‘This Is Climate Change’: Devastating Flooding Kills More Than 70 in...
Spain's deadliest flooding in 30 years killed at least 72 people as torrential rain slammed the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday, with some...
140 Groups Urge Biodiversity Summit Attendees to Halt New Oil and...
With just a few more days of the United Nations biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, 140 organizations collectively
called on government representatives to pursue...
‘Frightening’: Over 1 in 3 of World’s Tree Species Face Extinction
More than one-third of Earth's tree species are at risk of extinction, with logging, forest destruction for agriculture and urban development, and human-caused global...
‘Words Fail’: WMO Report Finds CO2 Accumulating at Record Levels
Climate-heating carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere more rapidly than at any time since humans evolved.
That's just one of the alarming findings from...
Billionaires Spew More CO2 Pollution in 90 Minutes Than Average Person...
With the world
on track for 3.1°C of warming this century, Oxfam International on Monday blamed global billionaires who—with their superyachts, private jets, and...
Climate Groups Warn Third-Party Vote ‘Could Hand Our Planet’s Future Over...
A coalition of leading U.S. environmental groups warned Thursday that a third-party vote in next month's election could help usher in climate disaster by...
‘We’re Playing With Fire’: World on Track for ‘Catastrophic’ 3.1°C of...
The world's nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a "catastrophic" rise in global average temperatures,...
COP29 Host’s State Oil Company ‘Aggressively’ Ramping Up Fossil Fuel Production:...
In less than a month, Azerbaijan will host the United Nations' 29th Climate Change Conference, or COP29. But a new report on its state...
‘Outrageous’: New Roundup Is 45 Times More Toxic
Facing tens of thousands of lawsuits after it acquired Monsanto, Bayer promised to remove cancer-linked glyphosate from its commercial Roundup weed killers by 2023....
World Bank Leads Development Giants in Investing $2.27 Billion in Factory...
The Green Climate Fund and 11 of the 15 multilateral development banks together invested at least $2.27 billion in factory farming in 2023, undercutting...
UNAIDS calls for global solidarity to strengthen Madagascar’s HIV response to...
GENEVA, 21 October 2024—The Executive Director of UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima is calling for accelerated global solidarity to strengthen Madagascar’s response to HIV, including preventing new...
73% of Young US Voters Eager to Support Candidates With Bold...
More than half of young people in the U.S. are "very or extremely worried" about the climate crisis and an even larger percentage are...
‘Terrifying’: Leak Shows Industry Plot to Worsen Methane Emissions—If Trump Wins
A key oil and gas industry group has devised a plan to dismantle Biden-era climate regulations, including on methane emissions, according to an investigation...
‘The Law Is Clear’: NY Officials Back Memo Outlining Criminal Charges...
Several New York City and state elected officials endorsed a memo published Thursday outlining how New York City prosecutors could charge major fossil fuel...
‘Sigh of Relief’ as Supreme Court Gives EPA Another Temporary Win
The climate movement on Wednesday welcomed a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, the third temporary win for the Biden administration's environmental policies this...
IEA Report Underscores Urgency of Fossil Fuel Phaseout as Electricity Demand...
The International Energy Agency on Wednesday released a major report showing that the world's nations are not on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
Can this innovation change the way people think about HIV?
In 2020, a gay Thai man living with HIV sparked controversy with a Facebook post. He was on antiretroviral therapy and had gotten lab...
‘Stop Funding Environmental Racism’: Groups Demand Banks Divest From Petrochemicals
Environmental and policy groups on Tuesday called for financial institutions to stop funding the U.S. petrochemical industry.
Break Free from Plastic, Friends of the Earth,...
‘This Is BS’: Green Critics Slam Google’s Bid for Nuclear-Powered AI...
Google announced on Monday that it had signed a deal to purchase energy from a set of yet-to-be-built small nuclear energy plants in order...
10 XR Protesters Blockade UK Site to Stop ‘Blatantly Unlawful Oil...
Ten Extinction Rebellion protesters blockaded an English oil and gas field on Monday in support of a landmark U.K. Supreme Court ruling that was...
Climate Crisis Made Hurricane Milton ‘Wetter, Windier, and More Destructive’
With rescue and cleanup efforts underway in Florida following back-to-back disasters wrought by hurricanes Helene and Milton, scientists on Friday released an analysis highlighting...
Probe Demanded as Second Houston-Area Petrochemical Disaster in a Month Kills...
For the second time in less than four weeks on Thursday, residents of the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States were notified of...
Green Groups Blast ‘Reckless, Unscientific’ EU Carbon Capture Plans
As attendees gathered in the south of France Thursday for the start of a European Union-hosted summit on carbon capture and storage, an international...
COP29 Host Deal Revealed Amid Azerbaijan’s ‘Vicious Crackdown’ on Critics
Human Rights Watch on Thursday revealed the host country agreement between the United Nations and Azerbaijan for next month's climate summit, on the heels...
‘The Fabric of Nature Is Unraveling,’ Warns New Report on Wildlife...
Monitored populations of the world's vertebrate animals declined on average by 73% between 1970 and 2020, according to a major report released Wednesday by...
Climate Advocates Demand Hurricane Town Hall With Harris and Trump
As families mourned the deaths of hundreds of people from Hurricane Helene and Floridians began to take stock of the damage done by Hurricane...
Fossil-Fueled Hurricane Milton Hammers Florida With Violent Winds, Massive Flooding
Hurricane Milton made landfall south of Tampa, Florida late Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after rapidly intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing...
Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily
Just over a month away from the next United Nations climate summit, a study out Wednesday warns that heating the planet beyond a key...
‘Laggards’: Top 6 Wall Street Banks Failing on Net-Zero Climate Pledges
Sierra Club on Wednesday issued a report showing that the United States' six largest banks lag behind in efforts to meet 2030 and 2050...
‘Big Oil’s Reckless Conduct’ Caused Milton—And Now They Should Pay, Say...
As Hurricane Milton's 145 mile-per-hour winds began closing in on Southwest Florida on Wednesday and people crowded into makeshift shelters across the state, climate...
US Supreme Court Seeks Biden Admin Opinion on Climate Suits Against...
In yet another recent
display of what's at stake in this year's U.S. presidential race, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday requested that the...
Oregon County Files First-Ever Climate Deception Lawsuit Against Gas Utility
Multnomah County in Oregon on Monday added NW Natural to the list of defendants in its climate deception lawsuit, making the company the first-ever...
Airlines and Hotels Price Gouge Floridians Fleeing Milton
U.S. President Joe Biden called on Floridians in evacuation zones to leave their homes "now, now, now" on Tuesday, and the mayor of Tampa...
‘Very Fabric of Life’ at Risk Without Urgent Action to End...
As Hurricane Milton barreled toward Florida's Gulf Coast,
demonstrating the dangers of global warming, international scientists on Tuesday published a terrifying annual analysis that...
Ocean Heat Fueling Hurricane Milton Was Made Up to 800 Times...
As Floridians raced to prepare for and escape the path of Hurricane Milton, an
analysis published Monday showed that high sea-surface temperatures fueling the...
On Heels of Helene, Milton Explodes Into Category 5 Hurricane
"This is not normal," said climate advocates Monday as they expressed the same shock as weather experts who were reporting on the rapid strengthening...
Global Water Woes the ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’ for Climate...
The climate crisis is destabilizing the world's water cycle, depriving millions of people of the freshwater resources they need while inundating others with deadly...
Greta Thunberg Detained at Brussels Climate Protest Against Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Renowned activist Greta Thunberg was detained on Saturday at a climate protest in Brussels aimed at ending European Union fossil fuel subsidies. The protest...
Concerns Raised About Toxic Exposure in Aftermath of Helene Floodwaters
Local officials, academic researchers, and volunteer responders have raised concerns about chemical and biological contamination brought by the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene in the...
Supreme Court Issues Rare—Temporary—Wins for EPA With Methane, Mercury Rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected two industry-backed petitions to issue injunctions on new Biden administration rules for methane and mercury in a...
Cornell Study Shows LNG Worse for Climate Than Coal
On the heels of Hurricane Helene
devastating the U.S. Southeast and sparking fresh calls for action on the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency, a long-awaited...
Scientists, Experts Demand ‘Immediate End’ to EU Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Warning that policymakers in the European Union are undermining the bloc's own climate goals by continuing to subsidize fossil fuel extraction, climate scientists and...
Walz Applauded for ‘Calling Out Trump’s Allegiance to Big Oil’ in...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz used the climate portion of Tuesday night's vice presidential debate with Republican Sen. JD Vance to lambast GOP nominee...
21 Private Equity Firms Fund Over a Gigaton of Annual Climate...
The energy portfolios of over 20 top U.S. private equity firms are responsible for an estimated combined 1.17 gigatons of annual greenhouse gas emissions—more...
Youth Arrested Demanding VP Debate Question on Climate Emergency
Just hours away from the U.S. vice presidential debate on Tuesday, six members of the youth-led Sunrise Movement were arrested for blocking the...
Endless Stream of Climate Disasters Bolsters Demand to ‘Make Polluters Pay’
In the wake of one of the hottest summers ever recorded in the United States and the deadly destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene, climate...
From Chimney Rock to Kathmandu, Floodwaters Bring Death and Devastation
Floodwaters brought mass death and destruction to the United States and Nepal over the weekend due to storms likely intensified by climate breakdown, following...
Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10 Finalists Head to the Grand Finale
Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, Africa’s leading philanthropic initiative supported by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba...
Climate Movement Says ‘Hurricane Helene Must Be a Wake-Up Call’
This is a developing story. Please check back for possible updates...
As emergency crews have worked through the weekend to rescue people and restore essential...
Ghana: Entrepreneur builds rice brand to over $1m in yearly sales
Nana Owusu-Achau Interview with Nana Owusu-AchauFOUNDER, AGRO KINGS Lives in: Ghana Entrepreneur Nana Owusu-Achau is the founder of Agro Kings, a Ghana-based company...
Exporting Zambia’s honey to the US: Interview with agribusiness entrepreneur
Miit Pandoliker Interview with Miit PandolikerCEO AND CO-FOUNDER, LUANO FOOD COMPANY Lives in: Lusaka, Zambia Zambia-based Luano Food Company, which specialises in honey...
Exclusive: Khanna Proposes End to ‘Unconscionable’ Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil
As fossil fuel giants continue to rake in billions of dollars in profits, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna on Thursday is reintroducing legislation to end...
‘Unfortunately,’ Say Critics, Biden’s Climate Claim at United Nations ‘Not True’
President Joe Biden claimed in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. was on track to halve greenhouse...
‘Red Alert’ as 7th of 9 Planetary Boundaries On Verge of...
Six of nine planetary boundaries have already been transgressed, and a seventh, for ocean acidification, is on the verge of being breached, according to...
Cape Town and Lagos among Africa’s ultra-rich hotspots
Lagos, Nigeria
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Cairo, Cape Town and Lagos are some of the world’s ultra-rich hotspots cities to watch, according to the...
South American Leaders Implored to Act on Record Wildfires
Amnesty International on Monday called for an "unprecedented response" from South American leaders as the continent faces wildfires that threaten the Amazon rainforest and...
‘Billionaires Own Trump’: Sunrise Organizers Occupy Republican’s Phoenix Office
As part of its engagement effort to reach 1.5 million young voters in swing states, the climate justice group Sunrise Movement on Monday organized...
California Sues Exxon Over Decades of Plastics Deception in First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit
In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday sued oil giant ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public about the recyclability of...
Jane Fonda on US Election: ‘The Future of the Planet Is...
Actor and activist Jane Fonda took aim at Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and his climate-wrecking plans in comments published Monday from her...
100+ Global Lawmakers Urge Biden to Reject New LNG Exports
With Climate Week underway in New York City, 106 lawmakers from the United States and around the world on Monday urged the Biden administration...
Green Groups Applaud 1 Million Public Comments Urging Biden to Protect...
Green groups on Friday pointed to the more than 1 million public comments urging the U.S. Forest Service to protect old-growth forests from logging...
Norwegian Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Arctic Biodiversity With ‘Irreversible Harm’
Norway's plans to move forward with deep-sea mining could do irreparable damage to unique Arctic ecosystems and even drive unobserved species to extinction.That's the...
Student Researchers Expose Fossil Fuel Ties at US Universities
Students at universities and colleges across the U.S. have long demanded that their schools cut ties with the fossil fuel industry as planetary heating...
Entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Mali taking African superfoods global
Yonas Alemu, founder of food company Lovegrass Ethiopia Superfoods, defined as nutrient-rich foods beneficial for health and well-being, have gained global recognition in recent...
Saudi Aramco Leads Fossil Fuel Firms in ‘Sportswashing’ Sponsorships: Analysis
Aramco, the state-owned Saudi firm, has the most sports sponsorships of any fossil fuel company in the world, with $1.3 billion in active deals,...
Big Oil to Benefit From Biden’s Carbon Capture Tax Credits: Report
As the U.S. moves to invest in climate solutions, is the money going toward projects that will meaningfully reduce emissions and transition the nation's...
‘Criminally Insane’: Subsidies That Harm the Environment Reach $2.6 Trillion Per...
Governments across the world now spend a total of $2.6 trillion per year on subsidies that harm the environment, jeopardizing global climate and biodiversity...
EU Crisis Official Warns of ‘Climate Breakdown’ Amid Deadly Wildfires and...
With the Portuguese government declaring a "state of calamity" over wildfires that have killed at least seven people, and the daily lives of ...
Report Reveals How US Taxpayers Are Unwittingly Subsidizing Climate Lies
A report published Wednesday identifies nearly 140 "climate disinformation organizations" in the United States financed by wealthy donors who receive massive subsidies from the...
New Report Lays Out How US Can Address Its ‘Fair Share’...
A coalition of climate campaigners on Tuesday published a proposal "for how the U.S. can play a bigger role in tackling the global climate...
‘This Is Historic’: Electric Vehicles Now Outnumber Petrol-Powered Cars in Norway
In what's believed to be a global milestone, electric vehicles now outnumber gasoline-fueled automobiles on Norway's roads, as the overwhelming bulk of new cars...
Honduran Environment and Anti-Corruption Activist Juan López Killed
Environment and anti-corruption activist Juan López was killed in Tocoa, Honduras on Saturday in the latest attack on environmental defenders in the country. López,...
LNG Pipeline Explosion and Fire Force Evacuations in Texas Town
Note: This is a developing story. Please check back for possible updates...Fire damage to a playground, an evacuation order for at least 350 homes,...
Deadly Flooding in Europe Shows ‘Dramatic Consequences’ of Climate Change
Extreme flooding has claimed the lives of at least seven people in Central and Eastern Europe and forced thousands to flee their homes over...