Thursday, August 14, 2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California is cracking down on oil spills. But our reporting...

After we reported oil companies are making millions from illegal spills, California’s governor defended his administration’s record on oil regulation.

Snake vomiting bottle highlights world’s plastic problem

Recent government estimates show that more than 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste is generated in India each day, in which 6,000 tonnes go uncollected and littered.

Electric flying taxis could transform air travel by 2024

“If we focus on finding the solutions, this will drive us towards the electrification of flight.”

Young climate activists have far more power than they realize

This story is part of The Conversation’s coverage on COP26, the Glasgow climate conference, by experts from around the world.

France to shut down its coal plants two years earlier than planned

France hopes to become carbon neutral by 2050.

Right-wing lobby group ALEC driving laws to blacklist companies that boycott the oil industry

The group’s strategy, which aims to protect large oil firms and other conservative-friendly industries, is modeled on legislation to punish divestment from Israel.

The smoke’s gone, but hearts and lungs still may be in danger months after...

The long-term effects of breathing this cocktail are unknown.

Making Trump and other climate criminals pay

The sad truth is it may not be possible to punish all the climate criminals in Congress with one-way rides on icebergs.

Fossil fuel groups ‘spent millions’ on social media ads spreading climate disinformation during COP27

The cost of living crisis and a surge in fossil fuel prices “turbocharged an ecosystem of disinformation” around the summit, study finds.