Texas has 10 days to fix its racist plan to direct flood mitigation funding to whiter, inland counties while disbursing zero dollars to Houston and Harris County. Those municipalities, which were practically
The Biden administration finalized energy efficiency rules for mobile homes last week. The DOE rule, the first of its kind, will require improved "thermal envelopes" protecting the inside of the home from
Extreme drought has revealed human remains that harken back to the days when the mob ran the Vegas strip, but a drought depleted Minnesota River has revealed human remains about 8,000 years
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for countries to fast-track infrastructure and eliminate bureaucratic barriers to expanding clean energy adoption, Wednesday, as the international body issued an alarming report. Guterres also described,
The S&P 500 index removed Tesla from its list of companies succeeding on ESG issues over allegations of racial discrimination and poor working conditions at it's primary factory in the U.S. Meta,
More than 85% of Maine moose calves tracked by researchers last year died before their first birthday because of surging winter tick populations. Solid cold and sustained snow cover kill off winter
Climate change probably made the brutal, weeks-long heatwave blanketing northwest India and Pakistan 100 times more likely, the UK Met Office said Wednesday. The attribution study found — without climate change —
Pollution killed 9 million people, every year, from 2015 to 2019, even as deaths from indoor air pollution fell due to increases from other sources of pollution, including fossil fuel combustion, a
European leaders announced their plan to end "the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels … and tackl[e] the climate crisis" today. The European Commission's REPowerEU Plan includes improving energy efficiency requirements, accelerating
The massive drought parching the western U.S., and in the Colorado River basin in particular, is causing major concerns for the long-term reliability of hydropower generation. Hydroelectric dams produced 16% of the
In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) above preindustrial temperatures, the goal of the Paris Agreement, nearly half of all existing fossil fuel extraction must be shut down, a study
The Texas General Land Office plans to direct millions of dollars in disaster preparedness funds away from Gulf Coast counties hit by Hurricane Harvey to disproportionately whiter, inland counties, the Texas Tribune
Fueled by a megadrought worse than any other in the last 1,200 years, the New Mexico's Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire is now the state's largest wildfire on record. As firefighters in New
A domestic terrorist shot and killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York, Saturday. The white gunman intentionally traveled to a predominantly Black neighborhood and sought to kill as many Black people as
The oppressive heatwave blanketing India and Pakistan is, if anything, getting worse. Jacobabad, Pakistan, hit 122°F (50°C) on Friday. "It's like fire burning all around," Shafi Mohammad, who lives on the outskirts
A gas industry official admitted gas exports are contributing to high energy prices for American families and businesses, Politico reports. “LNG exports are a factor contributing to today’s natural gas pricing,” American
Deutsche Bank will not provide financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, Reuters reports. Germany's biggest lender follows several major (re)insurers in refusing to back the proposed 900-mile heated crude oil
Climate change doubled the likelihood of the catastrophic rains and resulting flooding that killed at least 448 people in eastern South Africa in April, an analysis released this morning by World Weather
Tinder-dry vegetation, and wind, are fueling extraordinary wildfires across the Southwest, auguring danger in a region suffering its worst drought in 1,200 years. Climate change, mainly caused by the extraction and combustion
The California Coastal Commission unanimously rejected the proposed construction of the $1.4 billion Poseidon Water seawater desalination plant Wednesday. The plant would have caused substantial harm to both marine ecosystems near the
At least 500 Native American children died and were buried at "boarding schools" established or supported by the U.S. government — a number that only scratches the surface of the potentially tens
More than 90% of the Great Barrier Reef surveyed by researchers was bleached, Australian government scientists say. "Climate change remains the greatest threat to the Reef," the report said. Rising ocean temperatures
Fossil fuel companies are planning nearly 200 "carbon bomb" projects that would push the climate past international limits, causing catastrophic global disasters, the Guardian reports. The 195 projects, defined by research published
The national average price of a gallon of gasoline hit $4.37 on Tuesday, a new record unadjusted for inflation but still a dollar shy of the 2008 peak, which would be equivalent
In Bangladesh, climate disasters are forcing children like 12-year-old dockworker Alamin, 10-year-old vegetable market employee Alauddin, and 9-year-old cargo unloader Rupa to seek work as their families flee extreme weather that flooded
Oil and gas companies are increasingly using mergers and acquisitions to offload emissions from their own balance sheets as a way to meet corporate climate targets without actually reducing emissions, according to
Fossil fuel pollution and right-wing justices the industry helped install on the Supreme Court are combining to compound health and legal risks for pregnant people, Atmos reports. Climate change and pollution caused
Earth stands a 48/52 chance of heating, if temporarily, 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels within the next five years, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said Monday. Fossil fuel pollution is the main
As schools across India close early for the summer — unable to operate amid the extreme heat and resulting power shut offs — a massive glacial lake outburst in Pakistan wiped out
In early April, in the middle of Puerto Rico's densely forested mountains, residents of Adjuntas cooled off in an air-conditioned community center while the rest of the disenfranchised colonial territory was without
A New Orleans-area doula collective is preparing to help new parents care for their infants as climate change supercharges major storms, The 19th* News reports. The Birthmark Doula Collective has prepared emergency
Grid operators are warning summer heatwaves will cause rolling blackouts across the country, the Wall Street Journal reports. Concerns are especially high in California where heat waves drive electricity demand, drought threatens
The extreme heat scorching India and Pakistan is imperiling mango crops, the Gaon Connection reports. The deadly, months-long heatwave is also threatening wheat harvests in the region at a particularly crucial time
Wind energy firm Ørsted and North America’s Building Trades Unions announced an agreement on Thursday to build wind farms off U.S. coasts with a unionized workforce. The deal, the first of its
The Biden administration, on Thursday, announced a new effort to crack down on the disproportionate polluting of poor communities and communities of color with the creation of a new office within DOJ.
Electric utilities have shut off power to more than 3.5 million households while their executives' compensation has "skyrocketed" during the pandemic, a new report from BailoutWatch and the Center for Biological Diversity
The oil and gas industry has given heavily to senators who have voted to confirm the Supreme Court justices who signed onto draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The beleaguered Mountain Valley Pipeline project will be even more expensive and further behind schedule, the project's developers told analysts Tuesday. The controversial, already delayed and over-budget 303-mile pipeline would carry fracked
The European Union will implement a phased ban on Russian oil imports by the end of the year, the European Commission said Wednesday. Europe relies heavily on Russian fossil fuels and the
The draft Supreme Court opinion striking down decades of established precedent protecting the right to privacy and right to obtain an abortion could have substantial implications for environmental law and climate policy.
The list of dramatic, unprecedented steps necessitated by the megadrought parching the western U.S. is growing. In addition to the discovery of the first — though likely not the last — human
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham officially requested a presidential disaster declaration on Tuesday to assist in fighting and recovering from the drought-fueled wildfires incinerating large swaths of the state. At least
The Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the two cases that together essentially delineate the minimum rights of people in the United States who can become
The months-long heatwave in India and Pakistan is shattering records and "testing the limits of human survivability," IPCC Lead Author and Senior Researcher at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements Dr. Chandni
Advertising agencies' work promoting the fossil fuel industry could open them to legal liability, a new report from Clean Creatives says. The amount of climate-related litigation has risen dramatically in recent years,
The Minnesota attorney general sued Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and Koch Industries on Wednesday for violating state laws barring consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices and false advertising. “We’re here suing
Extreme heat over 110°F in India and Pakistan continues to shatter records, threaten human health, cause landfills to combust, threaten power outages, and imperil Indian wheat crops struggling to make up for
Years of fracking for oil and gas in the Permian Basin have put Texas on the verge of on pace to overtake California and Alaska as the most earthquake-ridden state, while Exxon
Four Puerto Rican corporations are suing the disenfranchised colonial territory's electricity provider over its failure to provide reliable electricity. The mainland U.S.-based companies that own chain restaurants like Olive Garden and Applebees
Worsening drought in parts of Ethiopia is leading to "dramatic" increases in child marriage, UNICEF warns. Desperate parents are resorting to wealthier families to provide for and protect their daughters, and are
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