EPA admin claims greenhouse gases not causing climate change

By CAPT. DAVE MONTI, Special to Beacon Media In a proposed rule released last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argued that the Clean Air Act does not authorize the agency to set emissions standards to address global climate...

Pakistan's deadly floods worsened by global warming: study

Pakistan's monsoon rain was likely heavier because of climate change, making floods more dangerous, a new study found. The report from World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming's role in extreme...

Why repeating your morning skincare routine at night is a bad idea

It might seem convenient to simply duplicate your morning skincare routine for nighttime use, but your skin actually has very different needs during the day and at night. In the daytime, products are focused on protection, shielding your skin from...

UN Plastic Pollution Talks Face Deadlock

Talks at the United Nations aimed at securing a landmark treaty to combat plastic pollution are falling short of expectations, the negotiations chair has warned in a candid midway update. The meeting, which began on Tuesday, has four days...

The Russian President instructed the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 65-67% by 2035

AK&M 06 August 2025 18:24 Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 65-67% by 2035 relative to 1990 levels in order to implement the Paris Agreement. This is reported on the website of...

US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports

Forget Indigenous rights, climate change and environmental protection. That’s the stark message from the latest edition of the U.S. Department of State’s reports on human rights practices across the world, according to an Inside Climate News...

Iowa residents press for urgent action on farm pollution as water crisis deepens

Hundreds of Iowans gathered in Des Moines to confront mounting evidence that farm runoff is contaminating drinking water and possibly driving the state’s rising cancer rates. Carey Gillam reports for The New Lede. In short: A new Polk...

MSC Group’s Cruise Division Unveils 2024 Sustainability Report

MSC Group’s Cruise Division has released its 2024 Sustainability Report, reaffirming its goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 MSC Group’s Cruise Division today published its 2024 Sustainability Report reaffirming its...

Why congestion charging might not lower Auckland's air pollution

Plans for a congestion charge on Auckland drivers might not lower the city's pollution. File photo. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia Congestion charges can lower emissions and travel times by putting cordons around the central city and spending the revenue...

Filipino-made engine nozzle developed to help PUV drivers cut fuel costs, emissions

Source: https://www.greentechecobooster.com/ Philippine Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers can now take part in reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions while saving on fuel costs by using a patented fuel engine nozzle developed by a...

Heat, drought, negligence: drivers of Europe's 2025 wildfire crisis

A firefighter battles the flames in Keratea, Greece, on Aug. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)Scientists and disaster specialists attribute the surge in extreme fires to a combination of climatic and human factors. ROME, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A...

Fossil Teeth Reveal How Extinct Carnivorous Mammal Adapted to Global Warming 56 Million Years Ago

During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of geological rapid warming and aridification approximately 56 million years ago, a flesh-eating mesonychid mammal called Dissacus praenuntius responded in a surprising way — it started...

EPA Proposes Repeal of 2009 Endangerment Finding Impacting Greenhouse Gas Regulations

On July 29, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to rescind its 2009 Endangerment Finding. This finding concluded that greenhouse gasses (GHG) “threaten the public health and welfare,” and that motor vehicle emissions...

It’s time to put food rescue on the productivity agenda

As Jim Chalmers convenes the Economic Reform Roundtable, the national conversation has once again turned to how we can boost productivity. But while economists are set to debate tax settings, capital flows and workforce participation, a critical...

Countries are trying to negotiate a groundbreaking international treaty on combating plastic pollution

Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods were worsened by global warming, study finds

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rainfall that triggered floods in Pakistan in recent weeks, killing hundreds of people, was worsened by human-caused climate change, according to a new study. The study by World Weather Attribution, a group of...

‘Pollution, administrative lapses affecting Goa’s coastal ecosystem’

Panaji: Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao said that a Goa State Pollution Control Board water quality study showed high organic and sewage pollution in creeks, beaches and rivers, rendering them unfit for bathing and fishing, even as Aldona...

Putin decree allows Russia to increase greenhouse gas emissions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree that would allow Russia to increase its greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2035 compared with 2021 levels. Russia, the world's fourth-largest emitter of planet-warming carbon...

OP-ED: Pa. has chance to reduce pollution and save lives

If you find yourself thinking the weather keeps getting more frightening, you’d be right. The frequency and severity of weather events — heat waves, floods, windstorms, wildfires, droughts, etc.-are getting worse. By now, you’ve probably been...

Methane 101: Understanding the Second Most Important Greenhouse Gas

By Olivia Rosane and Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Quick Key Facts Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and is responsible for around one-third of current global heating. Atmospheric methane concentrations have...