David Crisafulli says LNP ‘not touching’ policy charging rates among world’s highest, as conservationists rubbish industry claims levy causing downturn Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s premier has ruled out changes to the state’s coal royalties regime, often dubbed the world’s highest, amid pressure from the industry. David Crisafulli gave his strongest denial yet of any changes at a press conference in Emerald, in central Queensland, ahead of a cabinet meeting on Monday. Continue reading...
Devastating flash floods in Pakistan have claimed at least 657 lives, including many children, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province being the hardest hit. Entire villages have been wiped out, mass burials are underway, and hundreds remain missing as rescue efforts continue amidst warnings of more torrential rains. The scale of destruction is immense, with eyewitnesses recounting homes and vehicles swept away.
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to a Carbon Brief factcheck involving dozens of leading climate scientists. The 140-page report – “ A critical review of impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on the US climate ” – was published by the US Department of Energy (DoE) on 23 July, just days before the government laid out plans to revoke a scientific finding used as the legal basis for emissions regulation. The executive summary of the controversial report inaccurately claims that “CO2-induced warming might be less damaging economically than commonly believed”...
The British Growers Association warns that supplies of broccoli are 'tight' thanks to the heatwave.
[Health-e] Rows of Home -- made coal left out to dry in the sun are a common feature in Tsakane's Extension 10 in Ekurhuleni. The roughly 500 families were relocated from areas such as Germiston and Benoni in 2005, but the area was never connected to the electricity grid.
[IPS] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- The accumulation of still growing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in an increasingly unequal world is accelerating planetary heating. It is also worsening disparities, especially between the rich and others, both nationally and internationally.
[IPS] Nairobi -- Current rates of land degradation pose a major environmental and socioeconomic threat, driving climate change, biodiversity loss, and social crises. Food production to feed more than 8 billion people is the dominant land use on Earth. Yet, this industrial-scale enterprise comes with a heavy environmental toll.
[The Conversation Africa] Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very vulnerable to climate change, even though it has contributed less than 5% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions over the past 170 years. Speeding up the move to renewable energy is a key topic on the agenda of the Second Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia in September. Regional development and climate change specialist Abay Yimere sets
Oil prices slipped in early Asian trade on Monday as the United States did not exert more pressure on Russia to end the Ukraine war by implementing further measures to disrupt Moscow’s oil exports after presidents from both countries met on Friday. Brent crude futures dropped 32 cents, or 0.49 per cent, to US$65.53 a barrel while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at US$62.57 a barrel, down 23 cents. US President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday and emerged...
Environmental Protection Administrator Lee Zeldin will be holding a press conference in Hauppauge Monday to discuss environmental safety issues posed by "Battery Energy Storage Systems."
Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warms Road closures, evacuations, travel chaos and stern warnings from officials have become fixtures of Canada’s wildfire season. But as the country goes through its second-worst burn on record , the blazes come with a twist: few are coming from the western provinces, the traditional centre of destruction. Instead, the worst of the fires have been concentrated in the prairie provinces and the Atlantic region, with bone-dry conditions upending how Canada responds to a threat that is only likely to grow as the climate warms. Continue reading...
Cummins has to pay one of the largest penalties in U.S. environmental history. Find out why the EPA decided that the engine company had broken the rules.
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 10, 2025 thru Sat, August 16, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (14 articles) Atmospheric Rivers May be Diminishing on the West Coast and Surging in the East, Study Finds "Over a 20-year period, atmospheric rivers could double the amount of rain falling on part of the Southeast, the researchers found." Science, Inside Climate News, Chad Small, Aug 9, 2025. Fossil-fuelled heat has caused tropical birds to decline by `up to 38%` since 1950s An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind...
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph while its outer bands pounded the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with gusty winds and heavy rains early Sunday.
Anchored off the coast of Sicily on August 19, 2024, Bayesian was battered by a freak storm. Hurricane-force winds capsized the 184ft vessel in minutes, causing it to heel violently to a 90-degree angle.
Flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district have severely disrupted connectivity, particularly along the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway. Heavy rainfall across the state has resulted in numerous road closures, power outages, and water supply disruptions, with Mandi, Kullu, and Kinnaur being the most affected.
Hurricane Erin 2025 rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm, posing threats to the Caribbean and the US East Coast. While the storm's center is projected to remain offshore, dangerous surf, rip currents, and coastal flooding are expected from Florida to Maine. Residents are urged to stay informed, avoid coastal waters, and prepare for potential evacuation.
Higher energy bills to cover the increased transmission costs could be offset by more renewable energy in the grid, state government says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One of Australia’s largest renewable energy transmission projects has expanded zones for solar, battery and wind developments with the cost of connection to almost double. The latest version of Victoria’s 2025 Transmission Plan, released by state government agency VicGrid on Sunday, revealed a 200,000-hectare increase in the area available to developers. Continue reading...
Recycling is billed as the holy grail of a circular economy, but experts agree: we can’t recycle our way out of the plastics crisis we’re creating.
The 200-metre floating roof canopy will be activated during major public events. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Tim Wilson sidesteps question about whether Coalition will dump support for net zero Finally, Wilson was asked about internal pressure within the Coalition to abandon support for any policies that might help Australia achieve net zero and to address the climate crisis. We should make sure that we have net zero outages, net zero price increases, and net zero emissions, because you need to have things in a position of balance of policy to make sure that we can grow the future of the Australian economy, because that’s also the basis of social licence to cut emissions as well. If you don’t have net zero outages and...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. The No 1 typhoon signal will remain in force in Hong Kong at least until noon on Sunday, while the weather forecaster will assess the need to upgrade it to No 3 later in the day. The Hong Kong Observatory said the tropical depression would remain at least 600 kilometres (373 miles) from the...
Hurricane Erin rapidly intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 cyclone as it stayed safely north of the Caribbean islands over the weekend.
Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in northern Afghanistan, where drought-ridden land had yielded nothing for years.
Hurricane Erin has quickly whipped into a catastrophic Category-5 monster storm travelling west as a warning is issued for the East Coast.
US President Donald Trump has indicated potential retaliatory tariffs on China for its Russian oil purchases, following similar actions against India. While immediate measures are not planned, Trump suggested they could be implemented in the coming weeks if the Ukraine war persists.
The U.S. government deployed more than 200 emergency workers to Puerto Rico as a precaution after a flood watch was issued for the entire U.S. territory.
France and Spain are on wildfire alert as weather agencies warned of a "very high to extreme risk" of more wildfires there during Europe's intense heatwave.
The "extremely powerful" storm "explosively deepened and intensified" overnight, say forecasters
China has been urged to speed up the development of solar power in space to gain a stronger footing in the new energy sector and the space race. Ge Changchun, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, called in an article for a top-down strategy to speed up efforts to develop the technology and narrow the gap with the United States in sectors such as materials and precision control. Space solar power facilities are designed to be built and operated in orbit, where they convert solar...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. The Hong Kong Observatory issued the No 1 typhoon signal at 10.20pm on Saturday night, with higher warnings possible on Sunday as the city faced occasional squally showers and thunderstorms. The weather forecaster said an area of low pressure over the central and northern parts of South China...
Plus: ICE agents accidentally add a random person to a sensitive group chat, Norwegian intelligence blames the Kremlin for hacking a dam, and new facial recognition vans roam the UK.
Three sterilization facilities in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties have been granted EPA exemptions to emit cancer-linked ethylene oxide.
Following his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump talked about his resolve on imposing tariffs on countries purchasing Russian oil in the coming weeks. While no agreements were signed during the three-hour closed-door meeting, both leaders expressed cautious optimism regarding US-Russia relations and the conflict in Ukraine.
As plastic waste chokes oceans, poisons wildlife and infiltrates human bodies, the world’s governments met in Geneva this week to hammer out a landmark United Nations treaty. But the summit was thrown into disarray as a coalition of oil‑producing states determined to block binding limits on plastic output – with which Malaysia was controversially aligned – saw negotiations stretched into an unscheduled eleventh day without agreement. The Geneva talks, billed as the “Paris Agreement for plastics”...
A regional workshop in Malaysia on energy transition brought together governments, international organisations, industry leaders and academics in June. Around the table, there was a consensus that Southeast Asia must find sustainable and alternative energy solutions to meet fast-rising demand. One key driver of this rising demand is the rapid growth of data centres. Across Asia, data centre capacity is expected to nearly double in the next five years, reaching around 25,000 megawatts. Over the...
Pakistan is grappling with devastating flash floods. Heavy rains have caused widespread destruction. At least 243 people have died, with many still missing. Buner district is the worst affected. Rescue efforts are underway to reach stranded families. A helicopter carrying relief supplies crashed. Climate change is believed to be a contributing factor.
A social media post by the oil ministry on Independence Day, featuring V.D. Savarkar alongside Mahatma Gandhi, has ignited a political controversy. The opposition Congress party has accused the Modi government of distorting history and glorifying figures like Savarkar, who they deem a "traitor." This has led to sharp criticism and accusations of disrespecting freedom fighters.
Visibility for BC Wildfire Crews is an issue on Friday due to the fog and the weather, which will limit the ability to fight the fire from the air.
Hurricane is predicted pick up steam toward Florida before veering away from the US mainland A tropical storm sped up to become Hurricane Erin mid-morning on Friday, as it approached Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides on its way to becoming a major Atlantic hurricane . The huge storm was swirling across the Caribbean and is ultimately expected to head towards Florida , picking up speed over warm ocean water, before ultimately veering away from the US mainland. Continue reading...
In the 1900s, global discussions around climate change and fossil fuel usage reached new heights, leading to the emergence of climate change art. Since then, it has remained a key theme in contemporary art, with artists and corporations alike continuing to push messages of climate reform to instill a sense of urgency, fear, and shared […]
Since Thursday, at least 131 earthquakes have been recorded — as small as magnitude 0.2 and as big as magnitude 4 — in the Geysers geothermal steam field in Sonoma and Lake counties.
It used to be manual or automatic, but as a new generation approaches their Ls and Ps, a new dilemma arises Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com Not long ago, the choice was between manual and automatic. One, demanding mastery of gear stick, accelerator and clutch – greater control at the risk of stalling – the other offering a simpler ride. These days the debate has moved on. The majority of new cars are automatic and an increasing share are electric . Continue reading...
Tropical Storm Erin could bring severe danger to millions along the US East Coast as the latest storm-tracking models project it will become a major hurricane this weekend.
A team of Chilean scientists has sequenced the first complete genomes of the H5N1 avian influenza virus found in birds in Antarctica.
Floating offshore wind turbines open a whole new playing field for energy companies, which have so far had to stick to shallow waters.
SRINAGAR — At least 60 people have died and more than 100 are missing, a day after sudden, heavy rain caused floods and landslides in Indian Kashmir, authorities and local media said on Friday, the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week.
Renewable projects have historically been able to qualify for federal tax credits once a developer spent 5 percent of a project's cost. But that threshold would be scrapped under new Treasury guidance, according to a published account.
Heavy monsoon floods have killed at least 194 people in the last 24 hours in flash floods and landslides in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
All of Spain was on heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at "very high to extreme risk" from wildfires.
From drought-stricken farms to rising trade barriers, the global coffee industry is facing unprecedented strain. The post Climate change has sent coffee prices soaring. Trump’s tariffs will send them higher. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed more than 280 people and left scores of others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighbouring countries.
One person dies after storm whips up waves, while temperatures approach 50C as heatwave grips Middle East Typhoon Podul crossed southern Taiwan on Wednesday with wind speeds of up to 110mph (177km/h), equivalent to a category 2 hurricane. Podul had developed a week earlier, near the Northern Mariana Islands, and tracked west across the Philippine Sea, achieving typhoon status on Tuesday before making landfall in south-east Taiwan the following day. Continue reading...
Scientists have warned that climate change is making devastating firewaves more likely - and one could hit London this weekend.
Peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and crime prevention are no longer niche security concerns—they are global imperatives for sustainable climate action. From the migration crisis in Venezuela to the deforestation-driven conflicts in the Amazon, to organised crime in Central America, the ripple effects of instability and environmental degradation are felt far beyond national borders. In 2025, nearly […]
The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.
In just over four decades, China has produced more than a gigatonne of textile fibres – equivalent to 1 billion tonnes or roughly twice the total human mass on the planet, according to a first-of-its-kind study by Tsinghua University. The research, published late last month in the peer-reviewed journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling, mapped textile fibre flows and stocks in China from 1978 to 2022 – a period of rapid economic and societal development in China. The study traces how a...
Lifting the ban would mark a major shift in the country's energy policy.
The attorney general missed a June 7 deadline set by President Donald Trump to investigate state climate programs, easing fears of a federal crackdown.
Tiébélé’s wavy-walled houses covered in geometric lines showing signs of disintegration amid erratic weather A world heritage site that was once a famous tourist destination is suffering from signs of disintegration, as climate change affects weather patterns. The wavy-walled houses covered with singular geometric lines of the Royal Court of Tiébélé in Burkina Faso, established in the 16th century, are recognisable all over the world. The paintings represent the thoughts, culture, and religion of the Kassena people, literally written on the walls. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04211A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Tianye Zheng, Haihong Bao, Feifan Chen, Jingwen Wu, Pengcheng Zhao, Hoi Lut Ho, Shoufei Gao, Yingying Wang, Jiaqiang Huang, Leiting Zhang, Steven T. Boles, Wei Jin Gas evolution is an inherent aspect in batteries. We present an optical fiber spectroscopic technique for operando gas sensing, enabling comprehensive mechanistic studies in batteries and broader electrochemical energy systems. 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
Each dot on the artwork represents a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions.
There is no chance of Australia becoming more economic resilient if we don’t have robust national laws that set clear environmental standards One Big Idea is a new series on how to transform Australia’s economy ahead of Jim Chalmers’ economic roundtable Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast We must reform Australia’s broken national environment laws, as they have failed to protect the environment. Projects critical to our future prosperity are bogged down in slow, opaque, duplicative and contested environmental planning and approvals processes based on poor information, and mired in administrative complexity. Continue reading...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 15 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02405-yGenetic diversity must be explicitly recognized in ecological restoration
A fuel tanker that rolled over near Fort McPherson, N.W.T. on Wednesday morning released 5003 litres of fuel oil into the environment, according to the N.W.T. government's spill tracker.
[Ghanaian Times] A Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, in the Western Region, Professor James R. Dankwah, has stated that Ghana can reduce its energy bills by producing fuels from waste plastics.
The National Hurricane Center expects this storm to gradually strengthen over the next day or so, but also warned of its potential to rapidly intensify within the next 24 to 48 hours.
A hurricane warning has been issued as Tropical Storm Erin intensifies in the Atlantic Ocean. Some models are predicting that hurricane-force winds could hit parts of the US East Coast.
The rules included a delay on stricter limits on methane emissions by the oil and gas industry.
Move to acquire Europe’s biggest facility for LNG imports comes as overall UK gas demand fell drastically last year The owner of British Gas has placed a £1.5bn bet on the UK’s future reliance on fossil fuel imports after striking a deal to buy Europe’s biggest gas import terminal. Centrica plans to partner with a US private equity firm to acquire the Isle of Grain terminal in Kent, which can import 15m tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year, even after Britain’s gas demand fell last year to its lowest level since the early 1990s. Continue reading...
Amid stalled trade talks with India, the US government aims to strengthen economic ties with Pakistan, focusing on critical minerals and hydrocarbons. Secretary of State Rubio highlighted the ongoing partnership, while Trump has in the past spoken of potential collaboration on Pakistan's oil reserves.
While clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator.
The latest report on global climate change highlights the impact of higher global temperatures on the water cycle, with atmospheric water vapour levels reaching record levels during 2024.
The chances of reaching dangerous temperatures are only growing as the planet keeps warming up because of climate change, scientists warn.
Massachusetts is testing bidirectional chargers that turn parked EVs into backup energy sources. The post Electric car batteries could power both vehicles and the grid appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Greenpeace climbers attached a new work, titled Butchered, by the renowned artist Anish Kapoor on to a Shell platform in the North Sea – the world’s first artwork to be installed on an active offshore gas site. After securing a 12-metre x 8-metre canvas to the structure, the activists hoisted a high-pressure hose 16 metres above sea level. They then pumped 1,000 litres of blood-red liquid that seeped into the fabric, creating a vast crimson stain. The work is a stark visualisation of the wound inflicted on humanity and the Earth by the fossil fuel industry, and aims to represent the collective grief and pain over what has been lost, as well as a call for reparation Continue reading...
As insurer’s shares hit highest level since 2008, CEO says plans important as extreme weather events rise Aviva’s chief executive, Amanda Blanc, has reiterated the insurer’s commitment to climate goals in the face of growing pushback against net zero ambitions in the US and UK. Her comments came as Aviva’s shares on Thursday hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, with investors cheering a rise in profits, and fresh payouts for investors, worth 13.1p a share. Continue reading...
The future of California's cap-and-trade program is in limbo. Experts say the state can't meet its climate goals without it.
A policy that relies on farm-specific carbon-intensity scores can promote climate-smart agricultural practices.
On Pakistan's Independence Day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged Pakistan's counterterrorism and trade efforts. Rubio highlighted the Trump administration's interest in exploring economic cooperation in critical minerals and hydrocarbons. This warming relationship, marked by expanded engagement beyond traditional areas, is drawing attention amid regional tensions and strategic shifts.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 16, 28 August 2025.
Cloudbursts and flash floods wreaked havoc across Himachal Pradesh, impacting Kullu, Shimla, and Lahaul-Spiti districts. Evacuations were carried out in affected areas of Kullu following cloudbursts near Shrikhand Mahadev and Batahar village, resulting in property damage but no loss of life.
Electric utilities urged the agency to preserve its ability to regulate power plants for greenhouse gases.
A report suggests ways agencies could oversee a system that lets polluters fund climate projects and get credit for offsetting their own emissions.
Critics say the agency should have done more following a leak at an Archer-Daniels-Midland facility in Illinois.
The price retreat offers some relief for consumers after years of inflation and a win for Trump as he pushes for lower fuel costs, but it poses a financial threat for oil-producing companies and countries.
Historically cool nations saw hospitals overheating and surge in drownings, wildfires and toxic algal blooms The prolonged Nordic heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from climate change”, scientists say. Norway, Sweden and Finland have historically cool climates but were hit by soaring temperatures, including a record run of 22 days above 30C (86C) in Finland. Sweden endured 10 straight days of “tropical nights”, when temperatures did not fall below 20C (68F). Continue reading...
Europe is suffering from another heatwave as deadly temperatures of up to 44C hit the continent and wildfires blazed across the Mediterranean. To find out why Europe is heating faster than anywhere else, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent, Ajit Niranjan, and to Adam Taylor, professor of anatomy at Lancaster University, to find out how we can try to stay cool as the temperature rises Clips: ITV News, France 24 Continue reading...
“About 90 per cent of fires are being captured while they're still in what we would consider initial attack capabilities — around four hectares,” said BC Wildfire Service.
Lai has been detained since December 2020, with western nations and rights groups calling for his release The closing arguments in the national security trial against jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai were postponed on Thursday after the Asian financial hub issued its highest-level “black” weather warning, stemming from ex-typhoon Podul. Queues had formed outside the court for the public gallery, but torrential rain saw the closing arguments in the trial, which began in late 2023, delayed. Proceedings are expected to resume on Friday. Continue reading...
There were no damage reports in Juneau similar to the last two years, when flooding was rampant and some homes washed away by water released by the Mendenhall Glacier ice dam.
Tropical Storm Erin is slightly intensifying and forecast to become a hurricane Friday with a chance of ultimately affecting the U.S. East Coast next week.
In Here Comes the Sun, environmentalist Bill McKibben argues that the rapid adoption of solar power should quell our worst climate fears. Is he right, asks James Dinneen
A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US
One of the 10 different trim levels offered on the Toyota Tundra is the 1794 Edition, which actually carries a really cool and unexpected meaning.
Combining 25 years of space-based data with ocean sampling, scientists have uncovered a change in the microscopic organisms that underpin the Southern Ocean’s food chain and carbon storage.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02556G, Review Article Xingtang Xu, Chonghua Li, Wang Li, Jie Feng, Wen-Ying Li The escalating demand for renewable energy is driving the rapid advancement of innovative energy storage and conversion technologies. Molecular solar thermal (MOST) systems, as a promising alternative energy solution, typically... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Human-caused climate change from burning fossil fuels may be involved in a persistent tilt toward dry patterns. The post Why winter rains keep skipping the Southwest appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Juneau might see its third record-breaking flood in three years.
The Mendenhall River in Alaska was at “major flood” stage as of Wednesday morning, with additional water expected from an overflowing glacial lake.
August is on track to be hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) nearly every day More than 400 people are suspected to have died from extreme heat in Maricopa county, Arizona , so far this summer, according to official figures, as the brutal current heatwave enters its 12th day. August is on track to be the hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) every day apart from one so far. As of 11 August, at least three daily records had been broken including an all-time monthly high of 118F (48C), as well as several night-time record temperatures, according to Isaac Smith, meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Phoenix. Continue reading...
Mendenhall Glacier outburst threatens homes, with scientists warning events are intensifying Alaska’s capital city of Juneau is urging many residents to evacuate, bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the area’s Mendenhall Glacier, with the event being driven by climate change amid glacial retreat, according to a federal agency. Summer glacial flooding, known as a glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF, threatens parts of the city due to a combination of rainwater and snowmelt. Continue reading...
Thousands of Americans are set to evacuate their homes due to what could be a record surge of water. Officials warned that entire neighborhoods at risk of potentially catastrophic flooding.
An Indian diesel shipment is heading to China, marking the first delivery since 2021, amidst uncertainty surrounding exports from Russia-affiliated Nayara Energy due to EU sanctions. The vessel, carrying approximately 496,000 barrels of ultra-low sulfur diesel, departed from Nayara's Vadinar facility.
The web portal’s return is another step on the regulatory front as President Donald Trump’s team looks to revise and often pull back environmental rules.
PM says sustainable revenue for roads is needed as report shows nearly one in 10 new car sales are electric vehicles Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor is set to overhaul road user charging rules to cover electric vehicles, with Anthony Albanese all but confirming the long-delayed reform will be thrashed out at next week’s productivity roundtable in Canberra. As data from the Australian Automobile Association showed EVs accounted for nearly one in 10 new car sales in the June quarter – a new record – the prime minister said the new rules would be worked through in this term of parliament. Continue reading...
Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to cause major flooding.
What is really behind the US Department of Energy’s weird pronouncement on social media? Have you ever tossed and turned at night wondering what the correct pronouns are for a lump of coal? No, me neither. However, it seems someone at the US Department of Energy has devoted a few spare brain cells to this matter and decided that coal is a she/her. Co-opting a phrase adopted by the LGBTQ+ community, the official energy department X account tweeted on 31 July: “She’s an icon. She’s a legend. And she is the moment,” alongside a sparkling picture of coal. This comes as the Trump administration devotes considerable energy to making fossil fuels great again. The president has signed numerous executive orders aimed at “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry” and reversed Biden-era...
Forget ice cream, sorbet or even the beloved Italian gelato -- when Romans swelter in a heatwave, they turn to the traditional "grattachecca".
Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life, according to a new report.
Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe.
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) warned that the severe heatwave gripping Egypt will hit its peak, growing very hot during the day across the country, and hot and humid at night. Temperatures will be highest in southern Upper Egypt, where the apparent temperature will reach 49C during the day, and 43C in Cairo. The EMA … The post Egypt’s severe heat wave peaks, EMA warns to avoid direct sun exposure appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Premier Danielle Smith said Alberta is finally able to export both heavy oil and natural gas by sea. That’s something that could benefit Mexico.
The Federal Advisory Committee Act suit by two environmental groups could complicate and delay the plan to reverse the landmark endangerment finding.
The National Hurricane Center said it remains too early to determine possible impacts, if any, from Erin as it moves closer to the northern Leeward Islands.
The Energy Star program has saved Americans more than a half-trillion dollars in energy costs and has reduced climate pollution. Now the Trump administration wants to eliminate or privatize it.
Argyll could become an AI powerhouse under a plan to develop date centres on the site of a former oil rig production yard that once fuelled its prosperity.
Juneau officials warn residents to evacuate due to glacial outburst flooding.
Australia’s biggest bank delivers bumper payout to shareholders as CBA vows to end lending to coal companies with no net zero plans Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Commonwealth Bank has posted a record cash profit while announcing it will cut off lending to coal companies without net zero emissions plans. Australia’s biggest bank recorded $10.25bn in annual cash profits for the year to June – a 4% lift on the previous year – and delivered a bumper $2.60 payout per share to shareholders. Continue reading...
The Saskatchewan government is extending coal plant operations, but climate experts warn of serious environmental impacts and are taking legal action to block the plan.
Tufan Erginbilgic says business deals to supply nuclear power for artificial intelligence could boost its fortunes
Erin is the 5th named storm of the hurricane season.
Three men die as wildfires, fuelled by drought and a heatwave, hit southern Europe.
Scientists have known climate change is increasing the severity of hurricanes for years now, but new research suggests it’s also leading to tropical cyclone clusters.
MADRID - A man died after suffering burns and thousands fled their homes in Spain on Tuesday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe.
[Namibian] Phillipus 'Energy' Nghitumbwa won the WBO Global Super Bantamweight title with a stunning sixth-round knockout victory over Mxolisi Zuma of South Africa on Saturday night.
As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the conversation toward health harms, fossil fuels, and false solutions.
Video: 00:05:14 MetOp-SG-A1 travelled onboard the Canopée ship. Our teams at the European spaceport in French Guiana have been quite busy making sure both the rocket and the payloads are ready for flight VA264.Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package – is set for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 2025.MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission...
The Interior Department continues to accelerate approval of coal leasing and mine expansions.
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Simon Evans Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The rise of renewables is being driven by extremely rapid growth in wind and solar output, which topped 4,000 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 and will pass 6,000TWh by 2026. Wind and solar are increasingly under attack from populist politicians on the right, such as US president Donald Trump and Reform in the UK. Nevertheless, they will together meet more than 90% of the increase in global electricity demand out to 2026, the IEA says, while modest growth for hydro power will add to renewables’...
On a hot August night, jellyfish jammed a nuclear giant.
As France sizzles under what weather forecasters have described as "exceptional" temperatures, French people have been speaking out about the heat, describing it as a 'nightmare', 'hell' and 'not normal'.
The plan seeks to protect the threatened desert tortoise and streamline energy permitting.
Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could transpire.
The program offers paid training in solar installation, EV charger maintenance, heat pump installation, and more. The post Goodwill’s Clean Tech Accelerator trains people for clean energy jobs appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority warned of an intense heat wave prevailing across the country on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching their highest levels, at 47C in the southern parts of the country. The EMA added that the heatwave will peak on Wednesday and Thursday across the nation. It advised citizens to avoid direct sunlight, stay away … The post Egypt’s latest heatwave to hit its peak on Wednesday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Temperatures of 44C predicted as blazes rage across Europe Europe live – latest updates Almost 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northern, central and southern Spain as wildfires continue to burn amid a heatwave that could bring temperatures of 44C to some parts of the country. The deadly heat across large parts of Europe has created what scientists have called a “molotov cocktail” of climatic conditions that is fuelling vast wildfires. Continue reading...
Sources say delayed risk assessment includes modelling of effects of climate crisis in ways that have been little discussed in political debate so far Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An unreleased Australian government report on the economic and environmental risks posed by the climate crisis is “intense and scary”, and confronting even for those who work in the area, according to people familiar with the assessment. The delayed report – the national climate risk assessment – includes modelling of future climate damage, estimates of the number of people who could be killed by worsening heatwaves and a mapping tool that forecasts flooding risk in suburbs across the continent. Continue reading...
The accumulation of still growing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in an increasingly unequal world is accelerating planetary heating. It is also worsening disparities, especially between the rich and others, both nationally and internationally. Unequal emissions In our grossly unequal world, international disparities account for two-thirds of overall income inequalities. National income aggregates and averages can […]
A 2016 satellite photo shows nearly a dozen swirling dark spots that emerged in the clouds over Heard Island in the Indian Ocean.
Scientists say the damage was caused by the "longest, largest and most intense" marine heatwave on record.
The acquisition by the private equity giant would open the door to much-needed capital for transitioning from fossil fuels, some clean energy advocates say.
Supporters of renewable energy say the Trump administration could use the records to take action against wind energy projects.
California EnviroVoters' seven-figure ad buy comes in response to a multiyear lobbying campaign from oil companies.
By expanding their summer offerings, mountain resorts near Sarajevo that traditionally relied on snow sports can lure tourists away from the scorching heat and high costs of other seaside destinations, said the city's tourism board president.
The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has told the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) to expedite the development of a wild elephant tracking and alert system to ensure the safety of communities within the animals' range.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster has said it will issue the No 1 typhoon warning signal on Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Podul edges closer to the city. The Hong Kong Observatory said that the weather would be hot over Guangdong on Tuesday, under the influence of outer subsiding air, noting...
I arrived in Hong Kong just four months ago, full of anticipation for a new chapter in a vibrant city. But what I didn’t expect was to be greeted by a relentless series of climate extremes, each more intense than the last. On August 5, I watched from my window as the city was engulfed by a black rainstorm. It wasn’t just heavy rain, it was historic. The Hong Kong Observatory recorded the highest daily rainfall for August since records began in 1884. That day marked the fourth black rain warning...
LAS MéDULAS (SPAIN) - A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cites saw record temperatures, as a heatwave baked Europe on Monday.
NASA is launching the second phase of its moon recycling competition to clean up trash in space, including plastics, foams and metals left behind by astronauts.
Electricite de France (EDF) says it has been forced to shut four atomic reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its Gravelines power plant near Calais.
Learn more about Plateosaurus engelhardti, the deepest fossil ever found at nearly 9,000 feet below sea level.
More than 470 Canadian fires classified as ‘out of control’ as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burning With hundreds of wildfires burning out of control, Canada’s 2025 fire season is already the second-worst on record, as scientists report climate change is prolonging and exacerbating the burning, leading to more destruction, evacuations and smoke-filled skies. More than 470 fires across the country are currently classified as “out of control”, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC). Continue reading...
Dennis Bell's remains were found in January by a Polish Antarctic expedition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conveyed to PM Modi about the ongoing Russian invasion, highlighting attacks on Ukrainian cities, including the recent shelling in Zaporizhzhia. Zelenskyy urged India to support peaceful efforts and emphasized that decisions about Ukraine must involve Ukraine's participation. Discussions also covered sanctions against Russia, particularly restricting energy exports.
Erin is predicted to hit Category 3 strength by this weekend. The post Tropical Storm Erin likely to become a classic, long-lived Atlantic hurricane appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A rare "space hurricane" that swirled over Earth's North Pole in 2014 caused intense space weather effects despite unusually quiet solar conditions, a new study reports.
The numbers of many tropical birds are plummeting, and now it has been shown that heat extremes intensified by global warming are the biggest factor driving these declines
Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Erin to strengthen significantly as it tracks westward across the Atlantic.
[Ethiopian Herald] - The African Union Staff Association has voiced strong support for Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative (GLI), recognizing it as a crucial effort in the global fight against climate change.
The AI tool is being asked to identify grant proposals that contain hot-button phrases like “clean energy industries” and “climate crisis.”
Battery technology for electric cars is getting more advanced, with the most recent development from China being the gamechanging semi-solid state batteries.
Meteorologists are tracking a storm in the Atlantic that they believe will become a hurricane later this week. Current spaghetti models also predict it could make landfall in the US.
Scientists shocked by bleaching event that hit reefs from the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo to the remote Ashmore Reef Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The “longest, largest and most intense” marine heatwave ever recorded in Western Australia has killed coral throughout an area that stretches 1,500km, according to state and federal scientists. More than 100 scientists and marine managers will gather in Perth on Tuesday for a special meeting to discuss the devastating event that bleached and killed corals on remote reefs earlier this year . The marine heatwave that hit reefs from the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo to the remote Ashmore Reef left many scientists shocked. Continue reading...
Video: 00:01:45 Experience the preparation of the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite, hosting Copernicus Sentinel-5, scheduled for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August 2025 at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time). This timelapse video captures key stages from the encapsulation within the Ariane 6 fairing to the installation in the launch tower.MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission – along with new measurement capabilities to expand its scientific...
A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cites saw record temperatures, as a heatwave baked Europe on Monday.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters As Hurricane Helene roared toward the Florida Panhandle on September 26, 2024, the storm put on an intimidating display of rapid intensification, ramping up from a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph (129 km/h) winds to a Cat 4 monster with 140 mph (225 km/h) winds in the 24 hours before landfall . Storm damage rises exponentially as the winds increase, so this rise in intensity increased Helene’s destructive power by a factor of about 92, according to a NOAA damage potential scale . Rapid intensification – defined as a 35 mph (56 km/h) or greater increase in the maximum sustained wind speed within a 24-hour period – is something 80% of major hurricanes (Category 3-5) ...
Members of an EPA advisory panel welcomed an agency pledge to stop PFAS discharges. But that would not help already contaminated communities.
Danish company blames Donald Trump for derailing its business model after market value drops by a third Europe’s largest wind power company has blamed Donald Trump for derailing its business model, after it announced a $9bn (£6.7bn) fundraising and its market value plunged by almost a third. The share price for Denmark’s Ørsted tumbled to an all-time low after it told investors on Monday that the “extraordinary situation” facing the industry meant it would need to tap shareholders to cover the costs of its plans. Continue reading...
Germany is set to swelter this week with the German Weather Service forecasting that temperatures would climb to almost 40C by the middle of the week in some parts of the country.
The British energy company is reopening the Murlach field, 120 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, after it was declared uneconomic and taken out of use in 2004.
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Executive Director of Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has strongly opposed a proposal by Hon. Thomas Romeo Quiah, Representative for Sinoe County District #2, to de-gazette Sapo National Park (SNP), warning that such a move would cause "irreversible damage" to Liberia's environmental, economic, and cultural heritage.
‘Massive and unpredictable’ swarm entered filter drums that pull in water, Gravelines operator EDF says Business live – latest updates The Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France has been shut down after a swarm of jellyfish entered the filter drums that pull in cooling water, according to its state-owned operator, EDF. The plant in northern France is one of the largest in the country and cooled from a canal connected to the North Sea. Continue reading...
The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. They are identified by DNA as those of … The post Remains of British researcher lost in 1959 recovered from Antarctic glacier appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
His brother tells BBC News that he had lost hope he would ever be found.
This summer’s hatchlings won’t be back on land for 30 years. It’ll take at least that long to know how global warming is changing them.
Hong Kong will experience rain later this week brought on by a looming typhoon, following more hot weather in the coming days caused by an anticyclone affecting southern China, the city’s forecaster has said. Severe Tropical Storm Podul was centred about 1,290km (801.6 miles) east of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, as of noon, and was forecast to move west at about 25km/h (15.5mph) across the western North Pacific, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The city can expect rain on Wednesday, heavy squally showers...
by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. One morning in February 2023, a small group of mineral owners arrived at the North Dakota Capitol on a mission. They had traveled from across the state and other parts of the country to explain to lawmakers how the powerful oil and gas companies had been chipping away at their income. It’s not easy to recruit people to testify during the winter months of the legislative session. Ranchers...
The Trump administration is pushing to ramp up coal production in the Powder River Basin and beyond.
The Energy secretary handpicked climate contrarians to write a report that EPA is using to undermine U.S. regulation of greenhouse gases.
A coalition of nations that tax domestic carbon emissions would impose carbon fees on certain imports from countries outside the coalition.
Vanuatu, which is home to about 300,000 people spread across 83 islands, is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change.
As this summer's fourth heatwave arrives on Monday, the UK is set to be warmer than Barbados.
Judge in Hawaii rules that commercial fishing is illegal in federally protected area in the central Pacific Ocean A federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that commercial fishing is illegal in the Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument, a federally protected area in the central Pacific Ocean. The decision from judge Micah WJ Smith overturns an April letter released by the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) – also known as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) Fisheries – that allowed fishing in parts of the monument that Barack Obama had protected during his presidency. The letter came about a week after Donald Trump ’s presidential proclamation to reverse fishing regulations across the national monument, a world heritage site that includes archeological...
Reducing urban heat islands, greening local areas and using heat pumps for air conditioning can also play a role Low-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homes Why UK housing is dangerously unprepared for impact of climate crisis Extremely hot days in summer are becoming more normal across the globe, but in the UK and other typically mild countries, our homes are not prepared. A third of UK homes are susceptible to overheating, and research shows that renters, people with young children and those from ethnic minorities are at particular risk of living in dangerously hot homes in England. So what can be done to cool down homes? Continue reading...
All efforts to find and extract enough oil to turn around the economy so far have failed.
The world is burning. Trump wants to add more fossil fuels to the fire, while sidelining the brightest solution
French officials says heatwave in southern Europe complicates efforts to contain biggest wildfire since 1949 Tourist trails have been closed on Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy as firefighters tackle a huge blaze on the volcano’s slopes, while officials warned of another “challenging day” for those working to contain France’s biggest wildfire since 1949. The wildfire on Mount Vesuvius, close to Naples, broke out a few days ago and by Saturday afternoon had stretched to about 3km (1.9 miles) wide, destroying hundreds of hectares of woodland and killing wild animals. Thick smoke could be seen from Pompeii and Naples. Continue reading...
At least 15 people have died and dozens more are missing after flash floods hit Gansu province, local authorities say.
A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 3, 2025 thru Sat, August 9, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (12 articles) Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis The heat that hit Svalbard "The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, 'like it was soft ice cream'." Climate, Grist Magazine, Matt Simon, July 29, 2025. 5 Graphics Explain the Climate-Fire Feedback Loop Insights, World Resources Institute, Kaitlyn Thayer & James MacCarthy, Aug 1, 2025. `A bellwether of change`: speed of glacier shrinking on remote Heard Island sounds alarm Glacial retreat on pristine...
Warmth is building for many in the coming days, with much of central and southern England likely to reach heatwave criteria by midweek.
Family sources confirmed that Nasseruddin, a local man, had disappeared in June 1997 while he was travelling through the region with his brother.
For 25 years, Students on Ice has taken countless young people to the Arctic and Antarctic. Current and past participants say that kind of experiential education is priceless.
Uttarakhand faces a deadly pattern of natural disasters. Flash floods and landslides killed hundreds in the last decade. Data shows nearly 3,500 people died in natural disasters. Studies flag Uttarakhand as a hotspot for extreme weather events. Experts call for urgent action. This includes climate-resilient infrastructure and early warning systems. Unchecked development in hazard-prone zones must stop.
The Carbon Cub airplane is a fan-favorite in the realm of private jets, and it's one you may be able to get yourself. Here's how much it'll cost you.
US Bureau of Land management is working to rapidly strip protections to largest tract of land in the US The Trump administration ’s plan to expand oil and gas drilling in a 23m acre reserve on the Arctic Ocean is sparking an impassioned response, amid fears it threatens Arctic wildlife , undermines the subsistence rights of Alaska Natives and imperils one of the fastest-warming ecosystems on Earth. More than a quarter of a million people have responded to the 2 June proposal from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to roll back protections on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), the largest tract of public land in the US. Continue reading...
Dehradun police have registered a case against five individuals, including one unidentified person, for allegedly posting and commenting on a Facebook update about the Dharali flash floods. The post, captioned "this is nature's bulldozer," along with the comments, is accused of hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity.
Critics accused the administration of a double standard, trying to stop wind projects because of potential bald eagle deaths while easing rules for oil and gas companies.
As the effects of climate change are felt across the Pacific, Fiji has become an authority on the logistically and culturally fraught process of community relocation.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 8, August 2025.
Rescue teams are working tirelessly in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi to evacuate stranded residents after devastating flash floods hit the Harsil-Dharali region. Hundreds have been rescued, and essential supplies are being delivered by helicopter. The Army has restored mobile connectivity and repaired damaged bridges, while search operations continue for the missing, with the SDRF employing advanced tools.
The relatively modest Atlantic hurricane season to date may soon kick into high gear. Long-range outlooks from multiple models are in unusual agreement on the chance of a powerful hurricane moving toward North America in the one- to two-week window. That’s way too far out for any definitive forecasts in terms of location, strength, or […] The post Get ready for an active mid-August in the Atlantic appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Learn more about the Younger Dryas event, an ancient climate change catastrophe that’s typically attributed to glacial meltwater.
Electric cars aren't the only battery-powered vehicles out there. Electric cargo ships are beginning to appear. How do these work compared to traditional ones?
[Capital FM] It is often said that green spaces in our towns and cities not only provide people with a place to relax and unwind, but also play a vital role in climate mitigation by reducing the urban heat island effect in an increasingly polluted world. National parks, sports fields, gardens, and forests in major cities offer refuge not only for people but also for birds and other wildlife.
India faces a potential $9-12 billion increase in crude oil import expenses if it halts Russian oil purchases due to potential tariffs. While India has diversified its oil sources, Russian oil accounts for a significant portion of its imports. Trump's tariffs aim to pressure Russia over the Ukraine war, creating a complex situation for India's energy security and trade relations.
Some states and nonprofits had started soliciting applications for rooftop solar and other projects in lower-income communities.
[Ethiopian Herald] -- The Addis Ababa Environmental Protection Authority has highlighted significant achievements in advancing the city's climate resilience, green economy, and biodiversity conservation, despite ongoing challenges.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA has reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with other African nations to ensure the continent speaks with one unified voice on climate change and environmental issues.
Storm Floris brought wind and rain at the start of this week but fortunes are set to change with sunshine and heat in the forecast.
Heavy rains since Thursday had triggered flash floods and at least one landslide in mountainous areas near the city of Lanzhou, according to officials.
UK Health Security Agency warns of potential rise in deaths as hot weather sweeps in from Monday A yellow heat health alert has been issued across much of England for the start of next week as forecasters predict another heatwave. Temperatures could reach the mid-30s across central, southern and eastern areas of the country by Wednesday, the Met Office has said. Continue reading...
The second Trump administration has removed more climate and environmental data from websites in the first 100 days than the first administration, according to a new report
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia is sitting on a multi-million-dollar climate finance opportunity--but without action, the window is closing fast. While other African nations cash in on their forests and coastlines through regulated carbon markets, Liberia has yet to establish a Carbon Market Authority (CMA)--the key institution needed to unlock carbon trading, regulate emissions deals, and ensure local communities benefit.
French authorities said Friday that they were counting on better weather conditions to help put out the country's biggest wildfire in at least half a century after firefighters finally managed to bring it under control.
In its first six months, the Trump administration has filed 11 civil cases against polluters compared with the Biden administration’s 30.
Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.
In the face of federal cuts, volunteers, businesses and others help keep programs afloat. The post Public lands and wildlife turn to stopgap solutions appeared first on High Country News.
Significant progress has been made globally in implementing national and local disaster risk reduction strategies. Yet, the impact of disasters on lives and economies persists and disaster resilience is one of the most regressed areas in Sustainable Development Goal implementation. Moreover, climate change is intensifying the frequency and severity of disasters. Under a 1.5°C warming […]
The west-coast reef has largely escaped the curse of coral bleaching that has blighted the Great Barrier Reef. This year, that’s changed.
Administrator Lee Zeldin said the program to help pay for solar in low-income areas was eliminated by the recent tax-and-spending megalaw.
Administrator Lee Zeldin in a social media post said the program to help pay for solar in low-income areas was eliminated by the recent tax-and-spending megalaw.
The European Commission released a controversial plan to offshore millions of tons of greenhouse gas cuts, but admitted to POLITICO it did not analyze the policy’s impact.
The president’s signature legislation slashes nearly in half the royalty rates for new and existing coal leases.
The World Weather Attribution study found rainfall from June 24 to July 23 in the South Asian nation was 10 to 15 percent heavier because of climate change,
Social media post led to discovery that samplers measuring toxic particles in air can also detect fragments of DNA As the UK’s Big Butterfly Count reaches more than 100,000 submissions , an international group of scientists have produced the first national survey of biodiversity using an entirely different approach. Instead of looking for species by eye, they took advantage of the samplers around the UK that constantly measure toxic metal particles in the air , and used them to measure tiny fragments of DNA . Dr Joanne Littlefair from University College London, part of the research team, said: “Organisms lose bits of themselves all the time – dead skin cells, fragments of hair or feathers, saliva, even faeces and urine. Some of this will blow up into the air and become airborne ‘environmental’...
A new study shows that since 1990, fire season is arriving up to two months earlier across many parts of California.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will eliminate the Solar for All program designed to help low-income households install solar panels on their homes.
Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governments The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports. Wright, a former oil and gas executive, told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins earlier this week that the administration was reviewing national climate assessment reports published by past governments. Continue reading...
The California Supreme Court sided with environmental groups in a Thursday ruling, saying that state lawyers were wrong in their claim that the Public Utilities Commission's decision to slash rooftop solar incentives could not be challenged.
A geomagnetic storm could hit Earth Aug. 8 or 9, possibly bringing the dazzling northern lights with it.
Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, faces imminent submersion due to rising sea levels, prompting a groundbreaking planned migration. A treaty with Australia allows 280 Tuvaluans annually to gain permanent residency, accessing essential services.
NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece of coral.
Open access notables Public concerns about solar geoengineering research in the United States , Buck et al., Communications Earth & Environment Solar geoengineering is receiving increased private research funding at a time of growing social media speculation about government weather control. This can complicate public deliberation on solar geoengineering research. Using interviews (N = 64), focus groups (N = 10), and a national survey (N = 3076), we explore initial impressions of the US public on solar geoengineering research, including views on research and beliefs that atmospheric modification to combat global warming is currently ongoing. We find more opposition than support for research and a strong preference...
[Vanguard] In a bid to enhance the ease of doing business in Nigeria's midstream and downstream petroleum sectors, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has commenced the process of merging three separate regulations on safety and environment into a single framework.
Environmental group says industry figures will be obstructive and aim to reduce overall ambition of meeting More than 200 industry lobbyists are attending the UN’s meeting to hammer out a global plastics treaty, raising fears that moves to prevent runaway plastic production may be undermined. The 234 lobbyists from the oil, petrochemical and plastics industries outnumber the combined delegations of all 27 EU member states, and far exceed the number of people attending with the delegation of scientists as well as Indigenous peoples at the Geneva talks. Continue reading...
The 18-mile-long Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina is on the verge of total collapse due to climate change, scientists warn.
Several tornado warnings were issued, and although none touched down, Environment and Climate Change Canada says there were reports of funnel clouds near Dugald and Oakbank.
Trump's White House trade adviser Peter Navarro defended the US decision to impose additional tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, citing India's high tariffs on American goods. He contrasted this with China, where existing high tariffs already exist.
The proposal could compel California to adopt new cleanup plans and levy new pollution fees in one of the nation's areas most plagued by dirty air.
Despite the slightly lower global average temperature, scientists said extreme heat and deadly flooding persisted in July.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP) has launched a 16-month project to empower rural women and marginalized groups in Montserrado, Bong, Grand Gedeh, and Grand Bassa Counties.
Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister Mahmoud Esmat held talks on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 with Alexey Kononenko, Deputy Head of Russia’s Atomstroyexport and project director of the Dabaa nuclear power plant, to enhance cooperation and increase local manufacturing in Egypt’s nuclear program. The meeting focused on localizing components for the Dabaa plant and other nuclear … The post Egypt, Russia discuss boosting local content in Dabaa nuclear project appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Orange juice was once a national obsession. Climate change, disease and the beverage’s high sugar content are turning consumers away.
[Vanguard] Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that Africa has some of the largest renewable energy sources, yet 600 million people lack access to electricity on the continent.
A deadly wall of muddy water that swept away an Indian Himalayan town this week was likely caused by a rapidly melting glacier exacerbated by the rising effects of climate change, experts said on Thursday.
Pakistan is deepening technological cooperation with China, expanding beyond aircraft and missiles to advanced sectors such as space exploration and nuclear technology, according to the country’s planning minister. Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s minister for planning, development and special initiatives, said the country was keen to strengthen scientific partnerships with China, including in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. He made the comments on Monday at the Pakistani embassy in...
Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a "dialogue of the deaf", sources in and around the talks told AFP. Ten days of talks on finalising an international, legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution opened on Tuesday with sunny optimism from the moderators that a deal could be done to tackle the scourge of plastic rubbish and microplastics trashing the planet.
The administration and its Republican allies in Congress say the International Energy Agency discourages fossil fuel investments around the world.
The company alleges the commission improperly prevented its Pennsylvania nuclear plant from supplying power directly to an Amazon data center.
In Egypt’s Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea’s last wild shores. Off Ras Hankorab, the endangered green turtles weave between coral gardens that marine biologists call some of the most resilient to climate change in the world. By night in nesting season, they crawl ashore under the Milky Way’s glow, undisturbed by artificial lights. So when excavators rolled onto the sand in March, reserve staff and...
Torrential rain caused widespread flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, particularly affecting Mandi and Kullu districts. The deluge washed away houses, blocked over 300 roads including national highways, and disrupted essential services. While significant damage occurred to property and infrastructure, no loss of life has been reported so far.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02978C, Paper John Holoubek, Pu Zhang, Chad Serrao, Huayue Ai, Il Rok Choi, Louisa C Greenburg, Xun Guan, Angela Cai, Wenbo Zhang, Yi Cui Zinc batteries promise low-cost energy storage for the grid but are limited by poor negative electrode reversibility. Thermodynamically stable organic electrolytes can theoretically enhance said reversibility but present high raw... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[Health-e] Noxolo Mthembu (68) and her family of 12 have been living in a make-shift shack in Inchanga, north of Durban, since they lost their home during the 2022 floods. The family, which includes nine children aged between four and 17, lost all of their belongings, including identity documents and clinic cards. As a result, they have been living without access to basic health and social services.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Ministry of Planning and Development has reported that Ethiopia has been creating a new dynamic for regional cooperation by extending its progress in renewable energy far beyond its borders, using clean and sustainable power to integrate the region.
[The Conversation Africa] The pathway from climate change to violent conflict is not simple. There are the obvious immediate effects of global warming like water scarcity and crop failure. But beyond these, climate stress can pave the road to violence through indirect channels - a gradual rise in food insecurity and growing social tensions that set the stage for more armed violence.
[IPS] Peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and crime prevention are no longer niche security concerns--they are global imperatives for sustainable climate action. From the migration crisis in Venezuela to the deforestation-driven conflicts in the Amazon, to organised crime in Central America, the ripple effects of instability and environmental degradation are felt far beyond national borders. In 2025, nearly 80% of countries experiencing risks to peace remain off-track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals
“Skibidi”, “tradwife”, “delulu” and other slang terms popularised by social media are among thousands of new words to be added to the Cambridge Dictionary this year. Continued remote working has introduced terms such as “mouse jiggler” and concerns over climate change see the phrase “forever chemical” added, alongside more than 6,000 others words. Slang term “skibidi”, a gibberish word, joined the world’s largest online dictionary in the past 12 months. Defined in the dictionary as “a word that...
Hurricane Erin is likely to restrengthen again as it passes east of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas on Monday after lashing the Caribbean with damaging winds and flooding rain.
Andres Paredes Morales, 23, was set to marry his coworker Amanda Souza before he was abruptly detained by ICE agents in a mall on July 31, despite him having a work permit and no criminal record.
First Atlantic hurricane of 2025 diminishes but tropical storm warnings issued for Turks and Caicos Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a category 3 hurricane early Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds. While Erin’s maximum winds diminished, the storm’s overall size grew and forecasters issued tropical storm warnings for the Turks and Caicos Islands and a watch for the south-east Bahamas. Continue reading...
Storm Erin has emerged as the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2025 season, reviving a name that carries a haunting historical connection in American history.
AFGHANISTAN - Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in northern Afghanistan, where drought-ridden land had yielded nothing for years.
Flash floods triggered by incessant heavy rainfall and a cloudburst have caused widespread disruption in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, blocking the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway. While no casualties have been reported so far, the floods exacerbate the state's already devastating monsoon season, which has seen 261 deaths and massive infrastructure damage.
Heavy rain is still expected across the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with rainfall of up to 8 inches in some areas.
The Agricultural Research Development Agency (Arda) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with five universities to promote low-carbon agriculture across key crops and livestock.
The storm is forecast to create life-threatening surf and rip currents.
The risk of importing the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus into Hong Kong is expected to rise, according to a senior health official, who has identified the increasing global prevalence of the disease caused by climate change and residents’ frequent summer travel as factors. But Ronald Lam Man-kin, director of the Department of Health, sought on Sunday to reassure the public that the risk of local transmission would remain low, as long as proper disease control measures were in place. According...
WASHINGTON - Hurricane Erin on Saturday strengthened to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm as it barrelled towards the Caribbean, with weather officials warning of possible flash floods and landslides.
Heart-stopping footage captured the dramatic rescue of two divers who were swept away in the deadly, turbulent waters of a Caribbean island amid Hurricane Erin.
Devastating flash floods and landslides in northern Pakistan have claimed over 350 lives, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Buner district. Triggered by heavy monsoon rains, the disaster swept away homes and infrastructure, evoking memories of the catastrophic 2022 floods. With warnings of further rainfall, rescue efforts are hampered by damaged roads.
In Monrovia, California, Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdés, 52, died after fleeing an immigration raid at a Home Depot. Pursued by ICE agents, Montoya ran onto the 210 Freeway and was struck by a vehicle. While ICE denies direct pursuit, the incident sparked outrage, with State Assemblymember John Harabedian condemning the raids.
Erin's overnight surge in strength was one of the fastest ever recorded in the Atlantic. The post Erin vaults from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in just 25 hours appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Hurricane Erin rapidly strengthened offshore to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm on Saturday, as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials warned of possible flash floods and landslides.
Northern Pakistan is reeling from devastating flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains, resulting in at least 344 fatalities in just 48 hours. The Buner district is the hardest hit, with rescue operations severely hampered by washed-out roads and ongoing heavy rainfall. With more rain expected, officials fear the situation will worsen in the climate-vulnerable nation.
Erin not expected to make landfall, though nearby islands, including Puerto Rico, brace for flooding Hurricane Erin has intensified into a category 5 storm as it churns its way over the Atlantic, brushing past islands in the north-east Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center (NHC), in Miami, said on Saturday that Erin – which it described as “catastrophic” – was still not expected to hit land in the US and would swerve away, but forecasters have warned that strong winds and heavy rain could cause flooding and landslides on nearby islands. Continue reading...
While the compact hurricane's centre isn't expected to strike land, it threatens to dump flooding rains on the northeast Caribbean as it continues to grow larger.
Hurricane Erin on Saturday strengthened to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm as it barrelled towards the Caribbean, with weather officials warning of possible flash floods and landslides.
Hurricane Erin is now a Category 5 storm as it rapidly intensified and threatens the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico, then will move along the U.S. East Coast
Devastating flash floods in Pakistan, triggered by intense monsoon rains, have claimed at least 321 lives in the last 48 hours. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is the worst hit, with entire villages destroyed and communities cut off. Rescue efforts are underway, but hampered by washed-out roads and ongoing rainfall.
US President Trump imposed a 25% tariff on India for its Russian crude oil trade, claiming it cost Russia a major client. Trump's remarks came after his recent decision to implement a 50% tariff on India’s exports to the US, citing India's oil trade with Russia as the reason.
Erin strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean on Saturday and continues to intensify, the National Hurricane Center said.
Most of the dead were reported in the mountainous province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with more rain forecast The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 321 people in the past 48 hours, the country’s disaster authority said on Saturday. The majority of the deaths, 307, were recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. Continue reading...
Up to five typhoons are expected to come within 500km (310 miles) of Hong Kong over the rest of this year, the forecaster has warned, urging residents to brace for stormy weather and a possible tropical cyclone warning signal on Saturday night. The Hong Kong Observatory on Friday evening said the figure was above normal and predicted that the coming months would be rainier and hotter than usual due to warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. It also said on Saturday...
Researchers from the Pacific Institute suggest money spent to address air pollution near the Salton Sea should focus on indoor air quality.
MADRID - All of Spain was on heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at "very high to extreme risk" from wildfires.
The move comes as the Trump administration has issued a barrage of new restrictions on renewable energy across the country.
Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season as it heads toward the Northern Leeward Islands and later Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Even if Erin avoids making landfall, it will send dangerous surf and rip currents into thousands of miles of shoreline. The post Hurricane Erin embarks on a ferocious week of churning the Atlantic appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Here in Tel Aviv, beaches and restaurants are packed. Amid that distraction, the PM is playing his power games and purging his generals Aluf Benn is editor-in-chief of Haaretz The extreme heatwave that has hit our region this week does not distinguish between Israelis and Palestinians. But while we Israelis hide in our air-conditioned houses, offices and cars, the besieged residents of Gaza can only add the unbearable hot and humid atmosphere to their struggle to eat, drink and sleep, in constant fear of death. The starvation crisis that has exploded in Gaza this summer, following Israeli-imposed restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid, continues to worsen despite mounting international pressure to allow in more food, medicine and critical supplies. And the killing has never stopped...
Search for the missing continues in north-west after downpour also sparks deadly flooding and landslides in India A massive cloudburst has triggered flash floods in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 157 people, as rescuers continued to search for people missing after floods in neighbouring India. Mohammad Suhail, a provincial emergency services spokesperson, said 78 bodies were recovered from various parts of Buner district in the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by noon on Friday, and a further 79 were pulled later from the rubble of collapsed homes and flooded villages. Continue reading...
Energy policy had been an area of mostly bipartisan agreement for the NSW opposition – until now Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The never-ending war within the Coalition over energy policy and climate targets appears to have infected the New South Wales Liberals, as they struggle to restore the administration of their branch and get traction with voters. It’s bad news for the NSW opposition leader, Mark Speakman, whose hold on the leadership is being increasingly questioned. Continue reading...
[Green Connection] In a landmark victory for civil society and coastal communities, the Western Cape High Court has set aside the South African government's decision to grant environmental authorisation for offshore drilling in Block 5/6/7, along the South-West Coast. Judge Mangcu-Lockwood delivered her judgment on Wednesday, 13 August. Following an intense legal challenge by The Green Connection and Natural Justice that exposed serious flaws in how the environmental and social risks were evaluated, the court
Erin has become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season as it heads west toward the Leeward Islands and the Caribbean. It's expected to strengthen.
Heavy rains have triggered devastating flash floods in north-western Pakistan and other regions, resulting in at least 49 deaths in the last 24 hours. Since late June, over 360 people, predominantly women and children, have perished in rain-related incidents nationwide. Pak-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have been particularly hard-hit, with numerous casualties and significant infrastructure damage reported.
A new report of the global lithium market argues we should be trying harder to recover supplies of unused, pure lithium lying inside discarded lithium batteries.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes billions of dollars in giveaways to fossil fuel companies and their executives The Republican lawmakers who voted for Donald Trump’s anti-environment tax and spending bill have accepted more than $105m in political donations from the fossil fuel industry, a new analysis has found, raising concerns about their relationship with big oil. Signed into law last month, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes billions of dollars in giveaways to oil and gas companies and their executives, alongside provisions to scale back credits for clean vehicles, wind and solar which were enshrined by Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02265G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Ganesh Raghavendran, Alex Liu, Oleg A. Borodin, Nathan T Hahn, Kevin Leung, Na Ri Park, Tejas Nivarty, Mingqian Li, Aiden Larson, Yijie Yin, Minghao Zhang, Ying Shirley Meng High-energy density, improved safety, temperature resilience, and sustainability are desirable yet rarely simultaneously achieved properties in lithium-battery electrolytes. In this work, we present an aggregate-rich electrolyte that leverages the complementary... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The heatwave is expected to continue across most of the country on Friday, bringing extremely hot and humid weather to most areas, while the northern coasts will see hot and humid conditions. Nights will be hot and humid nationwide. In Cairo, the temperature is expected to reach a high of 38°C and a low of … The post Heatwave continues Friday, relief expected by Saturday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems “It felt really scary … like being in the middle of a burning city during a night raid.” Dr Arwyn Edwards is not describing urban warfare but a recent hot and foggy day on a Svalbard glacier, where record-breaking summer heat turned his workplace into a cascade of meltwater and falling rocks. Edwards is a leading researcher in glacier ecology – the study of life forms that live on, within and around glaciers and ice sheets. Over two decades of polar research, he has always felt “relaxed and at home” on ice. But the accelerating climate breakdown is beginning to erode that sense of security. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Cody Two Bear, who is Standing Rock Sioux, served on his tribal council during the Dakota Access pipeline protests in 2017. Growing up in a community powered by coal, the experience was transformative. “I’ve seen the energy extraction that has placed […]
Back-to-back natural disasters triggered by heavy rain and flooding in the Indian Himalayan region have highlighted the growing dangers posed by climate change to one of the world’s most ecologically sensitive regions, experts have warned. At least 34 people died and 200 were reported missing following sudden heavy rain in the Indian Kashmir region on Thursday, the second such incident in the mountainous range in a little over a week. An incident, the previous week, resulted in a severe flood...
Faced with a looming fuel crunch, some worry the state will push aside its efforts to combat climate change to keep gasoline flowing.
As we remember VJ Day, let us also recall a spirit that can help us combat regional instability and climate change Zheng Zeguang is Chinese ambassador to the UK This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the world anti-fascist war. On Friday, there will be a two-minute silence at noon in the UK to honour the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. This is a moment not only for solemn remembrance, but also for reflection on the enduring bonds forged in the crucible of history – bonds that continue to resonate in our world today. At the darkest hour of the second world war, China and the UK fought on different fronts but shared a common mission : to defend humanity against fascism and aggression. Millions of lives...
The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for a review of workplace guidelines to better protect workers in extreme weather. The warning on Friday by Professor Benjamin Horton, dean of City University’s School of Energy and Environment, was echoed by NGO Greenpeace, which urged the...
by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Millions of Americans own the rights to oil and gas underground. When they’re approached by an energy company to lease out those rights, they’re offered a cut of the revenue, called a royalty. “Royalties saved our place,” said James Horob, a farmer in northwest North Dakota, who used oil royalties to rescue his family’s farm from bankruptcy in 2008 and replace equipment that had been auctioned off. “We’re lucky to have what we got.”...
Scientists thought a marine climate cycle that influences U.S. weather was driven by natural factors. New research has turned that theory on its head.
A legal nonprofit group says the state transportation agency isn’t doing enough to implement New York’s climate law and reduce emissions.
[IPS] Kakuma, Kenya -- For 18-year-old Lionel Ngukusenge, a refugee from Burundi, where he was forced into hiding because of a repressive regime, he has found another foe to contend with at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya: climate change.
As the U.S. enters its first peak hurricane season after a slew of cuts to the agency that handles most of the country’s climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists, emergency managers and lawmakers brace for uncertainty in Florida. They are also sounding the alarm about more proposed cuts to climate and storm research that could be implemented in 2026 and which could impact Canada.
MADRID - Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.
Africa's biggest oil refinery will on Friday start direct and free shipping of fuel to retailers in Nigeria, a move expected to disrupt the oil sector in the continent's largest crude producer.
For the first time in 35 years, scientists have analysed a new type of all-carbon molecule at room temperature, without the extreme conditions usually required to stabilise this type of molecule
One in 10 Puerto Rican homes now have a battery and solar array for back-up power.
[Ethiopian Herald] - Developed countries are not fulfilling their commitments to provide sufficient financial support for climate change action, according to Ethiopia's Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE).
Video: 00:04:21 Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 13 August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission – along with new measurement capabilities to expand its scientific reach.This new weather satellite also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission to deliver...
A devastating cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district has claimed at least 12 lives near the Machail Mata temple, prompting a swift response from rescue teams. Simultaneously, heavy rain and flash floods have wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh, disrupting infrastructure and isolating villages.
The court set aside the environmental authorisations because of flawed assessments of oil spill effects, coastal laws, climate change and public participation
The G20 Summit in South Africa presents an opportunity to protect the integrity of information on global climate issues
In 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon experienced a devastating limnic eruption, releasing a massive carbon dioxide cloud that killed approximately 1,700 people and 3,500 animals. This rare phenomenon, caused by the sudden release of accumulated CO2, prompted scientific investigation and the implementation of degassing systems to prevent future disasters.
Greenpeace activists have installed a major new work by renowned artist Anish Kapoor onto a Shell platform in the North Sea in a protest over climate change.
[Daily Maverick] Sporadic clean-ups in her hometown would not solve the problem of degradation of both people and the environment, so she came up with a plan.
Awful clunkers occasionally emerge from both Hollywood and Bollywood, but I have found value in most cinematic calamities If the latest adaptation of HG Wells’s 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, a movie starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria, was designed to make us pause and ask questions, it has certainly succeeded. Unfortunately, what a lot of viewers have been asking is why it was inflicted on the public in the first place. Is War of the Worlds “one of the worst movies ever made?”, asked the BBC . “Shockingly bad War of the Worlds is one of the worst movies of the decade,” said the New York Post . “ Amazon’s War of the Worlds update should never have been released,” declared the Telegraph . The 2005 adaptation, starring Tom Cruise, was a smash hit. Now people are flocking to the remake...
[Liberian Investigator] GBARNGA -- ActionAid Liberia has finished a two-day County-Level National People's Summit on Climate Change, bringing together farmers, youth, women, government officials, and civil society groups to develop a grassroots climate action plan for Liberia.
Open access notables BAMS State of the Climate 2024 [Watch this space; we will plug in a summary and a link to the latest report, to be published Aug. 14 ~9a ET.] Best of times, worst of times: record fossil-fuel profits, inflation and inequality , Semieniuk et al., Energy Research & Social Science The 2022 oil and gas crisis resulted in record fossil-fuel profits globally that rehabilitated the oil and gas industry, obstructed the energy transition and contributed to inflation, but their magnitude and beneficiaries have been insufficiently understood. Here we show the size of profits across countries and their distribution across socio-economic groups within the United States, using company income statements, comprehensive ownership data and...
Author Michael Grunwald reckons with the challenge of food-based climate emissions in his new book We Are Eating the Earth Ridding ourselves of fossil fuels has been a tortuously ponderous process and, in the current political era, one that can seem to be in full retreat. But we do have the tools to run our cities, vehicles and industries on clean energy and even through the murk of vested interest, the contours of a post-fossil world are becoming clearer. Our system of producing food, though, is in a relative stone age when it comes to the climate crisis. We continue to raze vast tracts of carbon-rich forests for crop and grazing land thereby creating, by some estimates, as much as a third of all global planet-heating emissions. Continue reading...
Professional body says firefighters ‘pushed to brink’ by climate crisis-fuelled blazes, as wildfire in North Yorkshire continues to burn UK firefighters have warned that 2025 is on track to beat the national record for wildfires, with frontline staff “pushed to their limits”. On Wednesday, a major incident was declared in the North York Moors national park, with 20 fire engines deployed to tackle at least 5 sq km of moorland that has been burning since Monday. Continue reading...
Scientists are exploring whether encouraging the growth of phytoplankton could draw down more atmospheric carbon — without unintended side effects in oceanic ecosystems.
Since the mid-1990s, the Greenland ice sheet has been losing mass, leaving only three floating tongues remaining. One of these, Nioghalvfjerdsbræ or the 79°N Glacier, is already showing the first signs of instability. In addition to the warm ocean water, which is increasingly thinning the ice from below, the runoff of meltwater on the surface is also playing an increasingly significant role. In a new study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute investigated how - caused by global warming - a 21 km2 large meltwater lake formed and developed on the surface of the 79°N Glacier. They observed that over the years, this lake has caused gigantic cracks and the outflowing water is lifting the glacier. Their findings have been published in the journal The Cryosphere.
Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city Patras as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.
America swapped places with China as coal sees a minirevival in the U.S. In China, renewable energy is surging.
The move comes two months before 108 nations will vote on the emissions fee.
The California Energy Commission said it needed more feedback on its proposals not to move forward with planned oil refinery regulations.
After making fortunes hauling oil, gas and metals around the world, traders are turning their attention to opportunities buying, storing and selling energy back into grids.
by Tony Schick, 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. During the outcry against nuclear power in the 1970s, liberal Oregon lawmakers hatched a plan to slow an industry that was just getting started. They created a burdensome process that gave the public increased say over where power plants could be built, and the leading anti-nuclear activists of the day used appeal after appeal to delay proposed nuclear plants to death. It had a huge impact: Oregon’s first commercial nuclear plant...
The Nordic heatwave was 2C hotter due to climate change, researchers said.
Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation of 11,000, faces potential relocation due to rising sea levels. NASA reports a 15 cm rise in sea levels around Tuvalu in the last 30 years, threatening habitability by mid-century. Challenges include infrastructure risk, freshwater scarcity, and economic disruption. Tuvalu is also planning to become the first digital nation, preserving its culture and sovereignty virtually.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster has issued a black rain warning signal as Tropical Storm Podul skirts the city, with residents being warned of flooding and education authorities cancelling classes of all-day schools. The Hong Kong Observatory raised the signal at 7.50am on Thursday and said it...
An engineering breakthrough involving lasers, black metal, and aluminum could boost solar power to 15 times what’s currently possible.
A Chinese mining giant and a Swiss-based lithium producer agreed on Tuesday to develop one of South America’s largest projects to extract lithium from saline water, intensifying the race for metals vital to electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. China’s Ganfeng Lithium will join with Lithium Argentina, based in Zug, Switzerland, to merge three neighbouring brine deposits in Argentina’s Salta province into a single operation. “This alliance will provide access to advanced technologies,...
PATRAS, Greece - Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe.
Tropical Storm Erin is moving west through the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Thursday. Experts said the worst-case scenario is it hitting the US East Coast.
Veteran scientists organize response to recent energy department report while top group of advisers ‘fast-track’ review of greenhouse gas evidence Veteran climate scientists are organizing a coordinated public comment to a US Department of Energy (DOE) report which cast doubt on the scientific consensus on the climate crisis . The report, published late last month, claimed concerns about planet-warming fossil fuels are overblown, sparking widespread concern from scientists who said it was full of climate misinformation. It came as an attempt to support a proposal from the the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undo the “endangerment finding”, which forms the legal basis of virtually all US climate regulations. Continue reading...
Heatwave blanketing southern Europe are sparking blazes from Portugal to the Balkans with a major fire in Greece.
Forecasters say the likelihood of a landfall on the U.S. East Coast remains relatively low.
Current rates of land degradation pose a major environmental and socioeconomic threat, driving climate change, biodiversity loss, and social crises. Food production to feed more than 8 billion people is the dominant land use on Earth. Yet, this industrial-scale enterprise comes with a heavy environmental toll. Preventing and reversing land degradation are key objectives of […]
As a heatwave continues to produce conditions ripe for fire, a golf club in Bayside, N.S., has introduced new restrictive smoking policies.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by SueEllen Campbell Solar and wind energy systems require some means of saving power for times when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow. Such approaches, from batteries to gravity, are developing rapidly and in many different directions. The pieces below sample the richness and complexity of this important topic. Batteries It can feel impossible, at least for a nonspecialist, to stay current on research into new kinds of “regular” batteries, never mind those suitable for large-scale energy storage. One fairly promising recent development is the iron-air battery – or, we might say, rust . See “ How iron-air batteries could fill gaps in renewable energy ” (Alissa Greenberg...
Firefighters were stretched thin in many affected countries as they battled multiple outbreaks following weeks of heat waves and temperature spikes across the Mediterranean.
Research suggests tiny particles of plastic could hamper plant growth, with potentially serious consequences for global food supply and climate change. Cutting plastic production would help.
Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.
Environment minister says blazes are proof of country’s vulnerability to global heating as fires burn across Europe Europe live – latest updates The heatwave-fuelled wildfires that have killed two people in Spain over recent days, devouring thousands of hectares of land and forcing thousands of people from their homes, are a “clear warning” of the impact of the climate emergency, the country’s environment minister has said. Speaking on Wednesday morning, as firefighters in Spain, Greece and other Mediterranean countries continued to battle dozens of blazes, Sara Aagesen said the 14 wildfires still burning across seven Spanish regions were further proof of the country’s particular vulnerability to global heating. Continue reading...
Video: 00:01:36 Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 13 August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission – along with new measurement capabilities to expand its scientific reach.This new weather satellite also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission to deliver...
The whales are typically found in areas of the ocean with 15-30% sea ice cover in the summer months, but the Arctic is changing rapidly as the climate warms. The post Bowhead whales are losing habitat they’ve preferred for 12,000 years appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Home battery storage systems are keeping lights on during summer energy crunches in Puerto Rico and elsewhere across the United States.
Donald Trump's growing relationship with Pakistan is causing concern in India. This includes crypto deals, oil shipments, and rare earth cooperation. It happens amid India-Pakistan tensions and a larger US role in the region. Pakistan will receive its first US crude oil shipment. A crypto firm linked to Trump has also signed a deal with Pakistan.
We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Absolutely impossible’: how China created super steel for nuclear fusion Chinese scientists have detailed how they created CHSN01 (China high-strength low-temperature steel No 1), deployed it this year in the construction of world’s first fusion nuclear power generation reactor and put China in a leading...
Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water At dawn, a veil of mist clings to the canals of Hawizeh, where sky and water seem to blur into a mirror. In the stern of a narrow wooden boat, 23-year-old Mustafa Hashim scans the marshes’ shallows, cutting the motor and switching to a traditional pole to avoid snagging on invasive roots or thickening mud. It takes him about half an hour to push through the shrinking marshes to reach Um al-Nea’aj , once a vibrant lake teeming with boats and birdsong. Now, the water is about half a metre deep. Continue reading...
A new federal forecast projects that U.S. crude production will fall next year along with global benchmark oil prices.
Two days remain in the latest — and maybe last — international effort to halt plastic pollution, including planet-warming emissions from production.
Temperatures in some areas soared past 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Scientists warn climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness.
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87% How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse? Extreme heat is breaking temperature records across Europe, early measurements suggest, and driving bigger and stronger wildfires. In south-west France, records were broken on Monday in Angoulême, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Saint-Émilion and Saint-Girons. Météo France said the “often remarkable, even unprecedented, maximum temperatures” in the region were 12C above the norm for the last few decades. Continue reading...
Ushering in a new era of weather and climate monitoring from polar orbit, the first in a new series of satellites, MetOp Second Generation, has been lofted into orbit aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. As part of this new satellite’s sophisticated instrument package is the new Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument, which is designed to deliver critical data on air pollutants, ozone and climate-related gases.
Carbon emissions generated by foreign firms accounted for about a quarter of the total from all companies in China in the two decades from 1997, according to a new study. It also found that foreign companies produced more than half of their total carbon emissions in China’s less-developed inland areas in the 15 years up to 2012. Yet these regions were not seeing as much economic benefit from foreign investment as the coastal areas. “The eastern coastal region gained more economic benefits, while...
The declarations were made in anticipation of a potentially imminent and record GLOF from Suicide Basin, which sits above the Mendenhall Glacier.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. The Hong Kong Observatory has issued the No 1 storm warning signal as Severe Typhoon Podul approaches, bringing very hot weather to the city ahead of heavy downpours and disrupting flights. The weather forecaster raised the signal at 8.40am on Wednesday and said that it would assess the need...
Nature, Published online: 13 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02508-8Predictions of climate change are uncertain. That’s why we need to keep finding out how our atmosphere works.
In Juneau Alaska, officials built a Hesco barrier wall to try to protect neighborhoods from floodwaters pouring out of Mendenhall Glacier.
Ethan Guo, a 20-year-old influencer was attempting to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents, when he landed at a remote Chilean military base on Antarctic territory in June.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas refutes concerns regarding E20 fuel's performance and safety, dismissing claims of significant fuel efficiency loss and insurance issues as unfounded. The ministry emphasizes E20's benefits, including improved acceleration, reduced emissions, and enhanced engine performance. It also highlights the program's economic and environmental advantages.
Federal officials announcing $45.7 million in wildfire prevention research funding said the cross-border smoke underscores the need to combat climate change.
[Namibian] Namibia's offshore oil discoveries have sparked widespread optimism about the country's future.
At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists are attending the discussions on reducing plastic waste, outnumbering countries represented.
Tropical Storm Erin is still moving quickly westward and is forecast to become a hurricane in a few days over the central tropical Atlantic, the NHC said.
A proposal to extend deadlines created under a Biden-era rule is under White House review.
“Many of the factors we identified ahead of the season are still at play," said Matt Rosencrans, the agency's lead hurricane season forecaster.
A report finding 75% of coral is bleached or dead along a 1,500km stretch of WA coastline is released as fossil fuel giant inks partnership extension Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The WA Greens and the state’s peak conservation body have condemned the extension of a research partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside, as the state reels from a record-breaking marine heatwave that has killed corals over a 1,500km stretch of ocean. The five-year continuation of the “longstanding collaboration”, in which the gas giant supports the museum’s biodiversity research along the WA coastline, would allow for further targeted research along the Gascoyne coast, according to announcements. Continue reading...
Tropical Storm Erin is barreling through the Atlantic and is getting closer toward the US East Coast. The storm killed seven people in the Cabo Verde Islands on Monday.
The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to strengthen over the next several days and says it could become a hurricane by late Thursday.
Researchers are testing whether increasing UV radiation is altering chemistry of tree leaves, increasing the likelihood and severity of wildfires
The big issue is whether the treaty should cap the production of new plastic or focus on better design, recycling and reuse.
American teen influencer Ethan Guo has been stuck since June in a remote location in Chilean territory in Antarctica.
One of the largest French nuclear power plants was temporarily shut down after a swarm of jellyfish entered the water intake systems used to cool the coastal reactors, on Monday its operator said.
A British researcher's remains were discovered in a melting Antarctic glacier after he died in an accident in 1959.
Donald Trump claimed that US tariffs on India for purchasing Russian oil significantly impacted Moscow's economy, highlighting a 50% duty on Delhi. He stated that Russia's economy is struggling due to global pressures and the conflict. Trump mentioned a potential meeting with Russia to discuss resolution, noting European leaders' desire to end the conflict and focus on their own economies.
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in Geneva When a Liberian-flagged container ship, the MSC Elsa 3, capsized and sank 13 miles off the coast of Kerala, in India, on 25 May, a state-wide disaster was quickly declared. A long oil slick from the 184-metre vessel, which was carrying hazardous cargo, was partially tackled by aircraft-borne dispersants, while a salvage operation sealed tanks to prevent leaks. But almost three months later, a more insidious and persistent environmental catastrophe is continuing along the ecologically fragile coast of the Arabian Sea. Among the 643 containers onboard were 71,500 sacks of tiny plastic pellets known as nurdles . By July...
A man died after suffering burns and thousands fled their homes in Spain on Tuesday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe.
The group will produce a pre-feasibility study to identify potential large-scale CCUS projects to store emissions from blast furnaces used to turn iron into steel.
A petition urges the high court to review a Colorado court decision advancing a lawsuit to hold companies financially responsible for global warming.
The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge in Rutherford County crumpled from the relentless floods and winds from remnants of Helene last September.
National Drought Group meets and water companies prepare to take drastic action as supplies dwindle A nationally significant water shortfall is gripping England, the government has warned, as experts say the conditions could last until mid-autumn. The National Drought Group met to discuss actions to save water across the country, and Steve Reed, the environment secretary, briefed the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden, about the risks posed by the dry weather. Continue reading...
Oil giant BP has underlined the value of its North Sea business ahead of a review of the group's global operations that will be accompanied by hefty job losses.
Philippine economists and the nation’s chip industry have sounded the alarm over US President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose 100 per cent tariffs on semiconductor exports to America, warning of potentially devastating consequences. While concerns are mounting, some observers remain optimistic that Manila may weather the storm, pointing to the “Taco” (“Trump always chickens out”) slogan that has gained prominence in recent months – a nod to the mercurial president’s reputation for reversing...
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms The climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say, as infections hit their highest level in a decade and several countries declare emergencies. Pacific Island countries and territories have reported 16,502 confirmed cases and 17 deaths since the start of 2025, according to the Pacific Syndromic Surveillance System (PSSS), which collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies. Infections across the region are at the highest level since 2016, the WHO said. Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are among the worst affected. Continue reading...
The Centre conveyed to parliamentarians that US penalties on Indian imports due to Russian oil purchases are regrettable, emphasizing India's neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The foreign ministry highlighted that the US decision is based on flawed assumptions and disregards global energy market realities and India's sovereign choices. They also criticized the double standards in the international community.
A carbon dioxide removal company in Canada is experimenting with ways to treat mining waste to capture and store more CO2
A synthetic butter made entirely from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and backed by Bill Gates-backed, has been slammed online as 'disgusting.'
Swarm of jellyfish infiltrate cooling system. Warmer seas result in increase in numbers.
Storm Erin formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Meteorologists are warning that the storm could develop into a Category 3 hurricane this week, with models showing landfall in the US.
Excrement contains nutrients needed for crop growth and a new source of them could cut farming’s huge CO2 output Charcoal made from human waste could help solve fertiliser shortages as well as reduce pollution and energy use, a study has found. Biochar is a form of charcoal made from organic matter treated at high heat, which is often used on farming soil as a fertiliser. The process also removes carbon from the atmosphere, making it a useful carbon sink. Continue reading...
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Bone fragments found on King George Island have been identified as Dennis "Tink" Bell, a British meteorologist who fell into a crevasse in 1959
When Dennis Bell’s colleague began pulling him out of an icy hole, the rope around Bell’s belt snapped, and his second fall proved fatal.
Kpler reports Indian refiners possess the technical capacity to operate without Russian crude, but this shift would entail significant economic and strategic disadvantages. Replacing Russian oil, which constitutes a substantial portion of India's refinery intake, would elevate feedstock costs and freight charges. This transition would also misalign product yields, making it a commercially challenging endeavor.
Eliminating funds or scaling down the operations of Earth-observing satellites could be catastrophic.
Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans The UK government is being sued in a secretive “corporate court” after a proposal for a new coalmine in Cumbria was quashed by the high court. If successful, UK taxpayers would have to fund a substantial compensation payment to the mine’s investors. It is the first such case to be filed against the UK government by a fossil fuel company as a result of climate policy. The case uses investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) rules agreed in a 1975 trade agreement between the UK and Singapore, where the major investor in the coalmine is incorporated. Continue reading...
What’s not to like about value adding more in Australia, with new jobs outside our cities and a continuing boost to productivity and prosperity? One Big Idea is a new series on how to transform Australia’s economy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One really big idea is to take the steps necessary to see Australia become a renewable energy superpower by exporting green energy intensive products such as green iron, green aluminium, green transport fuels and green fertilisers. Australia is blessed with some of the best solar and wind resources with world-best availability factors, and comparatively little of this is needed domestically. Continue reading...
Remains of Dennis 'Tink' Bell, a 25 year-old British adventurer, radio operator and meteorologist, have been found in the Ecology Glacier off the Antarctic Peninsula.
Wondering what oil powers an F1 car? It's nothing like the stuff in your regular car. These ultra-tuned blends are built for racing, not for daily commute.
Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell fell into a crevasse at the age of 25 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The remains of a British man who died in an accident in Antarctica 66 years ago have been discovered in a melting glacier alongside ski poles, a pipe and a watch. Dennis “Tink” Bell fell into a crevasse in 1959 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (Fids), now the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a few weeks after his 25th birthday. His body was not found until January, when a Polish expedition encountered bones near their base. Continue reading...
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Erin is "moving quickly" as it strengthens and heads toward the western hemisphere, but U.S. weather officials say it's too early to tell what impact it will have.
For 18-year-old Lionel Ngukusenge, a refugee from Burundi, where he was forced into hiding because of a repressive regime, he has found another foe to contend with at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya: climate change. Against all odds, Lionel, a Grade 9 student at Future Primary School, has planted 70 trees at his homestead […]
Oil and gas interests have cheered President Donald Trump's moves — but not on biofuels.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03005F, Paper Jian Liu, Zhaochen Suo, Longyu Li, Wenkai Zhao, Jingyi Huo, Jiye Chen, Guankui Long, Zhaoyang Yao, Chenxi Li, Xiangjian Wan, Yongsheng Chen Asymmetric acceptors characterized by core asymmetry exhibit great potential for achieving outstanding efficiency, despite the limited number of relevant studies reported to date. In this work, we propose an asymmetric... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Scientists warn of ‘molotov cocktail’ of climatic conditions fuelling vast wildfires across Mediterranean Deadly heat of up to 44C is searing southern Europe, as scientists warn of a “molotov cocktail” of climatic conditions that is fuelling vast wildfires across the Mediterranean. Météo-France placed more than half the country under heatwave warnings on Monday morning, with 12 out of 96 administrative units on the mainland under the highest red alert, while Spain’s Aemet warned of “extreme danger” in Zaragoza and the Basque Country as it issued yellow and orange warnings for almost all the rest of the country. Continue reading...
Even as the EPA moves to block greenhouse gas reporting, satellites and aircraft are stepping in to expose the truth. The post Climate polluters may be allowed to stop reporting their emissions. That doesn’t mean they can hide them. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Republicans in both chambers are exploring creating a new fee on EVs — the first significant expansion of revenue for infrastructure spending since 1993.
Parts of Spain and Portugal likely to bear brunt of heat, while drought conditions sweep North America Europe live – latest updates After a period of cooler weather, swaths of central and eastern Europe face another heatwave as hot air over south-western Europe pushes north-west. Since late July, large parts of the Iberian peninsula have endured persistent heat, with temperatures frequently climbing to the high 30s to low 40s celsius. Continue reading...
Powered with Met Office statistics dating back to 1918, the Daily Mail's new search tool shows how your local weather station's mercury reading compares historically.
Of the record volumes of plastic being produced, less than 10% is made into something new. Is it time to rethink recycling?
The red alert - the highest level, indicating a potential danger to life - for heatwaves has been extended into Tuesday after south-west France saw temperature records fall on Monday.
As federal programs are frozen or eliminated, Indigenous communities are seeking new ways to fund and finish urgently needed renewable energy plans.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03224E, Paper Shunshun Zhao, Sinian Yang, Xuanrui Huang, Xinwei Wang, Haojie Xu, Qing Ma, Yong Chen, Guoxiu Wang, Shimou Chen Quasi-solid-state or solid-state electrolytes are promising to address the long-standing challenges in zinc batteries, such as Zn dendrite formation and inevitable side reactions. Herein, we report an anhydrous Janus quasi-solid-state... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Refiners need cost-effective inputs, and many have retooled plants to process increasing amounts of discounted heavy crude or to more easily switch between light and heavy oil.
The state faces legal questions as it weighs imposing a tax on products made in states or nations that do not charge for carbon emissions.
The Perito Moreno Glacier has started losing contact with the bedrock below, causing it to shed more ice as it inches backward.
US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is “thinking” about slapping new tariffs on imports from China in response to the country’s purchases of Russian oil. Vance was asked in a Fox News interview whether Trump would move against Beijing as he did against New Delhi last week, when the president announced a punitive 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports over the South Asian country’s continued purchase of Russian oil despite his repeated warnings. “The president...
A federal judge in Hawaii has outlawed commercial fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument, a protected and fragile ecosystem in the Pacific Ocean.
Voluntary climate commitments were supposed to be a step towards progress. A change in political climate has revealed their weaknesses Earlier this month, as Nordic countries were hit with an unprecedented heatwave and wildfires in the US began spurting “fire clouds” , Barclays pulled out of the net zero banking alliance. The story may have seemed less alarming than extreme weather, but it has existential implications, as the finance sector quietly surrenders its former climate commitments. The initiative forms part of the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), a voluntary network of banks that Mark Carney, formerly the UN’s special envoy on climate action and now Canada’s prime minister, launched in 2021. At the time, the alliance, which encourages banks and asset managers to...
US carmaker makes move for licence that would allow it to provide energy to domestic and business premises Elon Musk’s Tesla is gearing up to launch a household electricity supplier in Great Britain in the coming months. The US electric car manufacturer run by the world’s richest man has formally applied to the energy regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem, for an electricity supply licence, according to a notice published on the watchdog’s website . Continue reading...
Using lighter weight oil in an engine reduces friction and gives better fuel economy, but it can lead to engines wearing out earlier than expected.
Scientists say lightning bugs are having a revival this year – but they’re concerned about the insects’ long-term viability Max Vogel, a 29-year-old public defense attorney, was picnicking with friends in early August at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, when he noticed flashes of light appear in the air around him. They were fireflies, bioluminescent insects that the Washington DC native had not seen while living in Oregon, where there are few, if any. For many Americans who live where fireflies do, their flashing lights at dusk are a tangible rite of summer – though one that may now be under threat. Continue reading...
Unchecked groundwater extraction and climate change have dried continents significantly over the past 22 years, with 101 countries now losing fresh water to the ocean, research reveals.
For an eroding coastline reduced to broken concrete, responding to sea level rise has been a delicate exercise in compromise.
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong is set to be hit by inclement weather next week as an intensifying severe tropical storm is projected to move within 400km (249 miles) of the city on Thursday, the Observatory has said. The forecaster said Tropical Storm Podul, meaning willow tree in Korean, was centred about 1,140km...
Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but local officials warned on Sunday that scorching heat and dry conditions could reignite the blaze, as parts of the Mediterranean region face a heatwave.
The Welsh government has supported the Mbale Tree Planting Project to tackle climate change, improve the livelihoods of Ugandans and promote gender equality for female workers.
Plastic pollution, overfishing, increasing temperatures and sea-level rise — the North African and European countries that border the Mediterranean Sea are dealing with mounting problems.
Fresh seafood and fruits arriving by air in Hong Kong for re-export can now be transferred directly to mainland China for clearance as one of several new measures to help the city remain competitive in a tariff-laden global trade environment, the customs chief has said. Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat also told the Post in an exclusive interview that mainland-made electric vehicles (EVs) exported to Hong Kong could now be stored for free at Nansha port in Guangzhou, with the...
Climate change has worsened monsoon flooding in Bangladesh, putting women of child-bearing age at risk – but the UN reproductive health agency (UNFPA) is helping them prepare.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports. Wright, a former oil and gas executive, told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins […]
A Los Angeles artist keeps upping the ante, whether photographing Arctic glaciers through lenses made of their own ice or using a camera that captures light itself at a trillion frames per second.
Islamabad has long dreamed of finding and extracting enough oil to turn around Pakistan’s fortunes, but all efforts so far have failed.
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France - French authorities said on Friday that they were counting on better weather conditions to help put out the country’s biggest wildfire in at least half a century after firefighters finally managed to bring it under control.
Jasper town officials believe a new train service connecting the town to Edmonton will help economic recovery efforts after a wildfire tore through the national park.
“Our organization is showing that it is indeed possible to move toward energy transition and not depend on oil,” said Elaina Shajian, president of the Regional Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of San Lorenzo (Corpi-SL), in the Peruvian Amazon. Shajian is an Awajún leader, one of the 51 indigenous peoples of the Amazon in Peru, a […]
After a slow start to the season, a marine heatwave is priming the Atlantic Basin for hurricane formation.
Wood burning is one of the biggest sources of fine particulate pollution in Australia. Here are ways to reduce emissions and improve your health Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com There’s something romantic about sitting by an open fireplace in winter time. But there’s growing evidence of the damage wood-fired heaters and open fires are doing to our health – and the environment. As a group of University of Technology Sydney academics recently put it – “a wood-fired heater is like having a truck idling in your living room all day (albeit with the bulk of the emissions escaping via the chimney)”...
Russian and Kazakh nuclear agencies launched engineering surveys to determine the best site and “prepare project documentation” for the plant.
[SAnews.gov.za] After thorough consideration and consultation, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom Environmental Authorisation to construct and operate a new nuclear power station in Duynefontein, Western Cape.
The agency is allowing coke manufacturers more time to meet requirements contained in hazardous air pollution regulations.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01956G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Jin Su, Chun Huang Anode-free lithium metal batteries (AFBs), which use bare Cu current collectors, represent a promising energy storage technology that offers higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Without a lithium metal... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Con Edison, city’s monopoly utility, cut off 88,000 households in first half of 2025 as climate crisis drives extreme temperatures An energy company seeking to hike utility bills in New York City by 11% disconnected more than 88,000 households during the first six months of 2025, signaling a crackdown on families struggling to cover rising energy costs even as the climate crisis drives extreme temperatures. Con Edison, the monopoly utility that provides electricity to 3.6m homes across the country’s largest city and neighboring Westchester county, disconnected almost 2.5% of all its customers between January and June this year – triple the total number of families left without power in 2024. One in five disconnected homes remain without power for at least a week. Continue reading...
The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.
Oil markets are bracing for lower prices despite US President Donald Trump’s threat of punitive tariffs on buyers of Russian oil, including India and China, with higher output from global producers set to compensate for any potential supply drop from Russia. The broad Opec+ group, comprising oil-producing nations taking part in initiatives by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, agreed on Sunday to raise production by 547,000 barrels per day for September. Concerns have mounted...
It's one of the most important natural weather systems. But the Gulf Stream has been getting weaker for much longer than we thought - and it could be on the verge of total collapse.
Wildlife experts warn huge facility on the Valdés peninsula in Patagonia could be devastating for ‘a treasure chest of wildlife’ The rocky crevices of the Valdés peninsula and the pristine waters of the San Matías Gulf, on the Atlantic coast of Argentinian Patagonia, are a remote sanctuary for marine life, where protected southern right whales breed, orcas hunt and thousands of penguins and sea lions flourish. “It’s a treasure chest of wildlife – a breathtaking, untouched place,” says María Leoní Gaffet, a local wildlife expert and co-director of Península Valdés Orca Research . “It’s unique in the world.” Continue reading...
The database, which helps companies calculate their greenhouse gas emissions, will continue under a consortium that includes Stanford University.
Financial players who have committed to climate action continue to inject trillions into the fossil fuel industry. What happened to divesting from oil and gas?
French authorities said Friday that they were counting on better weather conditions to help put out the country's biggest wildfire in at least half a century, after firefighters finally managed to bring it under control.
Despite escalating trade tensions and disagreements over energy policy, the United States maintains that India remains a crucial strategic partner. The State Department emphasized the need for open dialogue to resolve concerns, including trade imbalances and India's Russian oil purchases.
Mass bleaching across the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef on Western Australia's coast has alarmed conservationists, who have described weeping when they witnessed the devastation. (Footage: Ari Balle-Bownes and Anouska Freedman for ACF)
The administration says it has no plan to approve a new rule for trains carrying liquefied natural gas, but environmentalists are wary.
The process guarantees the price of power for renewable developers. To attract projects, the government increased the maximum price on offer compared with last year, but that could make it more difficult to lower bills for consumers, which it has also promised to do.
Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a global treaty to combat plastic pollution.
The review is intended to "inform" EPA's effort to revoke the 2009 endangerment finding.
An Arizona corporation said it had 3.3 million pollution allowances through Washington state's carbon market and tried to dupe investors.
Living coral cover shrunk by almost a third in the south in a year, a quarter in the north and by 14 percent in the central region, a report said.
News Corp broadsheet puts Pollyannish spin on study that found a record decline in the world’s largest coral reef. Plus: Grok goes woke Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here The Australian Institute of Marine Science’s annual monitoring study came out on Wednesday. It warned that the Great Barrier Reef could reach a tipping point where it cannot recover fast enough between major catastrophic events. The Guardian reported it as: Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching event in 2024 most widespread and severe on record Continue reading...
Hong Kong authorities have urged the public to avoid hiking and stay away from streams and large trees in the coming days, following recent record-breaking downpours that have heightened the risk of landslides and flash floods. The city recorded its second-longest black rainstorm warning on Tuesday, lasting more than 11 hours. Experts also cautioned on Friday that the extent of soil instability was difficult to predict and that a landslide could be as sudden and powerful as an avalanche. The...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02400-3Estimating transition risk is important for the banking sector, yet current practices still rely on conceptual scenarios. Now, a study provides a concrete approach to help regulators calculate the immediate risk that banks face from exposure to climate policy shocks.
Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright indicated on CNN that the administration could alter previously published federal climate reports.
Otterpool Park’s 8,500 homes will run on solar power and batteries – with enough renewable energy to help keep lights on elsewhere One of Britain’s first all-electric towns to be built with almost no reliance on fossil fuels could soon help to power the grid with renewable energy. The developers of a new garden town in Kent have struck a deal with a leading energy infrastructure company to design and operate a “smart” energy grid, which could mean its 8,500 households act as a virtual power plant for the rest of the country. Continue reading...
Austria tried a combination of taxes and rebates to reduce emissions.
Put a pin just about anywhere on the map of Alaska, and you're likely to hit an area debating a proposed mine, a new wilderness road, a logging site, an oil well, a natural gas pipeline.
Donald Trump's doubled tariffs on India, targeting its Russian oil trade, aim to pressure Putin on the Ukraine war. India faces a complex balancing act between maintaining ties with Russia and the US, its largest trading partner. While India may gradually reduce Russian oil dependency, a complete shift is unlikely due to economic and political considerations.
After holding steady for decades, the beloved Perito Moreno has thinned considerably since 2019, scientists said.
The Whitehorse Power Centres project will include two thermal power centres, and a new substation on Long Lake Road in Whitehorse. The generators will be powered by diesel, LNG, or both.
Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data shows Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Forest and woodland across an area more than 1,000 times the size of the Sydney CBD was bulldozed in Queensland in 2022-23, newly published figures show, sparking warnings the state is escalating risks to endangered species and worsening climate change. Almost half (44%) of the 332,015 hectares of clearing was in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas, causing nutrient and sediment flow that puts additional pressure on corals already bleaching due to climate change. Continue reading...
Bilateral trade between China and Russia reached its highest level of the year in July, with the latest customs data coming as US President Donald Trump has hinted that China could be next to join India in facing a 25 per cent punitive tariff over continued purchases of Russian oil. Total trade between China and Russia stood at US$19.14 billion in July, up 8.7 per cent from June, according to figures from China’s General Administration of Customs released on Thursday. But that marked a 2.8 per...
Dean Cain says he'll be "sworn in as an ICE agent asap" following a recruitment drive by the agency.
You may find it hard to digest, but Neanderthals may have loved their meat rotten, and full of maggots.
Hurricanes that intensify rapidly just before landfall are more deadly and destructive. The post Climate change brings more rapidly intensifying hurricanes; NOAA cuts makes forecasting them harder appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Whether you have yours with pickles or extra cheese, a burger can be one of the most satisfying meals to tuck into. But you should only eat one once every two weeks to help curb climate change.
As France's largest wildfire since 1949 rages on in south-west France, forecasters have placed several départements in southern and central France on heatwave warning from Friday.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned. The industrial economy has created more […]
Brian Keeper survived the July 4 floods that devastated Hunt, Texas. But moving on may be the hardest part.
To stay afloat, food banks in the Global South are considering selling controversial offsets for revenue.
A new polar expedition compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and Borchgrevink Three glass specimen jars full of satsuma-sized echinoderms, or sea urchins, sit on Dr Hugh Carter’s desk in the Natural History Museum. Each one, collected from the depths of the Southern Ocean by polar teams led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, Capt Robert Falcon Scott and the Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink, tells a tale of heroic exploration and scientific endeavour. Now, more than a century later, Carter, the Natural History Museum’s (NHM) curator of marine invertebrates, hopes the preserved Antarctic urchins, 50 in all, will help tell a different, increasingly urgent story of modern times: how changes in the world’s southernmost waters may be...
Amidst deepening India-Russia oil ties, President Trump has escalated sanctions against New Delhi by imposing an additional 25% tariff, bringing the total to 50%. India's external affairs ministry swiftly condemned the increase as unfair and unreasonable, emphasizing that its oil imports are driven by energy security needs. Trump also hinted at potential secondary sanctions against China for similar actions.
The developer behind Dakota Access is seeking a major pipeline expansion from West Texas to Arizona.
The administration must decide this month whether to again use emergency powers to keep open a coal plant near Grand Rapids.
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