Station leader Andy Warton says isolation takes getting used to, but a ‘profound adventure’ with auroras, penguins and icebergs awaits Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Few people witness the otherworldly seasonal transformation of Antarctica, but a small group of Australians experience it first-hand. From the complete darkness of polar winter to the peachy glow of a round-the-clock summer sun, they witness the spectacle of light and wildlife return colour to an icy landscape, and gaze up at silver and green auroras across the night sky. The Australian Antarctic Program is now recruiting for its 2026-27 season, offering work in Antarctica to about 300 Australians across almost 40 different roles. Continue reading...
COP30 negotiator Malang Sambou Manneh believes the method of countering growth in fossil fuel development lies in technology. Showcasing alternatives that work provides the opportunity for the global South to take the lead and present best practices in renewables.
Queensland's treasurer said the “ideological decision to close coal units by 2035, regardless of their condition, is officially abolished."
Leading German firms are calling for carve-outs in Europe’s flagship emissions trading system.
States will have few options for fighting local air pollution if EPA repeals federal rules to limit vehicle emissions.
RELEASE: Clean Energy Investments Can Power Indonesia’s Growth and Advance Its Net-Zero Goals, Finds New WRI Study darla.vanhoorn… Tue, 10/14/2025 - 01:38 Every US$1 billion invested in renewable energy projected to generate US$1.41 billion in economic returns (Jakarta) October 14, 2025 – Investing in clean energy and energy efficiency can power Indonesia’s twin goals: sustaining 8% annual GDP growth through 2029 and reaching net-zero emissions by 2060, finds a new study by WRI Indonesia . Using an adaptation of the Indonesia Vision to 2045 (IV2045) model — an analytical tool that helps decision-makers see the economic, social and environmental impacts of policy choices — WRI researchers simulated what would...
After charging, there was a power system malfunction but MG closed the case and insisted a safety check was at our own expense Our MG5 electric car became dangerously out of control, but MG won’t do anything about it. The car suffered a power system malfunction after we had used a charger at a motorway service station. Continue reading...
Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds The flood-prone Worcestershire town being abandoned by insurers Doors, drains and paving perils: protecting your home from flooding Millions more homes in England, Scotland and Wales face devastating floods, and some towns may have to be abandoned as climate breakdown makes many areas uninsurable, a Guardian investigation has found. New analysis from the insurance industry, seen by the Guardian, reveals the extent of concern in the sector, with bosses warning that large swathes of housing and commercial property in densely populated areas will be at greater risk. Every constituency in Great Britain is projected to have increased flood risk in future. In England...
Hong Kong authorities will assess the capacity of some popular tourist hotspots and intensify efforts to educate visitors, aiming to balance environmental protection with tourism, following incidents of visitors trampling corals in a geopark during the “golden week” holiday. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu revealed on Tuesday that his administration was conducting a study to include ecologically important sites within marine park protected areas for improved coastal conservation. Lee announced...
LONDON - An ambitious plan by the UN's shipping agency to cut maritime emissions could be scuttled at the last minute after the United States threatened to impose sanctions on those supporting it.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's rise is a reality that cannot be reversed despite all the machinations, proxy shenanigans, and ill-conceived attempts of its adversaries, the Ministry of Water and Energy stressed.
Last March, I took a group of students to the Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park, where we embarked on a chilly snorkel across one of Hong Kong’s most impressive and publicly accessible coral communities. Our mission was to observe the wonderful diversity of corals and the wildlife that lives among them. Our research at the Swire Institute of Marine Science has shown that Hong Kong is a biodiversity hotspot, hosting more than 25 per cent of China’s known marine species. Moreover, that life is densely...
PARIS - Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.
India’s sunshine hours have fallen over the past 30 years due to clouds, aerosols and local weather.
Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus Global forest health has plunged to “dismal” levels and threatens the wellbeing of humanity, warns a damning report that highlights how financial systems are pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to reduce destruction. Since 2021 when world leaders and corporate executives promised to halt deforestation, the new study found that forest loss has increased, driven by subsidies for livestock, monocrops, logging and other extractive industries. Continue reading...
Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.
A powerful nor'easter continued to batter the Atlantic coast Monday with heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge from North Carolina to Rhode Island.
In an era of climate challenges, rising energy costs, and growing demand for sustainable construction, the building industry is undergoing a profound transformation. At the heart of these changes stands Artur Petkov.
NY Times: Solar panels soak up sunlight that is much brighter because the air is so thin.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The chairman of the Environmental Preservation Association, Rafael Lucas, on Wednesday in Luanda, advocated for strengthening methods of disseminating content on climate change and its impact, resulting from more sustainable decision-making.
Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroën face group action in which damages could exceed £6bn Car manufacturers decided they would rather cheat to prioritise “customer convenience” and sell cars than comply with the law on deadly pollutants, the first trial day of the largest group action in English legal history has been told. More than a decade after the original “dieselgate” scandal broke, lawyers representing 1.6 million diesel car owners in the UK argue that manufacturers deliberately installed software to rig emissions tests . Continue reading...
ADVISORY: ACT2025 Press Call on Climate-Vulnerable Nations' Expectations for COP30 sophie.brady@wri.org Mon, 10/13/2025 - 09:50 WASHINGTON (October 21, 2025) — Join Allied for Climate Transformation by 2025 (ACT2025) on Tuesday, October 21 from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. EDT (see additional time zones below) for a press briefing featuring expert voices from countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Speakers will outline what COP30 must deliver to meet urgent adaptation, finance and loss and damage needs. ACT2025 is a consortium of think tanks and experts from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The group works to amplify the priorities of climate-vulnerable countries and drive ambitious, just, and equitable outcomes at UN climate...
Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed Greenpeace is threatening to sue King Charles’s property management company, accusing it of exploiting its monopoly ownership of the seabed. The environmental lobby group alleges the crown estate has driven up costs for wind power developers and boosted its own profits, as well as the royal household’s income, due to the “aggressive” way it auctions seabed rights. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Manatee County’s commissioners didn’t expect to be threatened with removal from office for considering two measures meant to enhance disaster resilience in this fast-growing county on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The measures, both amendments to the county’s comprehensive plan, were […]
[Global Witness] A $125 billion fund will use profits from global markets to invest in forest protection. Can we trust the same financiers driving deforestation to save the world's forests?
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the 21st century, while growth fuelled by fossil fuels is futile because the damage it causes ends in self-destruction, the economist Nicholas Stern has said. The plummeting costs of clean technologies, from renewable energy to electric cars, plus the healthier and more productive societies they enable, meant investments could simultaneously tackle the climate crisis and faltering economic growth, and bring millions of people out of poverty, he said. Continue reading...
A Texas company wants to drill for oil off Santa Barbara County's coast. Experts say its path to oil sales is looking more and more challenging.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly affirmed that the renewable energy sector receives significant attention from the Egyptian state due to its vital role in ensuring the availability and accessibility of electric power to meet developmental and consumption needs. Chairing a meeting on Sunday 12-10-2025 to follow up on the implementation progress of renewable energy projects, Madbouly … The post Egypt targets 42% renewable energy share by 2030, rising to 60% by 2040 – PM appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Scientists have examined the $16.5bn project’s climate impact and found it could expose more than half a million people to unprecedented heat Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Greenhouse emissions linked to a gas field being developed by Australian fossil fuel company Woodside could lead to the death of at least 480 people and expose more than half a million to unprecedented heat, new research suggests. Scientists from six universities have examined the climate impact of the $16.5bn Scarborough project , which is expected to start production off the northern Western Australian coast next year and could result in 876m tonnes of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere over three decades. Continue reading...
Almost 900 miles from Ukraine’s borders, a fire erupted at a Russian oil refinery on Saturday. The blaze – a result of a strike by Ukrainian long-range drones, according to sources in the country’s security services – was the third at the facility in the last month alone. It was just the latest episode in … The post Ukraine and Russia’s intensifying energy war brings gas shortages and economic pain appeared first on Egypt Independent.
SET-listed Global Power Synergy (GPSC) is planning to co-invest in a small modular reactor (SMR) overseas to prepare the company for a similar nuclear power plant project in Thailand.
[The Conversation Africa] Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals are essential for modern technologies. They are key to industries ranging from electronics and telecommunications to renewable energy, defence, and aerospace systems.
[The Conversation Africa] UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world's least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed.
Global warming was crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse. The warning in the Global Tipping Points report by 160 researchers worldwide, which synthesises groundbreaking science to estimate points of no return, came just weeks ahead of this year’s Cop30 climate summit being held at the edge of the Amazon...
Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order The climate crisis, Donald Trump told the UN last month, is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. With these words the US president rejected the international scientific consensus and evidence that we can all check daily with a basic thermometer. He has also announced he is withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement, signed in 2015 by 195 UN countries. The US joins an axis of deniers including Yemen, Iran and Libya, countries that signed the agreement but never ratified it. Paradoxically, Trump’s reversal provides an opportunity for others to advance the climate agenda: to sketch out the blueprint of a possible new world order without the US...
Record-breaking ocean temperatures have caused widespread bleaching and death among warm-water corals, which could have far-reaching consequences
With global warming on track to climb past 1.5°C (2.7°F), scientists say that warm water coral reefs are now passing their thermal tipping point.
The Polar Vortex is a large circulation of winds 30 miles above ground level in the stratosphere, and can impact winter weather by strengthening or weakening.
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.
Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. With climate change already causing dangerous extremes across the planet, a United Nations-led system based on consensus and pledges faces tough questions.
The high-impact storm system traveling from South Carolina is expected to bring flooding, downpours and powerful gusts to coastal regions in the tri-state area and New England.
Charge from next month expected to have disproportionate impact after energy-intensive industries given exemption British charities and small businesses have warned that a new levy on energy bills, intended to support the government’s nuclear power ambitions, could raise their costs by thousands of pounds a year. The extra charge could mean a significant cost hike for charities and small businesses with high energy use, meaning community services may be cut and economic growth curtailed, according to trade groups. Continue reading...
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
Electric cars and trucks can use their huge batteries to power your home during a blackout — or even prevent blackouts by selling energy back to the power grid.
The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approaching a tipping point. Here I will show you the latest high-resolution images – and also […] The post High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) first appeared on RealClimate.
Construction is set to begin next month on a monumental railway linking Hotan in Xinjiang with Lhasa in Tibet – one of China’s most ambitious infrastructure projects to date. The 1,980km (1,230 miles) line has been dubbed one of the “projects of the century” for the extreme engineering challenges it presents and the massive investment required. Traversing mountain ranges, glaciers and permafrost zones at altitudes averaging above 4,500 metres (14,764 feet), it will connect the two autonomous...
Fresk converts the latest climate science into a hands-on card game, helping players understand the causes, effects and feedback loops of climate change.
Global energy investment is projected to reach US$3.3 trillion this year, with some US$2.2 trillion directed towards clean technologies, double the amount flowing into fossil fuels. Yet beneath these impressive figures, a crisis of confidence is unfolding. During the first half of this year alone, companies cancelled or scaled back more than US$22 billion in clean energy projects in the United States. These included high-profile battery facilities, storage systems and electric vehicle factories,...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 20, 28 October 2025.
Rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may trigger a series of geological and biological processes that could ensure the next ice age arrives on time instead of being delayed, researchers say.
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.
Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species , which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...
An exhausted owl found on an offshore oil rig is being nurtured back to health following some impressive team work.
India has mandated emission intensity reduction targets for 282 carbon-heavy industrial units, including aluminum, cement, and pulp & paper, starting 2025-26. These units must reduce greenhouse gas emissions per product unit by 2026-27, facing penalties for non-compliance. The move aligns with India's net-zero goals.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 10, October 2025.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04165A, Paper Wenqian Xing, Deyu Wang, Kai Feng, Shihao Ding, Xinle Zhang, Haolan Xu, Jiang Gong, Jinping Qu, Ran Niu The rising demand for lithium, essential for energy storage, has heightened the need for efficient extraction methods from salt-lake brines, as current techniques are inefficient and energy-intensive. Here we present... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A rain storm could help bring wildfire risk down close to zero in the Bay Area.
Karen popped up at the same latitude as Minneapolis, while Jerry douses the Northern Leeward Islands, Priscilla threatens to drench the U.S. Southwest, and an unnamed storm slams the Mid-Atlantic coast. The post Karen becomes the Atlantic’s northernmost named storm on record appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Trump administration has canceled the proposed Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada that would have been among the world's largest solar power facilities.
China has committed to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035 — but is this going to cut it? Tell us what you think.
After damaging wildfires in LA, tornadoes and series of floods, the first six months of this year smashed multiple extreme weather records in the U.S., data show — and experts say this trend is likely to continue.
Exclusive : ‘Old Faithful’ was captured after Queensland authorities deemed him ‘a problem crocodile’, but Rinyirru Aboriginal Corporation says the government is mistaken Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Traditional owners have called on the Queensland environment minister to return an iconic saltwater crocodile to the wild, arguing his capture was a “wrongful arrest” – but that his case could prove “a landmark” in redefining consultation with First Nations people and the management of crocodiles. Rinyirru (Lakefield) Aboriginal Corporation chair, Alwyn Lyall, wrote to the environment minister, Andrew Powell, on Friday saying the removal of a crocodile longer than 4 metres, known as “Old Faithful”, from Rinyirru – or Lakefield national park – last month...
The IUCN has updated its 'Red List', revealing that three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction.
Nayara Energy, a major Indian refinery with significant Russian ownership, is navigating EU sanctions by boosting domestic fuel distribution via increased rail transport. The company, now solely sourcing crude from Russia, faces challenges securing export markets and processing international payments.
The poor showing in the nation's top coal-producing region could be a warning sign for the Trump administration’s effort to bolster the industry.
Trans advocate Jasmine McKenzie is building a lifeline for Black and trans Floridians who often can’t safely access disaster services from FEMA or religious organizations. The post When a hurricane hits, she shows up for those left behind appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Firms led by deputy Reform UK leader since 2011 have shown commitment to saving energy and cutting CO 2 emissions UK politics live – latest updates He never seems to tire of deriding “net stupid zero”, but Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, has a 15-year business record of support for sustainability and green energy initiatives. The Reform party has made opposition to green energy and net zero part of its policy platform. Its founder, Nigel Farage, has called net zero policies a “lunacy” ; the party has called to lift the ban on fracking for fossil gas; and one of the first Reform-led councils, Kent, rescinded last month its declaration of a climate emergency . Continue reading...
Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.
Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’ More than half of all bird species are in decline, according to a new global assessment, with deforestation driving sharp falls in populations across the planet. On the eve of a key biodiversity summit in the UAE, scientists have issued a fresh warning about the health of bird populations, with 61% of assessed species now recording declines in their numbers. Continue reading...
America has imposed new sanctions targeting individuals and companies aiding Iran's oil and LPG exports. Three Indian nationals are among those sanctioned for their alleged roles. The US aims to disrupt Iran's revenue streams and its support for terrorist groups. These actions are part of a broader effort to dismantle Iran's energy export network.
Soot emissions from power plants rose nearly 20 percent above average when enforcement stalled during the shutdown seven years ago.
Researchers are exploring possibilities for using "metal-organic frameworks" to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and pollution from industrial sites or to harvest moisture from desert air.
The General Assembly could vote this month to boost grid-scale battery storage and study the benefits of Illinois running its own grid.
[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- Global biodiversity is disappearing at breakneck speed and, in the process, threatening the future of humanity. The loss is not a future threat but a present crisis that Dr. Luthando Dziba, the new Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), believes can be tackled with science-based policy action.
Hong Kong environmental innovator Shawn Cheng Yat-ho has spent more than 15 years turning rubbish into opportunity, creating one of the city’s most ambitious recycling and education networks. His long-standing efforts to promote a green environment have earned him a place as a finalist in this year’s Spirit of Hong Kong Awards in the sustainability category. Cheng did not start out as an environmental crusader. Trained in environmental science, he saw recycling as a practical way to fix a...
Scientists say they have cracked the biggest challenge to creating the holy grail of next-generation batteries – a design that could power everything from smartphones to electric cars up to three times longer on a single charge. The team, led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed a self-healing interface that works like a liquid seal. It flows to fill tiny gaps, keeping the battery’s internal layers tightly joined without the heavy pressure and bulky devices previously...
UK PM Keir Starmer confirmed discussions with PM Modi regarding India's purchase of Russian oil amidst the Ukraine conflict. Starmer highlighted the 'coalition of the willing's' efforts, including measures against Russia's 'shadow fleet,' aimed at ending the war. He also praised a peace deal on Gaza as a significant breakthrough.
STATEMENT: IUCN Adopts Landmark Resolution on Crimes Affecting the Environment nate.shelter@wri.org Thu, 10/09/2025 - 15:22 ABU DHABI (October 9, 2025) — Today, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, IUCN members adopted a landmark Resolution on Crimes that Affect the Environment . The resolution recognizes environmental crime as a major threat to biodiversity and human rights, and calls for stronger cooperation between governments, law enforcement agencies and the global conservation community to tackle crimes such as illegal logging, deforestation, mining, fishing and wildlife trafficking. Through the Nature Crime Alliance , World Resources Institute — alongside the Government of France, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the National Whistleblower...
Open access notables Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires , Cunningham et al., Science Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially and economically disastrous wildfires, partly due to sparse systematic records. Using a 44-year dataset (1980 to 2023) we analyze the distribution, trends, and climatic conditions connected with the most lethal and costly wildfires. Disastrous wildfires occurred globally over this period but were concentrated in the Mediterranean and temperate conifer biomes. Disaster risk was highest where highly energetic daily fire events intersected affluent, populated...
[This Day] Port Harcourt -- President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the $400million Green Energy International Limited (GEIL) Otakikpo Onshore Crude Oil Export Terminal, in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.
A powerful typhoon with hurricane-force winds is set to send ripples across the Pacific, potentially fueling a week of turbulent weather in the western US.
Agency staffers have been reporting to work as usual while EPA draws down its leftover funds during the federal government shutdown.
The park remains open despite a federal government shutdown.
Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped abroad each year A plastic recycling industry potentially worth £2bn and 5,000 jobs is dying in the UK because of government failure to close a loophole that allows 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste to be exported each year . The Guardian can reveal that in the past two years 21 plastic recycling and processing factories across the UK have shut down due to the scale of exports, the cheap price of virgin plastic and an influx of cheap plastic from Asia, according to data gathered by industry insiders. Continue reading...
[This Day] The Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr. Joseph Onoja, discusses key environmental issues, the Conference report of Ramsar COP15 and its importance for Nigeria. The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15), took place from 23 to 31 July 2025 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Onoja outlines the importance of wetlands and states why they must be conserved.
The European Space Agency’s upcoming FORUM mission is set to provide unique insights into Earth’s radiation budget, filling in a missing piece in the climate puzzle. The mission’s spectrometer will be the first space-based instrument to measure Earth’s outgoing radiation in the far-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. New technologies were needed to make this possible – among these an on-ground calibration device developed by the National Metrology Institute of Germany PTB within a recent activity funded by ESA’s General Support Technology Programme. This device is used to calibrate FORUM’s onboard reference source and ensures the accurate operation of the spectrometer.
In the United States, La Niña also often means more precipitation — including possible snowstorms — in northern areas and winter dryness in the South.
Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy
The United States imposed a set of sanctions on Serbia's top oil supplier over its Russian-majority control that will immediately affect the Serbian public.
Projects promoting hydrogen, electric vehicles, carbon capture and direct air capture are among the list of potential cuts from the Department of Energy, according to a leaked list reviewed by The Times.
For nearly three decades, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has convened global leaders, policy-makers, and scientists—at considerable cost, including a hefty environmental footprint—to confront one of humanity’s greatest existential threats: climate change. Milestones achieved at prior COPs such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement, and the Glasgow Climate Pact provided optimism and guidance, yet rhetoric has often eclipsed action. Pledges and targets proliferate, and new frameworks may recycle old goals, weakening meaningful change. Meanwhile, challenges facing fundamental needs such as food production are mounting. Weather shocks, growing populations, loss of biodiversity, and conflicts combine to form a perfect storm that...
They lost their case for a constitutional right to climate protection. Now they’re suing the government again.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05097A, Paper Young-Hoon Lee, Hee Jeong Park, Eunbin Park, Geumbi Na, Ji Hwan Kim, Se-Woong Baek, Seunghwan Bae, June Huh, Yung-Eun Sung, Seung-Ho Yu Incorporating provitamin B5 co-solvent for aqueous zinc-ion batteries facilitates the formation of a provitamin B5–Zn ion complex, which promotes uniform zinc deposition over extended distances and superior long-term cycling stability. 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
Around 200 Texas National Guard soldiers and 300 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard will protect ICE agents and federal property, the military said.
Priscilla approached major hurricane status Tuesday before weakening to a tropical storm a day later.
Russia’s attacks destroyed natural gas pipeline connections to Ukrainian cities ahead of what is expected to be a harsh winter.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- First Lady Rachel Ruto has urged school-going children to take advantage of the rainy seasons to plant trees and restore the ecosystem as part of efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.
The House speaker said he hasn't been told that the Trump administration could kill the climate megaproject.
It’s unclear whether the food giant's exit will shake the resolve of the Dairy Methane Action Alliance's other members.
by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This spring, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency completed a report on the toxicity of a “forever chemical” called PFNA, which is in the drinking water systems serving some 26 million people. The assessment found that PFNA interferes with human development by causing lower birth weights and, based on animal evidence, likely causes damage to the liver and to male reproductive systems, including reductions...
Egyptian Foreign Minister and Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, announced that during his meeting with his Dutch counterpart, they discussed what he described as an “existential Egyptian issue,” namely the matter of water. During a joint press conference held on Tuesday, with the Dutch Minister, Abdelatty explained that these actions—which Egypt has … The post Egypt condemns Ethiopia’s ‘irresponsible policies’ for Sudan floods and Nile Delta damage appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Super Typhoon Ragasa recently passed within about 120km of Hong Kong and led to the No 10 warning signal being raised. Thankfully, advance warning of the storm and comprehensive preparations in Hong Kong and mainland China, including the evacuation of nearly 2 million people in high-risk areas of Guangdong, averted catastrophe. Still, the impact was significant, with 101 injuries reported in Hong Kong and substantial property damage. Among the debris left in Ragasa’s wake is a debate over...
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). These innovative materials, with exceptionally large surface areas, offer solutions for critical global challenges like water scarcity and climate change.
Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution. But her grant was canceled.
Learn how astronomers spotted 2025 TF, an asteroid that passed just 266 miles over Antarctica in early October 2025.
The source said the pipeline was raised as part of a larger pitch on linking energy cooperation and support for Canada's steel and aluminum sectors.
With global heating on a dangerous trajectory, it would be unforgivable for the prime minister to miss the summit in Belém In a month, this year’s UN climate summit, Cop30, begins in Belém , Brazil – preceded by a key leaders’ meeting. It is a crucial moment. The UN’s scientists have yet to publish calculations based on the latest round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) – as countries’ emissions pledges are known. But Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has called leaders together because it is already clear that the current emissions pledges are nowhere near enough. The Paris 1.5C threshold was crossed last year. Without stronger action, that temporary breach will become irreversible – with devastating consequences for people and planet. Lula’s diplomatic ...
Last week, the administration nixed more than $7.5 billion in clean energy project funding. New reports suggest that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Five times stronger than the Gulf Stream, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is by far the world's largest ocean current. But this key system is grinding to a halt, a new study warns.
Nearly two-thirds of climate finance was made as loans, often at standard rates of interest without concessions, research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Centre has found.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler In the last few weeks, I’ve often been asked, “What’s the most significant mistake in the DOE Climate Working Group Report?” While the report contains numerous issues, one in particular stands out for its far-reaching implications. I write about it in this post. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Climate Working Group (DOE CWG) attempts to analyze and critique the findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In doing so, the DOE CWG Report makes several fundamental errors due to a misunderstanding of the peer-reviewed literature. One in particular stands out, as it leads the authors to incorrectly represent the established...
A rise in the energy price cap this month will be “galling” for many in the isles given the amount of renewable energy that is generated here.
Proposed system would combine two kinds of plants, creating greater efficiency and lowering costs while curbing climate-changing emissions.
US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for the Democratic governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago to be jailed for resisting his mass deportation campaign, a day after armed troops from Texas arrived in the state. Chicago, the largest city in Illinois and third-largest in the country, has become the latest flashpoint in a crackdown by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that has sparked allegations of rights abuses and myriad lawsuits. Masked ICE agents have surged into...
[This Day] Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, operator of Nigeria's largest upstream oil and gas joint venture, formally introduced its pan-African operational strategy at the just concluded Africa Energy Week (AEW), signalling a new phase of regional expansion and leadership in the energy sector.
During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 metres high – as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the largest ever measured from space. Moreover, satellite data now reveal that ocean swells act as storm ‘messengers’: even though a storm may never make landfall, its swell can travel vast distances and bring destructive energy to distant coastlines.
Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy Donald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector in his administration , including more than 40 who have directly worked for oil, gas or coal companies, according to a new analysis . The report from Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy and ethics non-profit that has been critical of the Trump administration, alongside the Revolving Door Project, a corporate watchdog, analyzed the backgrounds of nominees and appointees within the White House and eight agencies dictating energy, environmental and climate policy. That includes the Environmental Protection Agency, the interior and energy departments and others. Continue reading...
ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on the State of Climate Action 2025 Report darla.vanhoorn… Wed, 10/08/2025 - 07:18 WASHINGTON (October 16, 2025) – Join an embargoed press call to preview the State of Climate Action 2025 report on Thursday, October 16, 2025, from 9:00–10:00 a.m. ET / 3:00–4:00 p.m. CEST, hosted by Systems Change Lab partners — the Bezos Earth Fund, Climate Analytics and World Resources Institute. Released in the lead-up to COP30 and ahead of the Paris Agreement’s tenth anniversary, the State of Climate Action 2025 offers the world’s most comprehensive roadmap for how every major sector must close the climate action gap and help limit warming to 1.5°C. The report translates this Paris Agreement...
A surge in zombie fires. Back-to-back black rainstorms. This summer’s weather was something else.
A pioneering new space weather forecasting modelling suite will enable operational modelling of the upper atmosphere at the Met Office for the first time in a major breakthrough for UK atmospheric science.
[Liberian Investigator] Four members of the House of Representatives have hailed the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) for its state-of-the-art Environmental Laboratory in Mamba Point, describing it as a critical milestone in strengthening environmental governance and public health protection.
Since COP21 in Paris, thousands of climate solutions by communities, businesses, cities, regions, and financial institutions have been developed in pursuit of the goals of the Paris Agreement. Now COP 30’s searchable database and platform, the Granary of Solutions, should make these accessible to all.
Just off the west coast of Mexico, Priscilla was spinning with maximum sustained winds around 105 mph and moving northwest at 9 mph. It was centered Tuesday night about 185 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.
Companies such as BP and Chevron have announced large cutbacks that are reshaping the fossil fuel sector's workforce.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nominees were on the list, along with picks for EPA and the Energy and Interior departments.
The president signed an order to expand the use of AI for healing children with cancer. It comes as his administration is weakening a dozen EPA rules that reduce cancer-causing pollution.
It's the first time sources like wind and solar generated more power than coal over a six-month period.
The storm comes a week after Typhoon Bualoi tore through northern Vietnam, leaving at least 56 people dead.
[The Conversation Africa] Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometre-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend for 6,000 kilometres through 11 countries in the Sahel, restoring 100 million hectares of land from Senegal to Djibouti and Ethiopia. Its main aim was to prevent the Sahara Desert from advancing. But the Great Green Wall's also been billed as a solution to climate change, poverty, and even
A new University of Cape Town study reveals that methane emissions from coal mines may be seven to 14 times higher than official estimates. Experts say capturing this potent greenhouse gas could cut climate pollution, improve mine safety and create jobs in coal regions like Mpumalanga
As the midday sun blazes over India’s capital, the rooftops shimmer like hot coals, radiating heat back into streets already gasping for relief. Inside this urban furnace of concrete and asphalt, the air hangs heavy – not just because of rising global temperatures, but due to the very materials from which New Delhi is built. The causes of this searing urban heat are complex, but some solutions are “surprisingly straightforward and urgently overlooked”, according to Kiff Gallagher, a climate...
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds New Zealand’s oceans are warming 34% faster than the global average, with NZ$180bn (US$104bn) worth of housing at risk of flooding, a new report about the nation’s marine environment has revealed. The ministry of the environment and Stats NZ’s three-yearly update, Our Environment 2025 , collates statistics, data and research across five domains – air, atmosphere and climate, freshwater, land, and marine – to paint a picture of the state of New Zealand’s marine environment. Continue reading...
Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03522H, Paper Xingxing Meng, Xiao Zhang, Litong Shi, Zhe Chen, Jiashen Meng, Feixiang Ding, Xiong Liu, Baokang Zhang, Qian Wang, Liqiang Mai, Chaojiang Niu Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) are expected to have significant advantages under extreme low-temperature conditions (i.e., −40°C), mainly due to the much short ion transport pathway and deposition/stripping mechanism of Li... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
WRI Pilots Approach to Identify Clean Energy Financing in Developing Countries shannon.paton@… Tue, 10/07/2025 - 15:12 Clean energy investment can expand energy access, reduce emissions and power green growth in developing countries. But deploying clean energy technologies requires significant capital, especially in these markets. While the whole world needs to triple its clean energy investment, developing countries actually need seven times more clean energy investment compared to current investments. However, investors, developers and utilities struggle to identify appropriate financing, and markets are choked by systemic barriers and high costs of capital. Moreover, countries vary widely in terms of policy environments, financial conditions and more. To help...
Speaking at the Italian Tech Week in Turin, the Blue Origin founder predicted that humans will start building “giant gigawatt data centers” in space within the next two decades.
For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than anyone expected
PARIS - Solar and wind farms generated more electricity than coal for the first time this year, but US and Chinese policy shifts are slowing growth, putting a global target to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 out of reach, reports said on Tuesday.
Scientists warn that North America's bird populations are collapsing as climate change reshapes migration routes, disrupts ecosystems, and signals a deeper environmental crisis for humankind.
Former Energy Department Deputy Secretary Dave Turk is joining the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Called ec³, the material is made by combining cement and water with a liquid electrolyte and carbon powder — both readily available.
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Political and media attacks on renewable energy and climate action in Australia in recent months have come “out of the climate obstruction playbook” that has been honed over decades around the world by fossil fuel interests. Prof Christian Downie, an Australian researcher, says he has studied techniques used by business groups and lobbyists all over the world which are now being seen in Australia. Continue reading...
The death toll from floods in Thailand has risen to 22, authorities said on Tuesday as they rushed to get relief to an estimated 370,000 people affected by heavy rainfall and overflowing rivers.
In the first half of 2025, more electricity was generated from green sources than from coal. Solar and wind capacities are growing at a faster pace than global electricity demand, according to new research.
A hurricane, a Pacific Northwest storm system and some luck could bring Tucson a bit of rain in coming days. Chances begin Wednesday and increase into the weekend.
With clean energy on the rise, the UN Secretary-General renewed his longstanding call for countries to make the transition from fossil fuels that cause global warming.
You can’t understand Pennsylvania without understanding coal.
A rally in Tel Aviv will call for release of remaining hostages in Gaza. Plus, global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Good morning. Israelis will gather across the country on Tuesday to mark two years since Hamas’s 7 October attack, which killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. What is the situation on the ground in Gaza? Despite Donald Trump’s demands that Israel stop bombing the territory, strikes on the strip have continued. Gaza’s health ministry said Israel killed at least 19 people in the past 24 hours. What is Illinois arguing? The Illinois attorney general, Kwame Raoul, maintains that sending in guard troops against a state’s will violates its sovereignty and self-governance and will lead to unrest and harm for residents. Continue reading...
[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy (PCEE) will today undertake an oversight visit to the North West and KwaZulu Natal (KZN) provinces. The committee will visit the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) at Pelindaba.
President Trump asserted that tariffs are a crucial tool for maintaining global peace, claiming they prevented a conflict between India and Pakistan. He stated that his use of tariffs was effective in de-escalating tensions between the two nuclear powers. India, however, maintains that military-to-military talks resolved the hostilities.
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian government officials are investigating whether a coal mining company is putting threatened greater gliders and koalas at risk by illegally clearing bushland in central Queensland without approval under federal law. The revelation came in a fiery Senate estimates hearing in which the Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young criticised the Albanese government for not doing more to stop the clearing and described environment department bureaucrats as “weak” – an allegation she later withdrew. Continue reading...
[Leadership] The federal government and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening climate governance and sustainability efforts in Nigeria as the Nigeria Climate Change Response Programme (NCCRP) officially came to a close on Monday.
SET-listed Bangchak Corporation is seeking partners to conduct e-fuel research and development in a move to replace fossil-derived fuels, which are blamed for increasing carbon dioxide emissions.
The state is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to dismiss cases against insurance underwriters for the oil and gas industry.
On the first day of the court’s term, the justices declined to add any new environmental cases to their calendar.
Jeffrey Lantz had long served as a U.S. envoy to the International Maritime Organization, which aims to cut shipping emissions.
Solar and wind farms generated more electricity than coal for the first time on record this year, but US and Chinese policy shifts are slowing growth, putting a global 2030 target out of reach, reports said on Tuesday.
The team representing the Northwest Territories in the Arctic Winter Games won’t be taking part in any snowshoeing competitions this year.
Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...
Communities including Baltimore and Annapolis are asking the state’s top court to revive a case accusing oil companies of spreading disinformation.
India's oil consumption is projected to lead globally by 2050, driven by robust economic growth, reaching 9.1 million barrels per day. Natural gas demand will also significantly increase. While renewables are growing, coal will remain a substantial part of the energy mix under current projections.
The party says scrapping "rip-off wind subsidies" could help knock a fifth of household energy costs.
A new storm brewing in the Atlantic could soon approach the US East Coast just days after a double hurricane threatened millions.
ICE agents said Ian Roberts was found with US$3000, a handgun and a hunting knife.
Europe is “quite lucky at this moment that we don’t have any environmental catastrophe happening,” Latvia's energy minister said.
The $186,000 offer from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. underscores coal's diminished value. It was the only bid received to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in Montana.
The inhalers people depend on to breathe are also warming the planet, producing annual emissions equivalent to more than half a million cars in the United States alone, researchers said Monday in a major new study.
The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is approaching a 'tipping point' that would have 'major implications for the climate', report scientists at the University of Exeter.
Shadow energy secretary’s plans dismissed as ‘dead wrong’ by environment groups Mel Stride , the shadow chancellor, was doing an interview round for the Conservatives this morning, and Miatta Fahnbulleh , the faith and communities minister, was on the air on behalf of the government. They were both asked about the latest development in the flag phenomenon – the former footballer turned property developer Gary Neville saying that he took down a union flag flying at one of his building sites because he felt it was being used in a “negative fashion”. Asked if Neville (a Labour supporter) had a point, Fahnbulleh told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: I think he’s really right, that there are people who are trying to divide us at the moment … I spent a lot of time going around our communities...
Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.
A new technique has been developed for capturing solar power through windows, which could dramatically improve solar energy utilization, particularly for high-rise buildings.
From Arctic shorebirds to Amazon river dolphins, migratory species are facing unprecedented risks from climate change, habitat fragmentation and environmental shifts
[FrontPageAfrica] Liberia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Wilmot Paye, has outlined "dire and bold actions" being taken by the Government of Liberia (GoL) to improve and sustain energy supply to households and businesses operating in the country, with the introduction of a net metering policy to ensure that private solar owners benefit from the sharing of excess energy to electricity grids across the country.
Typhoon Matmo has weakened into a severe tropical storm and will cause heavy rains in the North, the Northeast and the East of Thailand on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Meteorological Department.
China’s clean technology is “becoming the basis of the new energy system” around the world, with the country’s monthly green tech exports hitting a record US$20 billion in August, a European think tank said. As China brings down the prices of technologies like batteries and photovoltaic solar panels, sales are surging in countries across Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa, according to a report by the UK-based think tank Ember. “Demand for clean technologies continues to skyrocket as more...
About 350,000 flee homes as heavy rain and winds sweep region, while Hurricane Priscilla forms near Mexico Typhoon Matmo made landfall on the southern coast of China on Sunday afternoon, shortly after sweeping across the island province of Hainan. The powerful storm forced the evacuation of about 350,000 people, bringing torrential rain and damaging winds, especially between Wuchuan in Guangdong and Wenchang in Hainan. Ferry services were suspended and flights cancelled at Haikou Meilan airport. Matmo, the 21st typhoon of the year, had sustained wind speeds of 94mph (151km/h) and dumped more than 50mm of rainfall in six hours in Chongzou and Qinzhou. The city of Nanning also had high rainfall totals. Continue reading...
The commission’s new filing outlines the environmental benefit of one new pipeline as Williams and Mountain Valley seek approval for different projects.
Two-thirds of climate-driven economic loss will result from increased heat reducing labor output under a worst-case scenario.
[Oxfam] New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Centre, published today, finds developing countries are now paying more back to wealthy nations for climate finance loans than they receive- for every 5 dollars they receive they are paying 7 dollars back. 65% of funding is delivered in the form of loans.
Priscilla had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and was headed north-northwest at 3 mph, the US National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
New Zealand’s government said on Monday it had agreed to pay 10 million tala (US$3.6 million) in compensation to Samoa’s government, a year after New Zealand sailors drove a navy ship aground on a reef off the Pacific Island nation. All 75 people on board evacuated to safety as the boat foundered about 1.6km (one mile) off the coast of Upolu, Samoa’s second largest island, before it caught fire and sank. The wreck of HMNZS Manawanui remains at the site of the sinking on October 6, last year, and...
North Bengal faced devastating floods due to an unexpected recurve of a low-pressure system, meteorologists confirmed. Originating in the Bay of Bengal, the system shifted from its usual path towards north Bihar, bringing extremely heavy rainfall exceeding 200mm in areas like Darjeeling. This unusual trajectory, influenced by retreating monsoon winds, also impacted Kolkata.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterated that US tariffs on India are "unfair," criticizing penalties for Russian oil purchases while European nations also source from Moscow. He highlighted a new level of sanctions application and the "weaponization of everything" by major powers, noting shifting global energy dynamics with the US as an exporter and China leading in renewables.
Jeff Bezos predicted millions will live in space within decades, choosing orbital habitats supported by robots and AI data centers. He also envisioned gigawatt-scale space data centers within 10-20 years, leveraging continuous solar power to surpass terrestrial facilities. Bezos called the current AI investment surge a "good" industrial bubble.
With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools—and legal right—to fulfill this EPA function.
Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement , the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism. “Every day, Donald Trump is seizing power and shredding the Constitution,” Sunrise’s executive director, Aru Shiney-Ajay, wrote in an open letter to Sunrise members, funders and allies. “What ordinary people do in the coming months will determine whether he and his billionaire cronies can cement their grip on power and turn this country into a playground for the rich and powerful.” Continue reading...
China has completed its first manned deep dive below the Arctic polar ice in what was also the world’s first coordinated crewed-uncrewed submersible operation in the polar region. The dives were conducted as part of China’s 15th and largest Arctic Ocean science expedition, which concluded last month. Researchers collected hundreds of deep-sea samples as well as data on biodiversity, ocean hydrology, sea ice conditions and water chemistry – including with the help of artificial intelligence (AI),...
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects Continue reading...
The West Highland Way Trust is urging the public to back its vital work to raise funds to support projects which maintain and protect the path, bridges, steps and drainage systems that are coming under increasing strain from climate change.
China’s southern provinces are bracing for Typhoon Matmo, as Guangdong authorities relocated more than 150,000 residents and Hainan has suspended rail services across the island. The National Meteorological Centre on Sunday said Matmo, the 21st typhoon of the year, had strengthened into a severe typhoon that morning and was expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to areas across Hainan province, Guangdong province and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The storm is expected to move...
Hong Kong shipping firm Wah Kwong Maritime Transport has teamed up with a European partner to build shoreside power-supply projects in China and North Asia to capture opportunities from tightening emission regulations at ports. Wah Kwong last month formed a 50-50 joint venture with NatPower Marine, a developer of maritime energy-transition projects that is part of Luxembourg-based renewable energy firm NatPower Group. The venture aims to form partnerships to build and operate grid-connected...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. More than 100 flights were expected to be disrupted in Hong Kong on Sunday due to Typhoon Matmo, with up to 27 potentially cancelled, according to the Airport Authority. The Observatory downgraded the No 3 typhoon warning to the No 1 standby signal at 3.40pm on Sunday as Matmo moved away from the city. “With Matmo departing, the weather will improve over the...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicts gigawatt-scale data centres will operate in space within two decades, leveraging continuous solar power to surpass Earth-based facilities. He views this as a natural progression after communication satellites, despite launch challenges. Bezos also stated AI is an "industrial bubble" but will bring immense societal benefits, transforming every industry globally.
Not all solar power is created equal. The Ivanpah facility in the middle of the desert has generated power using mirrors for more than a decade.
They're the hulking hardware of a fossil fuel industry being blamed for climate change.
On the one-year anniversary of devastating floods, Western North Carolina musicians and their neighbors are still struggling to rebuild
Over the next week, the brewing storm could combine with another waiting weather systems and gradually develop into a full-blown storm.
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought Datacenters’ electricity demands have been accused of delaying the US’s transition to clean energy and requiring fossil fuel plants to stay online, while their high level of water consumption has also raised alarm. Now public health advocates fear another environmental problem could be linked to them – Pfas “forever chemical” pollution. Big tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon often need datacenters to store servers and networking equipment that process the world’s digital traffic, and the artificial intelligence boom is driving demand for more facilities. Continue reading...
Americans are paying more for electricity—and rates will keep rising. But after a period of pain, rates should level off as the benefits of a shift away from fossil fuels begin to be felt.
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6bn in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election. The move comes as Donald Trump threatens deep cuts in his fight with congressional Democrats over the government shutdown . Continue reading...
Man dies in ‘weather-related incident’ in Co Donegal, while Met Office issues yellow wind warning for whole of UK Storm Amy – latest updates A man has died and a fresh weather warning covers the whole of the UK as Storm Amy continues to bring widespread disruption. Irish police said the man died in a “weather-related” incident in the Letterkenny area of County Donegal, Ireland, shortly after 4.15pm on Friday. Continue reading...
ICE agents are under fire for recent efforts where they dragged residents, including children, out of their homes and ransacked buildings.
EVs rise nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, as plug-in hybrids jump by 56% British electric car sales hit a record high in September as new taxpayer subsidies helped to attract buyers in the most important month for the market. Battery EV sales rose by nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, to 72,800, according to preliminary figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group. Continue reading...
Sir Tim Martin said taxes added to energy bills and designed to pay for the transition away from fossil fuels and to build new nuclear plants are spurring inflation - and so driving up drink prices.
Sales of fully electric or hybrid vehicles made up more than half of all new car registrations in the UK last month.
Irish police say they are treating the death of a man as weather-related and, meanwhile, many homes in Ireland and Northern Ireland are without power A man has been killed and hundreds of thousands of homes on the island of Ireland are without power after Storm Amy brought widespread disruption on Friday. An amber weather warning, highlighting a danger to life, was also in place in the north of Scotland until 9pm on Saturday. Continue reading...
As the name suggests, oil-resistant batteries offer a rugged build and protection against oil-derived corrosion, but most users are unlikely to need them.
After dipping more than 7 per cent this week, oil prices are expected to take another hit this weekend as members of the global oil cartel OPEC+ meet to discuss production cuts.
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.
For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier, the Amazon jungle and the underwater Arctic, all soundscapes that are rapidly changing.
NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’ The global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group has announced it will shut down immediately, amid faltering climate commitments around the world. The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), which was rocked by a wave of departures after Donald Trump’s re-election, said its remaining members had “voted to transition from a member-based alliance and to establish its guidance as a framework”. Continue reading...
A calendar for a top Bureau of Land Management official shows he had internal meetings on solar power in August.
There was no immediate reports of casualties, but the country's weather agency warned that the fast-moving storm remained dangerous.
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In June, a long-standing effort to sell off massive chunks of federal land grew closer to fruition than ever before when a provision mandating such sales was slipped into President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The bill […]
Greenpeace has called for the Hong Kong government to put in place conservation-driven measures to protect the Sai Kung outlying islands from ecological damage caused by overtourism. The green group raised the alarm on Friday after it found a large number of visitors trampling corals and excessively digging up coastal organisms in the city’s Unesco Global Geopark region. A site inspection by Greenpeace found that 4,062 people landed on Sharp Island, also known as Kiu Tsui Chau, on Wednesday, the...
Global tree-planting pledges promise far more than they can deliver — and may even create new problems for food, water, and biodiversity.”
A renewable energy source that runs day and night, powered by salt and fresh water.
Brackets of water beneath Antarctica may shape the future of our coastlines.
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Transparency is central to our approach – we do not purchase carbon offsets. Instead, we prioritise … The post BAS Carbon Footprint Report 2024/2025: Our journey to net zero appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.
Vladimir Putin denounces seizing of the vessel as an act of ‘piracy’ and warned it could provoke confrontation The captain of an oil tanker that authorities in France have detained off the country’s Atlantic coast and that President Emmanuel Macron has linked to Russia will go on trial in February over the crew’s alleged refusal to cooperate, a French prosecutor has said. Macron has alleged that the tanker belongs to Russia’s “shadow fleet” of ageing tankers of uncertain ownership that are avoiding western sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. He also did not rule out that it could have been involved in drone flights over Denmark as it was sailing last week off the coast of the Nordic country. Continue reading...
China has assembled the world’s largest single-unit floating offshore wind power system as it accelerates efforts to expand its marine economy and clean energy industry. Assembly of the 16-megawatt system has been completed in Beihai, in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday. All of its key parts, from mooring cables and turbine gearboxes to ballast control systems, were produced domestically, the official newspaper of the Ministry of...
The Trump administration canceled infrastructure law funding for 10 hubs that aimed to suck carbon dioxide from the skies.
[World Bank] Ouagadougou -- two-day High-Level Forum on Defying Drought (D2) in West Africa concluded today in Ouagadougou with a strong commitment to address the pressing challenges of drought in the region, amid the broader context of climate change and population growth. Senior policymakers from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal, joined by technical experts from Morocco and Brazil, as well as regional and international institutions and development partners, came together to advance coordinated and practical
The agency is working to extend by six years a deadline to phase out hydrofluorocarbons.
State EPA and food safety authority say no evidence of insecticide was found and researcher’s 2024 results were ‘unreliable’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The NSW Environment Protection Authority and the NSW Food Authority have said blueberries are safe to eat after further testing did not detect any traces of banned chemical thiometon. The presence of thiometon was first flagged by a researcher , Dr Kirsten Benkendorff at Southern Cross University in Coffs Harbour, after she tested punnets of blueberries bought at local supermarkets in 2024. Continue reading...
Climate change may have been responsible for more than a third of the direct damage to homes and property caused by the super typhoon that struck southern China last month, a study has concluded. A warming Earth also made Ragasa – the strongest storm recorded this year – more powerful when it made landfall in Guangdong province, according to researchers from Imperial College London. They added that as the planet continued to warm, tropical cyclones were expected to become increasingly...
Sensor-enabled smart tyres that promise to maximise energy efficiency, safety and durability will take years to catch on globally, according to the Asia head of Goodyear Tire and Rubber, one of the world’s largest tyre makers. Nevertheless, the concept – integrating sensors inside tyres to collect real-time data that the car can use to improve safety and efficiency, avoid failures and extend tyre longevity – was gaining momentum, said Nathaniel Madarang, president of the US company’s...
Kemi Badenoch faced criticism from her predecessor Baroness May and two former Conservative ministers for her proposal to put cheap energy above environmental targets.
The past decade in particular has seen an uptick in devastating blazes linked to climate change, according to the study.
The number of deaths from exposure to wildfire smoke in the U.S. could rise by more than 70% in the next 25 years. The human and economic costs involved would be astronomical, researchers say.
The cuts are the latest in the administration’s efforts to undercut renewable energy and other efforts to decrease the emissions driving climate change.
Exclusive: Temporary deal to shield UK exporters from levy’s impact is now viewed by both sides as likely UK politics live – latest updates The EU and Britain are poised to agree a deal sparing British businesses from a carbon border tax being introduced in 2026, with officials targeting late spring for the next EU-UK summit. The EU is introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) on 1 January targeting imports produced using carbon-intensive methods, such as steel, glass and fertiliser. Continue reading...
Environmental groups had sued over the permit, saying the coal hauling could lead to harm of an endangered fish.
Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it UK politics live – latest updates The former prime minister Theresa May has condemned a promise made by Kemi Badenoch to repeal the Climate Change Act if the Tories win the next general election, calling the plans a “catastrophic mistake”. She joined other leading Tories, business groups, scientists and the Church of England in attacking the Conservative leader’s announcement, which would remove the requirement for governments to set “carbon budgets” laying out how far greenhouse gas emissions will be cut every five years, up to 2050. Continue reading...
Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them.
The plans for operating EPA and the Interior and Energy departments provide current employee counts.
This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Department of Energy has told employees in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to avoid using the words “climate change” in what seems to be the latest incident in a crackdown on discussing the climate crisis in the […]
[Liberian Investigator] - Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency has acquired a €100,000 Elemental Analyzer from the International Atomic Energy Agency, a major step toward strengthening the nation's climate science and advancing blue carbon research.
The Met Office imposed a 31-hour yellow rain warning for western Scotland from 5pm on Wednesday until the end of Thursday, at which point the first named storm of autumn will officially arrive.
Ancient ice from Antarctica, extracted as part of the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project, captures a unique climate record spanning at least the past 1.2 million years. The team … The post A historical moment: over 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history captured from an Antarctic ice core appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat led the organisation's centenary celebrations in Nagpur, performing Shastra Puja. In his address, Bhagwat confronted India's pressing challenges, from cross-border terrorism and internal destabilisation to the alarming state of the Himalayas due to climate change. He strongly advocated for national self-reliance and strategic diplomacy, urging a critical re-evaluation of current development models.
The vital commercial artery depends on a supply of fresh water to move ships between the two oceans. Drought conditions that were once rare could become common by the end of the century, greatly impacting the canal’s operation.
Upwelling generates a nutrient-rich “cold tongue” in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (EEP), with impacts on global climate, oceanic biological productivity, and the carbon cycle. The cold tongue was reduced during the Pliocene Epoch, a feature ...
Hurricane Imelda weakened back to a Category 1 storm Thursday after passing over Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said.
Western sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have shifted global energy flows, with India and China emerging as prominent buyers of Russian oil. The question is no longer from whom New Delhi and Beijing will purchase energy, but in which currency they will pay. Amid warming ties between India and China following US President Donald Trump’s imposition of sweeping tariffs on Indian exports after New Delhi refused to stop purchasing Russian oil, Indian traders are reportedly asking...
Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help the more than 1,000 people displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote, coastal communities, unleashed record-breaking storm surge and shoved homes completely off their foundations. At least one person, an adult woman, was found dead … The post One killed, dozens rescued after storm slams western Alaska as search for missing continues appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The New Energy Industrial Strategy Center is tied to the environmental group RMI and is partnering with other energy groups.
A data scientist said a survey of Kenyan women suggests droughts and heat waves are linked with much higher levels of suicidal thoughts.
High costs, poor public charging and manly marketing have skewed the electric car industry toward men, but women are encouraging their peers to go electric.
[IPS] COP30 negotiator Malang Sambou Manneh believes the method of countering growth in fossil fuel development lies in technology. Showcasing alternatives that work provides the opportunity for the global South to take the lead and present best practices in renewables.
Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp Almost all the external insulation fitted under the previous government’s energy efficiency scheme was installed so poorly it will have to be repaired or replaced, an investigation has found. Thousands of homeowners who took advantage of the home insulation schemes have been left with incompetently fitted cladding that in some cases is likely to cause damp and mould. Continue reading...
Shetland's methane emissions reached their highest level in a decade last year, driven by broken kit at EnQuest’s Sullom Voe terminal.
A 2025 satellite photo shows a particularly complex section of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it twists its way through the Tibetan Plateau. This part of the "braided" waterway has experienced drastic visual changes over recent decades, which could soon be accentuated by climate change.
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 . Does increasing CO 2 have a noticeable effect? The warming effect of increasing atmospheric CO 2 is well-established physics, confirmed by direct observation. Experiments in the 1800s by Fourier, Foote, and Tyndall demonstrated how CO 2 absorbs infrared radiation — the heat Earth emits back toward space — and re-radiates some downward, keeping the planet warmer. In 1896, Arrhenius calculated that doubling CO 2 would raise global temperatures by 5-6°C (9-10.8°F) . Modern estimates hover around 3°C (5.4°F), with an upper range near 4.5°C (8.1°F)...
[Premium Times] On Nigeria's coast, pirates prey on artisanal fishers and women traders whose livelihoods are already strained by climate change.
TENANGO DE DORIA (MEXICO) - Rescuers scrambled Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported missing.
Clean Energy Can Supercharge Indonesia's Economy margaret.overh… Mon, 10/13/2025 - 20:00 Countries today face a fundamental challenge: how to grow their economies and meet development goals without repeating the planet-warming patterns of the past. Historically, rapid economic growth has come at the cost of high greenhouse gas emissions. As the world works to secure a stable climate and safe future, decoupling the two is essential — particularly for emerging economies in places like southeast Asia, where energy demand and emissions are rising fast. This challenge comes into sharp focus in Indonesia, which stands at a defining moment. Southeast Asia's largest economy and the world's fourth-most-populous country has two ambitious goals: to grow its GDP 8% per year...
An ambitious plan by the UN's shipping agency to cut maritime emissions could be scuttled at the last minute after the United States threatened to impose sanctions on those supporting it.
Learn more about these ancient microorganisms that have been buried in permafrost for 40,000 years, and how, as the climate warms, they may be releasing more greenhouse gases.
Rescuers scrambled Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported missing.
A storm could dump significant rain and snow on portions of California, bringing damaging winds and flash floods to parts of Southern California.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Brazilian sustainability consultant Marcos Pinheiro recommended the adoption of measures to address the climate situation in Angola. He warned of the country's potential vulnerability despite its low greenhouse gas emissions.
Lorenzo's formation brings the Atlantic hurricane season to near-average in three out of four categories. The post Tropical Storm Lorenzo forms in the central tropical Atlantic appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink We focus a lot on global average temperatures, but this tends to mask the real local impacts that climate change is having. The land – where all of us live – is warming about 40% faster than the global average, and high latitude regions are warming even faster. One of the many ways to visualize this regional heat is to look at when all time high temperature records were set for each region of the world. Here I’m build upon a Carbon Brief analysis I published back in 2023 that looked at daily temperature data from ERA5 – a great resource, but one that unfortunately only extended back to 1950 at the time (and back to 1940 today). We know of at least some regional heat...
Last month was the third-hottest September on record, scientists at the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) have revealed.
PARIS - Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit.
Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood. The post On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, residents fume as insurers hike rates and invest in fossil fuel projects appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Many World Heritage sites are increasingly at risk due to escalating climate change, invasive species, and a lack of consistent funding to protect them.
The 2025 Global Tipping Points Report finds that the world’s warm-water coral reefs have become the first Earth system to cross its thermal tipping point, putting them at dire risk.
Researchers incubated permafrost samples from Alaska at different temperatures and found that microbes from the last ice age can reactivate and resume breaking down carbon.
President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.
PARIS - The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday.
[New Times] Imported and locally manufactured refrigeration equipment will soon be tested and certified for energy efficiency in Rwanda, The New Times has learnt.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Climate change, once viewed primarily as an environmental threat, is increasingly emerging as a public health concern, with researchers warning that its effects are triggering a silent mental health crisis across Kenya.
[UN News] Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as young women from across the world took over the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber to speak up for their rights in the face of conflict, climate change, and other challenges.
[UN News] Nearly four million people across Africa's vast semi-arid Sahel region have been uprooted by a volatile mix of conflict, hunger and climate change, the UN warned on Friday, describing an unfolding protection and survival crisis that is pushing families to flee repeatedly.
Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’ Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand’s government of “full-blown climate denial” after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. New Zealand’s right-leaning coalition government outlined plans on Sunday to reduce methane emissions by between 14 and 24% by 2050, compared to 2017 levels. Continue reading...
Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades.
Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art want Murray Watt’s decision to approve extension of gas plant in northern WA overturned Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two groups have filed separate legal challenges to the federal environment minister’s approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension, one of the world’s biggest liquified natural gas projects. The Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art have commenced federal court proceedings in a bid to have the decision overturned. Continue reading...
India is experiencing a significant decline in sunshine hours, with northern plains seeing the steepest annual drop. Researchers attribute this dimming to rising air pollution from industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust, and crop burning, compounded by increased monsoon cloud cover. This trend poses challenges for solar power generation and agricultural productivity, necessitating urgent action on air quality.
A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK first Energy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark development for the UK’s climate ambitions. For the first time in the UK, a 2% blend of green hydrogen was injected into the gas grid and blended with traditional gas to fuel the Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire which generated electricity for the power system. Continue reading...
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report. The report from scientists and conservationists warns the world is also “on the brink” of reaching other tipping points, including the dieback of the Amazon, the collapse of major ocean currents and the loss of ice sheets. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s...
This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon.
The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday.
The India Skills Report 2025 reveals the top five sectors reshaping workforce needs globally, highlighting growing demand for digital skills and renewable energy roles. Technology, healthcare, fintech, renewable energy, and e-commerce are driving job growth across key regions. The report emphasises the importance of upskilling and formal employment to meet evolving talent demands, positioning India as a major player in the global workforce transformation by 2025.
Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climate Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australian household energy bills will halve by 2050 as solar panels, batteries and electric cars and appliances become the norm, reducing pressure on the federal government over living costs and creating room for more climate action, a thinktank study suggests. Modelling by the Grattan Institute finds that cutting greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation in line with the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 will cut average household energy costs from about $5,800 today to about $3,000. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the world’s oceans, tiny organisms known as phytoplankton harvest the sun’s energy, gobbling up carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen. They’re eaten by little animals called […]
A new report has revealed how much carbon is locked away by the isles’ rich underwater habitats - and how much more could be captured in the future.
A listing of 24 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 5, 2025 thru Sat, October 11, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (7 articles) Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China "In the Atlantic, we’re watching a tropical wave that emerged from the coast of Africa on October 3 that might develop in about a week as it approaches the Lesser Antilles Islands." Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, Jeff Masters, Oct 3, 2025. Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records Regional exceptions like the 1930s in the continental US notwithstanding The Climate Brink, Zeke Hausfather, Oct 06, 2025. Climate change...
Mental health, affordability, and climate change are some of the big issues for young Nunavummiut heading into the Oct. 27 territorial election. Young voters could have a significant impact on the election. In 2020, 48 per cent of Nunavut’s population was aged between 15 and 24 years old.
Mixed doubles pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran missed out on a chance to win their fifth title of the year after bowing out in the semi-finals of the US$475,000 (approx 15.2 million baht) BWF Arctic Open in Finland on Saturday.
India's Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav is in Brazil for a pre-COP meeting, advocating for increased climate finance for the Global South and discussing adaptation strategies. Ahead of COP30, India will submit its national adaptation plan and updated climate action pledge for 2035, outlining emission reduction targets and renewable energy goals.
Japanese summers have lengthened by about three weeks over the 42 years from 1982 to 2023, a university research group said on Saturday. The Mie University group said that due to climate change, the number of days classified as summer has increased each year, while the length of winter has remained relatively unchanged, and the average durations of spring and autumn have shortened. The group cited “the rise in sea surface temperatures due to global warming” as the main factor, warning that “the...
The survival of Europe’s wild pollinators is increasingly at risk, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said on Saturday as it declared dozens of bee and butterfly species as threatened. Almost all flowering plants in Europe depend on wild pollinators, particularly bees, but habitat loss and climate change have driven many vital species to the brink of extinction. Nearly 100 additional types of wild bees have been classified as threatened in the most comprehensive evaluation...
Intense downpours have ravaged south coast resorts popular with British tourists for several weeks, but Storm Alice has now brought horrific floods with 250mm of rain expected to pummel the region.
In the wake of a landmark ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the world’s oil traders are watching the Middle East with a rare sense of cautious optimism, as hopes for lasting peace begin to chip away at the recent risk premium attached to global energy flows. While analysts caution that the immediate effects on oil supply and demand may be muted, the truce is already having an effect. Should the agreement lead to fewer attacks on Red Sea shipping lanes, renewed progress on Iran’s nuclear...
Damaged coral reefs in a Unesco-listed geopark in Hong Kong may take years to recover, environmentalists have warned, after a government investigation found that an area of about four square metres had been affected. Thousands of tourists were found to have flocked to Sharp Island in Sai Kung during mainland China’s National Day “golden week” holiday this month, with some trampling on corals while snorkelling and digging up marine organisms. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department...
The price of oil tumbled to a 5 month low on Friday as global markets plunged following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to greatly increase tariffs on Chinese imports.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03490F, Paper Xinmiao Wang, Simeng Zhang, Junyi Yue, Xingyu Wang, Yang Xu, Yue Gong, Liyu Zhou, Changtai Zhao, Jianwen Liang, Xiangzhen Zhu, Han Wu, Xiaolong Yan, Biwei Xiao, Meng Li, Chenxiang Li, Shuo Wang, Xueliang Sun, Xiaona Li As a key component of sodium-ion all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) with promising high safety and energy density, solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) play a critical role in determining electrochemical performance. However, current synthesis... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
America has sanctioned eight Indian individuals and ten companies. These actions are due to their involvement in trading Iranian oil. The US State Department and Treasury targeted numerous entities globally. Several Indian firms are accused of importing Iranian-origin petrochemicals and LPG. These shipments were destined for China and Pakistan. The sanctions highlight ongoing efforts to curb Iran's oil trade.
Learn more about how the chikungunya virus spreads and what can be done to stop outbreaks.
A State of Emergency has been declared for more than nine million Americans ahead of hurricane-like conditions set to batter the coast.
Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes The Trump administration has killed a huge proposed solar power project in Nevada that would have been one of the largest in the world, indicating that the White House plans to attack not only wind power but all renewable energy. On Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) changed the status of the Esmeralda 7 project to say its environmental review has been “ cancelled ”, the climate publication Heatmap first reported . Continue reading...
"'Hand to hand combat' and it's ICE agents shooting a priest at point blank range while an inflatable frog twerks in the background."View Entire Post ›
Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Baby numbats have been spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in south-western New South Wales, sparking hope for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials. Video captured by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park. Continue reading...
Storm Karen has formed in the Atlantic, moving closer to the US, and it comes as more than ten million Americans, from Georgia to Massachusetts, are told to prepare for dangerous weather this weekend.
Layoffs were expected Friday at EPA and the Interior, Energy and Commerce departments, among others.
The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively murky waters appear to shield it against climate change — for now.
But industry analysts say the effort won’t necessarily translate to immediate oil production because weak crude prices could prevent companies from using those permits anytime soon.
[SAFCEI] The Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) is ramping up its warnings about Eskom's plans for Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant, and the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) seeming likely to approve the 20-year licence extension for Koeberg's Unit 2. This is despite absent, outdated and incomplete safety data - a move experts say violates both the spirit and the letter of South Africa's nuclear safety regulations and role of the Regulator. At the centre of the controversy is
[Liberian Observer] Carbon is life. It keeps us moving daily. We breathe and live it. From animal to human, ecosystem, and biodiversity, there can never be us, them, or they without carbon. However, when released into the atmosphere in excessive amounts as carbon dioxide (CO2), it traps heat, leading to climate change known as the "Greenhouse Effect".
For developing nations, the storm clouds of deglobalisation and climate change grow darker by the day. These challenges demand an increasingly prominent role for the state, not only as a buffer against the economic shocks that disproportionately harm the most vulnerable but also as an architect of resilience. Governments in poorer countries must fund vast investments in infrastructure, sustainable energy, healthcare and education to inject dynamism into their economies. But the unresolved...
Sea turtles are making a surprising comeback, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The news was not so good for Arctic seals.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01370D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Geng Zou, Hewei Liu, Tianfu Liu, Shaobo Han, Zijian Tan, Shaowei Zhang, Yige Guo, Jingcheng Yu, Xiaomin Zhang, Fang Lu, Yuefeng Song, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao The CoO 6 octahedral distortion induced by A-site high-entropy engineering enhances lattice oxygen activity and boosts high-temperature oxygen evolution reaction performance in solid oxide electrolysis cells. 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
Chris Bowen calls move ‘disappointing’ as energy expert says government ‘has delivered a cul de sac not a roadmap’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Queensland government will keep its state-owned coal plants running for up to a decade longer than previous plans, in a move that will put pressure on national climate targets. The Queensland treasurer and energy minister, David Janetzki, revealed an “energy roadmap” on Friday and said some state-owned coal assets would run until at least 2046, “meaning coal will be part of the state’s generation mix for decades”. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue...
Adaptation projects have so far only won a fraction of climate finance, with investors and banks focusing on decarbonization technologies.
The native South Texan was one of the last of the old-school oil moguls.
The United States has sanctioned more than 50 people, entities and vessels accused of facilitating the sale of Iranian oil and liquefied petroleum gas.
America is set to acquire 11 icebreaking vessels from Finland, a significant move to boost its Arctic presence. President Trump announced the deal, emphasizing Finland's expertise in building these crucial ships. This collaboration will see four vessels constructed in Finland and seven in the US, strengthening bilateral defense ties amidst rising Arctic importance.
A small shift in the climate because of global warming took the cool out of Hong Kong’s “cold dew” day on Wednesday, meteorologists warned, with social workers calling for corresponding measures to mitigate the effects of rising temperatures on low-income families and workers. Former Hong Kong Observatory director Lam Chiu-ying noted that local temperatures had reached as high as 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) on “cold dew”, the 17th of 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese forecast...
The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this week.
The US imposed sanctions on about 100 individuals, entities and vessels, including a Chinese independent refinery and terminal, that helped Iran’s oil and petrochemicals trade, the administration of President Donald Trump said on Thursday. The US Treasury Department sanctioned the Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Group, which it said is an independent teapot refinery in Shandong Province that has bought millions of barrels of Iranian oil since 2023. It also sanctioned China-based Rizhao Shihua...
Prince of Wales’s decision welcomed as a means of drawing attention to the event and galvanising talks The Prince of Wales will attend the crunch Cop30 UN climate summit in Brazil next month, the Guardian has learned, but whether the prime minister will go is still to be decided. Prince William will present the Earthshot prize, a global environmental award and attend the meeting of representatives of more than 190 governments in Belém. Continue reading...
The first phase of the project is expected to be able to remove 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide directly from the air per year.
[IPS] United Nations -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN's body on climate science, has over the years, repeatedly and steadily reported on the science of global warming leading to the changing climate with visible impacts.
The agency raised “compliance concerns” with fence-line monitoring for airborne emissions of benzene, a cancer-tied compound.
Serbia's president warned that US sanctions on the Russian-controlled operator of the Balkan nation's only oil refinery that took effect on Thursday put it in an "extremely serious" position.
Global biodiversity is disappearing at breakneck speed and, in the process, threatening the future of humanity. The loss is not a future threat but a present crisis that Dr. Luthando Dziba, the new Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), believes can be tackled with science-based policy action. Dziba assumes […]
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the summer of 2022, John Stolz got a phone call asking for his help. This request—one of many the Duquesne University professor has fielded—came from the Center for Coalfield Justice, an environmental nonprofit in […]
[L'Express] All living things - plants, animals, and humans - are connected through a system that sustains life. Caring for these living beings means protecting the environment, which provides us with essentials such as food, shelter, and clean air. However, harmful actions like deforestation destroy habitats and threaten this vital balance. The choices we make every day affect the health of all living things and remind us of our responsibility to care for nature.
In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Priscilla could bring flash flooding through the weekend across the U.S. Southwest, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
19 Ways to Help the Climate, Ranked margaret.overh… Thu, 10/09/2025 - 07:00 It may seem like political divides around climate change are only deepening. Yet the world's largest climate survey reveals a striking consensus: Eighty percent of people globally want their countries to take stronger climate action, and over half think about climate change daily or weekly. Far from being split, humanity is largely united on wanting to do more. But how can we help move the needle? First things first: It's true that governments and big businesses hold the most power to halt climate change. They have the ability to reshape global systems — like how we generate energy, produce food and design cities — that are at the root of the crisis. This is why political actions, like voting...
The Environment and Energy Agency of Iceland will impose an administrative fine on the bankruptcy estate of Play for unpaid carbon taxes, also known as emission allowances.
Indonesia has halted imports of scrap metal after tracing radioactive contamination found at an industrial site and in shrimp shipments to the US to local metal processors. The suspension is effective immediately, Bara Krishna Hasibuan, an official with the government task force investigating the radiation findings, said in a text message on Thursday. Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said the pause aims to ensure that the local steel-recycling industry meets radiation safety standards,...
Driftwood plays a key role in Arctic coastal ecosystems: it stores carbon, stabilises coastlines and provides a habitat for animals. At the same time, it can offer clues regarding climate change in the Arctic region, providing information on the likes of storm surges, coastal erosion and shifting fluvial dynamics. Despite the crucial role it plays, there is still a lot that we do not know about the large-scale distribution patterns of driftwood. Now, for the first time, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have systematically mapped driftwood deposits along an 11,000 kilometre stretch of coastline in Alaska and North West Canada, using satellite imagery and AI-powered evaluation methods. The result is the largest database ever produced, with researchers able to identify over 19,000...
Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.
Ontario pumpkin farmers say there is a shortage of yield this season after taking a devastating hit due to low moisture, heat waves and a prolonged drought.
North Bengal floods have claimed 40 lives, with two more bodies found in Jalpaiguri. Thousands are in relief camps, while damaged infrastructure hampers train services. Displaced residents express frustration over inadequate aid and delayed surveys, prompting ministerial intervention. Forest officials are also taking precautions against wildlife.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN’s body on climate science, has over the years, repeatedly and steadily reported on the science of global warming leading to the changing climate with visible impacts. IPCC Assessment Reports, particularly the Sixth Assessment chapter on health and well-being (AR6, 2021–2022), highlight an increased burden of climate-sensitive […]
The field has long attracted the interest of major oil companies, but profit sharing with the government has been a source of conflict.
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
Organizers aim to reach “the heart, the mind and the hands” by completing the journey without burning fossil fuels.
For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.
US sanctions on Serbia's majority-Russian-owned NIS oil company, which operates the country's sole refinery, took effect on Thursday after months of delay.
Senate estimates hears Google blocked ads as ‘adult content’. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Will Australia’s east coast get a gas reserve? There have been growing calls for an east coast gas reserve to help combat sky high gas prices, including a push from the Bluescope steel CEO yesterday . We will do a careful piece of work here. In the last term of government, we intervened on gas prices following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and the impact that had in global energy markets in order to support, of course, households, but also industry. Gas is absolutely critical for sections of Australian industry … It’s a critical transition fuel to lower Australia’s industrial emissions. We’re a big exporter of gas, and it’s...
A shocking incident unfolded in South Delhi's Madangir where a woman allegedly doused her sleeping husband with hot oil and chilli powder. The 28-year-old man sustained burn injuries and is undergoing treatment. Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, and an investigation is ongoing into the disturbing domestic dispute.
Pellet stoves are friendlier to the environment than traditional wood-burning stoves, producing fewer emissions, and Tractor Supply Co. has a good selection.
The conspiracy theory that bad actors use "chemtrails" from aircraft to poison us sucks energy from legitimate protest against aviation's effects on the climate, says Graham Lawton
The Energy Ministry aims to generate 720 billion baht in investment for energy development projects, notably solar power and carbon capture storage, putting Thailand on a fast track towards its net-zero goal, achieving it 15 years sooner than the target date.
[Ghanaian Times] The Former Second Lady of Ghana and founder of the Africa Women and Children Conference (AfriWocc), Mrs Samira Bawumia, has called on African youth to take the lead in driving the continent's climate action agenda. She said Africa's young people possessed the creativity, energy, and innovation to champion sustainable solutions to the climate crisis.
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
by Monica Samayoa, Oregon Public Broadcasting This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to fast-track solar and wind permits that must break ground by next year or likely miss out on a federal tax credit Congress is ending. The move follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica about the role that the state’s lengthy permitting process plays, according to renewables advocates, in Oregon having one of the...
The California Energy Commission vote Wednesday was the latest in a regulatory tug-of-war between the agency and the oil industry.
New research finds 90% of marine fish sold by major US retailers are wild-caught, including threatened or endangered species Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The global trade in marine aquarium fish relies heavily on fish sourced directly from wild populations, with many consumers unaware of the practice due to murky supply chains. New research has revealed the scale of the issue, finding most marine aquarium fish sold online in the US were wild-caught, mainly from the western Pacific and Indian oceans. Continue reading...
Hurricane Priscilla is expected to bring heavy downpours and potential floods to several desert states as soon as Thursday.
5 Key Levers Countries Can Use to Advance a Just Transition alicia.cypress… Wed, 10/08/2025 - 10:30 Climate change is accelerating, threatening lives, livelihoods and economies across the world. In response, countries are stepping up efforts to manage climate risks and shift away from carbon-intensive industries. But alongside the technical and financial challenges posed by this climate transition lies a political and social reality: Without proper attention to the distribution of the costs and benefits of the transition, there may be heightened inequality and political resistance that undermines the transition itself. A just transition approach directly addresses this risk and builds a fair, stronger and more resilient pathway to prosperity. By anticipating and managing...
Fossil fuel projects soar while African cities face ‘clean-air finance desert’
Firm will instead invest A$2m a year in ‘climate impact fund’ supporting renewables and switching to EVs One of the travel industry’s most environmentally focused tour operators, Intrepid, is scrapping carbon offsets and abandoning its emissions targets as unreachable. The Australian-headquartered global travel company said it would instead invest A$2m (£980,000) a year in an audited “climate impact fund” supporting immediate practical measures such as switching to electric vehicles and investing in renewable energy. Continue reading...
Footage released by Cao Bang Public Security in Vietnam shows rescue crews ferrying a man to safety after strong storms triggered by a typhoon led to swollen rivers and flooded streets.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism. “Every day, Donald Trump is seizing power and shredding the […]
Forecasters said Jerry is expected to strengthen gradually and could become a hurricane by the weekend.
A nonprofit coalition is building a fleet of satellites to help firefighters and communities respond when disaster strikes. The post Satellite program aims to track every wildfire on Earth appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Arctic permafrost stores massive amounts of organic carbon in its frozen soils and deeper deposits. However, as the Arctic warms particularly rapidly, these deposits are thawing out. As a result, more and more greenhouse gases will be released into the atmosphere. There has been little research on where and how quickly permafrost thaws, as well as on the processes that cause the rapid thaw. PeTCaT (Rapid Permafrost Thaw Carbon Trajectories) is an international project that, above all, aims to increase our knowledge of these rapid thaw processes. Under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, researchers from Germany, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, and Sweden plan to build a new dataset that will allow them to make projections about the possible developments and impacts of greenhouse...
Tropical Storm Jerry is expected to strengthen into a hurricane just east of the Leeward Islands in the next day, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.
Record floods submerged streets and inundated homes in Vietnam on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded, with at least eight killed this week.
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said.
The legislative moves come as new technology has put the geothermal industry at an inflection point.
The unusual step involved the planned destruction of Halon 1301, which contributes to climate change but also is essential for firefighting.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's Proposition 50 push is drawing money from some environment and oil groups.
A private company is proposing the construction of the Peace River Nuclear Power Project to power Alberta. The N.W.T. being on a separate grid means it would likely not get any of the benefits of the project, but being downstream means it could face some of the risks.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02644J, Paper Song Kyu Kang, Minho Kim, Seochan Hong, Jae-Hong Lim, Gwan Hyeon Park, Junhyuk Ji, Jeongbin Cho, Hansol Bae, Won Bae Kim A magnetically tailored conversion strategy integrates ferromagnetic oxides with an external magnetic field to regulate Li + flux and homogenize nucleation barriers, thereby enabling dendrite-free Li deposition and enhancing energy density. 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
[SAnews.gov.za] The Africa Energy Efficiency Facility (AfEEF) - a legacy project of South Africa's G20 presidency - aims to mobilise $3 billion over the next few years in a bid to combat crippling energy inefficiencies across the continent.
[Daily Maverick] Eskom has been asked to provide at least 1,000 MW of coal-fired electricity to a new Chinese-owned ferrochrome smelter, raising renewed concern about the sustainability of the government's water- and energy-intensive heavy industry plans in Limpopo.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has slammed the government after Pakistan was included in a US Department of War notification for Raytheon missile supplies. Ramesh highlighted the shift in diplomatic ties, noting Pakistan's addition to the list of recipients for advanced air-to-air missiles, a move he termed a diplomatic setback. The contract modification adds $41 million to the total value.
Priscilla neared Category 3 status on Tuesday just off the west coast of Mexico, spinning with maximum sustained winds around 175 kph and moving north.
New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century Deep in California’s Sierra Nevada, massive glaciers are disappearing and projected to melt away completely by the beginning of the next century, leaving ice-free peaks for the first time in human history, new research has found. The mountain range’s glaciers are older than previously known, dating back tens of thousands of years, with some as old as the last ice age, according to an article published last week in Science Advances . Continue reading...
Connecting Finance and Policy for Renewable Energy Growth in Colombia shannon.paton@… Tue, 10/07/2025 - 15:03 Colombia’s pathway to a clean energy future hinges on a dramatic scale-up of renewable generation. National estimates suggest that between 2023 and 2052, installed capacity in solar and wind must expand by 40 to 150 times to align with energy and climate goals. Achieving this transformation is within reach, but it requires overcoming systemic barriers that continue to shape the country’s investment landscape. Elevated capital costs, lengthy permitting processes and persistent challenges in securing grid connections constrain developers from structuring viable projects and deter institutional investors. In Colombia, stakeholders including public authorities...
Forecasters warned that a looming tropical storm could ruin fall travel and bring floods to millions throughout the eastern US this weekend.
Assistant Professor Priya Donti’s research applies machine learning to optimize renewable energy.
Rising sea levels could plunge more than 100 million buildings underwater, scientists have warned.
Jerry is predicted to be a Cat 1 hurricane when it makes its closest approach to the northern Leeward Islands on Thursday night and Friday. The post Tropical Storm Jerry forms; a close pass by the Leeward Islands expected appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A new study says climate change could wipe out nearly a quarter of global income.
Matching Clean Energy Finance Needs with the Appropriate Financial Toolkit in Rwanda shannon.paton@… Tue, 10/07/2025 - 10:08 In developing countries, renewable energy investment is a priority. But deployment faces systemic barriers preventing institutional investment. Moreover, project developers struggle with inadequate financial instruments that fail to address unique emerging market risk profiles and capital requirements. Rwanda is no exception to this trend. The country has set goals to expand energy access. With abundant sunlight, increasing solar energy is its biggest opportunity to do so, with investment needs reaching into the billions over the coming decades. How can this scale be achieved? Here, we’ll look at the factors influencing clean energy finance...
[This Day] In line with the mandate of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES) to safeguard lives and promote public health, the Mandate Secretary, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, recently championed two groundbreaking, data-driven solutions aimed at tackling unsafe childbirth and indoor air pollution across the Federal Capital Territory. Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the initiatives- Renewing Hope, One Baby at a Time and Renewing Hope, One Home at a time, which aligned with Nigeria's 65th Independence
Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.
During the Biden administration, the Fish and Wildlife Service found that the Dixie Valley toad would be harmed by a geothermal project.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 19, 16 October 2025.
Forecasters said newly formed Tropical Storm Jerry was expected to reach hurricane strength in the coming days.
Toro’s new cartoon collection was released on October 7. The post Tom Toro’s favorite Tom Toro cartoons about climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Do errors in Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' disprove climate change? While Gore’s 2006 documentary proved incorrect about the extent and timeline of some predictions, it does not negate the reality, confirmed by decades of peer-reviewed evidence, that humans are warming the planet. One erroneous claim is that Kilimanjaro’s ice loss was driven mainly by warming. Research now indicates sublimation and local dryness as dominant causes. Another is that sea levels could rise by 20 feet in the near future as ice sheets face imminent collapse – outcomes scientists expect...
[New Zimbabwe] The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife; Ministry of Power and Energy Development; and Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) today launched the Low Temperature Evaporative Cooling System (LTEIHT-AC) -- an innovative, zero-emission cooling technology designed to provide sustainable and affordable temperature control in Zimbabwe's increasingly warming climate.
Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year The unprecedented marine heatwave of 2023 was in line with climate modelling, research shows, as scientists warn such events will become more frequent. The “unheard of” heatwave off the UK and Irish coasts during a summer of 40C temperatures raised concerns that fish, shellfish and kelp would not be able to survive. Continue reading...
Sungrow Power Supply, the world’s largest producer of solar inverters and energy storage systems, has joined a growing number of mainland Chinese companies seeking to float shares in Hong Kong, taking advantage of the city’s stock market boom. Based in Hefei, the capital of eastern Anhui province, Sungrow led the world with 870 gigawatts of cumulative installed capacity of inverters – devices that convert the power produced by solar panels into a format of electricity that can be consumed by...
US President Donald Trump’s speech at the United Nations last month will be seen as the watershed moment when America’s and China’s energy paths irreversibly diverged. As China leads the world in the green energy transition, the United States risks being left chained to fossil fuels. In the last five years, annual renewable energy additions have more than doubled from under 300 gigawatts (GW) in 2020 to over 700GW in 2024. Electricity generation from fossil fuels will plateau within a decade...
From the oil field to the hotel desk, business has remained brisk in the country’s top oil basin as analysts warn of a potential downturn.
Adam Suess is now a senior counselor to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum as the department implements a push to promote fossil fuels.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán argues switching to fossil fuels sourced from elsewhere would cause an immediate economic collapse for his country.
Republicans in Congress have gone from trying to develop conservative solutions to climate change to all but ignoring the issue.
Oil and gas heavyweights are expanding in the West of Shetland area despite warnings the windfall tax will cause firms to slash North Sea investment.
The new truck can produce up to 30 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than its diesel counterpart, according to Fortis BC.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for politicizing the recent North Bengal floods. She accused him of making unsubstantiated claims and engaging in partisan chest-thumping during a natural disaster. Banerjee urged for unity in relief efforts, emphasizing that the Prime Minister's role is nation-building, not narrative-building.
Learn more about the Will-o’-the-Wisp and how this mysterious phenomenon, which has inspired faerie folklore, may actually be bursts of methane gas.
Praised as “the strongest polar ship of its time,” the Endurance revealed major structural flaws that may explain why it never reached its final destination.
The Environmental Protection Agency was sued on Monday for canceling $7 billion in "Solar for All" grants to help low-income areas install solar panels.
India firmly backs free, fair, and inclusive elections in Bangladesh, urging their earliest possible conduct. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri stated India will engage with any democratically elected government, emphasizing a pragmatic approach and the need for a conducive environment to strengthen bilateral ties. Global attention is on these upcoming polls.
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve. Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...
The world is rebooting its most controversial power source to fuel the AI age.
Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant weaknesses that led to its demise -- and Shackleton knew it.
India's crude oil imports from Russia slightly decreased in September but still comprised over one-third of its total acquisitions, with Russia remaining the top supplier. Despite US pressure, Russian barrels are crucial for Indian refiners due to their economic viability and embedded supply chains, ensuring their core position in India's import mix.
The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.
What sets Energy Hedge apart, Young insists, is the breadth of its solutions. "We are not just a solar company. We offer plenty of options, including solar, hydrogen, natural gas, syngas, waste-to-energy, and even sustainable aviation fuel. That flexibility means we can truly find the best fit for every client."
‘The trajectory is only up, in terms of insured costs’ CEO of insurance peak body warns Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The costs of extreme weather events such as floods, bushfires and storms have nearly tripled in Australia since the 1990s, insurers have warned, with poorer communities disproportionately burdened. The climate crisis, ageing infrastructure and growing populations in increasingly affected regions have left the country more vulnerable, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Insurance Council of Australia. Continue reading...
Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has backed axing the carbon tax and abolishing the 'racket' of wind farm subsidies.
This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Adoption of a plant-rich “planetary health diet” could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, according to a landmark report. The diet—which allows moderate meat consumption—and related measures would also slash the food-related emissions driving global heating by […]
The fleet of British Antarctic Survey aircraft have taken off on their annual ‘ferry flights’ from Canada, in preparation for a new season of science in Antarctica. The BAS fleet … The post Take off marks launch of Ticket to Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
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). Adam Levy breaks down the latest Trump speech, sifting through the wide-ranging climate change misinformation it contains. On September 23rd 2025, President Donald Trump took to the United Nations. Instead of calling for harmony and co-operation, his one hour speech fixated on migration and climate change. This might just be the first time a president of the USA has spent so much time talking about climate... but the speech wasn't a call to action. It was dismissal and denial of everything from basic science to renewable technologies. So what's the truth behind Trump's claims?...
South Asia is home to nearly two billion people and ranks among the most disaster-prone subregions in Asia and the Pacific. Every year, millions face exposure to floods, cyclones and other extreme events. The Bay of Bengal alone accounts for nearly 80 per cent of global cyclone-related deaths, with storms striking Bangladesh, India and Sri […]
Local community group says whatever the cause ‘kids shouldn’t be in the water’ with dead fish Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland authorities are investigating the deaths of thousands of fish that washed up on a popular Gold Coast beach. The state environment department said dead baitfish had been observed at The Spit, at the northern end of the Gold Coast since last Wednesday, but no obvious source of pollution had been found. Continue reading...
A federal court in Louisiana struck down the former president's withdrawal of 625 million acres of federal waters from oil development.
Millions of people a year visit the site run by the National Snow and Ice Data Center. It tracks changes to the world’s melting polar regions.
[RFI] The world's oceans are bearing the brunt of a triple environmental crisis, according to the European Union's Earth monitors: global warming, pollution and declining biodiversity. The EU Copernicus programme warns that Africa's coasts, buffeted by marine heatwaves and rising sea levels, are especially vulnerable.
[The Conversation Africa] The Second Africa Climate Summit, held in Ethiopia in September 2025, drew more than 25,000 people - from presidents and ministers to farmers, activists, business leaders and students. They came to talk about how Africa can source finance to grow in greener ways and cope with worsening climate disasters. Africa has barely contributed to greenhouse gas emissions but is highly exposed to climate-caused disasters. At the same time, the continent is not funded enough to adapt to the warming planet. Legal
The overcrowding at a Unesco-listed geopark in Hong Kong during the National Day “golden week” holiday is not expected to have a “significant impact” on coral colonies, authorities have said, stressing that they will assess the health of the reefs near an outlying island and review crowd control measures. Patrick Lai Chuen-chi, deputy director of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, said on Monday that staff would conduct an assessment of the coral reefs off Sharp Island in...
Kaziranga National Park's new elephant calf has been named Mayabini, honouring late Assamese cultural icon Zubeen Garg. Assam's Environment Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary announced the name, chosen after Garg's famous song, which held deep personal significance for him. Garg's recent death in Singapore triggered immense regional grief, making this tribute a poignant symbol of new life.
Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighbouring India have killed more than 60 people, officials said on Sunday, as rescuers raced to reach cut-off communities in remote mountainous terrain. Torrential downpours have lashed Nepal since Friday, triggering river surges and inundating many areas in the Himalayan nation. At least 44 people have died in rain-triggered disasters and five are missing, Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman for Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction...
A listing of 25 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 28, 2025 thru Sat, October 4, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts “This Heat Killed Six Football Fields Of Ice”: Swedish Glaciers Gone In One Summer While Earth’s Temperature Breaks All Records "The unprecedented disappearance of eight glaciers in Sweden's Kebnekaise mountain range highlights the urgent and tangible impacts of global warming, prompting renewed calls for international action to combat climate change." Climate, The Sustainability-, Rosemary Potter, Sep 26, 2025. Giant trees of the Amazon get taller as forests fatten up on carbon dioxide We're not seeing signs of them dying...
Footage shows dozens of cars being swept away in Elenite, as floods devastate south-east Bulgaria.
Hong Kong will step up patrols at a Unesco Global Geopark for the rest of the National Day “golden week” break after hordes of tourists flooded the place, with some trampling on corals and starting fires. The Environment and Ecology Bureau on Sunday said that staff from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) together with officers from the police force and Marine Department launched a joint operation on Sharp Island, also known as Kiu Tsui Chau, in Sai Kung. It said that...
Typhoon Matmo has intensified over the upper South China Sea and is expected to make landfall in China’s Guangdong province on Sunday, according to the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). While the storm will not enter Thailand, it is strengthening the southwest monsoon, bringing heavier rain and flash flood risks to northern, northeastern, eastern and southern regions through Oct...
Marine biologists identified a new deep-sea coral species, Iridogorgia chewbacca. This coral was found near Molokaʻi and the Mariana Trench. Its long, shaggy branches resemble Chewbacca's fur. It thrives 400 to 1,000 metres deep. This discovery expands marine life knowledge and highlights deep-sea conservation needs.
Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighbouring India have killed more than 60 people, officials said Sunday, as rescue workers raced to reach cut-off communities in remote mountainous terrain.
The Arctic’s cold waters have – for the most part – prevented invasive species from migrating north. But with the Arctic warming up nearly four times faster than anywhere else on Earth, shipping routes are opening up and the region’s waters are losing their thermal barrier against invasive species.
Despite a recent surge in demand, the US is a laggard in EV sales compared to much of the rest of the world.
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
Every single United States aircraft carrier is powered by a nuclear reactor, but its ally across the pond opted for a different fuel source.
Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says it’s too early to say whether a liquefied natural gas facility pitched for Quebec meets the bar of being in the national interest.
Jeff Bezos predicts space-based data centers within 10-20 years, leveraging uninterrupted solar power for unmatched efficiency. These orbital facilities would revolutionize AI training and cloud computing, overcoming terrestrial limitations. He believes technological advances will make them feasible despite high costs, comparing AI's boom to the internet's early surge.
A flood alert has been issued for Shetland, with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) warning of the possibility of “significant coastal flooding”. Storm Amy... Flood alert warning as storm Amy blows through
US trade representative Jamieson Greer claimed India is diversifying from Russian oil, despite a 50% tariff imposed, half of which targets India's recent surge in Russian oil purchases. Conversely, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted India will continue energy imports from Russia, suggesting increased Russian imports of Indian goods to balance trade.
Hurricanes can actually meld and merge depending on their individual strengths, which can lead to destructive strength if it's still on a path to landfall.
Weather and flood warnings are in place across the UK and Ireland, where a man has been killed The Environment Agency has issued two flood alerts where “flooding is expected” for Keswick Campsite in the Lake District and locations near the River Ure, particularly around Boroughbridge Camping and Caravanning Site in North Yorkshire. “Avoid using low-lying footpaths and any bridges near local watercourses. Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water,” it advises. Continue reading...
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat discussed on Friday with Zhang Chuanwei, Chairman of MingYang Smart Energy in China ways to strengthen cooperation. The post Electricity min., Chinese firm discuss wind energy investment appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Hong Kong's security chief has ruled out introducing fines for reckless people who need to be rescued during adverse weather, adding that drafting a new law against storm chasing would be challenging. Instead, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung warned residents on Saturday to think twice before taking the risk to chase storms, saying such action was like “committing suicide”. Tang made the remarks during a television interview as Severe Tropical Storm Matmo headed closer to Guangdong...
Hong Kong’s environment minister has defended the spending of HK$90 million (US$11.6 million) on promoting a now-suspended pay-as-you-throw scheme, arguing that public money was not wasted as it helped boost awareness of waste recycling. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said on Saturday that the government had spent around HK$90 million on the waste-charging scheme last year, covering the costs of promotion, administration and production of designated labels and waste bags. He...
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary confirmed that ICE agents will have a presence at the big game in Santa Clara, California.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue the No 3 typhoon warning signal at 12.20pm on Saturday as Severe Tropical Storm Matmo moves closer to the city. Education authorities also announced that kindergartens and schools for children with physical and intellectual disabilities will be suspended after noon. “In the past few hours, Matmo moved steadily across...
The season's first cyclonic storm, 'Cyclone Shakti,' has intensified in the Arabian Sea, currently west-southwest of Gujarat. While it will strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm, it is not expected to significantly impact the Indian landmass, though rough sea conditions will persist. Fishermen are advised to avoid venturing into the sea.
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra suggested gold prices are now acting as a fresh barometer of global uncertainty, a role previously held by crude oil. He warned of a potential correction in global equity markets, especially tech stocks, citing widespread fiscal stress. This comes as gold continues its upward trajectory, poised for a seventh consecutive weekly gain, reflecting heightened global anxieties.
The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region.
A new study found that climate change has driven a surge of “societally disastrous” wildfires over the last four decades, with 43% of the most costly events occurring in the last 10 years.
In the Atlantic, we're watching a tropical wave that emerged from the coast of Africa on October 3 that might develop in about a week as it approaches the Lesser Antilles Islands. The post Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Storm Amy may destroy any possibility of a getting a proper cup of tea this weekend, according to a scientist at the University of St Andrews.
EPA says delaying wastewater curbs at coal plants will lower electricity prices, but it could spur higher costs for cleaning up drinking water.
“People may not realize it, but their bills today would be higher without the increasing role [of] wind and solar farms,” says analyst.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India in December, a trip that could test New Delhi’s delicate balancing act between Moscow and Washington amid escalating pressure from the United States over oil and weapons purchases from the sanctioned country. Analysts say the visit is likely to deepen India’s defiance of Western demands as it strengthens energy and defence ties with Russia. But it could also complicate Delhi’s strategic ambitions – including a potential trade deal with...
New research quantifying the global impact of forest age transitions found that 140 million tons of aboveground carbon are lost per year because of old-growth forests being replaced by younger stands.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Sudan is facing some of the worst Nile flooding in years, with experts warning that a combination of intensified rainfall, weak flood defenses, and the growing impact of climate change has created a dangerous new reality for communities along the river.
An expert explains why some offsets don’t deliver real climate benefits and what must change to make them trustworthy. The post The flaws of carbon credits designed to protect forests – and how to fix them appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Canada’s foreign affairs minister was warned Russian, Chinese presence has introduced 'a high degree of uncertainty' into Arctic security.
Warnings issued for Serbia, Romania and Greek islands amid forecast of prolonged rainfall and strong winds While storms and hurricanes have churned in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, Europe has faced extreme conditions of its own. A low-pressure system that developed over the Mediterranean midweek moved north-east into south-eastern Europe on Thursday, bringing widespread showers, thunderstorms and prolonged rainfall. The system is expected to persist into Friday, with models on indicating 48-hour totals of 80-130mm of rain across much of the Balkans. Red weather warnings were issued for Serbia, south-west Romania, north-east Greece, and the Dodecanese and North Aegean Islands, highlighting the risk of flooding and threat to life. Strong winds also closed schools on Zakynthos in the Ionian...
As the milestones to limit global heating crumble and America – the world’s second-largest consumer of fossil fuels – abandons climate goals, policymakers from Asia have gathered at Bangkok’s Climate Action Week to discuss ways people can protect their region from the coming storm. Climate scientists have warned global temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5 degree Celsius rise above pre-industrial levels at some point over the coming five years. That is well on track to hit 2 degrees,...
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a UN-backed initiative seeking carbon neutral investments by banks, announced Friday its immediate shutdown -- at a time of faltering climate commitments in the United States and Europe.
The onetime social media sensation accused ICE agents this week of racially profiling people in their efforts to track down and round up illegal immigrants.
The contingency plans reflect the Trump administration’s goal of expanding fossil energy and stopping new wind projects.
The Coral Norte project will be able to produce 3.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States against pressuring India to stop buying Russian oil. He stated India would not tolerate humiliation. Putin mentioned Prime Minister Modi would not take such steps. He said India would suffer losses if it refused Russian energy supplies. Putin also blamed NATO countries for the Ukraine conflict.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory has said it will issue the No 1 typhoon standby signal at 7.40pm on Friday and assess the need for a higher one the next day as Severe Tropical Cyclone Matmo moves nearer to the city. Matmo was also set to be the 12th storm to trigger a warning in Hong Kong this year, setting a new record since 1946, but the typhoon season had yet to...
A massive fireworks display put on by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and the outdoor brand Arc’teryx at the foot of the Himalayas has sparked public outrage. “The rising dragon” art event was launched on September 19, at about 5,500 metres above sea level. The display saw fireworks erupt four times for 52 seconds in total, using 1,050 clusters of fireworks. Witnesses said the display twirled around the mountain and generated disturbing sounds and smells. As local government officials began an...
Typhoon Matmo blew into the northern Philippines, complicating disaster response. A recent 6.9-magnitude earthquake killed 72 people in Cebu province. Over 5,000 houses were damaged, leaving many residents displaced. This follows another storm, Bualoi, which caused 37 deaths last week. Super Typhoon Ragasa also affected the country. The Philippines, prone to natural disasters, now faces Matmo moving towards southern China.
Public land advocates say the shutdown threatens resources but offer advice on how to help. The post Visiting public lands during the shutdown? Be polite and prepared appeared first on High Country News.
Kemi Badenoch’s plan to scrap the Climate Change Act is reckless. Ed Miliband offers a bolder, fairer vision. The future must be built on renewables Let’s scrap Britain’s successful climate law so we can burn more gas, lose investment and have higher bills. Crazy as it might seem, that is the message of Kemi Badenoch’s new energy strategy . The Conservative leader proposes to repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act in favour of a plan to “maximise oil and gas extraction”, and remove all legally binding carbon targets. It’s pitched as pragmatism. But it’s a lurch into ideological self-harm. Britain’s energy problem isn’t its climate legislation, which is admired globally, backed by industry and supported by the public. It’s that this country remains too dependent on volatile fossil...
Open access notables The first emergence of unprecedented global water scarcity in the Anthropocene , Ravinandrasana & Franzke, Nature Communications Access to water is crucial for all aspects of life. Anthropogenic global warming is projected to disrupt the hydrological cycle, leading to water scarcity. However, the timing and hotspot regions of unprecedented water scarcity are unknown. Here, we estimate the Time of First Emergence (ToFE) of drought-driven water scarcity events, referred to as “Day Zero Drought” (DZD), which arises from hydrological compound extremes, including prolonged rainfall deficits, reduced river flow, and increasing water consumption. Using a probabilistic framework and a large ensemble of climate simulations, we attribute...
Fair Isle is one of dozens of areas to benefit from renewable energy funding. The Fair Isle Electricity Company (Fiec) has been awarded over £183,000... Renewable funding for Fair Isle
Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences
Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, Swiss glaciologists reported.
Storm Amy could become a 'weather bomb', experts at the University of Reading warn.
[Daily Maverick] Every year is divided neatly into four seasons, each with its own unique purpose and energy. In nature, colours change, the temperature increases or decreases, and daily activities adjust - all in accordance with a rhythm that is time-tested, and true. These seasonal cycles affect us profoundly, and have a significant impact on our mood, our energy and our sense of resolve.
Studying samples from the ice sheet gives an environmental record of over a million years.
Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export “substantial volumes” of LNG to Europe, documents show.
Misleading WhatsApp groups and political sound bites aren’t just nonsense – they’re putting Latino communities in danger during floods, fires, and storms. The post Inside the viral lies that spread climate confusion appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Labour, Lib Dems and Greens condemn Badenoch’s vow to repeal act if the Tories win power with Ed Miliband calling it a ‘betrayal of future generations’ Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act Voters trust the Green party most … on green issues, is the rather unsurprising finding of a poll by YouGov looking at how voters view the party, which starts its autumn conference tomorrow. The Greens are least trusted on the economy and on defence. But there is something remarkable about this. In his write-up for YouGov , Dylan Difford says: Unsurprisingly, Britons have a particular degree of confidence in the Greens when it comes to the environment. What’s notable, though, is that a majority of Britons (54%) say they have at least a fair amount of trust in the party on the issue...
A Met Office Amber warning for wind has been issued as Storm Amy will bring very strong winds and heavy rain for many in the north of the UK in the coming days.
Back in October 2024, the Ford government was on course to exceed its 2030 target of getting greenhouse gas emissions at or below 28 per cent of their 2005 levels.
India may buy less Russian oil and increase its imports of American crude, while also considering sourcing from blacklisted suppliers such as Iran and Venezuela, according to officials and media reports. The shift reflects New Delhi’s effort to preserve its strategic autonomy, even as it is unwilling to meet Washington’s demands, with the US linking closer trade and diplomatic ties to a cut in Russian oil imports, according to analysts. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,...
Super Typhoon Ragasa may have been the biggest storm of its kind in the world this year, but when it made landfall in mainland China last month, it left no fatalities in its wake. Rewind to 2018 when Mangkhut, the last super typhoon to hit Guangdong province, struck and at least four people were killed in southern China. Typhoon Hato also left nine dead in Guangdong in 2017, and Typhoon Fanapi caused 34 deaths in the coastal province in 2010. The contrast is even sharper when compared with the...
National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.
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