At the worst-performing refineries, report finds operators are not tackling recurring and harmful leaks, leading to public health risk. The post Texas’ Gulf Coast has a health problem: benzene emissions are among the highest in the nation appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going after a facility in Freeport over emissions dating back to 2022.
Schools in India’s capital must ring regular bells to remind schoolchildren to drink water as the megacity gears up to face heatwave conditions, a new city order has said. Summer heat in the world’s most populous nation can be brutal – putting millions of people at risk, with nearly 11,000 people dying due to heatstroke between 2012 and 2021, according to government data. A heatwave in May 2024 in New Delhi saw temperatures match the capital’s previous record high: 49.2 degrees Celsius (120...
Reframe Systems, co-founded by Vikas Enti SM '20, creates microfactories for modular home construction, reducing carbon emissions and costs.
Some over-the-counter and prescription drugs may make it harder for your body to stay cool and hydrated – with potentially serious consequences. The post These common medications may increase your risk during heat waves appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Sarah Finch is among six recipients of the Goldman Environmental prize, awarded to honour grassroots activists around the world The woman whose campaigning set a legal precedent in the UK that stopped thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious environmental prizes alongside five other women from around the globe. A supreme court ruling in a case brought by Sarah Finch has been cited in decisions against new oil concessions in the North Sea, the UK’s first new deep coalmine for 30 years and even plans for new large-scale factory farms. Iroro Tanshi, a Nigerian conservation ecologist who launched a successful, community-led campaign to protect endangered bats from human induced wildfires; Borim Kim, a South Korean activist who...
Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will lead a multi‑agency delegation to Chiang Mai on Monday to follow up on efforts to address forest fires, haze and PM2.5 pollution cloaking the upper North.
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) has issued a warning regarding current weather conditions across the country, as Egypt reaches the peak of a significant heatwave accompanied by active Khamsin winds. Most regions will experience hot to extreme heat, though conditions remain slightly milder on the North-Western coast, with moderate temperatures persisting at night as nationwide … The post Heatwave alert – Egypt faces peak temperatures and Khamsin winds on Thursday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Can Forests Withstand and Recover from Wildfires? alicia.cypress… Wed, 04/15/2026 - 08:22 Wildfires haven’t always been bad news for forests. Some forests have evolved to cope with these brutal events. Traits like thicker tree bark or heat-resistant seed pods ensure trees can survive and even thrive after fires — some forests even depend on them. But over the last several decades, more frequent, larger and intense forest fires are burning forests that have historically not experienced nor adapted to fires . In 2024, unprecedented fires burned 13 million hectares of natural forests and planted trees, an area roughly the size of Greece, and emitted 4.1 billion tons of greenhouse gases — more than four times the emissions from air travel in 2023. When fires become...
A super typhoon steadily battered a pair of remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds and relentless rains, shredding tin roofs and forcing residents to take cover from flying tree limbs.
Japan’s effort to shield itself from President Donald Trump’s tariffs is facing a new backlash, with environmental groups warning that US projects tied to Tokyo’s investment pledge could generate greenhouse gases equal to around 20 per cent of Japan’s annual emissions. The Japanese government agreed to invest 5.7 trillion yen (US$35.6 billion) in the three projects as part of the first round of spending on US infrastructure in return for Trump’s tariffs being suspended. In total, the bilateral...
A dangerous super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is barrelling towards a group of remote US islands. Super Typhoon Sinlakua is expected to make landfall on Tuesday in the Northern Mariana Islands and bring destructive winds, widespread heavy rain and flooding, the National Weather Service said on Monday. Power cuts on the islands could be lengthy, forecasters warned. Guam, a US territory with American military installations and about 170,000 residents, could also see damaging winds and is under a...
Hong Kong’s labour authorities have expanded heat stress monitoring to include data from 10 sites, enabling faster alerts to better safeguard outdoor workers. Deputy Commissioner for Labour Vincent Fung Hao-yin said on Monday that the department would incorporate data from the Hong Kong Observatory’s newly added monitoring stations at eight sites across the city. The move is intended to provide a more accurate picture of local heat stress levels and to issue warnings when outdoor workers should...
Bipartisan lawmakers warn a tighter emissions cap could drive up costs and industrial flight.
Anaerobic digesters converting manure to biogas reduce methane emissions from livestock, but incentives for them have encouraged factory farms to get bigger
A bill that passed Florida’s Legislature would prevent local governments from capping greenhouse gas emissions.
Much of Thailand is sweltering under a humid heatwave with temperatures touching 40°C as hazardous levels of PM2.5 pollution continue to blanket the North, Northeast and Central Plain.
April 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
A new study pieces together existing data sources in order to develop a detailed, dynamic picture of auto emissions.
Record-low snowpack and an early heatwave could mean a higher risk of drought and fire in coming months.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum once described the carbon capture project as a “shining example of how industries can reduce emissions while investing in baseload generation.”
Boot Tan is a women-only ski festival in Colorado, known for its 'naked lap,' but was cancelled this year due to a heatwave that melted the snow and closed the resort early.
Wildfires that swept across the Amazon in 2024 were the most devastating in more than two decades. New research funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) suggests emissions may have been up to three times higher than earlier estimates.
In a new analysis, researchers estimated direct, indirect and future greenhouse gas emissions that were created in the first two weeks of the Iran war, between Feb. 28 and March 14.
Experts say brutal temperatures in west threaten to melt sparse snowpack – and warn hot, dry conditions here to stay A stunning heatwave that shattered records in the US west is threatening to rapidly melt the sparse snowpack and ramp up wildfire risks in the seasons ahead. March has already been historically hot , but the early onset of summer weather across the region may be here to stay. There’s little reprieve in forecasts, which show more heat records may fall this spring. Continue reading...
Power companies need to reduce their carbon emissions, and this new gas engine promises to help them do so by running on a unique fuel blend.
The lawsuit seeks to overturn the Trump administration's reversal last month of the 2009 ruling that underpins all US policies aimed at lowering emissions.
Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovakia met in Brussels to coordinate their mutual concerns with the Emissions Trading System.
An environmental engineer, he invented a biological method to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater, an advance that transformed the industry worldwide.
The EU executive is expected to present a revision of the Emissions Trading System around July.
[Namibian] Lifeguards at Walvis Bay warn that the ongoing heatwave affecting Namibia's coastal towns is increasing the risk of drowning as more people flock to beaches and swimming areas to cool off.
Records could be smashed in southern California as experts warn weather set to be ‘exceptional – and not in a good way’ States across the US west are bracing for a brutal early-season heatwave threatening to cook several cities through the weekend and into next week. Forecasters warned temperatures will spike 20-30F above normal for several days. Daily records could be shattered in southern California this week, the National Weather Service said, with a possibility that all-time records for March will be broken as well. Following the warmest winter on record across most of the region, the intense conditions are expected to eat into low snowpack levels, deepening drought concerns. Continue reading...
Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs – and the need to adapt or be left behind Read more of our Coffee crisis series here On a steep hillside in western El Salvador , Oscar Leiva watches rainfall in December, a month that once marked the start of the dry season. During this harvest cycle, flowering came early and then stalled. A heatwave followed. What remains of the crop is uneven, lower in quality and more expensive to produce than the last. For Leiva and his family, coffee has never been just a crop. His mother, Marina Marinero, remembers when the rains arrived on schedule and the harvest could be planned months in advance. Today, the calendar no longer holds. Decisions about pruning, fertilising and hiring labour feel like educated...
Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There are signs that this is already happening, and a more abrupt shift could warn of more severe climate impacts
Beijing Expands Green Transportation, Cuts Emissions Through Digital Transit Platform wil.thomas@wri.org Tue, 03/03/2026 - 17:00 WRI co-designed Beijing’s “Mobility-as-a-Service” digital platform, helping shift millions of commuters toward low-carbon travel and inspire similar apps in other cities. The Challenge As one of the largest cities in the world, Beijing faces complex traffic challenges. Roads are congested. Emissions are rising. Access to reliable and affordable transportation is hugely uneven. Meanwhile, growing private car use has reduced public transportation ridership while increasing air pollution. One potential fix is making public transit more accessible and easier to use. WRI’s Role WRI partnered with the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport...
Campaign groups write to technology secretary amid concerns that sites could double overall electricity demand Datacentre developers are facing pressure to reveal whether their projects will increase the UK’s net greenhouse gas emissions, amid concerns the sites could double national electricity demand . Campaign groups have written to the UK technology secretary, Liz Kendall, warning that the energy required by new AI infrastructure poses a “serious threat to efforts to decarbonise the electricity grid”. Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] Air travel is famously one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise, and the number of air passengers keeps increasing. Electric planes and "sustainable" aviation fuels are still a long way off making a dent in the industry's emissions - if they ever will.
Companies that have to cover their emissions under California's cap-and-trade system exhibited low demand in last week's sale.
BusinessEurope said that while it remained in favor of keeping the Emissions Trading System, the pace of planned emissions cuts needed to be reconsidered.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat RRTS on Sunday. This marks the full operationalisation of the 82-km Delhi-Meerut corridor. The integrated network promises faster travel between cities and within Meerut. It aims to reduce travel time significantly, boost connectivity, and lower carbon emissions.
[New Times] The country wants to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by up to 53% before 2035.
The decline in China’s emissions, while small, may mark a turning point for the world’s largest polluter.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02571-7Planning for climate action in food systems requires disaggregated spatial information on greenhouse gas emissions and removals. Now, a study on the major emission sources for global croplands yields such emissions estimates, identifies the locations of hotspots and assesses mitigation trade-offs with food productivity.
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has secured a US$100-million loan from the World Bank to support projects to cut carbon dioxide emissions at industrial parks as well as trade carbon credits.
A new Scottish Government campaign will highlight installing heat pumps among the most impactful actions people can take to reduce carbon emissions.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is turning to factories and power plants to cut emissions, after scrapping a consumer carbon tax last year.
New Department for Transport research has looked at whether UK travellers could be influenced by emissions labels when they are researching flights to book.
Towns and cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and responsible for around 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions driving the climate crisis, which is why urban planners in Brazil are leading a design revolution that could point the way to creating built-up areas with a dramatically smaller carbon footprint.
The burden was highest among urban metro residents, people aged 40-49 years, and those from lower-income groups. Regionally, pollution-linked depression showed stronger associations in eastern India, while anxiety was more prominent in the western region. Risks also peaked during the post-monsoon season, when pollution levels typically rise. he study went beyond overall PM2.5 levels to examine individual chemical constituents of air pollution.
Watchdog groups say officials in the Lone Star State haven't done enough to prevent emissions events from spiking during harsh weather.
The BoM forecasts parts of inland NSW will exceed 45C on Saturday, with Thargomindah in Queensland to reach 46C, Mildura 45C and Canberra 41C Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A cool change this weekend is expected to bring an end to eight consecutive days of blistering temperatures above 40C in Australia’s south-east. But before it does, the heat continued on Saturday. Heatwave warnings remained in place for parts of every state and territory excluding Tasmania, with Canberra forecast to reach a top of 41C and parts of inland New South Wales, including Broken Hill, expected to climb higher than 45C. Continue reading...
Unsafe levels of ultrafine dust blanketed 57 provinces and Bangkok and one province, Samut Songkhram, faced a red level of harmful smog.
Parts of Australia sweltered in record temperatures of close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday as the country sweated through a prolonged heatwave. The rural towns of Hopetoun and Walpeup in Victoria state registered preliminary highs of 48.9 degrees, which if confirmed overnight would top records set on the day in 2009 when 173 people were killed in the state’s devastating Black Saturday bushfires. No casualties were reported from Tuesday’s heatwave, but Victoria...
Concrete is a significant portion of the emissions associated with building data centers. But the “boom in data centers is providing an opportunity to evaluate, address and move on the carbon impacts of concrete,” said an engineer.
A new policy has halted all criminal investigations and prosecutions of those who bypass vehicles' emissions control systems, although civil enforcement may continue.
Global supply chains are systematically offshoring the physiological burden of climate change. To manage transboundary risks, regulators rigorously track indirect greenhouse gas emissions across a company’s value chain (1), but they overlook the human cost of heatrelated stress. To protect workers globally, trade and labor regulators in importing countries should monitor and penalize heat stress associated with international trade.
Thailand is bracing for an air pollution crisis, with authorities warning that fine dust (PM2.5) levels are expected to rise nationwide through Jan 25, heightening health concerns.
Delhi-NCR choked under a severe smog and fog blanket Monday, with air quality hitting 'severe-plus' in several areas. Flights faced delays as the Air Quality Index (AQI) soared, with PM2.5 levels reaching alarming peaks. Experts cite local emissions and stagnant air for the dangerous spike, posing significant health risks.
Toxic haze continued to blanket Bangkok and large parts of the country, with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeding safe limits in 45 provinces nationwide, authorities said, warning that unhealthy air conditions could persist until Jan 23.
RELEASE: Greenhouse Gas Protocol Appoints Tim Mohin as CEO, Marking New Phase in Global Standards Evolution alison.cinnamo… Tue, 04/28/2026 - 05:00 GENEVA (April 28, 2026) – The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol), the world’s leading framework for measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions, today announced the appointment of Tim Mohin as its first Chief Executive Officer , marking a significant step in the organization’s evolution. The appointment of this new executive role comes at a pivotal moment for emissions reporting. As carbon accounting becomes central to regulation, corporate strategy and capital allocation, GHG Protocol—together with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)—has been mandated by the COP30 Presidency to lead the...
Uttar Pradesh is reeling under a severe heatwave, with Banda recording a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius, its highest in April since 1951. Many districts exceeded 42 degrees Celsius, and the heatwave is expected to persist until Monday. Relief might arrive Tuesday with a western disturbance bringing light rainfall.
Delhi is bracing for a heatwave from Wednesday to Friday, with temperatures expected to soar to around 44 degrees Celsius in some areas. A yellow alert has been issued as mercury levels are predicted to rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius over the next five days. The minimum temperature is also forecast to increase significantly.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered agencies to step up enforcement of environmental laws to tackle worsening PM2.5 pollution, warning that inaction could erode public trust.
Air pollution has reached critical levels in 10 northern provinces, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) warned on Monday, with Nan recording the worst smog, as PM2.5 dust levels nationwide exceeded safety standards in 31 provinces.
Delhi's mercury is rising again, with temperatures expected to reach 43°C and a yellow alert issued for heatwave conditions from Wednesday to Friday. Despite recent rain, consistently hot winds and prolonged sunshine will push temperatures up, posing moderate health concerns for vulnerable groups.
A new report from the federal government says an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry in 2024 offset decreases in several other industries.
The Gulf Stream may be on the verge of collapse as a key ocean current weakens, scientists have warned.
After the Yukon government repealed legislation that aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, experts say climate action shouldn’t fall to the wayside as the territory addresses its strained power grid.
Sinlaku is the 10th Category 4 or 5 tropical cyclone to hit a U.S. state or territory in the past 10 years — as many Cat 4 and Cat 5 landfalls as the U.S. suffered in the prior 57 years. The post Category 4 Typhoon Sinlaku powers through the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A super typhoon is taking aim at several remote US islands in the Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam with heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts hours before its arrival.
Record temperatures led to colourful displays of tulips, hyacinths, wisteria and daffodils as gardeners prepare for shows Colourful tulips, hyacinths, wisteria and daffodils have made a remarkable display across England after a heatwave followed by a cold snap caused excellent conditions for spring blooms. There were record temperatures last week in many parts of the UK as the country recorded one of the hottest April days in the last 80 years. Continue reading...
The only typhoon this strong that occurred earlier in any year was Super Typhoon Hester on Jan. 1, 1953. The post Cat 5 Super Typhoon Sinlaku the 2nd-strongest typhoon so early in the year appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
France’s cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain below what is needed to meet its climate goals, according to government-commissioned data.
A professor of environmental law explores the 1970 Clean Air Act and it how it has effected car emissions and smog in the decades since.
Hazardous levels of ultrafine dust shrouded Bangkok and 58 of the 76 provinces late Sunday afternoon with red levels of smog in 10 northern and northeastern provinces, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
Researchers warn the high-pressure conditions could disrupt marine life and ecosystems if it continues Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures along the California coast. This year, they are flashing a warning sign. Over the last three months, several stations have repeatedly posted record-breaking daily high temperatures – with the La Jolla station registering temperatures a full 10F above historical average at one point last month. Continue reading...
Toxic haze remains at critical levels across large parts of the country, with PM2.5 concentrations exceeding safety standards in 37 provinces, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported on Friday.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02597-xFood loss and waste (FLW) is often attributed to technoeconomic inefficiencies of food systems. However, using a mechanistic analysis framework, we show that food surplus and misconsumption accounted for 11% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, exceeding FLW-associated emissions that are driven by technoeconomic constraints.
The Yukon government has repealed legislation that set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and required the territory to report its progress in meeting those goals. The government says it's about reducing pressure on the territory's electrical grid.
Smoglandia: SoCal officials start to fight the smog problem that begins to defines the region.
For the eighth consecutive year, New Delhi has been named the most polluted capital in the world, with hazardous PM2.5 levels exceeding the WHO's safe threshold by an alarming 16.4 times. Although there has been a slight uplift since 2024, factors such as seasonal smog, dust storms, and agricultural burning continue to shroud the Indo-Gangetic plain in poor air quality.
A New Community of Practice Sparks Financial Solutions for Electric School Buses shannon.paton@… Tue, 03/24/2026 - 11:27 Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) account for 21% of the United States’ transportation greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are a major source of air pollution in low-income areas and communities of color . Electrifying MHDVs is essential to protect public health and reduce emissions. School buses are a particularly effective entry point: Across the U.S., the total school bus fleet includes half a million buses, and more trips are taken on school buses than on public transit buses each year, reaching every type of community. Yet financing these vehicles remains a major obstacle to electrifying fleets in the communities that could benefit most...
Homes built from March 2028 will produce 75% less greenhouse gas emissions than those built to 2013 standard Buyers of new homes are likely to be shackled to high gas prices for years to come, as the government has delayed bringing into force new regulations on low-carbon housing . Most newly built homes will come equipped with solar panels and heat pumps from March 2028, according to updated regulations for England called the “future homes standard” (FHS), but the government has relented on plans for more stringent rules under pressure from housebuilders. Continue reading...
A punishing heatwave has been gripping the western United States, with parts of the region logging record temperatures - even though it was still winter. A desert community in southwestern Arizona reached 43.3 degrees Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) on Thursday, breaking a record for the highest March temperature recorded in the United States. The temperature was recorded just outside Martinez Lake, Arizona, in the Yuma Desert. The previous record of 42.2 degrees had been set in Rio Grande City, Texas,...
Electrification, hydrogen and seafood are among the options state officials say could help cut greenhouse gas emissions.
UCLA's Stop Methane Project ranked the 25 oil and gas sites with the largest methane emissions rates worldwide.
Greenhouse gases dropped just 0.1% last year as environment minister criticises lack of improvement Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025. Emissions decreased by just 0.1% last year compared to the previous year, according to data from the German Environment Agency. Continue reading...
Mumbai braces for another heatwave as the India Meteorological Department issued a warning for Friday and Saturday, following three days of intense heat earlier this month. While Thursday offered a brief respite, temperatures are expected to rise again across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Coastal-interior transition zones are particularly affected by high 'real feel' temperatures.
Shifts in the Gulf Stream could help researchers predict the human-driven failure of a huge system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says the western and south-western parts of South Africa can expect very hot to extremely hot temperatures this week, resulting in heatwave conditions.
The new policy is the latest step in a debate about what to do with the billions of gallons of wastewater after decades of deep injection have resulted in earthquakes, geyser-like well blowouts and ground swelling.
India is bracing for an above-normal number of heatwave days between March and May, with several states expected to experience prolonged high temperatures. While March may see moderate temperatures in many regions, the IMD warns of significant risks to public health and essential services as summer intensifies.
Pollution credits sold for the bare minimum at a recent auction. Activists say California must raise prices to encourage emissions cuts.
Panama joins smaller nations in dropping support for policy aimed at cutting maritime emissions US ‘bullying’ over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have warned, after Panama reversed its support for the measure. In a leaked document seen by the Guardian, the key maritime state has co-sponsored a proposal to the International Maritime Organization that would effectively cancel the carbon levy and undermine attempts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading...
[Ghanaian Times] GHANA has significant potential to establish a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry to help reduce carbon emissions in the aviation sector, a study by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has revealed.
Dozens of municipalities are seeking billions in damages from oil and gas companies, often accusing them of misleading the public about the links between greenhouse gases and climate risks.
To Reduce Industrial Emissions, We First Need to Measure Them sarah.brown@wri.org Fri, 02/20/2026 - 14:45 What is meant by “green” steel or “green” cement? And is a ton of “green” steel produced in a factory in Germany the same as “green” steel made in a factory in India? With green procurement efforts underway , agreeing on how to define green — or “low-carbon" — products is increasingly important. Harmonized ways of determining an industrial product’s “embodied” greenhouse gas emissions are needed to avoid the patchwork of definitions that has emerged and enable industrial decarbonization policies, such as green procurement programs or the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which imposes tariffs on imported goods based on their carbon...
Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.
Planting trees on 6.4 million hectares of northern taiga forest could remove 3.9 gigatons of CO2 by 2100 — five times Canada's annual emissions.
The carbon emissions of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter have plateaued for nearly two years.
The government has reported 4,462 pollution hotspots in Cambodia, the highest number recorded since the start of the season, contributing to a surge in PM2.5 dust levels in Thailand.
Peter Liese, the European People's Party's lead on environmental issues, said his group wanted a “balanced” approach to overhauling the emissions cap-and-trade program.
Researchers have released an initial assessment of the emissions data MethaneSat gathered before it suddenly went dark. The findings are damning.
Before a summit of EU leaders next week on strengthening the bloc’s economy, talks are heating up on reforming the Emissions Trading System, a key tool to curb greenhouse gases.
Andrej Babiš told European leaders the EU emissions trading scheme had become too costly.
The shift away from desflurane has contributed to a nearly 30 percent decrease in anesthetic greenhouse gas emissions over a decade, says a study.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has issued a clarification on what constitutes a heatwave in major urban centres, seeking to address public confusion over rising daytime temperatures in recent weeks.
A massive dust storm coated western NSW following a widespread heatwave.
A number of Aussie towns are facing near-50C temperatures as the country swelters in another heatwave.
Bushfires still burning out of control in Victoria after state’s all-time maximum daily temperature record of 48.9C broken on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Parts of New South Wales and south-western Queensland could be on track for more record setting temperatures on Wednesday as a heatwave that has gripped south-eastern Australia persists. By midday the temperature in Wilcannia, in NSW’s west, was 45.4C, with a forecasted maximum of 48C, while in Bourke, the mercury had climbed to 41.3C with a forecasted maximum of 47C. Continue reading...
The seriously harmful levels of ultrafine dust reached three digits in Greater Bangkok while most of Thailand was blanketed with unsafe degrees of smog on Tuesday morning.
The teal MP has made a major call, as her electorate and state is hit by a major heatwave, with fears it could turn deadly.
Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not … there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Human-caused global heating made the intense heatwave that affected much of Australia in early January five times more likely, new analysis suggests. The heatwave earlier this month was the most severe since the 2019-20 black summer, with temperatures over 40C in Melbourne and Sydney, even hotter conditions in regional Victoria and New South Wales, and extreme heat also affecting Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. Continue reading...
On Tuesday, Delhi NCR was enveloped in a thick smog, as the Air Quality Index surged to a concerning 379. Pandav Nagar reported an alarming 445 AQI, marking the air quality as 'severe'. Even with GRAP Stage-IV measures in place, pollution levels are still alarmingly high, revealing overlooked areas in controlling construction dust and road sweeping.
Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, but a model of Earth’s ancient carbon cycle suggests this is a relatively recent phenomenon
Delhi grapples with severe smog as AQI hits 402, prompting Stage-III of GRAP. Restrictions on older vehicles and construction are now in effect to combat rising pollution. While the cold wave has ended, temperatures remain below normal, with dense fog also impacting visibility. Authorities are implementing a nine-point action plan to curb the deteriorating air quality.
Thick smog is seen in many areas of Bangkok on Thursday, where higher vehicle emissions have been singled out as the main contributor to pollution in inner areas of the capital city.