Blockbuster acquisition is one of largest energy deals in past decade Chevron closed its $55bn acquisition of Hess on Friday after winning a landmark legal battle against its larger rival Exxon Mobil to gain access to the largest oil discovery in decades. The strategy of Chevron’s CEO, Mike Wirth, to turn around his company’s lagging performance hinged on the acquisition, one of the largest energy deals in the past decade. The prize is a stake in the prolific Stabroek Block off the coast of Guyana that holds more than 11bn barrels of oil and is one of the fastest-growing oil provinces in the world. Continue reading...
A first-of-its-kind lottery for residents of Tuvalu who want to move to Australia due to climate change threats is closing today, with more than 5,000 applications received.
The president's economic advisers see oil and gas fueling GDP growth, while critics say restricting wind and solar will spark increased electricity prices.
These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed light on how human-generated emissions will shape our planet’s future.
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Friday adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, looking to pile more pressure on the Kremlin by lowering a price cap for Moscow’s oil exports.
Already the world’s busiest shipping port, China’s financial centre Shanghai is now positioning itself as a world-class shipbuilding hub, with an eye on high-value models such as those designed to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) and containers. The Shanghai municipal government has unveiled plans to augment its shipyards on Changxing Island, situated across the southern mouth of the Yangtze River and near the Yangshan Deep-Water Port. The Yangshan facility, a component of the Port of...
The Kurdistan Regional Government will supply Iraq’s state oil marketer at least 230,000 barrels a day for export, the federal government said.
The administration has removed testing and environmental review requirements for state grant programs aimed at capping abandoned oil and gas wells.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he's committed to hosting COP30 in Belém, in part, to bring delegates to an area directly threatened by climate change.
A World Bank report outlines the amount of excess natural gas that is burned off, a practice that wastes energy and increases climate-warming emissions.
DOJ and its Republican allies urged the Maryland Supreme Court to ditch three cases accusing the oil industry of misleading the public about climate change.
Authorities said recent water samples showed pollution levels in the river had returned to within permissible limits following the 80-ton spill last month.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01853F, Paper Jing Guo, Ruomei Wang, Li Zhang, Siqin Wang, Linyan Li, Mengbing Du, Fangyuan Zhong, Chuan Zhang, Yafei Li, Yixuan Zheng, Xiaoya Liu, Xi Lu, Jinnan Wang The global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is vital for mitigating climate change, yet plans to transition China are generally coarsely resolved. This study introduces the China New... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[New Dawn] Monrovia, Liberia; July 16, 2025: A diverse group of stakeholders from across Liberia gathered at the Bella Casa Hotel in Monrovia on July 8, 2025, for the Local Project Appraisal Committee (LPAC) meeting to review and endorse the SARTLA project, which aims to strengthen agricultural resilience through transformational livelihood adaptation.
The bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarian The big emitters: which countries are holding back climate action and why? When it comes to the climate crisis, how do you negotiate with an autocracy? It is the case today, and it is almost certain to remain so for the dwindling number of years in which we can hope to stave off the worst of climate breakdown, that the bulk of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic. Add to that, many of the major suppliers of oil and gas – the Gulf petrostates for instance, plus Russia, Venezuela and a few others – are likewise authoritarian. Continue reading...
Japan's $26 billion deep-sea mining project near Minami-Tori-shima, aimed at extracting cobalt and nickel for EV batteries, faces disruption. Scientists have developed a next-generation battery cathode using disordered rock-salt particles, eliminating the need for these rare metals. This innovation threatens the economic viability of Japan's mining plans while offering environmental benefits by avoiding deep-sea ecological damage.
President Trump also exempted some coal plants, chemical manufacturers and ore processing facilities from pollution rules for two years.
Industry groups said the directive could create new delays and bottlenecks for renewable energy projects across the country.
July will see the launch of the groundbreaking Solar EruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph mission, or SNIFS. Delivered to space via a Black Brant IX sounding rocket, SNIFS will explore the energy and dynamics of the chromosphere, one of the most complex regions of the Sun’s atmosphere. The SNIFS mission’s launch window at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico opens on Friday, July 18.
India's Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri asserts the nation's readiness to handle potential disruptions in Russian oil imports, even with possible sanctions from the US and NATO. Alternative suppliers like Guyana, Brazil, and Canada are being explored.
Social norms that welcome men into caregiving and cooperation strengthen communities as they face climate shocks. The post Toxic masculinity isn’t just a social issue. It prevents us from fully addressing climate change, too. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries Trump’s huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) of planet-heating gases – on a par with the entire annual carbon equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions generated by 68 gas power plants or the entire country of Croatia, new research reveals. The Pentagon’s 2026 budget – and climate footprint – is set to surge to $1tn thanks to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act, a 17% rise on last year. Continue reading...
Industry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest Business live – latest updates Britain’s green energy industry has accused the Reform UK party of undermining the national interest by threatening to strip public subsidies for wind and solar projects if it comes to power. Groups representing Britain’s biggest clean energy investors said the populist party was “putting politics before prosperity” after Reform’s deputy leader gave “formal notice” to large developers that it would axe any deals struck in an upcoming renewables subsidy auction this summer. Continue reading...
It’s the latest setback for the longstanding REAP program, casting uncertainty over the future of a resource that helps farmers save on energy and install solar.
The Cabinet has approved significant green energy investments, raising NTPC's limit to Rs 20,000 crore and allowing NLC India to invest Rs 7,000 crore. These decisions aim to boost renewable energy capacity, with NTPC targeting 60GW by 2032. India has already achieved 50% non-fossil fuel electricity capacity, advancing its goals for 500GW by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2070.
The undisclosed directive puts these renewable energy projects under heightened scrutiny at Interior in a move that could slow approvals and construction.
With temperatures rising worldwide, scientists warn that staging soccer tournaments in the Northern Hemisphere summer is getting increasingly dangerous for both players and spectators.
[The Conversation Africa] Africa has begun experiencing frequent extreme weather events. Extreme weather is defined as the kind of heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods that have historically been rare occurrences for the place and time, and which pose a danger to large numbers of people and the economy. Marina Joubert researches how the public connects with science. She was part of a multidisciplinary team who investigated how people in 68 countries understand the connection of extreme weather with climate change.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02940F, Paper Yuan Wang, Shuyan Guo, Yuntian Guo, Peng Zhang, Guoming Ma, Dingguo Xia, Hao Zhao Operando monitoring of the H2 evolution within lithium-ion batteries is essential for decoding their thermal runaway mechanism and preventing fires. Here, we track the H2 evolution over multiple charging‒discharging cycles... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
It would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity.
A Connecticut-based shipping company pleaded guilty to pollution charges after crew members on one of its ships deliberately dumped more than 10,000 gallons of oil waste into the Gulf of Mexico.
[Daily Trust] Climate change and its resultant effect on our daily lives is a reality. The effect of climate change is multi-faceted. It goes beyond increased rain, flooding, increase in temperature and drought. Climate change posses a great threat to regional economic stability, as well as food security.
U.S. natural gas company Venture Global strikes a deal with Italian company Eni to sell liquified natural gas. The 20-year deal sells 2 million tons per year.
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA -- The Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) is significantly contributing to regional, continental, and global climate change mitigation efforts, the Ethiopian Forest Development (EFD) announced.
The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01591J, Paper Yu Tang, Chenyi Fang, Xin Xu, Feng Li, Lei Fan, Di Zhu, Jun Ding, Joseph Imbrogno, Sui Zhang, Wentao Yan Solar water evaporation can produce water at low carbon footprint using abundant solar energy, but efficiency and stability are hindered by low evaporation rates and salt accumulating issues. We report... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Pittsburgh energy summit Tuesday was the administration’s latest effort to tie its fossil fuel agenda to the artificial intelligence boom.
The group identified about 30 climate policies. Some of them might even find bipartisan support.
Activists have launched legal proceedings against a planned expansion of the nearby liquefied natural gas export hub operated by Woodside Energy Group.
[Global Witness] [16th July 2025] - Facebook is the platform where most climate activists report having experienced abuse worldwide, a first ever survey today suggests.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02213D, Paper Qi Li, Meng Xu, Shiqiang Wei, Anuj Kumar, Kovan Khasraw Abdalla, Yueyang Wang, Linfeng Yu, Mengyao Liu, Xiangrong Jin, Jiazhan Li, Li Song, Yi Zhao, Xiaoming Sun Herein, we introduced a PANI layer to provide a proton-rich micro-environment for an organic modified MnO 2 cathode featuring Mn–N bonds, enabling selective H + insertion rather than Zn 2+ and reversible MnO 2 /Mn 2+ redox for advanced Zn–MnO 2 batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A leading engineer, who spent 20 years working for the global oil giant Shell, has left Britain to take up a position at a Chinese university to lead a team working with the petroleum industry on low-carbon technology. Jing Xudong, who was an adjunct professor at Imperial College London at the time of his departure, held a number of positions in academia and industry and collected a number of awards and honours along the way. This included his election as a fellow of Britain’s Royal Academy of...
Nature, Published online: 16 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09352-wTemperature-Related Hospitalization Burden under Climate Change
Donald Trump has told the UK to 'get rid of the windmills and bring back the oil' and he confirmed he'll meet Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in Aberdeen this month.
AI could consume 3% of the world’s electricity by 2030, the IEA says.
Big banks are “all deathly afraid of being sued,” a top deputy to Texas A.G. Ken Paxton told conservatives in secret audio obtained by Rolling Stone
Joel Beauvais will oversee conservation and climate programs at the nonprofit.
[Daily Maverick] This week, join a range of events focused on climate justice, anti-corruption, children's rights, and youth empowerment, ending with the annual Nelson Mandela Day Walk and Run on 19 July.
Oil is a crucial component of every engine, as well we know. It's pretty self explanatory what high-mileage oil is, but can it be used in low mileage cars?
The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators - continues to face serious threats in 2025.
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 . Did CO 2 contribute to early 20th century warming? Warming from 1920 to 1940 was influenced by both natural dynamics or “forcings” as well as human-caused greenhouse gas emissions such as CO 2 . Human-caused CO 2 began rising during the Industrial Revolution and contributed to early 20th century warming. At the same time, solar activity rose slightly and volcanic activity was unusually low, adding to warming. Ocean circulation changes also raised regional temperatures in areas like the North Atlantic. The myth that early warming disproves CO 2 ’s role in climate change...
Lawmakers send letter railing against ‘suffocating’ smoke days after voting for Trump plan likely to boost pollution A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days after voting for a major bill that will cause more of the planet-heating pollution that is worsening wildfires. In a letter sent to Canada’s ambassador to the US, six Republican members of Congress wrote that wildfire smoke from Canada has been an issue for several years and recently their voters “have had to deal with suffocating Canadian wildfire smoke filling the air to begin the summer”. Continue reading...
Government will subsidise prices cuts to encourage a shift away from petrol and diesel.
The Supreme Court's decision to let U.S. survivors of terrorism sue Palestinian groups raises jurisdictional questions in a case against foreign fossil fuel companies.
Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heating Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates The federal court has dismissed a landmark case brought by two Torres Strait community leaders that argued the Australian federal government breached its duty of care to protect the Torres Strait Islands from climate change. In delivering the decision, however, Justice Michael Wigney noted: “There could be little if any doubt that the Torres Strait Islands and their inhabitants face a bleak future if urgent action is not taken to address climate change and its impacts.” Get Guardian Australia environment...
Thailand Nuclear Watchdog has expressed concerns about the government's decision to enter into an agreement with the United States on nuclear energy cooperation, saying there is no immediate need to incorporate nuclear power into the nation's energy landscape.
Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for lacklustre emissions targets.
Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for lacklustre emissions targets. Australia's Federal Court found the government was not obliged to shield the Torres Strait Islands from climate change.
Grant offering up to 10% off may benefit some cheaper Chinese models but leave Tesla fans paying full price Buyers of new electric cars priced at less than £37,000 will be able to get a discount of up to 10% under a new UK government scheme, a move that may benefit some cheaper Chinese models but leave Tesla fans still having to pay the full price. The Department for Transport has reintroduced a grant, which had been scrapped in June 2022, to encourage more drivers to switch from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles. Continue reading...
Energy and net zero secretary fought back against climate deniers on the right but key tests lie ahead Miliband says Tories are ‘anti-science’ for abandoning net zero consensus Ed Miliband made a passionate and patriotic case for climate action in his first annual statement to parliament on the devastating impacts of global heating. After laying out the “uncomfortable, sobering facts” of the increasingly unstable climate we now face, he highlighted how the UK has led global efforts to bring emissions down including passing the 2008 Climate Change Act, which was copied around the world, and being the first country to set legally binding nature targets. Continue reading...
Green steel could boost Australia’s export earnings, reduce emissions and hedge against declining coal exports in a cleaner world economy. If a lot of things go right.
Energy and net zero secretary lays out stark picture of how climate crisis and nature depletion is affecting UK Climate activists will welcome Ed Miliband’s words but tough choices lie ahead Ed Miliband has accused the Conservatives of being “anti-science” by abandoning a political consensus on net zero as he gave MPs a stark outline of how the climate crisis and nature depletion are already affecting the UK. In the first of what is promised to be an annual “state of the climate” report, the energy and net zero secretary set out the findings of a Met Office-led study that detailed how the UK was already hotter and wetter, and faced a greater number of extreme weather events. Continue reading...
The floating mechanism aims to respond more effectively to market fluctuations and to undercut Russia’s oil revenues.
UK company Superdielectrics says its polymer technology could make batteries cheaper and easier to recycle, but its energy density must improve to compete with lithium-ion devices
Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets ‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UK Ed Miliband is to explicitly call out politicians who reject net zero policies for betraying future generations in an unprecedented update to parliament about the state of the climate crisis, which he is calling “an exercise in radical truth-telling”. With Reform UK proposing to scrap all net zero measures and even questioning the science behind climate change, and the Conservatives ditching environmental targets, Miliband hopes to regain the initiative with a stark warning to MPs. Continue reading...
A judge is expected to rule Tuesday on whether the Australian government has a duty to do more to tackle climate change.
Jane McCarthy, who has terminal cancer, withheld payments for three years in protest at Buckinghamshire council’s fossil fuel investments A woman who withheld council tax payments for three years in protest at her local authority’s continued investment in fossil fuels fears losing her home. Jane McCarthy, 74, said she decided on the protest after becoming increasingly fearful about the impact of climate breakdown on future generations, particularly when she learned about climate tipping points at a local meeting. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Louisiana, natural gas—a planet-heating fossil fuel—is now, by law, considered “green energy” that can compete with solar and wind projects for clean energy funding. The law, signed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry last month, comes on the heels of similar bills […]
Global sovereign wealth funds are increasing their allocations to Chinese assets, betting on the country’s prowess in digital technologies, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing to drive returns and hedge geopolitical risks, according to an Invesco study. Nearly 60 per cent of sovereign wealth funds said they planned to increase their investments in China over the next five years, higher than in 2024, the study revealed on Monday. The Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management study was...
Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially since many doubt they need protection.
As it hunts for a new chair, an operational pickup is essential for BP as it tries to get back toward a core business of hydrocarbons.
Friday's mass firing included climate and energy staff, potentially thwarting U.S. global engagement as China grabs the reins on clean energy development.
The answer has grave implications for humanity as climate change makes heat more intense and frequent.
A proposal to install small modular reactors (SMRs) in Thailand looks set to gain momentum amid corporate interest in using the technology to ensure stable power supplies and support the national plan to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
India has revised its 2015 mandate for installing flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) units, now focusing on coal-fired plants within 10 km of cities with over 1 million residents. This change, driven by cost concerns and studies indicating lower-than-threshold sulphur dioxide levels, is expected to reduce power costs. While criticised by environmentalists, officials claim the recalibration is efficient and climate-conscious.
A five-buck bottle of motor oil might set off alarm bells in your head, but it's also a pretty great deal. So, is it actually worth the risk or not?
Some intriguing new measurements of salinity in the oceans around Antarctica have set off reams of sensationalist speculations. Maybe some context is helpful… What we’ve been seeing The climate change situation in the Southern Oceans (those seas surrounding Antarctica and connected by the massive Antarctic Circumpolar current) have been anomalous for many years, decades even. […] The post Ocean circulation going South? first appeared on RealClimate.
Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, driven by conflict, economic collapse and climate shocks, leaves migrants desperate to return to their home countries. In March 2025, the Global Data Institute Displacement Tracking Matrix recorded that 1,234 non-Yemeni migrants left the country. Once a critical transit and destination point, Yemen is unable to support incoming asylum seekers. Yemenis are […]
India's crude oil imports from Russia surged to an 11-month high in June, reaching 2.08 million bpd, driven by refiners bolstering inventories amid geopolitical tensions. While India's overall crude imports decreased, Russian volumes increased, with three refineries processing over half of these imports and exporting refined products.
On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and saved consumers millions of dollars.
June attacks by the US and Israel on Iran struck but did not fully destroy nuclear facilities In 2015, Iran agreed a long-term deal on its nuclear programme with the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany. The deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), allowed Iran to enrich uranium to 3.67% – enough to fuel a nuclear power plant, but far below the threshold of 90% needed for weapons-grade uranium. Continue reading...
In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.
Do you know how often your weed whacker needs oil - or what kind it uses? Follow this helpful guide to know when you need to change your weed eater's oil.
As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
Dubai has successfully moved away from its reliance on oil. Now trade, logistics, tourism, finance, and technology contribute significantly to its economy. Investor-friendly policies and world-class infrastructure have attracted global businesses and individuals. Its strategic location makes it a key gateway connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe. This transformation highlights Dubai's economic resilience and global importance.
The funds will go toward improvements to the electricity grid, carbon capture technologies and the expansion of wind and solar power projects.
The Nunavut government says it's working on a clean-up plan after reports of an oil spill near Arctic Bay.
Scientists at a Denver museum stumbled onto the oldest and deepest-known dinosaur fossils unearthed in the city when drilling a test well for geothermal energy.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday it has approved an exchange from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, with the ExxonMobil Corp. to ease issues that affect crude oil deliveries to a company site.
Models suggest that meeting climate targets will be virtually impossible without steep emissions cuts paired with a huge expansion of carbon management technologies
12 must-read climate change titles to add to your list. The post Cool books for a hot summer appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Actions by the Trump administration are putting wildfire response, water resources, natural lands and clean energy efforts in jeopardy, state officials said.
Coalition’s decades-long brawl over climate change and energy policy laid bare as former deputy prime minister sends out clarion call on Facebook Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce has vowed to wind back the “lunatic crusade” of net zero by 2050 in a private member’s bill once parliament resumes later this month. The former deputy prime minister and Nationals backbencher’s clarion call on Friday afternoon laid bare the Coalition’s decades-long brawl over climate change and energy policy. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Though similar to ATVs, side-by-sides are different and have their own maintenance schedule, a key part of which is ensuring that the oil is changed regularly.
Environmental groups may rely more on state climate laws and public interest requirements to challenge FERC’s approval of natural gas projects.
Many leading suppliers have battery production hubs in China and Poland, where power systems remain heavily reliant on polluting fossil fuels, said a Greenpeace report.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 14, 28 July 2025.
Committee due to make decision on inscription of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape overnight The Australian government has secured the backing of at least eight members of the 21-country World Heritage committee as it lobbies to quell concerns about the impacts of industrial emissions on Indigenous rock art at Murujuga and have the Western Australia site inscribed on the World Heritage list. The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has been in Paris for the meeting since Wednesday, alongside a delegation from the WA state government and the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, which has led the nomination. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02362-6Global datasets of surface temperature and sea surface temperature (SST) are routinely used in climate change studies. Here the authors show that while surface temperature datasets closely agree, four main SST datasets show substantial variation, with implications for their application.
UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.
Ross Greer has the only qualification required to be leader of a political party: when he speaks, his hands jut out in front of him as though waiting for an invisible hand drier to turn on.
Changing weather patterns and higher temperatures are affecting some of the most prized tea-growing regions in China and Taiwan.
Europe is quietly becoming a solar powerhouse.
Open access notables Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action , Sparkman et al., Communications Earth & Environment A wide variety of existing narratives describe how we might address climate change. Which of these approaches is popular among the American public? Do the general public and their elected officials accurately perceive which climate solutions are popular? We assess personal endorsement and perceptions of public support in national representative samples of the U.S. public (N = 1500) and local-level U.S. policymakers (N = 500). Proactive narratives, like ones advocating for both personal behavior and policy action, are widely...
[Daily Trust] Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has urged BRICS to increase climate financing support to developing nations to enable the Global South to pursue ambitious climate targets while maintaining economic growth.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright will appear alongside a raft of lawmakers to celebrate a coal mine that plans to ramp up production of rare earth elements.
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[Premium Times] I have just completed reading the 2025 Saharawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Environmental (SONREP) Report, titled "Sustainable for Whom? Western Sahara Renewable Energy and Environmental Justice under Occupational."
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island gives 300th climate speech on the US Senate floor The Democratic party and the climate movement have been “too cautious and polite” and should instead be denouncing the fossil fuel industry’s “huge denial operation”, the US senator Sheldon Whitehouse said. “The fossil fuel industry has run the biggest and most malevolent propaganda operation the country has ever seen,” the Rhode Island Democrat said in an interview Monday with the global media collaboration Covering Climate Now. “It is defending a $700-plus billion [annual] subsidy ” of not being charged for the health and environmental damages caused by burning fossil fuels. “I think the more people understand that, the more they’ll be irate [that] they’ve been lied to.” But, he added, “Democrats have...
[Premium Times] Mr Kaseya said climate change is already wreaking havoc across Africa, driving extreme weather events, shifting disease patterns, food insecurity, and waterborne illnesses
The company says rules from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration interfere with its right to a jury trial.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00415B, Analysis Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Philipp Voß, Benedikt Gruber, Miriam Mitterfellner, Jan-Darius Plöpst, Florian Degen, Richard Schmuch, Simon Lux Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are on the verge of mass adoption, with several players striving for gigafactory-scale production. Uncertainty remains regarding their competitiveness with lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This study addresses this... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
In the basement of a Jakarta housing complex, surrounded by the silver piping of the air-conditioning system, Indonesian technician Ari Sobaruddin is doing his part to tackle climate change.
How hot is too hot to survive in a city?
“We must stop treating climate-driven events as unpredictable ‘natural’ disasters.”
[Namibian] Namibian pugilist Fillipus 'Energy' Nghitumbwa is entering familiar territory next month when he trades blows against undefeated Mxolisi Zuma from South Africa for the WBO Global Super Bantamweight title.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it has designated more than 20 entities as complicit in the facilitation of selling Iranian oil, which funds a paramilitary force considered a foreign terrorist organization.
HEGRA, Norway - Waist-deep in a rain-swollen river, Christer Kristoffersen cast his line, landed it gently on the water, and caught ... nothing. Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change.
Organized Crime in The Amazon: A Growing Threat to the World’s Greatest Tropical Rainforest shannon.paton@… Wed, 07/09/2025 - 10:00 Brazil once again leads the world in the loss of primary tropical forests. New data shows the country accounted for 42% of global primary rainforest loss in 2024, largely due to widespread fires throughout the nation and in neighboring Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. The 2024 spike in Amazon forest loss was due in large part to one of the worst fire seasons on record. But what’s often missed is the fact that recent fires in tropical primary forests are by no means a “natural” disaster. Rather, the conflagration represents a perfect storm of climate change-induced environmental conditions , governance failures and unchecked...
PARIS - Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4 degrees Celsius hotter in many cities, scientists said on Wednesday, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people.
Human-caused climate change is responsible for killing about 1,500 people in last week's European heat wave, a first-of-its-kind rapid study estimates.
INCHEON, South Korea - K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change.
UK government writes to husband and wife team amid concerns that finding buyer for plant will be difficult The UK government has written to the husband-and-wife team behind the stricken Prax Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire urging them to “do the decent thing” and support affected workers financially, amid mounting concern that finding a buyer for the plant will be difficult. In a letter to the Prax Group owners, Arani and Sanjeev Kumar Soosaipillai, seen by the Guardian, the junior energy minister Michael Shanks said the government was “urgently exploring what support can be offered to the workforce at this difficult time”. Continue reading...
An executive order directs the treasury secretary to strictly enforce the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s elimination of tax credits for wind and solar power.
Europe's latest spell of sizzling heat, which ended last week, caused a threefold rise in heat-related deaths because human-induced climate change boosted the intensity of the heat wave, British scientists said.
China has denied transferring surface-to-air missile batteries to Iran following Israel’s attacks on the Islamic Republic last month. Citing an Arab official familiar with the intelligence, the British-based platform Middle East Eye reported on Monday that Chinese air defence equipment had been sent to Iran after it struck a truce with Israel last month. One source told the platform that China – the biggest recipient of Iran’s oil exports – had received payment in oil shipments, but the report...
The Department of Energy brings aboard three scientists known for challenging mainstream climate research.
The focus on Libya, a member of OPEC, comes as the North African nation tries to bring back oil majors that left since the 2011 fall of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Global warming caused an additional 1,500 deaths in 12 cities during last week’s heat wave, an analysis found.
The rift has prompted the Financial Stability Board to amend a report that details the progress it’s made in delivering on climate-related objectives.
[The Conversation Africa] Ten years ago, the world committed itself to keeping global warming well below 2°C (and preferably below 1.5°C) above the pre-industrial era. This would be done by reducing greenhouse gas emissions significantly by 2030 and ending all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This was the time of promises, with 195 countries signing up to the legally binding, global treaty on climate change, the Paris Agreement.
Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say Planet-heating pollution tripled the death toll from the “quietly devastating” heatwave that seared Europe at the end of June, early analysis covering a dozen cities has found, as experts warned of a worsening health crisis that is being overlooked. Scientists estimate that high heat killed 2,300 people across 12 major cities as temperatures soared across Europe between 23 June and 2 July. They attributed 1,500 of the deaths to climate breakdown, which has heated the planet and made the worst extremes even hotter. Continue reading...
Dr Tim Gregory argues that nuclear power is safe, relatively cheap and the only realistic route to achieving net zero targets Dr Tim Gregory is a nuclear evangelist. A chemist who works in the labs of Sellafield, Britain’s oldest nuclear site, he argues that embracing nuclear energy is the only way to achieve net zero. He tells Helen Pidd it is an energy source long misunderstood – unfairly tainted by the Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters. It is a safe technology, he says, and despite the billions it costs to build nuclear plants, it represents good value for money. Continue reading...
The deficit-boosting bill President Donald Trump signed into law last Friday included provisions that will undermine US clean energy development. Indeed, a team led by Princeton energy expert Jesse Jenkins estimates that it will reduce US solar and wind output by at least 300 gigawatts by 2035—enough to power some 225 million homes. But some […]
K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. Even K-pop BTS idol RM is seen seemingly cursing upon spotting the insects in a viral video, with fellow bandmember Jin separately seen casually blowing a lovebug out of his way mid-performance.
The Sun is 93 million miles away, but its presence is felt strongly even at this distance. One of the more beautiful effects of this presence are the auroras which light up the sky in the Northern and Southern polar regions. These displays, also called the Northern and Southern Lights, are caused by interactions between particles of energy from the Sun and the molecules in the atmosphere above Earth’s poles.
Day 5 of the 2025 Calgary Stampede is set to be a hot one, as Environment and Climate Change Canada is forecasting a high of 31 C under a sunny sky.
The U.S. Interior Department is taking steps to make it easier for oil and gas companies to "commingle" multiple U.S. onshore drilling lease applications.
There's nothing quite like the gentle buzz of a bumblebee to let you know summer's approaching. But the distinct hum could soon become a rarity as climate change reduces wing vibrations.
Fossil fuel PR campaigns have misled people into believing that climate solutions are more controversial than they actually are. The post Climate solutions are more popular than you might think appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Your city is probably fighting climate change in more ways than you realize. Perhaps your mayor is on a mission to plant more trees, or they’ve set efficiency standards for buildings, requiring better windows and insulation. Maybe they’ve even electrified your public […]
The French leader will never agree to special EU concessions for the UK despite its strategic importance to Europe Britain and France are so close that there’s a saying in Wimereux, a seafront resort on the north French coast, that if you can see England it’s going to rain, and if you can’t, it’s because it’s already raining. Despite – or perhaps because of – that geographical proximity, Europe’s two nuclear powers have historically been adversaries as often as friends, and frequently a bit of both. While France lacks a feral press to sustain public contempt for the tribal enemy with the unique talent of the British tabloids, that enduring love-hate relationship is the indelible backdrop to this week’s state visit to the UK by President Emmanuel Macron. Even if solidarity and fortitude...
Climate change could disrupt a third of the world’s semiconductor supply by 2035, as severe drought threatens the mining of copper – a critical material used in chip production – according to a new report from PwC released on Tuesday. The extraction of copper, essential for building the microscopic wires found on semiconductor circuits, requires substantial water resources. About 1,600 litres (423 gallons) of water were needed to obtain just 19kg of copper, the report said, citing data from the...
The Trump administration is touting low pump prices, but oil and gas companies encountered headwinds in the second quarter.
Henrik Andersen's comments come as the EU struggles to cut carbon emissions and, more broadly, address sluggish growth and a crisis of competitiveness.
The OPEC member has reduced its dependence on oil products from abroad and later this year will no longer need to import a small amount of gasoline annually, said the Iraqi prime minister.
A judge sided with Rob Bonta over his decision to pay high-priced private lawyers to oversee the state's case against oil giants.
Thailand has offered to commit to a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) import deal with the United States, and plans to acquire Boeing aircraft over the coming years to avert a punitive 36% export levy threatened by the Trump administration, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.
Short Wave producer Hannah Chinn has adult-onset eczema. They're not the only one. Up to ten percent of people in the United States have it, according to the National Eczema Association — and its prevalence is increasing. Despite its ubiquity, a lot about this skin condition remains a mystery. So today, Hannah's getting answers. In this encore episode, they sat down with Raj Fadadu , a dermatologist at the University of California, San Diego, to ask: What is eczema? What triggers it in the first place? And might climate change make it worse sometimes? If you liked this episode, check out our episode on the science of itchiness . Also, follow us! That way you never miss another episode. Interested in hearing more about climate change and human health? Email us at shortwave@npr.org...
Experts are warning that hundreds of dormant volcanoes around the world will likely become more active and erupt thanks to climate change .
At least 95 people died in the flash floods. The disaster has the fingerprints of climate change all over it.
The loss of snow cover in temperate forests is set to slow their growth and reduce their ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere, an overlooked consequence of climate change
"we live in a society where conservatives believe in magical weather control machines but not climate change."View Entire Post ›
[Ethiopian Herald] Climate change poses a substantial hazard to both regional and global habitats and populations. It is distinguished by rising temperatures, changed weather patterns, and increased frequency of extreme weather events, all of which have far-reaching repercussions for ecosystems, human health, and the economy.
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink The publication of an article titled “The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster” by the New York Times kicked off a pretty heated debate among climate scientists over the evidence of acceleration and how strong a claim can be made based on the evidence today. The NYT included the illustrative figure below, which draws simple ordinary least squares trends over three time periods: 1880-1970, 1970-2010, and 2010-present (May 2025). It appears to show a notable acceleration over the past 15 years compared to the rate of warming that characterized the post-1970 “modern warm period” when climate change began to notably take off alongside human emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. However...
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STATEMENT: BRICS Countries Rally Around Assertive Climate Agenda Ahead of COP30 darla.vanhoorn… Mon, 07/07/2025 - 08:48 RIO DE JANEIRO (July 7, 2025) — The 2025 BRICS Summit concluded today in Rio de Janeiro, bringing together representatives from countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa to advance a coordinated agenda on economic development, geopolitical cooperation and climate action. Among the outcomes were calls for strengthened climate finance, improved carbon accounting and the creation of a developing country–led platform to align trade with sustainability goals. The summit also highlighted the role of technology transfer and resilience-building as integral to a more equitable global economy. ...
The administration has wiped over $2.7bn in climate grants, hitting underserved communities across the US the hardest This story was originally published by Floodlight Acre by acre, the village of Kipnuk is falling into the river. Continue reading...
False claims about climate change are rampant on social media. The post New campaign asks young people to help their parents recognize misinformation appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The state's ambitious Climate Superfund legislation would hold fossil fuel companies liable for emissions, but continues to face fierce opposition.
As the 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline project takes shape in Uganda, there is the promise of economic benefit. But it's shaking up the lives of some 100,000 people.
[RFI] Local guides in Tanzania have made an unexpected discovery on the icy heights of Kilimanjaro - a river frog spotted at over 4,000 metres altitude. While its spectacular leap to Africa's highest mountain reveals the potential of the continent's little-known alpine wildlife, it also raises concerns over climate change.
[Egypt Online] Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad held a virtual meeting with Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen as part of informal consultations ahead of the upcoming round of negotiations for a legally binding international agreement on plastic pollution.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02408K, Perspective Wenhao Ren, Yao Zheng, Shi-Zhang Qiao We discuss emerging phenomena in membrane electrode assembly CO 2 electrolysers and highlight the critical role of electrolyte-free interfaces in governing catalytic performance at the device level. 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
As climate change increases the frequency of environmental disasters, experts say federal cuts could leave California and other states vulnerable in the years ahead.
Here's why it's highly important to buy the right oil filter for your engine and whether getting the wrong one can cause low oil pressure.
Amnesty International Brazil held a protest on Copacabana Beach on Saturday (July 5) to highlight environmental risks linked to oil exploration expansion in the Amazon and reliance on fossil fuels, using dolphin models covered with vegetation and black liquid resembling oil. - REUTERS
A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 29, 2025 thru Sat, July 5, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (4 articles) What does climate change mean for agriculture? Less food, and more emissions New research sheds light on how rising temperatures are squeezing farmers and raising prices for consumers. Grist, Frida Garza, Jun 30, 2025. How unusual is this UK heat and is climate change to blame? A second spell of UK temperatures well over 30C before the end of June - how unusual is this and how much is climate change to blame? BBC News, Mark Poynting, Jun 30, 2025. Climate change has doubled the world's heat waves: How Africa is affected The...
LONDON - Opec+ agreed on Saturday to raise production by 548,000 barrels per day (bpd) in August, further accelerating output increases at its first meeting since oil prices jumped — and then retreated — following Israeli and US attacks on...
The eight OPEC+ nations on Saturday agreed to increase their crude oil production by 548,000 barrels per day starting in August.
Climate change and peacebuilding is usually dealt with at high levels by governments and international institutions, marginalising those directly affected
CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met Thursday with Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi to review the latest developments regarding integrating Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs) into the national natural gas network to enhance energy security and meet summer demand. During the meeting, Badawi shed light on the … The post Gov’t: National natural gas network supplies stable appeared first on Egypt Independent.
China has launched a fully seawater-based solar energy system – the first of its kind suitable for industrial use and large-scale power production – as part of broader efforts to expand renewables in coastal regions, boost the maritime economy and drive industrial innovation. Located in Qingdao, Shandong province, the floating solar station builds upon another offshore photovoltaic power generation project launched in late May. Together, they form the largest initiative of its kind by Sinopec,...
The typical advice is you should change your car's oil every three months or 3,000 miles, whichever comes first, but what if you change it before that?
Canada's Natural Resources Minister, Tim Hodgson, said that Ottawa has not been presented yet with any private sector plan to build a new oil pipeline to the west coast.
All the external power lines supplying electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine to help it cool the fuel in its reactors are down.
Experts weigh in on Canada's economic outlook with a new ability to export liquefied natural gas via cargo ship to markets like Asia, with the first arriving this week.
A portion of St Fittick’s Park, the only publicly accessible green space in the deprived area of Torry, is closer to being turned into a renewable energy campus
GPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two days, a new study has revealed.
Eni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign ‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists When Antonio Tricarico was summoned to his local police station in October and told he was being investigated for defamation, he was stressed but not shocked. Months earlier, Tricarico, the director of the Italian environment NGO ReCommon, had filed a joint legal challenge against the country’s biggest oil company, Eni, which he knew had a history of using lawyers to clamp down on critics. The company had previously limited itself to civil defamation lawsuits, including against ReCommon, but in Tricarico’s case it initiated criminal proceedings over statements he had made in...
[Premium Times] The panelists commended NCDMB for its contributions towards building a resilient and competitive oil and gas sector
Battery electric car sales rose 34.6% in first six months of the year after strongest June for overall car sales since 2019 British electric car sales rose by a third in the first half of 2025 after the strongest June for overall car sales since before the Covid pandemic. The number of battery electric car sales rose 34.6% to 224,838 units in the first six months of the year, according to preliminary data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01892G, Paper Lingshi Zhang, Zhongbao Wei, Chunxia Liu, Hongwen He, Kailong Liu, Guangmin Zhou, Yunhui Huang, Zhichuan J. Xu Thermal characterization and diagnosis are critical for the whole-life-cycle safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, conventional techniques are time-delayed and discontinuous due to the sealed structure and intricate mechanisms of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
India has expressed its apprehension to US Senator Lindsey Graham regarding his proposed sanctions bill, which could impose significant tariffs on nations, including India, purchasing Russian oil, stated S Jaishankar. This follows a substantial increase in India's Russian oil imports, rising from less than 1% to 40% in three years, driven by discounted prices.
The BC Green Party says a 24-year-old advocate for climate justice and Indigenous solidarity has joined the party's leadership contest.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02997J, Paper Kangjia Hu, Jiahui Zhang, Xinrun Yu, Jin-Bao Wang, Xianluo Hu Silicon anodes promise revolutionary lithium-ion battery energy density, yet commercial viability remains constrained by catastrophic volume expansion and interfacial degradation under demanding thermal conditions. Here, we demonstrate engineered crack pinning... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate change There is a human right to a stable climate and states have a duty to protect it, a top court has ruled. Announcing the publication of a crucial advisory opinion on climate change on Thursday, Nancy Hernández López, president of the inter-American court of human rights (IACHR), said climate change carries “extraordinary risks” that are felt particularly keenly by people who are already vulnerable. Continue reading...
The US$4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill rolls back significant parts of former president Joe Biden's climate change agenda and previous expansions of Medicaid.
Climate change campaigner Paul Powlesland posted a video of the 'utterly bonkers' encounter with the female City of London officer on social media.
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George has welcomed the Green Climate Fund's (GCF) approval of the South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Eco Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco DRR) project.
Sophia Papp is begging authorities to allow her husband Zain Haq to return home after he was deported in January this year.
[allAfrica] South Africa predominantly relies on burning coal to generate electricity
The federal government hopes to restore 316 acres of wetlands habitat near the site of a 24-year-old environmental incident.
The bills focus on nuclear fusion rather than fission, the nuclear reaction that powers current nuclear reactors and produces radioactive waste.
Recent polling shows that nearly 80% of registered U.S. voters want government agencies to keep researching and sharing global warming data. The administration is dismantling both. The post Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republicans appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Ontario's financial services regulator should do more about rising home insurance rates linked to climate change, says a new complaint.
External affairs minister S Jaishankar voiced concerns over the US threat to impose a 500% tariff on countries trading with Russia, including India. US Senator Lindsey Graham's proposed bill targets nations like India and China, accusing them of supporting Russia's war efforts through oil purchases. India has significantly increased its Russian oil imports since the Ukraine invasion, capitalizing on discounted prices.
Climate and ecosystem dynamics vary across timescales, but research into climate-driven vegetation dynamics usually focuses on singular timescales. We developed a spectral analysis–based approach that provides detailed estimates of the timescales at ...
[New Era] For the first time since its founding in 1982, the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) has elected an African and a Namibian as its global president.
Respondents to an energy survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported a slight decrease in production.
Eni and Exxon Mobil are also among 37 companies that have lodged interest, said Libya's state-run oil firm.
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured that Nigeria will soon phase out diesel dependency and cut carbon emissions through the nation's integrated hybrid energy system.
The emissions-cutting legislation offers a weaker target than initially planned, responding to government pushback on new green policies.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 13, 16 July 2025.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00262A, Paper Jie Zhang, Dawei Yang, Canhuang Li, Qianhong Gong, Wei Bi, WEIHONG LAI, Shengjun Li, Yaojie Lei, Guangmin Zhou, Andreu Cabot, Guoxiu Wang Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have become the key to overcoming the inherent limitations of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries for their exceptional catalytic activity, high selectivity, and strong affinity towards lithium polysulfides (LiPSs).... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A sweeping reform to the California Environmental Quality Act has divided environmentalists and climate advocates.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01118C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Patricia Mayer, Florian Joseph Baader, David Yang Shu, Ludger Leenders, Christian Zibunas, Stefano Moret, André Bardow The chemical industry's transition to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is particularly challenging due to the carbon inherently contained in chemical products, eventually released to the environment. Fossil feedstock-based production... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Britain's FBI has issued a 'Red Alert' warning that Russia is using a shadow fleet of vessels to evade sanctions on the sale of its oil.
[Ghanaian Times] The Republic of Indonesia has expressed a strong commitment to investing in Ghana's energy sector development through innovative and sustainable technologies.
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Participants of African delegates at the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA 2025) underway in the Rwandan capital of Kigali called for the accelerated adoption of nuclear energy to meet the continent's rising energy demand, support industrialization, and drive sustainable development.
India is planning to build three more strategic oil storage facilities to boost its energy security. These new reserves, including facilities in Bikaner, Mangalore, and Bina, will add to the existing capacity of 5.33 million tonnes.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Samantha Harrington Republicans in the U.S. Senate are working to pass their version of the budget reconciliation bill before Congress goes on holiday for July 4. As it stands, the bill would terminate most clean energy tax credits long before their original phase-out date in 2032. The tax credits, which include money back on electric cars, electric appliances, energy efficiency improvements, and more, have a lot of public support. In a December 2024 survey , researchers at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, the publisher of this site, found that 91% of liberal Democrats, 70% of moderate or conservative Democrats, 42% of liberal or moderate Republicans, and 28% of conservative Republicans support tax rebates...
The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.
Fans of Sean “Diddy” Combs were seen squirting each other with baby oil in a raucous celebration outside the Manhattan courthouse where the music mogul was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges Wednesday. Wild footage shows supporters dancing and joyously shouting “whoo hoo!” as a half-naked woman drenched in the oil rips off her...
Research could help cut energy use and is latest example of AI being used for advances in materials science AI-engineered paint could reduce the sweltering urban heat island effect in cities and cut air-conditioning bills, scientists have claimed, as machine learning accelerates the creation of new materials for everything from electric motors to carbon capture. Materials experts have used artificial intelligence to formulate new coatings that can keep buildings between 5C and 20C cooler than normal paint after exposure to midday sun. They could also be applied to cars, trains, electrical equipment and other objects that will require more cooling in a world that is heating up. Continue reading...
Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with climate breakdown. More than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa are facing extreme hunger after record-breaking drought across many areas, ensuing widespread crop failures and the death of livestock. In Somalia, a quarter of the population is now edging towards starvation , and at least a million people have been displaced. Continue reading...
[Government of Mauritius] "We must shift from reactive to proactive approaches in addressing climate change, and education is the key to driving that transformation," stated the Minister of Tertiary Education, Science and Research, Dr Kaviraj Sharma Sukon, this morning, at the University of Technology, Mauritius (UTM) in Pointe aux Sables.
[Nile Post] Uganda is intensifying efforts to combat energy-related emissions and modernize its fuel systems as the country prepares to implement its Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV), set to run from 2025/26 to 2029/30.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The federal Weatherization Assistance Program is the oldest and largest energy efficiency initiative in American history. Born from the 1973 oil crisis, it helps low- and moderate-income households make a litany of upgrades to their homes, such as installing insulation, sealing windows, and […]
Cambodia's ban on refined oil imports from Thailand should not have a significant impact on oil companies as they can adjust their sales, shipping their products to other countries in Asia, says the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).
Lithium and cobalt may have dominated the rush for critical minerals for EV batteries, solar and defence systems, but now copper is emerging as a key element in the green energy transition. Recognising this, China is strategically positioning itself to secure copper supplies, especially from Africa, investing heavily in mining and processing facilities. While the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia have long been China’s top destinations, Botswana is now also becoming a significant...
The agreement detailed how the Bureau of Land Management shared oil and gas permitting information with state regulators.
The project would take the heat-trapping gas from “high-concentration” sources like “clean” hydrogen and ammonia facilities, the agency said.
The MethaneSAT project was launched into space last year to keep tabs on emitters.
The move opens the door to revise a suite of rules clamping down on heat-trapping emissions, especially from the industrial and transportation sectors.
Details of payouts to Winston Soosaipillai and wife Arani emerge as calls grow for couple to financially support 625-strong workforce The married couple behind the Prax Lindsey oil refinery awarded themselves at least $15.9m (£11.5m) in pay and dividends in the years leading up to its collapse, it has emerged, as the government urged the company’s boss to “put his hand in his pockets” to help workers. Winston Soosaipillai, who goes by his middle names Sanjeev Kumar, jointly owned the refinery with his wife, Arani, until it plunged into insolvency on Monday. Continue reading...
Teresa Ribera says effects of crisis are becoming increasingly obvious but not translating into proper action Political cowardice is hindering European efforts to face up to the effects of the climate crisis, even as the continent is pummelled by a record-breaking heatwave , the EU’s green transition chief has warned. In an interview with the Guardian, Teresa Ribera said that although the effects of the climate emergency were becoming increasingly obvious, they were still not translating into proper action. Continue reading...
It is possible to make a material absorb more radiation than it has to re-emit, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient
An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in the U.S. and taking the world by surprise. Two days earlier, the Sun blasted a coronal mass ejection (CME) — a cloud of energetic particles, magnetic fields, and solar material — toward Earth. Space scientists […]
By ending tax credits for wind and solar power, Senate Republicans may have jeopardized billions in investments in their own districts.
The Trump administration has shut down a federal website that hosted congressionally mandated national climate assessments, which were the government's preeminent reports on climate change impacts, risks and responses.
Every engine needs oil to function, and every type of engine requires different type of oil to work optimally. What's track-ready oil? What makes it different?
The National Energy Dominance Council has been tasked with speeding fossil fuel and mining development.
Public health warnings as heatwave raises concerns about impact of climate change What you need to know about heatwaves The French prime minister François Bayrou , who attended a government crisis meeting over the heatwave, was asked about the great difficulty of French schools to handle the heatwave. More than 1,350 schools across France were fully or partially closed on Tuesday as classrooms proved dangerously hot for children and teachers, amid anger from teaching unions. Continue reading...
The chamber's final megabill would also be more lenient on Inflation Reduction Act credit rollbacks for wind and solar.
[New Republic] The Acting Director General of The National Fisheries & Aquaculture Authority Republic of Liberia (NaFAA), J Cyrus Saygbe Sr., has announced a series of significant developments aimed at strengthening Liberia's fisheries governance and institutional capacity.
The small city of Minaçu is hoping to challenge China’s dominance in servicing the global appetite for minerals key to the green energy transition Minaçu, a small city in inland Brazil and home to the only asbestos mine in the Americas, is set to become the first operation outside Asia to produce four rare earths on a commercial scale – a group of minerals key to the energy transition at the centre of the trade dispute between China and the US. Until now, China has dominated the separation of rare earths, and accounts for 90% of the manufacture of rare-earth magnets , or super magnets, which are made with these elements and used in electric cars, wind turbines and military equipment such as jets. Continue reading...
Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified the annex to the agreement concluded with Cairo on the terms of Egypt’s repayment of the loan to finance the Dabaa nuclear power plant project. The Dabaa plant is being built by the Russian state-owned company Rosatom in Egypt, in Russian rubles. On November 19, 2015, Egypt and Russia signed … The post Putin approves Egypt’s repayment of Dabaa nuclear plant loan in Russian rubles appeared first on Egypt Independent.
US oil giant Chevron is to close its office in Aberdeen, as it leaves the North Sea after 55 years
Fear of higher energy prices in Texas, Oklahoma and other Republican-led states thwarted legislative efforts to impose fees on wind and solar power.
"Build, baby, build!” Energy Secretary Chris Wright crowed in a statement, while an environmental attorney warned the changes would stifle public input.
Concerns about oil prices didn't reduce crude output in April, but weaker numbers could be on the way.
In recent months, a series of mystery blasts have hit oil tankers that previously called at Russian ports.
Three leading female photographers – Gulshan Khan, Laura El-Tantawy and Lisl Ponger – explore the complex global entanglements of climate crisis, environmental justice and human survival Continue reading...
The Danish presidency has less than three months to reach a deal on the EU’s next emissions-cutting targets.
[UN News] The UN's top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.
The SNP Government has hailed the prospect of a boom in offshore wind investment which UK energy bill payers will be expected to fund
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. AI is “not my thing,” President Donald Trump admitted during a speech in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. However, the president said during his remarks at the Energy and Innovation Summit, his advisers had told him just how important energy was to the future of […]
China, with its investments, products, technology, and innovation focused on solar and wind farms in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as on electricity networks and services, stands out as a driving force for the region’s shift toward energy less reliant on fossil fuels and increasingly cleaner and greener. Between 2010 and 2024, China […]
Critics say the Interior Department is adding layers of bureaucracy and red tape for renewable energy projects, to the detriment of growing American energy.
The EU on Friday adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, looking to pile more pressure on the Kremlin by lowering a price cap for Moscow's oil exports.
An idle Cape Breton underground coal mine that has been plagued by rockfalls is reportedly up for sale.
In the heart of Burkina Faso’s drylands, in the village of Zoungou, a quiet transformation is underway. Alhaji Birba Issa, a smallholder onion farmer, bends over neat rows of lush green crops, the hum of solar-powered pumps audible in the background. “This land used to sleep during the dry season,” he says, dusting soil from […]
The carve-out will allow one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s pet projects to avoid complying with climate change regulations.
Auditors who decide whether climate projects on the market are actually helpful have a conflict of interest that encourages approval.
The EU has intensified sanctions against Russia, targeting oil revenues with a reduced price cap of $45 per barrel and banning dealings related to the Nord Stream gas pipelines. These measures aim to constrict Russia's financial capabilities and limit its ability to fund the war in Ukraine.
In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn't pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an "energy emergency."
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03460D, Paper Gao Yu , Pengfei Ji, Xiaobo Gao, Tengfei Zhou, Shengbo Wang , Wei Gao, Hao Li, Zhong Lin Wang, Baodong Chen Pedestrian-level wind (PLW, 0-2m above ground level) as an affordable and clean energy, is characterized by high transience, low-Reynolds-number airflow and turbulence. PLW energy capture is severely limited in conventional... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[Daily Maverick] Steve Pike -- The smallest tortoise in the world lives on South Africa's west coast, and a button-shaped succulent endemic to a tiny area of the Northern Cape can be found nowhere else in the world. But the area's unique fauna and flora are under threat from poaching, mining, farming, and climate change.
[Namibia Economist] The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) will be hosting the International Conference and Circular Economy, Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen in Africa (ICERA) 2025 from 21 to 22 October, in Windhoek, followed by a scientific tour of the Daures Green Hydrogen Village from 23 to 25 October.
The new requirement threatens to slow the approval process for renewable energy projects as they race to begin construction before the deadline for tax credits.
BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could "revolutionise" our knowledge of climate change.
Amidst Trump's threat of secondary tariffs on countries trading with Russia, will India's crude oil supply face uncertainty? Russia has become India's top oil supplier due to discounted rates, potential tariffs could disrupt this. However, India's diversified procurement, strategic reserves, and growing oil imports from other markets may mitigate the impact, suggesting resilience against supply shocks.
Companies will have another year to submit reports on their coal ash dump sites and 15 more months to install groundwater monitoring systems.
Open access notables Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally , Abatzoglou et al., Nature Communications Regions across the globe have experienced devastating fire years in the past decade with far-reaching impacts. Here, we examine the role of antecedent and concurrent climate variability in enabling extreme regional fire years across global forests. These extreme years commonly coincided with extreme (1-in-15-year) fire weather indices (FWI) and featured a four and five-fold increase in the number of large fires and fire carbon emissions, respectively, compared with non-extreme years. Years with such extreme FWI metrics are 88-152% more likely across global forested lands under a contemporary (2011–2040) climate compared...
Brazil's congress passed legislation on Thursday loosening environmental licensing, a potential blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he seeks to burnish his country's green credentials before hosting the United Nations global climate summit, COP30, this year.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Miccosukee Tribe in Florida joined environmental groups on Tuesday to sue the federal and state agencies that constructed an immigrant detention center known as the “Alligator Alcatraz” and located in the Everglades National Park. In a motion to join a lawsuit, […]
Extreme weather is common in high malaria burden areas and is likely to increase in severity owing to climate change–related severe weather events. Yet, data on infection rates after these events and the consequences for planning disease control programs ...
G20 chair South Africa warned Thursday that abandoning the rules-based global order and declining cooperation could derail 2030 development goals to end hunger, eradicate extreme poverty and fight climate change.
The historic Spindletop oil site in Texas offers a model for storing more natural gas underground amid forecasts of surging demand.
The comments show the determination of major asset owners in Europe to include climate risk in their investment decisions, despite pushback in some jurisdictions.
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) will highlight Africa's solutions and unity in tackling global climate challenges for a resilient, sustainable future, the Ministry of Planning and Development announced.
The Barefoot Investor has highlighted concerns many Aussies have about electric cars.
Charged with presiding over this year’s international climate summit, Andre Correa do Lago says action to prevent the planet heating even further is critical. Even when the world is distracted by war and politics.
The idea that we might attempt large-scale experiments to cool the planet is horrifying to some, but it looks increasingly likely that we will have to do so this century
At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.
Abrahm Lustgarten says the undermining of science, and cuts to FEMA and NOAA, at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common, should be "extraordinarily concerning" to us.
The videos include personal musings and conclusions of the creators climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy and geologist Dr. Rachel Phillips . They are presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video descriptions for references (if any). Adam Levy and Rachel Phillips collaborated on two videos for their respective Youtube channels explaining the study A 485-million-year history of Earth’s surface temperature published by Emily J. Judd and colleagues in 2024. Today's climate is changing. Fast. But what has happened in our planet's past? Have climate changes taken place long ago? In fact, there have been huge shifts in the planet's climate over the past hundreds of millions of years - from ice ages to temperatures far hotter than today. These...
More than 2in of rain fell in an hour in the region, killing two people, and such storms are only going to intensify Monday night’s downpour was one of the most intense rainstorms in New York City history, the kind of storm that’s now happening much more often due to climate warming. More than 2in of rain fell in New York City’s Central Park in the 7pm hour on Monday evening, part of a regional downpour that filled the city’s highways and subway tunnels and prompted several water rescues. Continue reading...
[Global Witness] Red-tagging - which falsely brands legitimate activists as terrorists - is used to silence land and environmental defenders online and in real life
Public broadcaster RUV said people had been evacuated from the Blue Lagoon, a luxury geothermal spa resort, and the nearby town of Grindavik, citing police.
Oil and gas companies will pay smaller percentages of their revenue from production on federal land under a structure set by Republicans this month.
Justice Michael Wigney acknowledged in his ruling that the Torres Strait Islands and their people are being “ravaged by human induced climate change.”
India has achieved a significant milestone, with non-fossil fuel sources now constituting half of its 484.8 GW power generation capacity, five years ahead of its Paris Agreement target. Renewable energy, including large hydel projects, accounts for 234 GW, complemented by 8.7 GW of nuclear capacity.
[The Conversation Africa] Imagine living in a place where a single drought, hurricane, or mudslide can wipe out your food supply. Across Africa, many communities do exactly that - navigate climate shocks like floods, heatwaves, and failed harvests.
Survey across six continents uncovers accounts of abuse causing defenders to fear for their safety Death threats, doxing and cyber-attacks are just some of the online threats recounted by land and climate defenders in a new report, amid concerns that harassment is having a chilling effect on environmental activism. Interviews and questionaires sent out to more than 200 environmental defenders across six continents by Global Witness found that nine in 10 activists reported receiving abuse over their work. Three in four defenders who said they had experienced offline harm believed that digital harassment contributed to it. Continue reading...
Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt.
The US threat of tariffs on countries buying Russian oil could disrupt India's discounted oil imports. These tariffs, aimed at penalizing Russia for the Ukraine war, may extend to countries importing Russian oil, impacting India's exports to the US. India may need to shift to pricier West Asian and Brazilian oil if the threat materializes.
A Federal Court judge has found that science was ignored and the threat of climate change is real, but that the Commonwealth is not legally responsible for the plight of islanders facing an existential threat.
Pittsburgh event angers climate groups as Trump ties AI expansion to oil and gas, sidelining renewable energy Donald Trump will join big oil and technology bosses on Tuesday at a major artificial intelligence and energy summit in Pittsburgh, outraging environmentalists and community organizations. The event comes weeks after the passage of a megabill that experts say could stymy AI growth with its attacks on renewable energy. The inaugural Pennsylvania energy and innovation summit, held at Carnegie Mellon University, will attempt to position the state as an AI leader, showcasing the technological innovation being developed in the city and the widespread availability of fossil fuel reserves to power them. Continue reading...
MIcrosoft plans to reduce water usage by recycling water to cool datacenters, but these savings are likely to be dwarfed by water used in its nuclear plants.
[Ghanaian Times] It's 2:13 p.m. in Mawodoo, a quiet farming village in the Kpandai District of northern Ghana. Under the dense shade of a mango tree, a group of women sit chatting, braiding hair, and lying on straw mats to escape the blistering afternoon heat.
An key part of DIY engine maintenance is knowing what oil to use and how much to pour. If you have a 2.7L EcoBoost, this is the info you need.
[Daily Trust] Stakeholders and experts have described natural gas as Africa's transformational fuel while calling for $100 billion annual investments in African energy infrastructure to unlock the potential.
An Australian federal court ruled Tuesday that Indigenous residents of the Torres Strait Islands are not owed environmental protections from the nation's government.
Ideal in dry climates and cheaper than air conditioning, evaporative coolers were once hugely popular. Climate change may be hastening their disappearance.
US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep secondary tariffs on countries trading with Russia has raised alarm in India over the future of its discounted oil purchases from Moscow, with analysts warning the issue could complicate negotiations on a bilateral trade deal with Washington. Trump vowed on Monday to impose “very severe tariffs” if Russia did not end its war in Ukraine within 50 days. Washington would target Moscow’s remaining trade partners with measures aimed at choking off...
[The Conversation Africa] Most people's encounters with lemurs have occurred through their representations in popular children's media, like Zoboomafoo or Madagascar. However, most people don't know that lemurs play an important role in forest renewal and that they're currently in grave danger from climate change.
The Trump administration said the state didn’t correctly describe options for appealing the approval of a US Wind project.
They come in part because local officials and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy seem willing to gamble that the worst climate projections won’t come to pass.
Former Durham county council climate lead calls motion to rescind climate emergency declaration ‘reprehensible’ Two councils that have been recognised for their work to cut emissions but are now under the control of Reform UK are expected to scrap climate pledges this week. Durham county council’s deputy leader, the former GB News presenter Darren Grimes, has proposed a motion to rescind a 2019 declaration of a climate emergency, in what it is believed would be a UK first. Continue reading...
On July 15, 2010, BP announced it had capped its crippled underwater well that sent millions of barrels of crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for three months.
Green energy tycoon Dale Vince tweeted in support of Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, who branded the Conservatives and Reform 'unpatriotic' for not backing Net Zero goals.
The European Union is seeking "fair competition" with China and not a race to the bottom in wages and environmental standards, the bloc'in Beijing on Monday. "We Europeans don't want to go down a race towards low incomes, lower labour rights or lower environmental standards," said Ribera, who also serves as the bloc's competition chief.
Motor oil is one of the most important components of your car and the thing you'll replace the most frequently, but what happens if you don't add enough?
Many people are demanding system-wide changes, including increased water level data in the face of climate change and immediately coming up with ways to better protect fish.
UK’s energy system operator forecasts emissions a third over target by 2035, in second official warning in a month Britain is expected to fall short of the progress needed to meet its climate targets over the next decade because it is not growing its supply of clean electricity quickly enough, according to the government’s energy system operator. The latest 10-year forecast of Britain’s carbon emissions by the government-owned body has revealed that by 2035 the UK will be producing almost a third more carbon emissions than in scenarios where it is on track to meet its legally binding climate targets by 2050. Continue reading...
[Daily Maverick] One could argue that abundant and free energy is the foundational aspiration of our civilisation; there is nothing more important.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler My heart is breaking for the tragedy that’s unfolding in central Texas right now. At present, more than 70 people have died in the flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Given the widespread interest in this event and numerous requests for comment from the media, I’ve compiled the essential points you need to know here. The role of climate change I’ve written about the influence of climate change in intense precipitation events before , and here’s what I said: Let me emphasize up front that climate change doesn’t cause rain events. Rather, the role of climate change is like steroids for the weather — it injects an extra dose of intensity into existing weather...
Household energy bills in some Republican-leaning states could rise by more than $600 every year, analysis of the so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ finds The cost of electricity is poised to surge across the US in the wake of Republican legislation that takes an axe to cheap renewable energy, with people in states who voted for Donald Trump last year to be hardest hit by the increase in bills. As air conditioners crank up across the US during another sweltering summer amid an unfolding climate crisis, rising energy costs will become even more severe for households due to the reconciliation spending bill passed by Republicans in Congress and signed by Trump , who called it the “big, beautiful bill”, on 4 July. Continue reading...
The first would be in August in California and a second one is planned for Idaho in September.
[Leadership] Sahara Energy Resource Limited has announced the successful closing of a USD 225 million unsecured, committed Revolving Credit Facility (RCF).
More than 100 people died in the flash floods. The disaster has the fingerprints of climate change all over it. The post The science behind Texas’ catastrophic floods appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Louisiana is the latest US state to label LNG as "green" energy. But how can a fossil fuel that emits many planet-heating greenhouse gases be clean?
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01597A, Paper Junwei Han, Xinru Wei, Guanzhong Ma, Han Wang, Yiming Sun, Zihui Liu, Lu Zhao, Chenyu Ma, Qihao Liu, Wenting Feng, Debin Kong, Wei Lv, Quanhong Yang, Linjie Zhi Rechargeable lithium-chlorine (Li-Cl2) batteries are recognized as powerful candidates for energy storage with high energy density and harsh environment adaptability. However, porous materials used in Li-Cl2 battery cathodes have poor... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A refinery in Louisiana will receive crude from the nation’s stockpile to help address offshore oil supply issues.
Iraq, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates also raised production and exceeded their OPEC quotas, said the International Energy Agency.
Household energy expenses will rise too, according to analysis from the Rhodium Group.
Increasing frequency of heatwaves and flooding raises fears over health, infrastructure and how society functions Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations Record-breaking extreme weather is the new norm in the UK, scientists have said, showing that the country is firmly in the grip of the climate crisis. The hottest days people endure have dramatically increased in frequency and severity, and periods of intense rain have also ramped up, data from hundreds of weather stations shows. Heatwaves and floods leading to deaths and costly damage are of “profound concern” for health, infrastructure and the functioning of society, the scientists said. Continue reading...
The European Union is seeking "fair competition" with China and not a race to the bottom in wages and environmental standards, the bloc's vice president for the clean transition told AFP on Monday.
Record breaking and extreme weather has become increasingly commonplace in the UK as our climate has changed over the last few decades.
Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings and thunderstorm watches for parts of the province, as well as a thunderstorm warning for Stirling, Tweed and Madoc.
The Transport Secretary says she will announce measures to cut the cost of buying an electric car.
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out When I scroll through social media, I often leave demoralized, with the sense that the entire world is on fire and people are inflamed with hatred towards one another. Yet, when I step outside into the streets of New York City to grab a coffee or meet a friend for lunch, it feels downright tranquil. The contrast between the online world and my daily reality has only gotten more jarring. Since my own work is focused on topics such as intergroup conflict, misinformation, technology and climate change, I’m aware of the many challenges facing humanity. Yet, it seems striking that people online seem to be just as furious about...
Transport secretary promises to make buying electric cars ‘easier and cheaper’ as £700m subsidy package prepared The transport secretary has promised to make it “easier and cheaper” to buy electric cars, as the government announces £63m worth of funding to help build charging infrastructure. Heidi Alexander said on Sunday she wanted to make it more affordable to switch to electric vehicles as she announced new money for councils and other bodies to spend on facilities to charge cars. Continue reading...
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, July 6, 2025 thru Sat, July 12, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (6 articles) DeBriefed 4 July 2025: Trump `megabill` guts clean energy; Europe`s record heat; Scientists discuss `most worrying` tipping points Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Jul 04, 2025. Devastating flash floods slam Texas Hill Country; Tropical Storm Chantal heads for Carolinas Yale Climate Connections, Jeff Masters and Bob Henson, Jul 05, 2025. Update on Texas flooding Andrew Dessler's update on the flooding in Texas The Climate Brink, Andrew Dessler, Jul 07, 2025. Experts: Which climate tipping point is the most concerning?...
A natural remedy that has previously helped counter oil spills will be too slow to "do any useful work" if there's a spill in the Canadian Arctic, increasing chances of "catastrophic" harm, researchers say.
Scheme aims to stop cables trailing across pavements and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles Local councils in England will be encouraged to install pavement gullies that link houses to the kerbside so that electric cars owners can charge their cars from home if they do not have a driveway. The new government scheme hopes to stop cables trailing across pavements, as EV owners in built up areas where off-street parking is scarce, try to charge their cars. The Department for Transport has said it will put £25m towards “cross-pavement” charging – essentially a narrow cable channel with a cover on top. Continue reading...
Europe accused of ‘trampling over Palestinian rights’ with deal linked to imports from pipeline running parallel to Gaza coast The EU is “trampling over Palestinian rights” and risks breaching international law, over an energy deal signed with Israel to bring more gas to Europe, a campaign group has said. A report by Global Witness shared exclusively with the Guardian concludes that the EU could be “complicit in breaches of international law” over a 2022 energy deal linked to gas imports from a pipeline said to traverse Palestinian waters. The NGO has called on the EU to cancel all gas imports linked to the East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) pipeline and terminate the 2022 deal, which was also signed with Egypt. Continue reading...
In 2008, consumers were treated to dodgy operators and rubbish inverters during the solar boom. Don’t let history repeat itself this time around Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email This month the new federal battery rebate kicked off. It reminded me of 2008. I was working at the CSIRO and watching the solar boom take off thanks to the new $8,000 solar rebate for 1kW of panels. Consumers were excited, but most had no idea what they were buying or who to trust. Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Choose well-known brands. Be extremely wary of mystery batteries that popped up yesterday and cost half as much as anything else. Use a local installer with a solid track record – someone...
The city's climate goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035.
The firings of nearly a dozen people in the State Department’s Office of Global Change include the last U.S. climate negotiators.
Coal generation fell to a record low during June 2025, and experts say that the EU's power system is changing. The picture is very different in Canada, where solar is still a small share of total electricity generation.
[IPS] United Nations -- Global investments in energy exceeded USD 3 trillion in 2024, with at least USD 2 trillion being invested in clean energy technology and infrastructure. Infrastructure. Despite that progress, fossil fuel consumption continues to rise with little sign of slowing.
This 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) from June 16 to 26, 2025 revealed the persistent complexities and political tensions that continue to challenge multilateral climate governance. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened its 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) from June 16 to 26, 2025 – a critical juncture […]
Global investments in energy exceeded USD 3 trillion in 2024, with at least USD 2 trillion being invested in clean energy technology and infrastructure. Infrastructure. Despite that progress, fossil fuel consumption continues to rise with little sign of slowing. China led in energy transitions investments, accounting for 48 percent, followed by the United States (17 […]
This has big implications for our climate models.
Republicans showed they support clean energy policies that have economic benefits — as many of them do.
Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.
Already the world’s largest investor in energy, China is poised to shore up that position in the coming years by continuing to splash out on renewable energy, as international experts say energy security has become a key driver in the growth of global investments this year. China’s share of global clean energy spending has risen from a quarter to almost a third in the past decade, underpinned by strategic investments in a wide range of technologies, including solar, wind, hydropower, nuclear,...
Monsoon season is now punctuated with intense flooding and dry spells, rather than sustained rain throughout.
Despite years of effort and the support of its UN peers, Australia has been unable to convince Turkey to pull out of the race to host global climate talks.
A hole drilled 750ft deep to study museum’s geothermal potential yielded an unexpected surprise A Denver museum known for its dinosaur displays has made a fossil bone discovery closer to home than anyone ever expected: under its own parking lot. It came from a hole drilled more than 750 ft (230 meters) deep to study geothermal heating potential for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Continue reading...
Hardeep Puri, India's Petroleum Minister, asserts that India's continued Russian oil imports have stabilized global energy prices. Discontinuing this trade would have caused prices to surge past $120 per barrel. Despite Western restrictions, India increased Russian oil procurement, preventing a significant global supply disruption, he has said.
Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical.View Entire Post ›
The Siksika Nation says it's about more than just environmental concerns, saying development of the area would put its culture at risk.
The annual number of heat-related deaths in England and Wales is set to rise up to fiftyfold because of climate change, experts have warned.
President raised $239m for inauguration – more than previous three inaugural committees took in combined The fossil fuel industry poured more than $19m to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, accounting for nearly 8% of all donations it raised, a new analysis shows, raising concerns about White House’s relationship with big oil. The president raised a stunning $239m for his inauguration – more than the previous three inaugural committees took in combined and more than double the previous record – according to data published by the US Federal Election Commission (FEC). The oil and gas sector made a significant contribution to that overall number, found the international environmental and human rights organization Global Witness. Continue reading...
It looks like plumbing but acts like a battery.
Guardian makes legally mandated gold standard report widely available after administration deleted website The future of the US government’s premier climate crisis report is perilously uncertain after the Trump administration deleted the website that housed the periodic, legally mandated assessments that have been produced by scientists over the past two decades. Five national climate assessments have been compiled since 2000 by researchers across a dozen US government agencies and outside scientists, providing a gold standard report to city and state officials, as well as the general public, of global heating and its impacts upon human health, agriculture, water supplies, air pollution and other aspects of American life. Continue reading...
So it’s important for everyone to make a plan to stay safe during flooding. The post Climate change is increasing the risk of intense rain appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A joint letter from Alberta and Ontario asked the federal government to withdraw a series of existing laws to boost the economy in the face of U.S. tariffs.
The Qimmeq (Greenland sled dog) has worked continuously with the Inuit in Greenland for more than 800 years. However, they now face drastic population declines caused by climate change, urbanization, and competition from snowmobiles. This study sequenced ...
The global population is aging at a time when heat exposure is rising due to climate change. Extreme heat can be deadly for older populations given their reduced ability to regulate body temperature. Already there has been an 85 percent increase since 1990 in annual heat-related deaths of adults aged above 65, driven by both […]
A political appointee at the Energy Department is listed as the author of a fact sheet warning of grid challenges from the accelerating closure of coal- and gas-fired power plants.
Audrey Robertson is facing scrutiny over her doubts about solar and battery technology as well as her oil background.
WASHINGTON - One of the US Senate's leading climate advocates says President Donald Trump's administration no longer governs -- it "occupies" the nation on behalf of Big Oil.
From the daily newsletter: the hope for renewable energy as we near the “point of no return.”
From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems and economies everywhere.
Earth is spinning faster, making July 9, 2025, one of the shortest day since 1960 by 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds, primarily due to the Moon's alignment. While imperceptible in daily life, this speedup may necessitate a negative leap second in 2029 if the trend continues. Scientists are closely monitoring these changes to refine climate models and satellite navigation.
One of the US Senate's leading climate advocates says President Donald Trump's administration no longer governs -- it "occupies" the nation on behalf of Big Oil.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections On the Fourth of July – America’s 249th birthday – President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that could very well cede the country’s position as the leading global economic superpower to China. As the nonpartisan energy think tank RMI has argued , the world is in the midst of a transition from the Information Age, which the United States led by dominating the development of new software and information technologies, to the Renewable Age, in which the development and deployment of electric and renewable energy technologies will drive the global economy. This transition is dominated by insurgent clean technologies, such as solar, wind, electric vehicles, and batteries, whose prices are falling rapidly...
Researchers said they believe that human-driven climate change probably intensified the recent European heat wave and increased the number of heat-related deaths.
[Leadership] VivaJets has underscored the crucial role of private aviation in Africa's oil and gas industry.
EPA is considering granting relief from Biden-era regulations to companies responsible for coal ash sites.
[Ethiopian Herald] The green economy strategy has the objective of keeping economic growth and development on the right track in view of the variability of climate in Ethiopia. Experts contend that addressing current and future climate vulnerabilities in development planning and programming is crucial. In other words, mainstreaming of climate change adaptation should be an immediate priority for Ethiopia.
In recent weeks Europe sweltered under intense heatwaves, while southern South America had record low temperatures. How far is global warming driving these events?
The increase in tree "fluff" is likely a stress response from poplars, aspen and willows reacting to the dry conditions from the past few years, according to the N.W.T.'s department of Environment and Climate Change.
Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January that resulted in 30 deaths and wiped out more than 15,000 homes and businesses — highlight the struggles officials face in fully preparing for extreme weather conditions.
Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people, scientists have said.
We now have the ability to rapidly assess the impact of climate change after extreme weather events – a first-of-its-kind analysis has shown that it nearly tripled the death toll from the most recent European heatwave
Planned rule changes from the Bureau of Land Management would allow commingling of oil and gas production from different areas.
The Patriots for Europe group will be in charge of delicate negotiations on the next emissions-cutting milestone.
Oil giant BP has appointed former Shell finance chief Simon Henry to its board amid concern among investors about the performance of the group's shares.
[The Conversation Africa] African food systems face daunting challenges in the face of climate change. They must ensure fair access to food for residents of Africa's growing cities and create decent jobs where workers and small businesses get a fair share of earnings. Food systems must also mitigate the environmental problems they cause, such as biodiversity loss, soil degradation and greenhouse gas emissions.
The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the event.
Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, scientists said on Wednesday, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people.
China has ramped up offshore wind energy development, as the form of renewable energy aligns with Beijing’s goals of carbon neutrality, energy security and developing the marine economy to boost economic growth. China added more than 4.4 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity in the first six months of the year, the same amount it added in all of 2024, according to a report by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor (GEM) on Wednesday. The report said the country was expected to add at least 9GW...
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” just signed by President Trump will slash support for clean energy, leaving the US far short of its Paris Agreement pledge
Putting aerosols in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight could prevent the shutdown of key ocean currents, but only if it is done soon, a computer model suggests
Twenty Democratic attorneys general filed a legal brief supporting a coalition that sued over EPA's decision to freeze climate justice grants.
Debate on how to generate energy ‘important but misses the point’, analyst says, when you can get such savings by using solar, batteries and efficient appliances Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The debate over where Australia gets its energy from has played out like a “comic-book death battle between coal and renewables” in recent years, according to Luke Menzel, the chief executive officer of the Energy Efficiency Council. Discussions over coal versus renewables, the role of gas and the speed of infrastructure rollout to bring renewables online had been “important”, Menzel said. “But there’s a whole other conversation we need to be having. And that’s about how we are using energy.” Continue reading...
The US Can’t Build a Competitive Industrial Future without Centering Communities alicia.cypress… Tue, 07/08/2025 - 07:45 As the global economy shifts toward cleaner and more efficient manufacturing and production, the U.S. has the opportunity to create healthier communities and increase climate resilience as it shapes a more prosperous economic future . The U.S. industrial sector is both a backbone of the economy — employing around 8% of all U.S. workers — and a major source of pollution, accounting for nearly 30% of national greenhouse gas emissions and much of the country’s hazardous air pollution . People in places like Louisiana’s 85-mile stretch of Cancer Alley between Baton Rouge and New Orleans have long suffered from factories releasing harmful toxins...
Traditional summer camps are, by design, exposed to nature. As climate change makes summers more intense, how much should parents worry?
Office for Budget Responsibility warns national debt on course to hit 270% of GDP by 2070 amid volatility Business live – latest updates The UK’s public finances are in a “relatively vulnerable position”, with pensions costs, climate change and volatile bond markets all posing significant risks, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility has warned. In its annual assessment of the long-term threats to the government’s fiscal position, the OBR points out that the UK has “the sixth-highest debt, fifth-highest deficit and third-highest borrowing costs among 36 advanced economies”. Continue reading...
Global oil prices are expected to remain low this week following the decision of Opec and its allies to increase production, says Thai Oil Plc (TOP), the country's largest refiner by capacity.
The Department of Energy report is widely viewed as groundwork for the White House to order coal and gas plants slated for closure to run for longer.
It took less than two weeks for BLM to green-light the Uinta Basin project that will vastly expand oil shipments to Gulf Coast refineries.
Major energy projects are planned, including an industrial-scale solar farm that would secure about a tenth of the country's energy needs.
Two Supreme Court decisions support the argument by youth challengers that they can sue the Trump administration over climate change, a new brief said.
There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas well, plugged when she was a little girl, starting to leak again.
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) is recommending Yukon Energy Corporation's application to expand the operational capacity of its diesel plant in Faro proceed, but with conditions.
Learn about the ability of some fig trees to store atmospheric carbon dioxide and turn it into stone, a process that could push back against climate change.
During India's Brics presidency, Prime Minister Modi envisions redefining the bloc with a focus on resilience, innovation, cooperation, and sustainability. He emphasized climate justice as a moral duty and advocated for global collaboration on health solutions, highlighting the interconnectedness of planetary and human well-being.
A local climatologist said the breakaway region lacks the funding and equipment to assess the full extent of the oil deeper in the sea.
Learn how dairy cows are responding to increasingly warmer temperatures and what farmers can do to help protect them.
[SAnews.gov.za] With the country bearing the brunt of climate change and the resultant devastation it causes in communities and economies, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has launched the One Million Trees campaign.
Fossil remains unearthed in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine reveal Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered, dating back 58 million years. This colossal serpent, reaching up to 14 meters and weighing over a tonne, thrived in a hot, swampy rainforest. Its discovery provides invaluable insights into reptilian evolution, ancient tropical ecosystems, and the climate conditions of the Paleocene Epoch.
The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.
The administration plans to review opening the coal-rich region to more leasing even though production has declined.
They're looking for ways to help reefs survive increased ocean temperatures caused by climate change.
[Daily Maverick] At a recent climate law discussion at Stellenbosch University, former judge Dennis Davis took aim at government inertia on both the environment and the economy, saying the real work lies not in the courts, but in politics.
[Daily Maverick] A R6.5bn lawsuit in the wake of the 2022 KZN floods reveals how insurers are no longer willing to act as underwriters of public incompetence, especially concerning damage related to climate change.
Washington state's cap-and-invest program provides financial incentives to oil refineries and other big energy users to undertake decarbonization efforts.
The company says it has designed particles that when released in the ocean will trap carbon at the bottom of the sea.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01311A, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Ahmad Alem, Pooria Poormehrabi, Jonas Lins, Lukas Pachernegg-Mair, Christine Bandl, Virginia Ruiz, Edgar Ventosa, Stefan Spirk, Torsten Gutmann In operando techniques allow for real-time monitoring to elucidate mechanisms, assess degradation rates, and optimize functionality of redox-flow batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use of fossil fuels is being absorbed by the ocean. And while the deep sea is largely unaffected by this heat absorption, oceanographers have discovered that the upper ocean currents are accelerating. That acceleration has the potential for huge knock-on effects, including sea level rise, changing fish migration cycles, shifting storm patterns, and more. This is the first episode of Sea Camp , Short Wave's summer series exploring the intriguing and otherworldly depths of the ocean. Follow us every Monday through August as we travel from the sunlit zone to the sea floor. Interested in more stories...
Texas’s ‘flash flood alley’ could bring even more floods in near future as Trump cuts compound with warming climate The ongoing challenges of forecasting extreme weather during the era of the climate crisis have been brought to the fore again amid catastrophic flash flooding in the “hill country” region of Texas . As of early Sunday, hundreds of rescuers are searching for at least 12 people still missing as rains taper off outside of San Antonio and Austin. Hundreds of people have already been pulled from floodwaters that have killed nearly 70 people so far, many of them children at a summer camp along the banks of the Guadalupe River. Continue reading...
If it's time to change the oil in your lawn mower, you might be wondering whether it would benefit from the same synthetic treatment cars get?
China expects to add a record 500 gigawatts (GW) in renewable energy capacity to its national grid this year as the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) increases demand for electricity to power computing centres. According to a report from the State Grid Energy Research Institute on Friday, over a quarter of that new capacity – or a record 140GW – will come from wind power, a source of energy that US President Donald Trump has suggested China does not use. “They make about 95 per cent of...
Until the state bridges the gap between climate goals and equitable policy, California's lofty environmental vision will continue to rest on the shoulders of the most vulnerable.
It's important to change your oil filter every time you change your vehicle's oil. However, they aren't universal, so here's how to know what kind you need.
Following the destruction from 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an anti-drilling coalition took action with HB 1143 – and got it signed by DeSantis The giant and catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also known as the BP oil spill, didn’t reach Apalachicola Bay in 2010, but the threat of oil reaching this beautiful and environmentally valuable stretch of northern Florida ’s Gulf coast was still enough to devastate the region’s economy. The Florida state congressman Jason Shoaf remembers how the threat affected the bay. Continue reading...
Climate change, development, labor shortages and tariffs are making life the pits for the state’s cherry farmers Nearly 100 years ago, north-west Michigan cherry farmers and Traverse City community leaders started a festival to promote the city and their region’s tart cherry crop as a tourist destination. Now known as the “cherry capital of the world”, Traverse City’s National Cherry Festival draws 500,000 visitors over eight days to this picturesque Lake Michigan beach town to enjoy carnival rides and airshows, and to eat cherries. It also sparked a thriving agrotourism industry amid its rolling hills that now boasts dozens of shops, wineries, U-pick orchards, and farm-to-table restaurants helmed by James Beard-award-winning chefs. Continue reading...
Some Hong Kong teenagers using the illegal drug “space oil” were found to suffer from a possibly fatal condition in which levels of certain important hormones were drastically reduced, a study from a medical journal has found. Doctors involved in the research also found that the impact on young people’s health could persist even if they stopped using the drug but were still exposed to it while hanging out with other users. The findings were contained in a medical research report on the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Argentina marks the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 57 years, aiming to strengthen ties in areas like energy, critical minerals, and trade. Discussions with President Javier Milei will focus on cooperation in agriculture, mining, and renewable energy, with India eyeing Argentina's shale reserves and lithium resources for energy security.
A new US bill, championed by President Donald Trump, is raising concerns about its impact on America's renewable energy sector. Experts warn it favors older industries while hindering the growth of solar, wind, and electric vehicle markets. Critics, including Elon Musk, foresee a loss of competitiveness against China, which is aggressively investing in clean energy.
The Siksika First Nation is accusing the Alberta government of failing to consult when it lifted a moratorium on coal mining projects on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
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[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it gave out licenses to companies aiming to generate electricity from alternative energy in the first quarter of 2025.
South African retailers in all sectors should take note because the Climate Change Act’s provisions pave the way for sectoral greenhouse gas emission targets
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Preparations are underway for the official inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said.
[World Bank] Washington -- Communities in Rwanda's Southern Province are set to benefit from restored ecosystems, improved agricultural productivity, and expanded sustainable livelihood opportunities in areas vulnerable to climate-related shocks. Thanks to a newly approved $9 million grant from the Global Environment Facility, Rwanda will receive support for integrated landscape restoration and climate-smart land management across the Nyungwe-Ruhango Corridor.
Conflict ine the Middle East has underlined the value of North Sea oil and gas reserves amid warnings the windfall tax will lead to cuts in investment and jobs
After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law The outcome of a court case in the Netherlands could shape the right to protest around the globe for decades to come, campaigners have warned, as figures show a dramatic rise in legal action taken by fossil fuel companies against activists and journalists. Greenpeace International is using a recently introduced EU directive to try to reclaim costs and damages it incurred when a US jury decided it should pay the oil pipeline corporation Energy Transfer more than $660m in damages earlier this year . Continue reading...
China has vowed to reduce excessive competition and oversupply in its solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, which is continuing to explore global markets. Industry and Information Technology Minister Li Lecheng told 14 representatives from solar PV manufacturers and industry associations on Thursday that the “industry must be governed in accordance with laws and regulations, and disorderly low-price competition should be comprehensively addressed”, the ministry said in a statement released after...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02663F, Paper Wenhe Zhang, Chengbing Wang, Lu Wang, Fan Wang, Puxin Tan, Jinchi Ma, Jingjing Jin, Zhongrong Geng, Hongyao Xie, Li-Dong Zhao Solar-powered simultaneous electricity and freshwater production is a promising solution to address energy and water shortages. However, current technologies are limited by their reliance on sunlight and have yet to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
In a historic address to Ghana's parliament, PM Modi advocated for global institutional reforms to address contemporary challenges like climate change and terrorism. He emphasized the necessity of amplifying the Global South's voice, highlighting India's G20 presidency and its focus on Africa.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that countries belonging to the Organization of American States (OAS) have an obligation to take "all necessary measures" to protect populations from climate change.
[New Times] The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, has urged financial institutions to support nuclear energy as a reliable and transformative solution for Africa's energy challenges.
The Treasury Department is targeting Iranian networks that allegedly buy and transport billions of dollars worth of Iranian oil in violation of international sanctions.
[Namibian] Rising global demand for clean and reliable energy has propelled uranium to becoming Namibia's most valuable export.
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we meet some of the Americans fighting back against U.S. cuts to climate science and policies, visualize how hot our cities will feel by the end of this century and check out a new kind of cat litter made from waste.
Across Louisiana, communities are bracing for the tax bill’s massive cuts to critical funding for local community organizing and resilience
The measure would largely address activities involving Duke Energy — the state's dominant electric utility.
On 25 June, the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded its participation in a 36-hour nuclear emergency exercise organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The exercise was part of the IAEA’s Level 3 Convention Exercise (ConvEx-3), the highest and most complex level of its emergency exercises. These large-scale exercises are conducted every three to five years to test emergency preparedness and response capacities and identify areas in need of improvement. The last ConvEx-3 exercise took place in 2021 in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates. The exercise involved more than 75 countries and 10 international organizations and was based on a simulated accident at a nuclear power plant in Romania, resulting in the release of significant amounts of radioactive material...
Wildfires have been reported in Greece, Turkey, Spain and Germany as Europe’s heatwave continues in Italy Due to the climate emergency, Italian seas have reached temperatures above 20C even at depths of 40 metres , according to a report released on Wednesday by Greenpeace. Continue reading...
Trump likes to make an aesthetic case for fossil fuels. See how coal, oil and gas projects compare to solar and wind.
[SADC] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has taken a decisive step toward confronting the region's escalating humanitarian and climate crises by hosting the first-ever Joint Ministerial Meeting on Forced Displacement, Fragility Mitigation, and Climate Resilience.
Thunderstorms and wildfires as the heatwave comes to an end, climate researchers say the government has the wrong priorities, Germany moves to ban laughing gas, and more news on Thursday, July 3rd.
The state’s top lawyer is taking aim at the Grain Belt Express project, which opponents have tried to stop for years.
The governor’s administration will have to decide whether to approve a key permit for a pipeline to bring more natural gas into the state.
Four research firms project Republicans' budget bill will likely put U.S. and global climate goals out of reach.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Ministry of Energy has begun taking steps to implement the directive issued by President Samia Suluhu Hassan regarding the use of nuclear energy in electricity generation,
[Capital FM] July 2 - French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed France's strong partnership with Kenya in advancing a global agenda that merges sustainable development with climate action, ahead of the 2026 Africa-France Summit set to be co-hosted in Nairobi.
[The Conversation Africa] A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world's people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991 and 2020.
Using Ryobi's gas-powered tools requires a bit of preparation, including getting the right fuel-to-oil ratio. But what is the right mix, exactly?
Having hydroelectric power without damming rivers, dismantling the environment or displacing populations is possible in Latin America and the Caribbean, with reversible power plants that take advantage of their mountainous geography, and pave the way for only renewable sources to generate electricity. “The development of these plants requires areas with a difference in altitude, for […]
Australia has offered a lifeline to the people of Tuvalu, whose island is threatened by rising sea levels. But the deal comes with strings attached – and there will be millions more climate migrants in need of refuge by 2050
Toronto's city manager has outlined a plan to address the number of rats in the city as major construction projects and climate change are contributing to the growing pest problem.
STATEMENT: EU 2040 Climate Goal Should Stay the Course Towards a Net-Zero Economy alison.cinnamo… Wed, 07/02/2025 - 13:28 BRUSSELS (July 7, 2025) - Today, the European Commission presented its formal proposal to cut the European Union’s greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, from 1990 levels. The revised EU Climate Law aligns with the lower limit of the 90%-95% reduction range recommended by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change in 2024. The 2040 target will be a critical input to the EU’s forthcoming national climate plan, or Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Following is a statement by Stientje van Veldhoven, Vice President and Regional Director for Europe, World Resources Institute: “A 90% emissions cut by 2040, as proposed...
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes. Environment and Climate Change Canada does not expect the suspension to impact the quality of its forecasts.
[Leadership] Tranos, an indigenous engineering and manufacturing company, has begun laying the foundation for an 800-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) panel manufacturing line, signalling a major advancement in the localisation of renewable energy production in Nigeria.
The Discovery A giant planet some 400 light-years away, HIP 67522 b, orbits its parent star so tightly that it appears to cause frequent flares from the star’s surface, heating and inflating the planet’s atmosphere. Key Facts On planet Earth, “space weather” caused by solar flares might disrupt radio communications, or even damage satellites. But […]
France relies heavily on nuclear power – but regularly shuts down reactors when temperatures soar. With summers getting longer and hotter, can the French nuclear sector cope with climate change?
Managing Extremes: How South African Cities Are Tackling Water Crises sarah.brown@wri.org Wed, 07/02/2025 - 10:00 With about 464 millimeters of rainfall per year — less than half the global average — South Africa is one of the driest countries in the world. Its semi-arid climate, uneven rainfall distribution and persistent droughts leave the country facing chronic water shortages. At the same time, ecosystem degradation and climate change are causing increasingly frequent and intense flash floods. Unlike tropical regions in Central and West Africa, where rainfall is relatively reliable, or parts of Eastern Africa with steady seasonal rains, South Africa must manage the growing demand on its limited water resources with extreme care: With high evaporation rates...
It says drought has compounded poverty, hunger, and energy insecurity worldwide.
An oil drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez near Ras Ghareb, Egypt, resulting in at least four fatalities and four missing crew members. Egyptian authorities reported that 22 workers were rescued and hospitalized after the incident, which involved 30 personnel. The Egyptian navy is assisting in the ongoing search for the remaining missing individuals.
A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change. The post How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice As she canvassed for Zohran Mamdani in New York City on Tuesday last week, Batul Hassan should have been elated. The mayoral candidate – a 33-year-old state assemblymember – was surging in the polls and would within hours soundly defeat Andrew Cuomo on first preference votes in the Democratic primary election. But Hassan’s spirits were hampered by record-breaking temperatures. In Crown Heights, where she was the Mamdani campaign’s field captain, the heat index soared into the triple digits. Continue reading...
A new report documents how cities around the world are becoming more liveable and sustainable in the face of climate change.
[Nile Post] As climate change continues to exacerbate health inequalities across Africa, experts are now calling for cities to integrate more green infrastructure to cushion urban populations from its dire consequences.
The Senate flipped the script on how the industries were taxed during the Biden administration.
State officials argued in a new brief that an energy company’s case against the cap-and-trade program is unwarranted.
The strategy includes more bike lanes and electric vehicle chargers. It comes after the state settled a climate lawsuit filed by 13 young people.
As a heat wave hits much of Europe, including the Vatican, the continental bishops conferences of the Global South penned a first-ever joint ecological appeal.
Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather More than 80% of UK farmers are worried that the “devastating” effect of the climate crisis could damage their ability to make a living, a study has found. Farmers have warned that global heating risks Britain’s supplies of home-grown food amid wild swings in weather conditions, in new research carried out by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). Continue reading...
A tiny, insect-eating bird that breeds in Alberta is delaying its annual migration south, a change likely triggered by climate change that spells trouble for the fragile species.
A satellite backed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been lost in space while carrying out an important climate change mission, New Zealand officials said Wednesday. Amazon founder Bezos pumped more than US$100 million into the project through his philanthropic Earth Fund.
The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming world Legally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their back yards from a warming world. Scientists said the peer-reviewed authoritative reports save money and lives. Websites for the national assessments and the US Global Change Research Program were down Monday and Tuesday with no links, notes or referrals elsewhere. The White House, which was responsible for the assessments, said the information will be housed within Nasa to comply with the law, but gave no further details. Continue reading...
President Donald Trump’s budget would kill off tax credits for wind and solar, raising costs for new clean energy projects and blowing up valuable investment in those already in the pipeline.
It might seem tempting to pour some racing oil into your everyday vehicle to get a boost of power and performance, but that would be a mistake.
The National Climate Assessment is the most influential source of information about climate change in the United States.
Solar power is great, but it has one problem: you can't generate any at night. California's trying to solve this issue with an exciting new project.
The Trump administration shut down a website with national reports on climate change. Scientists decry the move, saying it robs the public of vital information.
Exclusive: Green groups furious at plans to let member states buy controversial carbon offsets from abroad EU member states may be allowed to count controversial carbon credits from developing countries towards their climate targets, the European climate commissioner has said as states meet for a crucial decision on the issue. The EU will discuss on Wednesday its target for slashing carbon dioxide by 2040, with an expected cut of 90% compared with 1990 levels , in line with the bloc’s overarching target of reaching net zero by mid-century. Continue reading...
Five years from the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we face a development emergency. The promise to eradicate poverty, combat climate change, and build a sustainable future for all is slipping away. The SDG financing gap has ballooned to over $4 trillion annually—a crisis compounded by declining aid, rising trade barriers, and […]
Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it. The post Beneath the blazing sun, Black Phoenix sows community appeared first on High Country News.
In the first high-precision satellite mapping of carbon dioxide emissions from large international coal power plants, Chinese scientists have found that existing databases are underestimating discharges from facilities across the globe. They include China’s Tuoketuo – the largest coal-fired power station in the world – and Alabama’s James H. Miller Jnr facility, the most polluting plant in the United States, according to a paper published on June 9 by the peer-reviewed Journal of Cleaner...
Travis Fisher, who oversaw a report on coal plant closures in Trump’s first term, is among the dozens of new staffers.
The chamber has been debating for more than 20 hours. A Republican amendment to modify energy credit rollbacks and remove a tax on wind and solar projects hasn't come up.
The far-right leader wants her country to embrace AC as temperatures rise due to climate change.
The Christina Lake oil-sands site released the equivalent of 151,511 cubic feet a day of climate-warming gas in May, Alberta Energy Regulator data shows.
[World Bank] Families in rural Ethiopia are transforming their lives with clean energy. Supported by the World Bank's Ci-Dev, biogas digesters replace firewood, cutting smoke and improving crop yields. Off-grid solar brings light, boosts savings, and powers micro-enterprises. Since 2016, Ethiopia has earned $3.46 million in carbon credits, reinvesting in access and maintenance. For women like Abeba and farmers like Bohare, these solutions mean better health, income, and time. With microfinance and smart policies,
[The Conversation Africa] Women are an important and often underutilised human resource in Africa. They've faced many problems historically. Limited access to land, finance, education and decision-making platforms have meant that women across Africa haven't been able to take part fully in the green economy.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05704J, Paper Kaier Shen, Xuhui Yao, Huimin Song, Weize Shi, Chenxi Zheng, Xufeng Hong, Yingjing Yan, Xu Liu, Lujun Zhu, Yun An, Tinglu Song, Muhammad Burhan Shafqat, Chenyan Ma, Lei Zheng, Peng Gao, Yakun Liu, Mohammadhosein Safari, Yunlong Zhao, Quanquan Pang An electro-mechano-mediation strategy was developed to enhance charge transport kinetics and mitigate the chemo-mechanical degradation of P anodes, which enables stable cycling of high-areal-capacity, all-solid-state lithium batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry