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UN Human Rights Council fails to call out fossil fuels after decision cuts mention
A proposal by the Marshall Islands and Colombia calling on countries to transition away from fossil fuels had to be dropped from the final UNHRC resolution The post UN Human Rights Council fails to call out fossil fuels after decision cuts mention appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:
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COP30 president: Transition from fossil fuels can start without climate talks
In an exclusive interview, André Corrêa do Lago says negotiators can work out rules or a timeline for the energy transition, but it's up to countries to act on what they agreed The post COP30 president: Transition from fossil fuels can start without climate talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Human-Caused Global Warming Spiked the Death Toll of Europe’s Early Summer Heatwave
Human-caused global warming increased the peak temperatures of an early summer heatwave across much of Europe by up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit and tripled the number of expected heat deaths in 12 European cities, an international team of scientists reported Tuesday during an online press conference. The rapid analysis of heat deaths included Paris, London, […]
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Scientists hail rapid estimate of climate change’s role in heat deaths as a first
Researchers pinpoint the death toll from last month's heatwave in Europe, and say nearly two-thirds of the deaths were linked to the effects of climate change The post Scientists hail rapid estimate of climate change’s role in heat deaths as a first appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn
The Trump administration—ignoring decades of climate science and downward economic trends—has begun the process of reopening millions of acres of public land to coal mining in the Powder River Basin, the nation’s largest coal deposit. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in response to executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, published notices Tuesday asking […]
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Texas Flooding Signals Growing Extreme Weather Threats to Summer Camps
The deluge hit in the early morning hours of July 4. In the Hill Country region of central Texas, torrential rains triggered flash flooding that devastated communities along the Guadalupe River. Around 3 a.m., the river climbed about 1 foot every 5 minutes in Hunt, Texas, according to the National Weather Service. Water levels ultimately […]
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting ‘Unreliable’ Clean Energy Options
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday that he said will “end taxpayer support for unaffordable and unreliable ‘green’ energy sources” such as wind and solar. But it’s not clear whether the order will have much of an effect other than to underscore the president’s antipathy for those power sources. Some observers speculate this […]
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly
Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected–and the economic... The post OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK –and unchecked global warming far more costly appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’
In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently... The post Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Climate Change Helped Fuel Heavy Rains That Led to Devastating Texas Flood
Heavy rains over the weekend that pushed the Guadalupe River in Texas’ Hill Country to its second-highest height on record had by Tuesday resulted in more than 100 reported deaths, including 27 children and counselors from Camp Mystic. But as search and rescue teams and volunteers sweep the banks of the river for missing people, […]
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Chantal Wreaks Havoc in North Carolina as State Lawmakers Try to Repeal an Ambitious Climate Change Goal
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Perched above the Bolin Creek Trail, 46,000 tons of coal ash appeared to be intact Monday afternoon, the mound’s slopes anchored by bushes and vines. But at the foot of the ash pile outside its fence, the force of the floodwaters from Tropical Depression Chantal had evicted large trees from the banks of […]
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding
SHILOH COMMUNITY, Ala.—Pastor Timothy Williams said he’s not giving up his fight for justice. It’s a battle that has garnered national headlines and brought prominent leaders, including then Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, to the small, historically Black community with the goal of addressing repeated flooding caused by the elevation of US-84, a project overseen […]
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Nigeria’s push to cash in on lithium rush gets off to a rocky start
The West African nation wants to supply refined lithium to the EV battery industry to diversify its economy away from oil - but early processing efforts are facing challenges The post Nigeria’s push to cash in on lithium rush gets off to a rocky start appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Indonesian volcano spews massive ash cloud as it erupts again
Following a series of eruptions three weeks ago, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has begun spewing hot ash and lava again.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Melting Ice Caps Could Bring Dormant Volcanoes to Life, Research from the Chilean Andes Shows
Add to the long list of global warming concerns that melting ice caps could trigger more volcanic eruptions. Worse, researchers said Monday at a scientific conference in Prague, the increasing volcanic activity holds the potential for a range of long-term climate feedbacks, as some volcanoes in Antarctica could accelerate ice melt from below while others […]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy?
Following the Texas floods some Democrats have warned about the "consequences" of President Trump's cuts to the federal workforce.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:200 million year-old flying reptile species found
The newly discovered flying reptile is the oldest pterosaur in North America.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals
When President Donald Trump signed legislation to revoke California’s authority to enforce stricter tailpipe emissions standards and to ban sales of gas-powered cars by 2035, the effects rippled far beyond the Golden State. Seventeen states relied on California’s Clean Air Act waivers to adopt stronger vehicle pollution rules on their own, including New York, New […]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Florida’s Home Insurance Crisis Hits Hardest in Some of the State’s Poorest Counties
OKEECHOBEE, Fla.—Steve Cates was walking back to his house from his mailbox, flipping through a clutch of newly delivered letters, when one envelope stopped him in his driveway. It was from his insurance company. His home felt sturdy, but he knew getting insurance in this bucolic community on the north side of Lake Okeechobee was […]
Published on: July 06, 2025 | Source:Nuclear comeback? Japan’s plans to restart reactors hit resistance over radioactive waste
The Japanese government wants to turn its nuclear power stations back on - but some local residents and Indigenous Ainu people don't want nuclear waste stored near them The post Nuclear comeback? Japan’s plans to restart reactors hit resistance over radioactive waste appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 06, 2025 | Source:Trump Pollution Exemptions Would Shield Lawbreakers, Endanger Millions
This story was published in partnership with Public Health Watch. Late in the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would clamp down on 218 of the nation’s worst chemical polluters, which put close to 10 million people at elevated risk of developing cancer. The EPA’s aim was to reduce that number […]
Published on: July 05, 2025 | Source:The Unexpected Beauty and Deep Meaning of Plastic-Waste Art
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by managing producer Jenni Doering with artist Erik Jon Olson. Over 400 million metric tons of plastic are produced worldwide each year, leaving a huge carbon footprint and a waste problem that never seems to go away. Less than 10 percent […]
Published on: July 05, 2025 | Source:Tiny creatures gorge, get fat, and help fight global warming
Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon.
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes
President Donald Trump’s dismantling of climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn... The post Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control
Inter-American Court of Human Rights issues a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, urging states to regulate fossil fuels and corporate emissions The post Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:US comes out against plastic production limits in UN treaty at deadlocked talks
US officials outlined their new position at a meeting in Nairobi, where key divisions persisted ahead of August talks to agree a global plastics pact The post US comes out against plastic production limits in UN treaty at deadlocked talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:Green Climate Fund reforms aim to fix “slow, cumbersome” accreditation process
The UN's Green Climate Fund aims to accredit organisations, allowing them to apply for funds, within nine months The post Green Climate Fund reforms aim to fix “slow, cumbersome” accreditation process appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:The Heat That Seared New York City’s Primary Voters Is Just One Impact of Global Warming on Elections
Election Day in New York City was a scorcher. Temperatures at Kennedy Airport reached 102 degrees last Tuesday, making it the city’s hottest June day since 1948. Average June temperatures in Central Park rarely exceed 75 degrees. The recommendation for vulnerable groups—usually the elderly or chronically ill—was to stay inside during the heat wave. But […]
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:New Handbook Aims to Protect Scientists From Autocratic Threats
As autocratic regimes around the world increasingly step up attacks on scientists and academic freedom, a team of researchers has published a new anti-autocracy handbook to help scientists protect their personal safety and their work. In the United States, authoritarian shadows loom over the Independence Day holiday, cast by an administration that is violating the […]
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:Nations Must Act to Face Climate Crisis, Top Regional Court Says
Governments’ existing human rights obligations require them to do all they can to mitigate the harms of the climate crisis, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights concluded in a new advisory opinion issued Thursday. The seven-judge panel found that, “based on the best available science, the current situation constitutes a climate emergency.” The planetary warming […]
Published on: July 04, 2025 | Source:‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive
In the end, President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending plan rocketed past both fiscal hawks and social moderates in the House with no changes on Thursday. The $4 trillion One Big Beautiful Bill Act is now ready to reach across the U.S. economy, slicing into every aspect of the national effort to address climate […]
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Trump’s Legislation Will Constrict the Growth of Texas’ Clean Energy Industry and its Power Grid
Provisions in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act phasing out tax breaks for solar and wind projects would stunt such development in Texas and make these renewable energy sources more expensive, industry representatives and energy experts said Wednesday. They said those rollbacks, passed as part of the legislation by the Senate 51-50 on Tuesday […]
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:These Century-Old Chicago Silos Are Slated for Demolition. Neighbors Want to Save Them
CHICAGO—Southwest Side residents implored city health and planning officials last week to reconsider the future of two century-old towering grain elevators, empty for years, that an asphalt company wants to demolish. Thursday, the city issued the demolition permits. The company that owns the 23-acre site along the Chicago River has a history of harming the […]
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Will the Trump Administration Save Workers from Preventable Overheating Deaths?
Juanita Constible has analyzed state workplace heat standards across the United States for the Natural Resources Defense Council since 2018. But she first encountered heat stress as a wildlife biologist nearly 30 years ago, while spending long, hot days studying Canadian toads in a northeastern Alberta forest and nights sleeping in a stuffy tent. On […]
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:EPA Employees Called on the Agency to Stop Undermining Public Health. The Trump Administration Put Them on Leave
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave Thursday, an agency spokesperson confirmed, after they signed a “Stand Up for Science” petition using their official titles and EPA positions. The affected employees received an email, shared with Inside Climate News, informing them that they are on leave through July 17, pending an […]
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source: