/climate-change?format=feed Climate Change en-US Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:30:58 -0400 /news/523727-equinor-scales-down-climate-ambitions Norway's Equinor on Thursday weakened its energy transition plan as it struggles to deliver on pledges to invest more in renewable energy and low-carbon technologies… Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:30:58 Z /news/523727-equinor-scales-down-climate-ambitions /news/521357-trump-second-term-second-withdrawal-from-paris-climate-agreement President Donald Trump once again withdrew the United States from the Paris climate deal on Monday, removing the world's biggest historic emitter from global efforts… Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:18:11 Z /news/521357-trump-second-term-second-withdrawal-from-paris-climate-agreement /news/521234-trump-s-interior-and-epa-picks-defend-their-stance-on-the-environment Donald Trump's pick to lead the Interior Department, Doug Burgum, said on Thursday he will vigorously pursue the president-elect's goals of maximizing energy production from U… Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:58:26 Z /news/521234-trump-s-interior-and-epa-picks-defend-their-stance-on-the-environment /news/520630-oil-and-gas-reclaiming-center-stage-as-climate-efforts-fall-behind Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in… Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:15:45 Z /news/520630-oil-and-gas-reclaiming-center-stage-as-climate-efforts-fall-behind /news/519395-shipping-energy-tax-could-help-foot-1t-to-combat-climate-change-cop29 The COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan aim to agree an annual finance target of $1 trillion or more a year to help poorer countries respond to global warming. Some… Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:03:59 Z /news/519395-shipping-energy-tax-could-help-foot-1t-to-combat-climate-change-cop29 /news/519106-dutch-court-dismisses-climate-ruling-against-shell A Dutch court on Tuesday accepted Shell's appeal against a landmark climate ruling, dismissing the order for the oil and gas company to sharply reduce emissions… Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:46:01 Z /news/519106-dutch-court-dismisses-climate-ruling-against-shell /news/512240-shell-scales-back-2030-carbon-emissions-target Shell weakened its 2030 carbon reduction target and scrapped a 2035 objective, citing expectations for lower power sales and strong demand for gas in the energy… Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:33:35 Z /news/512240-shell-scales-back-2030-carbon-emissions-target /news/509738-environmentalists-ask-court-to-block-development-of-three-north-sea-fields Environmental groups on Tuesday will ask a Norwegian court to block the development of three North Sea oil and gas fields, citing insufficient assessment of global… Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:38:47 Z /news/509738-environmentalists-ask-court-to-block-development-of-three-north-sea-fields /news/509711-cop28-puts-spotlight-on-methane-pledges Delegates at this year's U.N. COP28 climate summit are anxious to boost the world's climate change agenda with concrete plans for clamping down on the second-most prominent greenhouse gas – methane… Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:48:52 Z /news/509711-cop28-puts-spotlight-on-methane-pledges /news/509704-report-new-gas-supply-needed-in-all-australian-net-zero-pathways Australia will still need substantial gas production 26 years from now to ensure reliable and affordable energy in 2050, even under a net zero scenario, according… Sun, 26 Nov 2023 23:26:01 Z /news/509704-report-new-gas-supply-needed-in-all-australian-net-zero-pathways /news/509308-global-fossil-fuel-production-plans-far-exceed-climate-targets-u-n-says Global fossil fuel production in 2030 is set to be more than double the levels that are deemed consistent with meeting climate goals set under the 2015 Paris climate agreement… Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:49:59 Z /news/509308-global-fossil-fuel-production-plans-far-exceed-climate-targets-u-n-says /news/507591-exxon-says-world-set-to-fail-2-c-global-warming-cap-by-2050 Oil and natural gas are still projected to meet more than half of the world’s energy needs in 2050, or 54%, Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday, with the world failing… Tue, 29 Aug 2023 02:44:57 Z /news/507591-exxon-says-world-set-to-fail-2-c-global-warming-cap-by-2050 /news/507519-petrobras-ceo-oil-industry-is-not-the-villain Petrobras CEO Jean Paul Prates participated in the CEO Oil and Gas Governors Meeting in Geneva this week and highlighted that it is crucial to raise people's awareness… Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:26:23 Z /news/507519-petrobras-ceo-oil-industry-is-not-the-villain /news/504978-environmental-groups-take-eni-to-court-over-climate-change Environmental groups Greenpeace and ReCommon said on Tuesday they had launched a lawsuit against Italian energy group Eni for contributing to climate change with its fossil fuel businesses… Wed, 10 May 2023 05:00:19 Z /news/504978-environmental-groups-take-eni-to-court-over-climate-change /news/489726-methane-emission-reduction-takes-center-stage-of-un-ghg-report In four decades of climate negotiations, the world has focused intensely and exclusively on the most abundant climate-warming gas: carbon dioxide. This year, scientists… Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:48:19 Z /news/489726-methane-emission-reduction-takes-center-stage-of-un-ghg-report