International: United States
California’s top methane emitter is a vast cattle feedlot
22 Aug 2023
A “kid gloves” approach to agricultural emissions, including burping cows, raises questions about an environmentally minded state’s commitment to combating climate change.
Oil giants fight climate deception suit at Hawaii supreme court
21 Aug 2023
Oil companies urged justices to dismiss a climate lawsuit they say falls outside of the scope of local law during oral arguments at the Hawaii Supreme Court.
Hawaii fires become deadliest in modern US history as ‘grim’ search for victims continues
16 Aug 2023
Hawaii governor warns of ‘fire hurricanes’ in age of climate change as questions raised about warning system.
Montana judge sides with youth in historic climate trial
15 Aug 2023
A state court said Montana is violating young people’s constitutional right to a clean environment by ignoring the climate effects of fossil fuels.
Can vacuums slow global warming? Biden administration bets $1.2 billion on it
14 Aug 2023
Texas and Louisiana will become a global testing ground for giant machines that suck carbon from the air.
Neo-Nazis are using climate disasters to recruit new members
14 Aug 2023
Experts have been sounding the alarm that the far-right are exploiting climate change and natural disasters.
Fast-moving Hawaii fires will take a heavy toll on the state’s environment
14 Aug 2023
The fast-moving wildfires that raked Maui this week took a heavy toll on humans and property, killing dozens of people and devastating the historic town of Lahaina.
Campaigner blasts climate-denying 'arsonists' as Maui fires kill at least 36
11 Aug 2023
The wildfires offer the latest evidence that President Joe Biden must declare a climate emergency, said one progressive economist.
Climate mitigation patent program boosts green tech financing
10 Aug 2023
The US Patent and Trademark Office’s newly expanded program aimed at accelerating patents for climate mitigation technology is critical to garnering the funding necessary to advance the clean energy transition, researchers say.
The climate wrecking ball striking food supply
9 Aug 2023
Extreme weather events and our warming planet are primed to strike commodities and the food supply like never before.
How many wheels should your next EV have?
8 Aug 2023
E-bikes are now preventing (a lot) more emissions than all the Teslas in the world.
Heat wave puts over half of US population under heat alerts
27 Jul 2023
A heat wave that has hammered the southern US. for weeks has expanded, triggering heat alerts for over 170 million people, according to the National Weather Service.
Forests are losing their ability to hold carbon
27 Jul 2023
US forests could worsen global warming instead of easing it because they are being destroyed by natural disasters and are losing their ability to absorb planet-warming gases as they get older.
‘We are not prepared’: US disasters spread as climate change strikes
19 Jul 2023
The warming planet is causing havoc under the strain from record heat, floods, storms and wildfires, and scientists warn the toll will get worse.
Vermont floods show limits of America’s efforts to adapt to climate change
18 Jul 2023
Flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction far from rivers or coastlines, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat.
‘Things don’t always change in a nice, gradual way’
17 Jul 2023
Climate change feels more real now than ever and it’s getting hard to keep track of all the overlapping climate disasters.
US refuses climate reparations for developing nations
17 Jul 2023
The US says it will not "under any circumstances" pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate change-fuelled disasters.
The war on climate activism is reaching dangerous new heights
17 Jul 2023
Governments around the world are increasingly deploying the language and methods of counterterrorism to repress climate movements.
US heat wave expands, more than 108 million people under alerts
13 Jul 2023
An expanding, intensifying heat wave prompted the US National Weather Service to issue heat alerts for more than 108 million people, with no letup in sight for some areas.
The cascading effects of bringing back sea otters
6 Jul 2023
In Oregon and California, efforts to repopulate these furry engineers could revive struggling ocean ecosystems.
Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse - scientists call it the 'new abnormal'
5 Jul 2023
As smoky as the northern hemisphere summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change.
Climate law will slash emissions—maybe halving them by 2035
4 Jul 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act could drive down U.S. emissions by as much as 48 percent by 2035, according to a new analysis in the journal Science.
White House: study blocking sun’s rays to slow global warming
4 Jul 2023
The White House offered measured support for the idea of studying how to block sunlight from hitting Earth’s surface as a way to limit global warming, in a congressionally mandated report.
Climate change is fueling an insurance crisis. There’s no easy fix.
30 Jun 2023
In California, State Farm and Allstate recently stopped selling new home insurance policies after years of catastrophic wildfires.
40 million people in the US may be exposed to dangerous heat today
27 Jun 2023
Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other weather hazard, and the risk of longer and more frequent heat waves is only expected to increase as climate change worsens.
US House passes bill to block federal gas stove ban
15 Jun 2023
The House passed bipartisan legislation to prevent the US federal government from banning gas stoves — the latest Republican bid to stop what they say is the Biden administration’s anti-fossil fuel agenda.
US Dept of Agriculture Conservation gives millions to farms that worsen climate change
13 Jun 2023
A new report tracks grants from the agency and finds that the largest contracts are going to big California dairies.
Youth bring Montana climate case to trial after 12 years
12 Jun 2023
Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law is at the center of a lawsuit going to trial Monday in Montana, where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope to set an important legal precedent.
‘Game changing’: US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis
8 Jun 2023
Climate litigation in the US could be entering a “game changing” new phase, experts believe, with a spate of lawsuits around the country set to advance after a recent supreme court decision, and with legal teams preparing for a trailblazing trial in a youth-led court case beginning next week.
DeSantis accused of ‘catastrophic’ climate approach after campaign launch
29 May 2023
Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, accused of a “catastrophic” approach to the climate crisis after he launched his campaign for US president saying he rejects the “politicization of the weather”.
Methane hunters tap new technology to reshape policing of US greenhouse emissions
29 May 2023
An employee of environmental group Earthworks, is hunting for methane - a greenhouse gas accounting for about a third of global warming that has become a focus for the oil industry's and the Biden administration's climate agenda.
Snowpack predicted to retreat in California’s mountains due to climate change
29 May 2023
This winter’s major storms laid down one of the largest snowpacks recorded in California’s Sierra Nevada, along with an unusual amount of snow at low mountain elevations.
Climate change makes Typhoon Mawar more dangerous
25 May 2023
Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward the United States territory of Guam. It is pushing a wall of water in front of it, and packs winds powerful enough to snap power poles and uproot trees.
G7 Nations Wrangle Over Ambitious Climate Commitments
22 May 2023
The U.S. finds itself caught between defending President Biden’s climate change agenda and aiding allies intent on increasing their access to fossil fuels.
Carbon emissions cause almost 40% western wildfires
19 May 2023
New research | Almost 40% of forest area burned by wildfire in the western United States and southwestern Canada in the last 40 years can be attributed to carbon emissions associated with the world’s 88 largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers.
Leading US carbon farming programme paid $5.1 million in 2022
18 May 2023
Truterra LLC, the carbon farming and sustainable agriculture unit of cooperative Land O'Lakes Inc, paid U.S. farmers $5.1 million in 2022 for capturing and storing 262,000 metric tons of carbon via sustainable practices.
Skyscrapers turn to carbon capture to lessen climate change
16 May 2023
In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings.
Studies find lower methane emissions in LA
16 May 2023
Two recent studies by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used contrasting approaches to measure drops in human-caused emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane in recent years in the Los Angeles region.
Carbon capture key to Biden’s new power-plant rule: is the tech ready?
15 May 2023
The administration of US President Joe Biden has proposed a landmark regulation that aims to curb emissions from the power sector in the United States over the next two decades.
Youth-led climate change lawsuit challenging Montana's pro-fossil fuel policies heads to trial
15 May 2023
A US judge says a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging Montana's pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to trial despite efforts by the state to derail the case.
USA needs an area the size of Texas for wind and solar.
12 May 2023
Imagine that all 462 billion watts of electricity consumed in the United States last year were supplied by a single source of power, rather than a mixture of different technologies.
El Paso voters soundly reject Proposition K Climate Charter
9 May 2023
El Paso voters on Saturday shot down the controversial Proposition K measure that sought to install policies designed to address climate change into the city’s charter. The Climate Charter was rejected by almost 82% of voters.
How the US Supreme Court could undermine the climate fight
5 May 2023
The US Supreme Court could once again hinder the ability of the executive branch to address climate change when it reconsiders the precedent, set almost 40 years ago, upon which many of its efforts rest.
Supreme Court deals blow to oil companies by turning away climate cases
28 Apr 2023
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has allowed lawsuits brought by municipalities seeking to hold energy companies accountable for climate change to move forward in a loss for business interests.
How the world is spending $1.1 trillion on climate technology
28 Apr 2023
Big money — from the three biggest economies in the world, as well as scores of ambitious venture capitalists — is suddenly flying toward startups promising to help the world build a carbon-free future.
Tesla’s carbon footprint is bigger than it let on
27 Apr 2023
Tesla released its 2022 Impact Report this week, and it gives the clearest picture yet of the electric car company’s carbon footprint. Tesla disclosed numbers on its supply chain emissions for the first time, which makes its overall carbon footprint much bigger than it has reported in the past.
Biden’s newest big climate rule will rest on rarely used technology
26 Apr 2023
The Biden administration will plunge into political and legal fights as soon as this week by proposing stringent requirements on utilities to reduce carbon emissions.
Why the debt ceiling debate is also a climate fight
24 Apr 2023
Congress is once again fighting over the nation’s debt ceiling, the legal limit on how much the United States can borrow.
Facing brutal climate math, US bets billions on direct air capture
19 Apr 2023
The world is failing to cut carbon emissions fast enough to avoid disastrous climate change, a dawning truth that is giving life to a technology that for years has been marginal – pulling carbon dioxide from the air.
Can US automakers meet EPA’s tough new standards?
17 Apr 2023
One big question keeps surfacing after the Biden administration announced plans to raise auto standards so sharply they would likely boost electric vehicle production to 67% of all new passenger vehicle sales in under a decade: Can automakers pull that off?
“Dirty and expensive:” City of Sydney bans gas as it votes to electrify all new big buildings
Thu 6 Nov 2025
The City of Sydney has followed the example of the ACT and Victoria governments and voted unanimously to require all newly built residential buildings, medium to large commercial buildings, hotels, and serviced apartment buildings, to be all-electric.
Why climate change now threatens China’s future
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Extreme weather is hurting its economy and worrying its leaders.
EU ministers agree to 90% emissions reduction target
Today 11:45am
European environment ministers have reached an agreement on a contentious plan to cut the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions but with caveats.
How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Many extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense around the world, fuelled by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.
Canada could eliminate oil and gas emissions cap, budget plan says
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Canada could scrap a cap on oil and gas emissions in favor of other measures like strengthened industrial carbon pricing and the deployment of carbon capture and storage technology, the government said in a budget plan unveiled on Tuesday.
From mapping high-risk areas to building ‘sponge cities’: How Vietnam is adapting to climate extremes
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms has collapsed hillsides and turned streets into rivers.
Mystery heatwave warms Pacific Ocean to new record
21 Oct 2025
The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists.
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
13 Oct 2025
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate".
Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa’s biggest oil refinery
31 Oct 2025
The billionaire owner of Africa’s largest refinery plans to expand its capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day to meet growing fuel needs in the continent and beyond.
Brazil’s Lula puts forward new vision for protecting the Amazon rainforest
Today 11:45am
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva put forward his vision for how the Amazon rainforest should be protected, a future that didn’t depend on donations from wealthy nations and large philanthropies but instead included a major fund that paid countries to keep forests standing.
UN chief scolds nations for failing climate goals ahead of COP30 summit
Today 11:45am
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tore into nations for their failure to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as Brazil hosted world leaders for a summit ahead of the COP30 climate conference in the rainforest city of Belem.
