Heatwaves will be worst for rural parts of Africa – new model shows tens of millions face dangerous warming by 2100
Ask people where heatwaves hit hardest and most will probably say cities, which trap heat in concrete and…
2026’s historic snow drought brings worries about water, wildfires and the future in the West
Across much of the Western United States, winter 2026 was the year the snow never came. Many ski…
Oil Wars: Speeding The Transition to Renewable Energy
Wind turbines, Columbia River Gorge. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. One simple observation since the US-Israel attack on Iran…
Fossil fuel companies finally accept the climate crisis – just not their role in it | Greenhouse gas emissions
While the US government continues to call climate change a hoax and attack the science, in courtrooms from…
Environmental harms and health risks from Iran war could persist for decades
Oil depots spewing black smoke. Debris sinking in the Persian Gulf. Missiles pounding military sites. The Iran war…
Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in two decades
India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by 0.5% in the second half of 2025 and by just 0.7%…
Africa’s coastlines hit by fastest sea level surge on record
The ocean along Africa’s coast is changing. What once felt far away is now part of daily life,…
The Conservative Case for Protecting the Environment
Take immigration. As equatorial regions grow hotter and drier, climate-driven migration will accelerate. Pressures at the southern border,…
Only 13 countries in the world breathe safe air. Three of them are in Europe
Only 14 per cent of cities worldwide breathe safe air, a drop from 17 per cent in the…
projects show how fighting climate change can create rural jobs – research
Across the world, climate governance bodies are finding ways to capture greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and…
Invasive bees are quietly reshaping pollination networks
When people hear “invasive species,” they often picture a dramatic ecological disaster: a sudden collapse, native species disappearing,…
The world’s waste mountain is rising at an alarming rate
The world is struggling to deal with ever-growing quantities of waste. A new World Bank Group report, What…