Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than two billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study.
Earth’s average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It’s the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.
The head of global energy giant Shell says it would be “irresponsible” to cut oil and gas production at a time when the world economy is still dependent on fossil fuels.
There is no line in the sand between his government and Alberta over energy and climate policies but there is also still a lot of daylight in their respective visions, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Monday, June 19, 2023.
The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global heat record for June and indicates more extremes ahead as the planet enters an El Niño phase that could last years.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry urged the world to be “very skeptical” about claims from oil and gas producers that emerging technology soon will allow people to adequately capture the climate-wrecking fumes emitted by their cars, planes and businesses.
New Jersey's move to adopt standards for learning about climate change in each grade and across several different subjects has rankled some right-wing groups, which call it "indoctrination."
A growing number of companies are pledging to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to " net zero " as part of global efforts to tackle climate change, but that goal is rarely supported by a credible plan, according to a new report.
