Net Zero’s Carbon Removal Conundrum August 19, 2024 By Alastair Marsh To achieve net-zero emissions, where emissions and removals of greenhouse gas pollution balance each other out, governments and corporations must...
Time to Retire ‘Hard to Abate’ as Climate Solutions Become More Affordable August 7, 2024 By Akshat Rathi Jargon often gets in the way of clearly understanding the climate challenge. While some technical terms such as “net zero”...
Crop Insurance Won’t Let Some Farmers Adapt to Climate Change July 29, 2024 By Miranda Jeyaretnam In Kansas, where a prolonged drought has killed crops and eroded the soil, Gail Fuller’s farm is like an oasis....
Supreme Court Blocks EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Air Pollution Plan June 28, 2024 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court blocked an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing ozone emissions that may worsen air pollution...
Lawsuits Targeting ‘Climate Washing’ Becoming More Frequent June 28, 2024 By Katharine Gemmell and Karin Matussek Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist...
More Than 800 Coal Plants Worldwide Could Be Profitably Decommissioned: Research June 18, 2024 More than 800 coal-fired power plants in emerging countries could be decommissioned and profitably replaced by cleaner solar energy starting...
US House Committee Report Finds Wall Street ‘Colluded’ to Curb Emissions June 11, 2024 By Isla Binnie A U.S. congressional committee will accuse the biggest Wall Street firms on Tuesday, in a report seen by Reuters ahead...
Rightward Shift After Election Could Limit Future EU Climate Policies June 11, 2024 By Kate Abnett A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe’s...
World Hits Streak of Record Temperatures as UN Warns of ‘Climate Hell’ June 6, 2024 By Kate Abnett Each of the past 12 months ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, the EU’s climate change monitoring...
Cleaner Shipping Fuel Is Contributing to Ocean Warming: Report May 31, 2024 By David Stanway Shipping fuel regulations introduced in 2020 have led to a substantial cut in sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution, but may also...