Public funding helped electric vehicles go mainstream. Are alternative proteins next — or are they too polarizing?

Methane flux quantified at the woody surfaces of upland trees.

This is the first article in our two-part series on Indigenous land rights and the Keo Seima REDD+ project. This series was co-written by a Cambodian journalist whose name is being withheld due to security concerns. Read part two here. Lan and her elderly husband, Peam, were arrested in 2020 for far...

Organizers must reduce the event’s carbon footprint.

In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.

Tests show a manufacturing defect caused the failure of a turbine off the coast of Nantucket, a mishap that has energized opponents of renewable energy.

"Overall, the report is full of bad news that is good news."

A Brazilian rancher has been ordered to pay a whopping $50 million fine after destroying a large swathe of the Amazon rainforest to make space for cattle farming. He’s also been ordered to restore the area, which will be no small feat.

We’re just sticking a toe into the climatic realm of the last interglacial period, not living in it—yet.

Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.

In a kayak off the Devon coast I witnessed the kind of entitled mindlessness that has ravaged society, and our planet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Blooms over the past decade have started earlier in July and had longer peaks, according to NOAA researchers.

The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found — more evidence that dried-out lakes are a significant source of emissions.

As a new report shows accelerating warming threatens 70 percent of the world’s workers, Antonio Guterres warns that wealthy countries expanding fossil fuel industries “are signing away our future.”

High temperatures, droughts and wildfire last year caused some forests to wilt and burn enough to degrade the ability of the land to lock away carbon dioxide.

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Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought.

As Martin Luther King said, moderates are our biggest obstacle to freedom. Here's how they enabled my prison sentence.

Rainfall fluctuates more vigorously. Why? Scientists say it's because of us. Many people around the world have noticed that rainfall is becoming increasingly erratic. Intense downpours are occurring more frequently, while dry periods seem to last longer and become more severe. These changes have rai...

Forests in the West are overgrown and full of flammable vegetation, fueling wildfires and carbon emissions. Could burying it solve the problem?

Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation

Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study published 24 July in Nature.

Despite climate-friendly plans, the government’s controversial decision to take over the pipeline made it one of world’s biggest promoters of fossil fuel projects

The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges

State regulators could have asked oil companies California Resources Corp. and Aera Energy for an estimated $2.4 billion to guarantee wells are plugged but decided they didn’t have the authority to do so.

Project Prosperity, a water-for-energy deal between Israel and Jordan, promised major climate adaption in a drought-stricken region. Then October 7 happened.

Virginia Burkett has filed a whistleblower complaint, asking for an investigation and better policies to protect scientists against political interference.

A six-month investigation reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest.

With heat waves and wildfire smoke emergencies increasing, there's not always a clear pathway for states to access federal aid.

Researchers with the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Sunday was Earth’s hottest day. Then it happened again on Monday.

No country has ever in history produced as much oil and gas as the US does now and Louisiana is ground zero

The collapse of China's cement industry will lead to a more balanced economy, as well as a healthier planet, says David Fickling for Bloomberg Opinion.

Report says serious research needed into risks and benefits as melting could cause devastating sea level rise

The Big Sky State hopes to get federal incentives to store captured carbon under public lands, but for many residents near the project, the threat is greater than the opportunity.

In the latest “state of the climate” quarterly update, Carbon Brief assesses the first full six months of 2024

Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from U.S. chemical plants could reduce greenhouse gas emissions at little cost. Similar plants in China offer a “far bigger prize.”