Ottawa pulls back from Trudeau-era climate policy in a landmark deal with Premier Danielle Smith. Construction on a new pipeline to a British Columbia port could start as early as 2029 — with or without B.C.’s blessing — under a new plan negotiated by Ottawa and Alberta. While the long-awaited memorandum of understanding between Ottawa … Read more
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up. Janos Pasztor was conflicted. Sitting in his home office in a village just outside Geneva, he stared into the screen of his … Read more
More than 50,000 people from nearly 200 nations are attending the COP30 gathering in Brazil. BELÉM, Brazil — Delegates were evacuated from the COP30 climate summit after a fire broke out Thursday, complicating negotiations aimed at accelerating the global response to the Earth’s warming. Firefighters and U.N. security officers controlled the fire in about six … Read more
The blaze closed an area of the venue that hosted pavilions set up by countries to showcase their climate actions. China’s knicknacks were especially popular. BELÉM, Brazil — The fire at the climate summit Thursday not only disrupted global negotiations over rising temperatures, it also halted kitsch collectors. The blaze closed an area of the … Read more
The state’s top emergency official also is under discussion to lead FEMA. The agency’s acting chief resigned Monday after a six-month stint. The Trump administration is considering moving the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters to Texas and putting the state’s top emergency manager in charge of the agency, two former senior FEMA officials told POLITICO’s … Read more
In the Biden era, countries interested in clean energy “were motivated to buy things from the U.S.,” an African official says. But now Beijing has few rivals. BELÉM, Brazil — The Trump administration slammed the door on clean energy. China is sending the message it’s open for business. The signs are not hard to find … Read more
Liu Zhenmin also defended Beijing’s own climate efforts as “very ambitious.” BELÉM, Brazil — The European Union’s new pollution-cutting targets are insufficient, China’s climate envoy told POLITICO on the sidelines of this year’s COP30 conference while also condemning the “bad example” set by the absent United States. In a rare interview on Monday, Liu Zhenmin … Read more
Richer countries have agreed to give poorer nations hundreds of billions to cut emissions, but details can be hard to find Sixteen years ago, at the climate summit in Copenhagen, rich and polluting countries pledged to provide $100bn (£76bn) each year by 2020 so that poorer countries could cut their emissions and adapt to a … Read more
Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands The massive spill of plastic beads at Camber Sands is devastating for local people, wildlife and tourism and the beads are dispersing along the coast, residents heard at an emotional public meeting on Thursday. Millions of tiny, toxic … Read more
It was raining that day, and very windy. I was in my office, and one of my colleagues said he had heard on the radio that the trains would stop very soon because the tracks had become flooded He said, “Ruchira, why don’t you leave?” He knew that I had two daughters and had to … Read more