Climate, Energy & Conservation
Reality Roundtable #27 with Richard Schwartz & Steffi Bednarek
The durable result is the holding on Direct Final Rules. Any agency reaching for this shortcut now knows two things. The clock for judicial review does not start until the agency adheres to the rule. ...
HANGZHOU, China — On a misty morning in Zhejiang province, the peaks of Tianmu Mountain rise like sentinels above the forest canopy, their slopes wrapped in shifting veils of cloud. For centuries, mon...
An upcoming UK government consultation on weakening targets for electric vehicles (EVs) could cost consumers as much as £3bn a…The postAnalysis: Weaker EV targets could cost UK consumers £3bn a year b...
An ongoing drought in Europe has sapped French rivers. Officials say that 43 percent of small waterways in France have been partially or completely dried up.Read more on E360 →
The Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ) reports in “Climate models project Reno-Sparks could be a desert by late century,” that climate change is poised to dramatically reshape the world’s ecosystems, with for...
A broad tropical disturbance officially tagged Invest 93C by the National Hurricane Center is just over 1,000 miles southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii. It has a well-defined circulation, but thunde...
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/far-lefts-new-green-deal-set-to-target-ai-data-centers-executive-director-climate-depot_1165665.html Far Left’s New Green Deal Set to Target AI Data Centers: Executive Dire...
It makes no sense for donor countries to run billions of dollars of their limited foreign aid money through the fraudulent and wasteful Green Climate Fund.The postThe UN Green Climate Fund is a wastef...
KATHMANDU — Delayed reporting, poor communication and weak biosecurity allowed bird flu to spread through Nepal’s Central Zoo in June and July killing or prompting the culling of at least 65 birds and...
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three areas in the Atlantic for potential tropical development in what has been a quiet start to the 2026 hurricane season, particularly across the Atlantic...
Hottest month ever? That claim is misleading for two reasons: 1️⃣ This is due to minimum temperatures only, which skew the “average.” 2️⃣ The real, measured thermometer data (area-weighted) don’t supp...
From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Meanwhile, let’s all switch on our washing machines tomorrow night! Britain’s biggest energy supplier is urging…The postOctopus Ener...
SUNGAI APIT, Indonesia — Harisyah was still knee-deep in peat as the light faded over the mouth of Indonesia’s Siak River. The 53-year-old palm oil and pineapple grower had been cutting back weeds sin...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island Monday evening beneath an undersea volcano, part of unrest that began this past Sunday, according to the USGS.
This solar-powered barge collects plastic from Bangkok’s canals before it can wash into the ocean. It’s an innovative solution to a growing problem, but cleaning up plastic is only part of the answer....
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recorded more than 4,300 Ebola cases with more than 2,000 deaths as of Aug. 9, making this the country’s largest outbreak, to date. In the last major Ebola outbr...
Brazil’s gun boom reached the forest, where native wildlife became targets too.
Ghana’s land ministry is failing to act against illegal gold mining in the Greater Cape Three Points Forest Reserve, say conservationists. Their call comes as pollution threatens vulnerable and endang...
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s nickel boom is colliding with its efforts to protect biodiversity and reduce emissions from forests and other land uses. A new study warns that meeting growing global nickel dema...