As meltwater rushes through the cracks in the Antarctic ice shelves, it can destroy the ice shelves in minutes or hours. This is amplified by the warming atmosphere, and as the warming continues, this phenomenon may happen more often than not.
The Department of Energy (DOE) just finalized a “midnight” rule that jeopardizes an important government program that for decades has quietly avoided millions of tons of carbon dioxide pollution while simultaneously collectively saving consumers billions of dollars.
Today, Canada’s federal government dropped its new climate change plan, led by a very big number: $170 per ton of CO2 as a carbon price by 2030.
EU leaders’ agreement this morning on a more ambitious climate goal has been welcomed by Transport & Environment (T&E), but it said governments delayed a decision on the future of national targets needed to achieve it.
Electric bikes make everyone healthier. They reduce the societal subsidy for driving cars. They increase productivity. They increase the economy. They reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Cities and countries should be promoting them as avidly as possible. But do they?
After a year spent tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the Ocean Cleanup company sets its sights on the world’s 1000 most polluted rivers.
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Bloomberg Philanthropies yesterday released an analysis for how cities can play a key role in helping America recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while building American infrastructure for the future.
Increasing overseas exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), far from being the climate-friendly replacement for dirtier fossil fuels touted by the gas industry, will make it more difficult for both the U.S. and importing countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The Arctic Report Card is an annual compilation of original, peer-reviewed environmental observations and analyses of a region undergoing rapid and dramatic alterations to weather, climate, oceanic, and land conditions.
California is doubling down on electric vehicles (EVs). Critics say more plug-in cars will strain the power grid. Here’s why they’re wrong.
