Reporting Highlights Conflicted Funds: BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels, handpicking scientists aligned with their interests. A Paradigm-Setting Paper: Princeton scientists who wrote a climate paper criticized as making solutions seem “easy” coordinated with the oil company’s executives and showed them multiple drafts. Oversold…
In contrast to heat pumps, continuing record sales of electric cars indicate they are all but set to replace their petrol and diesel counterparts in the coming years on UK roads. Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, praised the improvement in greener transport. “We’ve made big progress on things like electric vehicles, where…
While many big name philanthropists are backing away from climate giving, at least one megadonor is stepping up and writing major checks. Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and founder of Bloomberg L.P., has announced $590 million in new environmental commitments in recent days. The funds will flow from Bloomberg Philanthropies, his charitable…
Available for over a year Parts of India have been facing extreme heat – with temperatures soaring past 46 degrees Celsius. But a less familiar story unfolds after dark. When temperatures stay high after sunset, an essential human need is threatened: sleep. Scientific research suggests that hot nights are leading many of us around the…
It’s a vigorous debate taking place right now among scientists around the world, with far-reaching implications for extreme weather and costly disasters: Is climate change making El Niño more intense? El Niño, the natural phenomenon that occurs every few years and pushes up global temperatures, has just begun and is expected to continue through 2027….
Before we get to new data on how climate change could become a winning political issue, let’s get caught up on some breaking news: Trump administration backs off plan to end ocean monitoring: The administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems,…
Mombasa, Kenya — For decades, the outlook for the coral reefs has been increasingly bleak. Corals are some of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems, which have faced an existential threat due to rising temperatures that cause increased incidences of bleaching. This makes it inevitable that reefs will experience rapid decline. However, scientists’ latest findings seem…
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed to repeal a contentious rule that would have required thousands of companies to disclose the risks they face from a warming planet and how their operations contribute to climate change. The rule was already on hold pending litigation. In February, Mark Uyeda, then the acting chairman of…
After enduring a weeklong heat wave with no air-conditioning and little ventilation, the principal said her elementary school had come to feel like a “pressure cooker.” The temperatures inside the 19th century school building in Paris rose above 86 degrees Fahrenheit, or 30 degrees Celsius. A sports day was canceled. Some staff reported headaches. Kids…
In today’s edition, we’ll explain what climate science can tell us about Europe’s heat wave. But first, let’s get caught up: National park entrance fees are paying for Trump’s D.C. projects: The National Park Service is using at least $67 million worth of park entrance fees to help fund President Trump’s beautification projects in Washington,…
