Yvette Johnson, 54, sits next to a fan outside of her families home on June 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Power demand recently hit a record high in Texas amid a severe heat ...
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Forbes Global 2000 Firms Judged ‘Alarmingly Weak’ On Climate Plans
Companies such as Exxon Mobil have climate pledges that might look good on paper – but with no plan … [+] to account for the emissions released when the firm’s gasoline is burned, th...
Prince William Urges TV Industry To Become More Sustainable
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 16: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, President of the British Academy … [+] of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) tours a new exhibition at the charity’s ...
Goodbye gasoline cars? EU lawmakers vote to ban new sales from 2035
Traffic in Paris, France, on May 12, 2020. The European Parliament now supports the European Commission’s goal of a 100% cut in emissions from new passenger cars and vans by 2035. Ludovic Marin ...
Biden announces standards for electric vehicle charging stations
U.S. President Joe Biden announces the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as part of administration efforts to lower gasolin...
U.S. to ban sale of single-use plastic on public lands, parks by 2032
Trash in the saw grass at the Big Cypress National Preserve Park. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday it will phase out the sale of si...
Is Climate Pledge Arena A Sustainability Model For Venues Going Forward?
I was in that zone just before drifting off to sleep last night. I flipped the channel over to the last half of the game between our hometown Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm. The WNBA is awesome, ...
Offshore Wind Will Define The Race For Ocean Space
Also known as The Great Wave, the print is from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. Located … [+] in a private collection. | Location: near Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis vi...
Why It’s So Hard To Talk About Decarbonizing Food, And Especially Meat
A two-year-old pregnant dairy cow seen at Hillside Farms in Shavertown Pennsylvania. (Photo by Aimee … [+] Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Imag...
House Republicans’ energy and climate plan pushes fossil fuels, hydro
U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 11,...
Southern California water restrictions start today as drought worsens
Paul Ramirez, 54, waters the front lawn at his home on St. Louis St. in Boyle Heights, as his dog Bandit, a 2 year old Yorkshire terrier, jumps for joy. Mel Melcon | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images S...
How Sonoma County Winegrowers Partnered With Ford Towards Creating The Sustainable “Farm Of The Future”
Ford 150 Lightening Electric Truck in Sonoma County Vineyard Ford Pro It takes a lot of a chutzpah to cold call Ford Motor F Company and ask them to be your sustainability partner. But Karissa Kruse, ...
Electric Trucks Can Fight Inflation – And Petro-State Dictators Like Putin
Electric truck being charging at charging station. 3D rendering image. getty Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has cost tens of thousands of lives and produced a stream of devastating images documenting th...
Siemens Mobility inks $8.7 billion deal for high-speed rail in Egypt
A train passes through a station in Egypt. The project involving Siemens Mobility will use trains that can reach a top speed of 230 kilometers per hour, and the line will be fully electrified. Paulvin...
Airbus sets up UK facility to focus on hydrogen tech for aircraft
A model of one of Airbus’ ZEROe concept planes, photographed in November 2021. The firm has said it wants to develop “zero-emission commercial aircraft” by the year 2035. Giuseppe Ca...
SEC unveils rules to prevent misleading claims by ESG funds
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the SEC headquarters in Washington, on July 22, 2021. Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commiss...
Biden moves to protect major Alaska watershed from mining
Humpaback whale in Bristol Bay, Alaska Enrique Aguirre Aves | Photodisc | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday moved to ban the disposal of mining waste in Alaska’s Bristol Bay wat...
NOAA forecasts a busy Atlantic hurricane season for 7th straight year
Alonzo Lewis rescues items from his mother’s home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a category 4 storm southwest of...
U.S. Navy climate plan calls to cut emissions, electrify vehicle fleet
U.S. Navy sailors operate onboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Adriatic Sea, off Split, Croatia February 14, 2022. Milan Sabic | Reuters The U.S. Navy on Tuesd...
Greenhouse Gases Trapped Nearly 50% More Heat In 2021 Than 1990
Greenhouse gases are the “apples” in the climate warming apple pie. That statement is likely causing some puzzled looks. The overly-literal reader will continue to be puzzled, but hopefully, most read...
China oil demand must remain weak or we will have tough summer: IEA
Speaking to CNBC on Monday, the executive director of the International Energy Agency spoke about the intricacies of the energy transition and the competing challenges that will need to be balanced in...
Oceans reached record heat, acidity in 2021: UN report
A diver inspects transplanted coral near Dibba Port in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, June 15, 2020. Christopher Pike | Reuters Oceans reached their hottest and most acidic levels on record last year...
Climate change made India heatwave 100x more likely: U.K . Met Office
A farmer pours water on himself while working at a wheat farm in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. T. Narayan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The blistering heatwave in northw...
Let’s Talk Food Waste, Protecting Meatpacking Workers And What Does Better Food Policy Look Like?
I’m thinking a lot about food waste this week. Maybe it’s the millions upon millions of chickens, turkeys and egg-laying birds that have been killed due to avian flu. Big food companies like to tout t...
How This Alternative ‘Beef,’ Made From Fungi, Could Save Rainforests
“Steak” grown from microbes is getting increasingly sophisticated—and could help prevent … [+] deforestation worldwide. The Better Meat Co. Switching out just a fifth of the beef we ...
Governor Gavin Newsom Ordered An End Gas-Powered Cars Sales In California & President Biden Is Under Pressure To Do Same For Entire Nation
Gavin Newsom has been promoting electric vehicles for a long time. This is Newsom when he was San … [+] Francisco mayor back in 2010, holding a power cable before test driving a Toyota Prius (Ph...
Lake Powell Glen Canyon Dam water release delayed due to drought
Water levels are at a historic low at Lake Powell on April 5, 2022 in Page, Arizona. Rj Sangosti| Medianews Group | The Denver Post via Getty Images The federal government on Tuesday announced it will...
HSBC Executive’s Incendiary Climate Comments
The HSBC building is seen at Canary Wharf March 1, 2004 in London, England. The London-based bank, … [+] which operates in 79 countries, gave an upbeat tone for the global economy, including its...