The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Microsoft co-founder says efficiencies for technology and electricity grids will outweigh energy use by datacentres

Evacuation alerts sent to more than 1,000 homes and businesses as latest blaze erupts amid high temperatures

Less obvious sources of greenhouse gases - including wine and pet food producers - have been awarded grants to lead the way in reducing industrial emissions.

Paper outlines different legal theories that could help governments pursue accountability for harms

The heat wave that left more than 100 million people sweating across the eastern U.S. in June 2024 hit so fast and was so extreme that forecasters warned a flash drought could follow across wide parts of the region.

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal by Shell, Impact Africa and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to overturn a High Court judgment that halted a seismic survey off the country’s pristine Wild Coast. The High Court found that the right to carry out a…

Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive water had damaged aging lead pipes, exposing thousands of people to lead contamination.

As awareness of toxic, synthetic chemical pollution from per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) increases, more legal settlements in billion dollar amounts are being made between chemical companies and public water suppliers, both in the US and Europe.

California utility supports major geothermal power project, advancing clean energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.

One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and just hit a milestone

South Africa has large reserves of coal, gold, manganese and platinum.