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Low-Carbon World Won't Need $283 Billion of Natural Gas Projects
An estimated $283 billion in potential liquefied natural gas projects could be dropped or deferred over the next decade if the world limits carbon emissions to current targets, according to a new...
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More Heat Plus More People Equals Deadlier U.S. Summers
The recent heat waves that have scorched Europe, India and Pakistan have served as vivid reminders of the deadliness of heat. Thousands have died so far, and summer has only just begun.The health toll...
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Methane Emissions in Texas Fracking Region 50% Higher Than EPA Estimates
The release of 11 research papers Tuesday marked another milestone in the Environmental Defense Fund's ongoing effort to understand the natural gas industry's carbon footprint. Overall, the studies...
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Email Shows Exxon Was Studying Its Climate Impact in the '80s
Exxon scientists studied the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on global warming as far back as 1981, an indication that the company was probing the industry's potential contribution to climate change...
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Bumblebees Feel the Squeeze of Climate Change
Scientists tracked the locations of 67 species of bumblebees in North America and Europe and discovered a disturbing trend: The bees' total geographic range is shrinking—and climate change is the prime...
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Solar Breakthrough Could Be on the Way for Renters
When President Obama announced a new initiative this week to expand access to solar energy for millions of low- and moderate-income Americans, he took the first step in addressing a major hurdle in the...
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More 'Green Bonds' Needed to Fund the Clean Energy Revolution
A critical piece of the funding needed to transition to a low-carbon world—bond financing for climate-saving projects—grew by 20 percent to nearly $600 billion compared to last year, but it's still...
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Walker Gives GOP Presidential Field a New Anti-Climate Leader
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker joined the crowded field of Republican contenders vying for the White House in 2016 on Monday, and immediately stands out for having one of the poorest records on...
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Cap & Trade Shows Its Economic Muscle in the Northeast, $1.3B in 3 Years
States looking to comply with the Clean Power Plan should follow the Northeast's example, a new analysis says.The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation's first mandatory cap-and-trade...
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Texas' Climate Stubbornness Takes an Increasingly Big Toll
The Texas flooding in May that pulled houses off foundations and swamped city streets provided a glimpse of what scientists have long warned could be its new norm because of global warming. But it did...
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Global Climate Treaty May Hinge on the Strength of its Teeth
One of the most sensitive unresolved questions facing negotiators of a new global climate treaty is how binding it will be.If the treaty expected to be reached in Paris this year is without enforceable...
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Polar Bears Can't Adapt to Melting Arctic, Will Waste Away
Polar bears have been one of the species hit hardest by climate change over the last decade, experiencing population declines up to 40 percent in some areas. Even so, scientists have long held out hope...
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Biggest Coal Polluters Dominate Emissions
Although several of America's biggest investor-owned utilities have seen a significant drop in their carbon footprints as they have shifted away from coal in recent years, just five––led by Duke...
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Report Fuels Fracking Ban Push in California
A new state-mandated report underscores how little is known about the risks associated with fracking in California, fueling a push by activists to temporarily halt the controversial practice...
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On Climate, a Rough Road Ahead for California
Editor's note: We want to introduce readers to a nonprofit news organization launching today called CALmatters. Its first story is about California's world-leading climate policies, and the hurdles...
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Climate Treaty's Finances on Shaky Ground
Faith in the Green Climate Fund, the finance arm long believed to hold a key to achieving a global climate change accord in Paris in December, is beginning to wane.The financing vehicle is supposed to...
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New Study Says Even 2 Degrees of Warming 'Highly Dangerous'
When world leaders meet in Paris this December to agree on a new international treaty on climate change, their goal will be to keep atmospheric warming to 2 degrees Celsius, the point after which...
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Enbridge Expects $40 Million Fine, EPA's Stiffest Ever for a Pipeline Spill
The Environmental Protection Agency may penalize Enbridge Inc. with the stiffest fine ever imposed under the Clean Water Act for an oil pipeline disaster, based on an InsideClimate News review of EPA...
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Five Years After Michigan Oil Spill, Unfinished Business Remains
Today the gently rolling Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan flows clear once again. There are few reminders that five years ago the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history turned 40 miles of the...
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Study Gets a Handle on Gas Leaks: 80 Billion Cubic Feet
About 80 billion cubic feet of the potent greenhouse gas methane escapes into the air each year from the complex U.S. system for carrying natural gas to power stations and other consumers, according to...
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