Focus on Climate
Interior Department will give tribal nations $120 million to fight climate-related threats
The Biden administration will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change, the Department of...
COP29 host Azerbaijan plans to upgrade climate target
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate change talks, hopes to upgrade its emissions reduction target in...
Giant Sequoias, world’s largest trees, thriving in UK, report shows
LONDON – Giant sequoias, the largest trees on Earth, are thriving in Britain, growing at a rate nearly equivalent to those found in...
California needs to triple pace of emissions cuts to meet 2030 goal, report says
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) – California needs to triple its annual carbon emissions reductions to meet its 2030 target, a report...
Nature facing irreversible decline without urgent action, WWF warns
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world and faces irreversible decline without urgent political action, WWF has warned....
Shell waters down part of its 2030 carbon reduction pledge
Energy giant Shell has watered down one of its climate pledges because of a change to its strategy in the electricity sector. The...
Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin
Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish...
New US climate envoy wants China to speed up coal transition
China should speed up its transition from coal, the new chief US climate negotiator John Podesta said Thursday, while pledging to maintain open...
Bosnia’s lithium discovery raises hopes and fears
In northeast Bosnia’s rolling hills, the local community is torn between fears of environmental ruin and hopes of riches from huge deposits of...
Arizona: record number of heat-associated deaths in 2023, after blistering temps
PHOENIX — Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday reported they confirmed a staggering 645 heat-associated deaths last year —...
