FEMA announces $3 billion for climate resiliency as time runs low for Congress to replenish its disaster fund
In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather.
2023-08-29 00:28
US Bets on Offshore Wind Boom in Oil-Rich Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico has been a hub for US oil production for decades. A government auction Tuesday
2023-08-29 00:26
Biden Assures DeSantis of Federal Support as Idalia Nears Coast
President Joe Biden spoke on Monday to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a 2024 challenger, to tell him he
2023-08-28 23:51
Exxon Sees Global Warming Exceeding 2C Limit as Economies Grow
Exxon Mobil Corp. sees the world failing to reduce emissions fast enough to limit global warming to 2C
2023-08-28 22:47
How an Oil Giant Took Control of Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture
When Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s Vicki Hollub introduced the idea of “net zero oil” two years ago, few outside
2023-08-28 22:27
Children have right to clean environment - report
The UN says countries must act urgently to protect children from the harmful effects of climate change.
2023-08-28 19:25
German Coalition Agrees on €6.5 Billion for Corporate Tax Relief
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition resolved its latest dispute, sealing a deal that unblocks €6.5 billion ($7
2023-08-28 18:49
Electric Cars Pass a Crucial Tipping Point in 23 Countries
Convincing everyone to adopt a new technology can be a slog at first. The humble microwave oven, for
2023-08-28 12:45
China’s summer of climate destruction
China sees both extreme heat and devastating floods, including in areas where flooding was unheard of.
2023-08-28 07:54
Tropical system could threaten the Gulf Coast and Florida this week
An area of showers and thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical system as soon as Sunday, posing a risk to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico coast early next week.
2023-08-27 21:58
A losing battle to save the lungs of Athens as wildfires grip Greece
In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece's capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman standing in front of a burned house, its black, skeletal roof beams reaching imploringly into the smoldering sky as if begging for mercy. Tears streamed down her face as she contemplated what she lost. She cried softly in almost resigned despair. Greece is once again in the grip of wildfires, and this year they are worse than ever.
2023-08-27 12:58
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
Fires in western Canada have burned homes and ripped up trees, laying them down "like toothpicks".
2023-08-27 09:15