Climate

Southeast Asia’s Deadly Heat Wave in April Was 45x More Likely Due to Climate Change, Study Finds

Southeast Asia’s Deadly Heat Wave in April Was 45x More Likely Due to Climate Change, Study Finds

A new World Weather Attribution (WWA) study has found that the sweltering late-April heat wave across Southeast Asia and the Middle East was 45 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. For many days, temperatures above 104 degrees Fahrenheit scorched large portions of the continent, from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Israel to Vietnam, the […]

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    FERC Overhauls Electric Grid to Pave Way for Renewables

    FERC Overhauls Electric Grid to Pave Way for Renewables

    The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Monday approved the first overhaul of the country’s electric transmission policy in more than a decade. The changes will make new interregional lines faster and bring more renewable energy to meet increasing demand. “Our country is facing an unprecedented surge in demand for affordable electricity while […]

    Nearly 75% of Climate Experts Blame ‘Lack of Political Will’ for High Chance of Future Warming

    Nearly 75% of Climate Experts Blame ‘Lack of Political Will’ for High Chance of Future Warming

    Hundreds of leading climate scientists from around the world expect global temperatures to increase by at least 2.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100 — a full degree above internationally agreed targets — leading to catastrophic consequences for the planet, an exclusive poll by The Guardian has found. All the respondents were from the […]

    Report: Trump Promised to Reverse Biden Environmental Rules in Exchange for $1B Reelection Pledge From Top Oil Executives

    Report: Trump Promised to Reverse Biden Environmental Rules in Exchange for $1B Reelection Pledge From Top Oil Executives

    According to a new report by The Washington Post, last month at his private Mar-a-Lago club Donald Trump bluntly proposed a “deal” to more than 20 oil executives from some of the largest oil companies in the United States, suggesting they donate $1 billion to his presidential re-election campaign. In exchange, Trump promised that once […]

    Mosquitoes Newly Spreading in Scotland as Temperatures Rise, Scientists Say

    Mosquitoes Newly Spreading in Scotland as Temperatures Rise, Scientists Say

    Scotland’s climate hasn’t historically been supportive to large mosquito populations, as it tends to be cooler. But now, scientists have discovered widespread populations of mosquitoes around Scotland, and they fear warming temperatures could lead to increasing public health risks from mosquito-borne diseases. Scientists at the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Virus Research found 16 different […]

    World’s Largest CO2 Removal Plant Opens in Iceland

    World’s Largest CO2 Removal Plant Opens in Iceland

    Swiss company Climeworks has opened the biggest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant in the world to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The Mammoth plant, located in Iceland, is nearly ten times bigger than Orca, its second-largest plant. “Starting operations of our Mammoth plant is another proof point in Climeworks’ scale-up journey to megaton […]