Sunday, July 13, 2025

Real climate coverage names names, avoids false hope and probes solutions

But mostly, real climate journalism is about asking the right, and sometimes vexing, questions.

New study assesses hundreds of US landfills to quantifying methane emissions

More than half the landfills in the United States are “super-emitters” of methane.

Zinke’s real estate deal with Halliburton Chair to be investigated

The investigation will asses whether the deal, uncovered last month, violated conflict of interest law.

Climate crisis is speeding the water cycle, satellite data reveals

“This higher amount of water circulating in the atmosphere could also explain the increase in rainfall that is being detected in some polar areas, where the fact that it is raining instead of snowing is speeding up the melting."

BP exploited Mexican communities hoping to benefit from carbon credits: report

A report published this month in Bloomberg Green said oil and gas company BP has been buying carbon credits from Mexican villages below market value, raising questions about the carbon credit market’s viability as a tool for transitioning companies to green practices.

Why we can’t ignore U.S. military emissions

The U.S. military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks,...

Inside the Trump admin’s fight to keep the Keystone XL approval process secret

“The Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline has been nothing but smoke and mirrors.”

After ‘mind-blowing’ September, 2023 set to be hottest tear on record: EU Climate Agency

The European climate agency said Thursday that last month was the warmest September on record globally and "the most anomalous warm month of any year" in its dataset going back to 1940.

Trump and Orbán allies gather at anti-green event hosted by Project 2025 group

The two-day event on Sept. 17 and 18, co-hosted by the Heritage Foundation, played host to high-ranking members of Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian government, executives from anti-green think tanks, and UK politicians. 

Big oil foresaw extreme flooding now predicted to hit US coasts almost daily

While society generally may not yet understand these consequences, major oil companies have understood the risks of climate change driving these impacts for decades.