ENVIRONMENT

Subscribe to the independent climate email to get the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free climate email The government’s plans to tackle the climate emergency have been thrown into turmoil as Rishi Sunak has indicated it may delay or even abandon green policies that put financial strain on families. The prime minister … Read more

Avoid environmental panic It’s turning into a spooky summer. Arizona is baking more than usual. Canadian forests burned and provided some North American cities with orange skies. The rural Northeast is flooded with brisk rains, and many small towns have suffered massive flooding. The ocean off Miami is 90 degrees, and nobody seems to be … Read more

Halting climate change is a top environmental priority, but it’s too late to focus exclusively on prevention. From heat waves to hurricanes, communities are already experiencing the extreme weather effects of our changing climate. Around the world, civic leaders are working to make their communities more resilient to climate change and increasingly common environmental disasters. … Read more

Not so long ago, the world’s largest corporations were making empty promises to tackle climate change. Even those in the business of selling fossil fuels — such as BP and Shell — have pledged to reduce their emissions. Amazon has named an iconic sports center in Seattle the “Climate Pledge Arena” so hockey and basketball … Read more

On Thursday, the Biden administration took a first step toward reform and “updateFederal oil and gas leasing program. The Home Office’s proposed regulation, which is now open for public comment, would significantly increase the amount of that Energy companies must pay for rent and drilling on federal lands. It also gives the Bureau of Land … Read more

Forest fires in Greece: Tourists from Rhodes sleep on the airport grounds awaiting evacuation To get free, real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails. Sign up for our free breaking news emails The Greek fire service said some 2,500 people had been evacuated from Corfu, where … Read more

Paying for climate resilience The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we see a moderation in global warming. The cost of reducing climate pollution faster would be an economic and political disaster. Slowing or stopping economic growth would destabilize politics, and given the … Read more

If you are going to get your meals, you may already have a set of cold compresses. Filled with jelly, these plastic bags do a great job of keeping perishable foods cool. But what do you do with cold packs after unpacking? Many people have turned to meal subscription services for a variety of reasons, … Read more

Across the United States, more and more companies are pledging to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions using “voluntary carbon offsets” — credits that represent the amount of climate pollution prevented or removed from the atmosphere. These credits, which were bought and sold in unregulated markets and are expected to be worth $100 billion by 2030, have … Read more

RENO, Nevada (AP) — Nearly a dozen wild horses died in the first 10 days of a big mustang campaign in Nevada, deaths that a Las Vegas congresswoman called “tragic evidence of the desperate need to ban helicopters to capture animals on federal land.” According to eyewitnesses, among the 11 deaths so far are five … Read more