The Latest Breaking News on Climate

A California utility has agreed to pay the federal government $82.5 million stemming from an enormous 2020 wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert

U.S. consumer demand for renewable energy continues to grow, with more solar panel capacity installed in 2024 than in 2023, which saw more than in 2022. But U.S. trade policy is in flux, and high tariffs have been imposed on imported solar panels, which may cause shortages.

TotalEnergies will face a Paris civil court in June over allegations it made false advertisements about its climate pledges -- an unprecedented case in France against a major fossil fuel company, activists said Friday.

Campaigners criticised the EU decision to impose the strictest checks on only four nations

The National Hurricane Center said it was prepared for another active season following mass layoffs earlier this year

Senate Republicans bypassed rules to kill California emissions waiver

Some areas could see up to two inches of rainfall and an increased chance of potentially dangerous flash flooding

The biodiversity economy is made up of businesses and economic activities that use living species and ecosystems to make profits without damaging the environment. But in South Africa, it is haunted by economic racism, with Indigenous people still not in control of the biodiversity economy. A good example of what’s…

Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts

A recent policy report points to much-needed market-based reforms.

Each year, the world loses around 5 million hectares of forest, with 95% of this deforestation occurring in tropical regions. South America is a major hotspot, with Brazil in particular facing severe forest loss — much of it driven by cattle ranching, which accounts for more than 70% of all…