As I type this, heat records are being shattered in Europe. Minutes ago, the UK Met Office tweeted, “A temperature of 39.1°C has provisionally been recorded at Charlwood, Surrey. If confirmed this wil...
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Europe suffers from deadly heat wave as wildfires displace thousands
Paramedics help a patient into an ambulance during a heat wave in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images A deadly heat wave in western Europe has triggered...
U.K. Faces Hottest Day On Record As Weather Officials Issue Warning—Here’s Why It’s A Cause For Concern
Topline Temperatures across the U.K. are expected to hit an all-time high Monday, with the nation’s Met Office issuing a ‘red’ warning for extreme heat amid a dangerous heat wave eng...
Why The U.S. Can’t Curb The World’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions
HEBEI, CHINA – NOVEMBER 19: Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel … [+] factory on November 19, 2015 in the industrial province of Hebei, China. China’...
Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Economy And The Environment
Pittsburgh in 1940 and Today. Source: (Top) Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901–2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh. Public domain. (Bottom) Photo by Corey G...
Most Homes In The United Kingdom Have No Air Conditioning
I still cannot believe what I am reading. The United Kingdom (UK) Met Office, essentially their version of the U.S. National Weather Service, is forecasting unprecedented temperatures for early next w...
UK issues “Red Extreme” heat warning, braces for temperature surge
An office worker carries a large fan in central London on July 12, 2022. On Friday, the Met Office issued a Red Extreme heat warning for parts of the country. Yui Mok | PA Images | Getty Images The U....
U.S. emissions caused $1.8 trillion in global economic losses: study
An aerial view of Phillips 66 oil refinery is seen in Linden, New Jersey, United States on March 8, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The U.S. and China, the world’s two greate...
ERCOT tells Texans to curb power use as extreme heat strains the grid
A transmission tower is seen on July 11, 2022 in Houston, Texas. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) is urging Texans to voluntarily conserve power today, due to extreme heat potentially cau...
Coal Is on Its Way Out, Despite Supreme Court EPA Ruling
Text size A NextEra Energy wind farm in Whitewater, Calif. Bing Guan/Bloomberg The U.S. utility industry’s shift from coal and toward renewables likely will be unaffected by a recent Supreme Court rul...
CNN’s First Wildlife Documentary Series Takes Viewers To Patagonia
Penguins shown in a still from the CNN wildlife series “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World.” Courtesy of CNN With the debut this weekend of “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World,...
What Do You Save With Electric Vehicles During High Gas Prices?
I often Tweet or write about the inevitability of the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Every time I do, the inevitable (and often) angry responses are predictable: Too expensive. The infrastruct...
Shell to build ‘Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant’
On Wednesday, Shell said the Holland Hydrogen I facility would be “Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant” when operations start in 2025. Shell is one of several big firms looking...
Natural Gas, Nuclear Go Green In The EU
Euro-deputies take part in a vote on the revision of the EU emissions trading system at the European … [+] Union Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2022. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOH...
Is There Anything Particularly Unusual About The 2022 Hurricane Season So Far?
The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing, and most meteorology experts expect another active season like the previous two years. There are already some things that have caught my eye. Howev...
Trump-era changes to Endangered Species Act thrown out by judge
A Mexican gray wolf leaves cover at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, N.M. Jim Clark | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP A California federal judge on Tuesday threw out Trump...
Biden Interior Dept offers option for new oil leases in Gulf of Mexico
An oil and gas drilling platform stands offshore as waves churned from Tropical Storm Karen come ashore in Dauphin Island, Alabama, October 5, 2013. Steve Nesius | Reuters The Biden administration rel...
Modern Agriculture’s House Of Cards, Inside California’s Controversial Prop 13, And Why Private Label Is Having A Moment
As David Barber, a partner at agriculture and food investors Astanor Ventures, told me while reporting my latest feature, modern agriculture has been built on three key assumptions: cheap energy, free...
Here’s The Latest Data On Climate And Food And It’s Not Good
Challenges abound as industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils. As a devastating and historic drought from Illinois to Texas to California grinds on, ...
Carbon Removal And Usage Gains Traction As Energy Transition Lags
Mineral Carbonation International (MCi) CEO Marcus Dawe displays a section of negative emissions … [+] drywall containing 50% captured CO2 emissions. MCi As it becomes increasingly apparent that...
How Betting Big On Clean Energy Could Save Europe $1 Trillion
A tractor drives past wind turbines under construction near Grapzow, Germany. Getty Images When politicians and pundits take to the airwaves to address climate change, they regularly reduce the challe...
AirCapture And 3D Systems Partner To Make Decarbonizing Our Atmosphere Profitable
The startup and its additive manufacturing partner are building systems that remove carbon dioxide … [+] from the atmosphere and make it into a profitable product. getty Typically, any discussio...
The Dust Bowl ‘Then’ – Climate Change ‘Now’ Argument Deconstructed
There is no doubt about it. Much of the United States is going to experience sweltering heat in the coming days as we transition to the summer season. NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center discussion said,...
More Heavy Rains Expected To Worsen Bangladesh And Northeast India’s Most Severe Floods In Years
Topline Weather officials warned of more heavy rains in Bangladesh and Northeast India over the next 24 hours as the death toll in the region from landslides, lightning strikes and the worst floods se...
How the massive EV transition is starting in the car rental industry
Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles at a Hertz airport location. Photo by E.R. Davidson Not long after Hertz Global Holdings emerged from bankruptcy last summer, reorganized after the Covid-19 pandemic st...
Invenergy Sues An Iowa County, Uses ‘Nefarious Tactics’ To Push More Wind Turbines
Invenergy, a company controlled by billionaire Michael Polsky, sued Worth County, Iowa last month … [+] claiming the county’s wind regulations are “onerous and extreme.” Julie ...
Why Comic Books Could Be A Powerful Weapon In The Climate Fight
Comic artist Céline Keller explains complex climate problems – such as the Energy Charter Treaty – … [+] in graphic form. Céline Keller Climate experts are worried: the urgency of cl...
Environmental groups sue Biden to block oil and gas drilling permits
A polar bear sow and two cubs are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Reuters A coalition of environmental grou...
Building Vineyard Biodiversity Aids In Combating Climate Change
Château de Bois Brinçon in Anjou, France, added Highland cattle in 2008, to their “global harmony” … [+] biodiverse vineyard system. Michelle Williams Walk into a vineyard and what d...