Flash flood warnings from the National Weather Service have hit a record pace this year, while the Atlantic hurricane season stays at a low ebb. The post As flash floods rage, the tropical Atlantic stays mellow appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
When the polar vortex stretches, North America feels the chill. New research reveals some of the stratospheric patterns controlling these cold snaps.
The E.U. approved plans to lower a price cap on Russian oil and ban transactions with 22 more Russian banks, pressing ahead with sanctions without the U.S.
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 […]
Court documents show EPA and developers of the Alaska mine haven't reached agreement on the 2023 Clean Water Act veto.
Critics say the Interior Department is adding layers of bureaucracy and red tape for renewable energy projects, to the detriment of growing American energy.
Two Iranian graduate students in Louisiana have been released from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement custody after their lawyers took issue with ICE agents using a "ruse" to lure them outside to be arrested.
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.
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.
With the world on the cusp of passing 1.5°C of warming, scientists are turning their attention to defining a new limit for temperature rises – but not everyone agrees that we should
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...
[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.
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.
In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of thousands of years old in search of clues to our planet's changing climate.
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.
Meteorologists have warned that a surge in tropical moisture could set off dangerous flash floods all the way from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley, impacting residents in parts of 11 states.
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.
Companies will have another year to submit reports on their coal ash dump sites and 15 more months to install groundwater monitoring systems.
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.
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...
In a spotless cleanroom, engineers at Redwire’s facilities in Belgium, have completed the assembly of a key part ESA’s ALTIUS ozone mission – the all-important satellite platform is now fully formed ready to receive its measuring instrument.
President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities Brazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists as the most significant setback for the country’s environmental legislation in the past 40 years. The new law – widely referred to as the “devastation bill” and already approved by the senate in May – passed in congress in the early hours of Thursday by 267 votes to 116, despite opposition from more than 350 organisations and social movements . Continue reading...
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.
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 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.
Conspiracy theories about weather-altering technologies have spiked online after the Texas floods.
With temperatures rising worldwide, scientists warn that staging soccer tournaments in the Northern Hemisphere summer is getting increasingly dangerous for both players and spectators.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. The Hong Kong Observatory will issue the No 1 typhoon signal as early as Friday night, with the possibility of raising the warning to No 3 on Saturday, in anticipation of a tropical cyclone that is edging closer to the city. The forecaster said the tropical cyclone was currently located to the...
[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.
Victoria’s environmental protection agency launches investigation over pollution of Banyule creek in Rosanna Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A creek in Melbourne’s north-east has turned a lurid blue after chemicals used in construction of a major road project washed into the waterway. The Environmental Protection Agency began investigating after a community member reported blue discoloration in the waters of Banyule creek, south of Lower Plenty Road in Rosanna, on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the EPA said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 7, July 2025.
The Philippines has publicly accused a Chinese vessel of causing more than 11 million pesos (US$194,000) in damage to protected coral reefs near Thitu Island in the South China Sea. On Monday, Manila released the results of an environmental survey showing that a Chinese ship had ran aground near Thitu Island in June. Investigators found that the vessel dragged a parachute anchor across the sensitive marine ecosystem, scarring at least 464 square metres (4,994 square feet) of reef less than 3km...
It would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity.
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
Much of Central Canada was placed under special air quality statements amid smoke from wildfires, as Environment Canada advised residents to limit time outdoors.
Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar regolith and process the carbon dioxide breathed out by astronauts
At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.
Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.
The proposed development could affect ecologically sensitive areas like Cedar Breaks National Monument.
[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.
[Nile Post] In a significant move to promote environmental sustainability and empower low-income earners, the United Boda Boda Riders Union has begun distributing 2,000 electric motorcycles to riders across Uganda.
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...
[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.
[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.”
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
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.
The grieving mother of a teenager whose body was pulled from a river during the weekend heatwave last night said her 'heart was broken'.
AI could consume 3% of the world’s electricity by 2030, the IEA says.
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...
Heavy rains Monday triggered flash floods in multiple East Coast states, resulting in chaos on roads and transit systems and at least two fatalities in New Jersey.
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.
Joel Beauvais will oversee conservation and climate programs at the nonprofit.
Two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was swept up in flood waters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight, authorities said Tuesday.
[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.
You know when Environment Canada tells you a storm is coming and to stay away from it? There's a group of people based in Alberta who find their happy place in the eye of a storm, not a safe distance from it.
The tech giant will help build a recycling plant at the nation's only operating rare earths mine in California.
Ministers call for hosepipe bans as East and West Midlands enter drought, joining Yorkshire and north-west Four areas of England are now in drought as the East and West Midlands have joined Yorkshire and the north-west. Continuing hot and dry weather was a hazard to crop production and wildlife, ministers said, as they urged water companies to put hosepipe bans in place to conserve water as levels deplete. Continue reading...
The East and West Midlands join the North West and Yorkshire in an official state of drought.
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...
The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold A Biden-era plan to implement a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Ohio, which would have eliminated tons of greenhouse gases from the local environment year over year and created more than a thousand jobs, has been put on hold indefinitely by the Trump administration . Experts and locals say the setback could greatly affect the health and financial state of those living around the mill. Continue reading...
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...
NO 2 and PM2.5 levels down significantly since 2015 but climate crisis may be driving rise in harmful surface ozone The UK’s air pollution has dropped since 2015, scientists have found, but they have warned that dangerous levels are still reached too often. Researchers found that nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), which is mainly produced by traffic, fell by 35% on average at monitoring sites. Fine particles called PM2.5, which are small enough to get deep into lungs and are caused by burning wood and driving cars with internal combustion engines, dropped by 30%. Continue reading...
Proposed budget cuts in the US will lead to the loss of vital carbon dioxide measurements, but no other countries are preparing to step in so far, researchers warn
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, has urgently called for global leaders to address climate action and provide the necessary support for mitigation and adaptation.
[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.
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.
Recent storms have slowed recovery efforts in central Texas following the July 4 floods that killed more than 130 people. About 14,000 volunteers are searching for at least 100 people still missing.
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.
Experts are urging everyone to be ready if wildfire smoke is in their region. Wearing a well-fitted N95 mask outside can be one of the ways to reduce risk.
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.
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.
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...
Jaime Alanís, 57, died a day after falling off a greenhouse roof during an immigration raid of a cannabis farm The farm worker who died from injuries he sustained after falling from a greenhouse roof during an Ice raid of a California cannabis farm was a “hard-working, innocent farmer” and the sole provider for his wife and daughter, his family says. Jaime Alanís died a day after a frenzied immigration raid of Glass House Farms in Ventura county where authorities arrested at least 200 workers. The 57-year-old, who was from the town of Huajúmbaro in Michoacán, Mexico, is the first known person to die during the Trump administration’s enhanced immigration enforcement operations in southern California. Continue reading...
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?
Glacier retreat is triggering more explosive eruptions, with global consequences
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.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 14, 28 July 2025.
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...
[Daily Maverick] One could argue that abundant and free energy is the foundational aspiration of our civilisation; there is nothing more important.
The floating mechanism aims to respond more effectively to market fluctuations and to undercut Russia’s oil revenues.
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...
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...
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).
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...
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.
[Liberian Observer] The Liberian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is leading the country's entry into the carbon market, aiming to sell carbon credits to companies and individuals seeking to offset their emissions.
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
Extremes in temperature and rainfall in the UK are becoming increasingly frequent, the nation's meteorological service said Monday in a report on Britain's changing climate.
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.
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.
The body of 19-year-old Camp Mystic counselor Katherine Ferruzzo has been found a week after deadly Texas floods swept through the camp where she was working, killing at least 26 others.
Texas is grappling with renewed heavy rains and flash flooding, just days after a devastating natural disaster claimed over 120 lives. Kerr and Gillespie Counties faced life-threatening conditions, prompting evacuations and halted search operations for victims of the previous floods. Governor Abbott has expanded rescue operations to include multiple counties, as communities brace for further flooding and damaged infrastructure.
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?
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.
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.
Chinese scientists have developed a method to turn the alcohol methanol into white sugar, which they say could allow captured carbon dioxide to be converted into food. The team’s biotransformation system produces sucrose without the need to grow sugar cane or sugar beets – crops that require large amounts of land and water resources. Their method to convert methanol – which can be derived from industrial waste or made by hydrogenating carbon dioxide – into sucrose using enzymes was also adapted...
A heatwave is expected across much of the country tomorrow, according to Haraldur Eiríksson, meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, who says temperatures could exceed 20°C in all regions.
More and more voices, including politicians, say that cloud seeding — or man-made ways of increasing precipitation — caused the deadly floods in Texas. Experts say this is damaging public trust.
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.
Jaime Alanís, the Mexican migrant worker who fell 30 feet off a greenhouse trying to run from ICE agents, has died in the hospital, his family said Saturday afternoon.
Thousands of FEMA calls went unanswered following the Texas floods after a mass of contracts went unrenewed by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Scotland and Northern Ireland set heat records, as hot weather causes disruption in England and Wales.
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.
Hong Kong authorities are investigating whether a contractor involved in a fatal work incident took the necessary precautions during a rainstorm, the city’s labour minister has said as he urged employers to ensure a safe work environment during times of adverse weather. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Saturday that contractors must exercise “extra caution” during poor weather, following an industrial incident two days ago in which a worker was killed by a falling iron...
The biblically tragic Texas floods devastated multiple communities, but amid the horror was one miraculous story about a teenager finding his beloved family dog alive.
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...
A Mexican father working in the US died after falling off a building while running from ICE agents in Southern California during a chaotic raid on Thursday.
Melania Trump made a rare public statement on Friday as she paid tribute to the children who died in the terrible Texas floods.
Local officials used the system more than two days after the recorded height of the floods.
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.
Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the decline of the region's sea ice.
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.
[Daily Maverick] Durban's recurring floods do more than destroy homes and infrastructure - they expose South Africa's (SA's) dangerous blind spot, where climate disasters, human displacement, and social disintegration intersect.
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.
How do you measure success when assessing one of the most remarkable examples of international collaboration and diplomacy ever? The post The Antarctic Treaty and the role of National Antarctic Programmes appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Large swathes of the UK have met heatwave criteria as the widely hot, dry, and sunny weather continues today and into the weekend.
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 […]
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, will host the fourth Group of 20 (G20) Development Working Group (DWG) meeting and the G20 Ministerial meeting on development from 20 - 25 July 2025 at Skukuza Lodge in the Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga.
Scientists say Perito Moreno, which for decades defied trend of glacial retreat, now rapidly losing mass One of the few stable glaciers in a warming world, Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, is now undergoing a possibly irreversible retreat, scientists say. Over the past seven years, it has lost 1.92 sq km (0.74 sq miles) of ice cover and its thickness is decreasing by up to 8 metres (26 ft) a year. Continue reading...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Circulate Initiative, a global non-profit organization dedicated to addressing ocean plastic pollution in emerging markets, has officially launched the first African implementation of its Responsible Sourcing Initiative in Kenya, marking a critical step in tackling systemic human rights challenges faced by informal waste workers in the plastics recycling value chain.
The Grand Canyon's North Rim in Arizona closed Thursday because of a wildfire on adjacent Bureau of Land Management land near Jacob Lake.
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.
It's been covered in ice for 34 million years. But scientists are finally uncovering what Antarctica's landscape really looks like - and it's not what they expected.
Actions by the Trump administration are putting wildfire response, water resources, natural lands and clean energy efforts in jeopardy, state officials said.
A team of scientists, including those from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), have uncovered the hidden remains of a vast ancient coastal plain beneath East Antarctica—an important discovery that could refine forecasts of future global sea level rise. The post Ancient river landscapes discovered beneath East Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, July 10 -- During an unannounced visit late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning to the governorates of Monastir and Nabeul, President Kais Saied sharply criticized the Coastal Protection and Development Agency (APAL) for its failure to fulfill its role in curbing environmental crimes committed against Tunisian beaches, despite having sufficient funding.
Lee Zeldins Social-Media-Beiträge über Wetterphänomene sorgten für Verwirrung, viele dachten, er unterstütze Verschwörungstheorien Lee Zeldin, von Trump ernannter Leiter der Umweltschutzbehörde EPA, versuchte am Donnerstag, einen schmalen Grat zu beschreiten. Einerseits Verschwörungstheoretiker zu besänftigen und andererseits Fehlinformationen zu widerlegen. Leider hinterließ er viele Menschen im Unklaren darüber, was die tatsächliche Politik und das Handeln der Behörde betrifft. Zwischen Klarstellung und Verwirrung „Die Amerikaner haben Fragen zu Geoengineering und... Der Beitrag Trump-Admin wollte Chemtrails widerlegen – aber niemand las den Bericht erschien zuerst auf Rolling Stone.
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,...
The Georgia Republican said she spoke with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and will hold a hearing on weather-changing technology.
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.
[New Era] Improved climate conditions, government policy and strategic interventions as well as strong drought-mitigating strategies played a crucial role in Namibia's reclassification as a hunger hotspot.
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.
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.
UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.
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.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing criticism for the federal response to the floods in Texas.
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.
Rising number of flood victims is starting to plateau, a bleak sign that rescuers have made little progress in past 24 hours The rising number of victims from the devastating central Texas floods is beginning to plateau, with at least 120 people found dead in the state – a bleak sign that rescuers have made little progress to find victims amid wreckage in the past 24 hours. On Thursday morning, local officials in Kerr county, which was hit the hardest by the 4 July flash flood, announced that 96 people had died, the same number reported on Wednesday evening. Continue reading...
Controversial Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has been accused of using the tragic Texas floods to shine a light on herself.
[New Times] Rwanda's climate resilience and ecosystem restoration efforts in Southern Province are expected to be expanded thanks to an $18 million (about Rwf25 billion) grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
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...
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...
At least 120 people have died in the flash floods that laid waste to the Hill Country region of Texas and more than 160 people are still believed to be missing as recovery efforts are underway.
Patriot Front leader says so-called ‘activists’ prioritizing giving supplies to their ‘people’ and ‘European peoples’ A US racist and neo-fascist hate group that has become a public fixture in recent years has descended on central Texas in a stunt it claims is part of the “disaster relief” efforts under way after the devastating flash floods hit the region last week. Patriot Front, founded following the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, after which its leader, Thomas Rousseau, a Texan, was later charged for his participation , has claimed on its Telegram app channel that it has shown up in the areas near Camp Mystic , where 27 young campers lost their lives. Continue reading...
“Instead of simply dismissing these questions and concerns as baseless conspiracies, we're meeting them head on,” the EPA administrator said about geoengineering and contrails theories.
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.
Parts of the UK are already experiencing heatwave conditions which could continue into early next week.
[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...
Thames Water, which supplies 16million people, said it would impose restrictions after 'ongoing dry weather and increased customer demand' unless the situation 'changes significantly'.
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.
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
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.
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.
From the daily newsletter: the hope for renewable energy as we near the “point of no return.”
How hot is too hot to survive in a city?
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.
Governor Glenn Youngkin revealed his family was trapped inside their multimillion-dollar vacation home along the Guadalupe River when the devastating Texas flash floods hit.
Texas records show Camp Mystic had an emergency plan before floods killed at least 27 campers and counselors, but details of its storm response are still unclear.
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.
A father used his final moments to call his children after he realized he and his wife were being swept away by the deadly Texas floods.
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.
Record temperatures and seasonal downpours raise fears of a repeat of the devastating flooding in 2022 Glaciers across northern Pakistan have been melting at an accelerated pace as a result of record-breaking summer temperatures, leading to deadly flash flooding and landslides. The floods and heavy monsoon rains have caused devastation across the country this summer, killing at least 72 people and injuring more than 130 since the rains began in late June. Continue reading...
Citizen science projects result in an overwhelmingly positive impact on the polar tourism experience. That’s according to a new paper analyzing participant experiences in the first two years of FjordPhyto, a NASA Citizen Science project.. The FjordPhyto citizen science project invites travelers onboard expedition cruise vessels to gather data and samples during the polar summer […]
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.
The EPA administrator will pick outside experts who will weigh in on consequential and increasingly politicized reviews of air pollution rules.
The deadly flash floods in central Texas that claimed more than 100 lives over the July Fourth weekend in the United States have underscored the devastating power of this fast-onset hazard – and the critical challenge of ensuring early warnings reach vulnerable populations, even in the dead of night.
[Liberian Observer] Across Africa, communities are facing a growing storm - climate shocks, land degradation, toxic pollution, and unchecked resource exploitation are threatening lives and livelihoods. Yet in the face of these mounting crises, hope is rising in the form of a bold and collective vision: a legally binding regional agreement to protect the environmental rights of African people.
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...
Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year ‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming An Environment Agency (EA) insider has broken ranks to expose what they describe as a “deliberate and ongoing cover-up” of the public health and environmental dangers of spreading sewage sludge on farmland. They accuse the regulator and government of colluding with water companies for years to facilitate the dumping of waste under the guise of soil enrichment – without oversight, transparency or testing. 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.
Conditions are warming up, with heatwave criteria expected to be reached in parts of the UK by the end of the week.
Heat health alerts have come into force with increasing amounts of sunshine and hot weather expected over the next few days
Ruidoso, New Mexico, faced devastating flash floods, sweeping away homes and stranding residents. Emergency crews performed 85 swift-water rescues as floodwaters submerged roads and entered homes. The Rio Ruidoso surged nearly 19 feet, prompting warnings for residents to seek higher ground. The area, vulnerable due to prior wildfires, experienced even higher floodwaters than last summer, impacting previously unaffected areas.
CIVICUS speaks to Cristinel Buzatu, regional legal advisor for Central and Eastern Europe at Greenpeace, about how Romania’s state gas company is weaponising the courts to silence environmental opposition. On 10 June, the state-owned energy giant Romgaz filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve Greenpeace Romania. The legal attack came after the organisation campaigned against […]
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 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...
Camp Mystic’s emergency plan was approved by Texas inspectors just two days before disaster struck Friday when floods ravaged the grounds, killing 27 campers and counselors, according to a report.
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 […]
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...
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 B.C. Wildfire Service says the province is facing fewer active wildfires this year compared with last season at this time, but a forecast of thunderstorms and lighting will "certainly" cause more blazes.
Learn more about the connection between melting glaciers and volcanic eruptions, a volatile relationship that has existed since the last Ice Age.
What Is the EU Deforestation Regulation? 7 Key Questions, Answered sarah.brown@wri.org Tue, 07/08/2025 - 15:11 Between 2001 and 2024, the world lost 177 million hectares of tree cover — a loss that is likely permanent. Most of this loss was the result of clearing for farms, pastures and tree crop plantations. This daunting number is a wake-up call, underscoring the urgent need for stronger action to curb deforestation for farming and forest degradation from wood production. As a major buyer of commodities largely responsible for fueling deforestation — such as palm oil, cocoa, coffee, soy, cattle and timber — the EU has both a responsibility and an opportunity to help shift global markets toward more sustainable supply chains. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)...
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.
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
RCMP in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, say the search for 14-year-old Richard Jr Bohlender, last seen on June 28, has been suspended.
Netflix released a trailer for "Untamed," a new series starring Eric Bana as a National Parks Service agent investigating a murder in the wilds of Yosemite National Park.
Twenty Democratic attorneys general filed a legal brief supporting a coalition that sued over EPA's decision to freeze climate justice grants.
Hundreds of rescuers on Tuesday continued their search for people swept away by catastrophic Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, officials said, amid threats of more heavy rain.
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...
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.
Dog stayed by his master, who was wedged in an 8 metre-deep crevasse, and was spotted by helicopter crew A small pet dog is being hailed as a “four-legged hero” for helping to save his owner’s life after he fell down an icy crevasse in the Swiss Alps. The Air Zermatt helicopter company credited the pint-sized pooch with drawing their attention to the location of the hiker, who was extracted and taken to hospital. Continue reading...
The Trump administration's sudden U-turn on the historic rule preserves the long-fraught environmental and public health regulation.
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...
Cyprus is facing a 'titanic' battle with wildfires and Athens has been forced to close the Acropolis as Greece is scorched by a 42C heatwave that has all but brought the nation to its knees.
Cuts and chaos instigated by Trump come as human-caused climate crisis increases threat of extreme weather. Plus, the Italian towns selling houses for €1 Good morning. The deadly Texas floods could signal a new normal in the US , as Donald Trump and his allies dismantle crucial federal agencies that help states prepare and respond to extreme weather and other hazards, experts warn. Where were the victims killed? At least 84 of the victims – 56 adults and 28 children – died in Kerr County, the worst affected area, where the Guadalupe River rose to critical levels in multiple locations. Camp Mystic summer camp has confirmed that 27 campers and counselors were killed. What else is happening in the region? Iran’s government has said at least 1,060 people were killed in the war with Israel...
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's largest energy source, the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant, has been approved as a project under the Global Carbon Council (GCC) Voluntary Carbon Market program, aiming to reduce 120,600 tons of carbon emissions per year.
In the vacuum of space, where temperatures can plunge to minus 455 degrees Fahrenheit, it might seem like keeping things cold would be easy. But the reality is more complex for preserving ultra-cold fluid propellants – or fuel – that can easily overheat from onboard systems, solar radiation, and spacecraft exhaust. The solution is a […]
The Yukon's Southern Lakes region has been prone to flooding in recent years during the spring and summer melt and area residents fear the flood risk will continue to grow as the climate changes. Some feel that Yukon Energy can do more to offset that risk by the way it operates the Whitehorse dam.
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.
A new study found that neurotoxins in whales pose risks to Native whale-hunting communities.
The president's economic advisers see oil and gas fueling GDP growth, while critics say restricting wind and solar will spark increased electricity prices.
Migrant mom Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, claimed she was snatched by ICE agents, but has since been charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers.
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.
A California woman faked her own abduction by ICE agents as part of a scheme to collect donations on GoFundMe, the Department of Justice said.
An idle Cape Breton underground coal mine that has been plagued by rockfalls is reportedly up for sale.
Current list of 24 invitees to next month’s economic reform summit includes only one environmental representative Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Environmentalists fear they are being shut out of the economic debate after peak nature groups were overlooked for invites to Jim Chalmers’ reform roundtable. The current list of 24 invitees to next month’s summit features only one representative from the environment movement: former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, in his capacity as chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
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.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hongkongers should stay alert for widespread showers that could lead to flooding, the local forecaster has said, as Tropical Storm Wipha edges closer to the city. The Hong Kong Observatory also cancelled an amber rainstorm signal at 1pm on Friday, nearly two hours after issuing it. It...
A consignment of ancient ice from Antarctica, extracted as part of the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project, arrived at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge for detailed analysis this month. The post Antarctica’s oldest ice arrives for climate analysis appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
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.
Industry groups said the directive could create new delays and bottlenecks for renewable energy projects across the country.
Baumgartner famously jumped from the edge of the Earth's atmosphere in a 2012 stunt.
City attorneys told ex-NYPD official Lorna Beach-Mathura, who is suing Mayor Eric Adams for sexual assault, that Hurricane Sandy wiped out Adams’ personnel records in 2012.
Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.
[New Times] Government has announced a possible plan to reintroduce elephants into the fast-growing Nyungwe National Park located in the south-western part of the country. Originally known for its thick rainforest, Nyungwe is gaining increasing global attention and the opportunity to reintroduce elephants into this unique ecosystem could mark a new and exciting chapter in the country's conservation and tourism story.
A preschool in Beaverton, Oregon, was placed on lockdown after ICE agents arrested an Iranian father outside the school as he dropped off his child.
“I don’t know what will be left of the EPA,” one employee said.
A study has revealed that Donald Trump's plan to add $1 trillion to the Pentagon's spending budget would have a severe impact on annual carbon emissions.
Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim The north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancer latitude line, it is deep in the Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles from Honolulu. The island’s steep rocky cliffs give way to indigo blue waters dotted with monk seals and stony coral. No humans have lived on Mokumanamana, but it has the world’s highest density of ancient Hawaiian religious sites. “It sits as a boundary between what Native Hawaiians refer to as ‘pō’, the darkness, and ‘au’, the light,” said William Aila, the former chair of Hawaii’s department of land and natural resources. “When a Hawaiian passes, their soul makes its way from...
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 ...
Thailand’s transport sector is a significant contributor to national greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 18.4 per cent of the country’s total emissions. Bangkok is at the centre of this challenge. With more registered vehicles than residents, the resulting traffic congestion worsens air pollution and strains the city’s roads and overall mobility infrastructure. While investments in […]
The historic Spindletop oil site in Texas offers a model for storing more natural gas underground amid forecasts of surging demand.
EPA officials say President Donald Trump’s massive policy law is a death blow to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. But the courts could have the final word.
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.
In its refusal to renationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country For a rich and fairly stable country, we are staggeringly ill-prepared for climate shocks. We respond to predictable crises as if we had had no warning. Lessons from previous disasters go unlearned, mistakes are recycled, failures lodged so deeply that they come to define the system. This is not because of a deficiency in the national character, but because of a deficiency in the ideology of government: an elite belief, shared by scarcely any citizens, that public intervention should be used only when all other measures have failed. Until that point, our problems should be addressed by the private sector. As drought rolls across the country once again...
The failures of our environmental protection laws mean we are not only failing nature but also undermining productivity – at a huge cost Left to their own devices, humans often make stupid choices. This is, perhaps, most amusingly summed up in the viral public safety video “Dumb Ways to Die” launched by Melbourne Metro more than a decade ago. Far more seriously, human treatment of the environment represents possibly the dumbest choice we have collectively made – and consistently been making for decades. Economics is about making choices, as Dr Ken Henry, one of Australia’s most eminent economists and public servants and now chair of the Australian Nature and Biodiversity Foundation, told the National Press Club in a passionate speech about both the environment and economy: in a world...
The Barefoot Investor has highlighted concerns many Aussies have about electric cars.
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
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.
Using a speech to the National Press Club as a rallying cry to federal parliament to finally agree on a rewrite of the quarter-century old Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, Ken Henry, now the chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, said that Australia's environmental protection laws are 'broken' and should be reformed. 'We have had all the reviews we need,' Henry said. 'All of us have had our say. It is now up to parliament. Let’s just get this done' Fixing Australia’s broken environment laws hold key to productivity, ex-Treasury head says Continue reading...
June's heatwave has caused French Alps snow and glaciers to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing.
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.
New pictures taken in Yukon, Canada, show a perfectly preserved fossil skull, which experts say belonged to a male, teenage horse that lived during the last ice age.
The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and Antarctica on June 12, 2025. Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station’s cupola, for Crew Earth Observations. […]
Meteorologists had been expecting another heatwave to materialise in Germany in the coming days, but a shift in the weather suggests more cool days and rain to come, and possibly a lot of it.
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.
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.
[Liberian Observer] In an innovative move to tackle Liberia's growing waste management challenges, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC), the Liberia Marketing Association (LMA), and Community-Based Enterprises (CBEs), launched the Solid Waste Management Transformative Pilot Project at Jorkpen Town Market over the weekend.
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...
New research shows that even with modest reductions in military funding, the United States would keep a whole lot of carbon out of the atmosphere.
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.
The European Commission will set out rules for certifying tools such as direct air carbon capture and storage, bioenergy carbon capture and storage, and biochar, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News.
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.
Two women were killed in Plainfield, New Jersey while being trapped in their car as the severe flash floods swept them into a brook.
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.
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.
Lina Delgado-Ramos and her family are lucky to be alive after a freak explosion reduced their New Jersey home to rubble during Monday's flash-flooding mere hours after they fled to escape the deluge.
What if the ingredients of life could assemble on a methane world?
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
Rewrite of environmental protection act could help meet climate and housing targets, Ken Henry to tell national press club Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fixing the nation’s broken environment protection laws is the most important reform the Albanese government can pursue to boost productivity, and holds the key to meeting climate and housing targets, according to former treasury secretary Ken Henry. Henry, now the chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, will use a speech to the National Press Club as a rallying cry to federal parliament to finally agree on a rewrite of the quarter-century old Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
The odds of a major rainstorm turning into a tropical storm off the Florida coast have just quadrupled, hurricane forecasters warned Tuesday.
[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?
[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.
The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators - continues to face serious threats in 2025.
An Australian federal court ruled Tuesday that Indigenous residents of the Torres Strait Islands are not owed environmental protections from the nation's government.
Reductions in air pollution might sound like a positive thing. But scientists now say that reductions in East Asia are actually to blame for the sudden, rapid acceleration in global warming.
Ideal in dry climates and cheaper than air conditioning, evaporative coolers were once hugely popular. Climate change may be hastening their disappearance.
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...
Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures to a level beyond what is survivable for all known life
Floods submerged cars and grounded planes in New Jersey, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. The deluge also hit New York and Pennsylvania.
The UN Financing for Development Summit failed to deal with the real issue of funding Asian, African and other countries who are hit hardest by the climate crisis yet contribute least to global warming
Government will subsidise prices cuts to encourage a shift away from petrol and diesel.
An ammonia producer plans to claim a federal tax incentive while working with Exxon Mobil to store carbon dioxide.
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.
Arizona's governor is demanding answers about how the National Park Service handled a wildfire burning out of control in Grand Canyon National Park. The fire destroyed a historic lodge there.
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.
Some Manitoba researchers are looking into the potential impact and overlap of wildfires with polar bear denning habitat.
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 Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency said the Buhl fire has entered the northeast corner of the park and is 35.5 km from the town of Waskesiu as of Monday afternoon.
Bob Becker of Fort Lauderdale finished the Badwater 135 ultramarathon held in California’s sweltering Death Valley An 80-year-older runner has made history as the oldest person to complete the Badwater 135, nicknamed “the world’s toughest foot race”. Last week, Bob Becker of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, became one of 93 people to complete the ultramarathon course – which covers 135 miles, beginning 282 feet below sea level in California’s sweltering Death Valley and climbing to 8,360 feet at the trailhead to Mt Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States. Continue reading...
Much like hurricanes further south, the strongest storms to pummel the US north-east are getting even stronger as sea surface temperatures rise
NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is the only world apart from Earth that is known to have liquid on its surface. However, Titan’s lakes and seas are not filled with water. Instead, they contain liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane. […]
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...
Arizona’s governor calls for federal investigation into National Park Service’s handling of the fire, which was sparked in early July A wildfire raging along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim that leveled a historic lodge erupted over the weekend after burning for more than a week, raising scrutiny over the National Park Service’s decision not to aggressively attack the fire right away. Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s governor, called for a federal investigation into the park service’s handling of the fire, which was sparked by lightning on 4 July. 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.
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...
Louisiana lawmakers have redefined methane gas as "green energy," meaning that natural gas producers can now apply for grants reserved for clean energy sources.
If you've got a SodaStream or Ninja Thirsti, you might be wondering if the CO2 canisters are compatible between the two brands. Here's all you need to know.
Up to five areas could enter drought status and more hosepipe bans expected after three heatwaves and lack of rain As many as five areas of England are expected to go into drought this summer after the hottest June since records began in 1884. Three heatwaves, which tend to increase water consumption, combined with a lack of rain means that large swathes of England are heading towards drought status and the damage to the environment that entails. Continue reading...
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
The temperature has just reached 26.5°C according to measurements from the Icelandic Meteorological Office's weather station at Árnes. Later today, temperatures could climb as high as 29°C, according to a meteorologist’s forecast.
Republicans are proposing a 23 percent reduction for the environment agency.
A judge is expected to rule Tuesday on whether the Australian government has a duty to do more to tackle climate change.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02225H, Review Article Xiaofeng Ke, Weicong Xu, Chao Liu, Yakun Wang, Xiaozhong Huang, Rui Xiao, Xiaomin Xu, Tao Li, Zongping Shao The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR) is a key technology for converting intermittent renewable energy into value-added fuels and chemicals, offering a promising pathway to re-balance the carbon cycle.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a temporary effect due to a drop in sulphate pollution
Environment Canada has placed Toronto, and the surrounding GTA, under both a heat wave and a poor air quality warning due to wildfire smoke.
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...
[IPS] SAN Francisco, California / Apex, North Carolina, -- "Never let a good crisis go to waste." Winston Churchill's famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
A historic lodge was swallowed by flames and brought to rubble after a fast-moving wildfire erupted in Arizona 's Grand Canyon National Park.
In today’s newsletter: Amid at least 129 deaths and billions of dollars of damage, there has been little reckoning about the part global heating and cuts to public services may have played in the disaster Good morning. The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has climbed to 129, including at least 27 children and counsellors at Camp Mystic in Kerr County. With more than 160 people still missing, authorities warn that the number of casualties is likely to rise. On Sunday morning, some search operations were cancelled as heavy rain and strong winds battered the state once again. Israel-Gaza | An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 10 people, including six children, who were waiting to collect water in Gaza, Palestinian health officials have said. Dozens of others were killed...
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.
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill’s famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Yet, the existing international environmental agreements and science bodies are not addressing these interconnected […]
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.
Record breaking and extreme weather has become increasingly commonplace in the UK as our climate has changed over the last few decades.
Four people, including a teenage boy, died in separate incidents during the heatwave in Scotland at the weekend that saw temperatures exceed 32C.
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.
A massive wildfire near Arizona 's Grand Canyon National Park erupted overnight, growing more than 20 times in the past 24 hours. Not just one, but two fires broke out within miles of each other.
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...
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...
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?...
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.
Sunday will see possible highs of 31C before a slight dip that will bring a cooler change next week, the Met Office says.
An Oregon mom and her four US citizen children have been in immigration detention for nearly two weeks after they were taken into custody by ICE agents while visiting the US-Canada border.
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...
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.
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...
Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) warned of continued extreme heat on Saturday and the coming days across most parts of the country. The authority advised people to avoid direct exposure to the sun, especially during the noon. It further advised that anyone going out should wear a head covering to protect themselves from the sun’s … The post Heatwave continues across Egypt on Saturday: EMA appeared first on Egypt Independent.
President Donald Trump has directed federal law enforcement to use 'whatever means necessary' to arrest anyone who throws rocks at ICE agents during immigration raids.
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.
Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.
Elected officials are doing nothing to calm their base’s insane fury. Instead, they’re openly demonizing ICE agents, often comparing them to Hitler's Gestapo.
As flash floods ravage areas like the Texas Hill Country, research shows that technology alone cannot save lives during flooding emergencies.
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.
Alexander Bradford, who leads business development and sustainability at global fine art logistics company Gander & White, explores how the art world is beginning to confront the carbon footprint of its shipping practices. Bradford offers an insider’s look at the systemic challenges and promising solutions emerging within fine art logistics, arguing that if the art world wants to remain a cultural leader, it must also lead on sustainability.
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.
[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.
[The Conversation Africa] Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to developing nations. But the evidence suggests these promises are false, and mining would harm the environment.
A drop in shipping emissions has caused a surge in warming at the Great Barrier Reef, fuelling calls for drastic actions such as marine cloud brightening to lower the risk of coral bleaching
by Jennifer Berry Hawes ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Nine months ago, Hurricane Helene barreled up from the Gulf of Mexico and slammed into the rugged mountains of western North Carolina, dumping a foot of rain onto an already saturated landscape. More than 100 people died, most by drowning in floodwaters or being crushed by water-fueled landslides. “We had no idea it was going to do what it did,”...
The owner of Texas Christian summer camp Camp Mystic died during the state's horrific floods last week, despite repeatedly warning officials about the volatility of the nearby Guadalupe River.
Models suggest that meeting climate targets will be virtually impossible without steep emissions cuts paired with a huge expansion of carbon management technologies
UKHSA warning came into effect at noon on Friday as temperatures predicted to reach 33C over weekend Amber heat health alerts have been issued across parts of England and hosepipe bans imposed in various locations as the third heatwave of the summer takes hold. The heat health warning announced by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) came into effect at noon on Friday and covers the East Midlands, West Midlands, south-east, south-west, east of England and London until 9am on Monday. Continue reading...
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 […]
Operation Green Shield, coordinated by the United Arab Emirates, has struck a major blow to transnational environmental crime networks, officials said.
The crackdown has struck a major blow to transnational environmental crime networks.
This has big implications for our climate models.
Republicans showed they support clean energy policies that have economic benefits — as many of them do.
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.
Wild winter weather is expected to persist as experts warn two fresh cold fronts will send temperatures tumbling across the south-east.
Environmental groups may rely more on state climate laws and public interest requirements to challenge FERC’s approval of natural gas projects.
It’s yet another blow for the European Commission in its effort to get the anti-deforestation law up and running.
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.
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...
2025 is already shaping up to be an extraordinary year for weather records in parts of the UK.
Denis Guillen-Solis, 30, had been landscaping outside a California medical center alongside two other alleged undocumented men when ICE agents arrived to serve an arrest warrant.
A weather modification company has come under scrutiny after claims its cloud-seeding operation may have contributed to the catastrophic floods in Texas.
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.
CBC News spoke with Mike Westwick, manager of wildfire prevention and mitigation for the territorial government, to break down some of the words that come up when describing wildfires.
Changing weather patterns and higher temperatures are affecting some of the most prized tea-growing regions in China and Taiwan.
Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers say More than 30,000 people a year in England and Wales could die from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists have warned. A new study calculates that heat mortality could rise more than fiftyfold in 50 years because of climate heating. Researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine compared different potential scenarios, looking at levels of warming, measures to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, regional climatic differences and potential power outages. They also modelled the ageing population. Continue reading...
Thai marine researchers have reported a remarkable sighting of 158 blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) off the coast of the southern province of Krabi.
The corrected result is no longer statistically significant, meaning there is some possibility the result is due to chance, but it's not the first time air pollution has been linked to dementia.
Europe is quietly becoming a solar powerhouse.
Democrat Senator John Fetterman received high praise from President Donald Trump for being 'right' about ICE agents on Wednesday - something he thinks may make his parents proud.
It looks like plumbing but acts like a battery.
[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.
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...
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.
"While all that happens, the current president keeps denying that climate change is real."View Entire Post ›
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 […]
[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.
The new terms of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is the third major change to the program since it began in 2009.
Scientists studying a 21 to 24-million-year-old rhino fossil found in the Haughton Crater on Nunavut's Devon Island say the high Arctic environment preserved the oldest recoverable ancient proteins found so far.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02381-3The authors evaluate heritable genetic variation in thermal tolerance in a common reef-building coral. They show widespread heritable genetic variation, which is strongly associated with marine heatwave-imposed selective pressure, suggesting adaptation to climate warming.
Roan Bloore, 24, had been emptying the pool - which his nieces and nephews had swam in during the heatwave only days - before when he is thought to have passed out.
The Texas floods have left 110 dead, with more than 170 still missing.
“We must stop treating climate-driven events as unpredictable ‘natural’ disasters.”
Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim milestone nears.
[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.
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.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz gave an emotional speech Wednesday about the deadly floods that struck Texas over the weekend.
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.
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...
[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.
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.
Officials were still assessing the scale of the damage and working on a final number of deaths, said the governor.
[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.
Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government Disasters and tragedies have long been the source of American conspiracies, old and new. So when devastating flash floods hit Texas over the Fourth of July weekend, and as the death toll continues to rise , far-right conspiracists online saw their opportunity to come out in full force, blurring the lines of what’s true and untrue. Some people, emerging from the same vectors associated with the longstanding QAnon conspiracy theory, which essentially holds that a shadowy “deep state” is acting against president Donald Trump, spread on X that the devastating weather was being controlled by the government. Continue reading...
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.
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.
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.
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 death toll for the Texas floods tops 100 as the search and rescue efforts continue for over 160 missing people. And, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now.
The Department of Energy brings aboard three scientists known for challenging mainstream climate research.
The 10 participating states in the regional carbon pricing program have been negotiating the targets for four years.
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.
Governor Greg Abbott said search and rescue efforts would continue in the wake of the deadly floods "until this job is finished".
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.
BRICS nations have strongly condemned the European Union's carbon border tax, deeming it discriminatory and a barrier to their development. They argue the CBAM, set to begin next year, unfairly burdens developing countries and disrupts global trade.
The Texas floods last week killed over 100 people and dozens more are missing.
Experts are divided if the drop over really means China has reached the peak of its emissions.
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
As heat waves become more common, Statistics Canada is out with a new report which shows who still doesn't have air conditioning and why.
Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene is moving to make weather modification a felony offense in the wake of the tragic Texas floods.
As catastrophic floods swept through Central Texas on July 4, several National Weather Service (NWS) offices across the state were already in crisis due to DOGE cuts.
Following deadly floods in Texas, misinformation from both left- and right-wing users was roiling social media, with liberals baselessly blaming staffing cuts at US weather agencies for flawed warning systems and conservatives ramping up conspiracy theories.
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.
Authorities urge residents to stay indoors and say more than 700 firefighters battling blaze A fast-moving wildfire fanned by gale-force winds has been raging on the outskirts of France’s second-largest city, Marseille, officials said, as firefighters around the Mediterranean battle blazes sparked by an intense heatwave. “The fire is on the fringes of Marseille,” the regional prefect, Georges-François Leclerc, told reporters on Tuesday, adding that the blaze was not yet stable or contained, but the situation appeared to be “under control”. Continue reading...
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.
LIVE UPDATES: The Texas flash floods have consumed the lives of at least 105 people, with authorities warning the death toll is almost certainly going to continue to rise.
More than 100 people have died in devastating flash floods in Kerr County, Texas. But what caused this extreme weather, and will events like this get more common?
A Texas-based country singer has shared his 'heartbreak' following the loss of multiple family members in the Hill Country floods, which have claimed more than 100 lives.
Amid the Texas floods and a month into hurricane season, significant vacancies exist across the National Weather Service.
The justices closed out this term with key decisions on environmental reviews, nationwide court orders and EPA permitting authority.
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.
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 . Is global warming just due to El Niño? El Niño Southern Oscillation is a short-term and cyclical weather phenomenon caused by alternating wind patterns that result in heat exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere; it cannot explain long-term warming. El Niño originates when westward moving trade winds weaken, allowing warm surface waters to shift east across the tropical Pacific. This reverses the La Niña pattern, where trade winds push warm surface water toward Asia, upwelling cold water off the coast of South America. During El Niño, heat is transferred...
The melting of glaciers due to the climate crisis could make volcano eruptions more catastrophic than before, scientists cautioned in a study.
Hot weather is forecast to return this week but to which locations and for how long?
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