U.S. scientist sounds warning on future Everest dangers tied to warming and pollution
Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers, a U.S. scientist who spent weeks in the Everest region said Tuesday. Professor John ...
New York's Climate Mobilization Act aims to make power-gobbling skyscrapers more energy efficient
It's a tall order indeed: How do you make aging, energy-hungry skyscrapers more efficient and less polluting? The city of New York, the historic capital of the skyscraper, is determined to do so by requiring the enormous buildings to drastically curtail their energy consumption. Traditional ...
In first, German poll shows Greens' support rate besting nation's two heavyweight parties
Germany's Greens may be leading the country's two traditional main parties for the first time, a national poll suggested Saturday. The poll, from Forsa poll for broadcasters RTL and n-tv, suggested they had moved ahead of the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) and coalition partner the ...
Extinction Rebellion considers using drones to shut London's Heathrow Airport
Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have drawn up plans to use drones to shut London's Heathrow Airport this summer in a campaign to stop the construction of a third runway at Europe's busiest airport, the group said. The internal proposal, seen by Reuters, emerged against ...
When an unusually large number of puffin carcasses began to wash ashore on Alaska's remote St. Paul Island in the fall of 2016, the local tribal population grew alarmed. At first they suspected the seabirds might have avian flu — but labs on the mainland ...
Activist shareholders used Exxon Mobil's annual meeting to renew their accusations that the company is failing to confront a future that may include stricter regulations to limit climate change caused by burning fossil fuels. A representative of the Church of England's endowment fund said Wednesday ...
80 countries ready to step up action on climate, U.N. envoy says
About 80 countries have signaled that they are willing to scale up their commitment to cut carbon emissions under the Paris agreement to combat climate change, the U.N. climate envoy said Tuesday. Under the landmark deal, countries agreed to announce by 2020 new efforts to ...
Sweden's Greta Thunberg demands climate action on day of global school strikes
Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg urged European politicians on Friday to focus on a climate crisis instead of "bickering," as children walked out of classes around the world to back her demands for urgent action to curb carbon emissions. Thunberg, 16, said the threat of ...
In energy fight in Ohio, billionaire Koch and environmentalists are on the same side
The Sierra Club and billionaire Charles Koch have found at least one thing to agree on: They hate Ohio's plan to take away renewable power subsidies and give them to coal and nuclear plants. The pair, normally at odds over energy issues, have both found ...
Even as warnings of climate catastrophe and calls for greener economies grow ever louder, the world is still spending hundreds of billions of dollars every year to subsidise the fossil fuels that are causing the planet to overheat. With mankind's plan to avert runaway global ...
China responsible for surge in ozone-depleting emissions, study says
China is to blame for much of the increase in illegal ozone-depleting substances since 2013, according a study published by the journal Nature on Thursday, with domestic companies accused of violating a global production ban. About 40 to 60 percent of the global rise in ...
Trump coal moves hasten but don't increase emissions, say U.S. officials
The Trump administration's decision to lift a moratorium on coal sales from public lands could hasten the release of more than 5 billion tons of greenhouse gases, but officials concluded Wednesday it would make little difference in overall U.S. climate emissions. That conclusion from the ...
