The research finds that even under a scenario where climate pollution is significantly cut, the Arctic will still be “practically” ice-free in September by the middle of this century. “We are very
Atlanta’s city council voted 11-4 to approve funding for the construction of a $90 million police training center, sited in the South River Forest, despite fierce and sustained opposition from thousands of
Driven by a combination of an El Niño weather pattern, an intense heat dome, and the changing climate, much of Puerto Rico faced a heat index of over 100 degrees this week,
An unusually warm winter and subsequent late spring freeze caused Georgia to lose more than 90 percent of its peach crop this year. In 2021, the 130 million pounds of peaches produced
The Supreme Court has refused to grant an oil industry plea to review a lower court decision that prevents fracking in the federal waters off the California coast. A 2014 lawsuit brought
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) has found that the levels of carbon pollution in Earth's atmosphere reached another record high last month, as
International negotiators at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have agreed to develop a legally binding treaty to cut pollution from plastics, a product that causes climate pollution at every stage of
Three major chemical companies, Dupont, Chemours and Corteva, reached a $1.18 billion deal to avoid having a judge decide whether they contaminated US drinking water systems with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS),
The Biden administration announced a 20-year pause on oil or gas exploration on federal lands surrounding the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a 30,000 acre area spanning New Mexico and Arizona that
Arizona will no longer certify new developments within the Phoenix area as groundwater supplies have been rapidly disappearing after years of overuse and drought driven by the climate crisis. A report from
Following a big breakthrough in fusion energy this past December, the Biden administration is pumping funds to fusion startups working to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of energy produced through nuclear fusion “within
A group of residents, led by the former president of the Navajo Chapter in Counselor, New Mexico, are suing the state for failing to prevent their neighbors and other New Mexico residents
The Earth Commission, a group of 51 scientists among the world’s leading research institutions, published a study in Nature that found the planet is failing seven out of eight “planetary boundaries,” or
Hundreds of Amazon workers told executives to “strive harder” as they walked out in protest over the company’s failure to achieve its climate goals, an inequitable return to working in an office
Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice are being sued for not paying the penalties owed for previously violating mining laws. The US Office of Surface
Black Americans make up just 6 percent of the life sciences workforce, and slightly under half (48 percent) of those professionals are women. Although higher education institutions have begun granting more science,
Fire evacuation orders are in effect across Canada as dozens of wildfires rage in the eastern and western portions of the country. In Halifax alone, more than 16,000 people were evacuated as
A $1 billion class action lawsuit filed in California targets Delta’s statement that it is “the world’s first carbon-neutral airline.” The lawsuit alleges this statement is demonstrably false as it relies on
The maritime shipping industry creates nearly 3 percent of all global climate pollution but has struggled to reduce emissions from the sector and maritime trade volumes are expected to triple by 2050.
One of the biggest car and home insurers in America will no longer offer new home insurance policies in California, citing the rising risk of wildfires and home construction costs. “The factors
A measure slipped into the debt-limit deal reached in principle by lawmakers over the weekend would legislate the approval of the controversial methane gas pipeline that would carry methane gas over 300
A new Ipsos poll finds less than half of the American public believe climate change is human-driven, the lowest share reported over several years of polling. Twenty-seven percent believe climate change is
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a new report that finds the amount invested in solar in 2023 outpaced the amount invested in oil exploration and production, marking the widening gap between
Writing for the five majority justices, Justice Alito said the Clean Water Act does not allow the agency to regulate pollution dumped into wetlands unless they have “a continuous surface connection” to
Fifteen properties across seven German states were searched as part of an investigation into whether the German climate protest group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) is a criminal organization. 170 police officers took
The rule, which went into effect Tuesday, will stop most air travel between Paris and regional hubs like Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux, though connecting flights are unaffected. The general rule is that
Residents were urged to stay home until the island is declared safe for travel, as the Category 4 typhoon brought hurricane-force winds of at least 150 miles per hour and heavy rain
Climate activists stormed Shell’s annual shareholder meeting in London, calling for the oil and gas giant to stop contributing to the climate crisis and stop operations. The demonstrations delayed the meeting by
More than 130 members of Congress and the European Parliament called for Sultan Al-Jaber, who runs the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, to step down as president for the next U.N. Climate
Black children are more likely to have asthma than kids of any other race in America because racist housing laws placed Black communities near pollution hotspots like power plants and major roadways,
The US Forestry Service was expected to issue an environmental impact statement for the transfer of a 2,422-acre piece of land known as Oak Flat to Resolution Copper Mining LLC, but decided
A deal struck between California, Arizona and Nevada will cut about 13 percent of the total water use in the lower Colorado Basin - around a trillion gallons - over the next
Extreme heat fueled by climate change kills more people in the US than any other weather-related event each year, and those who are at the greatest risk of dying are Black and
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and people stayed at home, cycling surged in countries around the world as people looked to escape isolation in a socially distant way. Case studies suggest
Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada caused states across the northwestern US to issue air quality alerts over the weekend. Montana officials said that nearly the entire state was
New research finds that only about 13 percent of global methane pollution is regulated, despite the super pollutant causing at least a quarter of current global warming. To achieve the goals laid
Summer is around the corner, and across the US people are gearing up to put some shrimp on the barbie. However, for the eco-conscious, grilling can have some negative impacts on the
Using satellite measurements of almost 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs and images taken over 30 years, University of Colorado Boulder researchers found that 53 percent of the freshwater resources
A new study published in the journal Science finds that the average El Niño costs the global economy around $3.4 trillion. This tab could run to $84 trillion by the end of
A study published by the University of Texas finds that regulating methane pollution from oil and gas sites in Texas could create as many as 35,000 jobs. Texas is the top methane
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) is warning that much of the US is at risk for power outages if the summer is as hot as scientists are forecasting. This marks
Planet Earth will likely experience a significant global warming milestone in the coming years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The WMO — The United Nations’ weather agency — says there’s a
The work published in Environmental Research Letters is the first to quantify how fossil fuel company emissions have worsened wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada. A huge swath of recently burned
The resolution thumbed down by Biden had passed both the House and Senate, and would have reversed a Commerce Department decision to waive tariffs on solar panels imported from Southeast Asian countries
The $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline would send methane gas 300 miles from the Marcellus shale fields in West Virginia to Virginia, crossing almost 1,000 streams and wetlands, and now a national
Nguy Thi Khanh, the founder of the GreenID Vietnam campaign group and one of Vietnam’s leading environmental activists has been freed from prison five months early. Khanh was imprisoned for not paying
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed opening leasing of federal land to conservationists, giving them the chance to compete with the oil, mining, and grazing interests who are already
A new study by Harvard researchers finds that communities of color are more exposed to per- and polyfluorinated substances, the toxic “forever chemicals” colloquially known as PFAS. These chemicals used in industrial
Since Twitter was taken over by Elon Musk, climate scientists have faced a huge rise in abuse from climate deniers. “There’s been a massive change,” Mark Maslin, professor at University College London
Across US island territories, women are collaborating to improve their community resilience to climate and other future impacts by growing local food systems- but they're being denied opportunities available to other Americans,
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