Car engines have used motor oil for the whole of automotive history, and during that time a lot of myths have cropped up about its use. Here are a few.
This process, driven by climate change, is increasing the risk of “Category 6” tropical cyclones making landfall in densely populated areas.
A delayed environmental review cleared the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating. Separately, a North Dakota judge expressed unusual exasperation over the tangled legal battles.
India's Lok Sabha has passed the SHANTI Bill, ushering in a significant overhaul of its civil nuclear framework. The legislation opens parts of the sector to private participation for the first time, aiming to boost nuclear power capacity and modernize regulations. It also introduces a new safety and liability framework.
The Tennessee Valley Authority gave the green light to Sugar Camp Energy to mine thousands of acres of TVA-owned coal.
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CIVICUS discusses climate displacement and Tuvalu’s future with Kiali Molu, a former civil servant at Tuvalu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and currently a PhD candidate at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji and the University of Bergen in Norway. His research focuses on state sovereignty and climate change in the Pacific. In […]
Farmers can now know and benefit from their contribution to climate change thanks to a formula that can be used to calculate the amount of carbon stored in fruit trees. In a project dubbed Fruit Trees for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in East Africa, the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), in […]
The president’s posture toward Venezuela isn’t new. He previously has said the U.S. should seize oil from Iraq and Syria.
The bill comes at a time of renewed global interest in nuclear as a steady source of clean energy.
The city comptroller had said the asset manager was failing on climate change and should be fired, but the pension board tabled action.
[New Times] The Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Telesphore Ndabamenye, has outlined measures the government is rolling out to protect food production from the growing impact of climate change, with irrigation, research and farmer education at the centre of the strategy.
The need for a flexible mindset, long-term investment and cooperation between Asian nations as the world embraces more sustainable ways to produce, distribute and consume energy were the key action points from top-level discussions involving policymakers and industry leaders. The three-day Energy Asia 2025 forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, hosted by the Malaysian energy company, Petronas, examined how Asia can meet its soaring energy needs while advancing its climate goals, a difficult balance...
Chinese scientists have unveiled an optical computing chip that outperformed Nvidia’s leading AI hardware by over a hundredfold in speed and energy efficiency – particularly for generative tasks such as video production and image synthesis. The LightGen chip was developed by a team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsinghua University, harnessing the speed of light to execute complex artificial intelligence workloads. With more than 2 million photonic neurons integrated into a compact chip,...
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that moves to protect Nasa’s Artemis space programme, which aims to return astronauts to the moon with an eye towards building a permanent lunar presence. The directive reinforces Nasa’s current plans for sending Americans back to the moon by 2028, and for Americans to begin establishing the outpost by 2030. It also reaffirms Nasa’s plans to use space nuclear power, including readying nuclear reactors for launch by 2030. Thursday’s order calls...
Though the two countries are now in a race to develop atomic technology, China’s most advanced reactor was the result of collaboration with American scientists.
The Thai military has destroyed a Cambodian rocket arsenal near Poipet and intensified the blockade of oil and warfare-related supplies to Cambodia by sea.
China criticized what it described as "unilateral bullying" of Venezuela after the United States ordered a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving the South American country.
Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels The worst-case impacts of the climate crisis for the UK have been laid bare by scientists, ranging from a scorching 4C rise in temperatures to a 2-metre rise in sea level. Another scenario sees a plunge of 6C in temperature after the collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents, massively disrupting farming and energy needs. The impacts, some of which are linked to climate tipping points , are seen as low probability but plausible. The researchers said the scenarios filled a gap in forecasting that had left the UK unprepared for extreme outcomes. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06160A, Paper Zhiheng Shi, Guigui Liu, Haolong Huang, Ziyuan He, Chuanping Lei, Zhenfeng Feng, Minghui Ye, Yufei Zhang, Zhipeng Wen, Wencheng Du, Xiaoqing Liu, Yue Wei, Qi Yang, Yongchao Tang, Cheng Chao Li With choline cations (Ch + ) and 2-acetbromamide (BrAce) as coregulators, a coordination-escorted organo-interhalogen conversion strategy is developed, enabling durable dual-deposition Zn||I 2 batteries with high areal capacities. 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
Sable Offshore asked the administration to take over from state officials.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty stressed the importance of upgrading economic, trade and investment cooperation between Egypt and Seychelles, particularly in the sectors of tourism, renewable energy, environment and maritime security, while making use of opportunities offered by the two countries’ membership in the COMESA bloc. Meeting with Seychelles Foreign … The post Egypt, Seychelles FMs stress boosting economic, investment cooperation appeared first on Egypt Independent.
A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk.
[Leadership] Federal government has banned the export of wood and allied products to tackle illegal logging, halt deforestation and strengthen Nigeria's response to climate change.
The General Assembly plowed ahead with plans to study data centers and climate impacts despite objections from Gov. Wes Moore (D).
The efforts reflect a push by companies and governments to close gaps in emissions monitoring as compliance demands rise and to supplement tools like satellites to deliver a greater degree of precision or to extend coverage to more sources of pollution.
Carmakers and suppliers say the proposals still leave them exposed to factors they can’t control. Environmental groups, on the other hand, see loopholes that’ll weaken Europe’s climate strategy, slowing the uptake of EVs that has gained momentum over the last year.
The announcement from Pete Hegseth comes a day after Trump issued a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela The US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel it said was engaged in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth, as Trump further ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela, accusing the country of taking US oil. On Wednesday Hegseth said the “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel engaged in “narco-trafficking operations” had killed four people. The latest strike in the Pacific brings the death toll to 99 since the US began its campaign of striking alleged drug-trafficking boats in September. Continue reading...
Thai vessels whose owners are found to have disguised or falsified their nationality while transporting oil to Cambodia will face legal action, the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Center (Thai-MECC) warned.
Forecast is slightly cooler than the record 1.55C reached in 2024, but 2026 set to be among four hottest years since 1850 Next year will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels, meteorologists project, as fossil fuel pollution continues to bake the Earth and fuel extreme weather. The UK Met Office’s central forecast is slightly cooler than the 1.55C reached in 2024, the warmest year on record, but 2026 is set to be among the four hottest years dating back to 1850. Continue reading...
More than 30 oil tankers designated by the Treasury Department and operating in the Caribbean could be affected immediately by Trump’s Venezuelan blockade.
Chennai's vulnerability to floods was highlighted again as heavy rains submerged parts of the city, causing damage and disruption. Despite significant investment in stormwater drains, experts warn that encroachments on canals and rivers, along with desilting issues, continue to impede water flow, leaving the city at risk.
Though minister had said ZEV mandate review would be completed ‘quickly as we can’, government confirms it won’t be published until 2027 The government has played down reports that it is planning to bring forward the publication of a review of electric vehicle sales targets from 2027 to next year amid concerns from the car industry. The government had said in April it would weaken its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate – which was brought in to force carmakers to sell more electric cars every year or face the prospect of steep fines – after lobbying from the car industry, and planned to review the targets. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change. Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget, said the National Center […]
Nigeria Puts Youth at the Heart of Its Climate Future margaret.overh… Wed, 12/17/2025 - 12:14 Nigeria's future rests in the hands of its youth. As Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria is home to over 230 million people — more than half under the age of 19 . Moreover, projections show that 42% of the world's youth will be African by 2030. This means Nigeria's young people will play an outsized role in shaping not just their country's development, but also their continent's and the world's trajectory. This demographic advantage intersects with complex national realities. Nigeria is one of Africa's largest oil producers and among its five largest economies. While the country's oil and gas reserves have catapulted it to stronger economic security, extraction and...
Governor Jared Polis warned that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR would put ‘public safety at risk’ The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change. Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget, said the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, would be dismantled under the supervision of the National Science Foundation. Continue reading...
Stephen Miller, president Trump's White House Deputy Chief of Staff, endorsed the president's claims that Venezuela's oil nationalization constituted a massive theft from the United States.
Despite US sanctions on Russian oil majors, Indian refiners are maintaining robust crude imports. December shipments are expected to exceed 1 million barrels per day, driven by deep discounts from non-sanctioned entities. While some refiners are pausing purchases, others are increasing their intake, ensuring continued trade flow.
Yousef Khalili, global chief transformation officer and CEO for the Middle East and Africa at Quant, examines how digital self-reliance has emerged as the defining strategic asset of the 21st century. Khalili argues that data, cloud infrastructure and A.I. have replaced oil as the foundation of geopolitical power. As nations move to reclaim sovereignty over their digital systems, he explores why resilience and autonomy are now shaping the future of global technology and economic influence.
The US president wants a blockade of oil tankers under sanctions to stop them entering and leaving Venezuela Analysis: Maduro says the real reason for Trump’s fixation is oil – is he right? Donald Trump has intensified pressure on Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, and his government in a major escalation aimed at the country’s main source of income: the oil industry. The White House called for a blockade on all Venezuelan oil exports one week after the US seized an oil tanker off the the country’s coast in what Maduro called “an act of international piracy”. Continue reading...
United States President Donald Trump said he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, pressuring the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
Trump has ordered a ‘total and complete’ blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from the country Jack Smith , who as justice department special counsel brought two criminal cases against Donald Trump that were scuppered by his re-election win, will be appearing for a behind-closed-door testimony before the House judiciary committee today. Smith had offered to testify publicly, but the Republican judiciary committee chair Jim Jordan opted to subpoena Smith for a private deposition, in which he will be questioned by lawmakers. That means we won’t know much about what he had to say, but some of the representatives who attend the session may reveal details after the fact. We’ll let you know if we hear anything. Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 24, 28 December 2025.
The Searchlight Institute has drafted a new playbook for energy and climate policy in the Trump era.
Our Biggest Stories of 2025: From Climate Politics to AI and Beyond shannon.paton@… Wed, 12/17/2025 - 08:00 2025 was in many ways a year of upheaval, from political turnovers and trade wars to energy tensions and the meteoric rise of AI. Amid this turmoil, some countries deprioritized climate action, slowing momentum at a time when we urgently need to pick up the pace. The evidence is all around us in the form of blistering heat, deadly floods and rampant wildfires. But that's not the whole story. While countries like the U.S. are stepping back, others are taking up the mantle of climate leadership. We're seeing a solar revolution in Pakistan . Electric vehicle uptake is growing globally, with EV sales outpacing gas-powered cars in places like Norway and Sweden...
The vote is a major roadblock to Sable Offshore Corp.’s effort to transport oil to the California coast.
We need people to understand the holistic value of that natural blue capital and infrastructure. Whilst our countries (in the Pacific) are on the front line of climate change, they are also holding the front line by protecting large swaths of intact marine ecosystems that play a huge role in planetary stability—from biodiversity to climate change. —Coral Pasisi, SPC’s Director of Climate Change and Sustainability
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was ordering a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving from Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure against leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime and suggesting an economic motive to the US’ military campaign in the region. Punctuating the words “total and complete blockade” in capital letters in … The post Trump orders ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving Venezuela appeared first on Egypt Independent.
[263Chat] Empowerment organisation Boys Dzamdhara an affliate of ZANU PF rallying behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa's empowerment projects has added its voice to the Climate Change Management Bill saying it ought to be inclusive accessible and empowering.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05198C, Review Article Ke-Feng Ren, Zhong-Yu Li, Xin Shen, Cong Guo, Weizhai Bao, Feng Yu, Ebrahim Nemati-Kande, Long Kong, He Liu, Xin-Bing Cheng, Jingfa Li This review highlights the recent progress of novel solvations based on ion/dipole interactions and analyzes the working principles and the future directions, aiming to construct a specific design paradigm of electrolytes in rechargeable 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
The department used its emergency powers to delay the plant's retirement, which is a staple of the state's climate plans.
Woodside Energy has until the end of 2029, instead of May 2026, to commence liquefied natural gas shipments from southwestern Louisiana.
A final energy plan approved by policymakers won’t meet the state's landmark 2019 climate law goals.
A study used by the Network for Greening the Financial System that projected severe economic fallout from climate change was retracted.
Britain has had more than 1,600 recorded hours of sunshine this year after record-breaking spring The UK has already had its sunniest year on record, the Met Office has confirmed, after the country battled droughts and sweltered in heatwaves . Though the country is currently swathed in December gloom, the rest of the year brought vast amounts of sunshine. Continue reading...
[SAnews.gov.za] Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced the appointment of additional Preferred Bidders to deliver 890 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, marking a significant expansion of South Africa's renewable energy programme and a R16 billion investment injection into the economy.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06482A, Paper Weimin Ma, Shidi Gui, Jingyang Zhu, Huaisuo Yao, Jingxue Sun, Jian Pei, Yingxuan Li Although direct air capture technology shows promise for atmospheric CO2 reduction, it is hindered by the energy-intensive CO2 concentration processes and unresolved long-term storage risks. As an alternative approach, direct... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The move could potentially impact 0.4-0.5 million barrels of oil per day, lifting prices by $1-2 per barrel, according to a US oil trader.
Move comes amid escalating campaign against Maduro as Venezuelan government condemns ‘grotesque threat’ Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro . The move comes amid an escalating campaign by the Trump administration against Maduro that has included a ramped-up military presence in the region and more than two dozen military strikes on vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, which have killed dozens of people. Continue reading...
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s government in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country’s economy. Trump’s escalation comes after US forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a build-up of military forces in the region. In a post on social media Tuesday night announcing the blockade,...
Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a productive two-day visit to Jordan, marking 75 years of diplomatic ties. Discussions with King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II strengthened cooperation in renewable energy, water management, and digital transformation. The visit underscored the warm and growing India-Jordan partnership.
Data from the International Energy Agency shows that global battery demand grew by 40% year-over-year, driven by both electric mobility and stationary storage deployments. Growth on that scale forces every part of the industry to rethink how energy is stored, tested, and managed, because the expectations placed on these systems are rising just as fast.
Copernicus Sentinel-6B, launched last month, has reached its orbit and delivered its first set of data, which show variations in sea level in the North Atlantic Ocean. This data underlines how the mission will continue to strengthen the long-term reference record of sea levels, a key parameter of climate change.
Many land areas are drying out as glaciers melt, soils lose moisture, and groundwater levels fall. The post A slow-motion water crisis is unfolding around the world appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Climate change threatens to push the world’s infrastructure to a breaking point.
Climate change and sustainability are some of the most pressing issues facing today’s society and there are no easy solutions to fixing the long-term damage that has resulted from the use of fossil fuels and the disposable attitude to resources.
The Energy secretary said supporting the use of more fossil fuels is “common sense" as he bashed renewables.
Withdrawals are increasing as the government hikes its premiums to in part compensate for damage associated with climate change.
The administration is favoring oil giants in a fight over Louisiana's disappearing coastline.
[Liberian Investigator] CONGO TOWN, Monrovia -- Liberia is pressing for a people-centered "just transition" to confront climate change as ActionAid Liberia on Tuesday opened the Second National People's Climate Justice Summit, bringing together activists, policymakers and development partners from across the country and the West African region.
Launch of third generation of Leaf follows investment of more than £450m into model, including £300m direct to UK Nissan has started the production of its latest electric car in Sunderland, a crucial step in the UK automotive industry’s transition away from petrol and diesel. The Japanese manufacturer will launch the third generation of the Leaf on Tuesday, which was the first mass-market battery electric car to be built in the UK. Nissan has made 282,704 Leaf models at the north-east England plant so far. Continue reading...
Maduro regime accuses Caribbean nation of participating in ‘theft of Venezuelan oil’ as tensions mount in region Venezuela has accused the government of Trinidad and Tobago of taking part in the US seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast last week, as Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro continues to reverberate across the region. In a statement on Monday, the Maduro regime accused Trinidad and Tobago of participating in “the theft of Venezuelan oil, committed by the US administration on 10 December with the assault on a vessel transporting this strategic Venezuelan product”. Continue reading...
[This Day] Unarguably, Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Oando Plc, is one of the few who command a great deal of reverence in Nigeria's vast and ever-evolving energy landscape.
Only 10,000 out of economic bloc’s 6m trucks are electric and are more likely to be operating on short routes Business live – latest updates The chances of the European trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are “dire”, an industry body has warned, as it emerged that only a tiny amount of lorries delivering goods in the EU are electric. Speaking as the European Commission prepares to water down electric car targets, the boss of the association for commercial vehicles called on the commission to commit to an urgent review of the sector, tackling problems including a lack of public charging points, a lack of tax breaks for trucks and high energy costs. Continue reading...
Having to buy batteries over and over is bad for the environment and isn't too friendly on your wallet, either. These rechargeable AAs may be the solution.
The program helps them talk about the problem – and how it affects health – with patients. The post Free online courses teach health professionals about climate change and health appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Saudi Arabia has pledged to deepen hi-tech cooperation with China in areas such as new energy and artificial intelligence. “Saudi Arabia is willing to further deepen cooperation with China in areas including oil and gas, new energy, artificial intelligence and high technology, to bring greater benefits to the peoples of both countries,” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The pledge comes at a time when the kingdom is facing growing scrutiny...
Many industries are eyeing up hydrogen as a source of clean energy, but with supplies of green hydrogen limited, we should prioritise the areas where it could have the most positive impact on carbon emissions, say researchers
The lab has spurred major solar, wind, and storage breakthroughs. Its new remit is a "broader vision" for energy research.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05170C, Paper Tengxiu Tu, Xinyuan Zhang, Yijin Wu, Zhixian Mao, Jifang Zhang, Jiapeng Ji, Lei Xing, Jian Kang, Shan Chen, Porun Liu, Haimin Zhang, Huajie Yin, Huijun Zhao A multifunctional, impurity-tolerant, and renewable energy-compatible method for carbon dioxide capture and a mineralization method that offers a practical and scalable pathway for industrial decarbonization. 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
In the global fight against climate change, plastics have emerged as both a symbol of modern convenience and an environmental challenge.
Gov. Wes Moore announced a bid to analyze emissions costs and whether companies should compensate the state for climate impacts.
Flooding has displaced more than 375,000 people this year in South Sudan, one of the most vulnerable countries to global warming.
The current government is politically weakened and the opposition wants more use of fossil fuels.
The burgeoning political revolt — from the UK's energy crisis to Trump's America-first energy revival — is a wake-up call: Net zero means economic pain with little climate gain.
Individuals and businesses all paying for renewable energy systems
Villagers in an area prized for its unspoiled scenery, peatlands and rare wildlife say they face being swamped by super tall wind farm turbines that would see their corner of the Highlands generate as much energy as a nuclear power station.
The government is talking up $20bn in cost savings ahead Wednesday’s mid-year fiscal and economic outlook. Follow live updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Pressure mounts on Albanese government to control gas exports A broad range of consumer, industry and climate and environment organisations have called upon the Federal government to put people before gas exporters as it considers a new gas policy expected to be released soon. Australia’s focus on gas exports has tripled domestic gas and electricity prices, driving up inflation and household bills. Multinational gas corporations are posting huge profits while people on low incomes are skipping meals, not cooling homes and going without medicines because they can’t afford their energy bills...
U.S. officials unsealed the warrant issued for the seizure of the shadow fleet oil tanker The Skipper, which the U.S. military seized earlier this week.
Iran said it seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman it suspects of carrying smuggled fuel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday, citing the chief justice of the southern Hormozgan Province. Mojtaba Ghahremani said 18 crew members have been detained and the vessel was carrying about 6 million litres of fuel, roughly 37,000 barrels. He did not specify the cargo’s destination, nationality or when the seizure occurred. The incident follows Iran’s interception last month...
Fossil fuel execs Robert Pender and Michael Sabel deny wrongdoing after report on potential conflict of interest Two more senior Democrats have called for an investigation into a share-buying spree by two fossil fuel billionaires with close ties to the Trump administration, after a Guardian investigation raised questions about potential wrongdoing. Robert Pender and Michael Sabel, the founders and co-chairs of Venture Global , a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company headquartered in Virginia, bought more than a million shares worth almost $12m each in March. The trades took place just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued a key regulatory permit that helped expand the company’s business in Europe. Continue reading...
Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. The vessel carried six million litres of diesel fuel. Eighteen crew members from India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh were on board. This incident highlights ongoing tensions in the region. Strategic waterways remain a focus for maritime control and international shipping.
People love to hate governments, and they loathe having to pay taxes. However, from now on, we’ll have to embrace more state intervention and the need for higher taxes or else legislate a more dirigiste system of directing personal savings into investment that isn’t so dependent on markets. This can be either done preemptively or in response to the next financial crisis. It goes without saying that the former course of action is surely preferable to the trauma that will be experienced in the...
The global green energy transition is less about geopolitics and more about economic reality, according to Arif Aga, director of global renewable engineering consultancy SgurrEnergy. For many nations seeking to adopt clean energy, their priority remains the practical pursuit of lowering costs, a reality that has entrenched China’s leading role in the global clean power supply. According to the renewable energy technical adviser, the vast scale of Chinese manufacturing and its rapid enhancement...
India has launched CoalSETU, a new policy for long-term coal linkage auctions aimed at industrial use and exports. This dedicated window allows any domestic industrial buyer to bid, simplifying procedures and boosting the utilization of coal reserves. Fuel supply agreements can extend up to 15 years, with flexible use within group companies, potentially reducing imports and creating export opportunities.
Chris Bowen says first 50kWh of a system would still be eligible, but discounting would not be as generous per kWh for medium- and larger-sized batteries Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Discounts for larger systems will be wound back under a popular home battery scheme as the program’s budget is tripled. The federal subsidy, which has been in place for five months, will get a generous top-up to $7.2bn across four years after initially being earmarked to cost $2.3bn, the energy minister, Chris Bowen, said. Continue reading...
The report, based on documents obtained by the New York Times, says it’s unclear how many arrests have been made due to this data sharing The admiral in charge of US military forces in Latin America will retire two years early, AP reports, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include Wednesday’s seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats. Three US officials and two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Admiral Alvin Holsey was pushed out by defense secretary Pete Hegseth . Two officials said Hegseth had grown frustrated with Southern Command as he sought to flex US military operations and planning in the region. Continue reading...
How carbon fiber could turn car bodies into power sources.
This year, thousands of Tuvaluans applied for Australia’s climate-migration visas to escape the impacts of rising sea levels.
Environmental advocates welcome Net Zero Commission’s report which found the fossil fuel was ‘not consistent’ with emissions reductions commitments Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales government has been warned it can no longer approve coalmine developments after the state’s climate agency found new expansions would be inconsistent with its legislated emissions targets. In what climate advocates described as a significant turning point in campaigns against new fossil fuel programs, the NSW Net Zero Commission said coalmine expansions were “not consistent” with the state’s legal emissions reductions commitments of a 50% cut (compared with 2005...
Russia's oil exports have plummeted to their lowest point since the Ukraine war began, driven by buyer avoidance, tightened US sanctions, and Ukrainian attacks. This decline, coupled with weakening prices, has slashed Moscow's oil revenue to its lowest since February 2022, straining the Russian budget.
France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas.
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read “I ♥ Fossil Fuels.” “You want one?” asked a conference attendee, offering me the […]
Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture On the concrete floor of a greenhouse in rural Kansas stands a neat grid of 100 plastic plant pots, each holding a straggly crown of strappy, grass-like leaves. These plants are perennials – they keep growing, year after year. That single characteristic separates them from soya beans, wheat, maize, rice and every other major grain crop, all of which are annuals: plants that live and die within a single growing season. “These plants are the winners, the ones that get to pass their genes on [to future generations],” says Lee DeHaan of the Land Institute , an agricultural non-profit based in Salina, Kansas. If DeHaan’s breeding programme maintains its current progress, the descendant...
Rising temperatures and extreme rainfall might not seem connected, but they often are. Here's how.
There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have made Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris climate treaty, one of the landmark days in climate-action history. Attending the conference as a journalist, I watched and listened and wondered whether 194 countries could ever agree on anything at all, and the night before they did, people who I thought were more sophisticated than me assured me they couldn’t. Then they did. There are a lot of ways to tell the story of what it means and where we are now, but any version of it needs respect for the complexities, because there are a lot of latitudes between the poles of total victory and total defeat. I had been dreading the treaty anniversary as an occasion to note that we have not done nearly enough, but in July...
For three decades, Xu Chongyu was Europe’s secret weapon against the rising tides. Working from the University of Oslo, Xu developed hydrological models that helped to guard cities from Copenhagen to Brussels, predicting floods before the first clouds formed. But the climate clock was ticking fast and his homeland needed him, so the Chinese-born scientist decided to leave. A homecoming ceremony was held for Xu on December 3 at North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU)...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04445F, Paper Cheng-Lin Miao, Lu Feng, Xiao-Xue Wang, De-Hui Guan, Xin-Yuan Yuan, Ji-Jing Xu Asparaginate additive synergistically regulates bulk electrolyte and electrode/electrolyte interface in Zn metal batteries enabling long-term ultra-stable Zn plating/stripping at high depth of discharge and durable Zn batteries and Zn capacitors. 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
The United States is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The seizure was the first interdiction of an oil cargo or tanker from Venezuela, which has been under US sanctions since 2019. It came as the US executes a large-scale military build-up in the southern Caribbean and as US President Donald Trump pushes...
The groups say the agency did not adequately consider the risks of authorizing the hunt for new oil reserves.
Some communities are taking their concerns about intensifying climate disasters to the courts.
The birthday of the founding treaty of climate negotiations arrives just as the fight against climate change appears to lose momentum.
The United States imposed new sanctions on Venezuela, targeting three nephews of President Maduro's wife and six oil tankers. This action follows a US military buildup in the Caribbean and a recent seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker. The move has escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas, with Maduro denouncing the seizure as "naval piracy."
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04802H, Paper Wenyan Du, Qi Huang, Yaokang Lv, Ziyang Song, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu Multi-S-heterocyclic covalent organic frameworks as a new p-type cathode are designed, which triggers stable 30 e − OTF − coordination at high redox voltage (1.3 V), giving Zn–organic batteries high energy density and ultralong life. 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
Putin called Maduro a day after United States forces seized control of an oil tanker in Venezuela as part of an escalation in tensions between the Trump administration and Maduro's government.
A state government agency has declared that NSW cannot meet its climate targets if it keeps approving new coal mine extensions.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court charges four oil companies with failing to properly clean up at least 227 idle or exhausted wells in the oil field near Baldwin Hills.
Change comes after more than 220 writers, scholars and researchers signed an open letter expressing alarm about the proposal. Follow updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Officials investigating after Victoria police memorial vandalised overnight Victoria police are investigating the vandalism of the Victoria Police Memorial in Melbourne this morning. If you don’t need to be on the roads during heavy rainfall, we ask the community to delay their travel until the storm passes. If you do come across flash flooding, the best thing to do is turn around and find another way – it’s not worth putting your life or your loved ones at risk. It doesn’t take much for vehicles to become stuck in water or washed away as you don’t know what damage has been done...
The Paris Agreement at 10: A Celebration and a Call to Action wil.thomas@wri.org Thu, 12/11/2025 - 16:08 Ten years ago, we witnessed something akin to a miracle. Hundreds of leaders came together for the UN’s annual climate summit (COP15) in Paris. There, they forged what many thought impossible: a global agreement to curb climate change — one where virtually every country committed to deliver its fair share of action. The Paris Agreement, as it came to be known, was the culmination of years of hard work and courageous leadership from ministers, heads of state, philanthropists, NGOs and communities. It’s served as the backbone of cooperative climate action ever since. The pact unites the world in a shared goal of holding global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C...
Senior Democratic lawmakers — and at least one Republican — criticized President Donald Trump on after U.S. forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker off the country's coast
This year is likely to end up as the 2nd- or 3rd-warmest year on record, despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event. The post 3rd warmest on record (again): November 2025 keeps a hot global streak going appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The approval of the 340-kilometre Ambler Access Road came as record rainfall in Northwest Alaska flooded villages and ripped through fish spawning habitat — the latest climate-driven blow to Indigenous communities already watching caribou and salmon numbers plummet.
Unease grows in Washington, including among some Republicans, over Trump administration’s escalating military posture in the Caribbean US politics live – latest updates Senior Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican have condemned Wednesday’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the nation’s coast, with one saying Donald Trump is “sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela”. There is growing, at least somewhat bipartisan unease in Washington over the administration’s escalating military posture in the region. Trump has accused Venezuela of facilitating drug trafficking, and increased the US military presence in the Caribbean to a level not seen in decades. The administration has also conducted a campaign of bombings of alleged drug boats, killing more than 80 people so...
Images captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields responsible for space weather escape from the Sun — and how sometimes they don’t. Like a toddler, our Sun occasionally has disruptive outbursts. But […]
As Washington state prepares for mass rain-induced evacuations, here's what climate has to do with extreme downpours.
María Corina Machado says action was ‘very necessary step’ to confront Nicolás Maduro’s ‘criminal’ regime Europe live – latest updates Venezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, has said she supports the US seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, calling it a “very necessary step” to confront Nicolás Maduro’s “criminal” regime. Speaking in Oslo on Thursday, a day after she was honoured for her “tireless” struggle for democratic change, Machado praised the US navy and coastguard helicopter raid on the vessel. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered ideal terrain for gravity-based energy storage, and the […]
Los Angeles County is seeking damages to cover the cost of capping and cleaning up wells in the country's largest urban oil field.
Manchester Metropolitan University again wins top spot for climate and social justice in league table More universities have severed ties with fossil fuel companies, banning them from recruitment fairs and refusing to advertise roles in the industry, according to the latest higher education league table. The analysis found that eight more universities had signed up to end recruitment ties with the fossil fuel industry - an increase of 80% since last year. This means 18 higher education institutions, or 12% of the sector, now refuse to advertise roles with fossil fuel companies to their students. Continue reading...
European industrial and agricultural concerns are facing diluted environmental regulations, while the bloc as a whole has reduced its climate targets. What's at stake and where do far-right parties feature in the mix?
US forces have seized an oil tanker, reportedly named the Skipper, off Venezuela's coast. Satellite imagery and photos reveal the vessel may have faked its location, broadcasting false data while offloading oil. The tanker has a history of transporting sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, with millions of barrels moved previously. Venezuela has denounced the seizure as piracy.
[FrontPageAfrica] Buchanan -- As contractors of the Light Up South East Program accelerate the planting of concrete light poles in Buchanan City, a joint assessment mission comprising representatives of the European Union Delegation (EUD), the National Authorizing Office (NAO) of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) has commenced field activities in Buchanan to evaluate progress under the ongoing Light Up South-East (LUSE) Rural Electrification Program.
In the face of mounting climate disasters, tribes, scientists, and Southern communities are rallying around a nearly forgotten native plant.
The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, escalating US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. “As you probably know we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” Trump said. “Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually.” Attorney General Pam Bondi … The post US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Thailand is to invite bids for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Andaman Sea, with cabinet approval expected by the end of this month, according to Energy Ministry permanent secretary Prasert Sinsukprasert.
Drilling is producting massive amounts of wastewater. That has regulators and companies scrambling for places to put it.
In announcing the U.S. had seized an oil tanker off Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said of its crude, “We’ll keep it, I guess.”
The narrow draft regulations set an August timeline for businesses to report carbon emissions.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's plans to introduce nuclear energy are expected to play a pivotal role in expanding access to clean and reliable electricity, as the country aspires to do, according to Dr. Mikhail Chudakov, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
China’s recent breakthroughs in fracking technology have the potential to usher in a new shale revolution that could solidify the country’s energy security and reshape the international oil order. That would see China join the United States, whose shale boom earlier this century enabled it to become the largest crude oil producer in the world. This fundamentally altered the international oil market, with significant impact on oil exporters, particularly members of the Organisation of the...
Follow the latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has said the federal government needs to do more to address Indigenous deaths in custody and stop “handballing” to states and territories after a damning report found more Indigenous people died in custody last year than any year since 1980. Thorpe spoke to ABC News this morning, saying the recommendations from a royal commission completed in 1991 have still not been implemented. She said: There’s no appetite at the federal level to do anything about it. They continue to handball to states and territories but we need national oversight, we need a whole unit … to look at these recommendations and start implementing them. States and territories are using us to...
US said a seizure warrant was executed for an oil tanker used in defiance of sanctions.
The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Trump announced, marking a significant escalation in pressure on Nicolás Maduro's regime. The tanker, involved in transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran, was targeted by a seizure warrant executed by federal agencies.
Trump says Colombian president ‘is going to have big problems if he doesn’t wise up’ as US makes major escalation in ongoing pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro Full report – US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast House speaker Mike Johnson said today that he has yet to see the video of the boat strike that has been the subject of intense scrutiny and accusations of war crimes. The Republican speaker said he missed the classified briefing with Hegseth and Rubio this week because he was working with House GOP lawmakers on their emerging health care proposals. Continue reading...
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Using US forces to seize an oil tanker is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States. The US has built up the largest military presence in the region in decades and launched a series of deadly...
Deadly cyclones with torrential rains are supercharged by warming temperatures, says a new report by the World Weather Attribution group. At least 1,600 people were killed after Cyclones Senyar and Ditwah tore through Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka in late November.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The electric car market is booming – just not in the United States. One-quarter of new cars sold around the world so far in 2025 have been electric. That share is forecast to continue rising rapidly in coming years, reaching one-half in the early 2030s. But the electric share of new car sales in the U.S. has plateaued at a mere 10% since 2023, and the Trump administration has implemented policies and regulatory changes that have slammed the brakes on a shift to EVs. As a result, many developing nations in regions like Southeast Asia are passing the U.S. in EV adoption, while China and a number of European countries like Norway ( as Will Ferrell comedically informed us in a GM advertisement ) are leaving...
[African Union] At the opening of the African #Energy Efficiency Ministerial Conference at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this morning, the Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali underscored Africa's deep energy paradox: a continent rich in resources where 600M people lack electricity and 900M still rely on biomass. He called for urgent action to overcome the triple dilemma of energy security, affordability, and regional connectivity.
The winning bids fell short of the total from the department's last oil and gas sale in the Gulf, which was held in 2023.
Co-chairs of LNG firm, who bought stock worth almost $12m each after meeting with Trump officials, deny wrongdoing A senior Democratic senator is calling for an investigation into potential insider trading by fossil-fuel billionaires close to the Trump administration, after a Guardian investigation raised questions about an unusual share buying spree. Robert Pender and Michael Sabel, the founders and co-chairs of Venture Global , a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company headquartered in Virginia, bought more than a million shares worth almost $12m each, just days after meeting with senior Trump officials in March. Continue reading...
[Premium Times] As I step into 2026, my task is to continue building the layers that will create a future where African states can turn their climate commitments into real achievements, and I look forward to that with excitement.
The oil and gas behemoth said it will beat a previous earnings forecast thanks to more fossil fuel production.
In the Ozarks, the growing college town of Fayetteville, Ark., is using clean energy to power city facilities and embracing nature-based solutions to climate threats.
The decline of the coal export industry could come even faster than expected, and we need to do more to manage the economic risks Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here The year is winding down and for some Australians that means thinking about Christmas or the beach. For others, it will mean considering how they will cope with the next heatwave or bushfire. Already, two states have been burning . The least bold prediction for the summer is that temperature records will tumble. It’s what happens when temperatures are on average 1.5C hotter than a little over a century ago. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity.
A G3 geomagnetic storm Tuesday may push northern lights into Oregon and the Midwest, with minor satellite and GPS disruptions possible from a solar coronal mass ejection.
“There will never be a better time than now to invest in a stable climate, thriving ecosystems, and resilient lands, or in sustainable development that delivers for all,” said Amina J. Mohammed, the deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, during the opening plenary of the seventh meeting of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) taking place […]
Federal judge declared January executive order unlawful, ruling in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general A federal judge on Monday struck down Donald Trump ’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of windfarms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violated US law. Judge Patti Saris of the US district court for the district of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s 20 January executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful. Continue reading...
Jim Farley’s comments come as US manufacturer and Renault announce deal to make two smaller electric cars Business live – latest updates The boss of Ford has said western carmakers are “in a fight for our lives” against Chinese competition as the US manufacturer agreed a new partnership with France’s Renault. The two companies said on Tuesday that they would work together on two smaller electric cars, with the first to go on sale as soon as early 2028. They will also look at producing vans together. Continue reading...
[Capital FM] Taita Taveta -- President William Ruto has directed the Tourism Ministry in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), to consolidate Tsavo East, Tsavo West, and the Galana Kulalu landscape into a single carbon credit zone as part of a new strategy to expand conservation revenue and strengthen climate financing.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are electromagnetic fields from solar farms harmful to human health? Electromagnetic fields from solar farms are far too weak to harm human health and fall well within accepted safety limits for exposure. Solar equipment emits non-ionizing radiation, meaning it has enough energy to move atoms in a molecule but not enough to remove electrons or damage DNA. Solar farm EMFs are even less energetic than other forms of common non-ionizing radiation such as radio waves, infrared, or visible light. Even when standing directly beside the largest-scale equipment, EMF levels measure around 1,050...
The world needs a new approach to environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet by adopting policies to jointly tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and pollution, according to a UN report released Tuesday.
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’ The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn (£3.8bn) of environmental damage per hour, according to a major UN report. Ending this harm was a key part of the global transformation of governance, economics and finance required “before collapse becomes inevitable”, the experts said. Continue reading...
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday overturned President Donald Trump's decision to halt all new permits for wind energy projects.
Three days after the US government codified its contempt for EU institutions in a startling new national security policy, the bloc’s leaders finally broke their silence on Monday, with European Council President Antonio Costa lambasting Washington’s “threat to interfere in Europe’s political life”. “The United States no longer believes in multilateralism, nor even in a rules-based international order. They speak of the so-called rules-based international order, and they say climate change is a...
Plans for the CP2 liquefied natural gas terminal slowed during the Biden administration.
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.
Asian nations will need $4 trillion for water and sanitation between 2025 and 2040 — about $250 billion a year, says one report.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The establishment of a nuclear energy project is a pillar for Ethiopia to meet both its current and future energy demands, Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos said.
For decades, New York and London have defined the flow of global capital. But while markets still chase short-term returns in US equities, the next great wave of productive investment is taking shape in East Asia, led by China’s financing, manufacturing and export of the clean technologies that are remaking the global economy. That contrast has only widened. As the United States retreats from climate leadership, China has doubled down. A day after US President Donald Trump called climate change...
More buildings are going all-electric, especially in states trying to address climate change. UCI Health–Irvine, the largest all-electric hospital in the country, is opening Wednesday.
Leader John Swinney says independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long term The future of Scottish renewables will underpin the Scottish National party’s Holyrood election campaign , the party leader, John Swinney, has said, as he claimed independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long term. At what was billed as the first campaign event before next May’s elections to the Scottish parliament, Swinney declared: “It’s Scotland’s energy” – mirroring the famous 1970s slogan “It’s Scotland’s oil”, which bolstered the SNP’s first Westminster breakthrough. Continue reading...
The State of Clean Energy, in 10 Charts sarah.brown@wri.org Mon, 12/08/2025 - 10:07 Clean energy continues to dominate new power capacity. In 2024, more than 90% of all new electricity capacity worldwide came from clean sources such as solar, wind, hydro and geothermal. Yet even with this significant growth in renewable capacity, the world is still burning, and increasing its use of, fossil fuels. Geopolitical turmoil and volatile markets are disrupting alliances and trade, creating new hurdles for the clean energy transition. Some countries are backtracking on climate commitments just as global electricity demand is soaring, putting pressure on power grids and making it harder to phase out coal, oil and gas. The biggest challenge now is meeting this growing demand...
Sanctions, instability and external meddling are still problems for Ahmed al-Sharaa, one year after Assad’s fall Ddivided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence The fall of the house of Assad – in pictures If ubiquity and handshakes were the only measures of success, Ahmed al-Sharaa would be diplomat of the year. Since he formally became president of Syria on 29 January 2025, the former leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham – a jihadist group with an al-Qaida lineage – has made a total of 21 public international trips to 13 countries. These include a visit to the UN general assembly, the climate change conference in Brazil, and numerous Arab summits. Continue reading...
At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline Last week, the United Kingdom did something all too rare: it chose leadership by backing science and prioritizing public safety. The Labour government announced it would ban new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, strengthen a windfall tax and accelerate phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies. These are not symbolic gestures. They are an acknowledgment that the global energy system is shifting and that mature economies must shift with it. Tzeporah Berman is a Canadian environmental activist, campaigner and writer Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05181A, Review Article Min Xu, Hongmin Liu, Xinran Gao, Yitao Lou, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou, Nana Wang, Zhongchao Bai All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) offer exceptional energy density and safety, yet interfacial instability at both cathode and anode remains a major challenge. 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
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04804D, Paper Chunlin Xie, Shengfang Liu, Jin Wang, Xianghui Meng, Shuyi Yu, Jiaming Zhang, Haijun Peng, Dan Sun, Yougen Tang, Haiyan Wang† A schematic of NaHMDS as a sacrificial sodium source for highly reversible anode-free sodium batteries with stable SEI/CEI interphases and dendrite-free deposition. 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
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02120K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Abdelaziz Gouda, Juan Manuel Restrepo-Flórez, Abhinav Mohan, Otavio Augusto Titton Dias, Andrew Wang, Camilo J. Viasus Perez, Jessica Ye, Tamlyn Slocombe, Vijay K. Tomer, Jiabao Shen, Nhat Truong Nguyen, Nazir Kherani, Mohamad Hmadeh, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Mohini Sain, Geoffrey Ozin Light-driven methane photolysis produces clean H 2 and MWCNTs from natural gas, enabling low-energy hydrogen fuel and advanced materials for Li-ion storage, with 70% less energy than conventional methods. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed...
Yale Climate Connections editors discuss the YCC en español project, led by Pearl Marvell. The post The world needs more climate change news in Spanish appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Japan has dropped out of plans to build a major nuclear power plant in Vietnam because the time frame is too tight, Japanese ambassador Naoki Ito told Reuters, potentially complicating Vietnam’s long-term strategy to avoid new power shortages. Vietnam, home to large manufacturing operations for multinationals including Samsung and Apple, has faced major power blackouts as demand from its huge industrial sector and expanding middle class often outpaces supplies, strained by increasingly frequent...
State regulators approved a plan to keep the 50-year-old turbine operating through 2026 at Comanche Generating Station, a major climate polluter.
The U.S. has become a "side character" in the global story of renewable energy, experts say. China dominates the sector, with positive implications for the climate and their economy.
[New Times] As climate change tightens its grip and urban populations grow, the urgency of adopting nature-based solutions has never been more pressing. Rwanda's latest initiative, the Kigali Wetlands Revamp, is not only a bold environmental move but a globally significant model of how cities can harmonize development with sustainability.
The federal NDP will select its new leader on March 29 and a key issue as they decide who to pick is how to develop - or not develop -- the country's oil and gas resources.
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland Museum has been accused of misleading teachers and children about the root cause of the climate crisis through a multimillion-dollar education partnership with one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. Shell’s Queensland Gas Company has been sponsoring the museum’s Future Makers learning program since 2015 and produces teaching materials as well as running free professional development courses for teachers. But a review of the program’s climate change materials carried out by climate advocacy group Comms Declare claimed they ignore the root cause of the climate...
Campaigners in Shetland have urged the prime minister to reject the Rosebank oil development, saying it will not benefit the islands.
The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The New Safe Confinement (NSC) at Chernobyl, which was “severely damaged” by the drone strike … The post Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says appeared first on Egypt Independent.
India's Russian crude imports may hit a four-year low in January 2026 due to US sanctions, forcing refiners to seek alternatives. Despite pressure, Russia is exploring new channels, with potential for non-sanctioned oil flows to resume. India's strategic need for cost-effective energy and Russia's efforts to maintain trade suggest this dip might be temporary.
Repeatedly heating cooking oil triggers chemical changes, leading to the formation of harmful compounds that compromise its safety and nutritional value. This degradation can increase the risk of certain cancers and negatively impact cardiovascular and metabolic health over time. Practicing safe frying techniques and being aware of oil's warning signs are crucial for mitigating these risks.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia great again. In 2022, the Biden administration earmarked billions of dollars to help revitalize and strengthen former coal communities. The objective was to lay down building […]
CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty and his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide emphasized the importance of further strengthening political and economic relations between the two countries, as well as supporting cooperation in the fields of renewable energy and investment. This came during a meeting between … The post FM, his Norwegian counterpart emphasize importance of enhancing bilateral ties appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Thailand's oil and gas exploration and production scheme in the Andaman Sea is expected to draw leading international petroleum investors within two years, according to the Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF).
Private cleanup crews were dispatched to the scene at the San Ardo Oil Field, which was 'contained to the immediate area,' according to reports from field operator Aera Energy.
India and Russia have pledged to boost joint efforts on climate action, aligning with global UN goals and the Paris Agreement. Both nations will collaborate on increasing climate finance and technology access for developing countries. They also agreed to intensify dialogue on carbon trading, low-carbon technologies, and sustainable finance, while continuing cooperation within G20, Brics, and SCO.
India and Russia are set to significantly boost nuclear energy collaboration following President Putin's visit. Discussions focused on constructing a second Russian-designed nuclear power plant, with India committed to finalizing site allocation. The agreement also encompasses expanding cooperation in fuel cycle, lifecycle support for Kudankulam, and peaceful atomic energy applications.
Finally, thankfully, the global warming craze is dying out.
[Nile Post] Tonny Sserubiri, a Principal Geologist in charge of exploration at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, has reaffirmed the steady progress, strengthened accountability measures, and growing local participation in Uganda's oil and gas sector.
The two leaders met on Friday for a summit focused on energy, defense and trade.
Narendra Modi says energy security is ‘pillar of the India-Russia partnership’ as two leaders meet in Delhi Vladimir Putin has told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, that Russia is ready to continue “uninterrupted” shipments of oil to India, signalling a defiant stance as the two leaders met in Delhi and affirmed that their ties were “resilient to external pressure”. The statement, made on Friday after the annual India-Russia summit, appeared to be directed at western countries – particularly the US – that have attempted to pressure New Delhi into scaling back its ties to Moscow. Continue reading...
The former congressman has ties to the oil and gas industry, endorses selling some public lands, and embraces the president's false claims about the 2020 election.
An online tool helps businesses figure out how much climate change could increase what they pay for their employees’ health care. The post Climate change is boosting health care costs appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[IPS] Seke, Zimbabwe -- When going home after school, Monica Ben not only takes with her a pen and exercise books but also a lantern to light the dark room and completes her daily homework in Mashonaland East province.
When going home after school, Monica Ben not only takes with her a pen and exercise books but also a lantern to light the dark room and completes her daily homework in Mashonaland East province. Known as the Chigubhu lantern, a Shona name for a bottle, this portable light was made using recycled materials by […]
Lost nationwide: $1.6 billion for building emergency shelters, treating drinking water and adapting to a changing climate.
A sequence of three tropical cyclones coincided with the regular northeast monsoon to deliver rainfall totals unseen in decades.
[Daily News] Dodoma -- TANZANIA is committed to ensuring its participation in carbon trading markets delivers tangible, measurable, and transparent results, aligned with the country's goals outlined in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to combating climate change.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06160A, Paper Zhiheng Shi, Guigui Liu, Haolong Huang, Ziyuan He, Chuanping Lei, Fubin Zheng, Minghui Ye, Yufei Zhang, Zhipeng Wen, Wencheng Du, Xiaoqing Liu, Yue Wei, Qi Yang, Yongchao Tang, Cheng Chao Li Dual-deposition aqueous Zn||I2 batteries, via reversible Zn plating/stripping and four-electron (4e-) iodine redox, represent promising high-energy systems. However, their practical application is hindered by low areal capacity and limited cycle... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
US President Donald Trump announced a significant rollback of fuel-economy standards, lowering targets from 50.4 mpg to 34.5 mpg. This decision effectively shifts the global decarbonization burden to nations like China and India, which are rapidly advancing in electric mobility and renewable energy.
Security agencies launched an extensive search operation in Ajmer, Rajasthan, following a bomb threat email claiming RDX-based explosives were planted at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, district collectorate, and Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The email warned of detonation coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrival. Premises were evacuated and thoroughly checked, with no suspicious objects found so far.
The legislators expressed their opposition to plans for opening up oil and gas drilling off the California coast.
The lawsuit says EPA’s decision to put the brakes on Biden-era regulations will lead to wasted energy and increased pollution.
Rachel Reeves was heavily criticised by the energy industry last week after declining to scrap the energy profit levy.
How much did Rep. Ilhan Omar know about the unfolding MN fraud scheme? DHS has ramped up operations in Minneapolis as Trump focuses on the fraud and scandal rocking that community. A climate study that overestimated the impact of climate change on global economies has been retracted but not before banks and business relied on...
Former oil and gas workers could see their pensions significantly reduced unless greater protections are introduced, an MP has warned.
Offshore wind is seen as crucial to Europe's transition away from fossil fuels, but price increases are forcing governments to raise subsidies.
The new publicly-owned body says its investments will aim to support 10,000 jobs by 2030.
The levy has raised concerns in a majority of the bloc’s governments that it will increase energy bills.
Thailand's energy and power sector is entering a major transition, driven by the National Energy Policy Council's (NEPC) approval of a new natural gas pricing structure and shifting investment themes that increasingly favour renewable energy and power demand driven by data centres.
[The Conversation Africa] Zambia wants to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions almost in half by 2030. But its 8th National Development Plan aims to transform the country into a "prosperous middle-income nation by 2030" through industrialisation. And here's the challenge: there isn't an obvious way to replace the fossil fuels that are used in growing industries.
ByteDance’s TikTok will invest more than 200 billion reais (US$37.7 billion) to build a data centre in Brazil, marking its first project in Latin America. TikTok would partner with data centre developer Omnia and Casa dos Ventos, one of Brazil’s leading renewable energy providers, in a data centre in the northeastern state of Ceara, Monica Guise, head of public policy at TikTok Brazil, said on Wednesday. The project, which would be developed near the industrial port of Pecém, would fully rely on...
Hungary and Slovakia, which both rely on the pipeline from Russia, reported that oil supplies were flowing normally on Wednesday.
Executives from Ford, GM and Stellantis will be at the White House Wednesday as Trump rolls back rules pushing automakers to sell more electric cars.
The European Union has agreed to completely halt Russian gas imports by autumn 2027, ending new long-term pipeline contracts by September 30, 2027, and LNG deals by January 1, 2027. This move aims to enhance energy security and independence, with a roadmap also being drafted to eliminate Russian oil imports to Hungary and Slovakia by the same deadline.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Climate change deeply intertwined with drought, displacement, and food insecurity, remains one of the most underreported issues in African newsrooms, according to Somali and Kenyan IGAD Media Awards 2025 winners.
Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives This article was produced in partnership with Floodlight For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90m acres – about the size of Montana – and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ethanol blended into most of the nation’s gasoline. Continue reading...
A private company is pressing ahead with plans to construct a giant renewable energy complex in sight of one of Earth's most productive astronomical facilities.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05927E, Paper Jiaqi Ni, Jing Yan, Ying Tao, Jie Ding, Auttaphon Chachvalvutikul, Ouardi Akdim, Lingyue Liu, Shanshan Huang, Weixu Wang, Hongli Sun, Haifeng Qi, Chenliang Su, Bin Liu The sustainable production of ammonia (NH3) via electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3-RR) presents a dual solution for environmental remediation and renewable energy storage. However, this process is hindered by the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
True to its promise, the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite is now being used to calculate directly how clouds and aerosols influence Earth’s energy balance – the all-important balance that regulates our climate. In doing so, EarthCARE is poised to sharpen the accuracy of climate models, the very tools that guide global climate policy and action.
More than 1,400 people have been killed across South and Southeast Asia in a week of catastrophic floods, exposing how rising global temperatures are amplifying extreme weather, even as international negotiations to phase out fossil fuels stall. Successive storms, cyclones and relentless rains have triggered catastrophic flash floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia, overwhelming local authorities already operating at the limits of their capacity. While...
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Beijing for his three-day visit to China on Wednesday – and he is not coming alone. Alongside his wife Brigitte, the French leader is bringing a delegation of more than 80 people, including multiple ministers and nearly 40 CEOs from across the corporate world. Despite rising trade tensions between China and Europe, the long guestlist signals that Macron is travelling to Beijing looking to do business – and hints at France’s likely priorities. From...
The suit accuses the company of overcharging for electricity and misleading customers in Massachusetts about its use of renewable energy.
The island is home to some of the world’s biggest chipmakers, who are increasingly demanding a clean and stable supply of electricity.
This month our columnist Carlos Alba will make the final payment on an electric car, which he bought in an effort to help battle climate change. But he says the EV industry and government at every level appear to have done everything in their power to convince him he made the wrong choice
The nation says $7 billion is required over the next decade to hit its 2035 target.
As climate change makes it harder to grow arabica beans in Brazil, some farmers are investing in robusta, which produces a more bitter bean but can tolerate higher temperatures.
Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker also called for support for the secondhand market, documents reveal Business live – latest updates Tesla privately warned the UK government that weakening electric vehicle rules would hit battery car sales and risk the country missing its carbon dioxide targets, according to newly revealed documents. The US electric carmaker, run by Elon Musk, also called for “support for the used-car market”, according to submissions to a government consultation earlier this year obtained by the Fast Charge, a newsletter covering electric cars. Continue reading...
[New Times] For the past few months, I have immersed myself in the world of nuclear energy and I can truly say that while the science of atoms, isotopes, reactors, and radiation initially seemed intimidating, it has revealed a fascinating realm of possibilities in driving socioeconomic growth - especially, in a country emerging as a tech and industrial hub.
Panic gripped Srinagar as a Himalayan black bear was sighted at the University of Kashmir and later at SKIMS hospital, nearly 10km apart. Wildlife officials are deploying traps and drones to capture the elusive animal. Increased sightings are attributed to climate change and readily available food sources like garbage, disrupting hibernation patterns.
The chiefs also voted in favour of a resolution asking the federal government to withdraw from the MOU signed with Alberta that could pave the way for a new pipeline through B.C.
[This Day] Lake Chad, once a thriving freshwater lake supporting millions of people across Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, is now a shadow of its former self. Over the past five decades, the lake has shrunk by more than 90%, transforming from a vast inland sea into scattered ponds and marshes.
WARSAW — China's electric vehicle (EV) industry captured half its domestic market in just a few years, crushing sales of gasoline-powered vehicles from once-dominant global automakers.
The Rural Climate Partnership says rural America is a big source of climate emissions — but can play a big role in solving the crisis, too.
[GroundUp] Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are proposed sites
[Premium Times] NEITI, through its officials, warned that this funding gap could stall the country's energy transition and leave billions in fossil fuel assets stranded.
[Parliament of South Africa] With the impact of climate change intensifying across the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) Ms Boemo Sekgoma has called on the region's parliaments to respond with unprecedented urgency, innovation and courage.
Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release chemicals from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems ‘I kept smelling a horrible nasty smell’: the risks of England’s old dumping grounds Thousands of landfills across the UK and Europe sit in floodplains, posing a potential threat to drinking water and conservation areas if toxic waste is released into rivers, soils and ecosystems, it can be revealed. The findings are the result of the first continent-wide mapping of landfills, conducted by the Guardian, Watershed Investigations and Investigate Europe . Disclaimer: This dataset may contain duplicate records. Duplicates can arise from multiple data sources, repeated entries, or variations in data collection processes. While efforts have been made to identify...
Insects and the plants they depend on are migrating in response to climate change, but not always in the same way.
Parliament has passed the SHANTI Bill, 2025, opening India's civil nuclear sector to private and foreign investment for the first time. This landmark law aims to boost clean energy, enabling a significant increase in nuclear capacity and attracting substantial investment. The bill overhauls governance, redefining liability and establishing the AERB as an independent safety regulator.
In seeking to dismantle the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research, the Trump administration puts climate research and global weather forecasting at risk.
[IPS] Nairobi -- Farmers can now know and benefit from their contribution to climate change thanks to a formula that can be used to calculate the amount of carbon stored in fruit trees.
The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
A bilingual team in Minneapolis is making climate action simple. The post When the energy expert is your neighbor appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As climate change warms the planet, snowy winters are becoming less certain in Europe. Those looking for classic Christmas traditions are learning to adapt.
[Leadership] Federal government has called for an urgent, coordinated action against the impact of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
Meg O’Neill arrives with a reputation for operational rigor and a belief that natural gas, particularly liquefied natural gas, is a long-term necessity.
The country's pledges to cut emissions by 60 percent by 2035 from 2013 levels fall short of what’s required and “threaten our lives,” according to a summary of the complaint.
[This Day] An impact report by All On has revealed that investment in Nigeria's renewable energy sector has hit $250 million from $90 million between 2018 and 2025.
A coal miner in West Virginia has died, the latest mining fatality in the state following the flooding death of a miner last month.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- About 1,000 participants drawn from across Liberia and the West African region have converged in Monrovia for a two-day Second National People's Climate Justice Summit, aimed at advancing inclusive and people-centered climate action.
US President Trump's blockade on Venezuelan oil tankers is unlikely to significantly impact global crude prices, according to Kpler. The market's two-tiered nature and ample supply from other sources, including Iran and Russia, mean disruptions will primarily affect a small group of buyers, particularly in China and Cuba.
New data suggests the majority of Canadians support efforts to expand oil and gas development, including expanding and building pipelines — but within that, their support differs.
Open access notables Widespread Increase in Atmospheric River Frequency and Impacts Over the 20th Century , Scholz & Lora, AGU Advances Atmospheric rivers (ARs) play a dominant role in water resource availability in many regions, and can cause substantial hazards, including extreme precipitation, flooding, and moist heatwaves. Despite this, there is substantial uncertainty about recent and ongoing changes in AR frequency and impacts. Here, we place recent observed trends in their longer-term context using AR records extending back to 1940. Our results show that AR frequency has increased broadly across the midlatitudes, bridging the apparent discrepancy between the observed satellite-era poleward shift and the general increase simulated in climate change projections...
In a terrifying new study, researchers from the University of Reading reveal the six ways in which out-of-control climate change could devastate the country.
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
Locals band together in David v Goliath battle against facility they say would jack up bills, increase pollution and destroy area’s character A who’s who of the nation’s most powerful politicians and tech tycoons are forcing through a proposal for a massive data center in rural Michigan as locals from across the political spectrum have come out in force against it, with one calling it “uniquely evil”. Saline Township, Michigan, residents fear the $7bn center would jack up energy bills, pollute groundwater, and destroy the area’s rural character. The 1.4 gigawatt center would consume as much power as Detroit, and would help derail Michigan’s nation-leading transition to renewable energy. Continue reading...
Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said the country will continue trading oil despite the U.S.'s recent blockade of sanctioned tankers, adding that President Donald Trump won't achieve his goal of regime change.
[Nile Post] Vivo Energy Uganda has urged education leaders to shift school kitchens away from firewood and charcoal, saying clean cooking solutions are no longer an environmental luxury but a public health and education priority.
The home-fitted renewable-energy sources are inexpensive and easy to install, and reduce electricity costs. Here's what can be learned from their surging popularity in Germany.
The secretary has moved aggressively, reorganizing the department and bolstering fossil fuels while trying to tackle artificial intelligence’s energy demands.
The International Energy Agency estimates that India and other nations could buoy the fuel through 2030.
Declining rainfall and rising temperatures have dried up pasture land at the same time agricultural use has expanded.
New research has found a sizeable number of those on the move are doing so to avoid dangerous climate change.
After years of shortages and economic collapse, Venezuelans face fresh uncertainty as Trump threatens an oil blockade — but many say they're too exhausted to do anything but endure.
O’Neill tapped to lead global oil and gas giant, which has broken from net zero strategy and will ramp up fossil fuels Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Meg O’Neill, the Woodside Energy CEO who has previously criticised young people for taking an “ideological” stance against fossil fuels, will step down as head of the Australian gas giant after being tapped to lead one of the world’s biggest emitters. BP, which earlier this year broke from its net zero emissions strategy and pivoted back to fossil fuels, announced on Thursday that it had appointed O’Neill as chief executive. Continue reading...
President Trump's declaration of a partial blockade of oil tankers heading to and from Venezuela has escalated tensions with the Latin American country.
Experts say a closure of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., would leave millions vulnerable to worsening climate hazards.
[Nile Post] Small and medium-sized enterprises have been urged to adopt professional and ethical business practices if they are to survive and benefit from the country's oil and gas sector.
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday SHANTI Bill, 2025, paving the way for private sector participation in India's nuclear energy industry. This legislation (yet to be passed in Rajya Sabha) introduces a new civil liability framework and strengthens the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. While crucial operations remain government-controlled, the bill aims to boost nuclear power capacity and applications, encouraging investment in the sector.
NGOs Support New Geothermal Sustainable Development Pact shannon.paton@… Wed, 12/17/2025 - 12:54 We, the undersigned groups, welcome the release of the Geothermal Sustainable Development Pact and the underlying Principles for Responsible Geothermal Development . Next-generation geothermal technologies can provide needed sources of clean, resilient heat and electricity. The principles and provisions contained in the Geothermal Sustainable Development Pact are a commendable initial step in identifying best practices for the responsible development of these resources. These principles contain important parameters, including early engagement and consultation with local communities, fair labor practices, avoidance and protection of sensitive areas and environmental...
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”
The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the "Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima" (CSRL) after determining that the criminal organization was stealing fuel and crude oil from Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex.
A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions When Helen Reed first learned about the bioenergy mill opening in her hometown of Gloster, Mississippi, the word was it would bring jobs and economic opportunities. It was only later that she learned that activity came with a cost: the Amite Bioenergy mill, opened in 2014 by British energy giant Drax, emits large – and sometimes illegal – quantities of air pollutants, including methanol, acrolein and formaldehyde, which are linked to cancers and other serious illnesses. “When I go out, I can’t hardly catch my breath,” Reed said. “Everything is worse since Drax came here.” Continue reading...
Efforts to combat climate change too often sideline the very communities hit hardest by the crisis and who have contributed the least to it. This injustice was the core idea of the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program. Now that VCA has concluded after five years, Job Muriithi and Winny Nyanwira from Hivos reflect […]
[The Point] Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time and requires a multidisciplinary approach to understand and address it. Psychology plays a central role in understanding human behavior in relation to the transition to lower-carbon lifestyles and adaptation to the effects of climate change.
A court filing by a group with deep ties to the pipeline company Energy Transfer raises questions about the growing use of amicus briefs in litigation.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered "a total and complete blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers going to or from Venezuela.
“It’s not politics. That’s what the data say,” said the study’s author, who examined 70 tide gauges around the country.
The Republican has been a champion of hydroelectric energy and opposed to the sale of public lands.
Move comes amid escalating campaign against Maduro as Venezuelan government condemns ‘grotesque threat’. Plus, how to plan a polyamorous wedding Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all oil tankers under sanctions from entering and leaving Venezuela, increasing pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro. What has Trump said? In a post on social media last night announcing the blockade, Trump alleged Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking and other crimes and vowed to escalate the military buildup. “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” Trump wrote. What do we know about the shooting?...
A tanker seized by the US is believed to be part of a "ghost fleet" used by Venezuela to evade oil sanctions.
The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia’s energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. The US is considering options, such as targeting vessels in Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of tankers used to transport Moscow’s oil, as well as traders who facilitate the transactions, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private...
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing new demands for the country's crude.
Ukraine extended aerial attacks targeting Russia's energy infrastructure for a fifth day with a drone strike on an oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has launched an urgent push to access global climate "loss and damage" financing, as mounting floods linked to rising lake levels overwhelm communities, wipe out infrastructure and outstrip the country's ability to adapt.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) is asking for communications between Trump appointees and a natural gas pipeline trade group.
Assisted fertilization is gaining momentum in the Caribbean to counter the drastic loss of corals due to climate change.
The new national oil plan (NOP), which maps out long-term oil usage for the country, is expected to have several revisions as a result of projected shifts in global oil demand, the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) and data centres, says the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).
President Trump has ordered a naval blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers, escalating pressure on Nicolas Maduro. Citing Venezuela's alleged use of oil revenues for illegal activities, Trump declared a massive naval buildup in South America. This military campaign, including strikes on vessels, aims to interdict drugs and potentially oust Maduro, according to administration officials.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- IGAD is working with member states on an anticipatory action roadmap, designed to ensure that early warnings for floods, droughts and other climate hazards trigger concrete measures that protect lives, livelihoods and property.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04331J, Communication Guixiang Ding, Zhaoqiang Wang, Zihe Chen, Yin Xiao, Xin Liu, Li Shuai, Lihui Chen, Hongwei Huang, Guangfu Liao Edge-rich nickel–aluminum layered double hydroxide nanoflakes with abundant lattice O defects and unsaturated coordination-regulated high-spin Ni sites were constructed for effective and selective solar-driven CO 2 conversion in a pure water system. 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
It comes a week after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a move that intensified pressure on its government.
Donald Trump has declared Venezuelan leadership a foreign terrorist organization and ordered 'a total and complete blockade' of oil tankers headed to and from the country.
[Ghanaian Times] Residents of Kofi Ayim in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region have expressed joy and relief following the handover of two fully installed Power Up units by Betway Ghana, providing a reliable source of electricity after decades without power.
Low snowpack, leftover burn scars, and abnormally warm temperatures are supercharging the atmospheric rivers hitting the Pacific Northwest.
In a major climbdown, the European Commission confirmed carmakers will no longer be forced to sell only zero-emissions vehicles.
After the Bureau of Land Management signed off on changes to a Nevada solar farm approved during the Biden administration, construction may start next month.
These books span the cosmos, the ocean, climate solutions, rivers, forests, and more. The post 12 non-fiction titles that climate readers will be delighted to unwrap appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Modelling suggests by 2050 main electricity market could run almost entirely on renewables without increase in generation cost Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The cost of generating electricity in an Australian grid powered by 82% renewable energy would be a third cheaper than current wholesale electricity costs, according to new CSIRO analysis. The organisation has for the first time modelled the likely cost of electricity generation from different combinations of technology that could make up Australia’s grid in 2030 and 2050. Previous work has only looked at the comparative costs of individual technologies. Continue reading...
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are toxic heavy metals from solar panels posing a threat to human health? Toxic heavy metals in solar panels are locked in stable compounds and sealed behind tough glass, preventing escape into air, water, or soil at harmful levels. Most concern focuses on cadmium and lead. 40% of new U.S. panels use cadmium telluride, which does not dissolve in water, easily turn to gas, or approach the toxicity of pure cadmium. During manufacturing and disposal, heavy metals are handled under safety and waste rules. Per unit of electricity, solar releases far less heavy metals than fossil fuels. ...
Donald Trump is pushing gas guzzlers over EVs — in spite of climate and cost concerns. China is now set to race further ahead into an electrified automotive future.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05041C, Perspective Xiaoqiang Cui, Shicheng Dong, Ningning Cao, Xuchen Zhang, Junxia Wang, Haiguang Fu, Beibei Yan, Zhen Yu, Guanyi Chen, Miao Yu The global crises of resource scarcity, energy shortage, and environmental degradation demand innovative solutions for sustainable development. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) has emerged as a transformative technology for recovering resource/energy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The price of crude has dropped since the president ordered the capture of a sanctioned tanker carrying 2 million barrels of Venezuelan oil.
The bill would require certain fossil fuel companies to contribute to a state fund to compensate for their impact on climate change.
Reaching the climate targets and schedule “would have required significant investments that are currently not realistic,” the company said.
Opponents of coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains have some sharp criticism for Alberta's UCP government after being told to resubmit their citizens petition.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02523-7Climate denial in political discourse is fuelled by psychological factors such as psychological distance, cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, loss aversion, existential anxiety and social identity. Effective communication strategies addressing deniers’ motivations are crucial as denial undermines urgent climate action.
As each Christmas approaches, one song permeates the airwaves across the United States and elsewhere: White Christmas. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, “White Christmas” is the #1 selling physical single of all times with over 50 million copies sold. Many know those iconic opening lyrics: “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Just […]
Ukraine’s Nato ambitions, the future of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and elections were also discussed Separately, the commission’s deputy chief spokesperson Olof Gill has just confirmed that commission president Ursula von der Leyen will attend the Berlin talks this evening. Not a surprise at all, but good to have it formally confirmed. Continue reading...
Kemi Badenoch donned overalls with her striking footwear as she was shown around the Kent site.
Chile's state-owned energy company, ENAP, has signed a landmark agreement with four Argentine firms to import crude oil from the Vaca Muerta region.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has rewarded environmental activist Truphena Muthoni with a fully sponsored holiday after her widely publicised act of spending 72 continuous hours embracing an indigenous tree to raise awareness about environmental conservation and climate change.
The Maduro regime is accusing the U.S. of conducting a cyber attack against its state-run oil company, PDVSA, claiming its part of a broader plan to take the country's oil.
A group of 55 researchers gathered and analyzed 1,260 bibliographic references to compile the Second Academic Report on Climate Change in Venezuela. Their final conclusion is that more local studies are still needed to record the direct impacts across different Venezuelan regions and, in particular, to provide data to design the adaptation plans necessary to […]
[Nile Post] Cotton farmers in Kasese District have raised fresh concerns over climate change and falling market prices, warning that the twin challenges are threatening the survival of one of the region's once most reliable cash crops.
The DOE report by climate contrarians has caused legal problems for Administrator Lee Zeldin's attempts to roll back the scientific finding.
Policymakers are poised to approve a road map for energy policy that doesn’t achieve mandated emissions cuts.
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng plans to establish a production base in Malaysia targeting Southeast Asian customers, in its latest move to expand overseas to improve profitability. The Guangzhou-based company, 5 per cent owned by Volkswagen Group, said on Monday that it would partner with Malaysian firm EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB), an investment conglomerate focusing on automotive manufacturing and engineering, to locally assemble its intelligent electric cars tailored to the needs...
Three Mile Island, site of a past nuclear accident, is set to power the AI boom. A long-shuttered reactor is being rebuilt to provide reliable, round-the-clock electricity for surging AI data center demands. Microsoft has signed a power purchase agreement, securing carbon-free energy. This revival signals a broader shift towards nuclear power to fuel technological advancements.
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you’re reading this, chances are you care a lot about fighting climate change, and that’s great. The climate emergency threatens all of humanity. And although the world has started to make some progress on it, our global response is still extremely lacking. […]
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 7, 2025 thru Sat, December 13, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (8 articles) When climate risk hits home, people listen: Local details can enhance disaster preparedness messaging Phys.org, Stockholm School of Economics, Dec 08, 2025. A 30-year-old sea level rise projection has basically come true Even without today’s advanced modeling tools, scientists made a ‘remarkably’ accurate estimate. Yale Climate Connections, YCC Team, Dec 08, 2025. Nearly 8,000 animal species are at risk as extreme heat and land-use change collide Phys.org, University of Oxford, Dec 09, 2025. ...
A small portion of drivers have switched to EVs to reduce their impact on the environment, but what if you could make gasoline to fuel your car from thin air?
Floodwaters recede in Abbotsford, but Highway 1 remains closed; experts warn more rain, landslides and repeated flooding risks due to climate change.
Two closely linked First Nations are taking different paths as Ontario pushes ahead with Ring of Fire roads and mining in a region reshaped by climate change and geopolitics.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have been detected by researchers, in a study thought to be the first time a statistically significant link has been found between rising temperatures and […]
A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?
Mark Carney, once a U.N. special envoy on climate action and finance, is now winning praise from industry but alienating former environmental allies.
The sudden dissolution of parliament by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is causing shockwaves when it comes to Thailand's economic recovery plans, with business leaders warning of stalled stimulus measures and renewable energy projects.
The seizure of the Skipper on Wednesday marked the first US capture of Venezuelan oil cargo since sanctions were imposed in 2019 Venezuelan oil exports have reportedly fallen sharply since the US seized a tanker this week and imposed fresh sanctions on shipping companies and vessels doing business with Caracas, according to shipping data, documents and maritime sources. The US seizure of the Skipper tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday was the first US capture of Venezuelan oil cargo since sanctions were imposed in 2019 and marked a sharp escalation in rising tensions between the Trump administration and the government of Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...
The Union Cabinet has greenlit a bill to open India's nuclear power sector to private players, a move crucial for achieving 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047. The SHANTI Bill proposes changes to civil liability laws, caps supplier liability, and allows up to 49% foreign direct investment. This aims to boost domestic energy production and meet net-zero targets.
Australia has welcomed the first climate migrants from Tuvalu, a Pacific nation facing inundation due to rising sea levels. A groundbreaking bilateral treaty allows Tuvaluans to live, study, and work in Australia, offering "mobility with dignity" as climate impacts worsen. This initiative marks a significant step in addressing climate-induced displacement.
Learn what the first maps of the sun's atmospheric boundary reveal about solar wind and its escape into space.
James Webb finds a hot planet that is tidally locked with its parent star, is coated with a thick atmosphere of volatile chemicals.
[Daily News] Nairobi -- EXPERTS have called for a greater inclusion of children in climate action, saying their perspectives are crucial in planning for a changing environment.
Scientists have discovered a strong link between rising temperatures in southeast Greenland and changes in polar bear DNA.
The US Copper Industry Needs a Strategy, Not a Contradiction alicia.cypress… Fri, 12/12/2025 - 08:30 Copper is essential to the modern economy. From home wiring and electric vehicles to renewable energy grids and telecommunications, the metal is necessary for cleaner technologies and more resilient infrastructure. The U.S. already uses a lot of copper and will need a lot more to keep up with rising clean energy demands. Yet despite its strategic importance, U.S. copper policy is marked by fragmentation and short-term thinking rather than clear direction. This is especially notable as most analysts believe that, both globally and in the U.S., copper demand is likely to outstrip supply within a decade. Global demand is projected to rise by 22% from around 27...
Measure to add two GOP-friendly seats failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats. Plus, how the Paris climate treaty changed the world Good morning. Indiana Republicans rejected an effort to redraw the state’s lines on Thursday in a rebuke to Donald Trump and Republican efforts to add two more Republican-friendly seats to Indiana’s congressional districts. How might the administration react to the vote? Heritage Action, the advocacy branch of the conservative Heritage Foundation, posted on social media: “President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state. Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04892C, Paper Wang Xu, Yongbiao Mu, Yaoyu Yin, Anjun Hu, Yuanjian Li, Jian Wang, Qi Liu, Jianping Long, Lin Zeng, Shimou Chen This work proposes a conjugated topologically confined composite electrolyte, promoting the formation of an anion-dominated solvation structure and LiF/Li 3 N-rich interphases that suppress lithium dendrites and cathode degradation. 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
Rethinking American suburbs could help people drive less, lowering emissions. The post In an Ohio suburb, sprawl is being transformed into walkable neighborhoods appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[FrontPageAfrica] Greenville -- A high-powered delegation representing the European Union (EU) and key Government of Liberia (GoL) institutions, including the National Authorizing Office (NAO) of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MoFDP) and the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA), arrived in Greenville on Thursday for a comprehensive assessment of ongoing activities under the EU-funded Light Up South East Rural Electrification Project.
The post Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the State’s Energy Supply appeared first on ProPublica.
Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees ensures that those most vulnerable to climate change, including women-headed households, widows, and elderly women, gain long-term security and financial inclusion, embedding justice and resilience into the recovery process. — Khalid Mehmood Shaikh, CEO of SPHF
[allAfrica] COP30 will be remembered less for what it achieved and more for what it avoided. The summit closed without a single new commitment to phase out fossil fuels, the very issue driving global heating. The BBC called it "one of the most divisive COPs in three decades," and rightly so. Yet beneath the diplomatic failures lies a deeper structural flaw: global climate action remains profoundly misaligned with the human capacity required to implement it. Nowhere is this more evident than in Africa.
The U.S. may be able to keep oil worth as much as $100 million after seizing an oil tanker headed to Cuba.
The blockbuster climate deal made history a decade ago. But its record at taming climate change is spotty.
Scotland's last operational plant, at Torness in East Lothian, is scheduled to cease operating in 2030.
Exclusive: John Fingleton says regulators need to change their attitude to risk to end the country’s economic stagnation Overbearing health and safety rules are stopping Britain building new infrastructure, according to the economist whom Keir Starmer has cited as an inspiration for his growth strategy. John Fingleton, who recently wrote a report for government on how to encourage developers to build new nuclear power plants, told the Guardian regulators needed to change their attitude to risk if the country was to end its long economic stagnation. Continue reading...
A landmark deal with Pacific Gas & Electric will extend the life of the state's remaining nuclear power plant in exchange for thousands of acres of new conservation in San Luis Obispo County.
A federal lawsuit argues that proposed work by ConocoPhillips could threaten delicate ecosystems in the largest tract of public land in the U.S.
India prioritizes its own assessments for environmental policy over external global rankings on pollution and climate resilience. The Environment Ministry stated it doesn't recognize foreign reports like the Global Climate Risk Index or IQAir's air quality rankings as a basis for domestic policy. Instead, the nation relies on its own initiatives like 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan' for evaluating progress.
The White House plans to move the tanker to a US port and seize the oil on board, a move Caracas has labelled as an act of "international piracy".
The company that operates the Trans Mountain pipeline has paid a $196,000 fine for environmental lapses along its B.C. pipeline route in the aftermath of a massive Jan. 2024 storm.
Ukraine's president says territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power remain unresolved issues in a peace plan.
Several media outlets report that at least four long-range drones hit the Filanovsky rig, halting output from more than 20 oil and gas wells.
Treasury Department officials sanctioned three members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's family and others for trafficking drugs, illicit oil.
Open access notables Detectability of Post-Net Zero Climate Change s and the Effects of Delay in Emissions Cessation , King et al., Earth's Future There is growing interest in how the climate would change under net zero carbon dioxide emissions pathways as many nations aim to reach net zero in coming decades. In today's rapidly warming world, many changes in the climate are detectable, even in the presence of internal variability, but whether climate changes under net zero are expected to be detectable is less well understood. Here, we use a set of 1000-year-long net zero carbon dioxide emissions simulations branching from different points in the 21st century to examine detectability of large-scale, regional and local climate changes as time passes under net...
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system, as NASA leads the world in exploring the universe from the Moon to Mars and beyond. Observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth TOI-561 b suggest that the exoplanet is surrounded by a […]
Move marks a major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro. Plus, how Hasan Piker became one of the biggest voices on the US left Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, whose government called the seizure “an act of international piracy”. Where is Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado , in all this? The Nobel peace prize winner greeted crowds in Oslo after secretly traveling to Norway following 11 months in hiding in Caracas. She said she backs the US oil tanker seizure, calling it a crucial step to tackle what...
SINGAPORE - The deadly storms that devastated Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in late November were “supercharged” by higher sea temperatures and made worse by rapid deforestation, scientists said in a study published on Thursday.
"We promise more on environmental restoration than anybody thought possible," the Republican Florida governor said.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05379J, Paper Libin Zeng, Xinyue Wang, Dashuai Wang, Xianyun Peng, Zhibin Liu, Na Wu, Kexin Wang, Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Lecheng Lei, Paolo Samorì, Yang Hou A machine-learning-guided Mo–Cu dual-site cascade enables efficient electrochemical CH 4 -to-EtOH conversion via a three-electron *O 2 − -mediated pathway, achieving near-100% liquid selectivity. 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 warning has sounded that some of Scotland’s most historically significant heritage properties are being affected by accelerating climate change.
The US seizure of a crude oil ship is the latest in a series of escalations in the Trump administration's pressure campaign on Venezuela.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in partnership with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has begun a two-day validation workshop in Monrovia to review a feasibility study assessing potential sites for clean mini-grid development under the African Development Bank's Desert-to-Power (DtP) initiative.
A fountain of oil 'ten to 12 metres high' was reported in the Uckermark region after a pipeline broke on Thursday morning. A clean up operation is ongoing, but authorities say local rivers may have been affected.
The Trump administration purged 80 pages of facts about climate change — including that it's caused by humans.
In the first three quarters of this year, China added 310 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity, up 47.7 per cent year on year and accounting for 84.4 per cent of all new power installations in the country, according to the National Energy Administration. This progress is more than climate leadership or capacity building; it involves a holistic reconstruction of the energy system. China is replacing the 20th-century fossil fuel order with a 21st-century “electro-industrial order” where power...
A Loganair passenger has accused the airline’s ground handling colleagues of prioritising oil workers over hospital patients.
Large power consumers will need 225 gigawatts of electricity over the next five years, testing the state's abililty to quickly add generation.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's selection to host the 32nd United Nations Climate Change Conference stands as a clear acknowledgment of its progress in building climate resilience, said Ferdinand von Weyhe, Chargé d'Affaires of the German Embassy in Addis Ababa.
[UN News] Global temperatures are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’ The climate crisis supercharged the deadly storms that killed more than 1,750 people in Asia by making downpours more intense and flooding worse, scientists have reported. Monsoon rains often bring some flooding but the scientists were clear: this was “not normal”. In Sri Lanka, some floods reached the second floor of buildings, while in Sumatra, in Indonesia, the floods were worsened by the destruction of forests, which in the past slowed rainwater running off hillsides. Continue reading...
Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of "international piracy", vowing never to be an "oil colony".
Survivors of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a claim against the UK's largest oil company.
This is the dramatic moment that US commandos stormed a Venezuelan oil tanker in a breathtaking airborne takedown amid ratcheting tensions in the Caribbean.
According to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who shared the footage, the tanker was used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.
Move is major escalation of US pressure campaign against South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro US politics live – latest updates US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro. The US president confirmed the operation on Wednesday. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela – a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually,” he said. “And other things are happening so you will be seeing that later and you will be talking about that later with other people.” Continue reading...
The young plaintiffs, who won a major case over climate change policy in 2023, argue that legislators are illegally ignoring the effects of fossil fuels.
Though there were setbacks on climate change and funding for science this year, there was still plenty of amazing discoveries to marvel at
U.S. forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, yet another escalation in the pressure campaign against the Maduro regime, according to a new report.
In 2023, court had ruled in favor of 16 plaintiffs that officials violated their constitutional right by promoting fossil fuels The young Montanans who scored a landmark triumph in the lawsuit Held v Montana are calling on the state’s highest court to enforce that victory. In a groundbreaking legal decision in August 2023 , a Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 youth plaintiffs who had accused state officials of violating their constitutional rights by promoting fossil fuels. The state’s supreme court affirmed the judge’s findings in late 2024. But state lawmakers have since violated her ruling, enshrining new laws this year that contradict it, argue 13 of the 16 plaintiffs in a petition filed on Wednesday. Continue reading...
[IPS] In many villages, people may not have smartphones or internet, but they always have a radio. When forecasts are delivered in the local language, through voices they know, communities understand faster and act immediately. --John Mbise, a senior TMA climatologist
Global temperatures are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.
In many villages, people may not have smartphones or internet, but they always have a radio. When forecasts are delivered in the local language, through voices they know, communities understand faster and act immediately. —John Mbise, a senior TMA climatologist
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Investing in a stable climate, healthy ecosystems, sustainable land use and a pollution-free planet could unlock trillions in global GDP, save millions of lives and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger.
MacKenzie Scott gives away $7.1 billion to nonprofits working on climate change, groups promoting equality and historically Black colleges and universities.
Learn how a major shift toward drought reshaped the Flores ecosystem and may have driven the hobbits to extinction.
The solar company Sunrun has managed to thrive despite President Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy, offering what it calls “energy as a service.”
The century-old oil rig has been an issue for months, causing evacuations and the red tagging of multiple homes on the Balboa Peninsula
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
Liberal MPs will be forced to reaffirm their commitment to a new pipeline to the West Coast and a possible overriding of the B.C. tanker ban under the Alberta-Ottawa energy deal.
Market operator says capital cost of infrastructure under optimal path would be $128bn in today’s dollars, but price of delay is even higher Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The capacity of Australia’s main electricity grid will need to triple by 2050 – including a fivefold expansion of large-scale wind, solar and storage – under the most likely development path, the national energy market operator says. The estimate is included in the Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo) draft “integrated system plan” for the national electricity market, the power grid that connects the five eastern states and the ACT. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam...
It’s been a bad year for the United States, and a better one for China.
[New Republic] Voinjama -- The Rural Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) has clarified recent reports concerning the use of approximately 40 acres of land for the development of a solar farm in Bakuma and Vavama, Lofa County.
Kids growing up under average temps above 86 degrees are less likely to meet developmental milestones for literacy and mathematics, experts reported.
Trillions of dollars could be gained every year and millions of lives saved from protecting the climate and environment, according to the UN. DW speaks to Inger Andersen about what might help us get there.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05932A, Paper Deng Hu, Hang Luo, Guanghu He, Xi Chen, Yuting Wan, Fan Wang, Xiaona Li, Huan Wang, Haoran Xie, Dou Zhang Film capacitors are indispensable in electrical engineering; however, balancing the insulation and thermal stability of polymer dielectrics remains a key challenge for high-temperature energy storage. 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
The largest U.S. renewable energy developer announced deals with companies that could bolster gas at data center hubs across the country.
Iraq’s Oil Ministry didn’t name any companies, but U.S. firms including Exxon Mobil and Chevron have emerged as potential suitors for Lukoil’s assets.
Repurposing fossil fuel subsidies and pricing carbon pollution are among the steps called for in the major report.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian Nuclear Energy Commissioner Sandokan Debebe said Ethiopia's decision to pursue nuclear technology is rooted in clear national energy security, economic transformation, and long-term national resilience.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Seventh Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) opened on Monday in Nairobi, bringing together environment ministers, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, youth delegates, and private sector representatives from around the world to advance solutions for a resilient planet through multilateralism.
Corb Lund says he's seeking the intervention as new coal mines could threaten land and water on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and affect the Prairies downstream.
Sun-dimming risks putting the planet’s thermostat under Donald Trump’s control. Better to adopt the precautionary principle with high-stakes science It is fitting that this week’s UN environment talks are in Nairobi, with Africa shaping the global climate conversation. The continent’s diplomats are dealing with the vexed question of whether it is wise to try to cool the planet by dimming the sun’s rays. While not on the formal summit agenda, on the sidelines they are arguing that it’s time to stop promoting solar geoengineering technology as a solution to global heating. It’s hard to disagree. African nations have acted because they don’t want their continent to become a test bed for unproven schemes to spray particles into the high atmosphere to reflect sunlight away from Earth for...
El Niño years are set to become significantly stronger and more regular due to human-caused climate change , a study has found.
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami alert, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency said the magnitude 7.2 quake struck off the coast of Hokkaido, near the coastal city of Aomori, with an epicentre about 50km 30 miles) below the sea surface. It issued an alert in the region for a tsunami of up to 3 metre (up to 10 feet). Nuclear power plants in the region were conducting safety checks, public broadcaster NHK reported. More to...
Blazes in NSW and Tasmania have already led to a firefighter losing his life and close to 40 homes being destroyed as an ominous fire season begins Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australians should “expect the unexpected” this bushfire season amid dangerous conditions, experts have warned, after a severe start that saw a firefighter killed and homes destroyed in several states. Bushfires at Koolewong and Bulahdelah in New South Wales destroyed 20 homes and a natural disaster has been declared in several local government areas, while wind-driven fires at Dolphin Sands in eastern Tasmania razed 19 houses and damaged dozens more. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05317J, Paper Xiaosa Xu, Junjie Chen, Jin Li, Zhenyu Wang, Zixiao Guo, Pengzhu Lin, Yu Wang, Jing Sun, Baoling Huang, Tianshou Zhao A single-Ni-atom-anchored COF as a catalyst is proposed to enhance the decomposition kinetics of lithium salt and construct the inorganic-rich SEI and CEI layers for anode-free solid-state lithium metal 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
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03477A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Shijie Wei, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing We systematically assess the climate change mitigation potential of hydrogen-based fuels in global container shipping at the fleet level from 2020 to 2050. 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
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05519A, Perspective Anchun Tang, Minsi Li, Xueliang Sun, Weihan Li Multidimensional time-, spatial-, and energy-resolved characterisation reveals buried interfacial mechanisms in solid-state lithium metal 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
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis. The green groups, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Food & Water Watch and dozens of local organizations, have urged members of Congress to halt the proliferation of energy-hungry datacenters, accusing them of causing planet-heating emissions, sucking up vast amounts of water and for exacerbating electricity bill increases that have hit Americans this year . Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions. Tens of millions of people can't afford enough food because of rising prices. These crises are interconnected: water is needed to grow food and cool power plants; and energy is needed to pump and treat water and grow food. Problems in one area affect the others. Agricultural
The Ivanpah solar power facility is stuck in the middle of an energy policy tug-of-war between state and federal officials.
Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030 Britain’s energy system operator is pulling the plug on hundreds of electricity generation projects to clear a huge backlog that is stopping “shovel-ready” schemes from connecting to the power grid. Developers will be told on Monday whether their plans will be dismissed by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) – or whether they will be prioritised to connect by either the end of the decade or 2035. Continue reading...
[RFI] Congolese artist Sammy Baloji's first documentary The Tree of Authenticity fuses images and sounds, and features a talking tree as its narrator, to highlight the connection between Democratic Republic of Congo's colonial past and the present-day climate crisis. RFI asked the artist what inspired him to branch out into this new medium.
[New Times] The government is set to pilot a project to quantify climate-related health impacts by integrating climate and health data into early warning systems, officials have announced.
India does not have any immediate plans to add coal power generation capacity beyond 2035, a top power ministry official said on Sunday. “India wants to secure its energy requirements,” Pankaj Agarwal, secretary at the power ministry, said on the sidelines of a power ministry event. “As of 2035, we want to have a coal capacity of 307 gigawatts.” He said it would be “premature to say what we want to do beyond 2035”. India this year proposed increasing its coal power capacity by 46 per cent from...
Mark Carney is considering lifting a tanker ban that has protected coastal communities for 53 years The distress call went out to the Canadian coast guard station after midnight on an October night. The Nathan E Stewart, an American-flagged tugboat, sailing through the light winds and rain of the central British Columbia coast, had grounded on a reef . The captain tried to reverse, moving the rudder from hard over port to hard over starboard. The boat pivoted but did not move, and the tug repeatedly struck the sea bed. Continue reading...
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 30, 2025 thru Sat, December 6, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (8 articles) Where no one really dies One of the most wonderful people I've met as a climate journalist died this year. But Shelton Kokeok, like everyone in Shishmaref, lives on through his name. Basline on Substack, John D. Sutter, Nov 30, 2025. Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? State of the Planet, Emily Cohen, Dec 01, 2025. In Burned Forests, the West`s Snowpack Is Melting Earlier As blazes expand to higher elevations, the impacts cascade downstream. Inside Climate News, Mitch Tobin...
In a recent statement, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy reassured stakeholders that it has not ceased funding for renewable energy projects. Instead, it provided lenders with crucial data on domestic solar manufacturing capacity. This initiative is designed to empower smarter investment choices throughout the solar industry.
Cop30 concluded with confident declarations from global fashion brands: upgraded net-zero road maps, new partnerships under the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action and bold promises to “accelerate supply-chain decarbonisation”. However, the summit revealed something the industry continues to avoid. Fashion’s climate ambition is still being shaped in the West, while the responsibility for delivering it falls almost entirely on Asia. This imbalance has not shifted. Instead, the UN...
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage here Overnight Russian missile and drone strikes left parts of Ukraine without power on Saturday morning, Ukraine’s energy ministry said. The Russian defense ministry confirmed that Russian forces attacked energy facilities that supported the Ukrainian military and port infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces, saying that the strike was in response to what it called Ukrainian attacks on civilian targets. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily lost all off-site power overnight , the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday, marking the 11th time the facility temporarily lost power during the war. Ukraine peace plan talks continue between Trump advisers and Ukrainian officials , with the...
The South American country facing a huge US military buildup has almost a fifth of known global reserves Visual guide to US military presence in the Caribbean Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, says the real motive behind the massive US military buildup in the Caribbean is oil: his country has the largest proven reserves in the world. The US state department denies this, insisting that the airstrikes on boats that have killed more than 80 people and the vast military deployment off South America are part of a campaign against drug trafficking. Continue reading...
Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia blew hole in painstakingly erected €1.5bn shield meant to allow for final clean-up of 1986 meltdown site The protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced. In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement” , which was painstakingly built at a cost of €1.5bn ($1.75bn) next to the destroyed reactor and then hauled into place on tracks, with the work completed in 2019 by a Europe-led initiative. The IAEA said an inspection last week of the steel confinement structure found the drone impact had degraded the structure. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06001J, Paper Xiaofeng Cui, Limin Liu, Xinyang Li, Na Gao, Jie Feng, Dandan Yin, Lanya Zhao, Hetong Qi, Xiangyang Li, Hongyang Zhao, Chunhui Xiao, Shujiang Ding, Wei Yu Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are promising for grid-scale energy storage due to inherent safety and low cost. However, their practical application under high current densities is severely limited by the hydrogen... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Undeterred by global pressures, Russia has commenced nuclear fuel deliveries for Kudankulam's third unit, reinforcing its commitment to uninterrupted energy cooperation with India. This marks the first VVER-1000 fuel shipment under a new contract, promising extended operational cycles and improved performance for India's growing nuclear power capacity.
The tarpaulin barely held against the wind, sagging under days of ceaseless rain. For the earthquake survivors of San Remigio, in the central Philippines, it was all that remained – a thin sheet of plastic above a patch of mud, standing in for the homes a 6.9-magnitude quake had reduced to rubble weeks earlier. Then, in early November, Typhoon Kalmaegi barrelled through. The storm, known locally as Tino, drenched thousands of families still huddled in their makeshift shelters. Roads vanished...
Amidst US sanctions on Russian oil majors, President Putin has assured India of consistent energy supplies, including oil, gas, and coal. This comes as India faces US pressure over its crude oil trade with Russia. Beyond fossil fuels, Russia is also deepening collaboration with India in nuclear energy, transport logistics, and advanced technology sectors.
The Chancellor placed her south London property on the rental market last year as she moved into Downing Street following Labour's general election win.
For decades, helium has been produced with natural gas, generating huge carbon emissions. Now, geologists are looking for new helium sources — and finding enormous "carbon-free" reservoirs that could revolutionize the industry.
Ads to be removed from Adelaide Metro buses after advertising regulator rules they breach its environmental claims code Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here South Australia’s transport department misled the public by running ads on buses claiming “natural gas” was “clean and green”, the advertising regulator has found. The SA Department for Transport and Infrastructure has agreed to remove the advertising that has been on some Adelaide Metro buses since the early 2000s after Ad Standards upheld a complaint from the not-for-profit organisation Comms Declare. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Millions of Americans may still believe warming exists, but far fewer view it as an imminent existential threat.
The government has spent more than $3 billion on beach replenishment over the last four decades. But with worsening climate change, experts say more dramatic change is in order
China and France vowed to expand cooperation on nuclear issues and global challenges as French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his three-day visit to China on Friday. They reaffirmed their commitment to “promoting the safe development of nuclear energy and strengthening collaboration across the nuclear energy industry chain”, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The two nuclear powers also expressed their support for non-proliferation and underscored the key role of the International Atomic...
[Nigeria Health Watch] For more than six years, Olufunke Bamidele and her family have used the Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre, in Lugbe, a community in Abuja, Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT). She recalls a time when access to services at the facility depended entirely on the national electricity grid.
Arizona regulators are the latest Republican officials to take an ax to programs that help people and businesses use less energy.
Researchers reviewed reports from S&P 500 companies and found businesses often downplay climate pollution and revise them later.
From ‘all at sea’ to ‘by and large’, windy weather has had quite an impact on the English language Some everyday expressions have an obvious nautical origin such as “all at sea” and “an even keel”. But plenty of others have slipped into the language unnoticed, including a number derived from how sailors talked about the wind. Surprisingly, “overbearing” was originally a nautical term , meaning having an advantage over another ship by carrying more canvas safely and so being able to sail faster. The expression came to be used metaphorically to describe an approaching storm or anything else that could not be outrun. Similarly to “bear down” on something was to approach forcefully with the wind behind. Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] The G20 group of the world's 20 most powerful economies and the African and European Unions has a group dedicated to women empowerment - the Women 20 (W20). Set up in 2015 to promote gender equality and women's economic empowerment, it's one of 13 official engagement groups in the "Sherpa track" of the G20. It advises governments on how they can promote women's economic empowerment and gender equality. Narnia Bohler-Muller, a legal specialist and gender equality researcher, was the head of South Africa's
Russian President Vladimir Putin's packed second day in Delhi includes a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan and a visit to Rajghat. Prime Minister Modi and Putin will hold crucial bilateral talks at Hyderabad House, focusing on defense deals like S-400s and Su-57s, nuclear energy, and broader cooperation. Several agreements are anticipated.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stopped receiving coal-powered electricity from its last remaining coal source, the Intermountain Power Project in Utah.
[New Dawn] Voinjama, Liberia -- The Rural Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) wishes to clarify recent reports concerning the use of approximately 40 acres of land for the development of a solar farm in Bakuma and Vavama, Lofa County. RREA remains committed to transparency, lawful processes, and meaningful community engagement.
As energy costs and intense competition on global markets present challenges for German chemical producers, one company is scaling up efforts to use domestically gown, renewable materials.
Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades.
Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued a key regulatory permit that helped expand the company’s fortunes in Europe. Robert Pender, an energy lawyer, and Michael Sabel, a former investment banker, are the founders and co-chairs of Venture Global , a Virginia-based company that develops and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals. Continue reading...
Global Witness says plan to upgrade railway line from DRC to Angola puts up to 1,200 buildings at risk of demolition Up to 6,500 people are at risk of being displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project funded by the EU and the US, amid a global race to secure supplies of copper, cobalt and other “critical minerals”, according to a report by campaign group Global Witness . The project, labelled the Lobito Corridor, aims to upgrade the colonial-era Benguela railway from the DRC to Lobito on Angola’s coast and improve port infrastructure, as well as building a railway line to Zambia and supporting agriculture and solar power installations along the route. Angola has said it needs $4.5bn (£3.4bn) for its stretch of the line. Continue...
Coal generation is up, gas is down, and renewables are still in play as power-hungry data centers and surging liquefied natural gas exports shift electricity trends.
The world's biggest contributor of climate pollution is halting its emissions growth as energy demand rises.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 23, 16 December 2025.
[Democracy Works] The G20 moment presents a critical opportunity for African political leadership to shape global governance in ways that reflect its priorities around climate justice, equitable development, and inclusive democracy. South Africa's G20 presidency and the permanent membership of the African Union to the group, presents tangible domestic, regional and international opportunities for youth leadership in the climate and energy democracy space. For these opportunities to be seized meaningfully, political
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05198C, Review Article Ke-Feng Ren, Zhong-Yu Li, Xin Shen, Cong Guo, Weizhai Bao, Feng Yu, Ebrahim Nemati-Kande, Long Kong, He Liu, Xin-Bing Cheng, Jingfa Li Solvation structure of electrolytes can decide the movement of ions and regulate interfacial chemistries in rechargeable batteries. A variety of novel solvation structures are reported with the rapid evolution of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. It marks the US president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and federal support for cleaner-running vehicles and renewable energy. Burning gasoline is a significant contributor to global heating and transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Continue reading...
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The government of Ethiopia remains fully committed to accelerating economic reforms while embedding climate sustainability, State Minister of Planning and Development, Bereket Fisehatsion said.
The new Yukon government says it's looking to restart a program that allows people to sell surplus renewable energy into the territorial grid. The program was paused two years ago by the previous government.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- PUMA Energy Tanzania's commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer-centric service was powerfully validated at the annual Consumer Choice Awards held in Dar es Salaam, as it was recognised with two of the most distinguished accolades of the night: "Most Preferred Oil & Fuel Company in Africa" and "Most Convenient and Accessible Petrol Station of the Year in Tanzania."
Income from rooftop solar panels and investment in data centres are helping to power the economy, which leads us to the question: is all growth good? Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s economy grew 2.1% over the past year , and with that came improved household living standards – in part due to income from rooftop solar panels. But another big driver of economic growth was investment in data centres, which hinders emissions reductions from renewable energy. Continue reading...
The move is Sable Offshore’s latest bid to get around roadblocks erected by state officials.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Colorado institution that has been a global leader in wind, solar, and other […]
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03477A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Shijie Wei, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing We systematically assess the climate change mitigation potential of hydrogen-based fuels in global container shipping at the fleet level from 2020 to 2050. 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
New James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is frantically escaping into space.
Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet Soon after I returned home to Altamira from Cop30, I found myself talking about dinosaurs, meteors and “ambassadors of harm” with Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva. No one in government knows the rainforest better than Marina, as she is best known in Brazil, who was born and raised in the Amazon. No one is more aware of the sacrifices that environmental and land defenders have made than this associate of the murdered activist Chico Mendes. And no one worked harder to raise ambition at Cop30, the first climate summit in the Amazon, than her. So what, I asked, had it achieved? Continue reading...
Both Alaska senators are lobbying the Interior Department to limit new offshore drilling in the Arctic.
The online film arrives as the New Mexico Supreme Court prepares to hear a constitutional challenge to the state’s approvals of oil and gas activities.
Ownership of oil and gas projects has been embraced by some Indigenous communities, but others say it is too risky for the environment.
Three of the nation’s largest carbon-free projects are being completed in a region whose progressive political leaders are shifting toward gas as electricity prices rise.
The nation’s efforts to slash its emissions have been hampered by a slow rollout of new transmission infrastructure that can accommodate solar and wind generation.
Commercial electric vehicle maker Nex Point Plc, a subsidiary of renewable energy giant Energy Absolute (EA) Plc, is accelerating its push into Thailand's fleet market with plans to sell 2,500 EVs next year, underscoring the company's ambition to position itself as a key player in the region's commercial EV sector.
A rural charity says there is is a “huge oversupply” of battery storage in the planning system and is calling for a moratorium on such projects
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creators and climate scientists Dr. Adam Levy and Dr Ella Gilbert . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Video description Ten years ago today, world leaders met to agree a plan to finally solve climate change. This was COP21, which led to the historical Paris Climate Agreement. But did the Paris Agreement actually achieve anything? After all, ten years on, we're emitting more than ever. But lots has changed in all this time. So in this video ?@ClimateAdam? & ?@DrGilbz? sit down and discuss what Paris did and didn't achieve for our planet, and what we can expect from the future of climate change. Support ClimateAdam on patreon: https://patreon.com/climateadam...
The cabinet has set out plans for carbon taxes and an emissions trading system under Thailand’s first formal climate change legislation.
The stronger tasting, cheaper and resilient robusta is being produced at a faster rate.
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Datacentre power demand in Australia could triple in five years and is forecast to exceed by 2030 the energy used by electric vehicles. Datacentres now draw about 2% of electricity from the National Grid, about 4 terawatt hours of power. The Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo) expects that share to rise rapidly – growing 25% year-on-year – to reach 12TWh, or 6% of grid demand, by 2030, and 12% by 2050. Continue reading...
Jennifer Macedonia steered the agency’s air office in its handling of the ex-president’s trademark climate law.
Indian refiners are now securing non-sanctioned Russian crude at attractive discounts, with some deals fetching $5 per barrel below Dated Brent. This strategic shift follows US sanctions on major Russian oil firms. While overall imports remain controlled, select companies are resuming purchases, navigating evolving sanctions and ongoing trade discussions with Washington.
Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change. The post Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Uruguay's government has approved seismic studies in deep waters of the South Atlantic to determine whether the country has offshore oil reserves.
[Parliament of South Africa] The Secretary to Parliament, Mr Xolile George, on Tuesday highlighted the critical role of parliaments in shaping regional resilience amid a growing climate emergency.
Federal energy efficiency programs that once enjoyed bipartisan support are disappearing as data centers ramp up power consumption.