EPA Set to Unravel US Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases July 29, 2025 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish the US government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, threatening...
US Chamber, Oil Firms Sue Vermont for Making Companies Pay for Climate Damage January 6, 2025 By Michael Casey and Lisa Rathke The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new...
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Federal Power to Curb Carbon Emissions July 1, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici Conservative justices power 6-3 ruling; liberals dissent Ruling curbs EPA ability to regulate power plant emissions Biden vows to tackle...
Shell’s Board Faces Personal Liability for Failure to Cut Emissions: Environment Group April 25, 2022 A group that won a victory over energy major Shell last year with a Dutch court order to deepen greenhouse...
Oil Giant Total Sued by 14 French Cities, NGOs over Failure to Cut Carbon Emissions January 28, 2020 By Francois de Beaupuy Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for...
Australia’s Pro-Coal Prime Minister Signals War on Climate Change Activists November 1, 2019 By Jason Scott Radical. Extreme. Anarchists: Scott Morrison’s choice of language Friday made it clear how he views some environmental protesters. Now the...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Must Be Halved by 2030 to Avoid 3C Warming: Scientists June 19, 2019 By Nina Chestney Emissions need to be halved by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius but temperatures are on track to...
Britain Commits to Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 June 13, 2019 By Susanna Twidale and Matthew Green Britain has announced it will enshrine a new commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 into law,...
Climate Change Threatens One Million Species with Extinction: Scientists May 6, 2019 By Gus Trompiz Relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put an “unprecedented” one million species at...
UK Climate Change Adviser to Recommend Target of Zero Emissions by 2050: Sources April 30, 2019 By Jessica Shankleman The U.K. government’s official adviser on climate change is set to recommend the country adopt a target to drive net...