British MPs are calling on the government to assess the impact on energy bills of its multibillion-pound investment into "risky" technology to capture and store carbon. The Labour government plans to invest nearly £22 billion ($27 billion) to develop carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), to help Britain reach net… Read
President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work” and don't last very long. “It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order to review federal purchasing policies that… Read
Nearly all nations missed a U.N. deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the U.S. retreat on climate change. Just 10 of nearly 200 countries required under the Paris Agreement to deliver fresh climate plans by February 10… Read
Countries are staying committed to their national climate plans and looking to lead the clean energy transition, as the United States plans to exit the Paris climate agreement, the U.N.'s top climate official said. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, laid out priorities ahead… Read
Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark new analysis published by leading scientists. Led by renowned climatologist James Hansen, the paper appears in the journal "Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development"… Read
Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft of sorts since the early 2000's,… Read
Last month was the world's warmest January on record, continuing a streak of extreme global temperatures despite a shift towards the cooling La Nina weather pattern, European Union scientists said on Thursday. January extended a run of extraordinary heat, in which 18 of the last 19 months saw an average… Read
One of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions is threatened by the expansion of nickel mining projects in Indonesia, according to a new report. Satellite analysis and on-the-ground visits found a rapid increase in land given over to mining pits in Raja Ampat Regency, a group of tropical islands near West… Read
The sea ice in the Arctic was the second lowest on record for January last month, according to a U.S. analysis released Tuesday, with areas around Greenland seeing temperatures well above average. Both the North and South Pole regions have warmed by some three degrees Celsius compared to late 19th-century… Read
A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10% of the world’s plastics being recycled, Petgas’ idea is that rather than letting discarded plastic become waste, it… Read