ECHR: Swiss Climate Inaction Violated Human Rights
Switzerland is violating the human rights of its citizens by failing to sufficiently address the climate crisis, the European Court of Human Rights said on Tuesday in a landmark ruling that could
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Zurich AG Will Stop Underwriting New Fossil Projects
The Zurich Insurance Group AG will no longer insure new oil and gas projects and will push its highest-polluting customers to slash their carbon pollution, Bloomberg reports. Explaining that new oil and
Deadly Cholera Outbreaks Across Southern Africa
Cholera has killed more than 4,100 people and infected at least 188,000 across southern Africa since 2022, The New Humanitarian reports. Drought across the region is forcing migration to cities where informal,
Air pollution, deaths track together in China
China is bracing for a wave of deaths related to particulate air pollution, new research finds. The study, published in Atmospheric Environment, tracks increases in a type of air pollution known as
Last Year Saw Record GHG Level
Atmospheric levels of the three most important greenhouse gasses were higher in 2023 than they have ever been since the dawn of human civilization, according to a NOAA report released Friday. Last
Human Feces In Charleston After Rain
Human feces float through avid gardener Nell Postell's yard when it rains particularly hard, and it's a problem that will likely only get worse as the climate crisis worsens, Inside Climate News
Above average hurricane season predicted
An early forecast of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predicts an extremely active season. The predictions, released Thursday by the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team, include 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes,
Pollution from 57 polluters: 80% Post-Paris CO2
Just 57 companies are responsible for 80% of climate pollution emitted after the Paris Agreement, a new report shows. Using data from 122 of the world’s largest oil, gas, coal, and cement
Data necessary to evaluate pipeline safety
The industry-commissioned formula for estimating the blast radius of methane gas pipelines is likely insufficient to protect people from an explosion, a government watchdog warns, but federal regulators aren't collecting the data
Clean Energy Gets $20B in Federal Financing
The EPA announced $20 billion in clean energy financing to be targeted towards historically excluded communities on Thursday, one of the Biden administration's biggest climate investments so far. The funds come from
National insurance crisis fueled by climate
The impacts of climate change, combined with a national insurance crisis, are limiting Americans' ability to choose where to live, The Hill reports. Decades of American housing policy laid the foundation for
Sex Work For Survival
Indonesian trans women engaged in survival sex work are especially hurt by climate change as longer rainy seasons increasingly prevent them from making a living and expose them to greater violence, Context
Mini-grids bring energy, jobs to Turkana
Turkana County in northwest Kenya endured malicious neglect by colonial powers and now sits on the frontlines of a climate crisis, Atmos reports. British colonizers described Turkana as "the most worthless district
Shell appeals 2021 court ruling
Shell's appeal of a Dutch court order to dramatically slash its climate pollution by 2030 kicked off Tuesday, with the oil major simultaneously arguing the world still needs fossil fuels and that
Drinking water salinity harming pregnant people
Pregnant people in Bangladesh are suffering from alarming rates of negative health effects tied to rising salinity in drinking water due to sea level rise and climate-fueled cyclones, The Guardian reports. Increased
Musk Pushing Away Tesla Buyers
Elon Musk's racism, anti-semitism and volatility are pushing away potential Tesla buyers, a new report shows. Caliber, a market research firm, says the number of people who would "consider" buying a Tesla
Stories help kids, parents cope after disasters
Children's books with stories about climate-fueled are becoming important tools for helping children cope with their traumatic experiences, E&E reports. The stories, experts say, can help strengthen the mental and emotional resilience
US Was Biggest LNG Exporter Last Year — EIA
The U.S. exported more liquified methane gas than any other country in 2023, according to Energy Information Administration data released Monday. The U.S. overtook Qatar and Australia with exports up 12% from
Millions threatened by southern African drought
Extreme drought across southern Africa is pushing hunger upon millions of people just over a year after multiple cyclones battered the region, the AP reports. The whiplash of extreme weather from extreme
Heat domes slower, worse
Climate change is making heatwaves not only hotter, but effectively longer-lasting and larger in size, thus impacting more people, a new study finds. The research, published Friday in Science Advances, revealed heat
Truck Pollution Rule Strengthened by EPA
The EPA on Friday finalized a rule strengthening pollution protections on heavy trucks and buses. The new limits on greenhouse gas pollution will have the added effect of reducing deadly particulate and
Water pulled from Co. River goes mostly to Ag.
Far more than just a Little Rascal, Alfalfa and other crops grown to feed cattle account for 46% of the water pulled from the Colorado River, a study published Thursday in Communications
New Hampshire coal plant to close, New England’s last
A New Hampshire utility and the EPA announced an agreement Wednesday that includes the closure of New England's last coal-fired power plant. Under the terms of the agreement, Granite Shore Power will
New Gas Plants Unnecessary — Report
Increasing electricity demand can likely be met without building new gas-fired power plants, according to a new report from Energy Innovation. The report also warns utilities' "panicked rush" to build new methane
Floating Gas Plant Plan ‘A Loop Of Irony’
A major Louisiana utility company wants to build a floating methane gas-fired power plant to supply electricity to oil and gas infrastructure. Entergy Louisiana says it is necessary to make those operations
Premium Wine Threatened By Climate Change
A much as 70% of the world's wine-growing regions, from Spain, Italy, and Greece to southern California, will become potentially or completely incapable of producing high-end wine if global temperatures rise more
BLM Rule on Fed. Lands Methane
The Biden administration released a finalized rule to crack down on methane pollution from oil and gas operations on federal and tribal lands on Tuesday. The rule, announced by the Bureau of
Sunrise Wind Project Approved
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday its approval for a 924-megawatt offshore wind project that will power approximately 320,000 New York homes when it comes online in 2026. The Sunrise Wind project,
Key Bridge collapse will block coal exports
The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Tuesday could block as much as 2.5 million tons of coal exports from the country's second-largest coal-exporting port over up to six weeks, but
Private Lenders Increasingly Finance Fossils
Private lenders are financing significantly more oil and gas operations than just a few years ago as big banks begin to limit or cease financing those projects, Bloomberg reports. The trend, quantified
Community Groups Connect Need, Resources
Community groups in Harrisonburg, Virginia, are collaborating to connect low-income residents with to help improve home energy efficiency, Energy News Network reports. The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is working to
Free Speech Defended Against Elon Musk
A federal judge threw out Elon Musk's lawsuit against the Center For Countering Digital Hate, which documented the increase of racist, antisemitic, and extremist content on the website formerly known as Twitter
Island States Key To Support For Shipping Levy
A two-week convening of the UN shipping agency concluded late last week with a clear majority of member nations in favor of a global climate pollution levy. If adopted next year, that
Gas companies betting on LNG
Major international bank Santander claimed it would stop financing oil and gas fracking, then invested millions in exporting methane gas from the U.S. Gulf Coast, report Grist and The Bureau of Investigative
State Farm to cancel 72,000 California policies
State Farm will not renew insurance policies for 72,000 California dwellings as the U.S. slides further into its uninsurable nation era. The state's largest insurer blamed increasing risks of wildfires and other
Manufacturing gets $6 billion for decarbonization
The Biden administration, Monday morning, announced $6 billion in new funding to help decarbonize the heavy industry and manufacturing sectors, responsible for about one-quarter of U.S. climate pollution. The money comes from
Drought and AI Expansion Threaten Mex. Water
Artificial Intelligence infrastructure is exacerbating climate-fueled water shortages across Latin America as the water- and energy-hungry technology proliferates there, Mongabay reports. Not only do the computer chips needed for AI operations require
Model Building Codes Undermined by Gas
The board of directors of the nonprofit group that issues model building codes used across the U.S., at the behest of fossil fuel-linked industry groups, took highly unusual, last-minute action to strip
Food Prices Increased by Climate Change
Your chocolate Easter bunnies aren't the only foods getting more expensive due to climate change. Global "weather and climate shocks" will drive up food prices by as much as 1.8 percentage points
February Heat Boosted by Climate Change
The extreme February heat wave across West Africa was 7.2°F (4°C) hotter, and an order of magnitude more likely, than it would have been without global climate change, a new analysis from
Standards for Autos Efficiency Updated
The Biden administration announced new passenger vehicle fuel economy standards on Wednesday. The EPA estimates the updated standards will prevent more than 7 billion tons of carbon pollution and accrue almost $100
Venting and Flaring Kill 710 per year
Flaring and venting from oil and gas operations lead to more than 710 premature deaths in the U.S. each year, a new study finds. The research, published in Geohealth, also found the
Oil and gas companies deride transition
Oil executives enjoying massive profits derided efforts to transition away from the fossil fuels pushing the climate crisis to record-smashing levels as "visibly failing" and a "fantasy" at the CERAWeek conference in
Fossil Fuels, El Niño incite ‘Red Alert’
The extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, boosted by a strong El Niño cycle in the Pacific Ocean, made 2023 an epic year of shattered climate records, the UN's World Meteorological Organization
Farmworkers Hit By Climate, Societal Inequities
Skilled, but systemically vulnerable contract farmworkers are performing an increasing amount of agricultural work across the U.S. and are especially exposed to workplace abuses exacerbated by the climate crisis, the AP reports.
Maple Syrup Farmers Branching Out
Warming winters are pushing maple syrup farmers to branch out and tap new trees for different syrups, the Boston Globe reports. As climate change, mainly caused by the extraction and combustion of
As Many as 10 Moles Spied on Standing Rock
The FBI used as many as 10 informants to infiltrate land defender groups protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in 2016, Grist reports. The infiltration tactics
Polluted Air Nearly Global
The vast majority of the world's people breathe dangerously polluted air, an analysis compiled by the Swiss firm IQAir reveals. Of the 134 nations for which sufficient data were available, just seven
Wood Pellet Tax Breaks On Table
The Biden administration is weighing whether to award renewable energy tax breaks under the Inflation Reduction Act to a power source worse for the climate than burning coal, Inside Climate News reports.
Water Shortages and Heat
Most of Brazil was on a heat alert this weekend, as heat indices reached as high as 140°F. An ocean away, South Sudan is closing its schools in advance of an extreme,