After days of discussions, info sharing and strategizing among nearly 60 nations on ways to wean the world from fossil fuels, Catholics who attended the first-of-its-kind summit in Colombia left encouraged by the promise the conversations represented. Even if they were, as advertised, a first step. “Church advocacy does not end here: it begins here,”…
The defining issue of Thursday’s local elections, feedback from doorsteps suggests, will be the UK’s soaring cost of living. But voters should be told about the links between inflation and the effects of fossil fuels and the climate crisis – or the remedies they choose – may make the situation worse, green campaigners have warned….
Schools in Nelson Mandela Bay were closed on Wednesday after torrential rain caused severe flooding. Some businesses also closed their doors. The CEO of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, Denise van Huyssteen, said bigger manufacturers were able to continue production but many employees had stayed away. Severe floods damaged factories, offices and warehouses, she…
Tom Steyer, one of the front-runners in the California governor’s race, has said that he “walked away” from the hedge fund he managed years ago to “focus full-time on fighting climate change.” Mr. Steyer did step down as the chief executive of Farallon Capital, one of the nation’s largest hedge fund firms, in 2012. But…
The federal government is suing Minnesota to try to stop that state’s own lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute, Koch Industries and its subsidiary, Flint Hills Resources. The state accused the industry players of violating Minnesota consumer protection laws by misleading the public about the dangers of climate change. That lawsuit, filed six…
Dealing with emissions could help alleviate effects of Iran crisis on global energy supply, says report. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 Tackling methane emissions in the fossil fuel sector would help efforts to hold back climate change and increase energy security, especially as the Iran crisis threatens global supplies, according to a report…
For many months, conservative lawmakers and political operatives have been targeting the scientists and lawyers behind the Climate Judiciary Project, a program meant to educate the courts about climate science, alleging that their effort constitutes a conspiracy to influence federal judges and persuade them to rule against the oil industry. Now, just as congressional investigators…
Here’s a confession that may alarm faithful readers of this newsletter: I am an environment reporter who does not love nature. Before I get cancelled, yes, I do care about the fate of the natural world – scientists are clear that wrecking it hurts us – but the weird wonders of wildlife have always occupied…
For the past week, diplomats from nearly 60 countries gathered in Colombia to discuss one of the most urgent and confounding questions of our day: how to move beyond fossil fuels. The issue is urgent because emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas are rapidly warming the planet, leading to increasingly dire consequences….
Peter H. Raven, a renowned botanist and author who remade the Missouri Botanical Garden into a premier research institution and became one of science’s most influential voices on threats posed by climate change, deforestation, overpopulation and unchecked development, died on Saturday in St. Louis. He was 89. His death, in a hospital, was from congestive…
