This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines and gas storage facilities in Germany. Europe’s energy markets have experienced turbulence in recent months. Jan Woitas | Picture Alliance | Gett...
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U.S. warns California cities possible water cuts in fourth dry year
Houseboats on Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal water managers on Monday warned California ci...
The Divestment Movement Has Cost Organizations Billions Of Dollars
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR DIVESTINVEST – Co-founder and chief investment strategist of GMO Jeremy … [+] Grantham lays out the financial case for divestment at the Fossil Fuel Divestment State ...
Renault plans to harness geothermal energy and help heat plant
A Renault logo photographed in Bavaria, Germany. The French automotive giant says it’s targeting carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 and globally by 2050. Igor Golovniov/Sopa Images | Lightrocke...
After years as nuclear powerhouse, France makes play in offshore wind
This image, from Sept. 2022, shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaking with workers on board a boat during a visit to the Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm. Stephane Mahe | AFP | Getty Images A f...
20,000 Died Amid Punishing Heatwaves And Record Temperatures Across Western Europe This Summer, Data Indicates
Topline Extreme heat was responsible for more than 20,000 deaths across western Europe this summer, official figures suggest, as the continent was battered by a series of punishing heatwaves and recor...
A Guide To The Paris Agreement And Intl. Climate Negotiations (Part 2)
Then U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds his two year-old granddaughter for the signing of the … [+] Paris Agreement in 2016. Getty Images This is the fifth article in a series exploring th...
A Guide To The Paris Agreement And Intl. Climate Negotiations (Part 1)
The Eiffel tower is illuminated in green with the words “Paris Agreement is Done” on November 4, … [+] 2016 in Paris, France. Getty Images This is the fourth article in a series expl...
DOL’s New ESG Rule ‘Unremarkable’
AFP via Getty Images Two days before Thanksgiving, on November 22, 2022, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its much anticipated “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercisin...
Ignore Soup Throwing Climate Activists
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: Climate protesters hold a demonstration as they throw cans of tomato … [+] soup at Vincent van Goghâs âSunflowersâ at the National Gallery in London, United ...
Is Patagonia the end game for profits in a world of climate change?
A Patagonia store signage is seen on Greene Street on September 14, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Many brands are aligning profits with purpose, but Pat...
A big new Exxon Mobil climate deal that got assist from Joe Biden
Could it be that Big Oil’s next big thing got a big assist from Joe Biden? Maybe, if carbon capture and storage is indeed as big a deal as ExxonMobil’s first-of-its-kind deal to extract, t...
Sustainable Agriculture Summit Held In Arizona Coincides With Need To Feed Global Population Reaching 8 Billion
A 20 mw solar farm in Gillespie Arizona, Maricopa County south of Phoenix. Farming is also “solar … [+] powered” but this region is an example of increasing water limitation while in...
FDA says lab-grown meat is safe for human consumption
Uma Valeti, CEO and founder, UPSIDE Foods speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, October 18, 2021. David Swanson | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration...
Is Green Hydrogen The Fuel Of The Future? This CEO Is Betting On It
Plug Power’s long-time CEO is repositioning the fuel cell maker to be a producer of hydrogen fuel made from water and renewable power to cut climate-warming industrial carbon pollution from the steel,...
Oil Producers Deliver Reality Check At COP27 Climate Summit
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks at the opening of the US Pavilion during … [+] the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in...
Which states have had the most major climate disasters since 2011?
Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday t...
The ‘world’s largest floating wind farm’ produces its first power
Offices of Equinor photographed in Feb. 2019. Equinor is one of several companies looking at developing floating wind farms. Odin Jaeger | Bloomberg | Getty Images A facility described as the world...
What The Mid-Term Elections Mean For U.S. Energy
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 09: President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters at … [+] a post-election press conference at the White House on November 9th, 2022. (Photo...
Groundbreaking Nutrition-Climate Initiative Launched At COP27
Contributing to the growing momentum around food and agriculture at COP27— and in a groundbreaking moment for the Conference of the Parties— Egypt (in its role as COP27 Presidency) and the World Healt...
Our First Climate Targets- Why Kyoto’s Legacy Still Matters
Citizen activists in Kyoto, Japan hold up signs to celebrate the implementation of the Kyoto … [+] Protocol in 2005, 8 years after COP 3 in Kyoto. AFP via Getty Images This is the second article...
Where Is The U.S. Insurance Industry On Climate Change?
SARASOTA, FL – SEPTEMBER 28: Wind gusts blow across Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian churns to the … [+] south on September 28, 2022 in Sarasota, Florida. The storm made a U.S. landfall at Ca...
US launches carbon offset program to help developing countries
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks at the opening of the US Pavilion during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt’...
Renault is betting the market for gasoline cars will continue to grow
Renault sees the internal combustion engine continuing to play a crucial role in its business over the coming years, according to a top executive at the French automotive giant. On Tuesday, it was a...
Net Zero Needs Fusion. What Should Investors Be Asking The Frontrunners?
The urgency for fusion energy cannot be overstated. On October 27, the UN warned that there is “no credible pathway to 1.5° C in place,” and current policies point to a catastrophic 2.8° C of warming ...
Climate change threatens ‘things Americans value most’: gov’t report
The Jade Isle Mobile Home Park is flooded in this aerial view from a drone in St. Cloud. Residents of the community were issued a voluntary evacuation order due to rising water levels in the aftermath...
How Bees And Bats Help Bordeaux Create High Quality Sustainable Wines
Bees and Bats Help Produce Sustainable Wines in the Vineyards of Bordeaux CIVB Did you know that bats eat between 500 and 1500 insects per night, and that bees are responsible for 80% of the pollinati...
The 30 Best Food And Sustainability Gifts Of 2022
When I sat down to interview Chef José Andrés on Thursday at the recently opened New York City location of his restaurant, Zaytinya, I realized I was sitting with arguably one of the most charitable p...
Taxation is a blunt instrument, IATA chief Willie Walsh says
The aviation industry requires more carrot and less stick going forward to become more sustainable, according to the director general of the International Air Transport Association. Speaking at CNBC&#...
How the UN’s Global Climate Conference First Started
The Rio Earth Summit established the UNFCCC and began the COP process. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images This is the first article in a series exploring the global climate meetings, the Conference of the P...
Here’s What Oceana’s CEO Wants The World To Know In Time For COP27
The CEO of Washington-based ocean advocacy group, Oceana has a message that he wants to share with the international community before the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. Andrew Sha...