Legal Planet

JULY 31, 2025

Photo by MRC Témiscamingue via Unsplash The case for decarbonization to address climate change is often, understandably, directed toward the fossil fuel industry. The international scientific community has long known of the animal agriculture sector’s harmful contributions to climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

JULY 24, 2025

It’s been a long time coming but nations of the world officially have a legal obligation to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases or else pay reparations for the harms of climate change. The case was filed in 2018 by Vanuatu, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean that is especially vulnerable to human-caused climate change.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a cleaner option than gasoline alternatives and are essential for reducing emissions that cause climate change and illnesses. million metric tons of newly mined lithium from 2025 to 2050. Dunn et al., But how we get to fully electric matters.

Recycling

New Scientist

AUGUST 12, 2025

Read more The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change But Koll is among a group of researchers who suspect it isn’t just drought and other direct effects that are boosting the risk of fires. “Is Is climate change actually changing the plants themselves?

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 26, 2025

She signed the bill into law on June 20, 2025. It was also a key recommendation in Maine’s 2024 Updated Climate Action Plan (that I helped develop as a member of the Energy Working Group) and the Maine Energy Plan the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) submitted to the Legislature in January 2025.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

UCS is urging the United States and other rich countries, together with additional contributors in a position to provide funding, to commit to a collective goal of $1 trillion annually starting in 2025. Climate vulnerable countries need funding to start flowing quickly. to 2.8 °C C this century.

Fossil Fuels

Earth 911

AUGUST 7, 2025

million in 2025 to $548 million by 2030. The companies scaling up operations across the country include: SOLARCYCLE has processed nearly 500,000 panels and is on track to recycle one million panels by the end of 2025. North Carolina will require decommissioning plans for solar projects larger than 2 megawatts starting November 1, 2025.

Recycling

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

But what about for 2025? Lets take a look at some key issues and explore how we can work together to create a better 2025. In 2025, we urgently need new solutions to this crisis. Lets keep the momentum going in 2025. Together, we will make 2025 a year to remember and celebrate. Your voice matters. Weve Got a Plan!

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

The alleged scheme involved hacking into the email accounts of staff members at UCS and several other public interest organizations, all of whom were working to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in climate change. According to the US governments sentencing memo, clients of Azaris firm paid him approximately $4.8

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

Floods can come from rain-on-snow events and from high spring temperatures that melt the snow faster, and climate change is triggering earlier and faster snowmelt. As we mark Water Week 2025, preparing for extremes is critical for modernizing our water management. For us water nerds, this view is more than a beautiful landscape.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

JUNE 5, 2025

Theme for 2025 This year’s theme, Beat Plastic Pollution, aims to spotlight the damage caused by plastics and promote alternatives. It harms wildlife, pollutes drinking water and contributes to climate change. It is now celebrated in more than 150 countries and involves governments, schools , companies and individuals.

2025

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Guest Post by Elizabeth Diaz-Clark , 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Seeing is Believing What do you picture when you think of climate change? climate change is set to impact everyone.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

By Madelyn MacMurray This story was originally published by New Security Beat on July 22, 2025. As the Mekong faces the impacts of climate change and continued development, the MDM offers a critical evidence base—one that can inform decisions that might yet preserve the Mekong as a living river, not just a source of hydropower.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 14, 2025

The last IPCC report stated that climate-related litigation has influenced the outcome and ambition of climate governance. It also highlighted that outside the formal climate policy processes, climate litigation is an important arena for various actors to confront and interact over how climate change should be governed.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 10, 2025

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States obligations regarding climate change. ii) Peoples and individuals of the present and future generations affected by the adverse effects of climate change?

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Interested in understanding how climate change affects our groundwater and what it means for the environment and economy? Join PA Sea Grant and the Department of Environmental Protection for the upcoming Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum webinar on Groundwater and Climate Change on November 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. Visit DEPs Climate Change webpage for more information on these and other Pennsylvania climate initiatives.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

By Amber Brady Ahead of the pivotal 2025 COP30 summit, which will take place in November and December, Amber Brady provides an updated version of our 2014 piece on Brazil’s environmental facts. COP30 in Belém The COP30 summit is set to take place in Belém, Pará, Brazil, from November 30 to December 12, 2025.

2025

ESA

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

ESA is crafting official comments in response to the release of the First Draft of the Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment , a congressionally mandated initiative led by the U.S. Learn more about the Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment here. The deadline to complete the ESA form is December 6, 2024.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

By Shadia Haq Earth Day 2025 focuses on the theme Our Power, Our Planet and urges a global shift to renewable energy. 2016 The Paris Climate Agreement was signed on Earth Day. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030. 2016 The Paris Climate Agreement was signed on Earth Day.

Earth Day

Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2025

The California Climate Change Assessment is a key initiative to understand and address the state’s climate impacts and build resilience through informed decision-making. The survey closes on May 15, 2025. You can find more engagement opportunities on our SF Bay Area Fifth Climate Assessment website.

Climate Change

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 26, 2025

Reworlding: Creating the Climate to Change Climate Change. Huybrechts, L., & Light, A. Interactions, 32(3), 56–58.

Climate Change

Scientific American

JUNE 26, 2025

Thats because this weeks heat wave — which tumbled century-old temperature records in some areas — was clearly influenced by climate change, scientists say. Climate models have long predicted that these patterns would occur more frequently with climate change. Copyright 2025.

Atmosphere

Environmental News Bits

MAY 23, 2025

by Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan An ancient legal principle has become a key strategy of American children seeking to reduce the effects of climate change in the 21st century. Supreme Court in March 2025 has not stopped the effort, which has several legal actions continuing in the courts. A defeat at the U.S.

Climate Change

Scientific American

JULY 4, 2025

Skip to main content Scientific American Opinion July 4, 2025 5 min read A Thought Experiment Reveals the Fingerprints of Climate Change Came Early Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment investigation By Ben Santer , Susan Solomon , David W.

Atmosphere

Environmental News Bits

MAY 5, 2025

Supreme Court in March 2025 ended a decade-old lawsuit filed by a group of children who sought to hold the federal government responsible for some of the consequences of climate change.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

MARCH 12, 2025

UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek This blog post is Part 3 of a three-part series highlighting the main legal arguments presented during the hearings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the request for an advisory opinion regarding the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

"Bring Solar to School" is a subset of 6 lessons designed to enable students to understand how solar electricity is generated, to monitor their school's solar system, and analyze its generation data to understand how the system helps the school save money, contributes to pollution reduction and helps slow climate change.

Electricity

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

It means that water scarcity and some of the most disruptive effects of climate change are now inextricably intertwined. Individuals can reduce water waste by changing simple routines: shortening showers or removing lawns. Reager, Fan Zhang (2025). We don’t even have a national water institution. Data Source: Hrishikesh.

Sea Level

Nature

JULY 27, 2025

Nature, Published online: 28 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02330-2 Warming in the Arctic shifts storm patterns, leading to reductions in wind speeds in places that rely on turbines for clean electricity.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Larkspur Design will be offering a yearlong Permaculture Design Course , endorsed by the Permaculture Institute of North America during 2025. Earn your Permaculture Design Certificate while you learn to garden like the forest, ecological restoration, water harvesting, natural building, and much more.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A trillion dollars of climate finance is being called for every year, and anything that does not meet this call would be miserly. Being stingy on climate finance is self-damaging: climate change is a collective problem, and countries like Canada need to help ensure that all countries are equipped with the necessary funds for climate action.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By Jiang Mengnan Chinas oil demand is projected to peak at approximately 770 million tonnes in 2025, according to a forecast by the China National Petroleum Corporations Economic and Technological Research Institute (ETRI), reports Caixin. Image generated by AI. First published in Dialogue Earth.

2025

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I’ll be back in January with a legislative lookahead previewing what I think will becoming for the 2025 session. And feel free to share what you think legislators should look at next year as plans are now underway to create their legislative packages. Looking forward to hearing from you. As always, I can be reached at ashjian@law.ucla.edu.

Law

A Greener Life

JULY 27, 2025

The President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Judge Iwasawa Yuji, delivers his advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. The Court argued that action on climate change is the key to guaranteeing those rights. Photo credit: ICJ. degree C is legally the Planetary limit.

Paris Agreement

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2025

Originally published July 21, 2025 LONDON (Reuters) -An official report released on Monday outlined a plan to overhaul Britain’s water sector, seeking to better protect the environment, investors, and consumers.

Regulations