Africa lays out goals ahead of UN climate summit 3/8/2022

African officials outlined their priorities for the upcoming U.N. climate summit, including a push to make heavily polluting rich nations compensate poor countries for the environmental damage done to them. ...more

'Forever chemicals' in rainwater exceed safe levels 3/8/2022

New research shows that rainwater in most locations on Earth contains levels of chemicals that "greatly exceed" safety levels. ...more

Tonga eruption caused irreversible damage to the atmosphere 3/8/2022

It only takes one uncooperative volcano to ruin all our plans to save the planet, no matter how many of us go vegan, compost our food waste and buy electric cars. ...more

Hotter summers mean Florida's turtles are mostly born female 3/8/2022

Florida's sea turtles are grappling with a gender imbalance made worse by climate change. Recent heat waves have caused the sand on some beaches to get so hot that nearly every turtle born was female.B ...more

More studies needed on possibility of human extinction 2/8/2022

Catastrophic climate change outcomes, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously enough by scientists, a new study says. ...more

Britain says global sustainability disclosures need phasing in 2/8/2022

Proposed global sustainability disclosure rules need simplifying and phasing in to avoid fragmenting how companies report on the impact of climate change on their business, Britain's government said on Monday. ...more

Hotter than Dubai: US cities at risk of Middle Eastern temperatures by 2100 2/8/2022

The climate crisis risks pushing many Americans into entirely new climatic realities, with a new analysis finding there are 16 US cities at risk of having summer temperatures on a par with locations in the Middle East by the end of the century. ...more

Boeing to establish R&D facility on sustainable aviation fuel, electrification in Japan 2/8/2022

Boeing Co said on Monday it plans to establish a research and development (R&D) facility in Japan to further development in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and to advance electric and hydrogen aircraft technology. ...more

The Sprite bottle will no longer be green, what now? 2/8/2022

The Coca-Cola Company announced last Wednesday that it will be changing the packaging for its lemon drink Sprite from a green plastic bottle to a clear one. ...more

Rich countries failed to meet their climate funding goal 1/8/2022

Rich nations failed to meet a long-standing pledge to deliver $100 billion to help poorer countries cope with climate change, the OECD said on Friday. ...more