Hydrocarbon gases bubbling from the bottom of the Red Sea are polluting the atmosphere at a rate equivalent to the emissions of some large fossil fuel exporting countries, researchers said Tuesday.
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Carbon emissions from the wildfires that have ravaged southeast Australia are a major driver of what are predicted to be record worldwide atmospheric CO2 levels throughout 2020, Britain’s Met Office said Friday.
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A new comprehensive study three years in the making shows the damaging effects of ocean acidification will not inhibit the behavior in coral reef fish as previously believed.
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Growing emissions from the U.S. oil and gas and petrochemical sectors could hinder some of the climate benefits from the nation’s fracking boom and transition away from coal in favor of natural gas, an environmental group said in a report released Wednesday.
Read moreThe United States sued Gear Box Z in federal court, claiming its after-market auto products intentionally bypass controls intended to keep emissions within federal standards.
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Investors have filed a mass lawsuit with a German court seeking $1 billion in damages from Daimler over diesel cheating, their lawyers said Tuesday.
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California officials are quick to tout the Golden State’s action on climate change and evidence points to dramatic reductions in emissions in the past decade, but a report issued Monday casts doubt on whether the state’s policies are primarily responsible.
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There was crying, cheering and applause Friday as the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that the Dutch government must reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Extended exposure to ocean water that has become too acidic as a result of global carbon dioxide emissions corrodes the scales of certain sharks, according to a new study published Thursday in Scientific Reports.
Read moreThe boards of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot on Wednesday signed a binding merger deal creating the world’s fourth-largest automaker with the scale to confront the challenges of stricter emissions regulations and the transition to new driving technologies.
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Dutch farmers can protest emissions cuts but they cannot block the country’s food supply ahead of Christmas, a court in the Netherlands ruled Tuesday.
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The ocean off the coast of California is acidifying at twice the normal rate, according to a study published Monday morning.
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Despite growing demands for drastic action on climate change, the latest round of international talks over stopping global warming ended Sunday in Madrid with little progress and many calling it a complete failure.
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German lawmakers reached a hard-fought compromise on carbon pricing early Monday, breaking a parliamentary deadlock on the government’s much-disputed climate policy reforms.
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United Nations climate negotiations in Madrid were wrapping up Friday with even the best-case outcome likely to fall well short of what science says is needed to rescue a planet ravaged by global warming.
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Los Angeles County will only buy cars from automakers that comply with California’s clean air laws, joining the state’s boycott of companies like General Motors and Toyota that have sided with the Trump administration in the high-profile bout over emissions standards.
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The world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight on Tuesday, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and offering hope that airlines may one day end their polluting emissions.
Read moreA federal class action claims Union Carbide’s reckless emissions of carcinogenic ethylene oxide from its plant in Institute, W. Va., exposed nearby residents to cancer risks 11 times the national average.
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