The hole – about 100 metres deep – was not visible from the surface – and there could be thousands more like it Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A study of one abandoned coal exploration borehole in a Queensland paddock has found it was leaking the same amount of greenhouse gases in a year as about 10,000 cars – and there could be thousands more just like it. Scientists at the University of Queensland also monitored a second coal exploration bore that was emitting about the same amount of methane and was forcing groundwater several metres into the air like a geyser. Continue reading...
By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill There’s an obvious way to destroy Nigel Farage’s political momentum. A poll by the research group Persuasion UK, testing various messages, found that by far the most effective line of attack is highlighting his complicity with corporate interests . The message that hit hardest was that Farage’s real loyalties lie with “the rich, the powerful, his mates in big business”, and his “party” (actually a business called Reform 2025 Ltd ) “has taken over £2m from fossil fuel lobbyists, polluters, and climate change deniers … He’s not smashing the system. He and his rich friends basically are the system.” But this is a string Labour cannot yank, as it would pull its...
From Zimbabwe’s ‘The Smoke that thunders,’ Victoria Falls, to the awe-inspiring Pyramids in Egypt and the romantic Taj Mahal in India, these iconic sites are facing a growing threat – water risk. Several World Heritage sites could be lost forever without urgent action to protect nature, for instance, through the restoration of vital landscapes like wetlands, […]
Électricité de France will keep generating electricity at the power stations until March 2028, an extension of 12 months, the company said.
John Dabbar has been with ConocoPhillips for over 20 years. The NPC is a federal advisory board for the Department of Energy.
The fund will incentivize public and private entities to adopt clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A court ruling Tuesday could mean the end for a $20 billion fund that was meant to bring renewable energy to low-income communities.
Tropical Storm Kiko strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday with 100 mph winds and attained Category 2 storm status, the National Hurricane Center reported.
“These changes will not be without controversy,” said Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Minister of Environment, Energy, and Climate, during a presentation on a planned overhaul of Iceland’s system for health inspections, pollution control, and food safety monitoring.
The decision comes as the federal government considers its 2035 emission reduction target under the Paris Agreement.
The international governance of environmental challenges has progressively evolved over the past decades, transitioning from isolated treaties addressing specific issues to a complex web of multilateral agreements that aim to foster sustainable development and environmental integrity. Early efforts, such as the 1972 Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment, laid foundational principles emphasising the importance of […]
On Sept. 3, 1930, a Category 4 hurricane struck the Dominican Republic, killing at least 2,000 people, though some estimates put the death toll much higher.
[The Conversation Africa] What's the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what happened in the distant past - with enormous consequences.
Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks. Earlier this year, the “megaberg” known as A23a weighed a little under a trillion tonnes and was more than twice the size of Greater London, a behemoth unrivalled at the time. The gigantic slab of frozen freshwater was so large it even briefly threatened penguin feeding grounds on a remote island in the...
A powerful solar storm, triggered by a rare cannibal CME on August 30, 2025, struck Earth, impacting power grids and satellites. The event, exceeding initial forecasts, caused geomagnetic disturbances and stunning auroras visible at unusually low latitudes. As Solar Cycle 25 peaks, experts warn of increased space weather events, posing risks to technology and daily life.
Guest commentary by Kerry Emanuel Executive Summary Chapter 6 of the draft DOE report examines whether global warming exacerbates extreme weather. It rightly notes that because events such as hurricanes are rare, detecting their response to climate change in short and imperfect historical records is extremely difficult—if not impossible. Yet the authors devote most of […] The post Critique of Chapter 6 “Extreme Weather” in the DOE review first appeared on RealClimate.
‘Megaberg’ known as A23a has rapidly disintegrated in warmer warmers and could disappear within weeks Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks. Earlier this year, the “megaberg” known as A23a weighed a little under a trillion tonnes and was more than twice the size of Greater London, a behemoth unrivalled at the time. Continue reading...
So Kemi Badenoch wants to extract all the oil and gas in the North Sea. What about the real challenge of making offshore wind properly work?
The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a network of shipping companies and vessels led by an Iraqi-Kittitian businessman for smuggling Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil. The administration of US President Donald Trump is keeping pressure on Iran while nuclear talks have stalled. A sixth round of negotiations was suspended after the start of a 12-day war in June. A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday that the path to nuclear negotiations is not closed but US demands for curbs on...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to resist Trump's plan to send federal troops and ICE agents to Chicago, calling it unconstitutional and politically motivated.
The ruling regarding environmental justice block grants could be reflected in other grant termination litigation, including over the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study.
Judge said administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany Ice agents on immigration raids US politics live – latest updates A judge has ruled the Trump administration’s use of national guard troops during southern California immigration enforcement protests is illegal. Judge Charles Breyer ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump’s administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids. The judge did not require the remaining troops withdrawn, however. Continue reading...
British Antarctic Survey is inviting you to send your name on an extraordinary adventure to the world’s most remote continent. This October, you can be part of a remarkable expedition … The post Send your name to Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Fire crews plan to take advantage of the favourable weather conditions expected on Tuesday to do everything they can to protect Fort Providence from a wildfire burning less than a kilometre from the community, according to one of the territory’s fire information officers.
This year's punishing back-to-back heatwaves and ferocious wildfires in France were a "taste of what's to come", as climate change pushed summer temperatures to near record highs, the country's environment minister warned on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Experts say the move could be part of Beijing’s ‘greyzone’ grab for disputed territory China is drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), a move that analysts believe is likely part of Beijing’s unilateral grab for disputed territory that could also aid a future invasion of Taiwan. During July and August at least 12 oil and gas vessels and permanent structures were detected inside Taiwan’s EEZ – including one within 50km of the restricted-waters border of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands – as well as several steel supports for fixed offshore drilling platforms, called jackets. Their presence inside Taiwan’s EEZ have not been previously reported. Continue reading...
The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned a network of United Arab Emirates-based companies for illegally selling Iranian oil by blending it with Iraqi oil.
Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks.
The cooling climate phenomenon known as La Niña could return between now and November, but it won’t stop the trend for warmer global temperatures caused by human activity, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.
Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate Politicians and policymakers significantly underestimate the public’s willingness to contribute to climate action, limiting the ambition and scope of green policies, according to research. Delegates at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) were asked to estimate what percentage of the global population would say they were willing to give 1% of their income to help fix climate change. The average estimate was 37%, but recent research found the true figure is 69% . 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 . Is global warming actually happening? Multiple indicators show Earth is warming rapidly. Global surface temperatures are now about 1.47°C (2.65°F) above the 19th century average, with the past ten years the warmest on record. Surface temperatures are measured by thousands of land weather stations and weather balloons, along with ships, ocean buoys, and satellite measurements. Oceans, which absorb over 90% of excess heat, hit record highs in 2024, making the last decade the warmest since the 1800s. Sea levels are rising at the fastest rate in 2,500 years, driven by melting ice sheets...
As the Met Office declares 2025 to be the hottest summer on record, research shows that the record-breaking heat was made 70 times more likely by climate change.
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Climate phenomenon cools surface of Pacific but won’t stop human-induced climate change increasing temperatures and exacerbating extreme weather The cooling La Niña weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, global temperatures are expected to be above average, the United Nations has said. La Niña is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. It brings changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns. Continue reading...
Delhi is on high alert as the Yamuna River is expected to surpass the danger mark, potentially leading to floods. Evacuations are underway in low-lying areas like Yamuna Bazar and Mayur Vihar, with authorities setting up camps and providing food.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 9, September 2025.
A unit of the Kazakh central bank sees data centers and other AI architecture as a path to stronger returns in a challenging environment.
Namibia aims to start output by 2030, and at one point there was optimism that it could have a giant oil discovery like Guyana.
Peatlands can help stop both Russian tanks and climate change.
Congress leader Udit Raj endorsed Peter Navarro's controversial remarks about Brahmins, sparking outrage. He claimed upper castes dominate Indian oil refining and benefit from cheap Russian oil, aligning with his party's focus on non-upper caste coalitions. Karti Chidambaram referenced 'Boston Brahmins' as societal elites, highlighting the complex intersection of caste, politics, and discrimination.
Polling has concluded for the presidential race in Guyana. The contest is broadly between three main political parties vying for the leadership of the oil-rich nation.
A massive solar storm that's being called a 'cannibal' is set to light up the US Tuesday morning, but it may also disrupt satellite and radio signals.
Severe volcanic eruptions may have set the stage for several revolutions.
[Egypt Online] Egypt has signed four oil and gas exploration agreements worth more than $340 million with international companies, as it seeks to boost domestic production amid mounting energy pressures.
Nova Scotia officials say parts of the province's largest wildfire in Annapolis Valley have increased in intensity because of the wind.
White House trade counselor Peter Navarro ignited controversy by accusing "Brahmins" of profiting from refined Russian oil sales to the West, escalating US-India trade tensions. His remarks, following accusations of India being a "laundromat for Kremlin," sparked outrage and were deemed inflammatory.
Pedro Sánchez says country’s deadly August wildfires show society needs to mobilise and take immediate action Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a 10-point plan to prepare the country for the climate emergency, warning: “If we don’t want to bequeath our children a Spain that’s grey from fire and flames, or a Spain that’s brown from floods, then we need a Spain that’s greener.” Sánchez said August’s heatwave-fuelled wildfires – which killed four people , burned through an area six times the size of Ibiza and required “the biggest human and technical deployment” ever seen in Spain – showed that immediate action must be taken to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis. Continue reading...
The oil giant accused the state’s attorney general and four nonprofit groups of defamation after they sued over recycling claims.
A Pinot Noir from Denbighshire might soon be added to your wine list - as North Wales is experiencing a boom in vineyards.
Guyana voted Monday in elections to decide who will manage the South American nation's new oil riches, as tensions rose in a territorial dispute with neighbor Venezuela.
Himachal Pradesh has been devastated by relentless monsoon rains since June 20, resulting in over 300 deaths and widespread destruction. Landslides, flash floods, and road blockages have crippled the state, severely impacting agriculture and pilgrimage routes. Authorities are focused on relief efforts as more heavy rainfall is expected, with schools closed and warnings issued.
Winston Sanjeev Kumar Soosaipillai, head of oil firm Prax, has faced demands from Government ministers to be questioned over the company's collapse.
Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since records began, their weather agencies said on Monday. Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns. Japan’s average temperature between June and August “was 2.36 degrees Celsius above the standard value, which marked the hottest summer since records began in 1898”, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency did not disclose what the new...
One country's unique climate keeps it a mosquito-free zone, but global warming may change that.
Peter Navarro accused India of indirectly funding Russia's war in Ukraine through discounted oil purchases, alleging that Brahmins are profiting at the expense of the Indian people. He criticized India's high tariffs, claiming they hurt American workers and taxpayers while indirectly funding the Russian war machine. Navarro also expressed optimism about trade negotiations with China.
Weather services of UK, Ireland and Netherlands chose list of 21 names from 50,000 suggestions by the public Meteorologists in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands have announced this year’s north Atlantic winter storm names, chosen after 50,000 suggestions were submitted by the public. Amy, Bram and Chandra will be the first named storms of winter 2025-2026, the Met Office said on Monday. Continue reading...
[Nigeria Health Watch] In March 2024, when floodwaters from Lake Victoria engulfed Nyamasao village in Kenya, 36-year-old Mary Atieno, a mother of three, was among the 350 families who fled to a nearby primary school on higher ground for safety. "We saw the water levels of the Lake rise, but we never imagined it would swallow our village. It was like a dream," Mary said from a temporary camp.
South Australia has become the first place in the world to ban fish-shaped plastic soy sauce packets. The ban took effect on Monday in the Australian state as part of efforts to cut pollution, reduce carbon emissions and protect marine life, the South Australian government said in a statement. “Each fish-shaped container is used for just seconds yet remains in the environment for years, causing harm and contributing to microplastic pollution,” the statement said. The ban targets pre-filled 30ml...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02875B, Paper Nan-Hai Li, Xiao-Lei Shi, Chao Zhang, Meng Li, Xiaodong Wang, Min Zhang, Wen-Yi Chen, Yong-Qi Chen, Dmitri Golberg, Dong-Chen Qi, Zhi-Gang Chen Electronic band modulation induced by manganese doping decouples the electron and phonon transport properties of AgCuTe, achieving a high ZT of 1.88 at 773 K and an energy conversion efficiency of 13.3% at a temperature difference of 462 K. 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 new tropical storm formed over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, making Kiko the 11th named storm in the Eastern north Pacific this year.
Casual observers sometimes wonder why technology stocks—often seen as disconnected from the oil industry—sometimes react sharply to oil price movements.
How big is the largest oil rig in the world? Find out more about the location, capacity, impact, and other facts about this engineering marvel.
Once hunted nearly to extinction, gray wolves have been returning in large numbers to the Northern Rockies, Idaho and Yellowstone National Park thanks to conservation efforts.
Pakistan’s Punjab province faces its worst flood ever, affecting 2 million people as three rivers hit record levels. Officials blame climate change and India’s dam water release.
Severe flooding in Pakistan's Punjab province, exacerbated by global warming, has impacted two million people, marking the region's biggest flood in history. Heavy monsoon rains have caused three rivers to reach unprecedented water levels, leading to widespread evacuations and significant damage.
Changing the oil is the most common maintenance you'll have to do on your car, but what happens when the check engine light comes on afterward?
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as river water levels rose to all-time highs. More than 1,400 villages were flooded after three large rivers – the Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi – overflowed their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overfilled dams in neighbouring India. Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the climate crisis, despite producing less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions ‘The water left nothing’: Pakistan’s Punjab province reels from deadly floods Continue reading...
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 24, 2025 thru Sat, August 30, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Policy and Politics (9 articles) Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built "The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy." Climate, New York Times, Lisa Friedman, Brad Plumer & Maxine Joselow, Aug 22, 2025. Trump's bogus claim about a 'climate religion` is a pathetic political dodge TheHill.com Just In, Lisa H. Sideris, Aug 23, 2025. Don`t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight | Gina McCarthy The president’s...
Reading recent media coverage about climate action means lurching between apparent victory and defeat. It’s triumph one day as another decarbonisation milestone is heralded. Then disaster the next as countries and companies alike walk back on climate commitments or veer perilously close to denying climate change altogether. We can expect more such whiplash: Hong Kong Green Week takes place next month, the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC are also due to begin in September, followed by...
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
Legions of rats, cockroaches and wasps have infiltrated homes and gardens - with poor hygiene and climate change blamed for the rise.
Residents of the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, threatened with disappearance by rising sea levels driven by climate change, have come to Switzerland to demand compensation from cement giant Holcim.
Conservative leader says it is ‘absurd’ to shift away from fossil fuels and leave ‘vital resources untapped’ The Conservative party will aim to “maximise extraction” of oil and gas in the North Sea if it wins power, Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce. Badenoch will use a speech in Aberdeen in the coming days to set out her plans to extract as much oil and gas as possible instead of shifting away from fossil fuels, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Continue reading...
A massive fire at a recycling plant east of Edmonton Saturday morning sent huge plumes of smoke and flames towering over much of the city.
ONGC group refineries will continue purchasing Russian oil as long as it remains financially viable, according to Chairman Arun Kumar Singh. Subsidiaries MRPL and HPCL have been steady buyers, with no US sanctions or Indian restrictions currently in place. The company is also open to acquiring overseas upstream assets and anticipates production from its Mozambique gas project by 2028.
Solar cells often degrade due to ultraviolet exposure, but scientists achieved 99.9% protection. How? The answer lies in this vegetable.
Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels. At a major reservoir near the northern city of Tangier, thousands of so-called “floatovoltaic” panels protect the water’s surface from the blazing sun and absorb its light to generate electricity. Authorities plan to power the neighbouring Tanger Med port complex with the resulting energy, and if...
Heavy rains and a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban region have resulted in tragedy, with at least four fatalities reported in the Rajgad area. Flash floods, triggered by the severe weather, have also left two individuals missing, prompting the launch of a rescue operation by the district administration.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03838C, Paper Haixia Yang, Jiaxin Yan, Shuyang Gao, Xin Chen, Yuanheng Wang, Hua Huo, Chuankai Fu, Chunyu Du, Pengjian Zuo Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) represent a promising candidate for next-generation energy storage systems, yet their practical application is constrained by limited cycle life owing to slow interface Li+ ion transport... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Dr. Rich Stockdale, pioneering environmentalist, data scientist and founder of Oxygen Conservation, traces the evolution of natural capital from the early days of carbon trading to today’s surging biodiversity markets. Stockdale argues that the rapid financialization of ecosystems is not just a shift in investment strategy, but a defining moment in how global markets will value and safeguard nature in the decades ahead.
A desert covered in solar panels and sheep could mark the beginning of the end for coal in China.
Environment minister says scientific evidence did not convince government that remote island qualified Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australia’s environment minister, Murray Watt, has backed the creation of “no-go zones” where development will be banned in some places under a revamped nature law, but said Tasmania’s remote Robbins Island – the site of a contentious windfarm proposal – does not qualify. Watt this week said the Albanese government would accelerate its plan to overhaul the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act so that legislation was introduced to parliament this year , sooner than previously suggested. Continue...
Wind gusts nearly overturned the aircraft while it was stopped on the runway at Cagnano Airport in Corsica this morning.
Google Maps users are getting seriously freaked out after discovering this strange round object in Antarctica, which appears to be hiding under rock.
Indian refiners are increasing their purchases of US crude oil in August due to competitive pricing, potentially reducing the trade imbalance with the US amidst diplomatic tensions. Despite US tariffs, India remains committed to its strategic autonomy in procuring Russian crude, with plans to further increase Russian oil imports in September.
The order follows a similar directive last week for a Michigan coal plant.
Perched on her neighbour's rooftop, Ghulam Bano gazes down at the remains of her home, submerged in murky, foul-smelling floodwater that has engulfed much of Pakistan's Punjab region.
The Category 3 hurricane, which made landfall in southeast Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005, remains the costliest U.S. storm on record.
[African Union] The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GoE) is pleased to announce significant progress in preparations for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2). The Summit, a pivotal event for continental and global climate action, is set to take place from 8-10 September 2025, with a series of pre-summit events running from 5-7 September 2025 at the Addis International Convention Center (AICC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Guardian US partner WWL Louisiana called in Ray Theriot, who used utility bills, driver’s licenses and property records A woman who died at home during Hurricane Katrina in a community outside New Orleans, but who remained unidentified for nearly two decades, has finally been named before the storm’s 20th anniversary on Friday. The woman, who was identified with the help of New Orleans’s CBS affiliate, WWL Louisiana , has been named as Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino, 81. Continue reading...
Watch: Luxury neighbourhood in Lahore submerged in floods
Duration of torrential rains from Typhoon Kajiki lead to elevated landslide risk across Laos and Thailand Typhoon Kajiki steadily intensified over the South China Sea last weekend into a category 2 storm with sustained wind speeds of 115mph. It made landfall near the coastal city of Vinh in Vietnam on Monday afternoon, having slightly weakened but still packing a punch with winds of up to 100mph and torrential rainfall. Kajiki’s wind threat soon faded after landfall, but the flood risk continued into Tuesday and Wednesday as the system moved inland. Parts of central and northern Vietnam, as well as Thailand, experienced 300-400mm of rainfall. Continue reading...
Peter Navarro has accused India of funding Russia's war in Ukraine by purchasing discounted Russian crude oil, leading to increased tariffs on Indian imports by the US. Navarro claims India's refining of Russian oil benefits Moscow and undermines its partnership with the US.
Katrina was the costliest natural disaster ever recorded in the United States. How has hurricane forecasting changed since it struck?
Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call for states as well as for federal disaster response. Lessons in resilience have born fruit, but a proposed scaling back of FEMA’s role is stirring debate in an era of rising storm costs.
Two years after the oil deal was signed, it collapsed — with the Taliban accusing the Chinese company of breaching the contract and some Chinese employees likening the Taliban's actions to robbery.
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore on the Gulf Coast, inflicting severe damage in New Orleans and along the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
US Senator Lindsey Graham has warned India and other nations against purchasing Russian oil, alleging it fuels Moscow's war efforts in Ukraine. His remarks followed a deadly Russian missile strike on Kyiv, resulting in numerous casualties, including children. Graham asserted that these countries are experiencing the consequences of supporting Putin, with more repercussions to follow.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has launched a campaign against illegal palm oil plantations, seeking to reclaim millions of hectares of forest lost to unchecked expansion. The authorities confirm that plantations on 3.7 million hectares are illegal, and more are under review. In Riau, the heart of Indonesia’s palm oil economy, the government has begun dismantling plantations in Tesso Nilo National Park and relocating families who have long lived within its shrinking forest...
Peter Navarro's claim that India's Russian oil purchases fuel the Ukraine war has sparked controversy, highlighting a rift between Washington and New Delhi. While India defends its energy needs and points to Western hypocrisy, the US and EU's own economic ties with Russia are under scrutiny. India's defiance of US pressure is expected to continue with increased Russian oil imports.
New York Times: Virtually all Trump's trade deals stipulate partners buy US oil and gas.
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, has indicated that waste offers the country enormous opportunity to create jobs, recover valuables, and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The blue dragons, which pack a ferocious sting, have led to several beach closures. Experts say it’s a worrying sign of the warming of the Mediterranean.
The US president is not only fighting climate action at home. He is using tariffs, trade deals and threats to try to direct climate policy abroad.
A renewable energy source that runs day and night, powered by salt and fresh water.
It's every nervous flier's worst nightmare, but severe air turbulence is set to get a lot worse, a new University of Reading study shows.
The Environment Agency are currently considering enforcement action against the operator, Viridor.
More than 1 million hectares have gone up in flames this year, making 2025 the worst wildfire season on record in Europe.
[Leadership] Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, an indigenous oil producer, has reiterated its commitment to safety and best environmental practices as it seeks to expand investment opportunities in Nigeria.
The Puma Gen-E and e-Tourneo Courier are two Ford models drivers can purchase under the government scheme.
Reintroduced for environmental reasons, beavers are now in danger of causing serious flooding. Should there be more culls? The beaver has made an amazing comeback in the Netherlands. Extinct in the early 19th century, it was reintroduced in 1988, and now there are an estimated 7,000 beavers roaming around. Compared with England, where the beaver population is estimated at 500 , that’s quite a feat. But there’s a significant downside to the booming Dutch beaver population. Beavers are increasingly digging burrows and tunnels under roads, railways and – even more worrying – in dykes . For a country where a quarter of the land sits below sea level, this is not a minor problem – especially as beavers are not exactly holding back when digging. Renate van der Zee is a Dutch writer and journalist...
Two decades after the devastating storm, scientists can more easily determine how much global warming is intensifying tropical cyclones.
The administration and Congress divert funds away from conservation. The post Trump looks to suffocate public lands appeared first on High Country News.
[New Times] By 2024, Rwanda had generated more than 1.6 million carbon credits--enough to offset millions of tons of carbon dioxide globally. This milestone, coupled with an ambitious portfolio of climate projects, has positioned Rwanda as a frontrunner in East Africa's carbon diplomacy.
[Daily News] Singapore -- BUSINESSMEN and investors from Singapore have expressed strong interest in expanding investment and commercial cooperation with Tanzania, particularly in key strategic sectors such as agriculture, renewable energy, agro-processing, fisheries, and the digital economy.
[The Conversation Africa] African sovereign debtors in distress face terrible choices. They are often forced to choose between fully paying their creditors and financing the needs of their populations - health, education, renewable energy, water. Discussions with their creditors focus on financial, economic and contractual issues. The environmental and social impacts of their situation are largely excluded from negotiations.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro sought to raise pressure on India to halt purchases of Russian energy after the US imposed crippling new tariffs on New Delhi, casting the conflict in Ukraine as “Modi’s war”. “I mean Modi’s war because the road to peace runs, in part, through New Delhi,” Navarro said on Wednesday, referencing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. US President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods took effect earlier on Wednesday, a bid to punish the country for...
The Norwegian state and environmental groups face off in court again Thursday over three oil fields ruled illegal last year due to insufficient environmental impact studies.
Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02412-zIPCC assessments are of limited use to the UNFCCC policy process due to misalignment and lack of relevance, with the situation further exacerbated by the UNFCCC’s weak scientific uptake mechanisms. The interface between the IPCC and the UNFCCC urgently needs to be reformed to facilitate a more effective science–policy connection.
Ed Miliband's Net Zero 'lunacy' was on Wednesday night blamed for a shock rise in energy bills that will see millions pay more this winter.
Patagonia, Chile. Left: September 18, 1986. Right: August 5, 2002. The 1986 image shows the region prior to a major retreat of the glaciers. The 2002 image shows a retreat of nearly 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the glacier on the left side. The smaller glacier on the right has receded more than 2 kilometers (1.2 miles). In front of the smaller glacier, two ribbon lakes have formed behind the debris left by the glacier’s advance. Scientists and government managers are using satellite imagery like this to monitor the retreat of the glaciers and the impact on water bodies caused by the changes in the glaciers’ size and direction.
The Department of Justice said it is looking into a hiring policy at the California EPA that is intended to advance racial equity.
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Meteorologists are panicking after discovering the cause behind many Americans not taking hurricane season seriously, as the strongest storms may be only weeks away.
They're among the top underwater predators, but even sharks are not immune to the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, report scientists in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Since 2005, the U.S. has experienced its deadliest hurricane in 77 years, deadliest tornado in 64 years, deadliest wildfire in 100 years, and deadliest flash flood in 49 years. The post ‘Deadliest in generations’: The Texas floods are the latest in a disturbing pattern appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
This is a re-post from And Then There's Physics It seems that a slowdown in the melting of Arctic sea ice is now being used to suggest that climate science is melting . This is very silly and is remininsence of the claims of a pause in global warming that dominated much of the discourse in the 2010s. Arctic sea ice is a small part of the climate system and it’s well known that variability can easily mask long-term trends on decadal timescales. Arctic sea ice extent was particularly low in 2012, so maybe it’s not that surprising that there’s been an apparent pause since then. A strong El Nino in 1998 that led to a record warm year was one of the main reasons for the subsequent suppposed pause in global...
John Shin, a well-known violinist from Utah, was taken into custody last week by ICE agents despite living legally in the US for many years.
UN nuclear inspectors have returned to Iran for the first time since it suspended cooperation with them in the wake of Israel’s attacks on its nuclear sites, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told lawmakers Tehran had still not reached an agreement on how it would resume full work with the UN’s IAEA watchdog, the parliament news agency ICANA reported. But he said the inspectors would supervise the changing of fuel at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power...
Intense rains have left at least 34 people dead after lashing parts of Pakistan and India and triggering flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Wednesday.
[Vanguard] Abuja -- A member of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Rep. Sir Sam Onuigbo, has said Nigeria's sustained efforts to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy are gaining international recognition.
Climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into poverty by 2030 unless governments act now.
Environmental groups say oil drilling in the Amazon is driving deforestation, destroying biodiversity and violating Indigenous rights.
As rain continues this week, heavy downpours and flash floods in the Himalayan region have killed nearly 100 people in August.
Record-breaking heavy rains have caused flash floods and landslides in Kashmir and Jammu, India, killing at least 36 people. Most were on a pilgrimage.
As part of a workforce development program, young people are visiting neighbors to assess their water and energy efficiency. The post Free house calls help Californian residents save money on their utility bills appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[Liberian Observer] He giggles between phone calls as a staff member walks in for a reminder. Artur Becker, the Director for the Department of Multilateral Environmental Agreements at Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sits behind his desk at his office in Monrovia. As the country's lead on adaptation plans, Becker had just returned from a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, where he and other representatives from Least Developed Countries assessed their progress on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
Steep US tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect on Wednesday, threatening a severe blow to India’s overseas trade in its largest export market. US President Donald Trump had initially announced a 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods. But earlier this month, he signed an executive order imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff due to India’s purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the US on its ally to 50 per cent. The Indian government estimates the tariffs...
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found . Land clearance is raising the temperature in the rainforests of the Amazon, Congo and south-east Asia because it reduces shade, diminishes rainfall and increases the risk of fire, the authors of the paper found. Continue reading...
Thinktank predicts wider inequality gap and calls for revised policies to tackle flying and excess private car use Inequality in transport emissions between the richest and the poorest in the UK is set to widen dramatically over the next decade, an analysis has found. The most affluent and mobile already produce 10 times more carbon through their domestic travel than the poorest and least mobile. Under current decarbonisation policies, thinktank researchers forecast this to grow to 13 times by 2035. Continue reading...
The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past.
China has tested a new residual heat removal system that could make its next-generation, radioactive waste-recycling nuclear power plants more meltdown-proof. The China Institute of Atomic Energy said it “recently” conducted the simulation of a passive heat removal system for fast nuclear reactors, calling it a breakthrough in the development of a fourth-generation nuclear plant with a closed-loop fuel cycle. “This is the first proof-of-principle test in China for a new passive residual heat...
[Independent (Kampala)] Kamuli, Uganda -- Prudential Uganda, in partnership with the social enterprise Tusafishe, has announced the successful completion of the Prudential Climate and Health Resilience Fund, an eight-month initiative that has delivered sustainable, safe drinking water and environmental education to communities across Western and Eastern Uganda.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster has said it may issue a No 1 typhoon warning signal on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, with thunderstorms expected over the next two days. “The broad area of low pressure to the west of Luzon has entered the central and northern parts of the South China Sea...
US president has argued New Delhi indirectly helping fund Ukraine war as experts say move is ‘own goal’ against ally Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on most US imports from India, making good on a threat to punish one of the world’s largest economies over its purchases of discounted Russian oil. The tariffs, which came into effect just after midnight on Wednesday in Washington, risk inflicting significant damage on the Indian economy and further disrupting global supply chains. Continue reading...
With billions in investments planned and a swelling roster of corporate partnerships, India’s green hydrogen drive is gathering momentum. But can the country overcome the economic and technical hurdles standing in its way? “We want to make India not only a major producer but also a global hub for green hydrogen export,” declared Shripad Naik, minister of state for power and new and renewable energy, at a business conference in New Delhi last week. Under its National Green Hydrogen Mission,...
US tariffs of 50 percent took effect Wednesday on many Indian products, doubling an existing duty as President Donald Trump sought to punish New Delhi for buying Russian oil.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02411-0The authors assess the impacts of tropical deforestation and its subsequent local warming on human heat-related mortality. They estimate that deforestation-related warming (+0.27 °C) is associated with approximately 28,000 heat-related deaths per year.
Stephen Crolius, president and co-founder of Carbon-Neutral Consulting, analyzes why the oil majors’ retreat from clean energy is not just shortsighted, but strategically risky. Crolius argues that companies turning away from low-carbon innovation are ceding market leadership at a time when regulatory, investor and technological forces are accelerating the energy transition.
[Ethiopian Herald] A groundbreaking study led by Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience at the University of Melbourne, has unveiled a remarkable picture of Earth's ancient polar forests that once supported thriving dinosaur populations.
Large methane leaks not only unleash massive amounts of the greenhouse gas, but are also carry a toxic mix of air pollutants.
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal unexpectedly high levels of carbon dioxide coming off 3I/ATLAS, giving another clue to the comet’s origin
NASA is ready for its next launch attempt of its TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission to take a peak at the Earth's atmosphere.
Rain helped cool Flat fire that destroyed homes in Oregon, while the Pickett fire has charred 10 sq miles of Napa county A wildfire that destroyed four homes in central Oregon has started to stabilize, while a blaze in northern California wine country has so far spared some of the state’s most famous vineyards. Moisture helped the 1,200 firefighters battling Oregon’s Flat fire, but more work needed to be done, authorities said. Dry, hot weather had fueled a rapid expansion of the blaze across of rugged terrain in Deschutes and Jefferson counties since the fire began late Thursday. Continue reading...
New aerial imagery of damage by Hurricane Erin in North Carolina has been released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for public viewing.
[Leadership] To combat deforestation and climate change, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, in partnership with the Forest Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), has launched the planting of over 20,000 trees at the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment of the Nigerian Army in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In its allegations against the Maryland man, the Trump administration is claiming authority over reality itself In a way, you could think of the brief stint that Kilmar Ábrego García spent in a Tennessee jail after his return from a Salvadorian prison camp in June as a kind of protective custody. Ábrego, a Maryland resident who had never been charged with any crime either in the US or in his native El Salvador, became a symbol of the Trump administration’s ambitiously sadistic anti-immigration efforts when he was kidnapped by Ice agents in March and sent without due process to Cecot, an enormous prison in El Salvador from which few detainees are ever released, as a result of what representatives for the Trump immigration authorities called an administrative error. Ábrego became a symbol for...
As survivors and experts reflect on the storm 20 years on, fear is growing that the US is just as unprepared to take on extreme weather amid cuts to Fema Darren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago this week, he watched his neighborhood wash away. From his second-floor apartment, he saw flood waters rise up to his window. “I had no food at all, no water, no electricity,” he recounted one rainy day this month, while taking a break from his job leading home restoration in the neighborhood as field operations director of the non-profit lowernine.org. Continue reading...
Across the globe, oil, gas and coal companies use an ever-widening set of tactics to crush competition and opposition. With the world’s most powerful man helping them at every turn, it’s critical we reveal their full impact Today the Guardian launches its annual environment support campaign. To back our vital climate journalism, please click here Why does capital love fossil fuels? It’s not hard to explain. They exist in a small number of discrete locations, where the right to exploit them can be owned and monopolised. Most can be extracted commercially only at scale, excluding small competitors. They can be stored and traded all over the world, allowing prices to be optimised across time and space. Renewable energy, by contrast, can be generated almost anywhere, by almost anyone with a...
[Liberian Observer] The Liberian government has sparked a debate with the release of its draft Carbon Development Policy, which declares that all carbon credits generated within the country's borders will be owned by the government.
Despite having the world’s biggest network for charging electric vehicles (EVs), coupled with the largest new-energy storage capacity, China is not resting on its laurels. Fresh pledges from Beijing call for further accelerating the development of China’s new-energy system amid an increasingly aggressive push to meet carbon-neutrality targets and expedite the nation’s green-energy transition. “China has built the largest EV-charging network in the world, with two charging stations for every five...
Some Fourteen thousand years ago, algal blooms in the Southern Ocean helped to massively reduce the global carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere – as has now been revealed by new analyses of ancient DNA published by a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the journal Nature Geoscience. In the ocean around the Antarctic continent, these algal blooms had a significant impact on global carbon dynamics. The current and expected future decline in sea ice in this region now poses a serious threat to these algae, which could incur global consequences.
New research shows the natural variability in climate data can cause AI models to struggle at predicting local temperature and rainfall.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02723C, Paper Hongyu Qin, Ao Liu, Kefeng Ouyang, Sheng Chen, Shubing Wei, Yan Huang Sluggish diffusion rate and exceptionally uneven distribution of Zn2+ at the electrode/electrolyte interface under high depth of discharge (DOD) severely limits the advancement of high-energy-density Zn metal batteries (ZMBs). Herein,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
China will accelerate the expansion of its carbon market to incorporate major industries by 2027, according to guidelines issued by top policymakers. By 2030, China hopes to have in place “a transparent, standardised and internationally aligned voluntary reduction market”, according to a document on Monday from the Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council. The measures will help deliver President Xi Jinping’s pledge to peak China’s emissions by the end of the decade. The plan also...
People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that has shaped the country's disaster response ever since.
Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi, surprises continue to surface. A washed-up ID and how a park ranger found its owner is a moment of joy in the tragedy.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia has long recognized the urgency of climate change, Minister of Planning and Development Minister Fitsum Assefa said during the launch of the fifth Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice.
Nan is expected to bear the heavy brunt from the approaching Typhoon Kajiki, with 15 northern and northeastern provinces on high alert for flash floods and landslides.
As climate change intensifies, disasters like hurricanes, floods, droughts and wildfires are becoming more frequent and devastating. Rising sea levels are further threatening coastal communities, putting millions at risk. Strengthening disaster preparedness and resilience is now essential to protect lives and mitigate long-term climate impacts. When disasters strike, accurate data is crucial for effective response […]
Shares of Shuangdeng Group, one of China’s largest makers of batteries and energy-storage systems, soar in their Hong Kong trading debut on Tuesday, as the city’s buoyant initial public offering (IPO) market continues to mint successful listings, especially for companies in the electric vehicle boom. Trading under the stock sign 6960, Shuangdeng first changed hands at HK$22.50, a premium of 55 per cent to its offer price of HK$14.51 per share. “We are lucky to be riding two tremendous waves amid...
Abstract Sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ) control in the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America is among the largest and most successful control programs of an invasive species anywhere on the planet. The effort began more than 75 years ago; it unites multiple nations, states, and provinces with the common goal of controlling this invasive species and protecting a valuable fishery. The science-based control program is administered by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC), a body arising from a treaty signed by the United States and Canada. In the present article, we share 10 lessons learned from decades of successful sea lamprey control with the hopes of informing ongoing and future control programs targeting biological invasions. The 10 lessons we identified are to act boldly in times...
Reform UK has vowed to lift the ban on fracking if it wins power.
Workers say president’s attacks on the agency and lack of qualified leadership could lead to deadly catastrophe US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina , staff at the agency have warned Congress in a withering critique that also takes aim at its current leadership. Writing in the run up to this week’s 20th anniversary of the devastating 2005 storm that killed 1,833 people and caused widespread destruction in New Orleans and the Gulf coast, more than 180 current and former Fema employees say the Trump administration ’s policies are ignoring the mistakes that led to it. Continue reading...
[Ghanaian Times] Africa, a continent of breathtaking landscapes and unparalleled biodiversity, is home to some of the world's most incredible national parks. From the sprawling savannas of East Africa to the dense forests of the West, these protected areas offer a glimpse into a world where nature reigns supreme. Whether you're a seasoned safari enthusiast or a first-time adventurer, Africa's national parks promise an unforgettable experience. In this guide, we'll explore three of the continent's most remarkable parks:
Alberta is considering a financial investment in Japan's refining sector to reduce its overwhelming dependence on top trade partner the United States for oil exports, according to sources who spoke to Reuters.
We're starting to stash our planet-warming carbon emissions beneath the seafloor, but we might have to take these strange mounds of underground sand into account.
Buying and replacing the oil in your car is going to be your most common form of maintenance, but you'll need to understand what the W on the bottle means.
An unusual ship has docked in Ísafjörður: the floating research station Tara Polar Station, which has been undergoing trials in the Arctic Ocean, arrived on Saturday. Ísafjörður residents will not be the only ones to see the odd-looking vessel; according to a written statement from the Tara Ocean Foundation, which operates the station, Tara Polar Station is scheduled to arrive in Reykjavík on the morning of September 3. It will remain there until October 20 before setting sail for Finland.
According to the newly released 35th State of the Climate report, 2024 saw record highs in greenhouse gas concentrations, global land and ocean temperatures, sea levels, and ocean heat content. Glaciers also suffered their largest annual ice loss on record. Data records from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative helped underpin these findings.
Living through heat waves is making us age faster, a new study said. Extreme temperatures are increasingly common, and they affect our health, the study said.
Among the pool of 165 candidates are members of a climate science denial group and industry representatives.
Shares drop by 17% after stop-work order on $1.5bn project off Rhode Island, which was 80% complete Shares in Ørsted hit an all-time low on Monday after the Trump administration ordered Europe’s largest wind power company to stop work on a near complete windfarm. Ørsted’s shares plunged 17%, after it was forced to stop construction on its $1.5bn (£741m) Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island. Continue reading...
Australia’s national greenhouse emissions fell 1.4 per cent in the year to March 2025 and are sitting at 28 per cent below 2005 levels.
Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) - an increasingly urgent challenge as demand for safer access to the vital resource grows.
[Leadership] Experts have warned against hasty electricity tariff reviews without properly addressing gaps in the power sector which might further strain the overall market structure.
Typhoon Kajiki brought torrential rains to Vietnam’s north central coast on Monday, felling trees and flooding homes, despite wind speeds tapering off from earlier in the day. Typhoon Kajiki’s wind speeds eased from 166km/h (103 mph) to 118-133km/h (73-83mph) as the storm hit the coast of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, according to the country’s weather agency. “It’s terrifying,” said Dang Xuan Phuong, a 48-year-old resident of Cua Lo, a tourism town in Nghe An province directly hit by the...
Earth’s systems evolved to handle disturbance, but human-driven climate change is pushing them past the breaking point. The post Nature can keep up with climate change – but not at this speed appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The north-east Emilia-Romagna region has been left ravaged by a violent storm that included rain, hail and winds exceeding 100km/h. It swept through the Rimini and Ravenna areas.
Vietnam closed schools, airports, and evacuated thousands of people as it braced for powerful Typhoon Kajiki to make landfall Monday, threatening the country’s northeast with destructive winds and storm surges. The typhoon downed trees and soaked China’s southern Hainan island on Sunday before moving over the Gulf of Tonkin overnight with sustained wind speeds of … The post Thousands evacuated, flights canceled as Vietnam braces for Typhoon Kajiki to make landfall appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Vietnam has evacuated tens of thousands of citizens ahead of the looming storm.
According to latest government figures, heat-trapping pollution dropped by 1.4% in the year to March Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government was hit with sharp criticism in May when – despite its promise that it would take serious action – the country’s greenhouse gas emissions were revealed to have slightly increased last year . New data for the year to March suggest this has now changed. According to a climate department quarterly inventory , heat-trapping pollution dropped by 1.4%. Continue reading...
India's purchase of Russian oil has become a sore spot in its previously friendly relations with the US.
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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who led recovery efforts as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, urges people to be prepared for future disasters.
India will continue buying oil from "wherever they get the best deal," Delhi's ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar, told Russian state-owned news.
Tropical Storm Fernand gained a bit of strength Sunday night in the Atlantic Ocean but is not expected to make landfall before dying out next week.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 8, August 2025.
Moscow says operating capacity of reactor at Kursk site reduced by 50% as Kyiv celebrates independence day Moscow has accused Kyiv of launching dozens of drone attacks, including one that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant, as Ukrainians marked 34 years since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union. The drone attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant in western Russia, 37 miles (60km) from the border with Ukraine, caused damage to an auxiliary transformer and forced a 50% reduction in the operating capacity of a reactor, Russian authorities said. Ukraine did not immediately comment on the alleged attack. Continue reading...
Russia accused Ukraine on Sunday of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, as Ukraine celebrated 34 years since its independence. Russian officials said several power and energy facilities were targeted in the overnight strikes. The fire at the nuclear facility was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported, according to the plant’s press service on Telegram. While the attack damaged a transformer, radiation levels remained...
Climate change means UK summers are getting drier and hotter but complaints about rain may not be a thing of the past. Ben Rich explains.
Tiny creatures in Quebec's Saguenay fjord mud may play key role in fighting climate change, scientists say, as they search the sea floor for answers.
Met Office predicts remnants of Hurricane Erin will then bring wind and rain for the rest of the week Bank holiday temperatures are expected to soar to near 30C (86F) across parts of the UK on Monday before the remnants of Hurricane Erin bring wind and rain. Maximum temperatures on Sunday will be about 26C or 27C, then those attending Notting Hill carnival in London on Monday can expect it to reach 28C or 29C with widespread sunshine for most, the Met Office said. Continue reading...
A solar energy company in Canada’s southernmost city says it is reducing carbon emissions in Canada's north by nearly 1.3 million kilograms per year.
A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was "the most intense on record", the national meteorological agency said on Sunday.
A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 17, 2025 thru Sat, August 23, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (13 articles) Summer 2025 is roasting hot: these charts show why it matters Data reveal how this year’s back-to-back heatwaves are affecting populations and economies across Europe. Nature, Giorgia Guglielmi, Aug 14, 2025. Flash floods kill at least 159 people in Pakistan after huge cloudburst "Search for the missing continues in north-west after downpour also sparks deadly flooding and landslides in India" World, The Guardian, Associated Press in Chositi, Aug 15, 2025. ‘Hellish’: heatwave brings hottest nights on record...
Ukraine launched a large drone strike Sunday that caused damage at Russia's Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and a major fuel export terminal hundreds of miles away.
Storm Kajiki has grown to be a typhoon in the South China Sea and rain clouds will cover the eastern part of Thailand’s Northeast on Sunday, according to the Meteorological Department.
The “device detonated” upon impact at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, sparking a blaze which the facility said “was extinguished by fire crews.”
A dramatic rise in Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries has sent gasoline prices in Russia to record highs, despite the government banning petrol exports to cope with the crunch. Ukraine is focusing drone attacks on refineries, pumping stations and fuel trains in an effort to hurt the Russian war machine – but also to … The post Ukraine is stepping up attacks on Russian energy – and it’s working appeared first on Egypt Independent.
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota lobbied against zero emission vehicle mandate, documents show Carmakers claimed that leaving electric car sales rules unchanged would threaten British jobs and cost them hundreds of millions of pounds, according to documents that show the private lobbying for a slower transition away from fossil fuels. BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota claimed that rules forcing them to sell more electric cars each year would harm investment in the UK, according to responses to proposed changes submitted to the government. The responses were obtained by Fast Charge, a newsletter covering electric cars, and shared with the Guardian. Continue reading...
Clear majority backs restarting Maanshan reactor but doesn’t reach legal threshold, as president says nuclear power may be reconsidered if it becomes safe A referendum to push for the reopening of Taiwan’s last nuclear plant has failed to reach the legal threshold to be valid, though the president said the island could return to the technology in the future if safety standards improved. The plebiscite on Saturday, backed by the opposition, asked whether the Maanshan power plant should be reopened if it was “confirmed” there were no safety issues. The plant was closed in May as the government shifts to renewables and liquefied natural gas. Continue reading...
For over two decades people in Coral Harbour, Nunavut have been building a road to give residents and visitors better access to fishing and hunting areas. Those involved believe the road will help Inuit connect with their culture through camping and harvesting country food while opening up economic opportunities in commercial fishing and tourism.
Follow all the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast David Littleproud continues to insist the Coalition is not setting itself up for another election defeat by maintaining its support for nuclear power. Speaking to 2GB on Sunday, Littleproud said the Coalition would take a different approach than it did at the last election by lifting the moratorium on nuclear power generation in Australia and “let the market do it”. I just say to your city viewers, regional Australia is bearing the brunt of this. I’m seeing towns and I’m actually seeing families being torn up by these renewable projects that are tearing up their productivity, your food security and actually the native environment. And it’s all without premise. Artificial intelligence...
A significant 7.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the Drake Passage on August 22, 2025, triggering tsunami warnings for Antarctic bases. While a widespread tsunami was averted, the event underscores the region's seismic activity and its crucial role in global climate regulation. The passage, notorious for extreme weather and treacherous navigation, is vital for ocean currents and carbon absorption.
Australians produced 3.2m tonnes of plastic waste in 2023-24, up from 3m tonnes the previous year Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Plastics recycling rates in Australia have flatlined as the amount of waste continues to grow, the latest government data reveals. Australians produced 3.2m tonnes of plastic waste in 2023-24, up from 3m tonnes the previous year, according to Australian plastics flows and fates data released on Friday. Continue reading...
Tropical Storm Fernand has formed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, but the season's sixth named storm is not forecast to make landfall before dying out.
The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for Los Angeles and surrounding areas as of Thursday (August 21). Temperatures are expected to hit the mid-90s with some areas surpassing 100 degrees. - REUTERS
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 16, 28 August 2025.
No sanctions, no cease-fire, no security guarantee, but plenty of fossil fuel deals brew after Trump’s cringeworthy Putin-appeasement on Ukraine.
External affairs minister S Jaishankar staunchly defended India's energy ties with Russia, emphasising their role in stabilising global oil prices and serving national interests. He asserted India's right to autonomous decision-making, addressing criticism over Russian crude purchases by stating that Europe and America also engage in such transactions.
Billion-dollar weather disasters in the US have surged fivefold since the 1980s. As climate change fuels more destructive hurricanes, homeowners are adapting to avoid the cost of having to rebuild.
Record heatwaves, blazing wildfires and oppressive humidity are transforming the world’s tourism industry as holidaymakers struggle to deal with the havoc wrought by climate change. A growing number of travellers are seeking “coolcations” – destinations with milder climates – looking beyond traditional hotspots like Greece and Portugal, according to luxury travel advisers who say their clients are altering plans due to climate change. Heatwaves in Europe saw tourist sites including the Acropolis...
Once rare, wildfire smoke is becoming more prevalent in Arctic communities as Canada faces harsh wildfire seasons.
'Artisanal miners' is the phrase used for South Africans who salvage coal from abandoned mines. It's a grueling and risky life. "Bit by bit it's killing something inside me," says one such miner.
After Hurricane Katrina, the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, New Orleans has worked to rebuild and revive – a recovery achieved in part through music and culture.
Americans of color are dying and getting sick at increasing rates from air pollution linked to gas and oil, according to a new study.
The Greater Bay Area development zone is one of the most economically dynamic regions in the world. With a population of over 86 million and a gross domestic product of around US$2 trillion, it connects global manufacturing hubs, financial centres, technology clusters and tourism destinations. As Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province become more integrated, they are also becoming more exposed to shared risks from extreme weather events. A disruption in one jurisdiction can quickly cascade...
Lawsuit brought by two non-profit law firms have had previous wins in Montana and Wisconsin Fifteen young climate advocates, aged eight to 17, on Friday sued the state of Wisconsin over its pro-fossil fuel policies. The case provides the opportunity for state officials to “make the correct step to decarbonize Wisconsin” because of the “climate harms they’ve caused youth”, said Kaarina, 17, who is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. Continue reading...
Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm Air pollution from oil and gas causes more than 90,000 premature deaths and sickens hundreds of thousands of people across the US each year, a new study shows, with disproportionately high impacts on communities of color. More than 10,000 annual pre-term births are attributable to fine particulate matter from oil and gas , the authors found, also linking 216,000 annual childhood-onset asthma cases to the sector’s nitrogen dioxide emissions and 1,610 annual lifetime cancer cases to its hazardous air pollutants. Continue reading...
Environment Canada said Hurricane Erin should stay far offshore but will bring dangerous surf and gusty winds over coastal areas of Nova Scotia and the Avalon Peninsula.
From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes — and they are likely to significantly intensify in the future.
Erin went from a tropical storm to a category 5 in about 24 hours, underscoring the danger of hurricane season amid a diminished Fema and National Weather Service This season’s first hurricane – and the first of the Trump administration’s new era of meteorological austerity – has been making its closest pass to the US this week. On Friday morning, weaker than days earlier, it was still a large storm, heading north-east, and affecting the US east coast with threats of coastal flooding. Continue reading...
Life would be impossible without experts — doctors help us when we get sick, mechanics fix our cars when they break down, farmers produce our food, to name just a few.
As US destroyers closed in on the coast of Venezuela on Thursday – a stark show of military force President Donald Trump said was intended to combat drug cartels – global attention has turned to the South American country, with China voicing opposition to “the interference of external forces in Venezuela’s internal affairs, under any pretext”. Here, the Post examines how the situation has developed and Venezuela’s role in the international oil trade – a prominence that has given the conflict...
Environmental groups have filed challenges over regulations that targeted air emissions from refineries and other industrial pollution sources.
The agency OK’d most of the 175 backlogged applications for exemptions from the renewable fuel standard’s blending requirements.
[Leadership] In a move to tackle energy access challenges, the Delta State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to expand renewable and off-grid power solutions across the state.
Hurricane Erin is a Category 2 storm in the Atlantic. It churns away from the US East Coast. The storm generates rip currents and coastal flooding. Astronauts on the International Space Station captured the storm. Warnings are issued from North Carolina to New York. The storm will bring rain and winds to Canada.
Workers are the single largest group vulnerable to climate change, a U.N. report says
As the federal government withdraws from climate action, states can step up. The post What can state governments do about climate change? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has taken a pioneering step in climate finance, becoming the first bank in the country to conduct full climate stress testing. The initiative follows a six-month technical assistance project supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), and technical experts from Adelphi, aimed at strengthening TADB's internal systems for climate risk assessment and management.
Controversy surrounds the 50-year agreement between state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, or KHNP, and Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC of the United States.
Oil firm, which paused project in 2024, will not restart work because facility deemed ‘insufficiently competitive’ Shell has axed the construction of its biofuels plant in the Netherlands, ending what would have been one of the biggest converters of waste into green jet fuel in Europe. The oil company, which paused construction at the site in July last year to tackle technical problems, said it had decided not to restart building after it found the plant would be “insufficiently competitive” to meet demand for “affordable, low-carbon products”. Continue reading...
Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...
A Swiss court on Wednesday weighed whether to hear a landmark climate case pitting residents of a tiny Indonesian island being swallowed by rising sea levels against cement giant Holcim.
Treasury Department officials said Waleed al-Samarra’i oversaw a fleet of vessels and shell companies that disguised Iranian oil as Iraqi crude before selling it abroad.
The ruling comes after the Interior Department announced plans to replace the five-year plan and ramp up offshore drilling over a 15-year period.
The group of 85 scientists also say the process of crafting the report seemed to run afoul of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Punjab faces its worst floods in decades, declared a disaster-affected state, with over 1,200 villages impacted and lakhs of people affected. Authorities are implementing emergency measures, including restoring essential services and ensuring uninterrupted connectivity. Extensive farmland is submerged, causing devastating crop losses, and livestock has been lost, severely impacting rural households. Water levels in major dams are dangerously high.
Lorena gained hurricane strength early Wednesday as it moved north toward the Baja California Peninsula, forecasters said.
Hundreds of billions of dollars invested in extractive mining for green transition with few safeguards, research finds The financing of transition mineral mining is driving widespread environmental destruction and human rights abuses, according to a report. Banks and investors have ploughed hundreds of billions of dollars into companies mining for minerals for the manufacture of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, energy grids and electric vehicles in the past decade, according to the research. Continue reading...
Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular auroras in the Solar System. Near its poles, these shimmering lights offer a glimpse into how the planet interacts with the solar wind and moons swept by Jupiter’s magnetic field. Unlike Earth’s northern lights, the largest moons of Jupiter create their own auroral signatures in the planet’s atmosphere […]
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). As the northern hemisphere experiences summer, we have also been experiencing the disastrous impacts of climate change - extreme weather like heatwaves droughts; records being smashed time and time again; and wildfires raging through our cities and our forests. But despite the fact that we're seeing unprecedented conditions, some are still claiming that all this can be explained by simply saying "It's Called Summer". But this form of climate denial - that today's conditions are normal summer, rather than a symptom of a changed climate - is surprisingly widespread... despite...
More than 354,000 people have been affected by the worst floods since 1988, as rescue efforts continue.
Australia’s 2035 target for cutting emissions will reveal how serious we are about addressing the climate crisis The climate crisis is often a fight over numbers – and we are coming towards the end of a big one. It will shape how ambitious Australia will be in addressing this era-defining problem, over the next decade and beyond. The Albanese government is weighing a decision on the national emissions reduction target for 2035. Along with the policies that follow, it will be a legacy marker for a prime minister who is sometimes accused of being risk averse. Continue reading...
A preliminary investigation revealed that dual cloudbursts, not a glacial lake outburst flood, triggered the devastating flash floods in Kishtwar's Chasoti village on August 14, resulting in 65 fatalities. A prior government study had already warned of GLOF risks in vulnerable tehsils like Padder, Machail, Dachhan, Marwah, and Warwan, highlighting their susceptibility to sudden flooding events.
Australia led the way on rooftop solar, but millions of tonnes of old panels are headed for landfill without a national scheme to boost recycling.
A plan to turn wastewater into bio-liquefied natural gas (bio-LNG), a new fuel for power generation, is expected to be finalised in two years under a 2-billion-baht budget allocated by BBGI, the biotechnology arm of the Thai energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation.
The lease sales are part of the Trump administration's broader initiative to expand production of coal, despite the objections of environmental groups.
Families will face the threat of power cuts within five years if the Labour government does not change track on oil and gas drilling, Kemi Badenoch has warned.
MPs on Commons committee describe figures as a waste and say money should have been used to fix infrastructure English water companies have spent £16.6m fighting legal action against regulators and campaigners over environmental breaches such as illegal sewage spills. Correspondence from the companies to the Commons environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) committee published on Tuesday reveals that millions of pounds of billpayers’ money has been spent over the past five years on expensive external lawyers enlisted to reduce liabilities for regulatory breaches. Continue reading...
And in the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Lorena is a heavy rain threat for Mexico, while Hurricane Kiko may pass close to Hawaii Sep. 10-11. The post Eyeing a potential future tropical storm in the eastern Atlantic appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
More than 40 round-leaf pomaderris discovered by environmental community group inside the area earmarked for fire break in July Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris are thought left in the world and a planned fire break in Victoria could decimate almost 30% of those last remaining plants. The critically endangered shrub, which bursts into cascades of creamy flowers, is known to exist in only a handful of locations in central Victoria’s hill country. Continue reading...
A major storm in the Pacific could threaten Americans in Hawaii in the coming days as it strengthens into a dangerous hurricane.
NASA science and American industry have worked hand-in-hand for more than 60 years, transforming novel technologies created with NASA research into commercial products like cochlear implants, memory-foam mattresses, and more. Now, a NASA-funded device for probing the interior of storm systems has been made a key component of commercial weather satellites. The novel atmospheric sounder […]
President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin stood shoulder to shoulder at this week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, fuelling speculation about their countries’ “no limits” partnership. But beyond the optics, many analysts focused on energy: specifically, the long-delayed Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline. Valued at US$13.6 billion, the project was expected to be high on the bilateral agenda and would likely have featured when China, Russia and Mongolia – whose...
Kemi Badenoch vowed to bring 'common sense' to the Net Zero drive as she addressed an industry conference in Aberdeen.
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Xi hails China-Russia ties withstanding the test of geopolitical uncertainty China and Russia have withstood the test of international changes and will continue to support each other, President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a high-profile meeting that showed solidarity amid growing pressure from the United States and its...
Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department’s argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 17, 16 September 2025.
The moratorium is widely seen as one of the most effective supply-chain tools for slowing deforestation in the Amazon.
A report commissioned by the Trump administration that disputes the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change mimics tactics once used by the tobacco industry to manufacture doubt, leading US experts said Tuesday.
Tax credits for EVs, rooftop solar, heat pumps, energy-efficient windows, and more are ending soon. Take advantage while you still can. The post The $7,500 EV deal that disappears at the end of September appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The ruling Tuesday lifts an injunction that prevented the agency from clawing back the money for renewable energy in lower-income communities.
Amid fierce global competition to dominate the cement industry’s future, Trump’s gutting of climate incentives puts plants in GOP strongholds in a bind.
Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in Teesside to continue operating until March 2028 Business live – latest updates The lifespan of two UK nuclear power stations that power more than 4m homes a year has been extended by France’s EDF and the British Gas owner Centrica. Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in Teesside will continue generating until March 2028, a year longer than planned. Continue reading...
A group of French and German economists has urged Europe to identify which industries to support in the face of Chinese competition and boldly abandon those where the battle had already been lost, such as the solar power sector. The recommendations were presented in five memos to the Franco-German Council of Ministers at the request of the two governments during a council meeting on Friday. The memos cover trade with China, as well as defence, energy, economic growth and the labour market. The...
The governance of nature and biodiversity has evolved from early 20th-century treaties on hunting and migratory species to today’s complex web of multilateral environmental agreements. Initial efforts, such as the 1902 Convention for the Protection of Birds useful to Agriculture, reflected utilitarian concerns, but by the 1970s global awareness of extinction and habitat loss led […]
A hotpot restaurant in China has gone viral amid allegations that it was cooking with used oil taken from a roadside rubbish bin. On August 18, in Chongqing, southwestern China, a netizen posted a video showing a woman in her sixties, surnamed Zhang, apparently scooping used oil from a swill bin. The footage showed the woman dressed in the uniform of a local hotpot restaurant. She was carrying a ladle and a plastic bucket. When asked who had told her to collect the oil, the woman responded...
The province’s oil sands account for most of the crude output in Canada.
First observed in Sydney in 1860, the ‘magical’ phenomenon has become more common in Australia’s warming waters since the 1990s Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Beachgoers in Melbourne have been treated to the “cosmic and magical” sight of bioluminescent algae off St Kilda beach this week. Richard Pensak, a marine biologist at local environment group Earthcare St Kilda, spotted the bright pink-coloured cloud in the water on Sunday, and immediately knew what it was. Continue reading...
Governments can’t use climate change as an excuse for failing to take preventive measures, scientists say.
Tropical Storm Kiko is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the next 24 hours, forecasters said.
The Supreme Court has greenlit the nationwide rollout of E20 petrol by 2025, dismissing concerns about compatibility with older vehicles. The court sided with the government's argument that E20 supports sugarcane farmers, reduces emissions, and decreases reliance on fossil fuels. While newer vehicles are E20-ready, older models might experience reduced fuel efficiency and potential wear.
Edmonton had bad air quality due to a blaze at a recycling plant over the weekend and now, wildfire smoke drifting across the Prairies is worsening conditions in Alberta and Sask.
Unprecedented average temperature made about 70 times more likely by human-induced climate change, says agency The UK has had its hottest summer on record, the Met Office has said, after the country faced four heatwaves in a single season. The mean temperature for meteorological summer, which encompasses the months of June, July and August, was 16.1C (60.98F), which is significantly above the current record of 15.76C set in 2018. Continue reading...
[Ethiopian Herald] Climate change is eroding Africa's GDP growth by 5-15 percent annually, according to an African Development Bank report. To address this challenge, some 25,000 participants are expected to attend the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), set to be held in Addis Ababa during just over a week.
You can feast guilt-free on farmed oysters and mussels as their production can have environmental benefits – but those probably don't include capturing carbon
The two leaders held talks after attending the key session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathering in the port city of Tianjin, where discussions focused on regional stability, bilateral trade and energy cooperation.
Space weather experts warn that a "strong" geomagnetic storm will rock Earth on Sept. 1-2, potentially lighting the skies with vibrant auroras across large parts of North America. The disturbance is being triggered by a rare, cannibalistic ejection from the sun.
A flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Gaza left Barcelona’s port on Monday for a second time after the vessels were forced to return a day earlier because of bad weather. The Global Sumud Flotilla had departed on Sunday under much fanfare only to return a few hours later after a storm hit parts of Spain overnight. Facing winds of more than 56km/h (35mph), some of the smaller boats taking part in the mission would have been at risk, organisers said. It was not immediately clear...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the two countries should deepen cooperation “in all sectors”. The remark was a strong indication that New Delhi would not cut back on crude oil imports from Russia despite pressure from the US. Modi also expressed strong enthusiasm for welcoming Putin to India, in a subtle rebuke of US President Donald Trump. As they met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, Modi...
Simon King guides us through the weather we're expecting as we start meteorological autumn
Data from the World Nuclear Association reveals that nuclear reactors supplied more electricity than ever before last year.
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet
[Liberian Observer] Liberia has completed a key step in developing its National Biodiversity Finance Plan (BFP), a document that aims to secure funding for the country's biodiversity conservation efforts. Representatives from several government agencies, including the Ministries of Finance and Mines and Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Forestry Development Authority, recently validated the Policy and Institutional Review (PIR).
[Premium Times] In recent years, international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Africa have been moving to sell off some of their assets and relocate to more profitable, environmentally friendly operational landscapes.
Torrential monsoon rains have triggered flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, severely disrupting transportation and trade. Key highways, including national routes, are blocked, leaving farmers in Lahaul-Spiti facing significant losses due to disrupted apple markets.
African sovereign debtors in distress face terrible choices. They are often forced to choose between fully paying their creditors and financing the needs of their populations – health, education, renewable energy, water. Discussions with their creditors focus on financial, economic and contractual issues. The environmental and social impacts of their situation are largely excluded from […]
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02415-wThe vulnerability of women and children in West Africa
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High winds brought flooding and destruction to the coastal community of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. over the weekend. Environment Canada says the storm broke records for high water levels in the community.
Nearly 9,000 Tuvalu citizens, representing 82% of the population, have applied for Australia's new climate visa program, a key part of the Falepili Union pact. This initiative aims to provide a pathway for mobility as rising sea levels threaten Tuvalu's habitability. The agreement also commits Australia to defend Tuvalu and gives them a say in its defense pacts.
India is expected to receive above-normal rainfall in September, exacerbating the already extreme monsoon season. The IMD warns of potential disruptions like landslides and floods, particularly in Uttarakhand and other regions. Northwest and South Peninsular India have already experienced unusually heavy rainfall, leading to devastating floods and landslides in several states.
Punjab is grappling with severe flooding, prompting Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to request Prime Minister Modi to release Rs 60,000 crore in pending state funds. The floods, triggered by heavy rains and dam water releases, have devastated seven districts, submerging farmland and impacting livelihoods. The state government has extended school closures and seeks revised disaster relief compensation norms for farmers.
American journalist Rick Sanchez of Russia Today has criticized the US for imposing secondary tariffs on India over Russian oil, calling it disrespectful and ignorant. He highlighted India's autonomy in choosing oil suppliers as a transformational moment, noting India's significance on the global stage.
In Texas and across the nation, scores of coal-fired plants and petrochemical facilities are allowed to bypass toxic emissions rules.
BEIJING, Aug 30 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly extended an invitation to Chinese companies to invest in Egypt’s electric vehicle industry, given that China is the largest producer of electric cars. He encouraged investment and the establishment of such factories in the Suez Canal Economic Zone. He also expressed his desire for cooperation between … The post PM invites Chinese companies to invest in Egypt’s electric vehicle industry appeared first on Egypt Independent.
"Ice Age: Boiling Point" -- featuring the voice talents of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo and Queen Latifah -- is set for release Feb. 5, 2027.
In a former classroom, now a makeshift relief camp, pregnant women take refuge from the floods that have ravaged eastern Pakistan, their bodies aching, eyes heavy with exhaustion and silent despair.
Punjab is grappling with severe floods, the worst since 1988, impacting over 1,000 villages and damaging crops across 3 lakh acres. Rescue operations have evacuated thousands as the Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers overflow due to heavy rains. Three deaths have been reported, and relief efforts are underway with multiple agencies involved in rescue and aid distribution.
Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilise it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems.
The Conservative Party will make 'maximising extraction' the goal, in a move away from Net Zero pledges to end new fossil fuel extraction.
Residents of the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, threatened with disappearance by rising sea levels driven by climate change, have come to Switzerland to demand compensation from cement giant Holcim. Environmentalists have said most of the 42-hectare (104-acre) island of Pari could be underwater by 2050 due to rising sea levels.
Exclusive : Ambitious target would increase the country’s chance of winning rights to host Cop31 in 2026, Christiana Figueres says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here A former UN climate chief has urged the Australian government to set a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of at least a 75% cut by 2035, backing calls from a group of more than 350 businesses that it would be better for the economy than a lower goal. The intervention by Christiana Figueres, an architect of the 2015 Paris agreement when she was the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, comes before discussions about Australia’s commitment, due to be announced next month...
An Antarctic blast has swept across NSW and Victoria, blanketing Oberon and Orange in snow just before the start of spring.
“Abrupt changes” threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, at which point continued ice-melting would submerge coastal cities around the world.
Japan has once again urged Hong Kong to immediately lift the restriction on aquatic imports from 10 prefectures, which has been in place for more than two years, saying the ban lacks scientific evidence and highlighting the safety of its food products. The Japanese consulate general in Hong Kong on Friday urged the city’s government to drop the ban imposed after the country’s August 2023 decision to release 1.34 million tonnes of treated waste water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power...
The Trump administration’s campaign against wind power continued as it targeted funding for marine terminals and ports to support development of the industry.
On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, images of its devastation were overlaid onto present-day New Orleans.
Twenty years ago, the storm showed how few resources a city built on extraction had.
[The Point] In an era of ever-increasing global health threats from antimicrobial resistance to emerging infectious diseases, it is important for countries to invest in strengthening environmental surveillance for the health of the populace.
[The Point] The Health Policy Advisor at World Health Organisation Country office has underscored the importance of environmental surveillance in this era of increasing global health threats. In light of this, he affirmed that the latter must be integrated into 'our broader health systems and health security architecture, including disease control, water and sanitation, and One Health approach generally.
Twenty years after the storm hit New Orleans, the ACLU’s president examines how racial justice and infrastructure are intertwined
SET-listed Bangchak Corporation Plc, an energy conglomerate, has announced a crude oil discovery at the Talisker exploration well in the Brage field, Norway.
The proposal would give the state primacy over coal ash, but environmentalists say Wyoming ash ponds are contaminating groundwater.
[This Day] Abuja -- The Federal Ministry of Environment, through its Department of Climate Change, in collaboration with the NAP Global Network, has launched an inception workshop aimed at strengthening Nigeria's capacity for conflict-sensitive climate adaptation while unveiling a new report on integrating peace building into the country's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.
The floods in eastern Punjab province began Monday when heavy rains triggered sudden water releases from Indian dams.
[Leadership] Director-general of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Barr Teni Majekodunmi, has called for the implement of the country's updated climate commitments under its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 3.0.
The city’s $23 billion levee system is only rated to withstand a Category 3. The post What happens to New Orleans’ levees when a Category 4 hurricane hits? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received Mr. Ali D. Mohamed, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Senior Advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Dr William Samoei Ruto.
Tariffs imposed by the U.S. could give its trading partners space to reduce their economies’ dependence on oil and gas.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong readers now get 50% off their first year of subscription until September 21, 2025. The Hong Kong Observatory will cancel the No 1 typhoon warning at 6.10pm on Friday and issue the strong monsoon signal shortly afterwards. The weather forecaster said on Friday that a tropical depression over the central and northern parts of the South China Sea was...
Navigating an increasingly turbulent global landscape marked by geopolitical conflict, economic uncertainty, and a rapidly accelerating climate crisis, Thailand's leading corporate and financial minds have issued a powerful, pragmatic call to action, urging regional cooperation and collective will to forge a sustainable future.
Environment advocates have called for important migratory shorebird habitat off Tasmania to be declared ‘no-go site’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Albanese government has greenlit a contentious windfarm proposed for Robbins Island off north-western Tasmania, promising to impose conditions to protect threatened bird species, including the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot. The environment minister, Murray Watt, announced on Friday that he had approved an application by the renewable energy company Acen Australia to build up to 100 turbines, a 1.2km bridge between the nearly 10,000-hectare...
While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today's dollars.
Energy company Drax yesterday revealed that the FCA had launched a probe into 'certain historical statements' regarding the sourcing of wood pellets used in its biomass plant.
Despite increased US tariffs on Indian exports due to its reliance on Russian oil, India is expected to increase Russian crude imports by 10-20% in September. This move is driven by cheaper prices and Russia's increased export availability.
Thousands of Texans live near major methane leaks.
The current hurricane classification does not consider storm surge and rainfall risks, which cause almost 80% of hurricane-related deaths. A new scale could help people better prepare for storms.
Ministers should find out what the regulator says before signing away a further £1.8bn of public money There is already a scandal of bad accounting at Drax, one could say mischievously. It’s the one that maintains that transporting wood pellets from North America to burn in North Yorkshire is a “carbon neutral” activity because replacement trees absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. You don’t have to be a green lobbyist to think there’s something wrong there. As the research group Ember regularly reminds us , Drax is the UK’s biggest emitter yet qualifies for renewables subsidies. That weirdness in the methodology is one for the government to justify. The Financial Conduct Authority’s investigation is into the grittier issue of Drax’s “historical statements” about its sourcing of wood pellets...
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Environment Science and Technology (MEST) yesterday inaugurated the Governing Boards of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC).
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system. It brings sun-warmed tropical water to Europe and the Arctic, where it cools and sinks to form a deep return current. The Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years as a result of the climate crisis. Continue reading...
It was my first season of hurricane blogging, and I had an uneasy feeling about a tropical storm moving toward the Gulf. The post ‘Evacuate NOW!’: What it was like to sound the alarm ahead of Hurricane Katrina appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Open access notables Evaluating IPCC Projections of Global Sea-Level Change From the Pre-Satellite Era , Törnqvist et al., Earth's Future Open Access 10.1029/2025ef006533 With an acceleration of global sea-level rise during the satellite altimetry era (since 1993) firmly established, it is now appropriate to examine sea-level projections made around the onset of this time period. Here we show that the mid-range projection from the Second Assessment Report of the IPCC (1995/1996) was strikingly close to what transpired over the next 30 years, with the magnitude of sea-level rise underestimated by only ∼1 cm. Projections of contributions from individual components were more variable, with a notable underestimation of dynamic mass loss...
Resources for the Future examined charging power plants for carbon emissions and giving the money to households.
The ocean current that keeps Europe warm could start shutting down this century, Dutch studies projects.
Prices in California’s quarterly carbon auction rallied slightly from a low this spring, but still remain far below their 2024 peak amid continued questions about the program’s long-term fate.
Are you ready to organize your first event on behalf of the planet? Here are some ideas and tips on how to make it successful. The post How to organize a peaceful and effective climate protest appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
An industry based on insects’ natural recycling abilities could help limit the environmental damage from our food system.
In the past decades, China has witnessed high air pollution associated with rapid economic development, although regulatory efforts have alleviated the situation since 2013. Haze events characterized by high particulate matter (PM) levels in China are ...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03758A, Paper Xiaolang Liu, Runming Tao, Gaoxu Huang, Yuxi Yang, Haiping Wang, Huiyu Yuan, Deyu Wang, Zhihong Liu, Jiyan Liu, Jiyuan Liang Rechargeable aqueous zinc-sulfur batteries (ZSBs) are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their high theoretical capacity and cost-effectiveness. Generally, the reversible specific capacity of ZSBs can be enhanced... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[Nile Post] Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has launched a Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) Framework to guide evidence-based adaptation planning, identifying flooding as the city's most pressing climate threat.
Former Trump advisor Peter Navarro accuses India and PM Modi of prolonging the Ukraine war through discounted Russian oil purchases, alleging a double game on trade and energy. He claims India's actions undermine global stability and benefit from unfair trade practices, leading to increased tariffs on Indian goods.
MIT researchers designed an electrolyte that can break apart at the end of a battery’s life, allowing for easier recycling of components.
Wildfires have scorched southern Europe and new research suggests climate change played a major role.
South America's only English-speaking country Guyana goes to the polls on Monday in elections that will decide who will manage the nation's bountiful new oil riches.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster has said it will consider issuing the No 1 typhoon warning signal on Thursday night, adding the city is expected to experience scattered thunderstorms the next day. The Hong Kong Observatory said a broad area of low pressure was consolidating and expected to...
As climate change increases heat and dryness in Southern California and the Central Valley, dust storms pose an increasing problem and health risk.
The request followed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s declaration that a “strike team” of ICE agents would arrive in Chicago soon.
Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says Canada is focusing on speed in getting new infrastructure built to support energy exports, including liquified natural gas.
The history of carbon dioxide’s role in life on Earth combined with a call to climate action makes for compelling reading, finds Chris Stokel-Walker
The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made its first observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing that the comet appears to be unusually rich in carbon dioxide.
President Trump has suggested this week that wind power is the reason for rising energy bills in the UK. BBC Verify's Ben Chu takes a look at the data.
MAE HONG SON - Soldiers and national parks staff have been mobilised to join local officials in assisting residents hard hit by flash floods and landslides in Mae Hong Son.
Motorists queue, petrol stations run dry and prices surge in country that is one of the world’s top energy exporters Russia prides itself on being an energy superpower, but some of its citizens are suddenly struggling to fill their fuel tanks after weeks of Ukrainian drone strikes crippled refining capacity across the country. Petrol stations in several regions have run dry while prices have surged to record highs and motorists queue for hours. Continue reading...
A report has warned that Colombia’s push to expand oil and gas exploration in the Amazon risks undermining environmental goals, Indigenous rights, and long-term economic stability, unless the government pivots toward sustainable development pathways. The study, “Oil and Gas Expansion in the Colombian Amazon: Navigating Risks, Economics, and Pathways to a Sustainable Future”, lays out […]
[This Day] Independent petroleum producer, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, has become the third Nigerian company and the fourth in Africa to be welcomed into the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP).
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia has contingency plans in place to remain competitive in European markets as it works to avoid being classified as a "standard risk" country under the European Union's (EU) new deforestation rules, the commodities ministry said on Tuesday.
Despite US tariffs, Indian refineries are maintaining Russian oil imports, prioritizing national interests in ongoing trade discussions. Government officials and industry executives suggest India is firm in its stance, believing that conceding on oil could invite further demands.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01564B, Paper Vincent Wu, Erick Lawrence, Tianyu Li, Euan Bassey, Chia-Yu Chang, Bing Joe Hwang, Pierre-Etienne Cabelguen, Raphaële Clément The rapidly increasing demand for Li-ion batteries motivates the search for low-cost cathode materials free of critical metals, and with a high energy density and stable cycling performance. Disordered rocksalt... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Public speaks out against EPA plan to rescind Endangerment Finding.
EPA said the James M. Gavin Power Plant, one of the biggest coal plants in the country, wasn't meeting groundwater protection and monitoring requirements.
NISAR, a giant orbiting antenna 39 feet in diameter, will monitor changes to glaciers, forests, and the Earth’s crust, providing data to help improve infrastructure and disaster responses.
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- THE Zanzibar Stone Town Conservation Society (JUHIMKO) has appealed to the government and partners to step up cooperation in tackling the effects of climate change, which increasingly threaten Zanzibar's environment--particularly the UNESCO-listed Stone Town.
Nick Thomas-Symonds also accused Nigel Farage of ‘dividing communities and stoking anger’ Responding to Ofgem announcing that the energy price cap will rise by 2% ( see 8.47am BST ), Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said: The last thing struggling families and pensioners need is higher energy bills this winter. The government should cancel this rise and take up our plan to halve energy bills instead. Ministers should be cutting bills by making sure energy firms pass on the benefits of cheap renewables, not putting up bills yet again. Continue reading...
HANOI — Typhoon Kajiki left at least seven people dead in Vietnam after bringing heavy rains that damaged thousands of homes and left much of the capital under water on Wednesday.
California's truth in labeling law reserves the recycling sign only for products and packaging that can truly be recycled. Yet CalRecycle greenlit the label for milk and juice cartons which are tough to recycle.
Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing following a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route, news agency Press Trust of India reported on Wednesday. The time frame of the flooding deaths was not immediately clear. Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Wednesday called for army assistance in rescue and relief efforts after torrential rains caused...
The city’s $14 billion flood system faces new threats from climate change, land subsidence, and Trump budget cuts.
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors who lived through the storm as children are still reckoning with a city transformed — and the stories of loss and trauma they never got to tell.
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's draft Carbon Policy, designed to position the country in the global carbon market, has received mixed reviews from climate experts. While praised for its inclusive consultations, critics warn that it falls short on key climate mitigation commitments and risks undermining Liberia's achieving its climate goals.
The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has scaled back its ambitions to cut down on the greenhouse emissions that come from burning fossil fuels and which cause global warming.
Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers say Sharks without teeth might sound like the stuff of dreams to swimmers and surfers. Now a new study has found that ocean acidification could leave the apex predators without their critical survival weapon. Shark jaws carry several rows of teeth and new ones quickly push forward to replace losses. However, rapidly acidifying oceans are damaging shark teeth and could speed losses past replacement rates. Sharks with bad teeth could struggle to feed themselves efficiently, “potentially affecting shark populations and marine ecosystem stability”, the study said. Continue reading...
Sharks could suffer from climate change in ways that people hadn't previously considered.
Scientists in the US and China say they have developed a one-step method to safely turn toxic mixed plastic waste into petrol, with more than 95 per cent efficiency at room temperature. Compared to conventional ways of turning plastic into fuel, their process requires less energy, less equipment and fewer steps, making it scalable for industrial applications. At the end of this conversion process are the main components of petrol or gasoline, chemical raw materials, and hydrochloric acid. That...
Visibility dropped to 15m, drivers were urged to 'pull aside, stay alive'.
Stay safe and prepared outdoors with five essential backpacking gadgets, from survival kits and solar power banks to water filters and flashlights.
Saskatchewan's $349 million deficit could grow to roughly $800 million depending on the industrial carbon tax.
Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide on the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring at least six. The yatra has been suspended, and trains to Katra cancelled. Widespread disruption continues across the region with landslides blocking the Jammu-Srinagar highway and cloudbursts causing flash floods in Doda.
This story by Kate Yoder was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. It was 4 a.m. on July 4 at Camp La Junta in Kerr County when Kolton Taylor woke up to the sound of screaming. The 12-year-old boy stepped out of bed and straight into knee-deep floodwaters from the nearby Guadalupe River. Before long, the water had already risen to his waist. In the darkness, he managed to feel for his tennis shoes floating nearby, put them on, and escape to the safety of the hillside. All 400 people at the all-boys camp survived, even as they watched one of their cabins float away in the rushing river. But 5 miles downriver at Camp Mystic, 28 campers...
Overproduction in China has led to slashed prices, and buyers on the continent are taking advantage to sharply increase investments in clean energy.
Indian refiners plan to slightly decrease Russian crude oil imports in the coming weeks. While maintaining energy ties with Moscow, projected purchases will fall from 1.8 million barrels per day to between 1.4 and 1.6 million. The US has criticized India's increased reliance on Russian oil.
[Leadership] Polaris Bank has partnered with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) to launch a tree-planting initiative in Rivers State.
Haboob swept through capital, rattling homes, terrifying drivers and leaving tens of thousands without power A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through the city of Phoenix , Arizona, on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and damaging one of the nation’s busiest airports. The dust storm, known as a haboob, is pushed by the wind and produced by a weather front or thunderstorm. It typically occurs in flat, arid areas. The storm came from the south-east, and was followed by heavy rain, wind and lightning. Continue reading...
Video: 00:02:46 This video shows a timelapse of the launch preparations for Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite, which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission. MetOp-SG-A1 was launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana, on 13 August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission – along with new measurement capabilities to expand its scientific reach.This new weather satellite also carries...
The activity in the first half of this year slowed due to “deteriorating” policy conditions and growing tariff uncertainty, the research firm said.
The Meteorological Department warns that storm Kajiki will move into the northern province of Nan on Tuesday evening, bringing heavy rain with mountain runoff and flash floods in many provinces of the North and Northeast.
China’s Ambassador in Cairo Liao Liqiang said that Chinese companies have successfully completed Egypt’s first fully integrated photovoltaic (PV) energy storage project, with a capacity of 300 megawatt-hours, in Aswan Governorate. The project was fully connected to and operational on the national grid within just 60 days, two months ahead of schedule, he said. Liao … The post Chinese companies completed Egypt’s first fully integrated PV energy storage project in 60 days appeared first on Egypt Independent.
AI services have earned a reputation as energy-hungry beasts. But what about the other emissions in our digital lives?
The Trump administration ordered a halt to work on Revolution Wind, imperiling the U.S. outlook for a crucial source of clean energy, according to economists, utilities and unions.
FTSE 250 company, which employs 35,000 people, further extends deadline for Sidara to make firm takeover offer Business live – latest updates Wood Group has come a step closer to becoming the latest company to leave the London Stock Exchange, after the board of the British oil services company said it was minded to accept a reduced takeover offer from a Dubai-based suitor. Sidara, the Middle Eastern engineering company Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair and Partner Holdings, initially proposed a 35p a share offer in April. Continue reading...
The Trump administration is turning environmentalists’ legal playbook against them. The post How Interior is using environmental laws to suppress renewable energy appeared first on High Country News.
[350Africa.org] Africa - 25th August 2025 - Activists, CSOs and frontline communities across the continent came together under the umbrella body, KickTotalOutOfAfrica, and engaged in a coordinated protest dubbed Africa Week of Action from August 18-24, demanding French oil giant TotalEnergies stop its operations, pay reparations to affected communities, and make way for a just and community-centered energy transition.
In today’s newsletter: Extreme heat, droughts and floods are proving disastrous for farmers on the frontline of climate change, and consumers in the supermarket, too Good morning. My mum is a livestock farmer in Kent. This year her hay crop was down by 50% because the spring rains never came. She’s not alone – up and down the UK, farmers have watched their fields turn brown and their hay crops collapse. Hay keeps animals alive over winter (when there is no fresh grass outside) and some farmers are already selling off cows because they can’t guarantee they will be able to feed them. From extreme drought to biblical floods, more than 80% of UK farmers are worried wild swings in weather are affecting their ability to earn a living. Israel-Gaza war | Israel bombed the main hospital in...
Views of forward-thinking artist and writer who lived off land in national park celebrated at museum in Glastonbury She was considered an eccentric by some, eking out a frugal existence on a wild English moor, surviving off the land and exchanging her sketches of the countryside for meals. But the first museum exhibition on the life and work of the largely forgotten nature writer and artist Hope Bourne highlights that her views on the environment, recycling, access to the countryside – even rewilding – were ahead of her time. Continue reading...
The season's sixth named storm, Tropical Storm Fernand, weakened slightly overnight in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to dissipate before the end of the work week, forecasters said Tuesday.
[UN News] Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) - an increasingly urgent challenge as demand for safer access to the vital resource grows.
North Sea oil and gas giants have posted bumper profits amid calls for cuts in the windfall tax which they claim could provoke an exodus from the area.
African countries imported a record number of solar panels in the past year, which could be the beginning of a green energy boom on the continent
Larissa Waters welcomes urgency of getting EPBC legislation into parliament this year, but says Greens want to see a climate trigger. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In the last parliament, the government had just reached a deal with the Greens and members of the crossbench, to get its environmental laws over the line. Now that they’ve had to go back to the drawing board, the Coalition and the Greens will be approached for negotiation (as Murray Watt outlined a bit earlier). We need laws that actually act on the climate crisis, protect nature. And of course, we will always stand for making sure everyone’s got a home, a roof over their heads in this wealthy country. So the offer’s there. We’re looking forward to those discussions...
Typhoon Kajiki made landfall along the northern part of Vietnam’s central coast on Monday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain that prompted a warning of possible flash floods and landslides across multiple provinces.
The Alberta government has announced a plan to gather public feedback on the possible development of nuclear power in the province.
Millions of people may experience accelerated ageing as climate change drives more frequent and intense hot weather
After nearly two months unable to leave Antarctica with his plane, U.S. pilot and influencer Ethan Guo, 19, is set to return to Punta Arenas in early September.
Exposure to heat waves over just two years could add up to 12 extra days of age-related health damage.
Labor will seek to legislate national standards and federal EPA in one package rather than multiple stages, as it tried and failed to do last term Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here A major overhaul of the federal environmental protection regime will be put to parliament this year, the minister, Murray Watt, has promised, as he warns further delays risk causing more “environmental destruction” and stalled investment. After last week’s economic reform roundtable agreed to fast-track the original 18-month timeframe, Watt will on Tuesday confirm that legislation to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) will be introduced before parliament rises for the year in late November. Sign up to get...
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Lauri Myllyvirta Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024. The CO2 output of the nation’s power sector – its dominant source of emissions – fell by 3% in the first half of the year, as growth in solar power alone matched the rise in electricity demand. The new analysis for Carbon Brief shows that record solar capacity additions are putting China’s CO2 emissions on track to fall across 2025 as a whole. Other key findings include: The growth in clean power generation, some 270 terawatt hours (TWh) excluding hydro, significantly...
Fifteen young people argue that state laws benefit fossil fuels and violate their constitutional right to a stable climate system.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump on August 15, in Anchorage, Alaska, the geographic significance of the event was not lost on Russian observers. Putin became the first Russian leader to visit the former colony at a time when the Arctic is a high priority in Russia’s foreign policy strategy. However, the summit itself was an anticlimax. Peace in Ukraine remained postponed; there was a meagre readout and the delegation lunch was cancelled. As Putin remarked...
[Afrobarometer] Nine out of 10 citizens who have heard of climate change say it is making their lives worse.
More than 500,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in coastal Vietnam as Typhoon Kajiki made landfall there, bringing winds of up to 130 km/h. Officials say six provinces are at risk of flash floods and landslides.
[Leadership] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and key upstream gas suppliers have signed long-term Gas Supply Agreements (GSAs) with Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), marking a significant step toward boosting Nigeria's domestic energy capacity and export potential.
India's accelerated adoption of E20 fuel, targeting reduced emissions and import reliance, faces concerns over fuel efficiency. Experts anticipate a 2-5% mileage reduction due to ethanol's lower energy density, particularly in older, non-compliant vehicles, which may experience long-term component wear. While the Oil Ministry downplays drastic efficiency drops, a PIL challenges the rollout, citing compatibility issues with pre-2023 vehicles.
But the agency will allow California to require trucks registered in the state to be subject to an inspection and maintenance program aimed at curbing smog.
Typhoon Kajiki is set to make landfall along Vietnam’s northern coast on Monday, after gathering strength over the weekend as the system tracked west across warm ocean waters.
Trump’s business experience could revive nuclear investment deals.
This is the first time that this blood-red, hook-tentacled Antarctic gonate squid has ever been seen alive in its natural habitat.
China and Mongolia are joining forces to build an ecological security barrier to combat desertification and sandstorms, which may involve an expansion of the Chinese “Great Green Wall” across their shared border. The project is the latest in joint efforts to help slow the spread of desertification in the Mongolian Plateau. With nearly 80 per cent of Mongolian land degraded, the country’s battle with desertification has consequences that extend beyond its borders, posing challenges for the wider...
A member of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority’s (EMA) media center, Manar Ghanem said that it is likely that higher temperatures are to be expected and that there will be more heat waves to come, as summer is still set to officially end in a month. Ghanem added that there will be a rise in temperatures … The post Summer is not over, hot weather still expected across Egypt: EMA appeared first on Egypt Independent.
[The Conversation Africa] In today's world, huge amounts of data are being created all the time, yet more than half of it is never used. It stays in silos, or isn't managed, or can't be accessed because systems change, or isn't needed because business priorities change. This "dark data" accumulates in servers and storage devices, consuming electricity and inflating the digital carbon footprint.
The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.
Chinese scientists expect to soon make a breakthrough in airborne wind turbine technology, with the world’s first megawatt-level system set to take flight, according to the project team. The floating wind power generation system resembles an airship and is being held up as a possible power solution for remote locations and disaster zones where conventional power supplies cannot be used or are inadequate. The researchers said their system’s output – more than 30 times more powerful than the best...
Bill proposes climate risk assessments every five years and national adaptation plan.
Non-vintage still wine is now increasingly being made in response to more challenging weather.
The heatwave showed an average temperature 4.6C higher than previous events.
India's ambassador to Moscow asserts that India will continue to procure oil from the most advantageous sources, despite the US imposing tariffs in response to New Delhi's Russian crude imports. Vinay Kumar criticized the tariffs as unfair, emphasizing India's priority of energy security for its population.
"Am I f--king crazy, or is this them trying to humiliate a random immigrant and using an ICE agent’s fat delicious a-- just to make sure it gains traction," one X user asked.
KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia Sunday, triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant as it celebrated Ukrainian independence day against a backdrop of fading hopes for recent peace efforts.
Russia says Ukrainian drone strike hit Kursk nuclear plant on Ukraine’s Independence Day; no injuries or radiation leak reported as global leaders reaffirm support.
Ideological tensions to be on full display amid growing list of Liberal state divisions opposed to emissions reduction policy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition’s internal struggle over climate change will be on full display on Monday as the House of Representatives prepares to debate Barnaby Joyce’s private bill to dump Australia’s net zero target. Over the weekend, the Queensland Liberal National party convention voted to abandon Australia’s net zero targets , adding to the growing list of Liberal state divisions opposed to the emissions reduction policy, including South Australia and Western Australia. The state divisions’ motions do not bind the federal party room but will ignite ideological tensions within the Coalition as it...
When Sama Bilbao y León, director general of the World Nuclear Association – a global industry body based in London – toured China’s nuclear facilities this summer, she was left speechless. “I couldn’t close my mouth in amazement,” she admitted, stunned by China’s advanced capabilities and “incredible” industrial scale. This awe-inspiring progress exists despite stringent US sanctions – including the 2019 blacklisting of China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and the recent suspension of...
The president’s fossil-fuel obsession can’t stop global progress, writes the former Environmental Protection Agency head Over the past decade, the United States has turned technologies into tools that strengthened our economy, delivered good-paying union jobs, cleaned up our air and water, conserved our precious natural resources, and saved families money all across our country. Yet now the country is choosing to cede that leadership, letting China dominate and control the clean-energy market across the world. It’s no surprise that people are scratching their heads, wondering what happened. Our president is obsessed with fossil fuels. He wants to resuscitate what everyone knows is a dying coal sector while turning a blind eye to the health, environmental, and economic downsides of the climate...
Country’s weather agency says 10-day period from 8-17 August was hottest since at least 1950, as fires still rage A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was “the most intense on record”, the country’s state meteorological agency (AEMET) has said. Provisional readings for the 3-18 August heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, and showed an average temperature 4.6C higher than for previous such phenomena, the agency said on X. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Some of the littlest organisms in the ocean wield incredible influence, both on their ecosystems and on the planet. Like plants do on land, phytoplankton absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide and expel oxygen. They process so much of those two gases, […]
The rapid adoption of solar energy was initially encouraged by the government in power-starved Pakistan, but officials now fear it is spreading too quickly.
Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact.
Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.
Russian officials said several power and energy facilities were targeted in the overnight strikes.
A plan to build hundreds of luxury villas on an island in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park has sparked fierce backlash from environmentalists and residents over concerns that it could devastate the fragile ecosystem of the Unesco-listed sanctuary – the only place on Earth where Komodo dragons roam wild. The project, backed by a government-linked developer, risks undermining years of efforts to support sustainable tourism in one of Southeast Asia’s most iconic ecological zones, according to...
Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia Sunday, triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant as it celebrated Ukrainian independence day against a backdrop of fading hopes for recent peace efforts.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. All typhoon signals will be cancelled at 12.10pm on Sunday as Tropical Cyclone Kajiki moves further away from Hong Kong, according to the city’s weather forecaster. The Hong Kong Observatory said the No 1 typhoon signal would be replaced by the strong monsoon signal at noon, as Kajiki moved...
Nikki Haley suggests India should address Donald Trump's tariff concerns. She highlights the need for dialogue regarding Russian oil imports. Haley views India as essential for the US, especially in countering China. She emphasizes India's growing economic importance and young workforce. Haley advocates for strengthening the US-India partnership. She believes resolving trade issues is crucial for shared goals.
Rhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their climate goals The Democratic governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut promised on Saturday to fight a Trump administration order halting work on a nearly complete wind farm off their coasts that was expected to be operational next year. The Revolution Wind project was about 80% complete, with 45 of its 65 turbines already installed, according to the Danish wind farm developer Ørsted, when the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sent the firm a letter on Friday ordering it to “halt all ongoing activities”. Continue reading...
Amidst trade tensions with the US, India asserts its right to prioritize national interests in trade deals and oil procurement from Russia. Ministers Jaishankar and Goyal emphasized that trade decisions are guided by national priorities, not geopolitical pressures. Despite tariff challenges, Indian businesses remain confident, and the government is exploring strategies to enhance international trade relationships.
The department says conditions look promising to continue to make progress on the Long Lake fire before winds are expected to pick up again from a large storm well offshore.
Recent floods in Beijing have revealed how rural districts are unprepared for an increasingly wetter future. As China faces rising climate threats, a climate campaigner urges the government to beef up its rural emergency response. - REUTERS
The close call in Tracy Arm 50 miles south of Juneau on 10 August is the latest sign that as glaciers melt, risks may rise The landslide that triggered a powerful tsunami in Alaska’s Inside Passage early on 10 August was a close call, say scientists, tour operators and agency officials, with the risk of such events apparently increasing as glaciers retreat because of climate change. “It’s a historic event,” said scientist Dennis Staley from the US Geological Survey of the slide, which occurred in the Tracy Arm fjord 50 miles (80km) south of Juneau. Continue reading...
Devastating floods in Vasai's Naigaon, triggered by heavy rains and mangrove destruction, severely impacted Jeet Bhatti's animal shelter, claiming the lives of two dogs and three cats. Bhatti, with his uncle's help, rescued many animals, aided by the forest department and NGOs like Yoda and Furacause.
Pausing changes to Construction Code, establishment of ‘strike team’ within environment department and use of AI in planning among reforms Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government has promised to cut red tape and fast-track environmental approvals for new homes in an effort to address Australia’s housing crisis. On Saturday, the government announced plans to pause further residential changes to the National Construction Code and to streamline the assessment of more than 26,000 homes under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Continue reading...
This deadly bacteria, which hits low-income people the hardest, was once an “only in New York” problem. Extreme heat is now increasing its prevalence.
Offshore wind operators will be required to pay to re-train oil and gas workers under new proposals tabled by the UK Government
Some emergency room doctors and nurses who are versed in climate change want more recognition of the ways overheating can precipitate ER visits for heart, respiratory and kidney disease.
Nationals leader rails against regional Australia becoming littered with transmission lines, solar panels and wind turbines at LNP conference Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Nationals are vowing to introduce nuclear power to Australia’s energy mix, promising to take the policy to the next election after it contributed to a split in the Coalition. Nationals leader David Littleproud explained to party faithful on Saturday what led to his party’s week-long decoupling from the Liberals following the May federal election rout. Continue reading...
China’s intensifying interest in the Arctic has aroused concerns in the US, which has been monitoring the progress of five Chinese icebreakers and research vessels since before they passed through the Bering Strait earlier this month. The fleet is led by the domestically built Xue Long 2, one of the world’s newest generation polar research icebreakers and the first to adopt an intelligent hull and engine room design. Over the past five years, the Xue Long 2 has conducted nearly 10 scientific...
For half a century, Malaysia’s economy has been buoyed by oil and gas, the vast reserves off its shores enabling it to ride out global downturns and sustain growth. Today, these resources are throwing the nation a lifeline once more as global economic waters become ever choppier. But smooth sailing ahead is far from guaranteed. An estimated 3.6 billion barrels of oil and more than 40 trillion cubic feet of natural gas lie under the contested waters of the South China Sea – a maritime expanse...
The case is part of a growing movement to force climate action through the courts, led in part by Indigenous youth.
Multiple fires have ignited this week with searing heat expected to last days and extend to Pacific north-west Multiple wildfires have ignited across California as the state continues to scorch in a multi-day heatwave that is expected to last through the weekend. The largest this week, named the Pickett fire, exploded in size on Thursday as it burned in a remote area of Napa county, and covered more than 2,100 acres (850 hectares) by Friday morning. Evacuation orders and warnings have been issued Thursday for hundreds of residents around Calistoga, a small city in the region known for its wine, as firefighters faced challenging conditions, working through dangerously high temperatures and rugged terrain. The fire’s perimeter is 0% contained. Continue reading...
Rosprirodnadzor is seeking $614 million in damages from the two companies over the December 2024 oil spill off the coast of the Krasnodar region.
[Nile Post] Six people were swept away on Wednesday evening when flash floods overpowered two motorcycles attempting to cross a notorious flood-prone section of the Bulago-Buginyanya road in Bulambuli District.
Argentina's iconic Perito Moreno glacier, one of Patagonia's top tourist attractions, is entering a phase of rapid retreat that experts say is irreversible.
Staff at a remote lodge in polar bear country on Manitoba's Hudson Bay coastline were surprised and impressed early last week when a man with a backpack and a dog walked up to the front door for the first time ever.
Disturbance 90L near the Leeward Islands may develop into a tropical storm that could threaten Bermuda on Monday. The post Hurricane Erin exits stage right as new systems bubble in Atlantic appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Hungary’s foreign minister claims missile strike on energy infrastructure is ‘another attempt to drag us into war’ Ukraine has hit a key pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline bringing fuel to Europe from Russia, knocking out supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only remaining EU member states still receiving Russian oil. As Ukraine targets infrastructure crucial to Moscow’s war effort in response to the Russian onslaught, the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi, announced the attack on the Unecha pumping station in the Bryansk region. Continue reading...
The strike late on Thursday hit the Unecha oil pumping station in Russia's Bryansk region, setting off a huge fire at one of the most critical links in the pipeline.
A new report decries risks that residents near coke and steel plants face over exposure to cancer-causing benzene as well as chromium emissions.
As America retreats from clean energy investment around the world, with US President Donald Trump labelling wind and solar power “the scam of the century” on Wednesday, Chinese “cleantech” firms have been striding into emerging markets in Southeast and Central Asia and Latin America. Mabill Technologies, a Malaysian cleantech start-up developing a predictive AI algorithm that will connect energy efficiency analytics and sustainable cooling solutions, said Chinese investors had been showing...
Since early 2022, India's Russian oil purchases have reached ₹132 billion, constituting 20% of Russia's oil export earnings. While China leads in overall fossil fuel imports from Russia, India's oil imports surpassed those of the EU and Turkiye. The US has criticized India's Russian oil trade, imposing tariffs, which India contests, vowing to continue procurement.
The storm was forecast to cause possible coastal flooding into the weekend along the East Coast but was also expected to lose strength gradually.
[Vanguard] In today's Nigerian newspapers' review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with a report on how floods, with climate change in mind, worsen Nigeria's healthcare problems.
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 surface temperature records reliable? Surface temperature records are consistent and have been confirmed by multiple independent analyses. Measurements come from over 30,000 stations worldwide, with around 7,000 having long, continuous monthly records. Scientists adjust for known local anomalies such as urban heat islands by comparing urban and rural trends and accounting for differences. Allegations in 2009 that poorly located U.S. stations skewed data were tested by NOAA, which found those sites actually read slightly cooler on average. The independent Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature...
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's rich forest reserves could position the country as a major beneficiary in the global carbon market, but experts warn that policy gaps, weak enforcement, and political interference continue to undermine the nation's climate ambitions.
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