95-degree days: How extreme heat could spread across the world.

Extremely hot days, when temperatures soar to 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, can be...

Govt plans to burn millions of waste tyres every year.

The government plans to burn millions of tyres each year as a heat source to make cement, in a bid to deal with the...

Top global banks still lend billions to extract fossil fuels.

Fossil fuel divestment Analysis of world’s lenders reveals many claim green credentials while still financing fuels like tar sands, oil and coal <!--><!--><!--><!--> Dozens of Fs were...

Zinke's answer about temperature is called 'stupid.'

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was asked yesterday about rising temperatures by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.). C-SPAN Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke evaded questions yesterday about the...

Dakota Access-style policing moves to Pennsylvania's Mariner East 2 pipeline.

After months of employing military-style counterinsurgency tactics to subvert opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and South Dakota, the...

Precedent-setting cap on oil refinery emissions delayed.

SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area air regulators on Wednesday postponed adopting the nation’s first limits on greenhouses gases from oil refineries because of complaints...

A first-of-its-kind clean coal plant may not burn coal at all.

A first-of-its-kind “clean coal” power plant that utility owner Southern Co. spent years constructing in Mississippi may end up burning no coal at all...

The UK wants to lead world in driverless and electric vehicles.

A power charging cable hangs attached from a Renault Kangoo ZE electric truck at a Gnewt Cargo Ltd. distribution centre in London, U.K., on...

Adani mine 'not a positive thing for Australia', Labor's Mark Butler says.

Labor party Exclusive: Shadow climate change minister rubbishes idea of federal finance for coal-fired power and says ALP will not back an energy target that...

Coal’s decline not hurting power grid reliability, study says.

A new study is challenging Energy Secretary Rick Perry's concerns about increasing levels of renewable energy in the U.S. electric grid, arguing that the...

Latest news

Popular Articles

Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action

A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever. Link to full source:...

Do you see a devil in this orchid?

Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart. Link to full source: Do you see a devil...

Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs

He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs." Link to full source: Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs

Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico

The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico. Link to full source:...

10 magical places saved by endangered species

In our efforts to save animals at risk of extinction, we've saved some extraordinary places as well. Link to full source: 10 magical places saved...