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  1. US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1 billion' deal to end offshore wind projects

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:23:43 -0000

    The US and the French company signed an agreement to end TotalEnergies' offshore US wind farm projects and redirect those funds towards fossil fuel …

  2. War is pushing up energy prices now. Trump's policies could hurt for years to come

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:43:28 -0000

    If you've opened your natural gas or electric bill lately and bit back a scream, or watched the numbers tick up and up at the gas pump, you're not alone. For many Americans, energy prices feel uncomfortably high right now. The second Trump administration has worked to unwind policies that would …

  3. How gas prices might drive more people to switch to an EV

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gasoline prices continue ticking higher as the United States and Israel’s war with Iran continues. As of March 23, the national …

  4. Earth's climate more unbalanced than ever, WMO warns

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:09 -0000

    The world's oceans have broken heat records for nine straight years, glaciers are retreating and extreme weather is killing thousands. The only way …

  5. Anger rises towards authorities as torrential rains kill over 80 people in Kenya

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:09:21 -0000

    Storms that triggered flash floods in Kenya have killed at least 81 people so far this month, authorities said, as rain continued to pound much of the country. In the capital Nairobi, one of the hardest hit areas, the governor has come under fire for bad planning, with calls for him to …

  6. How climate storytelling can move from fear to agency, and why it matters for policy

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:56:31 -0000

    Stories about the impact of climate change are everywhere – from forest fires and cities ravaged by floods to children marching in the streets. Yet …

  7. Why Africa needs a green bank to fund climate action and build its own renewable technology

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:58:59 -0000

    Climate change is a profound challenge to the livelihoods of many people in African countries who have contributed so little to its cause. More …

  8. Australia’s forests are finally doing better — but ‘underwater bushfires’ hit oceans hard

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:06:36 -0000

    Good rainfall across much of Australia in the past year has kept the vegetation green and rivers flowing. For the fifth year in a row, our national …

  9. The latest world climate report is grim, but it’s not the end of the story

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:01:53 -0000

    It’s no secret our planet is heating up. And here’s the evidence: we’ve just experienced the 11 hottest years on record, with 2025 being the second or …

  10. German court rejects climate case against BMW, Mercedes

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:49:51 -0000

    Environmental campaigners wanted to stop the companies from selling combustion engine cars after 2030. They argued that continuing to release high …

  11. Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:31:18 -0000

    The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, …

  12. New UN climate report says the past decade was the hottest on record

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:24:41 -0000

    New UN climate report says the past decade was the hottest on record A new UN report confirms the past decade was the hottest on record. A new UN report confirms the past decade was the hottest on record, warning that rising temperatures driven by fossil fuels demand urgent climate action.

  13. Songbird trade threatens lesser-known ‘master birds’ with secondary extinctions: Study

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:02:03 -0000

    Increasing demand for songbirds is raising the risk of “secondary extinctions” of so-called “master birds” in Southeast Asia, conservationists warn. …

  14. The world just lived through the 11 hottest years on record — what now?

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Earth is increasingly ‘out of balance’, as more heat is trapped in the atmosphere, driving global warming. The past 11 years (2015-2025) have been the …

  15. This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Trump’s Energy Secretary says he’s canceled billions of dollars in clean energy loans. The Biden official who made those loans says the number is …

  16. Hochul Unveils 11th-Hour Push to Defang New York’s Climate Law

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:46:02 -0000

    The core of the governor’s proposal is to push back New York’s first big deadline for emissions reductions mandated by its landmark 2019 climate law. …

  17. More than 400 people treated for heat-related illness at Arizona show

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:22:30 -0000

    High temperatures across the western United States persisted on Sunday, March 22, as the ongoing heat wave broke temperature records in some areas, and caused dozens to seek health treatment at an Arizona airshow. The scorching heat wave, which began last week and brought dangerous temperatures to …

  18. Why Iran is targeting Qatar’s liquid natural gas trains

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    An Iranian attack on Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities has knocked out 17 percent of the country’s LNG export capacity, an impact that …

  19. 2026 Sargassum bloom on track to be the largest, smelliest season yet

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:58:03 -0000

    It would beat last year’s record of 37.5 million tons of rotten egg-scented seaweed. It’s back and bigger than ever—but that’s not a good thing. Thanks to warming global temperatures and shifting oceanic conditions, marine biologists already expect that this year’s seasonal Sargassum blooms will grow …

  20. Global climate is in a 'state of emergency', UN says, as it warns of record 'imbalance'

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:49:53 -0000

    The global climate is in a "state of emergency," according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as UN scientists warn that the world’s climate …

  21. US Presses EU to Ease Methane Rules, Warns of Energy Supply Risk

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:55:41 -0000

    The US reiterated its criticism of the European Union’s rules to curb methane emissions from its oil and gas imports, saying that the supply crunch …

  22. Antarctica could warm 1.4 times faster than the rest of the Southern Hemisphere in the coming decades, study finds

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:13:57 -0000

    Antarctica could warm much faster than its surroundings over the next few decades due to a phenomenon known as polar amplification that is well …

  23. War Is Hell for People and the Earth

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:39:46 -0000

    By any measure, Homo sapiens is one of the most violent animals on Earth. At any one time today, humans are engaged in over 100 armed conflicts and …

  24. Where There’s Wildfire Smoke, There’s Poor Mental Health

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:46:00 -0000

    On a mild day in mid-November, among a clutch of oaks and sycamores, more than a dozen people encircled a small fire. Some lay splayed on the ground …

  25. Floods kill dozens, devastate farmland in Kenya [Africanews Today]

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:13:37 -0000

    In Kenya, entire villages have been submerged by floodwaters in Kisumu County. The region is bearing the brunt of climate-related hazards. The latest …

  26. Planet is storing more heat than it can release, UN warns

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:14:28 -0000

    The amount of heat trapped by the Earth has reached record levels. According to the UN's annual State of the Climate report, published this Monday, the last 11 years have been the warmest ever recorded. For the first time, the World Meteorological Organization is warning of a growing "energy …

  27. For This Bay Area Island City, Water Is Coming From All Sides

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:00:34 -0000

    Danielle Mieler spread out maps of Alameda across a concrete table at a park on a bluff overlooking the city of nearly 80,000. A ferry from San …

  28. Satellite Development Begins For EUMETSAT Polar System – Sterna

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:58:26 -0000

    The EPS-Sterna programme will complement EUMETSAT’s existing fleet of geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites and strengthen space-based …

  29. There’s a New Place to Store Greenhouse Gases: In Your Beer

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:30:45 -0000

    A pub in California is pulling carbon dioxide from the air to carbonate pints. If the business model works, it could give the broader carbon-capture industry a boost. The beer drinkers having a pint outside this weekend as a heat wave hung over Alameda, Calif., might not have been thinking about …

  30. Video. Melting glacier on Germany’s highest peak leads to ski lift demolition

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:38:12 -0000

    Germany’s Zugspitze glacier is rapidly melting, forcing the removal of a 50-year-old ski lift. Experts warn that Bavaria’s remaining glaciers could …