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Does the world need a global treaty on energy transition minerals?
As countries rush to secure supplies of the materials needed to ramp up clean energy, a push for stronger governance rules is gathering momentum The post Does the world need a global treaty on energy transition minerals? appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:
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The people who think AI might become conscious
With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxins Left Behind
After the Fires: First in a series about health risks following the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. PASADENA, Calif.—Nicole Byrne watched anxiously from across the small kitchen in her home as Parham Azimi, a Harvard University researcher, lined up sample bottles next to […]
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind
After the Fires: First in a series about health risks following the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. PASADENA, Calif.—Nicole Byrne watched anxiously from across the small kitchen in her home as Parham Azimi, a Harvard University researcher, lined up sample bottles next to […]
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:Moore Vetoes Key Maryland Climate Studies, Reversing Course on Environmental Justice Commitments
Maryland legislators and environmental advocates expressed dismay after Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a series of widely supported climate and environmental study bills last week, actions they believe not only mark a sharp departure from his climate promises, but also reflect a breakdown in communication between the governor and members of his own party in the […]
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The True Cost of Pretending Climate Change Doesn’t Exist
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with David Cash, the former England Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A new White House memo instructs federal agencies to disregard the economic impacts of climate change in their regulations and permitting decisions, unless explicitly required […]
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Nuclear Energy, Reduce Oversight
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday focused on speeding up nuclear energy development by reducing regulations that officials said have “choked” the industry for decades. Many nuclear rules stem from reforms to protect the public after a partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. Friday’s […]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:A Double Whammy for Scientists: Big Budget Cuts, Big Climate Consequences
On Tuesday, a small crowd gathered outside Tom’s Restaurant in New York City. The cozy, neon-lit diner appeared regularly on the sitcom “Seinfeld,” but this group wasn’t there for a photo op or to recreate one of George and Jerry’s many arguments over a cup of coffee. They were saying goodbye to the building above […]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:The Tax Increase Tucked Into Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Electric and hybrid vehicle owners should prepare for a big, beautiful tax increase. The text of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” which passed the U.S. House of Representatives early Thursday, contains a provision that would impose a new annual registration fee on electric and hybrid vehicles, a move that experts say will disincentivize purchases […]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:States, Environmentalists Sue Trump Over Billions in Funding Freezes for EV Charging
Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and more than a half dozen environmental groups have alleged in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has indefinitely and unlawfully frozen funds for a nationwide electric vehicle program. The complaint was filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Plaintiffs’ attorneys are asking the judge to require […]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Brazil seeks early deals on two stalled issues at Bonn climate talks
Moving forward work on just transition and implementing recommendations from the Global Stocktake of climate progress are key priorities for upcoming UN negotiations The post Brazil seeks early deals on two stalled issues at Bonn climate talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:NOAA Predicts Above-Average Hurricane Activity This Year
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expect above-average hurricane activity this season. The federal agency, in its annual outlook released Thursday, predicted 13 to 19 named storms, including six to 10 hurricanes. Of those, it expects three to five major hurricanes of category 3, 4 or 5 strength, packing winds of 111 mph […]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Hurricane Season Will Be Even Riskier for Undocumented People This Year
With Atlantic hurricane season on the horizon, experts warn that the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies have exacerbated existing risks for undocumented people weathering disasters in the United States. After California, the states with the largest populations of undocumented immigrants are Florida and Texas, both hurricane hot spots. “In emergency management, people who are undocumented are […]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Vermont’s Governor Delays Electric Car Mandates, Part of State’s Climate Plan
Vermont, in a surprising shift, will not enforce electric car and truck supply mandates through the end of calendar year 2026. Gov. Phil Scott signed an executive order on May 13 to allow a 19-month delay in part because of pressure from vehicle manufacturers as well as uncertainties stemming from the Trump administration’s tariffs and […]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:New Mexico Is the Latest State Developing Standards to Protect Workers in Extreme Heat
Farm workers in southern New Mexico get to work hours before dawn during heat waves to harvest chile peppers. Oilfield workers don heavy gear, despite the heat, to drive to remote drilling sites spread across the state’s Permian Basin. Teachers make do in classrooms with failing air conditioning. New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Ship footage shared with BBC captures sound of Titan sub imploding
Support ship video shows the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush hearing the sound of the implosion.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Ship footage captures sound of Titan sub imploding
Support ship video shows the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush hearing the sound of the implosion.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air
In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, the environment and public health, the Republican-led Senate Thursday voted to block California’s electric-vehicle mandates, revoking the state’s right to implement the nation’s toughest emissions standards. Republicans used the Congressional Review Act, or CRA, to overturn California’s long-standing authority under the Clean Air […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Sluggish sloth's secrets of success revealed in new study
Scientists say early humans were to blame for many extinctions - but small tree-dwelling sloths survived.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate
New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by reflecting some incoming sunlight back to space. The findings reinforce the growing awareness that Earth’s intricate web of life plays a significant role in […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts
The warning comes as cuts to American research raise fears over the ability to track and prepare for them.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts?
Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the Inflation Reduction Act. The measure, which now heads to the Senate, is being described by clean energy and environmental groups as a monumental betrayal of […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:In Chicago, Artists Imagine a World Without Prisons or Environmental Hazards
Darrell Fair was in his cell at Stateville Correctional Center during a heat wave last June when he heard shouts for help. Someone in a cell nearby was in medical distress. There was no air conditioning in the Illinois prison’s housing units, and that afternoon all the upper-tier windows were nailed shut and the exhaust […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:UK sea temperatures soar after exceptionally warm spring
Sea temperatures in some areas off the UK and Ireland are 4C above average.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Scientists propose novel way of treating mosquitoes for malaria
Normally the insects are targeted with insecticide, but US researchers say anti-malaria drugs absorbed through their legs can stop them spreading disease.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Fish Threatened By Farms and Mining Set to Be First Species Listed As Endangered in Second Trump Term
DYER, Nev.—A century ago, Fish Lake Valley looked much more like its name than it does today. Ephemeral streams flowed from the mountain ranges surrounding this valley on the California and Nevada border, filling a lake that provided habitat for fish, including an endemic tui chub for which it was the only home. But the […]
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:'Shrinking Nemo': Smaller clownfish sound alarm on ocean heat
Fish made famous by the movie Finding Nemo are shrinking to cope with marine heatwaves.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Flooding Caused by Atmospheric River Over Maryland Shows How Climate Change Is Stressing Inland Communities
The water surged fast, outpacing local emergency response efforts and trapping nearly 200 students and staff inside Westernport Elementary School in Maryland’s Allegany County. Outside, Georges Creek had already breached its banks, flooding nearby homes and streets, while rain continued to pound the mountain town. Emergency officials scrambled to assemble rescue teams from neighboring counties, […]
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:El Paso Hasn’t Seen This Many Dust Storms Since the Dust Bowl
EL PASO, Texas—On a Tuesday afternoon in May, earth system scientist Thomas Gill was tracking yet more dust rolling through this border city. Gill, a member of the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), was waiting to see whether this dusty day would swirl into a full-blown dust storm, in which […]
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Global wheat yields would be ‘10%’ higher without climate change
Global yields of wheat are around 10% lower now than they would have been without... The post Global wheat yields would be ‘10%’ higher without climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:A Restricted Climate Super Pollutant Is Pumped Out at Far Higher Levels Than Countries Admit. What Happens Next?
This article was co-reported with Foreign Policy. A climate super pollutant thousands of times more effective at warming the planet than carbon dioxide is being released at a rate far higher than countries around the world have acknowledged, raising a fraught question: What are they going to do about it? Elevated concentrations of a chemical […]
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn
Sea levels in some parts of the world could be rising by as much as 8 to 12 inches per decade within the lifetime of today’s youngest generations, outpacing the ability of many coastal communities to adapt, scientists warned in a new study published this week. The research by an international team of sea level […]
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Thames Water halts bosses' bonus scheme
The company pauses its "retention scheme", which pays out cash to top executives linked to its rescue loan.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Global forest loss hits “frightening” record high with climate-fuelled fires
Brazil and Bolivia led forest destruction in 2024 as drought worsened fires and land was cleared for large-scale agriculture and cattle-farming The post Global forest loss hits “frightening” record high with climate-fuelled fires appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year
Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source: