Climate Archive

Solar and wind power get all the attention, but the global hydropower frenzy could end up being just as consequential for the planet.

These five common consumer products have demonstrated connections to serious human rights abuses. That illustrates a major point of tension between modern capitalism and human rights.

Thanks to the worst drought in eight decades, millions of people in São Paulo are facing water outages.

Back in 2010, there was plenty of panic about China’s dominance of the rare earths market. That panic turned out to be overblown.

Forest clearances are up 190 percent compared to last year, satellite data shows.

Each country seems to equate the greatest threat to them or their region with the greatest global threat.

Home water use is often highest in the drought-plagued states — because of lawn watering.

The US is poised to overtake Saudi Arabia in oil production — or at least it was until prices started falling.

It’s not the drop in panel prices. It’s small innovations in innovation, financing, and so forth.

Signs of falling demand for commodities plus slumping US retail sales plus an ongoing disaster in Europe are adding up to a very alarming situation.

Russia’s economy could be seriously hurt. But the Saudis are far more optimistic.

Fixing that could require burning a lot more fossil fuels.

Humans are desperate to stop lionfish from devouring the Atlantic — so we’re hunting them, eating them, and even training sharks to attack.