What's behind oil companies' advocacy for climate change technology

The oil industry appears to be doing well by most accounts. The demand for oil and gas is still very strong, and the industry made remarkable profits last year. But the industry is also feeling the heat to solve the climate crisis, and it wants a piece of the federal government's massive pie ...

French tech startups are bullish despite the country's sluggish economy and constant barrage of cyberattacks.

French startups are confident in their future despite the present economic climate, job losses in the technology industry, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reveals. Study findings from EY and France Digitale, published on Tuesday, show that nearly 40% of French start-up CEOs a...

German police arrest climate campaigner Greta Thunberg at coal mine demonstration

At a demonstration in the west German village of Lützerath against the construction of a coal mine, police detained climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, according to a CNN station. As reported by the German news agency dpa, hundreds of climate activists continued their demonstrations across we...

As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change.

As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change. A study of climate-related chats conducted under new owner Elon Musk and released exclusively with USA TODAY found that misinformation about the warming globe was spreading at a rapid pace. Similar findi...

Why is this October especially warm?

With the recent exceptionally mild weather, it's difficult to think that winter is only around the horizon. The cold weather usually arrives in mid-November, but the country is experiencing its hottest November in a decade.

Tuesday was "Soseol," which means "little sn...

According to a survey, 69 percent of Indians are experiencing serious repercussions from climate change

A recent study for the World Economic Forum found that almost two-thirds of Indians believe that climate change has already had a significant impact on the locations where they live and that it is possible that their families will be uprooted within the next 25 years. Between July 22 and August 5...

Healthcare & Climate Bill of $739 Billion Passed

The Democratic spending package on climate change and healthcare was approved by the Senate on Sunday, moving Joe Biden one step closer to a huge legislative triumph ahead of the important midterm elections in November. The midterm elections will take place in November. From this point on, the Ho...

Oil and gas provisions in the climate bill are a worthwhile trade-off

On July 27, Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer stunned Washington by announcing that they had agreed on a climate package. The bill, known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, allocates $369 billion for climate action. The United States would take a significant step toward attaining the em...

As industry seeks access to renewables, the global oil and gas map is changing

According to consulting firm Wood Mackenzie Ltd., the oil industry's relationship with renewable energy is reshaping the global oil map.

According to Andrew Latham, vice president at Wood Mackenzie, in a new report, oil majors that want to reduce their carbon footprint will need to ...

Warming Slows Climate Policy

It has been reported that Kyle Hawkinson has said that the summers in Maricopa County, Arizona, have reached the point where they can no longer be considered to be enjoyable. Friday is the day on which these comments were made.

The city of Phoenix was wrapped in a thick layer of cloud a...

MEP believes discussing climate change shouldn't exclude health

Sara Cerdas, a socialist MEP, argues that the conversation on how climate change affects health needs to be expanded since, if we do nothing, society would incur unthinkable health expenditures.

The health (ENVI) and COVID-19 committees of the European Parliament are both served by soci...

Ambitious Climate Action is Critical

Human Rights Watch said today that the next Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, should make ambitious climate action a priority for his new government.

Albanese's Australian Labor Party won the election on May 21, 2022, although it still lacks a majority of seats in the low...

The Chemical Industry in the United States Faces a Wide Range of Climate Risks

Since the Industrial Revolution, climate change has been mostly driven by human activity, posing a serious threat to the chemical industry as well as employee health and safety. The weather is getting warmer, and the fact that the worldwide sea level has increased by almost 8 inches since 1880 is...

New York University Abu Dhabi is establishing research centres to study climate change and artificial intelligence

New specialised sections will study engineering and robotics.

New York University Abu Dhabi has announced four new research centres as part of its ambitious aims to combat climate change and enhance artificial intelligence.

The Research Institute at NYUAD will be the driving f...

The silence on climate change is deafening in Australia's election campaign

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered its third and final report on the IPCC's evaluation of climate science the week before the election, indicating the chance of temperatures climbing 1.5C (probably likely) and 2C over pre-industrial levels. It was rather upsetting ...

The EU has announced a €55 million budget for climate change monitoring

The EU announced a total of 44 pledges for the 2020-2022 period at the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Palau. The Commission will fund greater maritime environmental monitoring through Copernicus over two years.

Copernicus investigates the global and regional scales of the maritime enviro...

TOXIC PFAS CHEMICAL GENX PROTECTS THE CLIMATE, SAY CHEMOURS

CHEMOURS HAS MADE A NEW ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF GENX, ONE OF ITS TOXIC PFAS CHEMICALS: the chemical, which provokes cancer and other health impacts in lab animals and was published by the corporation into the water supply of hundreds of thousands of people, is necessary for the fight against clima...

The world must prioritise public health: climate change and natural disasters must be addressed urgently

Public health as an agenda has grown in prominence over the last two decades and is unquestionably poised to define the present and future risk-scape. Prudence suggests that incorporating public health into all policies may benefit the Asia Pacific Region in addressing the adaptation gap caused b...

18 countries have gone green on climate, and they have reaped the benefits

Clean energy advocates and think tanks have long claimed that it is feasible to cut emissions while maintaining economic growth. According to the most recent study from the world's top climate scientists, 18 nations have done just that, sustaining emissions reductions "for at least a dec...

The Australian budget 'supports the gas industry and emission reductions

The oil and gas industry group supports the federal government's route to net-zero emissions.

The Australian upstream oil and gas sector has endorsed the federal government's annual budget, stating that it confirmed natural gas's importance to the economy and carbon reductio...