Several Amy’s Kitchen frozen dinners at the grocery store. (The Center Square) – The Washington Department of Ecology has adopted regulations which will eventually ban in-state sales of air conditioners and commercial refrigeration units containing hydrofluorocarbons – powerful chemical compounds that scientists have linked to global warming. The agency […] Click here to view original […]

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you had lived some 50 million years ago and taken a trip to the poles, you would have found lush forests and creatures like crocodiles instead of miles-thick ice sheets. […] Click here to view original

Renewables’ growing price advantage over fossil fuels paves way for industry dominance Renewables are reaching the point where they are outcompeting fossil fuels on price — setting the stage for their predicted dominance of the energy sector by midcentury. When it comes to the surging demand for new electric […] Click here to view original

China’s chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany) DUBAI: China’s top climate diplomat on Saturday (Dec 9) said a final agreement on fossil fuels at the United Nations COP28 summit was crucial – even if not perfect – but he declined to say whether the country […] Click here to view original

Haze obscures the Dubai skyline including Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. The United Arab Emirates is choking under "alarmingly high" air pollution levels fed by its fossil fuel industry, Human Rights Watch warned on December 4. The oil-rich country hosts the UN’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai. DUBAI, […] Click here to view original

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — State officials say California’s planned project in the Sacramento River-San Joaquin Delta will speed up collection of water to improve supplies that have drastically dwindled due to droughts caused by climate change. The state Department of Water Resources reported Friday that water supply losses due […] Click here to view original