International: United States
Trump win forces carbon removal developers to reconsider oil
27 Nov 2024
Startups seeking to vacuum carbon dioxide from the skies have long had an uneasy relationship with the oil giants fueling global warming.
Trump’s top staff choices could have far-reaching consequences for the climate
21 Nov 2024
Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s high-ranking staff choices have close ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Climate skeptics urge Trump to boost coal, gut science in agencies
20 Nov 2024
Activists who downplay climate change delivered a wish list to Trump’s transition team, with one calling his win “a tremendous opportunity” to reverse US policy.
US ‘likely’ to pledge new climate target, says White House
15 Nov 2024
Donald Trump’s return raised doubts over whether the Biden administration would still produce the plan ahead of a February deadline.
How a former ExxonMobil employee confronted the climate disinformation machine
13 Nov 2024
Former ExxonMobil climate scientist Lindsey Gulden: “It was after I was fired for reporting a garden variety fraud that I really sat back and thought about the implications for climate change.”
Despite likely setback for climate action at the US election, new climate champions set to enter Congress
12 Nov 2024
Across the US, voters elected new members to Congress who have promoted climate action at the state level and could prevent environmental laws from being weakened under Republican leadership.
Donald Trump is likely to scale back America's climate targets - will other countries follow suit?
11 Nov 2024
The US had been a major diplomatic force in climate talks under previous administrations, but Donald Trump's election will likely usher in a new era.
'Sin City could be called Solar City': How Las Vegas is going green
11 Nov 2024
From conserving water to scaling up solar, Sin City is investing millions in sustainability measures.
Trump stranglehold adds to growing doubts at climate talks
8 Nov 2024
Nearly 200 nations will soon gather for the annual COP29 summit, where efforts to increase funding for poor countries and slash emissions will run against the reality of a hostile American president.
‘Drill, baby, drill’: What Trump’s victory could mean for the future, according to climate experts
7 Nov 2024
Trump's victory could be a 'major blow' for global climate action but experts say it may not slow the roll of the green transition.
Why didn’t climate change come up more in the presidential campaign?
7 Nov 2024
Climate change has dangerously supercharged fires, hurricanes, floods and heat waves. Why didn’t it come up more in the presidential campaign?
‘The world is watching’: Why US election result could dictate global progress on climate action
6 Nov 2024
The US presidential election comes just days ahead of the world’s most important climate negotiations at COP29. Experts say the outcome will have a profound impact on the US’ leadership role at the talks, and beyond.
Legal experts say Trump could quit Paris pact – but leaving UNFCCC much harder
6 Nov 2024
As the US Senate approved the US joining the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, it’s unclear if a president could easily pull the country out.
The US election’s climate choice
5 Nov 2024
There are many clear choices at stake in the US Presidential election. One of the starkest is climate.
Climate-fuelled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates
4 Nov 2024
Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing.
The case for Kamala Harris in a burning world
1 Nov 2024
By Jeff Goodell | COMMENT: The race between Harris and Trump is not about saving the planet. It’s about saving ourselves.
California's schools are embracing vegan meals
1 Nov 2024
How have plant-based lunches spread so successfully? Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programmes.
Microsoft clinches ocean-based carbon removal deal
31 Oct 2024
The tech giant will contract an initial 1,333 tons of carbon dioxide removal from Ebb Carbon, with options to purchase up to 350,000 tons of removal over 10 years.
Trump megadonor’s plan to change US democracy
31 Oct 2024
A Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the US Constitution to advance climate denial and other extreme far-right priorities.
United States: 'Worrying confluence' of flood risk, social vulnerability and climate change denial
25 Oct 2024
In certain parts of the United States, especially Appalachia, New England and the Northwest, the ability of residents to prepare for and respond to flooding is being undercut on three different levels.
US disaster loan program exhausts funds after Hurricane Helene
24 Oct 2024
The U.S. Small Business Administration said on Tuesday it has exhausted funds for its disaster loan program following increased demand from Hurricane Helene, with the U.S. Congress being in recess.
American university requires students to take a class on climate change
24 Oct 2024
To better prepare students for a future shaped by climate change, University of California, San Diego is requiring students to take at least one course relating to climate change in order to meet graduation requirements.
Public EV chargers are good for business as well as the planet
23 Oct 2024
Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost.
Where there’s smoke: the rising death toll from climate-charged fire in the landscape
23 Oct 2024
Now, new international research has linked the warming climate to some of the deaths from exposure to fire smoke in large parts of the world.
New York officials call for big oil to be prosecuted for fueling climate disasters
21 Oct 2024
Oil majors’ conduct can constitute reckless endangerment due to fossil fuels’ effect on global heating, advocates claim.
Political candidates who fight climate change stand to benefit in election
21 Oct 2024
A majority of Floridians expressed support for political candidates who fight climate change in a new Florida Atlantic University survey.
Why might people believe in human-made hurricanes? Two conspiracy theory psychologists explain
21 Oct 2024
While most people turned to meteorologists for explanations during Florida's recent hurricanes, a vocal minority remained sceptical, proposing that the hurricanes were engineered, that Florida’s weather was being manipulated, or even that it was targeted at Republican voters.
US charges against carbon-offsetting boss highlight wider industry problems
18 Oct 2024
Kenneth Newcombe, a carbon-offsetting pioneer, is accused of a 100-million-dollar fraud scheme that could see him sentenced to 20 years in jail.
Washington state's landmark climate law hangs in the balance this election
17 Oct 2024
A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect.
‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge
17 Oct 2024
Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans.
Gas utility sued for climate deception
15 Oct 2024
Multnomah County, Oregon, says NW Natural “engaged in an enterprise of misrepresentation” about its products’ harm to the climate.
Rising disaster costs leave U.S. confronting fiscal risks of climate change
15 Oct 2024
As storms, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather events strike with greater frequency and intensity, repairing and rebuilding has grown more costly, too.
Companies that fought climate action now accused of price gouging Hurricane Milton evacuees
14 Oct 2024
For years, United, American, and other airlines have led massive lobbying efforts against regulations to prevent climate change.
Milton is a monster. Elected leaders are to blame.
11 Oct 2024
A former Florida climate commissioner reflects on the decades of denial and delay that led to this moment.
Hurricane Helene prompts questions about raising animals in increasingly vulnerable places
10 Oct 2024
Hurricane Helene is just the latest event to underscore the perils of raising tens of thousands of animals in industrial-scale facilities as weather patterns grow more extreme.
US home insurance rates are rising fast with climate change fuelling more severe weather
9 Oct 2024
Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country.
Toxic chemical releases during flooding are a silent and growing threat
7 Oct 2024
Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants were in Hurricane Helene’s path as the powerful storm flooded communities across the Southeast of the United States.
Why Chevron is sponsoring Hurricane Helene journalism
7 Oct 2024
The oil giant wants to convince the public that its new ultra-high-pressure offshore drilling project, Anchor, is climate-friendly.
Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US
7 Oct 2024
Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion.
Carbon offset pioneer charged with $100 million fraud scheme
4 Oct 2024
US regulators say Australian national Ken Newcombe faked data for carbon credits investment. The Goldman and World Bank veteran denies the allegations but is facing up to 20 years in jail.
A federal attempt to foster ‘high-integrity voluntary carbon markets’ falls short
4 Oct 2024
New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.”
Climate was a top question at the vice presidential debate
3 Oct 2024
Both candidates actually answered — sort of.
Trump calls climate change a ‘scam’ after Hurricane Helene hammers states
1 Oct 2024
Donald Trump has sparked controversy for declaring that climate change is “one of the great scams” after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction, killing more than 100 people, across the southeast US.
California sues ExxonMobil for deceiving the public about plastic recycling
30 Sep 2024
California is suing oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for allegedly lying to the public about the promise of plastic recycling, the state’s attorney general announced.
House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales
27 Sep 2024
The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want.
Meat producer sued over emissions reduction promises
26 Sep 2024
The Environmental Working Group alleges that the world’s second-largest meat producer is misleading consumers by labeling a line of its beef “climate smart.”
Why climate change investment pays off
25 Sep 2024
The cost of inaction on climate change far outweighs the cost of proactive investment, says new analysis issued at New York Climate Week.
Trump looms over Climate Week as UN returns
24 Sep 2024
Discussions about the U.S. election are expected to shape the environmental mega-gathering.
‘A break from the heat’: Americans most affected by climate crisis head midwest
24 Sep 2024
Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere.
Democrats seek to tax fossil fuel companies over climate change
16 Sep 2024
A large group of Democrats is looking to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate change.
The case for Australian carbon tariffs
Thu 19 Feb 2026
OPINION: It may seem a niche issue but sorting the issue of carbon leakage from emissions-intensive facilities is needed to put industrial climate policy on a firm footing.
As Trump retreats from climate goals, China is becoming a green superpower
Thu 19 Feb 2026
How the world's biggest carbon emitter is now at the helm of a renewables revolution.
EU countries back stronger price curbs on new carbon market
Fri 20 Feb 2026
European Union countries on Wednesday backed plans to strengthen price curbs in the bloc's upcoming carbon market, EU diplomats told Reuters, in response to concerns from some governments that the policy could raise fuel bills.
Britain strengthens ties with California as new clean energy and climate agreement signed
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Britain has forged a deeper alliance with California on clean energy and climate action, as Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new agreement aimed at boosting transatlantic investment and environmental protection.
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
Tue 17 Feb 2026
COMMENT: Mark Carney's time as prime minister has been defined in part by his decision to roll back Trudeau-era climate policies.
Modi's rooftop solar push slowed by reluctant lenders, states
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push to accelerate the rollout of rooftop solar power is falling short of targets despite heavy subsidies due to loan delays and limited support from state utilities, vendors and analysts say.
Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore and seabirds
19 Dec 2025
Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules.
Warming climate threatens Greenland's ancestral way of life
12 Feb 2026
The Arctic region is on the frontline of global warming, heating up four times faster than the rest of the planet since 1979, according to a 2022 study in scientific journal Nature, causing the sea ice to retreat.
Africa leads growth in solar energy as demand spreads beyond traditional markets, report says
Mon 16 Feb 2026
A report shows that Africa has emerged as the world's fastest-growing solar market even as global growth slowed last year, driven by a 60% surge in imports of solar panels from China.
Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei’s austerity
4 Feb 2026
The wildfires, among the worst to hit the drought-stricken Patagonia region in decades, have devastated more than 45,000 hectares (174 square miles) of Argentina’s forests in the last month and a half, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists.
Why Trump might be onboard with a UN carbon-offset programme for airlines
12 Feb 2026
The president’s team has backed the rollout of an initiative that calls for the use of sustainable aviation fuel and carbon credits, even as Trump has pulled back from other international emissions-reduction efforts.
