Tag: fossil fuels
Ahead of COP30, UN report warns 1.5°C breach as countries commit...
With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN’s new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit “overshooting is now inevitable.”
Banks pour $2 billion more into Amazon oil and gas as...
Stand.earth finds financing surges since 2024 while Brazil’s Petrobras pushes new drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River ahead of COP30 in Belém.
Scientists warn the planet has crossed its first climate tipping point
Global heating has pushed warm-water reefs past a point of no return, scientists warn, with mass bleaching since 2023 affecting more than four-fifths of reefs and cascading risks for food security, coastal protection, and the global economy ahead of COP30.
Report warns governments plan double fossil fuel extraction allowed under 1.5°C
New analysis shows major producers moving further away from Paris climate goals as experts decry “reckless” policies and warn of climate chaos.
A new youth-led lawsuit is challenging Trump’s fossil fuel orders
In Lightiser v. Trump, 22 young people are using the protections of the Constitution to demand a livable future.
Trump’s EPA deepens environmental rollback with delays, deregulation, and industry favoritism
From coal ash delays to dicamba reapproval, Trump’s EPA faces backlash for gutting public health safeguards and empowering polluters.
Women’s cancer rates are rising in the Oil Gulf: Is global...
There is a lot of fine particulate matter in the air in the Gulf, and if hotter temperatures make them harder on the human body, then that would be a problem.
Planetary boundary crossed: Ocean acidification now threatens global ecosystems and coastal...
Scientists warn that ocean acidification passed a critical tipping point years ago, threatening marine biodiversity and putting billions in economic value at risk as world leaders gather for emergency talks in France.
Oceans in peril as governments stall on promises ahead of UN...
With coral bleaching, illegal fishing, and fossil fuel expansion threatening marine ecosystems, global leaders gather in France amid mounting criticism over broken pledges and underfunded protections.
Billions in clean energy projects canceled amid Republican tax bill and...
Clean energy investments are vanishing as the Trump administration’s tax plan and rollback of Biden-era climate policies threaten America’s transition to renewables.














