2022-02-25 A valuable resource is squandered. Experts blame weak regulations, ineffective tracking and a lack of economic incentives to capture and sell the gas.By Nicole Sadek, Zoha Tunio and Sarah HuntGaslit: Second in a four-part series by the Howard Center fo …›
2022-02-25 Activists have long warned that cap and trade would jeopardize states’ efforts to reduce carbon emissions and increase pollution in communities of color. New reports back up those assertions.By Kristoffer TigueCalifornia’s carbon market could be hu …›
2022-02-25 Notion of wood burning as climate neutral source of energy is quickly being invalidated by hard factsWe like to think of wood burning as a climate neutral source of energy. This has led to subsidised wood burning for electricity generation and is part …›
2022-02-24 Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.(Image credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) …›
2022-02-24 There is great anticipation, but not much suspense, about the next big United Nations climate science report being released on Monday, February 28. Much of the news will be grim. What’s more, the report will have to compete for space in the news agen …›
2022-02-24 The move by Tefere Gebre, the No. 3 official at the A.F.L.-C.I.O., highlights what many labor and environmental officials say is a need to cooperate. …›
2022-02-24 Healthcare staff told to expect an increase in patients requiring treatment for substance use, anxiety and stress during periods of extreme heat …›
2022-02-24 Solar panels are big business as governments, businesses, and other organisations seek to minimise their carbon footprint in the face of a growing climate crisis. …›
2022-02-24 New research shows rising temperatures are causing Earth's coldest forests to shift northward, raising concerns about biodiversity, an increased risk of wildfires and mounting impacts of climate change on northern communities. …›
2022-02-24 Plan calls for building solar canopies over canals, and may be the first project of its kind in the United States.By Dan GearinoA project near Modesto, California, would have the double benefit of saving water and generating renewable energy.
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2022-02-24 Court to hear West Virginia case that takes aim at EPA’s ability to issue strict rules to curb pollution from fossil fuel power stationsJoe Biden’s faltering effort to tackle the climate crisis faces a further, potentially devastating, blow on Mond …›
2022-02-24 Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a botanist and author, has created a forest with tree species handpicked for their ability to withstand a warming planet. …›
2022-02-24 The greenhouse gas emissions from “venting” and “flaring” excess natural gas over a decade is equal to those of nearly 42 million cars annually.By Laura Kraegel, Mollie Jamison and Aydali CampaGaslit: First in a four-part series by the Howard C …›
2022-02-24 Meteorologists in Kentucky rely on a 76-station “mesonet” for weather data while their counterparts in Tennessee are left partly flying blind.By James Bruggers, Caroline EggersMcEWEN, Tenn.—Tammy Shaw and her granddaughter, Hope Collier, were try …›
2022-02-24 Elsevier’s work with fossil fuel companies ‘drags us towards disaster’, climate researcher saysScientists working with one of the world’s largest climate research publishers say they’re increasingly alarmed that the company consults with the …›
2022-02-24 Net zero advisers says refusing new licences would signal green ambition, but final decision must be for ministersThe prospects for an expansion of oil and gas drilling in the North Sea have cleared a major hurdle, as the Committee on Climate Change sa …›
2022-02-23 A team of researchers recently embarked on a research expedition to the Tropical Andes of Colombia to study the massive Cauca River canyon. The team's objective was to determine the age of formation of the Cauca River canyon and then compare that with …›
2022-02-23 Police release video of attack on workers’ equipment at camp of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline opposed by First Nation groupsPolice in Canada have released footage of axe wielding attackers as they investigate a “calculated and organised” n …›
2022-02-23 Starting on Tuesday, Climate Forward will be coming out twice a week. Plus, Somini Sengupta, our global climate reporter, will be writing a new column. …›
2022-02-23 Rising temperatures pushing much more freshwater towards poles than climate models previously estimatedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingRising global temperatures have shifted at least twice the amount of freshwater from warm region …›