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Trump signs actions to pull US out of Paris climate agreement, intends to promote fossil fuels and mineral mining

CNN  —  President Donald Trump signed executive actions Monday and cemented his intent to double down on fossil fuels and reverse America’s progress on climate change and clean energy, including signing orders to pull United States out of the Paris climate agreement. Trump’s day-one actions come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the …

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The world is planning to blow the fossil fuels production limit that would keep a lid on global heating, report says

CNN  —  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, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday. The United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) report, assessing the gap in fossil fuel production cuts and what’s …

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They went hunting for fossil fuels. What they found could help save the world

CNN  —  When two scientists went looking for fossil fuels beneath the ground of northeastern France, they did not expect to discover something which could supercharge the effort to tackle the climate crisis. Jacques Pironon and Phillipe De Donato, both directors of research at France’s National Centre of Scientific Research, were assessing the amount of …

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Planet-heating pollution from global energy sector continues to rise as fossil fuels dominate, report finds

Last year may have seen a record growth of wind and solar power but planet-heating fossil fuels continued to provide most of the world’s energy, according to a new analysis. Oil, coal and gas made up 82 percent of global energy consumption last year, according to the Statistical Review of World Energy report by the …

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European Union agrees to push for global phase out of fossil fuels ahead of COP28 climate conference

European Union countries agreed to promote a global fossil fuel phase out on Thursday ahead of the United Nation’s COP28 climate summit this year, attempting to boost a global deal that failed at last year’s summit. Ministers from the 27 EU member states approved a text on their diplomatic priorities ahead of the COP28 summit, …

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