Climate change

This is not your grandfather’s Taliban. At least that’s what a senior official for the ruling militant organization in Afghanistan might have the world believe.

Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is increasingly viewed, along with electric vehicles, as one way to slow the environmentally destructive impact of the planet’s 1.2 billion vehicles, most of which burn gasoline and diesel fuel. Manufacturers of large trucks and commercial vehicles are beginning to embrace hydrogen fuel cell technologies as a way forward. So are makers of planes, trains and passenger vehicles.

Germany is forecast to slip back below the threshold it had set for cutting greenhouse gases by 2020, amid a post-pandemic recovery and unfavorable conditions for renewable energy, according to a report by an environmental think tank Sunday.

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said his climate investment fund will commit $1.5 billion for joint projects with the U.S. government if Congress enacts a program aimed at developing technologies that lower carbon emissions.

Airline trade group IATA estimates just 100 million to 120 million liters of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be produced in 2021 - just 0.05% of overall fuel.

President Biden wants to convert American motorists to electric cars as a linchpin of his plan to address climate change. Success heavily depends on factors outside his control.

Exxon Mobil Corp was suspended from advocacy group Climate Leadership Council that looks to make policies to address climate change, the CLC said on Friday.

Exxon Mobil Corp. is considering a pledge to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would amount to a significant strategic shift by the oil company.

NASA is using satellite data to help develop tools to support farmers and assist in the scientific study of soil loss.

Can the U.S. maintain its human rights leadership while pursuing an energy agenda that increases its reliance on Chinese suppliers?

The Biden administration’s budget proposal for the fiscal year 2022 includes a more than $1.5 billion spending plan to fight historic droughts and fires that are sweeping the West.

Insured losses from natural disasters hit a 10-year high of $42 billion in the first half of 2021, with the biggest loss related to extreme cold in the United States in February, insurance broker Aon said on Wednesday.

Europe’s trailblazing carbon border levy is facing a decidedly soft launch. When the European Commission’s climate tsar Frans Timmermans outlines on Wednesday how he plans to cut bloc-wide emissions 55% by 2030, a tax on dirty imports will be a key component.

A cabal of some of the most high-profile people in media, finance and technology descended on Idaho’s resort town of Sun Valley in private jets this week to tackle, among other things, climate change.