Is a trilateral summit between China, Russia and the United States possible during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Shenzhen? If so, it is striking that US President Donald Trump sees such a meeting focusing less on Ukraine, saying: “we would have it to talk about nuclear weapons and denuclearisation.” How might this start? The US says China is the fastest-growing nuclear power in recent years. But even if Beijing’s warhead stockpile reached 600 by the end of 2025, as estimated by...
Pope Leo on Sunday faced his toughest physical test since undergoing lung cancer surgery, visiting high-altitude Cusco on the final full day of his South America tour. The 71-year-old pontiff, who had part of a lung removed a month ago, arrived in the ancient Inca capital, more than 3,400 metres (11,000ft) above sea level – high enough to leave many a visitor breathless. Children in brightly woven ponchos and embroidered skirts greeted the pope as he stepped off the plane for the latest stop on...
Moto, which runs 70 service stations across the UK, is planning more than a dozen solar sites, with consent already secured for four locations including a 7-megawatt solar array at Wetherby.
As droughts worsen due to climate change, new research shows that hundreds of cactus species could lose the majority of their habitats by 2100.
Amid grim news on the environment, progress is within reach at this week’s global climate change summit.
Many see the US war on Iran as a colossal geopolitical bungle, failing to secure its larger strategic objectives. Yet it has allowed the blundering Trump administration to move into an immensely powerful position – one it seems ready to embrace. With its new-found sway over Venezuela’s oil reserves, degradation of Iranian exports and selective sanctions on Russian oil, Washington has unexpectedly acquired several important levers of the global petroleum trade. Iran has worked hard to play...
The Prime Minister is facing the first major rebellion of his premiership as the Government mulls whether to approve more fossil fuel extraction in the North Sea.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 8, 2026 thru Sat, November 14, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: International Climate Conferences and Agreements (6 items) Cop31 will expose the conflicts and contradictions of the world`s fossil fuel reliance The move to clean electricity will form the focus of the climate summit, which begins next week in coal-obsessed Turkey. The Guardian, Fiona Harvey, Nov 06, 2026. They're still at it. A video explaining the tactics to delay the publication of the IPCC's AR7 report. DrGilbz on Youtube, Ella Gilbert, Nov 7, 2026. Climate Catastrophe Kills Climate Conference New video in the run-up to COP31 "Just have a Think"...
A federal proposal would make toppling decommissioned oil rigs onto the seafloor the default practice. California has 23 rigs in federal waters.
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin is being accused of lying by two of her predecessors for saying Canada is still committed to its Paris targets.
People around the world have contended with unprecedented weather events and their fatal effects caused by the climate catastrophe After the world’s hottest summer since records began in 1850, the death toll from extreme weather in 2026 is already in the high tens of thousands. That is a conservative estimate and is certain to rise much higher. As Cop31 continues and scientists warn that climate breakdown may be accelerating , the Guardian looks back at a year of droughts, fires and floods as a reminder that, unless the world takes urgent action to cut emissions, this disastrous year will be one of the best of the rest of our lives. Continue reading...
China is updating a law that has underpinned one of the most remarkable industrial transformations of our time. After two decades of rapid renewable-energy development, China is preparing to rewrite the rules that have guided, supported and guarded its energy revolution. The draft revision to China’s Renewable Energy Law was released on November 6 for public comment until December 5. Twenty years ago, China, having just joined the World Trade Organization, saw energy consumption surge as...
The UN climate chief has warned that "tactical delays" at the COP31 climate talks in Turkey could prevent a deal to slow global warming.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 11, November 2026.
The polar vortex has broken down. Here’s what this rare phenomenon means.
The environmental and economic dilemmas he faces are formidable but, with a bold plan, he could set an example for leaders around the world For politicians of the centre-left especially, it’s the great dilemma of the age. How do you do what everyone can see is essential to save the planet from boiling – even as your voters demand action to get the economy growing and to make life more affordable? Plenty of activists will tell you there’s no contradiction, that tackling the climate crisis makes economic as well as ecological sense and, in the long term, you know they’re right. But you don’t live in the long term. You’re running the government right now and facing several unavoidable, binary choices. Andy Burnham is a prime example. This week, he addressed the Cop summit in Antalya , promising...
[Liberian Investigator] Liberia is taking steps to make climate resilience a central requirement in the planning, design and construction of public infrastructure, as the government moves to address the growing threats of heavy rainfall, flooding and extreme weather conditions to roads, bridges and other critical facilities.
Observations show the ring of fierce winds that rotate at the Earth's North Pole has changed direction. Scientists say it's a historic disruption and the earliest reversal on record. What could it mean for the weather?
Newsom is the most prominent US politician at Cop31, a process the Trump administration continues to boycott The leader of the world’s fourth biggest economy, California governor Gavin Newsom, has explicitly endorsed a global phase out of the fossil fuels that drive climate breakdown. Newsom told the Guardian that California is “100%” behind the efforts of the so-called Santa Marta coalition , a group of more than 50 countries that includes many of the world’s largest economies, to transition away from oil, gas and coal toward solar, wind, batteries and other non-carbon energy sources. Continue reading...
Supplies outstripped demand by almost 2m barrels a day in October as market shows ‘tentative signs of rebalancing’ The world’s oil supply is swinging back to a surplus for the first time since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. Oil supplies outstripped demand by almost 2m barrels a day in October, the Paris-based agency said, as “Gulf exports recovered much faster than global oil demand”. Continue reading...
The exiled news outlet Astra said it identified the facility as the largest Lukoil oil refinery in southern Russia.
[Premium Times] The announcement was made at the Leaders' Level Methane and Other Non-COâ'' Greenhouse Gases Summit at the ongoing COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye
Illinois’ Climate Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program provides people from underserved communities with free training.
Plans to build waste incineration plants across Africa risk undermining efforts to curb methane emissions, zero-waste campaigners have warned, as world leaders and climate negotiators gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for the COP31 climate summit. Waste management and methane reduction are among the issues under discussion at the summit, with campaigners saying that governments should prioritise […]
Heavy rain and strong winds have also caused disruption across British Columbia, Canada, over the last week Storm Charles has brought destructive weather to the Iberian peninsula this week, particularly in Portugal and the far south of Spain. Heavy rain and strong south-westerly winds arrived first in the Portuguese island of Madeira, before the system headed towards the mainland on 11 November. A wind gust of 84.5mph (136 km/h) was recorded at Funchal airport, alongside rainfall totals reaching 355mm (13.97in) in 12 hours. In Lisbon, 183 flights were cancelled on Wednesday, about a third of its normal daily traffic, while Madrid Barajas airport had 155 cancellations. After causing widespread flooding in Spain and Portugal, the system moved on a north-easterly track through southern France...
RELEASE: IKEA Foundation Backs Two Major New Initiatives to Transform Global Action on Food Loss and Waste darla.vanhoorn… Fri, 11/13/2026 - 01:27 Spanning five continents, FLOWER and FLARE will bring together local partners, policy and finance to scale solutions across farms, supply chains and cities – cutting emissions and strengthening food systems and livelihoods. The initiatives are led by GGGI and WRI, respectively. Antalya, 13 November 2026 – IKEA Foundation today announced two major collaborative initiatives to accelerate action on global food loss and waste: FLOWER, coordinated by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and FLARE, coordinated by World Resources Institute (WRI). The projects will bring together farmers, businesses, governments...
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's renewable energy resources could strengthen the competitiveness of its textile, garment, and leather products in European markets as international buyers increasingly consider sustainability alongside production standards, Germany's Deputy Ambassador in Ethiopia, Ferdinand von Weyhe said.
[Algerie Presse Service] Antalya (Turkey) -- The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Thursday called for tackling climate change in a spirit of cooperation, justice and fairness, while upholding the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities among the nations of the world.
[African Arguments] The 31st climate talks (COP31) began in Antalya, Türkiye on 9 November. The African Group of Negotiators (AGN), an alliance of all of the 54 countries from the continent, had submitted three agenda proposals to the UNFCCC for the conference. One concerned a demand to triple adaptation finance, the other related to trade-related climate measures like carbon border taxes and the last one was about financing arrangements under the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a climate fund established under the UNFCCC to
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02795-7The authors show that, for a tropical seabird model species, winter–spring phytoplankton blooms kept a stable mean timing but became more variable between years. Breeding synchrony weakened and reproductive success declined and became less consistent over the same two decades.
Iron powder could store renewable power when wind and sunlight fail.
Project Ponte Uses AI to Help Countries Apply for Climate Finance shannon.paton@… Thu, 11/12/2026 - 13:58 November 12, 2026 – The climate financing gap between what developing countries need for adaptation and what they receive remains wide. An estimated $305 billion a year by 2035 is needed — about 10 times the $28.2 billion to $31.7 billion in international public adaptation finance these countries received in 2024 . For least developed countries and small island developing states, the challenge is even greater. In addition to being disproportionately more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, their adaptation finance needs amount to a median of about 3.6% of national GDP , twice the relative needs of upper-middle-income developing countries. Least developed...
Eric Toone, CTO of Breakthrough Energy, assessed global decarbonization, and the opportunities and challenges that remain, at MITEI’s annual research conference.
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo calls on the international community, particularly major economies, to honor their climate finance commitments and strengthen support for the most vulnerable nations.
STATEMENT: COP31 Leaders’ Summit Spotlights Electrification and Transition Away from Fossil Fuels nate.shelter@wri.org Thu, 11/12/2026 - 09:03 Antalya, Türkiye (November 12, 2026) – The COP31 Leaders’ Summit concluded today, with several new announcements and speeches from heads of state and the UN-Secretary General. Developments included country endorsements of the COP Presidency’s 35x35 electrification pledge, growing support for the transition away from fossil fuels, and new pledges from philanthropies to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, among others. Following is a statement from Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute: “One message came across loud and clear from world leaders: climate action has shifted from an environmental movement...
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma entered the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy in March with a clear priority: pass permitting reform that he argued was necessary based on his experience leading a major natural gas pipeline company. Now, […]
Taiwan will close its representative office in Papua New Guinea later this month after the Pacific island country repeatedly demanded its closure, citing its “one-China policy”. The withdrawal will cut off Taiwanese technical assistance and end decades of cooperation with PNG, including halting spot-market purchases of the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) – a move Taipei said could deal a blow to the nation’s export earnings. “It is deeply regrettable that, under pressure from [Beijing],...
[Ghanaian Times] A climate phenomenon happening thousands of miles away in the Pacific Ocean is already having serious impact here in Ghana, with hotter, drier and dustier conditions expected in the coming months.
[Daba Finance] Nigerian off-grid energy startup Okra Solar has secured a US$7 million debt facility from British International Investment. The financing aims to accelerate clean energy access and scale mesh-grids across Nigeria. Okra Solar, founded in 2016, provides innovative technology for off-grid communities. British International Investment, known as BII, is the UK's development finance institution and an impact investor.
[Bird Story Agency] Ghana has unlocked an expected $43 million in forest carbon payments - days after Gabon struck a six-million-tonne carbon credit deal - as African leaders at COP31 push for more forest investment.
Proponents argue ocean carbon removal is necessary to counteract the effects of the climate crisis but critics say more research is needed A cluster of candy cane-striped smoke stacks dots the horizon of Tufts Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada. Deep in the briny depths of Halifax harbour, something huge is happening: the ocean is being engineered to remove atmospheric carbon. “This is what Mother Nature has done naturally for a few billion years in order to rebalance the atmospheric and ocean chemistry over long timescales,” says Dr Greg Rau, co-founder and senior scientist at Planetary Technologies. Continue reading...
[allAfrica] Africa is in a difficult financial situation regarding climate change. The continent accounts for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions yet is one of the most climate change-exposed regions in the world. Droughts, floods, and increasingly erratic rainfall are all having a major impact on people, their livelihoods, and their economies. At the same time, there are massive climate investment opportunities on the continent, such as renewables, clean cooking, forest conservation, land
The world cannot claim to protect the climate and nature while opening Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories to industrial activities that threaten their rights, livelihoods and ways of life. Yet governments increasingly recognize these communities’ contributions to climate and biodiversity protection while authorizing mining, oil drilling, industrial agriculture and infrastructure projects that can undermine […]
[IPS] Antalya, Türkiye -- Gabriel Sheunopa Manyangadze holds a placard reading "No nuclear spin, let renewables win" as a campaigner leads protesters against nuclear energy in Africa at the United Nations climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.
More than 20 Chinese start-ups are developing small modular reactors (SMRs) with ambitions to reshape the global energy landscape, according to the founder of one of the sector’s front runners. Hu Po, founder of Weilan NuEnergy, a Shanghai-based start-up betting on the technology, noted that in 2024, as the artificial intelligence boom drove up energy demand, nuclear power – particularly SMRs – began to attract substantial capital in the United States. Hu said that in China, the start-up teams...
[Nile Post] Uganda's oil and gas sector has attracted investments exceeding Shs57.4 trillion (US$14 billion), strengthening its position as a major driver of economic activity, employment creation and local enterprise development as the country prepares to commence commercial oil production.
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, spoke at COP31, a meeting aimed at reducing emissions, amid a sharp drop in attendance by world leaders.
STATEMENT: Countries Endorse 35x35 Electrification Pledge at COP31 nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 11/11/2026 - 09:50 Antalya, Türkiye (November 11, 2026) — At the COP31 Leaders’ Summit today, a set of countries endorsed the Presidency’s pledge of increasing electricity’s share of final global energy use from around 23% today to 35% by 2035. Following is a statement from Dr Nick Wayth, Global Director of the WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition: “These early adopters are sending a clear signal: the future of energy security is electric. After another year of energy price shocks and geopolitical instability, countries recognize that it’s time to move away from volatile fossil fuel markets to an electrified economy that strengthens energy security and lowers...
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China is leading the world in moving away from fossil fuels, and the rest of the globe—including the United States—must now follow, former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told The Guardian, as Cop watchers wonder exactly how […]
[Premium Times] CAPPA argued that progress should not be measured only by emissions targets and investment in renewable energy.
[Premium Times] Nigeria's participation in a global oil and gas decarbonisation initiative comes as independent data show that gas flaring in the country increased for the third consecutive year in 2025.
[Liberian Investigator] GUANGZHOU, China -- Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has intensified efforts to attract Chinese investment into Liberia, urging businesses in China to explore opportunities in agriculture, renewable energy, manufacturing and infrastructure development as the government seeks to expand industrial production, create jobs and strengthen economic growth.
UK Government at risk of alienating key North Sea operators as Iran war fuels energy security fears
Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03496-zForecasts of the effects that climate change will have on biodiversity typically rely on long-term climate averages while excluding extreme events. Projections that include severe drought predict that a majority of the 993 cactus species assessed will see large losses of suitable climatic area: more than 25% of species could lose at least 80% of it by 2100.
The post A Natural Gas Project Off Alaska’s Coast May Be a Russian Ploy for Intel on the Arctic appeared first on ProPublica.
As world leaders gather in Antalya for the 31st UN Climate Conference, new UN Women data warns that 1.5 billion women and girls already live in climate hotspots, while climate change could push 141 million more into extreme poverty by 2050.
Leading scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are attending this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) to share the latest evidence on rapid changes in the polar regions, and to set out essential context for policymakers and decisionmakers. The post British Antarctic Survey brings polar science expertise to UN Climate Change Conference appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
How High-Resolution Geospatial Data Unlocks Smarter Capital Deployment for Energy Access sarah.brown@wri.org Tue, 11/10/2026 - 08:34 About 655 million people worldwide lack access to electricity, and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for nearly 85% of them. Development finance institutions, philanthropic organizations and impact investors have made significant commitments to close this gap, with international finance flows to developing countries for clean energy reaching $24.6 billion in 2024 . But the growth in finance is not keeping up with the growth in energy demand. The 2024 finance flows grew by less than 1% from 2023, while flows to the least-developed countries fell by 11% to $3.7billion . Meanwhile, global demand for energy increased 2.2% that same...
Researchers have analysed water samples collected during two expeditions aboard the research icebreaker Polarstern to investigate how life and changing conditions on the Antarctic continental shelf affect carbon carried into the deep ocean. Published in Nature Communications, the study reveals a surprising finding: despite intense biological activity and major changes in the water masses, the amount and make-up of dissolved organic matter remain almost unchanged.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Does solar development eliminate more U.S. jobs than it creates? Solar development creates more jobs per unit of energy than other modes of production, and projections indicate more jobs will be created by renewables than lost. There are currently 1.84 times more jobs in solar than in coal, gas, and oil combined. Solar is relatively labor intensive, requiring workers for installation, maintenance, and project development, while fossil fuel production has become increasingly automated. Many solar jobs cannot be outsourced abroad. A 2023 federal report predicted 3 million new solar, wind, and...
El Niño has implications for the region’s snowpack and ongoing drought. The post Is the Southwest’s flooding a harbinger of a wild winter? appeared first on High Country News.
The heat is on Australia as chief negotiator at the COP31 UN climate conference to forge a path away from coal and gas, and to protect Pacific neighbors facing rising sea levels.
Trump ostentatiously set out to wreck any attempt to head off ruinous climate change. Yet his futile war on Iran has galvanised the global shift to renewable energy.
In the run-up to the COP31 U.N. climate change conference, scientists have revealed that global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to drop by 0.4% this year, driven by growth in installed wind and solar power capacity, as well as oil price hikes caused by the Iran conflict. But climate goals are still unlikely to be met.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 22, 28 November 2026.
October 2026 was the fourth warmest in 132 years of recordkeeping for the contiguous 48 U.S. states, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction reported on Monday. This was a microscopic cooldown at best in the wake of July, August, and September (plus March) all having set monthly U.S. heat records. The only warmer Octobers in […]
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler There is a PR campaign underway against extreme event attribution, the science of determining how much human-caused climate change contributed to a particular heat wave, flood, or storm. Everybody should understand what’s going on here. Fossil fuel interests and their proxies are attacking extreme event attribution because it’s a threat to their business model. Their goal is simple: they are trying to maintain their social license to dump carbon into the atmosphere. Background on the science For a long time, the standard line from climate science was that you can’t attribute any single event to climate change. That was fine with fossil-fuel interests because, when damaging extreme...
With few sweeping new commitments expected, negotiators will tackle unfinished business on climate finance, fossil fuels, and the future of the COP process.
Scotland faces a stark EV charging divide, with limited off-street parking hindering uptake in Glasgow and other communities as ministers review the ZEV mandate
Lesson for teenagers included how cattle’s methane emissions contribute to climate crisis, but it was then scrapped A beef industry-funded effort to teach teenagers about cattle’s climate impact was quietly scrapped following backlash from some ranchers, who disputed the premise that cows contribute to global heating. The episode is the latest example of the livestock industry’s decades-long battle to determine what US children learn about cows and the climate. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It is part of a series The Dream That Oil Built, which explores the connections between climate change, fossil fuels, and the American Dream. To Sierra Isley, the American Dream brings to mind a home ringed by a white picket fence. “The […]
Highland councillor Matthew Reiss seeks Ethical Standards Commissioner guidance on councillors’ conduct and bias over renewable energy planning applications.
From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.
Instead of concentrating on fossil fuel reduction targets, next week’s climate talks will aim to ramp up electrification.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Trump was elected in both 2016 and 2024, promising to make the federal government hostile to climate action, many climate advocates insisted that state and local governments would take up the mantle of pushing for clean energy. That’s the thesis of […]
Forecasts predict a dramatic weakening of the polar vortex, with some even indicating the winds could reverse direction by mid-November.
Inverclyde has been named one of Scotland's top five council areas for recycling, with 53.1% of municipal waste reused or repurposed, according to SEPA figures.
The post Trump Official Who Wants Data Centers on Public Lands Has Tens of Millions Invested in AI Industry appeared first on ProPublica.
The Met Office forecasts an unusually large rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) for 2027, diverging further from 1.5°C-compatible pathways as strong El Niño amplifies the human-driven rise by weakening natural carbon sinks.
As the world prepares for the 31st United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, Kenya’s priorities for the negotiations are being shaped by lived experiences of communities who are on the frontline of the climate crisis. At the recently concluded annual Tharaka Biocultural Festival in Tharaka-Nithi County, farmers gathered to showcase, exchange […]
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02786-8Carbon removal methodologies have different risks of stored CO2 leaking back to the atmosphere. Now a study provides a quantitative framework for comparison, a necessary tool for building carbon storage portfolios with improved delivery, valuation and cost.
John Swinney has put the Scottish Government on a collision course with Labour over its plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas licences with SNP MPs threatening to vote against the Energy Independence Bill unless the provisions are removed.
Westminster’s Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) puts Scottish floating wind pipeline - and with it billions of pounds of investment and thousands of jobs - at risk, warns Bob Sanguinetti DL, CEO, Port of Aberdeen
Four-year study warns destabilised marine food webs could jeopardise food security by 2050 Warming seas around the UK and the wider north-east Atlantic could destabilise marine food webs, weaken ocean health and jeopardise food security by 2050, according to a four-year study. Scientists who projected the impact of climate breakdown on four key groups of marine life crucial to maintaining ocean ecosystems in the region said their results challenged assumptions that in middle latitudes, such as the UK, marine biodiversity was likely to increase across the board. Continue reading...
When it comes to sources of air pollution in London, cars and construction might be the first things that spring to mind. But a new study has revealed a more unexpected culprit.
Freedom of Information data reveals wind farm Special Order movements in the Highlands have soared elevenfold in two years, with Police Scotland officers working rest days to cover escorts as six-to-eight month waits threaten major energy projects.
A lagoon on Spain's Mediterranean coast is the first ecosystem in Europe to gain legal personhood, and now it's taking its polluters to court. But it's up against bureaucracy and local economic interests. - 2026/11 / article
Environmental groups file comments opposing EPA’s proposal to abdicate its legal responsibility to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink This week I listened to a fascinating Catalyst episode with Olya Irzak of Frost Methane , which featured the eye-opening estimate that 50 GW of new behind-the-meter gas could result in 380 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent over 18 months once methane leaks are taken into account. This is a real problem. In their rush to power data centers are building the least efficient fossil gas generation, often with high equipment gas leakage, many of which are located in gas production regions that are in turn characterized by high leakage rates. But its also a problem with a reasonable achievable near-term solution: if we are going to build data centers, we should ensure that they are connected to the grid rather than building dirty off grid gas...
After years of advocacy from residents and legal battles with Big Oil, Los Angeles voted to ban drilling and phase out oil extraction in the city. It's the first city in the United States to kick the oil industry out.
Hong Kong sweltered through its warmest October on record, as an extremely strong El Nino, a weak northeast monsoon and a persistent anticyclone aloft over southern China combined to drive temperatures to unprecedented levels, the weather forecaster has said. The Hong Kong Observatory said on Sunday that the mean maximum temperature last month was 30.5 degrees Celsius (86.9 Fahrenheit), the mean temperature 27.6 degrees and the mean minimum 25.8 degrees – all the highest for any October since...
Environmental campaigners have staged a Halloween themed demonstration outside the Scottish First Minister’s official residence over “scary” fossil fuels.
Open access notables Are Modern Droughts Unprecedented? , Helpap et al., AGU Advances Global drought variability of past centuries remains poorly understood due to sparse instrumental records and limited paleoclimate reconstructions. Yet, quantifying long-term forced and unforced variability is key for assessing the extremeness of modern (2000–2024) drought events. Here, we combine 20 ensemble members from a 600-year climate simulation (ModE-Sim, 1420–2009) and modern reanalysis data (ERA5-Land, 1950–2024) to place recent droughts in a multi-century context. Drought magnitude and timing are measured using the annual maximum potential cumulative water deficit (PCWD), which integrates atmospheric moisture demand and supply, the daily timing of precipitation...
Professor Ali Jadbabaie describes how AI, digital transformation, climate change, and complex geopolitics are forcing engineers and policymakers to rethink how infrastructure is designed, built, and managed.
Seagrass protects coasts, shelters thousands of species and stores CO2. But some 30% of this valuable ecosystem has disappeared since the late 19th century. Can we bring it back?
More than 40 organisations are joining forces to strengthen how the rapidly changing Arctic is observed, understood and monitored. The post New international project for Arctic observation appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
From investigations using cutting-edge technologies, to building on decades of data collection – this season’s science will help us understand how this frozen landscape is changing. The post A new Antarctic science season begins for 2026/27 appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 18, 2026 thru Sat, October 24, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (6 items) Warming oceans hit the battlefield Marine radar signal propagation is highly sensitive to fine-scale vertical changes in water vapour. Now research shows that long-term increases in sea surface temperatures are strengthening the frequency and intensity of the features that allow radar signals to travel further than expected. Nature Climate Change, David D. Flagg, Oct 15, 2026. Climate change affects the quality of one of the world's most important staple foods Phys.org, Technical University Munich, Oct 18, 2026. Latest Climate...
Severe haze in Hong Kong over the past two days has prompted a government warning of serious health risks, with experts urging the elderly and vulnerable to stay indoors until sunset. Air quality health risk levels at some of Hong Kong’s roadside monitoring stations rose on Wednesday and Thursday, with experts attributing the surge to elevated ozone levels caused by sunlight and high temperatures and warning that conditions were likely to persist over the next few days. On Wednesday afternoon,...
Delhi-NCR has invoked Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan due to poor air quality levels. Restrictions will affect coal-fired tandoors and diesel generator use at eateries to mitigate pollution. Vehicle restrictions will come into effect from November 1, especially targeting non-compliant vehicles. Staggered office timings and increased parking charges aim to reduce congestion and emissions. Authorities plan to closely monitor air quality and implement additional measures as needed.
India's coal-fired power plants are grappling with alarming fuel shortages, with almost half of them maintaining reserves for less than three days. This comes amid soaring electricity demand driven by rising temperatures and dwindling hydropower supplies. In response, the government has ramped up local coal production while pausing coal imports.
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PARIS (FRANCE) - Global commitments to cut planet-heating emissions are falling far short of the Paris climate goals and put the world on course for 2.6C warming this century, the UN warned on Wednesday.
A UN climate report released Wednesday finds the globe will unavoidably slip past the Paris Climate Agreement’s 1.5-degree Celsius warming target in the next few years. The task now, the report states, is to make the period of warming “overshoot” as limited as possible, eventually bringing global average temperatures back down. The annual UN Emissions … The post As climate summit approaches, UN reports existing 1.5C warming limit is no longer achievable appeared first on Egypt Independent.
BBC Verify looks at what the Jackdaw decision means for bills, energy security and the environment.
[Nile Post] Farmers in Rubanda District struggling with food shortages caused by a prolonged drought have received two solar-powered water pumps to support irrigation and sustain crop production.
The Jackdaw field will start supplying gas to homes and businesses from the end of the month, the government said Here is an explainer by Jill Ambrose about the Jackdaw decision. But environmental groups have condemned the decision. Ami McCarthy, head of politics for Greenpeace UK , said: Approving Jackdaw shows the toxic grip fossil fuel lobbyists still hold over our energy policy. Andy Burnham promised pragmatism [see 8.40am ] , but there is nothing pragmatic about rubber-stamping a project that won’t lower energy bills, won’t boost energy security and will create just 27 full-time jobs … True pragmatism means severing our reliance on expensive oil and gas that leaves British households broke, supercharges extreme weather, and leaves our energy security at the mercy of petrostates...
[IPS] Victoria, Seychelles -- When you grow up on a small island, the ocean is not scenery. It is your neighbour, your livelihood, and the measure of time itself. For decades, as I walked the beaches of Seychelles, I watched the subtle shifts that scientists were warning the world about. The tide crept a little higher up the sand each year. After a warm season, vibrant coral gardens turned ghost-white. Storms that once belonged to rare memory began arriving with unsettling regularity.
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi met with Cypriot Energy Minister Michael Damianos, East Mediterranean Gas Forum Secretary-General Osama Mobarez and executives of international oil and gas companies operating in Egypt to discuss ways to accelerate investment and increase production. The meeting took place during a roundtable titled “The Future of Energy in … The post Egypt seeks to accelerate oil, gas investments appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Government decision is about how much oil and gas is sensible for UK to produce on the way to net zero Business live – latest updates Andy Burnham hit the nail on the (well)head in his first fortnight as prime minister when he said : “The question isn’t whether Britain will still be using oil and gas, the question is, where does it come from?” It was a nod towards several awkward energy facts. First, oil and gas provided 75% of the UK’s energy in 2025, government data shows. Second, even with the rollout of domestic renewables for generating electricity, about 43% of overall energy was imported last year. Continue reading...
The Met Office has issued an Amber wind warning for the whole of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and parts of West Devon ahead of the arrival of Storm Austen.
Tribal nations across the country are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.
[Vanguard] ABUJA -- THE Presidency on Tuesday said it is seeking to mobilise about ₦20 billion over the next four years to confront flooding, drought, desertification, migration and other climate pressures across the region.
[Nile Post] Uganda is seeking increased European Union (EU) investment in electricity generation, transmission infrastructure and renewable energy as the government targets 20,000 megawatts (MW) of installed generation capacity by 2040 to support industrial expansion and its ambition of building a US$500 billion economy.
As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides • Heavy metals make Norwegian village’s tap water toxic On a rugged mountain plateau of snow-dusted rocks, in the remote archipelago of Svalbard, a glaciologist, Andy Hodson, points out the “ears” of ice, white against the rock, that gave Foxfonna glacier its name, after the arctic fox. The small glacier, on a mountain 8 miles (15km) outside the Norwegian village of Longyearbyen, is a popular summer hike for tourists who come here seeking the Arctic experience. Continue reading...
Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body The world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin. Although the “window has closed” on holding temperature rises to 1.5C , in line with scientific advice, limiting the “overshoot” of that target is still possible, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep). Continue reading...
Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored twice and had an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Tuesday.
The powerful low-pressure system formed over the North Atlantic out of the remnants of Hurricane Isaias.
Raji Doshi, a 13-year-old from Farmington, Connecticut, has been named America’s Top Young Scientist after winning the 2026 3M Young Scientist Challenge. She received $25,000 for developing ALKACORE, a system combining algae and natural aragonite to help reduce ocean acidification. Her innovation explores ways to remove carbon dioxide from seawater and protect marine ecosystems.
The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution dramatically increased last year. The United Nations warns the planet is on track for catastrophic warming.
Rubio’s second visit to India comes against the backdrop of the US’s Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which is intended to penalise countries purchasing Russian oil, and Trump’s subsequent temporary suspension of related tariffs. India maintains that its oil procurement is essential not only for its own energy security but also for the stability of global markets. Rubio lauded the “substantial progress” made by India in diversifying its energy portfolio.
LONDON - Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions is accelerating, pushing many of the Earth’s most important ecosystems close to their tipping points, according to a leading climate scientist.
Move signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to the North Sea industry but threatens to undermine Labour’s green credentials The Jackdaw gasfield will be given the go-ahead on Wednesday, in a move that signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to the North Sea fossil fuel industry but threatens to trigger a row with climate campaigners and Labour MPs. Miatta Fahnbulleh and John Healey, , the energy secretary and chancellor respectively, will make the announcement from Aberdeen on Wednesday morning after more than a year of deliberations over whether doing so would violate the UK’s climate commitments. Continue reading...
Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity’s first fission-powered spacecraft to travel outside Earth’s orbit. Announced during NASA’s “Ignition” event, this mission will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion in deep space, and progress is underway on its key element: the nuclear power module. To expedite development of the spacecraft, NASA […]
Entire communities could be left underwater as a monster 'Super El Niño' pushes parts of the Pacific Ocean to a staggering 15 inches (40cm) above normal levels, scientists have warned.
Delhi government has announced a comprehensive winter action plan to reduce air pollution for the upcoming months. This plan includes vehicle restrictions for non-compliant emissions and a 'No PUC, No Fuel' policy for fuel stations. Additionally, there will be limitations on construction activities to mitigate dust pollution across the city. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is intensifying inspections at pollution hotspots and construction sites to ensure compliance.
Two enormous icebergs have broken away from Antarctica and are now on a collision course with a remote British island, experts have warned.
A warm period 6,000 years ago provides clues to better forecast the Arctic's future.
A contentious legal battle has arisen between Xcel Energy and the Dickey family regarding land essential for renewable energy initiatives. Xcel is contesting a recent ruling that restricts its eminent domain authority for an easement in Colorado. The conflict primarily revolves around fair compensation and proposed power line routes that impact the family's agricultural endeavors.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. By the time Cléo made it to Greek class, she had gone completely pale. It was a Wednesday in June during France’s second consecutive heat wave this year, and the 16-year-old was struggling to cope with the rising temperatures. She […]
Oil prices are soaring Tuesday as attacks on oil tankers on the Strait of Hormuz become more frequent, straining the global fuel supply.
The head of ESA's Earth observation program tells Live Science why a striking image of a recent heat wave scorching Southern Europe gives her hope that we can properly monitor — and eventually prevent — similar extreme weather events in the future.
The first named storm of the season - Austen - will bring damaging winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK on Friday.
A country need not run out of money to find itself in a debt crisis. It only has to run short of US dollars to pay for its energy. At the recent International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, the IMF, which expects global economic growth of 3.1 per cent this year and 3.4 per cent the next, cautioned that energy-importing and lower-income economies face a harder road, even as those riding the artificial intelligence boom fare relatively well. According to the World Bank’s...
The new chair of the Climate Change Committee is spending two days in Northern Ireland on a fact-finding mission.
SNP Government under pressure to scrap opposition to North Sea oil drilling amid surge in energy costs
[Daily Maverick] With extreme weather events hitting much of the developing world, including South Africa, throughout the year, the government is set on moving beyond mitigation and barreling toward adaptation at this year's climate talks.
Yemen's Iran-linked Houthi rebels announced six military operations targeting Saudi Arabia over the last 48 hours. They claimed to have struck strategic sites including oil facilities and airports, causing significant damage and disruption. This escalation followed reported Saudi airstrikes on Yemeni civilian areas, resulting in numerous casualties. Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree highlighted the Houthis' use of ballistic missiles and drones in these operations.
Climate scientists warn that the heat expansion already raising some Pacific sea levels by 1.3 feet this El Niño season will become even more deadly thanks to the Moon itself.
India has decided not to mandate coal imports for power plants due to high international prices and a weaker rupee. Coal stockpiles have reached critically low levels at many power stations, prompting concerns about electricity shortages in the country. Policymakers are focusing on boosting domestic coal production and improving transportation to mitigate the situation.
SNP conference backs domestic energy production as Stephen Gethins urges the Scottish Government to finalise its oil and gas strategy amid North Sea debate.
Since the March 2023 election, NSW has approved 14 coal mine expansions or extensions and refused none. Another 17 are in the pipeline.
Thousands may be forced to evacuate as a string of events are about to collide to cause massive waves and sea level rise along the West Coast.
Learn how thousands of years of living and working with humans have shaped sled dogs' legs. And why stubby limbs are the key to pulling sleds across the Arctic.
Organisers of the Kaeng Krachan trail race have agreed to revise the route following opposition from environmental groups and academics concerned about the impact on the national park's fragile ecosystem.
A powerful Mediterranean storm has continued to wreak havoc across Spain, claiming the life of one woman and causing travel chaos across the holiday hotspot.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that negotiations on a trade deal with India are close to finalization. He emphasized the importance of India's energy needs before implementing sanctions on Russian oil imports. Rubio highlighted that energy diversification is challenging for countries like India despite their efforts. Additionally, he mentioned ongoing global pressures on energy supplies that complicate these situations.
Comet fragments may have sparked Earth’s mysterious 1,400-year cold spell.
East Potomac course in Washington DC among a number of projects Trump is pursuing to reshape landmarks Trump plans DC golf course renovation in defiance of judge’s order Sign up for US Breaking News email Donald Trump has attacked US district judge Ana Reyes over her interventions to slow his plan to ‘restore’ the East Potomac golf course in Washington DC. Citing environmental and historic preservation concerns, Reyes had ruled earlier this year that the federal government must give notice before any substantive construction work on the East Potomac golf course could proceed, and last week issued an order halting the removal of trees at the site, which she called “inexcusable”. “The United States Department of Interior wants to take a terrible and very unsafe golf course, and...
Gales are possible later this week with a Met Office weather warning issued ahead of what could become the UK's first named storm of the autumn.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi is set to swelter under a brutal heatwave this week, with temperatures predicted to soar to a scorching 42C in some areas, prompting urgent health warnings from authorities.
Donald Trump blocked the application of several of the Russia-related sanctions mandated by the bill just two days before they were meant to come into effect.
As climate change fuels extreme temperatures and makes severely hot days more frequent, doctors are concerned about the health impacts on pregnant people.
Record fires, floods and weather whiplash makes for a region of extremes. The post How climate change is messing with the West’s weather appeared first on High Country News.
The president blames the energy crisis on Ukraine and defended moves including lifting oil sanctions, diesel imports and calling for Zelensky to go.
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is now testing water quality and preparing to contain oil slicks in Prachin Buri after a suspected oil film was detected, amid concerns it could reach the Prachin Buri River.
A large underwater wave moved up the West Coast, raising sea levels. Scientists say it's driven by El Niño and it's going to happen again.
Solar power is transforming agriculture in Pakistan. But in a country already facing water scarcity and extreme weather, some fear their widespread use could cause problems.
Thailand has secured US$200 million (6.7 billion baht) in World Bank financing for clean energy and low-carbon cities, turning its International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank annual meetings into economic opportunities for businesses and communities.
[UN News] Less than a month before the UN climate conference COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, representatives of three successive summit presidencies gathered to address a pressing question: How can the world restore trust in climate action when the consequences of a warming planet are already being felt?
Scott Bessent has criticized European nations for refusing to impose tariffs on India and China, which purchase Russian oil. He highlighted that the US has approached its allies to coordinate actions against energy purchases from Russia. Bessent emphasized the need for the US to reassess its strategy regarding sanctions and tariffs, especially with respect to energy supplies.
SAINT PETERSBURG (RUSSIA) - Ukraine hit Saint Petersburg with a large-scale drone attack, causing fires at an oil refinery and depot, Moscow said Sunday, as Kyiv accused Russia of violating Donald Trump's "energy ceasefire" dozens of times and leaving tens of thousands without power.
CO2 lasers are great and powerful tools, but it helps to know how they work, what they're used for beyond medical treatments, and how to be careful around them.
A review of 41 studies found that higher exposure to air pollution was linked to greater odds of glaucoma and cataracts, with PM2.5 pollution showing the clearest association.
Ukraine used more than 1,000 drones to target Russian oil depots, logistics facilities and datacentres Two people have been killed and at least 17 injured as Russia and Ukraine continue to trade strikes on each other’s power infrastructure, after the breakdown of Donald Trump’s short-lived and unilaterally declared “energy ceasefire”. One person was killed and 15 wounded overnight after Ukraine used more than 1,000 drones to target Russian oil depots, logistics facilities and datacentres in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments. Continue reading...
Agency changes wording on website as Texas-based chemical firm continues manufacture of plastic containers The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly backtracked on a claim that the US has phased out two of the most dangerous Pfas compounds – Pfoa and Pfos. The EPA has found that virtually no level of exposure to either in drinking water is safe, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies Pfoa as “carcinogenic to humans” and Pfos as “possibly carcinogenic”. Still, the EPA is allowing Houston-based Inhance to produce containers from which Pfoa has been found to leach at high levels into the containers’ contents. The company makes up to 200m plastic containers annually used across the US economy. Continue reading...
Astronomers have discovered an intriguing white dwarf star designated WD J1330+6435, nestled within the Draco constellation. Its striking green hue arises from the interaction of sodium and helium particles in its atmosphere. This celestial body lies about 280 light-years from Earth, presenting itself as it was 280 years ago. With a surface temperature nearing 4,000 degrees Celsius, its dimensions are comparable to that of our planet.
Hurricane Trudy moved closer to Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 2 story, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday.
A mother in Spain has been swept away by powerful floodwaters in Cabrera de Mar, about 19 miles from Barcelona, as Storm Adam continues to wreak havoc along the Mediterranean coast.
As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.
Swarms of Ukrainian drones hit numerous targets in Russia, including an oil terminal, overnight despite Trump's repeated insistence that Kyiv stop attacking Russian oil infrastructure.
Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds Insulating Britain’s homes and investing in heat pumps would do more to cut the cost of living, create jobs and boost the UK’s economy than drilling for new oil, research suggests. The government’s £15bn warm homes plan, currently under threat of cuts as ministers seek budget savings , would slash £1bn a year from household energy bills across the UK, concentrated on those on low incomes, according to research by the thinktank E3G. It would also provide a £1.6bn yearly boost to the economy, and about 50,000 new jobs spread across thousands of small businesses. Continue reading...
Former investment banker Shervin Sharghy takes a practical approach to plastic recycling, first asking whether it makes financial sense before tackling the technical challenges. The founder of Hong Kong-based EcoBricks said the main obstacle to recycling plastic was often economic rather than scientific. Collecting, sorting, cleaning and processing waste plastic typically costs more than producing new materials from oil and gas, particularly at the small scale at which most recyclers...
Thailand plans to accelerate its green transition by reducing energy import dependence, attracting private investment and strengthening climate resilience while creating jobs.
Hurricane warning in effect from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes as storm moves toward Pacific coast Trudy strengthened to a category 2 hurricane as it moved toward Mexico’s south-western and west-central Pacific coast on Saturday, the US National Hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco. The latest NHC data showed Trudy with maximum sustained winds of 100mph (155km/h) and about 205 miles (330km) south/south-east of Cabo Corrientes and 115 miles (180km) south/south-west of Manzanillo, moving north-west at 10mph (17km/h). Continue reading...
Hurricane Trudy strengthened to a Category 2 as it moved toward Mexico's west-central Pacific coast on Saturday, according to officials.
Exclusive : Research confirms official advice about high-risk properties and warns worsening conditions will make more homes unsafe Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Almost every home destroyed in New South Wales during the black summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 was inside the 100 metre buffer zone used to identify properties most at risk, new research has found. The findings are an endorsement of the risk maps used by authorities, but the research warns that as global heating generates ever-worsening fire conditions firefighters may have to extend the recommended distances between homes and vegetation to keep homes safe. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue...
A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California quickly consumed hundreds of acres and burned multiple homes after sparking in Orange County Friday, county officials said. The Norte Fire began around noon near a neighborhood in the San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano areas and by Friday evening had grown to 570 acres, the Orange County Fire Authority said. It’s one of several fires that have broken out since Thursday amid fierce Santa Ana winds affecting Southern California. “Our actions today will be to continue to attack the fire and work toward getting residents home as soon as it’s safe to so do,” Orange County Fire Authority Captain Greg Barta said Saturday morning in a video on X. Topography and weather conditions allowed the fire to grow rapidly, Orange County Division 3 Fire Chief Mark...
The many consequences of climate change are already unfolding across the U.S., and some require more urgent attention.
US President Donald Trump has waived a further slate of sanctions related to Russian fossil fuel sales, days before they were to take effect under a bill he signed into law last month. The waiver announced in an executive order Friday comes as Trump increasingly feuds with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and cracks appear in … The post Trump waives Russia-related sanctions before they even kick in as Ukraine ties worsen appeared first on Egypt Independent.
With a fall forecast that includes a Super El Niño, Kelvin waves, hurricanes and a rising sea level, piers, beaches and homes could be lost.
Gurinder Gill has been arrested by Sacramento Police for the murder of his wife Jasmine Gill. Jasmine was reported missing on October 4, 2026, after last being seen on September 30, 2026. Gurinder initially claimed she was taken by ICE agents, but this was disproven. Following a thorough investigation, detectives found inconsistencies in his statements about her disappearance.
NAIDIRI - It had been decades since sharks last patrolled the reef off the coast of Fiji’s Naidiri Village, but they returned this year following a community-led effort to protect the fishery and plant thousands of corals.
PARIS (FRANCE) - The UN's IPCC climate panel failed after a week of tough talks to reach an agreement on when to release its next report on global warming, the senior French envoy at the talks said Friday.
On Oct. 17, 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries declared an oil embargo on countries supporting Israel in its war with Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
Archaeologists collaborated with Indigenous rangers to explore submerged sites off Murujuga in Western Australia. They uncovered artefacts and evidence of past human activity before rising sea levels altered the landscape. Two key locations highlighted interactions with freshwater resources and elevated terrains. The research involved several universities and emphasized the importance of Indigenous expertise in cultural heritage.
India has expanded its crude oil supply sources from 27 to 41 countries to improve energy security. The government is also increasing its refining capacity and exploring new oil sources in response to geopolitical concerns. Minister Hardeep Singh Puri emphasized the impact of global shipping disruptions on domestic industries and households. He outlined plans to enhance domestic energy production through initiatives like the Samudra Manthan scheme.
The U.S. Treasury Department extended Thursday a sanctions waiver that allows Russian oil company Lukoil to keep its service stations open.
The US war with Iran exposed Tehran’s ability to disrupt the global economy by blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Before the war, around 19 million barrels of crude oil were exported daily from the Middle East. However, September data from tanker-tracking firm Kpler showed oil flows recovering to an average of 16 million barrels per day, the highest since the conflict began.
Stanford researchers confirmed that contact with healthy coral can revive bleached coral in as little as eight weeks.
The Immigrations Customs and Enforcement officer who allegedly struck a man with a vehicle during a pursuit outside Houston last weekend has been placed on administrative leave, the agency said.The move is standard for all use-of-force incidents, according to an ICE spokesperson."This incident is under active internal investigation," the spokesperson said in a statement Friday.On Saturday, Miguel Parra-Hernandez was hit by a car operated by an ICE agent during an arrest as the unidentified officer attempted to arrest him and another suspect, the agency said. Parra-Hernandez, who ICE alleged is undocumented, is currently in the hospital recovering from injuries to his legs, according to the Harris County District Attorney's office.Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Parra-Hernandez...
Deandre Ayton demonstrates his dedication to community service through his active participation in the PMBL Youth Basketball Camp in Jamaica. His Ayton Family Foundation engages in vital hurricane recovery efforts and provides access to food resources. This camp annually welcomes over 1,500 children, offering free meals, supplies, and enriching experiences.
As travelers look to escape the cold for warm weather over the holiday season, an unusually strong El Niño could lead to unseasonal weather in several popular vacation destinations.The climate pattern, which occurs when waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, can shift weather patterns across the country, potentially affecting popular winter getaways from Florida to the Caribbean."El Niños are associated with more storminess across the southern tier of the country, and potentially more ice storms across the southern plains," Matthew Rosencrans, a meteorologist at NOAA's Weather Prediction Center, told Yahoo. Those conditions can significantly disrupt travel, the meteorologist said, but the effects will be far from uniform. El Niño winters are also often...
Polls show that Democrats and Republicans in battleground states want to hear more from candidates about the climate crisis Most Americans feel unease or alarm about the climate crisis and, in both red and blue states, want to know how political leaders are going to fix it. But in midterm election campaigns across the US, candidates have responded to this desire with near silence. People in the US have this year endured a record hot summer as well as soaring costs, equating to roughly $2,000 per household , in extra energy and mortgage payments, due to the country’s dependence on a fossil fuel supply scrambled by Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran. Continue reading...
In March, members of the International Energy Agency agreed to release more than 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves to calm oil markets.
Disruptions in the Middle East have driven physical oil prices sharply above futures benchmarks and squeezed refinery margins in Europe and Asia.
Polymer banknote recycling in Thailand took a major and meaningful step forward on Thursday with a donation of tables and benches made from the recycled waste of polymer banknotes by Note Printing Works under the Bank of Thailand.
Less than a month before the UN climate conference COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, representatives of three successive summit presidencies gathered to address a pressing question: How can the world restore trust in climate action when the consequences of a warming planet are already being felt?
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Hurricane Trudy rapidly intensified into a major hurricane on Friday morning, carrying maximum sustained winds near 120 mph (195 kph) and higher gusts, as it moves closer to Mexico's Pacific coast. Additional strengthening is still forecast before Trudy is expected to approach the Mexican coast on Saturday as a life-threatening major hurricane, the US-based National Hurricane Center said. "Trudy has the potential to even reach Category 4 or 5 intensity," said Alex DaSilva, a hurricane meteorologist at private forecaster AccuWeather. Mexico's civil protection agency asked residents to start preparations for the storm's arrival by securing doors and windows, and removing objects that could be thrown around by the strong winds. The hurricane will strike...
Landslide blocks river and triggers downstream flooding, while summer temperatures persist in Portugal Flash floods have swept through Nepal’s central Gorkha district after a pre-dawn landslide on 11 October blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, triggering severe downstream flooding. Two villages in the worst-affected Chumanubri rural municipality were reportedly destroyed, with homes, roads and bridges washed away. Part of a hydropower station was also damaged. After river levels surged from 2 metres to nearly 8.5 metres within hours, the national disaster risk reduction and management authority reported that 204 homes were damaged, and more than 650 people had been affected. More than 100 foreign trekkers were stranded in the popular hiking region. The floods come just two months after catastrophic...
Image: This image over part of West Antarctica was captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3 on 30 September 2026.
Das französische Duo hat außerdem den gesamten Originalscore für das mit Spannung erwartete Videospiel komponiert. Justice haben sich mit Tame Impala, SZA und King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard für den „Grand Theft Auto VI“-Track „Flower in a Hurricane“ zusammengetan – das erste Stück aus dem Score des französischen Duos für das heiß ersehnte Videospiel. Die drei Gäste wechseln sich mit den Vocals ab. Der Track klingt wie eine moderne... Der Beitrag Justice holen Tame Impala und SZA für „GTA 6“-Song „Flower in a Hurricane“ erschien zuerst auf Rolling Stone.
Scientists can’t agree why reefs in the Red Sea have long been immune to bleaching. The answer could be the key to saving these tough corals as climate change begins taking its toll.
Headlines say the dirtiest fossil fuel is “back in fashion” — but there's much more to the story.
Mines in supply chains of western carmakers linked to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands inhabited by Tolaki people in Indonesia Volkswagen, Ford and Tesla are among the electric carmakers whose batteries may contain nickel mined in indigenous woodlands plagued by deforestation, an analysis has found, highlighting the struggle to make vehicles that are free from environmental destruction. Corporate disclosures and trade flows from the last two years show mines in the battery supply chains of automotive giants are linked to the loss of trees in Sulawesi, a wildlife hotspot in Indonesia that houses the world’s largest nickel deposits. The metal is widely used in cathodes in car batteries because it boosts energy density and increases range. Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 20, 28 October 2026.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) new report, which addresses the rapid global transformations driven by artificial intelligence (AI), demographic shifts, climate change, and conflict, highlights the widening disparities in employment, social inclusion, and access to services. The report titled The New Economics of Social Inclusion: Making Transformations Work for […]
[Premium Times] The bill seeks to transfer renewable energy functions from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Rural Electrification Agency and Rural Electrification Fund to a proposed National Authority for Renewable Energy.
[Nile Post] Environmental activist Shakirah Kasoga has been released on court bond due to her medical condition after her collapse during proceedings at Buganda Road Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Energy investors are calling on the government to allow development of wind farms on Sor Por Kor agricultural reform land, arguing the move would help lower electricity prices, strengthen energy security and improve farmers' incomes.
[The Conversation Africa] The coastline near the southern tip of Africa looked vastly different between about 400,000 years ago and 70,000 years ago, compared with today. At times it lay as much as 100km south of its present location, exposing the vast Palaeo-Agulhas Plain, which contained an extensive habitat for large mammals. At other times the sea level was briefly as much as 13 metres higher than today's mean level.
Tropical Storm Simon continued to weaken Thursday night as it drifted offshore of west-central Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Trudy strengthened as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday.
Researchers warn that the ongoing super El Niño could further endanger already vulnerable coral species. The rise in ocean temperatures has led to record coral bleaching events which have severe consequences for coral health. Nearly half of coral species were at increased risk of extinction by 2020 due to climate change effects. Future coral assessments may reveal even more alarming data regarding extinction risks among coral species.
Warnings come as Californians have already in autumn felt brutal heatwave and storm surge that battered coast Communities across California are bracing for more dangerous weather this week, with strong winds and high temperatures that could set the stage for rapid wildfire growth over the next several days. “A moderate to strong Santa Ana wind will bring widespread strong winds and critical fire weather conditions to much of south-west California through Saturday,” the National Weather Service said in a forecast issued on Thursday. Continue reading...
Due out in early 2027, it's the best climate change documentary I've ever seen. The producers need donations to finish it.
Trade between Brazil and China reached a record US$143 billion in the first nine months of the year, driven by Brazilian oil sales that surged after the war on Iran disrupted Gulf supply, according to a report by the Brazil-China Business Council. Brazilian exports to China rose 12 per cent to US$84.7 billion between January and September, while imports from China grew 9.9 per cent to US$58.6 billion, the council said in its quarterly analysis of government data. The resulting US$26.1 billion...
California sued the Trump administration for the 100th time, challenging the growing practice of ICE agents arresting people for alleged civil immigration violations at or near courthouses.
While the Atlantic slumbers, we need to watch two potential rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones in the Pacific.
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been honoured at this year's British Construction and Infrastructure Awards (BCIA), receiving recognition for its modernisation programme in Antarctica. The post British Antarctic Survey wins British Construction and Infrastructure Awards 2026 appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Space-based solar power has the potential to meet Earth's energy needs many times over. Will it see the light of day?
Dan Jørgensen said governments could find a way to subsidise fossil fuels in the short term to help tackle the cost of living Just as the leaders sit down at the big table in Brussels, Romania has said that seven people are still missing after a fire on a vessel in Romanian territorial waters of the Black Sea. Suspected Russian drones have hit several ships off Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria since last week in a spillover from the Ukraine war, AFP reported. Continue reading...
Three Scottish farms join Loch Lomond & The Trossachs’ Resilient Farm Network, testing regenerative farming and climate resilience from 2026-2030.
Open access notables Fingerprint Evidence for Human Effects on Climate: Advances After the 2009 Endangerment Finding , Santer et al., Earth s Future Here we briefly review key advances in the field of climate fingerprinting. Fingerprint studies rely on pattern information to identify human and natural influences on Earth's climate. Our focus is on advances after 2009—the date of the finding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that emissions of six different greenhouse gases affect Earth's climate and endanger human health and welfare. In contrast to the conclusions from a 2025 review of climate science issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), we demonstrate that post-2009 scientific advances have markedly increased confidence in the identification...
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is even more dangerous than scientists had previously thought, a new study has found.
Islanders are being encouraged to get involved to learn how to get their views across to meaningfully influence the planning process.
The historic ocean liner SS United States is set to be intentionally sunk off the coast of Florida, transforming it into the largest artificial reef in the world. This initiative follows successful environmental remediation and requires final approvals. To honor its legacy, a visitor center will be established, promoting tourism and attracting divers and anglers eager to explore this underwater attraction.
The US president said that the war will end ‘as soon as I want it to end’ as the midterms take place under a cloud of economic uncertainty Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox US president Donald Trump claimed the Iran war ‘will end very soon,’ as voters consider their options ahead of midterm elections that are taking place amid economic uncertainty and ongoing global conflict. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening, Trump said : “The Iran war will end very soon. It’s going to end very soon, as soon as I want it to end, it’ll end.” He added that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon” and that oil prices would “drop like a rock”. James Talarico, the Texas Democratic nominee for Senate, faced a grilling from undecided voters on a range...
Moscow sends swarms of drones to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine as Zelenskyy says Kyiv will restart strikes on Russian oil refineries Europe live – latest updates The White House’s unilateral effort to negotiate an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has collapsed as Moscow sent a record swarm of drones overnight to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine and Kyiv appeared to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries – despite warnings from Donald Trump. Moscow accused Ukraine of launching a strike against a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region, its first since Trump abruptly declared an “energy ceasefire” that neither Russia nor Ukraine said they had agreed to . Continue reading...
Voters in Alberta decide next week if they want the oil-rich province to begin the process of separating from Canada, a pivotal test for the country as it confronts a hostile United States.
WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The world's coral reefs face an existential threat from rising seawater temperatures that trigger widespread bleaching, a problem driven by climate change and compounded by this year's intense El Nino phenomenon.
Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv was “done” supporting a ceasefire on energy targets announced by US President Donald Trump and ignored by Russia. Since Trump’s surprise announcement on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt attacks on energy, Kyiv had suspended attacks on Russian refineries, which Trump blames for raising diesel prices on global markets. But in the days that followed, Russia rained down deadly missile...
Oil prices have dipped as investors assess potential shipping threats in the Strait of Hormuz. The uptick in prices was initially fueled by recent assaults on Saudi Aramco and provocations from Iran. The Trump administration is mulling over the possibility of loosening sanctions on oil vessels to alleviate shipping costs, particularly given the surge in freight prices.
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo calls for measures to strengthen climate justice, deeming it necessary for the international community to recognize the vulnerability of African countries to the effects of climate change, despite their minimal contribution to the problem.
Finance ministers gathering for the IMF annual meeting know the need for multilateral cooperation to deal with many crises. There is little chance of that Not much has gone right for the global economy this year, and plenty has gone wrong. Two big regional wars are destabilising prices and supply chains everywhere. Businesses and consumers are feeling the effects of a serious energy shock. Rising inflation has made it a lot more expensive for governments to finance their debts. China and the US are at loggerheads over trade. Yet, so far, the impact has been modest. It is something of a miracle that the finance ministers and central bank governors gathered for this year’s annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Bangkok are not having to deal with a full-blown crisis. This...
[Nile Post] Small-scale farmers, researchers, policymakers and other agricultural stakeholders are expected to gather in Soroti City this week for the second National Agroecology Festival, with discussions focusing on sustainable farming, climate change, food security and farmers' livelihoods.
[Nile Post] Finance and Economic Development Minister Henry Musasizi has called on finance ministers worldwide to strengthen cooperation on climate financing and protect investments in resilience as the global energy crisis puts additional pressure on national budgets.
[Nile Post] Speaker of Parliament Jacob Marksons Oboth has directed Government to halt enforcement of the charcoal ban until the responsible ministry presents a comprehensive report to Parliament next Wednesday on Uganda's preparedness to transition to alternative energy sources.
[Ghanaian Times] How air pollution damages the body through oxidative stress and chronic inflammation
The ‘right to choose’ crowd would damage Victorians’ health and move costs on to those least able to pay Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast As an engineer I see the climate problem simply. We have a collection of machines – some burn fossil fuels, others don’t. We need to stop buying the ones that burn poisons and instead buy electric ones and run them on clean electricity. Live well, breathe easy, pay less. From January, new homes and most new commercial buildings in Victoria will be built all-electric, locking in lower bills and lower emissions. From March, when a gas hot water system dies it must be replaced with an efficient electric one, so existing homes get the savings too. And when...
Temperatures could plunge to as low as -8C this week - particularly on Tuesday, which could see hazardous conditions and gusts of up to 60mph in the north of England and Scotland.
Coal miners who are exposed to silica dust are at a higher risk of black lung disease. Despite decades of advocacy, new efforts to regulate the toxic dust are under threat.
The surging El Niño continues to make news. The current El Niño climate pattern has reached the top of the scale for intensity, according to a report released Nov. 12 from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC). The pattern is now considered to be "very strong" – the highest of the CPC's four El Niño intensity categories. Only three other El Niños on record have attained this level: 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16. Modern El Niño records started in 1950. Chances for a historic event exceeding those previous El Niños are now about 60%, remaining at better than even odds, the CPC said. El Niño is a natural climate phenomenon in which surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, causing weather extremes around the world, including drought in some regions and heavy...
UKHSA warns of health impact on those vulnerable to cold and urges people to check in with neighbours Cold weather warnings have been issued for parts of the UK, and alerts for the risk to health services are due to begin on Sunday evening. The Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for ice for central and eastern Scotland from 6pm on Sunday evening until 10am on Monday. People should be vigilant as they travelled, due to the risk from slipping on footpaths in icy conditions, it added. Continue reading...
Chinese and South Korean shipping through the Arctic Ocean to Europe has increased this year, although unpredictable ice, high costs and lapses in demand have exposed the challenges of navigating the route, an environmental research group has found. During the late summer and early autumn shipping season, delays forced one Chinese operator to extend some journeys from 20 days to 30 days, the Oslo-based Bellona Foundation said in a report. Traffic along the Arctic seaway has been busier than last...
This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The vast, dark slicks in the Strait of Hormuz are visible from space. Throughout October, oil tankers were struck by missiles or sea mines in the waterway and spilled crude into the sea. The pollution has spread across the Persian Gulf, contaminating […]
In a significant political shift, British Columbia has ushered in a Conservative majority government after a decade dominated by the New Democratic Party. Winning 64 out of 93 seats, the Conservatives plan to place a strong emphasis on expanding liquefied natural gas production to enhance energy policy. However, they face fiscal constraints with potential deficits looming, and the new government will need to balance economic growth with public service demands.
Texas now issues permits for companies to store carbon dioxide underground. East Texas residents fear safety risks, and skeptics doubt the climate benefits.
Talks at Cop31, the United Nations climate change conference being held in Antalya, Turkey, come at a critical moment for climate-vulnerable countries across the Global South. Bangladesh is among those bearing the brunt of climate change despite having negligible historical responsibility for global emissions. As delegations negotiate how to finance climate action, the “how” matters no less than the “how much”: support must arrive in time, reach those who need it and avoid deepening debt. The...
The shift away from fossil fuels is made more difficult by the powerful, often overlooked role of national oil companies. These companies are deeply embedded in their countries’ economies and political systems. During the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Inter Press Service (IPS) spoke exclusively with Amir Shafaie, Legal and Economic Program Director at the […]
At least 94 private jets arrived in Antalya during COP31, according to Oxfam, while researchers also raised concerns about fossil fuel companies and financiers attending the climate summit.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department has launched an internal investigation into whether two employees communicated with ICE agents who detained a man who was leaving the county jail.
Murray's environmental accomplishments included advancing solar power and preserving land in the Baldwin Hills that became a popular hiking destination with panoramic views of Los Angeles.
The earliest polar vortex disruption on record is sending frigid air into the United States.
Several countries that rely heavily on fossil fuels want to delay the next round of scientific assessments that governments use to inform their climate policies.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Green Legacy Initiative stands as a testament to Ethiopia's commitment to combating climate change through large-scale afforestation, environmental conservation and sustainable development, Press Secretary for Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) Billene Seyoum said.
Avoiding the Subsidy Trap: How Countries Can Prepare for the Next Energy Crisis saabira.chaudh… Fri, 11/13/2026 - 11:41 Fossil-fuel price shocks have become a recurring challenge for governments. The past decade has seen wild swings in oil, fuel and fertilizer prices, from oil's historic lows during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to extreme highs following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the 2026 disruption of the Strait of Hormuz resulting from the war in Iran. Transitioning away from fossil fuels is key to reducing this vulnerability. Europe's recent experience illustrates the benefits of shifting to renewable energy and heat pumps. Between 2021 and 2025, the European Union's natural gas consumption fell 17% , thereby lowering the impact of the surge in gas...
From floods to extreme heat: The human cost of Australia’s changing climate
Gushing victory speeches by Democrats who promised to tame electricity prices marked the beginning of a risky political countdown. Time is not on their side.The party’s focus on addressing cost-of-living issues by expanding clean power could increase prices before it lowers them, according to energy analysts, raising the risk that Democrats could enter the 2028 presidential cycle before fulfilling their affordability promises.“That's a legitimate issue, and it's not going to be solved in one political cycle,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) acknowledged in an interview this week. “Now we’re just in the sticker shock moment.”Renewable sources like wind, solar and batteries carry no fuel costs and can lead to cheaper electricity, supporting the narrative many Democrats made a pillar of their campaigns...
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, said her country received $15.6 billion in oil and mining revenue from January through November.
[This Day] Abuja -- Young persons with disabilities in Nigeria have called on governments and global climate stakeholders to prioritise disability inclusion in climate policies, financing and decision-making, warning that climate action would remain unequal without their meaningful participation.
Crews faced a "perfect storm" of challenges during the UK's record-breaking weather, it's claimed.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held bilateral talks in Antalya on 10 November on the sidelines of the COP31 UN Climate Change Conference, discussing ways to strengthen bilateral relations, particularly in trade and investment, alongside regional peace and issues of mutual interest.
[New Times] Rehabilitation of five wetlands in Kigali will reduce flood risks for more than 220,000 residents while creating public green spaces, jobs and livelihood opportunities, Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva said at the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Türkiye.
The TFFF rainforest fund aims to make forest conservation more profitable than deforestation. But a lack of money may prevent it from getting off the ground.
[Daily Trust] Young persons with disabilities in Nigeria have called on governments and global climate stakeholders to include them in climate policy decisions, improve their access to climate finance and ensure that climate interventions address their specific needs.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is stepping up diplomatic engagement with regional and international partners to strengthen climate cooperation and advance shared priorities ahead of hosting the 32nd United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP32) in 2027.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia and the United Kingdom have discussed preparations for the 32nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP32), with a focus on strengthening climate cooperation and advancing Ethiopia's priorities ahead of the global summit in 2027.
[UN News] From flooded homes to melting Himalayan glaciers, the human cost of climate change took centre stage at COP31 on Thursday, as world leaders turned their attention to protecting cities and vulnerable communities, while activists challenged governments to do more.
Leaders at COP31 are confronting a new reality as global warming enters the “unsafe zone.”
To see or not to see: The reality of sea level rise By Agnieszka Gautier Alaskan Native Tamura Paul asked a news reporter if she knew what it sounded like to be on a boat during a storm. “ It sounded like that, ” Paul said, referring to the sound of violent waves battering her home, which had ripped off its foundation and drifted downriver when remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska on October 12, 2025. Paul was sleeping when the storm hit. She woke up to water pouring into her home. Up to 2 meters (7 feet) of water flooded the town of Kipnuk in just a few hours. “The flood doesn’t usually hit us,” she told the reporter. Paul’s home sat away from the riverbed and had not been prone to flooding. But, this storm was different. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska...
On October 30, the 45th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR-45) concluded in Hobart, Australia. After another year of negotiations without a consensus reached on Antarctic marine protection measures or krill fishing regulations, conservation groups are urging consumers and retailers to boycott all krill products. Widely regarded […]
[Shabelle] Antalya -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday launched a national climate investment plan requiring an estimated $12.8 billion over the next decade to help the country address the growing impact of climate change.
Learn more about the oldest human remains ever found in Antarctica and why it's still a mystery as to how the woman got there.
World leaders at the United Nations' COP31 summit in Turkey warned Thursday that international efforts to combat climate change are falling behind.
They are in our shampoo bottles, power our cars and heat our homes. But what actually are fossil fuels, and why do they matter?
The organization created the Reforestation Hub tool to help people understand which land is suitable for reforestation and how planting trees can benefit the climate.
[Daba Finance] Planet One Oil & Gas, a Dubai-based oil company, has discovered hydrocarbons off the coast of Ghana.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia could face contrasting climate risks, with parts of the country exposed to worsening drought while southern areas brace for above-normal rainfall and potential flooding, as a potentially record-strength Super El Niño develops in 2026-27, according to an analysis by international water and sanitation organization WaterAid.
[Shabelle] Antalya -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called on the international community to honour its climate commitments and provide greater support to countries facing the worst effects of climate change, as he addressed the opening of the COP31 summit in Turkey.
The world's fastest ocean liner has been deliberately sunk off Florida to become the largest artificial reef ever created.
New research shows that a quarter of nearly 1,000 cactus species could lose at least 80 percent of their habitat by 2100, due to relentless droughts.
Wales needs to grow more fruit and veg or it will be at the mercy of wars and climate change, one expert says.
[RFI] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the oil and gas lobby on Wednesday, telling world leaders fossil fuels "must go the way of the dinosaurs" at a climate summit missing several prominent figures.
Nature, Published online: 12 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03665-0Insights into the reproductive modes of brown algae could help in the fight to protect them in warming climate.
Learn how a culture of hunter-gatherers migrated from Spain to Italy at the onset of the Ice Age, using special tools along the way to survive.
This article by Samantha Harrington first appeared on Yale Climate Connections and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License . Climate change was conspicuously absent from the campaign trail this year as Democratic candidates largely kept quiet on the issue. But one group didn’t stay silent during the lead-up to the November 3 U.S. elections: big oil companies. Together, Shell, Exxon, and Chevron spent $2.1 million on “social issue” ads on Facebook and Instagram between late July and late October 2026. In the same period, three of the top climate and environmental groups – the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club, and Greenpeace – spent just...
Gabriel Sheunopa Manyangadze holds a placard reading “No nuclear spin, let renewables win” as a campaigner leads protesters against nuclear energy in Africa at the United Nations climate summit in Antalya, Turkey. The activists warned African leaders of the investments required to establish nuclear energy and the dangers its waste poses. “We have realised that […]
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As the IUCN global conservation body prepares to update its red list of endangered species, scientists explain why calculating the true toll of a pandemic is so hard It began with the brown skuas. The migratory seabirds had arrived on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in 2023, harbouring a deadly passenger. Within months, the southern elephant seals that had come ashore to breed became sick. Mothers and newborn pups were weak and trembling, with many struggling to breathe. What followed was a horrific mass casualty event, caused by the highly infectious avian influenza (H5N1). By 2025, more than 53,000 female elephant seals had died on South Georgia. That is especially alarming, scientists say, because the island is home to more than half of the global breeding population . Continue...
Record renewable energy growth is driving climate progress in some countries, but Germany and many major emitters are falling behind.
[UN News] The global energy transition took centre stage on the second day of COP31, as countries explored how to move away from fossil fuels, accelerate clean energy and overcome financial and infrastructure barriers standing in the way.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's trip to Antalya, Turkey, for the U.N. Climate Change Conference is a chance for him to fill the void left by Trump on the world stage.
STATEMENT: Brazil Unveils Fossil Fuel Transition Roadmap as COP30 Presidency Legacy nate.shelter@wri.org Tue, 11/10/2026 - 13:31 Antalya (November 10, 2026) — At COP31, Brazil’s COP30 presidency formally presented the global Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels to the UN Secretary-General and the UN Climate Change Secretariat. Bringing together the work advanced since Belém last year, the Roadmap introduces a diagnostic framework, the Belém Readiness Index and a set of actions through 2033 to enable governments to accelerate implementation according to their country needs. Following is a statement from Karen Silverwood-Cope, Climate and Energy Director of WRI Brasil: “The Roadmap could become one of the most enduring legacies of Brazil’s COP Presidency...
The war in Iran and new renewables have caused global greenhouse emissions to fall as United Nations climate talks kick off in Turkey.
It’s the first drop in planet-warming pollution since the pandemic in 2020. But researchers cautioned that the decline could be short-lived.
Fetching water was once a back-breaking daily reality – one that Nomuhle SibandaMpofu will never forget. Mpofu, from Inyathi village in Bubi District in Matabeleland North Province, is a horticulture farmer and livestock farmer. Water is everything to her livelihood. She has had to overcome the challenge of travelling many kilometres to fetch water for […]
The relentless rise in the world's carbon emissions may finally be slowing, according to a major new report.
Rising sea levels and violent weather are testing residents in some of the most picturesque cities along the Pacific Coast.
From EVs and electric buses on the road, heat pumps warming homes and solar panels powering appliances, the shift to electrifying tech is already in full swing. But what exactly does "electrification" mean?
The global campaign to restore the "soggy secret weapon" that can combat against climate change.
Global carbon emissions are expected to fall slightly in 2026, but not because of major progress on climate action. Instead, it's high energy prices following the US attack on Iran that's driving the trend.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02769-9Data centres are among the world’s fastest growing electricity consumers. An analysis of more than 9,000 facilities worldwide links the artificial intelligence-era expansion of data centres to delayed coal plant retirements and around 2 Gt of additional carbon dioxide emissions.
In 2026, total CO2 emissions are projected to reach 43.3 billion tonnes – up from 42.8 billion tonnes last year. This is shown in the latest report by the Global Carbon Project, published in the journal Earth System Science Data, to which the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) contributed. Global emissions from fossil fuels are set to decrease this year; due to a strong growth in renewable energy as well as the geopolitical situation in Iran. At the same time, emissions from land use are rising, whilst climate change and climate variability are weakening natural carbon sinks. As CO2 continues to accumulate rapidly in the atmosphere, the dangerous impacts of climate change further intensify. A faster...
The world’s biggest climate conference kicked off today in Antalya, Turkey, a country known for growing political repression. Under an unusual compromise, Turkey is hosting, but Australia’s government will preside over negotiations among more than 190 nations seeking to address the climate crisis. And for the third year in a row, one problem underscores all […]
It is expected between 80 and 90 world leaders will attend the leaders’ summit this week ahead of formal negotiations which begin next Monday, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Scientists have discovered the best evidence yet to show that West Antarctica's most vulnerable ice streams - including its giant Thwaites Glacier - repeatedly collapsed and retreated far inland during natural warm periods of the last 800,000 years. The post China clay clue to past dramatic ice loss appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
The WMO State of the Climate Update 2026 reveals how the extreme climate event has already been linked to exceptional global temperatures, melting ice, and rising sea levels.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02797-5It has been surprisingly difficult to calculate how much warming different regions of the Earth have experienced since pre-industrial times. Now, research shows that in most land regions, the temperature thresholds that governments agreed to in Paris to keep below are already dangerously close.
Things are moving very fast. I wrote two years ago about the role that AI/ML was playing in helping accelerate useful developments in climate models. In a field where literally new possibilities are emerging on a week-by-week basis, that might as well be prehistory. So it’s worth reviewing what directions have been fruitful, which ones […] The post AI and climate modeling update first appeared on RealClimate.
As the world heads toward COP31 Türkiye starting this week, I’ve been reflecting on how I think COP31 could prove to be a more revealing “Transition COP”. Let us remember that the Paris Agreement came from a series of “institutional heartbeat” COPs – NOT from annual blockbuster headlines. Every five years, countries face a “moment […]
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 1, 2026 thru Sat, November 7, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Policy and Politics (11 items) The EPA is quietly killing its web archive Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear. Grist, Rachel Santarsiero, Oct 31, 2026. Exclusive: Most voters believe climate change threatens the American Dream As the cost of living rises, a poll for Grist from Data for Progress suggests voters are connecting the dots to a warming world. Grist, Kate Yoder, Nov 02, 2026. For US Democrats, climate policy is now about energy bills Climate change...
Mumbai facility is part of Reliance Industries, owner of world’s biggest oil refinery and funder of controversial mega-zoo The Prince of Wales’s Earthshot prize will host its forthcoming annual awards ceremony at a venue owned by the billionaire Ambani family conglomerate, drawing criticism from conservationists over their fossil fuel businesses and their foundation’s controversial mega-zoo . A spokesperson for the Earthshot prize, which awards £1m to five winners every year to invest in conservation work, confirmed to the Guardian and the news outlet Mongabay that this year’s ceremony will be held at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on 17 November. Continue reading...
Droughts, floods and extreme heat are upping the pressure on delegates at the UN climate talks in Antalya, Turkey. Can countries move beyond pledges to concrete action?
Juneau has little arable land, a short growing season and few farmers – and deep traditions of residents and the land feeding each other Forty miles north-west of Alaska’s capital, the highway just ends. At Glacier Highway’s most northern point, the pavement turns to gravel, the gravel widens into a turnaround and the tire tracks curve back the way they came. At the far end, the woods begin, a narrow hiking trail slipping toward the southern end of Berners Bay. Continue reading...
The ozone hole is at its largest in a decade, thanks to 'atypical weather conditions' over Antarctica, NOAA and NASA scientists have revealed.
For years, global discussions of disaster risk in the Pacific have been dominated by climate change. Rising seas, intensifying cyclones and coastal erosion have rightly captured international attention. This focus, while warranted, should be complemented by greater recognition of geohazards, which are just as consequential and in many cases, more immediately devastating. Addressing this gap […]
Globally, glaciers are often lumped into one narrative of loss. These three stories show how they can still surprise us.
An exceptionally strong El Niño could drive CO2 levels in the atmosphere to record highs in 2027, the Met Office has warned.
Millions of Americans across more than 20 states have been warned of a major storm set to stall over the US and potentially cause floods and deadly conditions for drivers.
Open access notables Evidence from 2024 Storm Boris indicates anthropogenic climate change amplifies floods more than extreme precipitation , Miersch et al., Science Advances Anthropogenic climate change intensifies extreme precipitation, but how it affects flood hazards remains uncertain. In September 2024, Storm Boris triggered catastrophic flooding across central Europe, underscoring the need to quantify the contribution of human-caused climate change to flood intensity for effective risk management. Using a storyline approach, we show that precipitation associated with Storm Boris would have been 6 to 9% lower in the absence of anthropogenic climate change, whereas flood peaks would, on average, have been reduced by 14 to 22%. Our estimates are based on nudged simulations...
The world’s wealthiest people are driving a disproportionate share of climate pollution while poorer communities bear the heaviest costs of floods, heatwaves, food insecurity and other climate disasters, according to a new report by Oxfam International. The report, Disaster Divide: How Climate Chaos Deepens Inequality and Enriches the Few, published on October 27, 2026, argues […]
Illinois saw a record-smashing 212 twisters this year—was it a fluke or the new normal?
Setting a new target to virtually treble Scotland’s onshore wind capacity by 2040 could generate more than £4 billion for the country’s economy while supporting thousands of jobs, research has revealed.
This article by Sanket Jain first appeared on Yale Climate Connections and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License . Farmers around the world are spraying more chemicals than ever on their crops as they battle insect pests. Many of these small, hungry creatures have benefited from climate change, which has expanded their range, extended their breeding season, and made them harder to control with pesticides. “As temperatures rise, managing pest attacks is becoming increasingly difficult as many of these pests multiply much faster,” said Laxman Mane, 50, who farms a plot of just under two acres in western India’s Haroli village, growing cauliflower, cabbage, cucumbers, okra, sugarcane and...
A dangerous storm is heading towards a large swath of the nation, threatening multiple states with powerful tornadoes and hurricane-force winds.
Shetland group TSNS launches investigation into Viking Energy wind farm, seeking lawful removal of 103 turbines, environmental restoration and legal scrutiny.
Nature Energy, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02154-yAnode-free sodium batteries are limited by irreversible sodium loss during cycling. Here the authors introduce a moderate-strain cyclic ether that redirects electrolyte decomposition to form a thin, robust interphase, thereby minimizing sodium consumption and extending cycling stability.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 25, 2026 thru Sat, October 31, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Policy and Politics (7 items) Canada And EU Are Slip Sliding Away On Vehicle Emissions Driven by current events Canada and the EU back away from existing commitments to reduce motor vehicle emissions, threatening urgent long-term goals. CleanTechnica, Steve Hanley, Oct 24, 2026. Global climate body fights for survival: why the IPCC must be saved The UN organization faces perhaps the most serious crisis in its nearly 40-year history — but it is too precious to lose. Nature, Editorial, Oct 26, 2026. Ministers accused of `catastrophic` decision...
President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step toward restoring a more practical balance between environmental protection, economic opportunity, and the role of the...
He’s about to step up to the world stage at the UN climate change conference, but the energy minister has had high ambitions since childhood.
A hurricane-fueled storm system is set to cause flooding and potentially make Halloween travel exceptionally dangerous.
Lula’s narrow re-election in Brazil means the world has dodged a climate bullet. But with the right wing dominant in Congress, the victory remains tenuous.
After the state endured its hottest year-to-date period on record and a multi-million-dollar battering by Hurricane Marie in September and Hurricane Rachel in October, much greater destruction could be on the way this winter. El Niño is continuing to warm coastal waters, and because water expands as it heats, sea levels could rise to unprecedented heights during the coming king tides at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and late January. In concert with the rising seas will likely come a battering by record-wet atmospheric rivers when the jet stream assumes its usual California-centered configuration during the coming very strong (" super ") El Niño winter. Atmospheric rivers, like rivers in the sky, carry moisture out of the tropics. If it comes to pass, a disaster this winter in California...
Developing nations are grappling with soaring costs from climate catastrophes, as seen recently in Nepal's pronounced losses. Commerce minister Piyush Goyal underscored the historical emissions from developed countries at a conference, urging wealthy nations to provide necessary support to those financially strained by disasters. Furthermore, the EU's new carbon regulations present additional hurdles for Indian manufacturers. Climate justice must involve an understanding of historical accountability alongside present capabilities.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink Whether global warming has accelerated (and how much it has accelerated) is one of the livelier debates in climate science at the moment. The physical case for it is fairly strong: cooling aerosol pollution has fallen substantially over the past two decades while greenhouse gas emissions remain near record highs. The observed rate of warming over the past decade is roughly double what it was over the prior four decades. But showing that this speed-up is statistically distinguishable from the normal year-to-year wiggles of the climate has proven surprisingly hard. A new paper by Jin and Pu in the journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science argues that the data through 2025 now show a statistically significant doubling of the warming...
Hong Kong recorded its highest-ever temperature for the traditional Chinese calendar’s “Frost” solar term on Friday, with the weather forecaster warning of a very dry weekend ahead. The Hong Kong Observatory said the temperature at its headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui reached 32.3 degrees Celsius by 3.30pm, the highest of the day. Frost, the 18th of the Chinese lunisolar calendar’s 24 solar terms, began on October 23. The terms mark natural phenomena and seasonal changes. Temperatures in the city...
A hybrid storm is moving along the US East Coast, bringing dangerous conditions to Americans hundreds of miles from its center.
El Niño is increasingly influencing global weather patterns including agriculture and temperatures in India. Current forecasts predict a warmer winter as El Niño intensifies, which could affect agriculture adversely. Recent monsoon rainfall deficits raise concerns regarding water resources and crop yields moving forward. Different regions may experience varying extremes from drought to flooding in the coming months due to this phenomenon.
[groundWork] groundWork hosted a two-day Social and Community-Owned Renewable Energy (SCORE) Convening in Johannesburg on 14 and 15 October 2026.
Europe should work with Beijing to develop shipping through the Arctic rather than trying to advance its transatlantic security alliance by framing China as a threat linked to Russia. That was the assessment of Chinese analysts following the release of the European Union’s Arctic policy on Tuesday. In addition to identifying Russia as its main threat, the policy warns of Beijing’s growing strategic ambitions in the European Arctic through its deepening alignment with Moscow. “With our new...
Exclusive: Officials say Miatta Fahnbulleh minded not to give approval in victory for climate campaigners UK politics live – latest updates Miatta Fahnbulleh is leaning towards rejecting the giant Rosebank oilfield, the Guardian understands, in what would be a blow for the North Sea energy industry and a major victory for climate campaigners. Officials say the energy secretary is minded to refuse approval for the field, which would be one of the biggest in the North Sea. Fahnbulleh approved the smaller Jackdaw gasfield on Wednesday, prompting protests from some in the green movement. Continue reading...
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has visited the Ethiopian Nuclear Energy Commission to review progress in developing the country's nuclear energy program.
Storm Austen is currently developing in the Atlantic and will continue to strengthen before it arrives in the UK early on Friday morning. An amber weather warning for strong winds has been issued.
[Nile Post] Farmers in Mubende District are increasingly embracing modern and climate-smart farming practices to protect their crops, improve productivity and safeguard their livelihoods against prolonged dry spells and unpredictable weather patterns.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India’s Jamnagar this week – home to the world’s largest oil refining complex – signals energy cooperation as the anchor for bilateral ties even as broader policy friction frays relations, according to analysts. On Tuesday, Rubio indicated that India’s largest private company, Reliance Industries, which owns the Jamnagar oil refinery complex, will buy more Venezuelan oil. “India is a refining superpower. They have the capability to refine heavy crude....
Few believe decision will bring back city’s boom years, but workers hope it will keep as many North Sea jobs for now UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea What does the UK’s approval of the Jackdaw gasfield mean? As recently as 2012, Aberdeen boasted the highest concentration of millionaires in the UK. An ATM reportedly had the highest withdrawal rate in Europe in the 90s, as oil and gas wealth flowed through the city. House prices skyrocketed in the scramble for space as fossil fuel firms transformed the city’s grand granite houses into company offices. But that was then. Today, “for sale” and “to let” signs punctuate the city’s main thoroughfares. Disposable income in Aberdeen has fallen by nearly 20% between 2013 and 2023 – more than any other large UK city – after...
At a gathering in Texas, near where floods killed 136 people last year, survivors are united on the need for urgent action It may be a club none of its members actually want to be in, but the growing number of people in the US affected by extreme weather disasters are starting to organize into a political force. Severe wildfires, floods storms and other calamities now touch the lives of huge numbers of Americans – about half of all people in the US by one estimate – as the climate crisis supercharges extreme events. Some survivors are now coalescing to push for improved disaster response and even action on the politically contentious issue of global heating. Continue reading...
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In a new report, titled 'Emissions Gap Report 2026: The Point of Return', the UN warns that under current government policies, warming will reach 2.8°C by the end of the century.
As Super Typhoon Champi – now the strongest storm of the year worldwide – barrels towards eastern China, authorities are planning evacuations and urging those in its path to prepare. Airports in major Chinese cities could be affected by the storm, including Wenzhou Longwan, Fuzhou Changle, Ningbo Lishe, Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Pudong and Xiamen Gaoqi, according to aviation data platform VariFlight. Travellers are bracing for potential disruptions, though there have been no...
Oil prices have risen due to growing concerns over disruptions in Middle East supplies and threats to shipping routes. Recent attacks on vessels and infrastructure have heightened worries among traders and analysts. While Brent crude futures climbed to $110.10, WTI crude also saw an increase following previous declines. US officials are working with refiners to address rising fuel prices and shortages.
[Parliament of South Africa] The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Ms Nqabisa Gantsho, welcomes the prison sentence imposed on former Kruger National Park regional ranger Rodney Landela for rhino poaching. The sentence reinforces the importance of accountability in protecting South Africa's wildlife and natural heritage.
Thailand faces growing pressure from soaring global energy prices, with spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) rates nearing US$30 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), raising concerns about the ability of households and businesses to cope with rising living costs.
The world is set to breach the critical 1.5-degree temperature limit, with Donald Trump's US withdrawal from climate action worsening the outlook, according to a UN report. But there is a small silver lining.
Hong Kong’s exceptionally warm October weather is being driven by a combination of a super typhoon, El Nino and global warming, a climate expert has said, warning that higher-than-usual temperatures are likely to persist through the winter. The warning came as autumn temperatures across the city topped 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) over the past few weeks. Professor Amos Tai Pui-kuen, of the earth and environmental sciences department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, explained on...
16 years after one of the deadliest oil spills in history — BP's Deepwater Horizon — there is measurable evidence that wildlife is in serious decline and not recovering in the Gulf of Mexico where the disaster occurred. Through trawling, sound waves and DNA analysis, researchers showed persistent declines of around 60 per cent in some species in the years since.
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Massimo is a major purveyor of tiny, adorable vehicles that resemble jeeps and dirt bikes, with tiny combustion engines. What kind of oil do they need?
Waves continue to hit homes on Oct. 13 in Long Beach. Storm waves have affected the Long Beach peninsula in recent weeks, causing damage to coastal homes. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)As ocean levels rise, waves crash farther inland and the coast continues to crumble, Southern California is on track to lose 30 to 70% of its beaches over the next several decades. Almost half of all beach cliffs are likely to retreat by 30 to 80 feet by 2100. And a 1.6-foot increase in sea level rise by 2060 will leave low-lying coastal areas including the ports and Santa Monica, Venice and Redondo beaches particularly vulnerable to floods and storms, with one estimate predicting 15,000 people exposed in Los Angeles County.Those are just some of the dire findings in California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman drilled Gov. Kathy Hochul Tuesday -- saying green energy policies were "bankrupting" New Yorkers.
The Golden State has a long history of cataclysmic floods.
For India, the immediate relief is for its crude supply basket and exporters. If India decided to give up Russian crude oil, its single largest supplier would have gone off the table, with no easy replacement amid Middle East tensions. If it continued to buy Russian crude, then the 100% tariffs would have weighed on its exports to the US.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's recent arrival in India marked a pivotal moment for trade and energy discussions. He expressed confidence in finalizing a trade deal and recognized India's vital position in refining Venezuelan oil. Furthermore, Rubio tackled military assistance to Ukraine and stressed the need for arms control conversations involving China and Russia, illustrating the deepening geopolitical ties between the United States and India.
Alberta, the nation's oil heartland, has long been at odds with liberal government leaders over the country's environmental policies.
Yellow severe weather warning issued for first named storm of season with gusts of up to 60mph expected The first named storm of the season, Austen, is expected to bring gusts of up to 60mph to southern areas of the UK at the end of the week, forecasters said. While there would be spells of rain and showers for many on Tuesday and Wednesday, by Thursday, Storm Austen would be approaching the south-west of the UK, the Met Office said. Continue reading...
The European Commission has presented an updated strategy for the Arctic as climate change and rapidly melting ice open up the remote but resource-rich region. “With Russia and China increasing their footprint and ambition, the Arctic has become a front line of global power competition,” said European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday. With the new strategy, the commission aims for the EU to keep pace with rivals as new shipping routes and mining opportunities, including for...
RAF Typhoon fighters to fly defensive missions over cities and infrastructure in extension of UK support for Riyadh RAF Typhoon fighters are to be used in efforts to protect Saudi Arabia from attack by Yemen’s Houthis, flying defensive missions over the country’s cities and critical infrastructure as western allies increase their intervention in the escalating conflict. The operation – the most significant military mission signed off by Andy Burnham as prime minister – will involve RAF pilots attempting to shoot down Houthi missiles and drones, which attacked Saudi airports and oil facilities. Continue reading...
Media identified the facility as a Transneft linear production and dispatch station, which is a key transit node along the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Storm Austen - officially named by the Met Office on Tuesday morning - is forecast to hit on Thursday night and will bring 'strong winds and heavy rain'.
Storm Austen has been named by the Met Office with disruptive wind and rain for some from late Thursday and into Friday.
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - The EU is to unveil plans to bolster its foothold in the Arctic Tuesday, as it grapples with pressure from Russia and the United States in the key strategic region.
Thailand's flagship international cycling race has been postponed by three months to avoid the hazardous smog that blankets the north each spring.
[Daily Maverick] South African universities, particularly Wits, lack transparency and independence because of the fossil fuel industry's influence through funding, research partnerships and investments. They need to disclose industry ties, divest from fossil fuels and champion a just transition to clean energy.
Actor Adrian Grenier, known for Entourage and The Devil Wears Prada, moved to Texas in 2020 and settled on a 46-acre ranch with his wife, Jordan, and their two children. Embracing a slower lifestyle, he has focused on sustainability, solar power, farming and beekeeping, turning the property into a family retreat rooted in environmental responsibility.
Currently hovering around $110 a barrel, oil prices are influenced by escalating geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Saudi Arabia. Washington's recent move to relax restrictions on Russian energy exports has shifted market impressions. Attacks claimed by Yemen's Houthis on Saudi facilities have further heightened stability concerns. As a result, prices remain resilient above $100, prompting traders to carefully evaluate the ramifications for global energy security.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 10, October 2026.
Learn how the environment of America’s Southwest transformed from pine forest to juniper within the space of a century.
The world's fastest warming town is facing a drinking water crisis.
Dozens of Air China passengers stranded in Cuba by successive cancellations were due to fly out on an extra flight on Monday, as a US oil embargo deepens the island’s energy crisis. The disruption has hit one of Cuba’s last direct air links to Europe, the Chinese carrier’s twice-weekly route between Beijing and Havana via Madrid. Air China added flight CA590 for travellers whose regular CA866 service was cancelled before October 10, the Chinese embassy said in a notice on Sunday. The flight was...
Florida governor has consistently opposed any legislation to curb planet-heating emissions, calling it a ‘radical climate agenda’ A life-sized statue of Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, was unveiled and promptly began melting in front of an audience in Tallahassee in a symbolic protest at his rejection of action on the climate crisis. The silvery statue, revealed to an audience of onlookers last week, melted away to show a skull under DeSantis’s face. The structure was cast from solid gallium, a metal that melts at 85.6F (29.8C), which is below summertime high temperatures frequently reached in Tallahassee, Florida’s capital. Continue reading...
A judge in California has ordered an extensive environmental review for an AI data center proposed in Imperial County. Concerns among local residents center on water resource impacts, emissions, and community disturbances. Developer Sebastian Rucci claims the project will generate jobs and tax income while enhancing AI infrastructure. However, legal disputes persist from the City of Imperial and environmental advocates challenging its progression.
The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink Earlier this summer I told a journalist that it was not beyond the realm of possibility that this year’s El Niño would end up the strongest in 500 or even 1,000 years. That was a strong claim at the time, and I’ve had a few people ask how I could possibly know what El Niño was doing in the year 1200. It is a fair question, and the answer is that we know more than you might think. This year’s El Niño event is already the strongest in the instrumental record based on Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperature anomalies. I’ve written in more detail about this year’s forecast here , and breaking the prior record over at Carbon Brief . Daily Niño 3.4 anomalies passed the prior record...
Cuba's new oil and gas law took effect Monday, allowing more private businesses and foreign investors to participate in the country's energy industry.
Image: Demonstrating that the visible channels of Sentinel-3C’s sea and land surface temperature radiometer are working as expected, on 2 October the instrument captured this image of Hurricane Rachel over the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula.
Storm Adam claimed the life of a second woman in Spain as the army is mobilised to help Ibiza and Majorca get back on its feet following weekend devastation.
Russia's oil exports through its Northern Sea Route in 2026 have already exceeded last year's by nearly 50 per cent.
Trudy weakens to tropical storm after warnings of strong winds and heavy rain, while one person killed in Greece In contrast to the quiet Atlantic hurricane season, there has been ongoing activity in the Pacific, with Trudy being the 22nd and latest named system. The category 2 hurricane remained roughly 100 miles (160km) south-west of the coast of Mexico, meaning the worst of the conditions stayed offshore. However, the US National Hurricane Center put coastal parts of the states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Colima under hurricane warnings, with sustained winds of up to 60-90mph forecast on Sunday. Rainfall totals of 100-150mm were likely for these areas, prompting warnings of flooding and landslides. Warnings also covered the risk of a dangerous storm surge accompanied by damaging waves...
WASHINGTON - Britain's Met Office says this year's El Nino is "unprecedented." Japan's weather agency has called it the strongest ever observed. US forecasters say it still trails the biggest events in its record books.
Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks this year on Russia overnight on Saturday, hitting a key oil terminal in defiance of US President Donald Trump’s demand it stop hitting Russian energy infrastructure. There have been growing tensions between Ukraine and the US in recent days, prompting fears in Kyiv it could lose essential … The post Trump slams Zelensky after Ukraine defies US president with major attack on Russia appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Egypt is shifting towards increasing its reliance on fuel oil to power electricity plants – rather than natural gas – in light of rising global prices, an official source in the petroleum sector said. The source noted that while power plants primarily run on natural gas, the rise in global prices—which have now reached approximately … The post Egypt turns to natural gas alternatives for powering electricity plants appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Oil prices have seen a downturn due to US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Russia, causing worries about supply stability. Brent crude is now at $108.3 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate has decreased to $101.2 per barrel. Heightened security risks in the Middle East and the ongoing uncertainty of US-Iran talks are adding to the market's instability.
Thailand's IT market is expected to receive a boost from government solar power projects in the fourth quarter, while growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) agents could become a driver of enterprise IT spending next year, offsetting weak consumer purchasing power and rising hardware costs.
Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the world Residents of a remote town in Norway that is in one of the fastest-warming places in the world have been told they must no longer drink tap water due to heavy metal contamination that scientists have linked to the thawing permafrost. Longyearbyen, in the archipelago of Svalbard , gets its main drinking water supply from a 1.5 mile-long (2.5km) dammed lake called Isdammen, or “ice pond”. Higher temperatures as a result of the climate crisis have thawed permafrost, leading to newly exposed bedrock leaching metals into the pond. Continue reading...
[Premium Times] The 1-megawatt (MW) solar mini-grid project is expected to benefit about 6,000 households and businesses inTalasse, Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State
Bill to authorise production expansion at Mount Pleasant coalmine, subject to a landmark high court decision, criticised as ‘legislative overreach’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Minns government says it will introduce special legislation to allow a mine in the New South Wales Hunter Valley that was the subject of high court proceedings to increase its coal production by 32% per year. The premier, Chris Minns, said the bill would authorise MACH Energy to increase the annual coal output at its Mount Pleasant coalmine by 4m tonnes to 16.5MT per year until 2032. He claimed it was necessary to save 400 jobs at the site before Christmas. Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] Lowering air pollution in Africa has many economic benefits, according to new research by environmental scientists Chris Malley, Kevin Hicks and Caroline Sawe. They reflect on two reports that set out the practical ways that African countries can cut air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions at the same time, while saving billions through lower healthcare costs, fewer days lost to illness and greater productivity.
Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks this year on Russia overnight on Saturday, hitting a key oil terminal in defiance of US President Donald Trump’s demand it stop hitting Russian energy infrastructure. There have been growing tensions between Ukraine and the US in recent days, prompting fears in Kyiv it could lose essential support as it approaches another winter under relentless Russian attack. President Volodymyr Zelensky told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” the US siding with Russia would be a “historic mistake.” Smoke rises above the city following an air attack on the oil terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on October 18, 2026 - AFP/Getty Images Trump said in a Truth Social post on Sunday that he doesn’t want to do anything that will drive Russia away from negotiations to end...
The war in the Middle East has disrupted oil and gas supplies, leaving governments to confront energy pressures as they prepare for next month’s Cop31 UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey. The crisis raises an enduring question: how can climate action strengthen the resilience of an economy? China offers a useful case. Its factories supply technologically advanced products essential to the green transition at competitive prices. China has production cost advantages in electric cars,...
A slow-moving coastal storm is expected to bring high winds, flooding and dangerous surf to parts of the East Coast this week, with forecasters also monitoring the system for possible subtropical development.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Sunday that a storm-force non-tropical low was expected to form off the Southeast coast on Sunday or Sunday night and move “slowly and erratically” through the middle of the week. The agency gave the system a near-zero chance of development within 48 hours and a 30 percent chance within seven days.“Regardless of development, this system will cause high winds, coastal flooding, and dangerous surf along portions of the U.S. East Coast,” the NHC said.If it develops into a named subtropical or tropical storm, it would be called Josephine, according to...
Ukraine overnight Sunday struck Russia with a massive drone attack, hitting a major oil terminal and data center.
The government's recent decision to exclude sugar-based raw materials from its ethanol procurement process marks a strategic shift aimed at boosting domestic sugar availability. By allowing oil marketing companies to source ethanol from grains and C-heavy molasses, the government addresses rising sugar prices linked to adverse weather. This procurement adjustment seeks to maintain the ethanol blending program while balancing local consumption and reducing reliance on oil imports.
Hurricane Trudy lashed parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rain and strong winds on Sunday as the US National Hurricane Centre warned of potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides. A hurricane warning remained in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco. The latest NHC data showed the Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165kph) moving northwest off Mexico’s Pacific coast at 10 mph (17kph). Meanwhile, Typhoon Champi was moving...
A pavilion dedicated to second-hand smartphones has made its debut at a Hong Kong trade show now under way, drawing international recycling platforms, refurbishers and automated kiosk operators hoping to use the city as a springboard to export used devices to other markets. The inaugural Global Mobile Exchange Pavilion, co-hosted by the Hong Kong International Communications Electronic Chamber (HKICEC) and Global Sources, opened on Sunday at AsiaWorld-Expo as part of phase two of the Global...
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Public participation is a hallmark of environmental regulation, embedded in every major environmental statute enacted over the past half-century. Yet the Trump administration has systematically sought to curtail public input into the government’s environmental decision-making by shirking decades of precedent and making […]
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 11, 2026 thru Sat, October 17, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Science and Research (6 items) Fingerprint Evidence for Human Effects on Climate: Advances After the 2009 Endangerment Finding Academic report finds obvious human effects on climate behavior and formally discredits a July 2025 report published by the US Department of Energy, Earth's Future, Benjamin Santer, Susan Solomon, David Thompson, Qiang Fu, Gabriele Hegerl, Sep 12, 2026. Fired Government Scientists Are Finding New Ways to Spread the Word on Climate Change Donald Trump’s administration fired scientists working on the next National Climate Assessment...
El Niño has brought more -- and stronger -- storms to the Pacific Ocean. People on Mexico's western coastline are exhausted
The US government has opted to lift specific sanctions concerning the import of Russian oil and gas. This includes a review period of 60 days to evaluate the economic effects on key importers such as India and China. Senator Marco Rubio highlighted India's persistent dependency on Russian energy sources despite attempts to explore alternatives.
Ukrainian attacks set an oil export terminal ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday, as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments.
With funding from the federal government and Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC), the new plant will rely on liquefied natural gas, with diesel generators as backup.
The Industry Ministry is pushing to establish dedicated recycling industrial estates to manage growing volumes of solar panel and electric vehicle (EV) battery waste, while tightening controls on hazardous industrial waste disposal.
Starting November 1, the Central Industrial Security Force will reorganize into functional sectors to enhance security management. This restructuring aims to address the specialized needs of various industries and government installations. Eleven sectors will be transformed to focus on specific sectors like coal, power, and petroleum. Existing arrangements for the Department of Atomic Energy and airports will remain unchanged. The move is expected to improve operational oversight and sector-specific expertise.
Near the end of World War II, Germany was running short on oil, but still had plenty of coal. Hence, this strange aircraft that was designed to run on coal.
A coastal storm is forecast to develop this weekend along the same cold front that brought the rain, wind and cooldown to the eastern U.S.The storm is expected to develop along the Carolina coast later Sunday, bringing persistent, long-duration coastal flooding and beach erosion through mid-week.In anticipation of this coastal storm, North Carolina's Dare County has issued a state of emergency for Hatteras Island and a mandatory evacuation for visitors on the island.NC Emergency Management - PHOTO: In this screen grab from a video released by NC Emergency Management on Oct. 17, 2026, large waves are shown.This is the same area on the Outer Banks that has produced the striking visuals of homes falling into the sea during periods of rough surf and coastal flooding from other coastal storms and...
The United States has asserted that Iran faces significant financial challenges due to a naval blockade. This blockade has reportedly restricted Iran's import and export capabilities, particularly affecting oil. Additionally, the US claims that Iran has suffered substantial losses, estimated at $25 billion, due to this blockade. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps recently reported an incident involving a supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for the World Bank to end its restrictions on upstream oil and gas projects. He emphasized that developing countries require reliable and affordable energy for economic growth and job creation. Bessent highlighted the need for a technology-neutral approach to energy financing to address these challenges. Further, he recommended reforms to the World Bank's lending framework to enhance development effectiveness.
Donald Trump issued an executive order reversing sanctions that could have impacted India's oil purchases from Russia. The sanctions were initially implemented due to India's reliance on Russian oil, but the economic situation prompted a change. Trump's decision reflects a shift towards prioritizing affordable energy for American consumers. Indian officials maintained that their energy strategies are based on market conditions and security.
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A community solar project built for New Orleans’ oldest historically Black Catholic order of nuns. An all-electric affordable housing complex in Salt Lake City. A program offering low-income Maryland households inexpensive loans for rooftop solar and energy efficiency. These are just some of the recent projects […]
Environmental watchdog Mighty Earth reveals two-year effort to postpone and weaken EU Deforestation Regulation US corporate lobbyists launched a two-year “blitz” to postpone and weaken the world’s most progressive legislation to protect forests, according to a new investigation by the environmental watchdog Mighty Earth. Major US firms and trade associations, including Cargill, Bunge, Mondelēz and the US Soybean Export Council, as well as numerous other US firms and organizations, sought to influence the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in more than 350 meetings, the advocacy group found . Continue reading...
Brazil's Amazon rainforest has achieved a remarkable milestone, showing its lowest annual deforestation at just 3,335 square kilometres, dropping by 41.8 percent from last year's figure of 5,731 square kilometres. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's ambitious goal to halt illegal logging by 2030 underscores a strong political commitment to preserve this vital ecosystem, which plays a crucial role in climate stability and global environmental health.
There's a seemingly endless array of letters and numbers to worry about when it comes to motor oil, with one of the newest being "SP." Here's what it means.
The area now has heat-resistant 'super corals' and sharks are back – to locals' delight.
The Amazon rainforest is a crucial buffer against climate change - but deforestation had expanded under former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Rising energy and fertiliser costs are hitting smallholder farmers and driving up prices of agricultural commodities, fuelling fears of a global food crisis, according to the head of the UN agriculture development fund.
Synthetic oil promises better performance and protection, but what actually happens when you make the switch after years of using conventional oil?
Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-off Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since records began, new government data shows. But whether this globally important success is maintained or reversed is on a knife edge ahead of a presidential election run-off on 25 October between two candidates with sharply different visions for the future of the rainforest and how that affects relations with the US under Donald Trump. Continue reading...
A senior Chinese embassy official has highlighted the resilience of China’s economy and its readiness to deepen cooperation with Thailand in high-tech industries and clean energy to support the country’s economic development.
The plant in Surgut lies around 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
[Daily Trust] On June 05, World Environment Day 2026 was celebrated. A day set aside by the UN (United Nations) as a platform to reflect on the state of the global environment while highlighting actions to enhance and preserve it.
NOAA's newly released winter temperature and precipitation outlooks follow clear El Niño patterns.
New York has purchased nearly 750 acres surrounding the former Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island for $28.25 million. The acquisition, the largest in the history of the state's Department of Environmental Conservation on Long Island, will permanently protect coastal forests, wetlands and wildlife habitats. The state also plans to develop public trails, parking facilities and beach access in the coming years.
Iran continues to escalate attacks against tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Russia and Ukraine are targeting energy infrastructure.
A new study from Worcester Polytechnic Institute tested a process that turns plant material into crude-like oil, but commercial-scale production costs were modeled rather than demonstrated.
Two months after swimming across the breakwaters to Ceuta, Spain, Mohamed learned that his asylum claim was denied. In late July, at his home in Tangier, Mohamed didn’t hesitate when he received a social media alert that the border crossing between Morocco and the Spanish enclave had opened. He hopped in a friend’s car, drove […]
Recent findings show that Thwaites Glacier might be a far bigger player in sea-level rise than previously thought. As warm ocean waters intrude beneath its icy surface, the glacier is melting at an alarming rate. If this trend persists, we could see a catastrophic detachment from the Mouginot Ridge by the year 2100.
[Ghanaian Times] CLIMATE change is no longer a distant threat to Africa. Its effects are increasingly felt in the livelihoods of farmers, fishers and other communities that depend on natural resources.
European leaders on Friday rallied around Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky as Kyiv’s ties with US President Donald Trump have nosedived and worries grow that US leader is increasingly siding with Russia. Relations between Kyiv and Washington have soured since last week, when Trump eased sanctions on Russia in exchange for Moscow releasing large amounts of diesel onto global markets. Zelensky infuriated Trump further by ordering Ukraine’s forces to restart strikes on Russian oil refineries in...
Plumes of smoke rise from an oil refinery after a Ukrainian drone strike in Moscow on 20 September.Photograph: Reuters Donald Trump has called Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries “a disgrace”, while renewing his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy after an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine collapsed. Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after Zelenskyy said that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire abruptly declared by Trump last week, one that neither Russia nor Ukraine said they had agreed to. Related: Russia and Ukraine trade strikes as Trump ‘energy ceasefire’ collapses In an interview with the Newsmax news outlet aired on Thursday, the US president said: “All he’s doing is making the world oil price higher. Well, I think that’s a disgrace. “There...
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority disclosed the weather conditions across Cairo and Egyptian governorates. Mildly warm weather is expected during the daytime along the northern coasts, Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, and northern Upper Egypt, while remaining hot in southern Upper Egypt and South Sinai. Nighttime weather will feel cool across most parts of the country, accompanied … The post Egypt expects rain and 3°C temperature drop on Friday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
PC; Origame Digital This odd but absorbing adventure sends you waddling across Antarctica in search of an eldritch entity – uncovering a world far stranger than it first appears A Nazi kneels down on frozen snow, staring at an endless Antarctic horizon. Another holds a gun to his head, ready to end his own life. I direct a small waddling penguin up to them, trying to imagine what it could be thinking. Dismay, perhaps. Likely bewilderment. But then a faint smile seems to break out across its beaky face, as if amused by these silly humans and their misguided belief that they could ever best this howling, harsh landscape. For most games, the idea of playing as a penguin observing Nazis losing the plot near the south pole would be weird enough. But Penguin Colony, developed by Origame Digital...
"I wouldn't use nuclear. We don't have to. We're the greatest nuclear power in the world," Trump said in an interview.
Amid fluctuating oil markets, current tensions in the Middle East and possible shifts in US sanctions have resulted in a marginal decline in oil prices. WTI crude is priced at $97.31, with Brent crude at $105.40. While recent moves to lift restrictions on certain vessels aim to counter soaring global freight rates, the International Energy Agency's diesel release hasn't completely eased concerns about oil supply.
President Trump lashed out at his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in a Thursday TV interview after Zelensky said Ukraine was “done” honoring Trump’s demand to hold off on striking Russian energy sites. “If you tell me that Zelensky is again shooting at refineries, all he’s doing is making the world oil price higher,” the president...
US president says Zelenskyy ‘more difficult to deal with than Putin’ after so-called energy ceasefire collapses Donald Trump has called Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a “disgrace”, while renewing his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy after an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine collapsed. Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after Zelenskyy said that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire abruptly declared by Trump last week, one that neither Russia nor Ukraine said they had agreed to. Continue reading...
[Ghanaian Times] STAKEHOLDERS at a panel discussion on the Africa Climate Dialogue have called on African countries to protect and restore natural ecosystems to mitigate the effects of climate change and safeguard livelihoods.
[This Day] Jos -- The World Bank and the Federal Government have advanced plans to implement 20 Strategic Catchment Management Plans (SCMPs) across 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as part of efforts to combat environmental degradation, strengthen climate resilience and secure Nigeria's water resources for future generations.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is seeking increased investment and stronger public-private partnerships to expand renewable energy use and support agricultural productivity, business growth and improved livelihoods.
Ukraine’s resumption of strikes on Russian refineries is a “disgrace” that keeps global energy prices elevated, US President Donald Trump told the Newsmax news outlet in an interview aired on Thursday. Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery after President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire covering energy sites that Trump had announced, and criticised his willingness to strike deals with Moscow. “All he’s doing is making the world oil price higher. Well, I think...
Trudy rapidly intensified into a major hurricane overnight, forecasters said early Friday, as the storm neared southwestern and west-central Mexico.
As the Philippines braces for months of drought and shortages in key resources due to the current El Nino season, questions are mounting over whether it could have prepared better to deal with a crisis that has been predicted well in advance. The government’s haphazard response to El Nino reflects its persistent track record of failing to do adequate disaster and infrastructure planning, according to climate and risk specialists. El Nino is a weather phenomenon that causes changes in winds and...
Ukraine Resumes Oil Refinery Hits In Russia; 'Done With Energy Truce:' Prez
By Daniel Flynn and Max Hunder KYIV, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy declared that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire covering energy sites announced by US President Donald Trump, and criticised Trump's willingness to strike deals with Moscow. By effectively walking away from Trump's demand that Ukraine halt attacks on Russian refineries and openly criticising the US leader, Zelenskiy risks deepening the biggest rift between Kyiv and Washington since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's latest target was a refinery in the Ryazan region southeast of Moscow, which is owned by state oil major Rosneft and accounts for nearly 5% of Russia's refinery throughput, helping supply the capital. Regional...
France has started deploying military resources to Saudi Arabia to protect its oil facilities from regional attacks. This decision follows an agreement aimed at enhancing defense cooperation, especially amid increased drone and missile threats. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the deployment, which includes soldiers and defense systems to bolster security. Recent attacks by Houthi militants have escalated tensions in the area, raising concerns for energy stability.
6 Policy Levers Local Governments Can Use to Shape Data Center Energy Impacts wil.thomas@wri.org Thu, 10/15/2026 - 15:37 As local governments across the United States make progress toward their clean energy goals , a new challenge is emerging: rising electricity demand from data centers. Data centers are not new, nor are they the only driver of growing electricity demand. However, the speed and scale of recent development have placed them at the center of conversations about land use, infrastructure investment, siting and economic development. Communities are increasingly concerned about the impacts of data centers on local energy and water systems, noise and air pollution, as well as the broader implications of the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) on economies...
A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific. NASA scientists are keeping […]
From the International Space Station’s unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital source of energy. Solar power supports the station’s life support systems, daily activities, and hundreds of research investigations that improve life on Earth and prepare humans for deep space exploration. Over the past five years, NASA augmented the station’s […]
A NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 9. These flights will measure gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feeding operations. Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy […]
Hā‘ena State Park on Kaua‘i reopened on October 15 after being closed due to Hurricane Lowell. Visitors can now access specific hiking trails and Kē‘ē Beach, but restrictions remain. Overnight camping is still prohibited, while hiking beyond two miles along the Kalalau Trail is not allowed. Other state parks on Kaua‘i remain closed or have limited access due to extensive storm damage.
[Namibian] Namibia is on the verge of a major offshore oil and gas boom. The Namibia Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, held in Windhoek from 18 to 20 August, highlighted the sector's growing importance.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched five pivotal projects in Ladakh aimed at advancing airport facilities and improving road connectivity. These projects feature a new terminal at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport and the creation of the Nimmu-Padum-Darcha Road. The Hanu Hydroelectric Project will foster renewable energy, supplemented by a Conservation Park to preserve historic artifacts.
Madeleine King told press club emissions from NT fossil fuel basin ‘are accounted for and offset’ but research found 95% of emissions this decade would not have to be offset Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The resources minister, Madeleine King, is facing calls to correct her claim in a major speech that all greenhouse gas emissions from developing a massive fossil fuel basin in the Northern Territory will be offset to limit their impact on the climate. Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, King defended her support for the development of the Beetaloo gas basin south of Darwin after being asked if she was comfortable with the impact that the emissions from the gas would have on Australians. Continue reading...
DHS has rejected a recommendation by the Government Accountability Office that it implement controls to ensure body cameras are used by ICE agents.
By Daniel Flynn and Max Hunder KYIV, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv was "done" supporting a ceasefire on energy targets announced by US President Donald Trump and ignored by Russia. Since Trump's surprise announcement on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt attacks on energy, Kyiv had suspended attacks on Russian refineries, which Trump blames for raising diesel prices on global markets. But in the days that followed, Russia rained down deadly missile and drone strikes, including on energy targets such as power stations, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. In an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday, Zelenskiy said Ukraine's patience had run out...
Why Long-Term Climate Strategies Are the Economic Planning Tool Governments Need Right Now alicia.cypress… Thu, 10/15/2026 - 07:15 In an era defined by geopolitical conflicts, volatile energy prices, disrupted supply chains, changing trade relationships and intensifying climate impacts, governments need a steady hand that can anchor today's policy decisions to tomorrow's goals. Long-term climate strategies offer exactly that — aligning climate and development goals, and the policy and investment tools that support them, in ways that benefit people, nature and the climate. These strategies hold steady through political transitions, helping governments make better near-term choices in service of the future they are aiming to build. Also known as long-term low-emission...
Russia reports a Ukrainian strike on an oil refinery on Thursday, after Ukraine's president says a pause is over following fresh Russian attacks.
[Nile Post] Farmers in Nebbi District have received agricultural equipment and other inputs under the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project, a government initiative aimed at improving productivity and strengthening resilience to climate change.
Scientist have projected for years that climate change would lead to fewer Santa Anas by the end of the century. A new UCLA paper shows it's already happening.
Space tsunamis have revealed the weak spots in Earth's invisible magnetic shield, highlighting the regions where dangerous solar storms can 'find a way through'.
The next president’s policies on deforestation will come at a critical moment for the rainforest’s survival.
Nepal has weathered three disasters in six weeks, including the deadly August flash flood, making this year one of the deadliest in a country where monsoon rains already frequently wreak havoc. Experts warn that climate change is only making matters worse. The rock-ice avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border that opened the floodgates in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers on August 26 killed more than 1,450 people, with nearly 6,000 others still missing. It was followed by a massive landslide...
[DW] Aid groups warn of an imminent collapse of the health system as fighting continues to displace civilians amid the planting season. The UN has extended an arms embargo, but only for Darfur.
[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to strengthening Nigeria's weather forecasting and climate resilience systems, targeting $500 million in climate-related investments and approving N83.2 billion for interventions to mitigate flooding and other climate-related emergencies.
[The Conversation Africa] Agriculture in the global south remains under pressure to produce more food while responding to climate change and resource constraints. Policy responses have focused on increasing production. But what about post-harvest losses? Globally, about one-third of food produced for human consumption is estimated to be lost or wasted.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Emergency humanitarian assistance is reaching drought-affected communities in Afar Region, Ethiopia, targeting vulnerable households and people in need following climate-induced challenges.
[Nile Post] Uganda wants to build a green economy powered by innovation, renewable energy and climate-resilient development. Yet nearly 35 million people lack access to basic sanitation, only two per cent of public investment in water, sanitation and hygiene reportedly goes to the sector, and some schools have no reliable access to clean water.
[New Era] Yesterday, Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare appointed John Titus, Director in the Department of Energy in the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy, as Namibia's first Nuclear Commissioner.
Nuclear power isn't just for military use. In fact, it has been used in civilian ships since the 1950s and the first is in danger of being scrapped.
Simon weaken Wednesday to a tropical storm as it drifted southwestward of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said.
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