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Satellite images reveal the impact of the long drought on one of the country's main water sources.

A Washington DC federal court ruled Tuesday in favour of defendants of a Clean Air Act (CAA) waiver to California, reinforcing the state's longstanding authority to set its own standards that are stricter than those at the federal level.

Our ancestors may have kept foxes as pets long before domestic dogs, archaeological evidence suggests.

A Colorado-based energy firm and a Nebraska environmental group announced a “landmark” community benefits agreement on Tuesday that ensures a proposed CO2 pipeline can proceed unopposed, setting a precedent for similar projects dealing with local opposition.

A California Senate committee unanimously passed through funding from the cap-and-trade programme revenues on Tuesday to facilitate a tax credit to farmers for composting practices that enhance CO2 sequestration.

The renowned scientist came up with revolutionary ideas in the 1960s, sparking a 50-year search for evidence.

The renowned scientist came up with revolutionary ideas in the 1960s, sparking a 50-year search for evidence.

The renowned scientist came up with revolutionary ideas in the 1960s, sparking a 50-year search for evidence.

In 1898, a pioneering Antarctic expedition was stuck in sea ice for over a year. In 2024, that area is open water. Edward Doddridge, Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania Annie Foppert, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Stuart Corney, Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has decided that voluntary carbon credits may be used to offset corporate Scope 3 emissions, the body said Tuesday, it what should provide a significant boost for offset demand.

International competitors of the European steel industry may bypass the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees by building specific low-carbon facilities whose products will be reserved for the EU market, the head of a regional association said on Tuesday.

Exclusive: Report finds lack of funding has led to just 6% of land being managed effectively for nature

National parks are failing to tackle the biodiversity crisis, with just 6% of national park land in England and Wales managed effectively for nature, according to the first full assessment of how well they are supporting nature recovery.

National parks, which cover 10% of England and 20% of Wales and this year celebrate their 75th anniversary, are not restoring nature because of a chronic lack of government funding and because they were designed for a different era, according to the report by the Campaign for National Parks (CNP) charity.

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Traders are debating the merits of engaging with the nascent CORSIA Phase 1 (2024-26) voluntary carbon market, weighing promises of inexpensive regulatory compliance against large uncertainties, according to experts on a webinar Tuesday.

The renowned scientist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013.

The volume of allowances on offer inched up for the second RGGI auction of 2024, with a conspicuous zero balance in the scheme’s Cost Containment Reserve (CCR) that was exhausted at the Q1 sale, a notice showed Tuesday.

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"We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," said one of the older Swiss women who won.

The pressure to bridge the gap between conventional and clean fuel for the shipping sector is shifting to EU member states, a panel at the European Parliament heard on Tuesday, while key industry stakeholders also stressed the need to reserve climate solutions for hard-to-abate sectors like maritime and aviation.

Work by the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM) to label credits with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) stamp will only go so far in determining the quality of supply, as project-level assessments will still be required to help buyers identify good projects, say market stakeholders.

A draft outline of the EU’s next “strategic agenda” for 2024-2029, seen by Carbon Pulse, puts defence and security at the top of the EU’s political priorities, while climate policy is refocused on strengthening the bloc's industrial and strategic independence.