Current conditions: Severe thunderstorms across the Great Plains are raising the risk late into Friday night of nocturnal tornadoes, which are nearly three times as deadly as daytime twisters • The Red and Mississippi rivers are poised swell as clouds dump up to 4 inches of rain on the region • Strong katabatic winds up…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies, and commissions, following his…
If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, posing serious health risks to nearby communities, according to a new study. What You Need To Know Researchers identified 5,500 sites that store,…
The United Kingdom is no longer the most ambitious nation in the world when it comes to cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the fight against climate change over the next decade. Denmark’s climate minister, Lars Aagaard, announced this week that his government would submit a binding target to cut emissions by 82% by 2035 compared…
Climate benefits of driving electric are not being told, shows Greenhush Award freeware In 2024, a record 21 % of all new cars in Europe were fully battery-electric or plug-ins, with more than a 50 % share in several markets and even higher market shares for small trucks in some markets. This is true also…
It’s still rare to launch a fund abroad, and yet a growing number of U.S. companies and investors are turning to Europe to pilot new technology and validate their concepts before scaling up in more capital-constrained domestic markets. Europe’s emissions trading scheme — and the comparably stable policy environment that makes investors confident it will…
Tornado flattens homes in Rio Bonito do Iguana, with one official describing the destruction as akin to a ‘war zone’. At least six people have been killed and 750 others injured in Brazil after a tornado ripped through the southern state of Parana, with powerful winds of up to 250km/hour (155 mph). Local authorities said…
You’ve probably heard by now the blockbuster news that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest people to ever walk the planet, has had a change of heart on climate change. For several decades, Gates poured billions of dollars into the climate-industrial complex and was howling that the end is nigh unless we stop…
Citicore Renewable Energy’s solar farm at Arayat in the Philippines relies on panels supplied by China, the world’s “clean energy factory” but also the top emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo by Ramon Royandoyan) Policy Asia Beijing leads in exporting solar panels, EVs, wind turbines, but not in setting agenda on global warming SHOTARO TANI and…
RIO DE JANEIRO – When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down. Luis Cassiano, who’s lived here more than 30 years, says he’s getting worried as heat waves become more…