Gov. Josh Shapiro has withdrawn Pennsylvania from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, abandoning the state’s signature climate policy in a move that stunned environmental advocates.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
Brazil announced the creation of 10 new Indigenous territories during a protest-filled COP30, expanding protected lands in a move Indigenous leaders say is vital for safeguarding biodiversity and combating climate change.
After the Bessemer City Council voted 5-2 to rezone nearly 700 acres of agricultural land for the “hyperscale” server farm, a dissenting council member said city officials who signed non-disclosure agreements weren’t being transparent with citizens.
At COP30 in Belém, climate delegates slept aboard diesel-powered cruise ships and traveled roads carved through newly deforested land, contradictions that unsettled many, including California’s contingent.
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
Tyson Foods will stop asserting it is pursuing production of “climate-smart” beef and working to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions as part of a legal settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the veracity of the company’s environmental claims.
Surging wind and solar additions are meeting all of this year’s growth in global electricity demand, keeping fossil fuel use flat for the first time since the pandemic.
