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George Clooney Tells Venice Studios Are Making Movies That “Need a Launchpad of a Film Festival Less and Less”

The famed U.S. star also revealed why he won't be directing another film anytime soon (hint: he has nine-year-old…

UN report finds 1.5°C warming limit likely to be exceeded by 2030

For more than a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

Blackout risk rises as heatwave stresses largest US electric grids

US energy department warns of potential for outages in PJM Interconnection, serving 67 million from DC to Chicago The…

From Belém to Antalya – gains, gaps and challenges for a new Just Transition Mechanism

Civil society wants a mechanism to be launched at COP31 but insists it must be more than a talking shop and include…

Transforming toxic: a new vision for urban waterways takes shape in Brooklyn – in photos

Designers are rethinking one of New York City’s most polluted sites with climate adaptation and community benefits The…

Letter: It’s high time to revise the way we produce and use energy

Letter: Despite what the fossil fuels folks will tell you, if we burn anything, be it oil, natural gas, coal or other…

Windy in the West; Isolated Mtn. Storms

Dry & windy across Western Utah today while isolated t-storms are still possible across the east. A surge of tropical…

Big Four Wanted More Climate Reporting. Now State AGs Want the Receipts.

US Forest Service Chief With Industry Ties Pushed for More Logging on Public Lands

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…

Q&A: Can U.S. parks promote safety, recreation and environmental protection?

Recently, heavy rains have caused flooding in Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks, resulting in the loss of at least…

Mountains may offer climate refugia for one of North America's most imperiled turtles

As climate warming pushes many species toward cooler environments, high-elevation areas are expected to play an…

The world must do all it can to return below 1.5°C threshold after surpassing it, UN warns

The United Nations Environment Programme has acknowledged the world is set to exceed the most ambitious target of the…

Second hiker found dead after vanishing in Grand Canyon flash floods

A devoted father of three has been identified as the second victim in Saturday’s tragic flash-flooding at the Grand…

Will your name be the next UK storm?

The storm name list for the next year is out. Will your name be on it?

Who is Trump's Venezuela go-between?

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 2: We look at papers' coverage of the shadowy Venezuelan magnate who brokered the…

No Relief for Maui Wildfire Survivors Losing Thousands to Contractors

This story is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Honolulu Civil Beat. Three years after the deadly Lahaina…

Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones

I will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our…

Barclays faces complaint over backing for power plant near world’s largest mangrove forest

Bangladeshi complainants allege Rampal power station’s pollution and climate risks threaten the Sunderbans, a world…

Goodbye to the Least Apocalyptic Summer of the Rest of Your Life

Labor Day is around the corner in the United States, and it’s worth taking stock of what has been, by any objective…

Keeping to 1.5C of warming is no longer possible – but we must still limit the overshoot

We need a strategy for navigating the huge risks to ecosystems and societies The post Keeping to 1.5C of warming is no…

How AI is playing a growing role in wildfire response

AI is already helping detect and monitor wildfires. Now, researchers are exploring how it could help fire officials…

Crypto Billionaire Taps Scandal-Tarred Crypto Critic To Meddle in GOP Primaries

The crypto billionaire and Democratic megadonor Chris Larsen is pouring millions into Republican primaries through the…

Hurricane Helene Killed His Wife and Destroyed His Mobile Home. New Tenants Are Now Renting the Same Flood-Prone Land.

The post Hurricane Helene Killed His Wife and Destroyed His Mobile Home. New Tenants Are Now Renting the Same…

Lawsuit in Argentina Challenges British-Israeli Oil Project Near the Long-Disputed Falkland Islands

A proposed offshore oil project near the Falkland Islands threatens sensitive marine ecosystems—and Argentina’s…

U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target

It proposed a new goal of limiting the “overshoot” of rising temperatures and eventually figuring out how to undo the…

Albanese bristles at pre-COP questions as UN delivers sobering report

A UN report warns the world is likely to overshoot warming of 1.5C as world leaders shun Australia's pre-COP talks in…

450 additional elk permits added as Utah's intense drought persists

The Utah Wildlife Board unanimously approved 450 additional elk hunting permits in a meeting Aug. 20 — and it's not…

Nepal sends climate bill to China, US and India after deadly floods

Nepal’s push adds to the debate over who should bear the cost of disasters linked to climate change.

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its…

Chintan Research Foundation Launches New Book On Deepening Climate Crisis

Chintan Research Foundation launched a new book- 'Navigating the Climate Crisis: Perspectives and Actions from the…

Debunking the ‘Crisis’ of Sea Level Rise

Whenever a natural disaster occurs anywhere in the world that can be connected in some way with the alleged climate…

Fatal floods expose threats to hydropower in the roof of the world

A changing climate is bringing unstable glaciers and unpredictable rain, creating new risks and raising costs for…

Australia called out as world hurtles past 1.5-degree warming goal

Due to a collective failure of governments to abandon fossil fuels the most hopeful climate outcome is for warming to…

Nepal, Philippines suffer greatly despite contributing little to climate crisis

There is consensus that climate change is caused by industrialized nations, and poorer countries have time and again…

‘No time to issue a warning’: Experts on what caused Nepal flood and what’s needed to improve preparedness

Nepal has contributed little to the emissions driving global warming yet it is suffering the worst consequences.