Focus on Climate
Guyana to sell first carbon credits under airline emissions scheme
Guyana will make the first eligible carbon credits available to airlines to counter pollution under the start of a landmark U.N. emissions deal,...
Carbon emissions from aluminium sector dip despite output growth – report
LONDON (Reuters) – Greenhouse gas emissions from the aluminium sector have been slipping in recent years even as output grows as the industry...
Oil spill from capsized barge near Tobago has reached beaches hundreds of miles away, officials say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An offshore oil spill that prompted Trinidad and Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier this month...
Activists urge Nigeria to delay Shell’s sale of assets in polluted region over environmental worries
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Local activists and international environmental groups want Nigeria’s government to delay approving the sale of oil company Shell’s onshore...
EEX to work with local bourse on carbon trading in Turkey
European Energy Exchange confirms commitment to establishing emissions trading "to drive decarbonisation".
Rapidly expanding wildfires in the Texas Panhandle prompt evacuations
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — A rapidly widening Texas wildfire more than doubled in size Tuesday and prompted evacuation orders in small towns as...
Thousands told to flee homes in Australia amid heat spike, bushfire threat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of residents in Australia’s southeast were told to evacuate on Wednesday due to an intense heatwave that...
Effort to repeal Washington’s landmark carbon program puts budget in limbo with billions at stake
SEATTLE (AP) — A conservative-backed effort to repeal Washington state’s landmark carbon pricing program and tax on the sale of stocks and bonds...
US EPA directs $1 billion to 25 Superfund hazardous waste cleanups
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. environment regulator said on Tuesday it is launching new cleanup projects at 25 hazardous waste...
Evers again asks Wisconsin Republicans to release $125M to combat forever chemicals pollution
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight...
