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US to scrap landmark finding that sets limit on carbon emissions
Experts warn the move will severely curb the federal government's ability to combat climate change.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:
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As Climate-Related Wastewater Threats Grow, U.S. and Mexico Sign a Deal to End the Tijuana Sewage Crisis
Every day, the Tijuana River spews millions of gallons of untreated sewage from Mexico into California, much of which ends up in the ocean. For decades, this steady churn of wastewater has overloaded aging infrastructure on both sides of the border, posing a major ecological and public health issue for communities in Tijuana and San […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Earth’s Wetlands Are Disappearing and Global Efforts to Save Them Are Unraveling
VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe—Scientists and civil society are urging delegates from more than 170 countries represented at a summit here to step up ambitions to combat the continued destruction of Earth’s fastest-disappearing ecosystem. Wetlands underpin all life on Earth, supplying fresh water, oxygen, habitat and food. Yet since 1970 more than 35 percent of wetlands have […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:State of the climate: 2025 on track to be second or third warmest year on record
As it passes its midway point, 2025 is on track to be the second or... The post State of the climate: 2025 on track to be second or third warmest year on record appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Nations Denounce Deep Sea Mining Company’s Bid to Exploit Metals in the Pacific Under US Law
As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the third and final week of high-stakes negotiations on deep-sea mining, they condemned a move made earlier this year by The Metals Co. to bypass the authority’s protocols by applying for a permit to mine in international waters under U.S. law. “For years, one […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Trump Promised a Drilling Boom. The New Rigs Haven’t Showed Up Yet
“We will drill, baby, drill,” President Donald Trump declared at his inauguration on Jan. 20. Echoing the slogan that exemplified his energy policies during the campaign, he made his message clear: more oil and gas, lower prices, greater exports. Six months into Trump’s second term, his administration has little to show on that score. Output […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Wildfire Evacuees and Asylum Seekers Strain Niagara Falls’ Housing Capacity During Tourism Season
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario—Geoffrey Ross is no stranger to wildfire evacuations. But in late May, when the flames of one of the conflagrations that have plagued Manitoba closed in on his family’s land near Jenpeg, Manitoba, for the third time in recent years, the father of two knew this would be different. Ross, a member of […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Why Farmers May Be Able to Continue Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge
Republicans are quietly moving to kill proposed regulations for PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge that is spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers across the country, destroyed their livelihoods and contaminated food and water supplies. The Biden administration in its final days issued a draft health risk assessment level for some PFAS in […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By
For months, President Donald Trump threatened to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency, arguing that it is “extremely expensive” and that emergency management should be left to the states. “When you have a tornado or a hurricane or you have a problem of any kind, in a state, that’s what you have governors for,” he […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most
As heat grips Illinois this summer, one group is more vulnerable to extreme heat than any other: Those incarcerated inside the state’s decaying prisons and jails. People incarcerated in facilities the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) operates have been exposed to dangerous environmental conditions for years, according to environmental and social justice advocates. Just last […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity
Hunger has, on average, fallen worldwide after hitting 15-year highs in 2021 and 2022. This... The post UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Europe and Africa must push the boundaries on adaptation
With the EU presidency, Denmark can help make clear progress on supporting climate resilience in Africa at upcoming summits The post Europe and Africa must push the boundaries on adaptation appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Clean Energy Brought Data Centers to Iowa. The Big Beautiful Bill Could Change That
A line of gnarled elm trees separates Willow Creek Street in West Des Moines from a quintessentially Iowan corn field, deep green at the height of mid-summer. Across the road, a barbed wire fence borders a sprawling, 10-building Microsoft data center. More and more, this sight is also quintessentially Iowan. The grid of white warehouses […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:A New Jersey Shore Town Has Turned to Oysters to Fight Sea Level Rise and Erosion
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J.—Every year, hungry restaurant patrons slurp down fat, juicy oysters, their greyish-white shells cast aside with little thought. But here on this picturesque barrier island, the crusty shells are a valuable commodity and are hauled away by township workers, sorted by volunteers and destined for a whole new life. Come September, the […]
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Wildfires rage in Greece and Turkey as extreme heat persists
Firefighters warn of a "difficult day" ahead, with temperatures are forecast to reach up to 44C (111.2F) on Sunday.
Published on: July 27, 2025 | Source:Alabama Research Center Works to Understand ‘One of the Last Great Wild Places’
Bill Finch was bumping along in a muddy four-wheel utility vehicle on a rocky road near the Paint Rock Forest Research Center when a research assistant in another four-wheeler rumbled up next to him. “Are you going to check the Hawthorn? Has it leafed out yet?” Nathan Paris called out to him that spring morning. […]
Published on: July 27, 2025 | Source:Lessons From a Climate Disaster
Last year, record wildfires fueled by dry conditions incinerated large swaths of Bolivia’s forests, wetlands and other ecosystems, burning an area larger than the state of Indiana. The blazes decimated ecosystems, affecting thousands of families, many of whom are Indigenous and reliant on forests and waterways for their livelihoods, food, water, culture and medicine. A […]
Published on: July 26, 2025 | Source:How the Trump Budget Cuts Are Playing Out at Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Kevin Heatley, the former superintendent of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. You may be planning a national park visit this summer, but whether you’re camping in Yosemite or hiking in Shenandoah, you might notice that there’s […]
Published on: July 26, 2025 | Source:Layoffs, Votes of No Confidence and a Leader on Leave at One of the Nation’s Oldest Environmental Groups
One of the nation’s largest, oldest and most influential environmental groups is in turmoil at a particularly critical time, as the federal government rolls back landmark environmental protections that advocates fought for decades to achieve. The Sierra Club is among the organizations trying to hold the line. But its executive director, Ben Jealous, was placed […]
Published on: July 26, 2025 | Source:EPA Plan to End Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Expected Imminently, Will Harm Human Health, Experts Say
An Environmental Protection Agency proposal to rescind its previous scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment contradicts the prevailing science on the issue and its own mission, two former federal officials said Friday. The EPA imminently is expected to repeal the so-called “endangerment finding,” which dates back to 2009 and […]
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:ICJ: What the world court’s landmark opinion means for climate change
The highest court of the UN has issued a landmark “advisory opinion” stating that nations... The post ICJ: What the world court’s landmark opinion means for climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Fact-Checking Claims About a Proposed Hyperscale Data Center
BESSEMER, Ala.—For Ron Morgan, the signs told the tale. He was among the dozens of residents who spilled into the Birmingham suburb’s city hall chambers who were met by what they viewed as propaganda: Literal signs, the residents felt, that city officials may not have an open mind about voting against a development project facing […]
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Activists Pledge to Resist Any Federal Effort to Lift Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin
Fears that the Trump administration is looking for ways to lift a longstanding ban on fracking for natural gas in the densely populated Delaware River Basin—which includes part of Pennsylvania—have prompted environmentalists to seek public support for a commitment to defend the regulation. Activists are promoting a “Pledge of Resistance and Protection” of the watershed […]
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Trump’s AI Action Plan Waives Federal Environmental Rules in the Development of Data Centers
Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January were reserved for the leaders of Big Tech companies like Meta, Amazon and Google. While the mega-rich have long had an outsized role in U.S. national politics, many saw the inaugural display as a tell-tale sign of the influence the tech industry […]
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Government raises maximum price for wind energy
The government increases the maximum price it will guarantee wind farm developers for electricity.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Banks told to dump fossil fuels to meet new net zero standard
The Science Based Targets initiative says that, to be 1.5C-aligned, financial institutions must stop funding firms that are expanding fossil fuel production and use The post Banks told to dump fossil fuels to meet new net zero standard appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:As Consumer Tax Credits Vanish, What Do You Need to Know?
Consumers are facing a Sept. 30 deadline to be eligible for tax credits for EVs, followed by a Dec. 31 deadline when credits vanish for rooftop solar, air source heat pumps and certain water heaters. These are major purchases and customers will likely want to consider multiple options before making a selection, but there isn’t […]
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:EU-China climate statement shows joint resolve in face of US desertion
While the two powers made no new commitments, experts say the cooperation agreement reaffirms their climate leadership ahead of COP30 The post EU-China climate statement shows joint resolve in face of US desertion appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Third of ‘slum residents’ in global south are exposed to ‘disastrous’ flood risks
One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and... The post Third of ‘slum residents’ in global south are exposed to ‘disastrous’ flood risks appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Hurricane Helene and Subsequent Cleanup Efforts Have Decimated North America’s Most Biodiverse Waters
In Knoxville, Tennessee, there’s a minuscule warehouse tucked off the side of the road. Its tiny gravel parking lot is full. In the back of the cramped, wood-paneled building are dozens of aquarium tanks filled with endangered, threatened, imperiled, and at-risk fish species. This is Conservation Fisheries Incorporated (CFI), a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Appalachian […]
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow
This story was originally published byCapital & Main. On a warm eveningin early June, Loretta Johnson pointed her white Chevy Silverado with a Navajo blanket-patterned steering wheel cover south on the main road leading out of Shiprock, New Mexico, and hit the accelerator—lightly. The retired nurse drove herself and a friend on the plumb-straight road […]
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Thousands of river pollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
Testing programmes affected include those monitoring the impact of drought.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Texas Emergency Management Chief Raises Disaster Communication Concerns with State Lawmakers
Texas lawmakers heard nearly three hours of testimony Wednesday from the state’s emergency management chief about a system reliant on local emergency managers who may not have even received warnings in the hours before devastating floods ravaged Central and West Texas earlier this month. As the recovery efforts continue in Kerr County, legislators sought insight […]
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Texas Emergency Management Chief Raises Disaster Communication Concerns With State Lawmakers
Texas lawmakers heard nearly three hours of testimony Wednesday from the state’s emergency management chief about a system reliant on local emergency managers who may not have even received warnings in the hours before devastating floods ravaged Central and West Texas earlier this month. As the recovery efforts continue in Kerr County, legislators sought insight […]
Published on: July 23, 2025 | Source:Governments Are Legally Required to Address Climate Change, Top Global Court Says
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Tuesday’s landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate change came as residents of some island nations are already “scraping barnacles off our grandfathers’ graves” as sea-level rise accelerates, said Julian Aguon, an Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer from Guam, in a poem he recited outside the Peace Palace […]
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