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Fears 19th Century canal could start to run dry in days
The operators of a 225-year-old canal warn of an "urgent" water shortage without imminent rainfall.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:
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Nearly Half of the Country’s Attorney Generals Make Legal Effort to Restore FEMA Funds
President Donald Trump has recently floated the idea of scrapping the federal agency aimed at helping people through disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) brings in emergency personnel, supplies and equipment to stricken areas and works to ensure Americans are prepared for emergencies. Some states have been unable […]
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Nearly Half of the Country’s Attorneys General Make Legal Effort to Restore FEMA Funds
President Donald Trump has recently floated the idea of scrapping the federal agency aimed at helping people through disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) brings in emergency personnel, supplies and equipment to stricken areas and works to ensure Americans are prepared for emergencies. Some states have been unable […]
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Cropped 26 March 2025: US birds in peril; UK ecologists ‘job fears’; Finance ‘fuelling’ deforestation
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 26 March 2025: US birds in peril; UK ecologists ‘job fears’; Finance ‘fuelling’ deforestation appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:UN, Germany say tackling climate crisis is path to economic and national security
Top diplomats urge governments gathered at conferences in Berlin to seize the opportunities offered by a green transition to shore up growth and peace The post UN, Germany say tackling climate crisis is path to economic and national security appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Guest post: How human behaviour shapes effective climate policies
There is clear evidence that technological change will be insufficient to meet UK and global... The post Guest post: How human behaviour shapes effective climate policies appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Localities, Rural Lawmakers Win in Halting Solar Siting Reform in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va.—Last month, a couple of weeks before the end of the regular legislative session, Virginia lawmakers killed a bill to reform the state’s process approving utility-scale solar projects despite achieving some rare support from both the environmental and agricultural communities. Continued concern from localities over a loss of control won out. The bill would […]
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Small New York Farms Suffer as Federal Funds Freeze
Hannah Smith-Brubaker runs a farmer-led nonprofit that, for over 30 years, has focused on teaching climate-resilient agricultural practices across the Northeast. Since 2023, Smith-Brubaker has expanded from hosting 50 educational workshops and a regional conference every year to providing direct financial and technical assistance to farmers seeking on-the-ground change. Her organization, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture,...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:California Farmworker Communities Win the Right to Be Notified of Pesticide Applications in Advance
On a sweltering August morning in 1988, Cesar Chavez ended a 36-day water-only fast to protest high rates of cancer and birth defects among California grape workers and their children, which he blamed on the profusion of pesticides in the fields, water and air around farming towns. Thirty-seven years later, state regulators launched the nation’s […]
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:NOAA Cuts Weather Balloon Launches Due to Staff Shortages After DOGE Layoffs
The National Weather Service is reducing the number of weather balloons it launches across the country, an early tangible decrease in services offered in the wake of cuts by the Trump administration. The NWS, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced last week that it was halting or reducing weather balloon operations at […]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections
Wetlands and ephemeral streams provide a wide variety of benefits to people and wildlife, from flood protection for local communities, to preventing pollutants from entering the water supply, to breeding grounds for endangered bird species. Wetlands can also act as carbon sinks, sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Since the 18th century, the United States […]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Climate Change Is the Backdrop to Our Lives, But It’s Missing in Movies
During the summer of 2023, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and a team of fellow researchers binge-watched 250 of the most-rated movies from the past decade—purely for research purposes. The group was primarily keeping an eye out for one thing: Is climate change mentioned? In most cases, the answer is no. Only 13 percent of the films had […]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets
Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that overlooked integrity problems with the projects. But the worthless credits still need to be compensated The post Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Unique two-clawed dinosaur discovered
Duonychus is one of the few species of theropod dinosaur that evolved two-fingered hands.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries
The National Security Archive is calling for the release of a major US intelligence assessment on climate change and security The post Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:The European Politician Bringing Nature Into the Halls of Power
In 2019, Carola Rackete faced serious jail time. She had just rescued dozens of migrants in dire condition off the coast of Libya. Defying the Italian government, Rackete docked her ship in Lampedusa to save the lives of those on board. Today, Rackete, a 36-year-old German citizen, is one of the newest members of the […]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:What 30 Years of Fighting for Environmental Justice Looks Like in One Community
How Chicago’s Little Village became a hotspot for environmental racism and the fight for equal access to health The Trump administration’s efforts to block funding and enforcement for environmental justice threaten hard-won progress to reduce toxic pollution in overburdened places. In many communities, residents have worked for decades to improve health through better air, water […]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:In an Era of Environmental Deregulation, What Happens to Fetal and Reproductive Health Outcomes?
Amid funding cuts for environmental initiatives on a federal level and attacks on abortion access at the state level, experts are seeing the effects of a correlation between reproductive care and climate change impacts. Although scientists have studied the effects of extreme heat and pollution on fetal and maternal health for years, recent legislative action […]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Archaeologists find 'unprecedented' Iron Age hoard
Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:EPA Decimates Grant Program Aimed at Measuring and Reducing Construction Material Emissions
The Trump administration has eviscerated a grant program designed to make U.S. industry cleaner and more competitive by improving measurement of emissions from building materials. The Environmental Protection Agency says it has canceled $116 million in grants to 21 recipients that include universities and trade groups, according to information obtained by the Sierra Club through […]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels in 2024
Cooling demand as a result of record temperatures was a significant driver of power generation last year, according to the International Energy Agency The post Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels in 2024 appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector
Decarbonising the seas is a strategic imperative for a sustainable trade system that can also generate climate finance for vulnerable countries The post It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Why earthquake predictions are usually wrong
On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Greenpeace’s $660m damages ruling a ‘wake-up call’ to climate movement
The North Dakota court's ruling has brought a wave of solidarity against SLAPP lawsuits designed to silence campaigners The post Greenpeace’s $660m damages ruling a ‘wake-up call’ to climate movement appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them
With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action The post 2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 21 March 2025: Germany’s climate win; Conservatives’ net-zero row-back; Key messages from major UK climate conference
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 21 March 2025: Germany’s climate win; Conservatives’ net-zero row-back; Key messages from major UK climate conference appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Clean hydrogen hype fades as high costs dampen demand
Analysts say governments are not doing enough to get companies to buy green hydrogen to clean up transport and heavy industry The post Clean hydrogen hype fades as high costs dampen demand appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Schools and hospitals get £180m solar investment
The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns
Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, threatening... The post Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:China Briefing 20 March 2025: Miliband in China; ‘Two new’ promoted; ‘Two sessions’ ended
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 20 March 2025: Miliband in China; ‘Two new’ promoted; ‘Two sessions’ ended appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Q&A: How China’s ‘two new’ policy aims to help cut emissions
China’s central government listed “boosting consumption…and stimulating domestic demand” as its first “major task” for... The post Q&A: How China’s ‘two new’ policy aims to help cut emissions appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:‘One-third’ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change
Climate change was responsible for just over one-third of the simultaneous soya bean crop failures... The post ‘One-third’ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Food systems are the missing ingredient from the COP30 menu
Despite making the Amazon the stage for this year's UN climate summit, Brazil has stayed silent on the food system crisis, the top driver of its deforestation The post Food systems are the missing ingredient from the COP30 menu appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Carbon colonialism? Malaysia and Indonesia plan storage hubs for Asian emissions
Japan and South Korea have signed deals to export CO2 captured at their power and manufacturing plants to Southeast Asia The post Carbon colonialism? Malaysia and Indonesia plan storage hubs for Asian emissions appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests
Greenpeace has warned it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case brought by Energy Transfer.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source: