What did Trump just do to the environment?

Today 11:00am - Within hours of being sworn into office on Monday, President Donald Trump announced a spate of executive orders and policies to boost oil and gas production, roll back environmental protections, withdraw from the Paris climate accord, and undo environmental justice initiatives enacted by former President Joe Biden.

European leaders at Davos vow to stick to Paris climate agreement despite Trump’s withdrawal

Today 11:00am - Day two of the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland saw strong responses to US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, with European leaders stating in no uncertain terms that they will remain a part of the global climate pact.

Carbon dioxide levels rose by a record amount last year

Today 11:00am - Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever before, putting hopes of limiting warming in jeopardy.

Los Angeles is a climate disaster. The fires will change nothing

Today 11:00am - OPINION: Los Angeles is burning. Fossil fuel companies laid the kindling. Soon the world will stop caring.

As the world gets hotter, banks are offering corporations another form of “green” finance.

Today 11:00am - Banks poured $286 billion into corporations linked to deforestation and polluting industries like fossil fuels and mining through a lax type of green finance called sustainability-linked loans.

Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds

Today 11:00am - More than 40% of individual corals monitored around a Great Barrier Reef island were killed last year in the most widespread coral bleaching outbreak to hit the reef system, a study has found.

The night shift

20 Dec 24 - With extreme heat making it perilous to work during the day, farmers and fisherfolk worldwide are adopting overnight hours. That comes with new dangers.

What's the lowest carbon alcohol?

20 Dec 24 - Are beer, wine or spirits better for the climate? And how does alcohol overall compare to other drinks and foods? Jocelyn Timperley takes a look into her drinking habits to find the most...

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

20 Dec 24 - The county of Cumbria in Northern England has become the battleground for a final war, which is raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

Saving the ‘kidneys’ of the Great Barrier Reef

20 Dec 24 - In Queensland, Australia, once-unlivable wetlands are now attracting birds and fish while also reconnecting Indigenous youth with the land.

‘A valuable and generous ally’: How Exxon and Atlas Network worked to block global climate action

20 Dec 24 - New documents show close coordination between the oil major and a coalition of free-market think tanks at a crucial moment in climate diplomacy.

No glue, chains or locks: Victoria’s antisemitism crackdown a smokescreen to target climate protesters, critics say

20 Dec 24 - The Victorian government has been accused of “shoehorning” new anti-protest measures that could be used to crack down on the climate movement into reforms touted as necessary to combat antisemitism.

Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years

19 Dec 24 - Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heat

19 Dec 24 - The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted territory -- and scientists are still trying to figure out why.

How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030

19 Dec 24 - The UK government has set out an “action plan” for reaching its target of clean power by 2030, which it describes as “the most ambitious reforms to our energy system in generations”.

As climate change threatens Christmas trees, the farming industry tries to evolve

19 Dec 24 - Christmas trees, like any other crop, are affected by the general rise in temperature associated with global warming and the extreme weather events that result from it.

Our changing Earth: photographers capture climate change in 2024

19 Dec 24 - All year, Associated Press photographers around the globe have captured moments, from the brutality unleashed during extreme weather events to human resilience in the face of hardship, that tell the...

A marine heatwave killed 4 million of Alaska’s murre seabirds

19 Dec 24 - Beginning in late fall 2014 and lasting into 2016, an anomalous, massive marine heatwave nicknamed “the Blob” developed off the western coast of the U.S., covering all of Alaska’s coastwater and...

Major report joins dots between world's nature challenges

18 Dec 24 - Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.

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