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Environmental and science groups sue Trump admin for deleting environmental justice and climate information from federal agency websites

Thu 17 Apr 2025

The Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, California Communities Against Toxics and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed a complaint on Monday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Australia: Climate change pushing up insurance risk

Thu 17 Apr 2025

With flood waters rising, there are warnings of a “climate-induced credit crunch” as natural disasters threaten the viability of home insurance.

Ethiopia’s bold EV ambitions hit bumps in rural areas

Thu 17 Apr 2025

After becoming the world’s first country to ban imports of fossil fuel vehicles last year, a patchy power grid and high EV purchase costs are slowing Ethiopia’s green transport revolution in the countryside

Why US oil production could even go into reverse

Thu 17 Apr 2025

The prospect of U.S. oil production growth not just stalling but going into reverse is edging into the picture.

Trump administration cancels $3-billion climate friendly farming program

Thu 17 Apr 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had cancelled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration.

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Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels

Thu 17 Apr 2025

For hundreds of millions of people living in India and Pakistan the early arrival of summer heatwaves has become a terrifying reality that’s testing survivability limits and putting enormous strain on energy supplies, vital crops and livelihoods.

‘A giant leap backwards’: Net Zero Banking Alliance drops binding 1.5C net-zero target

Wed 16 Apr 2025

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has confirmed the results of a key vote by its members, formally dropping the requirement for banks to set climate targets aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5C and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

Garbage bag giant fined $8.25m for falsely claiming products were recycled plastic

Wed 16 Apr 2025

The company behind GLAD garbage bags has been fined $8.25m for falsely claiming the products were made from recycled ocean plastics.

State aid set to energise France’s shift away from coal-fired power

Wed 16 Apr 2025

Coal-fired power plants converted to cleaner fuels to qualify for state assistance in meeting peak demand.

Deadly floods, storms and heatwaves: Europe suffered the 'serious impacts’ of climate change in 2024

Wed 16 Apr 2025

Storms and flooding across Europe last year affected a total of 413,000 people, led to the loss of at least 335 lives and are estimated to have cost at least €18 billion in damages.

Trump’s EPA plans to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters

Wed 16 Apr 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change.

Sheinbaum’s energy agenda under fire as Mexican activists slam LNG megaproject

Wed 16 Apr 2025

A controversial project bringing U.S. liquefied natural gas through the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the Gulf of California continues to face strong resistance from environmental activists.

Africa is proof that investing in climate resilience works – and that it makes good business sense

Tue 15 Apr 2025

Climate denialism should not blind investors and governments to the very real opportunities to be found in financing solutions.

What does the new German coalition government mean for climate and energy?

Tue 15 Apr 2025

Since the German election took place in February, which saw the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) win the most seats, parties have been negotiating to form a new coalition government.

EU Emissions Trading System at risk of money laundering

Tue 15 Apr 2025

The European emissions trading system, designed to make polluters pay for their CO2 emissions, appears vulnerable to financial crime, particularly money laundering. This concern was highlighted in two studies commissioned by Germany’s environment agency, prompting the agency to investigate better detection methods.

Terminations at US government agencies that monitor extreme weather events will have negative effects

Tue 15 Apr 2025

In February 2025, Donald Trump’s administration reduced the government’s size. The NOAA was severely affected, experiencing budget cuts and the termination of about 800 employees’ positions. NOAA is a critically important government organization, and includes the National Weather Service.

From airlines to trainers, this German NGO stops companies from greenwashing products

Tue 15 Apr 2025

It’s not uncommon to see products sold on shop shelves that market themselves as ‘carbon neutral’ or ‘environmentally friendly’. But these claims are not always clear or backed up by evidence - and courts are forcing companies to take them down.

Grunge meets grid: How Pearl Jam’s carbon price led me to battery ETFs

Tue 15 Apr 2025

The grunge rock heavy hitter recently asked how they could invest their personal carbon pricing of their concert travels at $200 per ton.

Nations agree on carbon-pricing system to steer shipping towards net-zero

Mon 14 Apr 2025

Nations have agreed to introduce a worldwide carbon-pricing system for international shipping to drive the sector towards net-zero emissions by 2050.

Australia: Coalition clarifies commitment to Paris Agreement after confusion on climate targets

Mon 14 Apr 2025

The federal Coalition has clarified it remains committed to the Paris climate accord, despite earlier comments from the shadow energy minister indicating it could leave the agreement.

Trump signs orders to allow coal-fired power plants to remain open

Mon 14 Apr 2025

Donald Trump signed four executive orders on Tuesday aimed at reviving coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel that has long been in decline, and which substantially contributes to planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.

Meat industry behind attacks on flagship climate-friendly diet report

Mon 14 Apr 2025

New evidence suggests the surge of outrage against the report was stoked by a PR firm that represents the meat and dairy sector.

US: New energy order puts states’ climate laws in the crosshairs of the Department of Justice

Mon 14 Apr 2025

A new executive order from President Donald Trump that’s part of his effort to invigorate energy production raises the possibility that his Department of Justice will go to court against state climate change laws aimed at slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuels.

Teens’ mental health suffers on Africa’s climate frontlines

Mon 14 Apr 2025

As climate change impacts take a heavy toll on young people’s wellbeing in poor rural areas, how can policymakers help them cope?

Science data under duress

11 Apr 2025

Climate change and climate action are socially and politically divisive topics in many countries. In addition to contributing to political disparity, climate research is also affected by political context, with consequences not only for scientists but for society as well.

Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign

11 Apr 2025

The federal election should be an earnest contest over the fundamentals of Australia’s climate and energy policies.

Trump tells countries to axe talks on shipping carbon tax, or else

11 Apr 2025

The attack on the shipping deal is part of a wider U.S. rejection of policies to fight climate change.

Canada fossil fuel subsidies hit $30 billion amid pipeline push, study reveals

11 Apr 2025

Experts note that government funding goes to Big Oil shareholders and executives while Canadian taxpayers bear the brunt of living with climate change.

Wildfire warnings issued as UK temperatures set to reach 24C on Friday

11 Apr 2025

London fire brigade asks people to behave responsibly and Scottish fire and rescue service gives ‘extreme’ alert.

Honduras pays the climate cost as its forests disappear and storms rise

11 Apr 2025

Despite its high vulnerability to extreme weather events, Honduras continues to clear its forests, seen as one of its best protections against climate change and intensifying storms and hurricanes.

‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to save the planet?

10 Apr 2025

Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take action.

German coalition eyes 'limited' foreign carbon credits

10 Apr 2025

The parties likely to form Germany's next government today presented their coalition treaty, which pledges to allow the use of foreign carbon credits to reach the country's 2040 climate target.

Increased access to medications may be a public health good—but it’s a big climate challenge

10 Apr 2025

Emissions from pharmaceutical production and consumption have nearly doubled in the last 24 years, according to a new global analysis.

Climate expert who studied WW2 shares how Canada can win Trump’s trade war

10 Apr 2025

"When we need to urgently build big things, we have to do it ourselves," Vancouver-based author Seth Klein tells DeSmog.

Chevron ordered to pay $744.6 million for destroying Louisiana’s coastal wetlands

10 Apr 2025

Oil giant Chevron has been ordered by a Louisiana civil court jury to pay $744.6 million to a parish government to help restore coastal wetlands destroyed by the company over a period of decades.

It's only early April and north India is bracing for extreme heat

10 Apr 2025

India's weather department has warned of high temperatures in parts of northern India, including capital Delhi, for this week.

Power-sector CO2 hits ‘all-time high’ in 2024 despite record growth for clean energy

9 Apr 2025

Emissions from the sector increased by 1.6% year-on-year, to reach a record high of 14.6bn tonnes of carbon dioxide (tCO2).

Europe just had warmest March on record

9 Apr 2025

Europe experienced its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said on Tuesday.

Labor’s home batteries policy could help Australians who will never take it up. Here’s how

9 Apr 2025

The government’s promise to slash the cost of household batteries should be welcomed – it could drive a change that benefits everyone who uses the power grid.

Africa must shun Trump’s push to resurrect coal

9 Apr 2025

Clean energy can be Africa’s greatest success story, which is why its leaders must not fall for the pro-coal lobbying of the Trump administration.

Trump’s tariff tantrum won’t stop the global energy transition

9 Apr 2025

Trump has such a passion for tariffs he even imposed them on Antarctic islands – home only to penguins, who presumably pose a grave threat to American industry.

Climate crisis made ‘bonkers’ central Asia heatwave up to 10C hotter

9 Apr 2025

Springtime heat in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan likely to become more common as planet warms, accelerating glacier loss and threatening water supplies.

EU countries cautious on Brazil’s push for new climate body

8 Apr 2025

Brazil’s idea to create a new multilateral body under the UN climate regime to fast-track implementation of COP decisions has triggered cautious responses from key developed countries, with Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden backing reform discussions but warning against weakening the core UNFCCC process.