Going digital is often assumed to be a modern, efficient strategy that will save energy and resources. Thirty years of data from the world’s largest economies suggest the energy needed to power them has so far outweighed the savings.
Lessons learned from a rushed resettlement in Mexico underscore what governments owe to climate-displaced communities—not only after homes wash away, but also long before.
Texas now issues permits for companies to store carbon dioxide underground; East Texas residents fear safety risks, and skeptics doubt the climate benefits.
Heat is accumulating in Earth’s systems at an accelerating rate, the UN’s weather agency has reported as the COP31 climate change summit begins in Turkey, with 2026 on track to be one of the four warmest years on record.
Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people, or three-quarters of the global total, live in countries highly exposed to climate hazards, the United Nations Refugee Agency says.
Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in Republic Services, America’s second-largest landfill operator, but he’s failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles, ProPublica has found.
Presentations about vital and vulnerable N.C. Highway 12, collapsing homes, the national park, and life on the Outer Banks during the Coastal Resources Commission’s recent meeting in New Bern illustrate a sobering challenge.
New EU rules have put strict conditions on offset-based green claims. Caroline Garland speaks to Dan Morrell, who helped put ‘carbon neutral’ into the dictionary – and he says good riddance – but warns brands not to fall silent
