Climate Change

Methane in the atmosphere had its fourth-highest annual increase in 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported, part of an overall rise in planet-warming greenhouse gases that the agency called “alarming.” Though carbon dioxide typically gets more attention for its role in climate change, scientists are particularly concerned about…

Comment: The World Bank controls tens of billions of dollars which can make a real difference in the fight against climate change. A coalition of nations is pushing for green reforms. Thanks to the efforts of Barbados’s prime minister Mia Mottley and her “Bridgetown Agenda”, the climate movement has shifted…

Once you are across the bridge onto Saint Helena Island, S.C., trinket shops and strip malls give way to fishing shacks and saltwater marshes. Secluded from the bustling tourist traffic just a bridge away, the island remains largely untouched. It preserves traditions fostered even before some of its residents’ ancestors…

ABUJA  – Hon Sam Onuigbo, House of Rep­resentatives Committee Chair­man on Climate Change and member representing Ikwuano -Umuahia federal Constituency of Abia State has of Chief Ike­chi Emenike, governorship can­didate of the All Progressives Congress in the last election over his purported suspension along eight other chieftains of APC in…

Environmentalists say Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken promising first steps to better protect the Amazon rainforest in his first 100 days in office -- but now needs to deliver results - Copyright AFP EVARISTO SA Joshua Howat Berger When it comes to what some call his…

ByNina Strochlic Photographs ByStefano Unterthiner Published April 6, 2023 • 7 min read “It makes you small,” Stefano Unterthiner says of Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago perched in the high Arctic, where he and his family spent a year. In 2019 the Italian photographer moved with his wife, Stéphanie, and their…

Outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives her valedictory speech in parliament in Wellington on April 5, 2023 - Copyright AFP Mark Coote Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bowed out of parliament on Wednesday, making an impassioned plea during her tearful final speech to “please take the…

Energy, technology, defense, and finance companies have launched youth outreach programs designed to attract students before college and cover up their contributions to climate change. April 4, 2023 In October 2022, student activists at Harvard, MIT, and Brown pulled out the stops to challenge Big Oil, demanding during an Exxon…

NAMM 2023: Martin has maintained its fine early NAMM form by introducing six highly lavish, limited-edition acoustic guitars, chief among which is the first model to be designed by the brand’s CEO, Thomas Ripsam. Titled the CEO 10, the ornate acoustic headlines what can only be described as one of…

A view of the area after the tornado covering a path of dozens of miles in length caused severe damage in Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 2. Photo: Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images More than 50 people are dead after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes tore through the U.S. South,…