Under US pressure, EU moves to soften rules for fighting climate superpollutant – POLITICO
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers argues that companies can’t conform to the regulation in time…
More than cuddly critters. Climate change puts unusual plants at risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters…
Water Is Quietly Becoming One of the Biggest Risks in Energy
A decade ago, China was widely expected to become a shale powerhouse. By some estimates, it holds more…
Climate disasters don’t just destroy homes, they change lives forever. We spoke with cyclone survivors in Zimbabwe
When environmental hazards strike, the damage is usually counted in numbers: how many people died, how many homes…
India is burning more coal as extreme heat and the Iran war squeeze energy supplies
NEW DELHI, INDIA – APRIL 27: People are seen protecting themselves from the sun on a hot summer…
Atmospheric warming contributions from airborne microplastics and nanoplastics
Thompson, R. C. et al. Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?. Science 386, 6720 (2024).…
Ride a jet ski through a re-creation of an Alaska mega-tsunami with the help of science
The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August,…
This town found clean energy deep inside old coal mines
Cumberland, British Columbia, grew out of coal mining. For decades, the industry defined daily life, employing thousands of…
Industry can dodge fuel shocks by electrifying. What’s…
Steel and sweatshirts. Trucks and smartphones. Snickers and beer. The stuff in modern life requires huge amounts of dirty…
Brussels mulls scrapping methane fines amid energy crisis – leak
The European Commission is considering suspending methane fines for oil and gas producers during gas shortages, emergency storage…
‘An epidemic of flies, rats, waste and foul odours’: health fears in Cuba as US oil blockade halts rubbish collection | Cuba
As thick smoke spread through the narrow streets of Havana, seeping into homes, schools and shops, Carlos Blanco,…
From V2 rocket-scarred London to Ukraine: how nature thrives in bomb craters | Ukraine
In February 1945, towards the end of the second world war, a German V2 rocket struck Walthamstow Marshes…