitter engagements. Users can ask Grok questions and get answers, and in many cases (particularly for scientific questions) these answers are not necessarily what they are looking for: Grok is somewhat of an outlier in the LLM space as its developers have tried to manipulate its outputs to fit their ideological priors (with some unfortunate results ). But even Grok is surprisingly consistent at giving scientifically accurate answers to questions about topics like climate change, vaccines, evolution, GMOs...
The first high-resolution images have been received from Copernicus Sentinel-1D and were shared publicly for the first time at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council, held today in Bremen, Germany. Glaciers in Antarctica, the tip of South America, as well as the city of Bremen, are visible in these stunning radar images.
Strategy paper released with budget allows new oil and gas projects to move ahead if they are linked to existing fields The government has ruled out new North Sea oil and gas exploration or lower taxes for fossil fuel companies as it struggles to protect workers from the industry’s collapse. In a strategy paper, Ed Miliband confirmed the crackdown on new North Sea exploration – although the energy secretary will still allow new offshore fossil fuel projects to move ahead as long as they are linked to existing fields. Continue reading...
EPA had previously said rule reducing fine particle matter from vehicles and industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources. The action follows moves by the administration last week to weaken federal rules protecting millions of acres of wetlands and streams and roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live. In a separate action, the interior department proposed new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics...
Drivers of electric cars will pay a road charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per mile from April 2028.
Tom Hiddleston narrates the third season of the Prehistoric Planet franchise.
How Multilevel Action Advances Colombia's Economic Transformation and Climate Goals sarah.brown@wri.org Wed, 11/26/2025 - 08:16 Cities are on the front line of climate impacts. They are home to most of the world’s population and economic activity and generate the majority of global emissions. Yet they’re also hubs of innovation and implementation, putting them at the center of efforts to tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient economy. But, when it comes to climate action, much of the attention focuses on the role of national governments, while the essential role of collaboration among city, regional and national governments is often overlooked. From transportation and housing to energy and waste, what happens in cities...
The Trump administration's changes to the Rural Energy for America Program are facing bipartisan pushback.
[Global Witness] The high ambition articulated by the Brazilian COP Presidency at COP30's opening had notably faded by the end of the second week, reflecting the sobering realities of consensus-based decision-making
About 1 million households and more than 2.7 million people have been impacted by floods in 12 southern provinces triggered by heavy rains, said officials.
Rescuers recovered more bodies in the search for dozens of people buried under landslides or swept away after torrential rains unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, increasing the death toll to 17 and leaving six people missing, officials said on Wednesday. Rescue teams were struggling to reach affected areas in six regencies of North Sumatra province after the monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through hilly...
Delhi emerges as India's most polluted region, with PM2.5 levels a staggering 20 times the WHO guideline. A new satellite study reveals the Indo-Gangetic airshed remains critically polluted, while the Northeast, particularly Assam-Tripura, is a growing concern. This year-round crisis demands a shift from city-centric to airshed-based pollution management.
In Sydney, public transport is suffering delays especially the T1 western line with trains not running between Parramatta, Richmond and St Marys.
Bogotá, Colombia — As US military activity ramps up in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Colombia’s president alleged the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Venezuela is more about accessing the South American country’s oil than fighting drug trafficking. “(Oil) is at the heart of the matter,” Gustavo Petro told CNN in an exclusive interview, noting … The post CNN exclusive: Colombian president says oil is ‘at the heart of’ US pressure campaign on Venezuela appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The agency proposed extending the length of time that 11 plants can dispose of toxic coal ash in large, unlined ponds.
But even beach funding supporters warn requests to boost spending will face a challenging budget climate in the Florida Legislature.
In Brazil, an agricultural method is promoting the growth of native vegetation and preparing new forests for climate change.
The Transport Ministry has launched a PM2.5 reduction drive, pushing for the "Green List" registration of buses and trucks to support Bangkok's Low Emission Zone (LEZ).
[The Conversation Africa] India and South Africa are both navigating one of the toughest challenges of the 21st century: shifting their electricity systems away from ageing coal-fired power stations while ensuring people still have reliable, affordable energy.
Firefighters are bracing for catastrophic conditions as a blistering heatwave grips much of Australia, bringing soaring temperatures and heightened fire risk through Friday.
As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just one of many things to doomscroll about Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented The Cop30 climate talks have ended in Brazil with a collective shrug of the shoulders after the Goliaths of the fossil energy industry once again flexed their muscles to show the world who is really in control. As our Pacific Island neighbours pleaded for their very survival, more than 1,600 industry lobbyists crashed the party, joining forcing with the Saudis and Russians to kibosh the phase-out of fossil fuels. Continue reading...
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Fuel from the pipeline, operated by BP, was first spotted in a ditch near an Everett, Washington, blueberry farm Investigators have identified the source of a leak in the Olympic pipeline two weeks after fuel was first spotted in a ditch near an Everett, Washington, blueberry farm. Oil and gas company BP, the operator of the pipeline, shared in a statement that it had determined the leak occurred in a 20in pipeline and not a neighboring 16in pipeline, allowing that pipeline to be restarted. Continue reading...
Beyond the Headlines: COP30’s Outcomes and Disappointments wil.thomas@wri.org Tue, 11/25/2025 - 16:44 The 2025 UN climate talks wrapped on Saturday, Nov. 22 after negotiations pushed into overtime. The resulting decision secured some important wins, both inside and outside the negotiations. But it omitted some of the big-ticket items many hoped to see. With efforts to halt temperature rise severely off track and climate disasters becoming ever-more destructive , the summit (COP30) aimed to establish clear pathways to deliver past pledges and put the world on a safer track. A key question was how countries would address lagging ambition in their new climate commitments (NDCs). Hopes that countries would commit to roadmaps to end fossil fuel use and halt deforestation...
Greta Thunberg and a group of environmental activists undertook a shocking protest in Venice, dyeing the Grand Canal bright green to raise awareness about insufficient fossil fuel regulations at a UN climate summit. However, their bold actions resulted in a two-day prohibition and fines, as many deemed their approach disrespectful to the historic UNESCO site.
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
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Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Twice as many older Australians than young adults believe the world cannot do anything to prevent the worst effects of our rapidly heating climate, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The poll of 1,020 Australians last week,also found just 53% of people think climate change is happening and is caused by human activity. That has declined one point from March 2025, when 54% of respondents said the same. Continue reading...
The SonTierra ensemble uses rhythms and melodies to start conversations about climate change. The post Songs for a fevered Earth appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Thailand’s navy will deploy an aircraft carrier to the flood-stricken south, as public outcry mounts over the government’s response to a crisis that has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water. Heavy late monsoon rains, compounded by the La Nina climate pattern, have battered Southeast Asia for weeks, with scores killed in floods and landslides in central Vietnam and Thailand, and floods now striking south into Malaysia. Five days of continuous rains have pounded...
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy The UK could end its reliance on exporting plastic waste by 2030 to support the creation of 5,400 new jobs and take responsibility for the environmental impact of its waste, according to research. The report said up to 15 new recycling facilities could be built by the end of the decade, attracting more than £800m of private investment. The increase in capacity would help generate almost £900m of economic value every year, providing at least £100m in new tax revenues annually. Continue reading...
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels The delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage. A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay. But as the Nordic Odyssey, a 225-metre ice-class bulk carrier servicing the nearby iron ore mine, approaches, its low engine rumble gives way to a wall of sound created by millions of collapsing bubbles from its propeller. The narwhals’ acoustic signals, evolved for one of Earth’s quietest environments, fall silent. Continue reading...
[Global Witness] An investigation by Global Witness links some of the world's most popular chocolates, including Mars, Magnums, KitKat, Hersheys and Dairy Milk, to a new deforestation crisis in Liberia
[The Conversation Africa] Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19.
A report catalogs halting progress since the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter was signed at the U.N. climate summit in 2023.
The British government says it will force down bills and emissions by insulating millions of cold, drafty homes. That plan is unraveling.
Energy officials plan to announce the winners of the country's 25th onshore petroleum auction next month, a move meant to increase reserves and strengthen long-term economic growth.
A popular oil change location in Chicago has some trouble with two cars that it serviced. Here's what happened and how the franchise made up for it.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04114G, Paper Qingping Yu, Rong Liu, Licheng Wei, Zhenying Zheng, Lifeng Zhang, Hu Yang, Qingyu Kong, Jihao Zhang, Zhiwei Hu, Qilei Song, Xiaoping Gao, Nanjun Chen, Xiaoqing Huang We present Ru–W nanoclusters integrated with W single atoms on a N-doped carbon substrate (RuW/W–NC) for AEMFCs, where RuW/W–NC with a Ru loading of 0.1 mg cm −2 achieves a high power density of 2.03 W cm −2 and can be run stably at 1 A cm −2 for 100 h. 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
Antarctica's ozone hole is showing significant recovery, appearing smaller and breaking up earlier this year. Scientists attribute this positive trend to global efforts under the Montreal Protocol, which has reduced ozone-depleting chemicals. While weather plays a role, the long-term outlook for the ozone layer's full recovery by the late 2060s remains promising.
It's been the wettest November on record for several Southern California cities. But experts say that despite the auspicious start, it's still too soon to say how the rest of California's traditional rainy season will shape up.
A polar vortex — a large area of low pressure — is heading south from the Arctic, bringing with it cold weather across many parts of Canada.
Delhi government issued advisory on Monday for 50 per cent on-site staff for offices to combat rising air pollution, following directions from the Commission for Air Quality Management. This measure aims to reduce exposure and vehicular emissions, with staggered timings already in effect for government offices until 2026.
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants Each day, Kiran Kasbe drives a rickshaw taxi through his home neighbourhood of Mahul on Mumbai’s eastern seafront, down streets lined with stalls selling tomatoes, bottle gourds and aubergines–and, frequently, through thick smog. Earlier this year, doctors found three tumours in his 54-year-old mother’s brain. It’s not clear exactly what caused her cancer. But people who live near coal plants are much more likely to develop the illness, studies show , and the residents of Mahul live a few hundred metres down the road from one. Continue reading...
The vandalism, which risked permanent damage to the beloved UNESCO World Heritage site, was the environmental activist group's latest stunt protesting climate change, specifically Italy's opposition to including restrictions on fossil fuels in a deal struck at the COP30 summit in Brazil on Friday.
The agency's inspector general says EPA has saved $514.5 million by following through on the office's recommendations.
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A clip from the upcoming series "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age" shows how iconic ice age creatures adapted to their changing environment as temperatures rose and ice sheets started to melt.
China has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generator – a revolutionary clean energy technology pioneered by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This power generator, which uses carbon dioxide instead of steam to transfer heat, has been connected to the grid from a steel production plant in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou to produce electricity from waste heat, according to a social media post by CNNC’s Nuclear Power Institute of...
French winemakers are gathering on Monday to discuss a growing crisis in the industry, and request help from the government in the face of ongoing pressures including climate change, US tariffs and falling wine consumption.
Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet national marine park in Rayong province is asking people to refrain from stacking rocks during their visits to a popular cliff, as it disrupts the ecosystem.
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show. The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...
Amid the climate crisis, China’s quiet leadership in the fight for a sustainable future offers a reason for optimism, particularly for the Global South. After two weeks of contentious negotiations, Cop30 in Brazil concluded with an uneasy deal that sidestepped any mention of fossil fuels, exposing deep divisions and mounting frustrations. Indeed, even as Cop30 convened, the world was already suffering “summit fatigue”. After decades of lofty declarations and limited follow-through, many question...
Heavier precipitation, partially caused by climate change, is stressing our aging infrastructure. The post U.S. dams, levees, stormwater, and wastewater systems get D to D+ grades, need almost $1 trillion in upgrades appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen
In 1997, scientists and bureaucrats gathered in Japan to talk about greenhouse-gas emissions. At Lincoln Center, a group of actors rehash all the drama—in front of the original negotiators.
Government panel’s final report calls for ‘radical reset’ of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaper Business live – latest updates The UK has become the “most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review. The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up “archaic rules” and slash regulations to “get Britain building”. Continue reading...
There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy.
We're still behind on our global warming targets after the big summit in Brazil.
A joint declaration at the Cop30 summit in Brazil – reached without United States participation after Washington again pulled out of the Paris climate pact – has kept fragile climate cooperation alive for the Global South, even as the talks fell short of a fossil fuel phase-out. Observers said the outcome revealed both the limits of a strained multilateral system and the room that still existed for developing nations to influence the global energy transition, with several pointing to the UN...
[Scrolla] South Africa pushes ahead at the G20 summit after the United States walks out of all talks and rejects climate change in the final declaration. President Cyril Ramaphosa says skipping the summit undermines the first African G20 presidency and warns he will "hand over to an empty chair".
The Philippines is one of the countries most at risk of the climate emergency due to its low-lying island geography. With sea temperatures rising, the country deals with increasingly frequent and intense typhoons, rising sea-levels that threaten coastal communities, and changing rainfall patterns that disrupt agriculture. The country is one of the smallest contributors to climate change but one of the places most affected by its impacts. Gideon Mendel’s visceral portraits from his project Drowning World show people in Bulacan province dealing with the climate emergency in their daily lives Continue reading...
The decision is symbolic for Japan, and the strongest signal yet that the country is reembracing nuclear power and slashing carbon from its energy mix.
At least 15 coal-fired plants are being kept online to power artificial intelligence as the administration rolls back pollution rules.
A new study estimates that the deadly 2003 heat wave would cause up to 32,000 deaths each week under 3 degrees Celsius of warming.
The move would channel more funds to developing countries as traditional climate aid wanes.
Plans for a new nationwide UK digital ID are sparking widespread public concern, but some critics including far-right politicians are fuelling fears with unproven claims that it will be used to boost government control over people’s lives. They have warned that a digital ID would be used to store data on vaccinations and carbon footprint and limit access to flying and food, which the government has vehemently denied. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in September said the ID card would be...
We’ve done most of the hard work. And now we must be ambitious.
In 2014, the term “polar vortex” burst on the scene across Canada and the U.S. as temperatures plunged. In some places, it was colder than it was on Mars. Well, get ready to hear more about it.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) are celebrating in November 25 years of a "unique" partnership and strengthened economic, political, and social ties.
[UN News] In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement - but without a clear commitment to move away from fossil fuels.
[UN News] Do higher living standards in developing countries have to mean more polluting, fossil-fuel dependent industries? Or is a low-carbon alternative possible? As the world grapples with climate change, economic inequality, and rapid technological shifts, next week's Global Industry Summit will tackle these questions, bringing together governments, business leaders, and innovators to shape solutions that balance prosperity with sustainability.
Opposition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Experts have dismissed claims Chris Bowen cannot remain a senior minister while playing a leading role in international climate negotiations, with one describing the argument as evidence of an Australian “culture cringe”. Australia failed in its long-running bid to co-host the Cop31 climate summit with Pacific nations next year after Turkey refused to withdraw from the consensus process despite limited support. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear...
Ocean carbon removal, touted as a climate solution, faces significant hurdles. A new EU report cautions that these unproven technologies lack evidence of effectiveness, measurability, or environmental safety. Experts warn of potential damage to marine ecosystems and new climate risks if deployed prematurely, stressing the need for robust scientific data and strict monitoring before large-scale implementation.
If we want to cut harmful emissions we might begin with the hot air emanating from the Net Zero cult.
For all its flaws, the Brazil conference underlined the wish by a global majority for clean energy and climate action – and the UK will keep leading the way Ed Miliband is the secretary of state for energy security and net zero Sweaty, maddening, sleepless. That’s what it was like to be part of Cop30 in Brazil. And yet more than 190 countries came together in the rainforest of the Amazon and reaffirmed their faith in multilateralism, the Paris agreement and the need to redouble our efforts to keep global warming to 1.5C. We went to Cop because working with other countries to tackle the climate crisis is the only way to protect our home and way of life. We know the UK produces just 1% of emissions , which is why, as the prime minister said in Belém, our government is “all-in” on working...
Instead of jetting off to climate change confabs in Brazil, maybe Newsom should focus on changing the climate for jobs at home.
The government has offered to make changes to the bill to both the Greens and the Liberals hoping to reach a deal on legislation that can pass the Senate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Years of debate about environmental law reform have come down to a tense standoff in the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year, with Labor claiming it can do a deal that will pass the Senate by Thursday. The government is still pushing to pass its major changes, despite not yet having reached an agreement with either the Greens or the Coalition. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in Cop30 in Belém wrapped up on Saturday night more than 24 hours later than planned, and with an Amazonian rainstorm thundering down on the conference centre. The United Nations structure just about held, as it has done these past three weeks despite fire , savage tropical heat and blistering political attacks on the multilateral system of global environmental governance. Dozens of agreements were gavelled through on the final day, as the most collective form of humanity worked to resolve the most complex and dangerous challenge that our species has ever faced. It was chaotic. The process very nearly collapsed and had to be rescued by last-ditch talks that lasted into the early morning...
Chinese education giant New Oriental has ignited online controversy after its founder posted an internal message from his holiday in Antarctica while employees were reportedly frustrated with long working hours. The message from Yu Minhong, which was designed to mark the company’s 32nd anniversary, has been slammed as self-serving and tone deaf. New Oriental was founded in 1993 in Beijing and began as a provider of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Graduate Record Examinations...
Despite nearly 80 developed and developing countries standing firm demanding an end to the use of planet-warming fossil fuels, there is no mention of fossil fuels in the final COP30 agreement, only an oblique reference to the 'UAE consensus.'
A tentative thaw in India–China ties is rekindling hopes that the two Asian giants could move from strategic rivalry to clean-energy cooperation at a moment when the Global South is searching for leverage in climate negotiations. This cautious warming, after four years of strained relations, has unfolded alongside renewed trade in green-energy components and their increasingly aligned push at Cop30 in Brazil for more climate finance and fairer rules, a convergence that analysts say could subtly...
After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30 We have some texts, but we do not have the big one yet (the global mutirão decision). So far, we have the final versions on the mitigation work programme , the global stocktake , gender , loss and damage , and the global environment facility . Continue reading...
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
Europe is once again embroiled in a prolonged argument over how to keep deforestation-linked timber out of its markets. The European Union’s deforestation regulations, once promoted as a bold step forward, have instead become a symbol of hesitation and uneven political will. Some governments want delays and others push for exemptions, creating persistent uncertainty. For Asia, observing this from afar, the indecision carries more consequence than might initially be apparent because the region...
Extinction Rebellion activists said an environmentally harmless dye was released into 10 Italian cities' waterways, lakes and fountains to emphasise 'the massive effects of climate collapse'.
COP30 — the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference — has shown that water efficiency is an opportunity and not an obstacle, argues Deirdre Michie, Chair of Scottish Water .
STATEMENT: G20 Leaders Tackle Climate Action, Finance and Just Transition at 2025 Johannesburg Summit darla.vanhoorn… Sat, 11/22/2025 - 12:48 Johannesburg (November 22, 2025) — Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies adopted a joint declaration at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. This is the first time the Summit has been held on African soil. Taking place from 22–23 November, alongside COP30 in Belém, South Africa used its presidency to make the priorities of developing nations central to the conversation ‒ from climate resilience and debt sustainability, to just energy transition and the responsible use of critical minerals. Following is a statement from Ani Dasgupta, President & CEO, World Resources Institute: “The G20 Declaration...
World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the Cop30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it. In securing the accord, countries attempted to demonstrate global unity in addressing climate change impacts even after the world’s biggest historic emitter, the United States, declined to send an official delegation. “We should support it because at least it is going in the...
Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn’t include a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and natural gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.
The annual climate conference was meant to finish on Friday but countries remain deeply divided.
Nearly two weeks of talks in the Amazon ended with commitments to do more, but no firm movement on the most divisive issues — including turning away from fossil fuels.
After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
The EPA proposes to narrow the scope of a key part of the Clean Water Act – a change criticized by environmental groups but welcomed by businesses.
Rachel Reeves is now considering action in next week's Budget to remove the cost of things like connecting wind farms to the grid from energy bills and pay for them through general taxation.
UK energy secretary says UN climate talks must find way to keep proposals alive despite significant resistance Supporters of a global phaseout of fossil fuels must find “creative” ways to keep the proposal alive, including making it voluntary rather than binding, the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said in the closing stages of the UN climate talks. As the Cop30 summit in Brazil carried on past the Friday night deadline, the prospect of countries agreeing on the need for a roadmap to a global “transition away from fossil fuels” looked increasingly dim. A first draft of the potential outcome text from the summit had contained the formulation, but in the updated draft text produced on Friday by the Brazilian presidency it had been excised. Continue reading...
Experts say there is 'definitely a possibility' Tropical Cyclone Fina could strengthen to a category-three system as it bears down on Darwin.
A global race is on to secure Arctic resources, particularly rare earths, as nations seek alternatives to China's dominance. Melting ice is unlocking Greenland's mineral wealth, attracting significant investment and sparking discoveries of crucial metals for electronics and defense. Sweden is also developing its own substantial rare earth deposits, though challenges in remote Arctic mining remain.
The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back. The post Known for its oil, Texas became a renewable energy leader. Now it’s being unplugged. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A sanctioned Russian oil tanker reversed course while en route to Venezuela after encountering a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Caribbean, according to vessel-tracking data reviewed by Bloomberg.
Many countries and environmentalists expressed outrage that the main cause of climate change was not included in a draft deal as the U.N. summit draws to a close in Brazil.
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day An informal stocktake plenary is now underway [see live feed at the top of the blog]. Here the presidency will update parties on the state of the negotiations. My colleague Damian Carrington will be keeping across the main developments. Continue reading...
US sanctions on Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil, effective November 21, 2025, are impacting India's oil imports. Russian crude loadings for India have significantly dropped, forcing refiners to seek alternative sources. While direct procurement from sanctioned entities will cease, Russia's oil may continue to flow through less transparent channels, impacting global trade dynamics.
BELéM (BRAZIL) - A breach, a blockade, and a blaze: tumultuous UN climate talks head into their final day Friday in the Brazilian Amazon, with countries still sharply split over fossil fuels.
By faulting pollution floating in from across international borders, the city could sidestep requirements to cut smog-forming emissions.
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
State regulators said the rules would cost $12 million annually but save $34 million per year in health and environmental costs.
A draft agreement between nearly 200 countries at the COP30 conference to address climate change does not mention fossil fuels, which are the largest contributor to the problem.
The Meteorological Authority has issued a warning regarding Saturday’s expected weather conditions in Cairo and the governorates, as the region experiences the peak of the heatwave. Temperatures in Cairo are expected to reach a record high of 33∘C during the day, while Southern Upper Egypt will record 35∘C. In its official statement, the Meteorological Authority … The post Weather alert for Egypt: Heatwave peak continues on Saturday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are changes in solar activity causing climate change? The rise in global temperatures over the past century cannot be explained by the small changes in the sun’s energy output. The sun varies slightly in brightness through several natural cycles, including an 11-year sunspot cycle, but these shifts are small and largely cancel out over decades. Satellite measurements show total solar irradiance actually drifted slightly downward since the late 1970s, which would have caused mild cooling, not rapid warming. Over longer timescales, research has found that solar changes account...
[Premium Times] A fire outbreak on Thursday has disrupted activities at the Blue zone axis of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, forcing the temporary closure of the Blue Zone where formal negotiations are taking place.
A fire at the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, disrupted crucial negotiations on fossil fuels and climate finance. The blaze, likely from electrical equipment, forced thousands to evacuate but was quickly controlled. This incident, the third major disruption, occurred as delegates raced against time to reach a vital global climate action deal, with UN chief urging ambitious compromise.
The Energy secretary has reshaped the department to promote fossil fuels, nuclear power and critical minerals.
Social impacts of climate change are already worsening, and long-term impacts can lead to stunted education. —Saqib Huq, Managing Director at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Representatives of small island states said their economies depend on keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Igunaq is a delicacy made from fermenting walrus for months underground. But thawing permafrost and unstable ground are bringing the practice into question leading to changes in the tradition, and in some cases, health concerns.
[Daily News] Dodoma -- MINISTER of State in the Vice -President's Office (Union and Environment), Engineer Hamad Masauni, has outlined plans to expand Union and environmental education for stakeholders, including the media.
The United States has sanctioned dozens of individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft accused of participating in Iran's oil-shipping networks.
Exclusive: The Guardian understands Brazil had been planning to drop a roadmap to a transition away from fossil fuels amid opposition from petro states Countries supporting a phase-out of fossil fuels at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil have threatened to block any agreement that does not include such a commitment, in a significant escalation of tensions at the crunch talks, the Guardian can reveal. The simmering row over a potential roadmap for the “transition away from fossil fuels” boiled over on Thursday night when a group of at least 29 countries signed a strongly worded letter to Brazil, the Cop presidency. The leaked letter demanded that the roadmap be included in the outcome of the talks, which are due to end on Friday but likely to carry on into the weekend. Continue reading...
The Supreme Court has prohibited new mining leases in the Aravali hills to protect them from desertification, while allowing existing operations to continue. The court mandated the preparation of a sustainable mining management plan for the entire range across four states, emphasizing ecological impact analysis and restoration measures.
Canadian country music star Corb Lund is waiting to hear if his application for a petition against coal mining in the eastern slopes will be approved by Elections Alberta.
Event thrown into confusion and 13 treated for smoke inhalation after conference centre evacuated Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit Talks at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil were disrupted on Thursday after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering an evacuation just as negotiators were preparing to try to land a deal to strengthen international efforts to address the climate crisis. Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation, organisers said in a statement, after the fire broke out in the pavilion area of the conference centre in Belém, Brazil. Continue reading...
US speaker emerita criticizes Trump’s anti-climate stance and his remarks to the UN general assembly “President Trump is the biggest con job in American history,” said Nancy Pelosi, the US speaker emerita, to reporters on Thursday while criticizing his anti-climate agenda. Donald Trump told the UN general assembly in September that the climate crisis was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. But he was “projecting”, Pelosi said at a press conference. The meeting was convened by Democrats on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to comment on the US’s official absence from the United Nations Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where 195 countries are represented. Continue reading...
Thursday’s announcement by Reliance Industries that it had stopped importing crude oil from Russia was a seemingly significant concession to Washington.
The gloomy arguments in favor of solar geoengineering are compelling; so are the even gloomier counter-arguments.
Iqaluit's only beer can recycling facility closed down in July after 31 years leaving residents with nowhere to recycle the cans. Since then Derek Allerton has been collecting cans he finds littered on the streets.
Met Office warnings for snow and ice remained in force across the UK today, with more ice alerts for tomorrow morning. A UK Health Security Agency amber cold health alert will be active until Saturday.
A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mile-per-hour gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached Jamaica.
Brazilian president underlines need to reduce emissions as Turkey set to host next year’s summit Guteress has told delegates that “communities on the frontlines are watching too” as he reminds them of flooded homes, failed harvests and lost livelihoods. “Please engage in good faith to reach ambitious compromise,” he pleaded. “1.5c must be your only red line. This is the hour for leadership. Be bold. Follow the science. Put people before profit and please keep your eyes on the finish line. Continue reading...
SunCable says massive energy project proposed in NT could position Australia as global leader, but critics are concerned about scale Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Energy company SunCable says a massive solar farm it has proposed building in the Northern Territory could power an AI data centre precinct in the region to position Australia as a global leader in “green industrial development”. The development would be Australia’s largest solar farm and would generate up to 20GW of electricity, or 10 times the output of a large coal-fired station. It would add to the company’s plans to build a 12,000 ha solar farm at Powell Creek Station south of Elliott as part of its proposed Australia-Asia Power Link project. Sign up to...
Open access notables Observed changes in the temperature and height of the globally resolved lapserate tropopause , Ladstädter et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physic The tropopause is a key indicator of atmospheric climate change, influenced by both the troposphere and stratosphere. Here we present a global view of tropopause changes, using high-resolution GNSS radio occultation data from 2002 to 2024. We identify significant trends in lapse rate tropopause (LRT) temperature and height with seasonal and regional detail. The tropical LRT has warmed, with particularly strong warming ( >1 K per decade) over the South Pacific during austral spring and summer, while height changes remain largely insignificant. Outside the tropics, LRT temperature...
Former EPA official John Reeder, who sparred with the first Trump administration, agreed to resolve conflict-of-interest allegations.
[IPS] Less than one percent of adaptation finance targets health, even as climate-sensitive diseases multiply. Africa alone will need roughly $300 billion annually by 2030 to build resilient systems and respond to climate-related loss and damage.
The country is considered a key player in global efforts to fight pollution and address global warming.
Swarthmore is working to ditch fossil fuels by storing heat underground to warm and cool its campus. The post This college is turning the Earth into a giant battery appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[Liberian Observer] At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Liberia delivered a powerful national statement that resonated across Africa and the global African diaspora. Speaking at the High-Level Segment, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), championed a bold vision: African unity as the driving force for climate justice, and Liberia's leadership through concrete action.
[Liberian Investigator] BELÉM -- The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia is urging stronger climate finance, cleaner mining technologies, and a just transition for workers and communities as part of the country's effort to overhaul its mining sector. The call was made Tuesday in a keynote address at the Liberian Pavilion at COP30 in Belém, Brazil--an appeal aimed at positioning mining as a driver of both economic growth and climate action.
It’s a climate-vulnerable nation, while also being the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Global investment in climate action is vital Continue reading...
Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to discuss climate change, electricity is a very recent arrival.
Photographer Paul Goldstein spent time with a colony of Emperor penguins while guiding in the Antarctic this month.
[Nyasa Times] On a road in Kenya's Makueni County, a woman loads sacks of pigeon pea onto a motorbike. Her landscape is rehabilitated, soils restored, seeds climate-resilient, markets ready, and a weather alert on her phone shows when it will rain. Each element exists because financing, science, extension servicesand markets worked together. It shows what COP30 can deliver if finance, infrastructure, inputsand knowledge reach smallholders simultaneously.
Less than one percent of adaptation finance targets health, even as climate-sensitive diseases multiply. Africa alone will need roughly $300 billion annually by 2030 to build resilient systems and respond to climate-related loss and damage.
Northern leopard frogs were found near the site of what would be one of state’s largest fossil fuel operations. The post Will this threatened frog stop drilling near Denver? appeared first on High Country News.
Six groups asked the Bureau of Land Management to address whether thousands of oil and gas leases are now in question.
AES Solar, Europe’s longest-running solar panel maker, is expanding fast as demand for PV, storage and heat pumps grows, securing its future with new investment.
Rich nations and international funding agencies need to make it easier to obtain money for adapting to the ills of a warming planet, advocates for poorer governments say at COP30.
India, China and other countries are challenging CBAM in climate talks.
As Dow takes steps to grow its chemical business, the US-based company is looking back to ensure it has left no or little carbon footprint behind.
Cleanup was underway Wednesday in a wooded, remote area of Ventura County after about 420 gallons of crude oil inundated a waterway, officials said, and crews were working to beat the upcoming storm.
The verified wind reading is just another record-breaker associated with Hurricane Melissa, a deadly category 5 monster hurricane that is tied for the strongest Atlantic Hurricane to make landfall on record.
The heat in the Hangar Convention Center of the Amazonia, in the northeastern Brazilian city of Belém, has reached the negotiation rooms of the climate summit. Over the past 72 hours, one of the most delicate and significant discussions of this climate meeting has been taking place: the path to progressively abandon the production and […]
Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen expected to lead the negotiations Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Turkey will host the Cop31 climate conference after the Australian government dropped its push to hold the event in Adelaide at the last moment despite having invested in a more than three-year campaign. But Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, is expected to lead climate negotiations at the summit in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city of Antalya in November 2026 under a compromise deal to resolve a standoff between the two countries. Continue reading...
In the eyes of many developing country leaders, the success of COP30 hinges on the billions of dollars they need to prepare for climate disasters.
California is considering adopting new rules to better identify and more quickly to respond to dangerous methane leaks and underground fires at landfills statewide.
GTRI has urged the Trump administration to immediately lift the 25% tariff on Indian crude oil imports from Russia. Citing India's substantial reduction in Russian oil purchases and increased energy trade with the US, the GTRI argues the original rationale for the surcharge no longer applies.
Newly released emails show Epstein peddling climate denial myths to scientist Lawrence Krauss while Trump’s first term was getting underway. The post Jeffrey Epstein, climate change doubter appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Facility that was site of worst nuclear disaster in US history will provide power for Microsoft datacenters The Trump administration has announced a $1bn federal loan to restart the nuclear power plant at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island that is under contract to provide power to Microsoft’s datacenters. The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said on Tuesday that the loan to Constellation Energy, the plant’s operator, would “ensure America has the energy it needs to grow its domestic manufacturing base and win the AI race”. Continue reading...
North Sea heavyweight Ithaca Energy has increased its exposure to the West of Shetland basin as it works on plans for big oil field developments in the area.
Ezequiel Sánchez, a 63-year-old Mexican fisherman, owes everything to the sea. “My life, my work, my family,” he says, pointing around his office, which is located just a block from the ocean in Puerto Morelos town, in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Sánchez, who is married and has one son and three daughters, […]
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