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Milton is a monster. Elected leaders are to blame.

Friday - A former Florida climate commissioner reflects on the decades of denial and delay that led to this moment.

Half Australia’s oceans to be protected - more than any other country

Friday - Little-known Australian islands that teem with emperor penguins and elephant seals, and have the country’s only two active volcanoes, will be protected with an additional 300,000 square kilometres of marine park.

EU Court rules plant-based burger labeling lawful

Friday - The European Court of Justice ruled that plant-based foods such as burgers and sausages can continue to be labelled with names mimicking their meaty counterpart in a dispute that has lasted over three years.

Coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as declared, report warns

Friday - Australia’s coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as they currently declare, underscoring the need to introduce independent reporting of the potent greenhouse gas, an energy thinktank has warned.

Woody biomass - a false climate solution and threat to Indonesia’s forests?

Friday - A new report highlights the threat to Indonesia’s forests from industrial biomass demand.

Can carbon credits help close coal plants?

Thursday - A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries can quit the polluting fossil fuel.

Australia suffers setback in green hydrogen race

Thursday - Australia’s bid to become a global hydrogen superpower has been dealt a blow, with the nation’s biggest energy utility pulling out of building a large-scale green hydrogen hub despite the project being shortlisted for a share of $2 billion of funding from the Albanese government.

Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years

Thursday - One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.

Why have hurricanes gone crazy?

Thursday - While hurricanes occur naturally, human-caused climate change is supercharging them and exacerbating the risk of major damage, writes Kevin Trenberth.

Researchers find a new use for biochar: filtering microplastics from farm soils

Thursday - In initial experiments, they found that the biochar was able to remove a striking 86% to 92% of the plastic particles from soil samples.

Hurricane Helene prompts questions about raising animals in increasingly vulnerable places

Thursday - 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.

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO

Wednesday - Media release | The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization.

Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida as thousands flee

Wednesday - Residents have been warned to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday night local time, with $1 trillion worth of commercial properties directly in its...

US home insurance rates are rising fast with climate change fuelling more severe weather

Wednesday - 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...

Amazon state that will host COP30 strikes largest carbon credit sale in history

Wednesday - A coalition of developed countries and corporations has agreed to a massive purchase of carbon credits from the Amazon rainforest worth $180 million.

Canada’s carbon tax faces the axe

Wednesday - The carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet, but as prime minister Justin Trudeau trails in the polls, the opposition is trying to persuade voters that environmental policy is a...

Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds

Tuesday - New research challenges the idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is a cleaner alternative to burning coal.

Will carbon capture help the UK tackle climate change?

Tuesday - There is a lot of rousing rhetoric today about carbon capture, following the government’s pledge of £21.7bn of public funds over the next 25 years to help kick-start the industry in the UK.

COP16 host Colombia pushes for unified UN climate and nature pledges

Tuesday - Colombia wants to write a unified climate and biodiversity pledge, seeking to combine efforts to protect nature with those to tackle climate change in United Nations talks.