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Decades-long mystery of ginger cats revealed
Researchers in Japan and US have unlocked the 60-year mystery of what gives cats their orange colour.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:
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China Briefing 15 May 2025: CO2 emissions fall; Drought affects food production; Climate diplomacy at CELAC
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 15 May 2025: CO2 emissions fall; Drought affects food production; Climate diplomacy at CELAC appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked
The Trump administration has canceled outright or is trying to cancel billions of dollars in federal grants for research about energy and the environment. Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State University, has the unfortunate distinction of being part of two federal grants canceled in the last month that deal with the […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions
Two of Kenya’s biggest carbon credit projects are mired in controversy, clouding the country's hopes of raising climate finance from the offset market The post Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering
The UK government’s “high-risk” research funding agency last week announced that it will invest 57m... The post Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Interview: What the people of China’s coal-rich Shanxi think about climate change
Shanxi province in northern China is the country’s largest coal producer, leaving its coal-reliant economy... The post Interview: What the people of China’s coal-rich Shanxi think about climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah
For years, Nevada’s congressional delegation and leading Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, which would allow tens of thousands of acres of public lands currently managed by the federal government to be sold at auction to cities and developers looking for space to expand. […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Wyoming Begins Exploring Voluntary Water Conservation Programs
In Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of the northernmost cities receiving Colorado River water, the state engineer and attorney general’s offices met with legislators on the select water committee last week to discuss ongoing Colorado River negotiations. Their message was clear: Wyoming must adapt to a future in which the river has an inadequate supply of water […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Lawyers Spar Over Whether Pennsylvania Agency Has Authority to Issue Carbon Allowances to Power Plants
Pennsylvania’s highest court heard arguments over whether the state’s proposed membership of an interstate agreement to curb carbon emissions from power plants is invalidated by being a tax not authorized by the legislature. Lawyers for the Department of Environmental Protection told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in oral arguments on Tuesday that the agency has the […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Toxic Cleanups in San Francisco Take More Than Four Years Longer in Communities of Color
This reporting was supported by a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism data fellowship. Toxic site cleanups take longer in parts of San Francisco where fewer residents are white, a new data analysis from the San Francisco Public Press shows. The analysis also shows that a higher proportion of residents who are Black, Indigenous and […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:The Trump Administration Plans to Undo Standards on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in the U.S. Drinking Water Supply
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to rescind and postpone rules limiting “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were enacted under the Biden administration and designed to prevent millions of people from exposure to these persistent and dangerous contaminants. Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the agency plans to issue […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Mosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds
The disease has spread great distances, with scientists racing to understand the risks.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time
For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s... The post Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With ‘Sledgehammer Approach’
Congress began tearing down the most consequential climate policy it had ever passed as torrents from a 1,000-mile-long atmospheric river lashed Washington, D.C. The worst impacts of Tuesday’s storm were far up the Potomac River. Any concerns about how the United States would grapple with the increasingly intense weather of a warming world receded to […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Rising emissions from farm equipment could ‘hinder’ China’s net-zero goals
Rapidly rising emissions from China’s agricultural machinery could “hinder” the country’s push to net-zero, according... The post Rising emissions from farm equipment could ‘hinder’ China’s net-zero goals appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Exceptionally low river levels raise fears over water supplies
The warning comes after some parts of the UK had the driest Spring in nearly a century.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change
A new report draws on decades of internal documents and court records to lay out how some of the world’s most powerful corporations misled the public about the dangers of climate change—and how their efforts to avoid responsibility for the harms caused by their products have evolved in recent years. The documents and records cited […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Guest post: More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’
More than 70% of European cities are not adapting to climate change in a consistent... The post Guest post: More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:USDA Staffing and Funding Cuts Would Threaten Virginia’s Ability to Reach Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals
Lee Good grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and raises cows, calfs, crops and hay on about 200 acres in the foothills of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Good, 55, previously farmed as a hobby but now makes his living in Rockingham County, the top contributor to the state’s top private industry—agriculture. He cares about clean […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Property Rights Take Center Stage as Montana Grapples With Wind Development
Colstrip, in Rosebud County, Montana, sitting next door to the strip mines that feed it, remains the second-largest coal power plant in the American West, even after part of it was retired in 2019. But not long after that, Rosebud County also became the home of the biggest wind energy project in Montana. “When you […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Climate experts criticise handling of Tata changes
Ministers should have been better at planning and making sure green jobs were available, report says.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'
The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Pharmaceutical Pollution Is Widespread Across the World’s Waterways
Many of the world’s waterways are awash with varying levels of pharmaceuticals, according to a wide body of research. These medical byproducts come from all different sources, including industrial dumping and agriculture. They can even come from our own waste; peoples’ bodies don’t absorb all the medication they take, so much of it ends up […]
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:In a Landmark PFAS Payout, 3M to Pay New Jersey $450 Million
In a historic settlement, chemical giant 3M has agreed to pay up to $450 million to New Jersey to resolve claims over its role in decades-long contamination from toxic “forever chemicals,” just days before a scheduled trial that would have been the first in the country to determine environmental PFAS liability to a state. The […]
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:Dutch Environmental Group Launches New Climate Case Against Shell to Stop All Investment in New Oil and Gas Fields
The Dutch NGO that won a historic court verdict in 2021 in a pioneering climate lawsuit against the oil major Shell announced on Tuesday that it is launching a new case against the company, with the core demand that Shell immediately stop investing in any new oil and gas fields. “At a time in which […]
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:Trump shifts US funds from shutting down foreign fossil fuels to expanding them
The US administration has pulled clean energy and just transition funding in South Africa and is pressuring EXIM and the World Bank to back fossil fuels The post Trump shifts US funds from shutting down foreign fossil fuels to expanding them appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:How to make electric vehicles that don’t trash forests through mining
Using battery technology that is less reliant on minerals can avert worsening environmental damage caused by the stampede to secure materials for EVs The post How to make electric vehicles that don’t trash forests through mining appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:Texas Oil and Gas Companies Drill With River Water During Extreme Drought
PECOS, Texas—Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the Rio Grande and Pecos River, two of the most iconic waterways in Texas. The advocacy group American Rivers recently named the Lower Rio Grande one of its most endangered rivers, describing a “near-permanent human-induced megadrought threatening all life that depends on it.” On the Pecos River, […]
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:Swamp Coolers’ Ability to Beat the Heat is Evaporating in Record Southwestern Temperatures
“I just couldn’t think straight,” Albuquerque resident Becky Wood said, describing what it felt like attempting to get work done in an 85-degree house during the city’s hottest summer days. “I would find myself sitting on the couch, wanting to take a nap. I felt like I had brain fog, but it was just like […]
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:Why the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see
Severe air pollution is obscuring visibility of the highest mountain peaks on Earth, hitting tourism hard.
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:Policy Experts Fear Laxer Climate Rules Could Leave U.S. Markets Open to Greater Volatility
Experts and advocates reacted with concern and disappointment after the world’s top financial regulators agreed on Monday to shift the climate focus of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision toward voluntary disclosures and a narrower focus on extreme weather—a move seen as a step back from earlier momentum toward mandatory global standards. The Group of […]
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Despite Problems in and out of State, Horne LLP Is Again Chosen by N.C. Officials to Run Disaster Relief Efforts
A company whose earlier disaster recovery contract in North Carolina was marked with serious communications problems will return to run North Carolina’s disaster recovery program in western counties flattened by Hurricane Helene. The N.C. Department of Commerce on May 9 awarded a project management contract to Horne LLP, worth $81.5 million over the next three […]
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Let’s use early milestones to stay focused on climate action
To make sure we meet a 2030 goal to triple outflows from UN climate funds agreed at COP29, work needs to start now The post Let’s useearly milestones to stay focused on climate action appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Northeastern States Unveil New Grid Planning Strategy in Attempt to Regain Control Over Energy Future
Maryland and eight other Northeastern states last month released a first-of-its-kind transmission action plan. Experts view it as a direct response to years of frustration with regional grid operators over stalled clean energy projects and surging electricity costs that states say undercut their climate mandates and reflect the outsized influence of private utility interests. Known […]
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Should Pittsburgh’s Water Stay Public? Residents Will Get to Vote on It
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—In a state where far more people get their drinking water from private companies than the national average, Pittsburgh voters will decide this month whether to ensure their water and sewer service remains publicly owned and operated. The referendum, on the ballot as part of the May 20 mayoral primary elections, would amend the […]
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source: