... and judge pours cold water on New York hopes
23 Jul 2018
A FEDERAL JUDGE has dismissed New York City's lawsuit against five of the world's largest oil companies, dealing a setback to local governments that are trying to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for climate change.
Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke affecting US
Today 12:00pm
A series of Republican “leaders” have started producing angry denunciations of Canada for polluting America’s air with their "thoughtless" fires.
Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds
Today 12:00pm
Amid a summer of dangerous heat, drought and floods, a majority of Americans are connecting increasingly severe weather to the climate crisis, new polling shows, despite efforts by Donald Trump to dismiss global heating as a “con job” and a “hoax”.
Peter Thiel just gave the public its closest look yet at his ‘Antichrist’ theory—and it’s a tech and climate regulator
Mon 20 Jul 2026
Peter Thiel has spent 30 years arguing, on political and economic grounds, the regulatory state is the primary obstacle to technological progress.
Over 1,600 energy department webpages on utility bill savings removed as US temperatures soar
Fri 17 Jul 2026
As millions of Americans prepare for another brutal heatwave, it’s now harder to find information about ways to stay cool while saving energy and keeping utility costs down.
National Academies finds growing evidence linking climate change to disasters
Fri 17 Jul 2026
The United States' preeminent science institution released an anticipated report Thursday indicating that research into the connections between climate change and individual weather disasters have grown stronger over the last decade.
No relief from the heat as many US cities will see record overnight temperatures
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won’t provide much relief.
The rise and fall of the fracking phenomenon
Wed 15 Jul 2026
The fracking boom remade the U.S. economy and global energy markets. It also left behind a complicated legacy of winners, losers and lasting political fights.
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks.
Trump administration opens endangered species’ habitats to development, reversing 50 years of environmental law
14 Jul 2026
The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species on Friday, opening up sensitive habitats of those protected species to drilling, mining, farming and real estate development.
'Like putting a flat earther in charge of NASA': Trump appoints climate denier to key climate post
13 Jul 2026
Putting an “utterly unqualified” person like Matthew Wielicki in charge of the National Climate Assessment, said one critic, “would jeopardise the integrity of one of the nation’s most important climate science resources.”
