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Potentials and pitfalls around green claims of e-fuels: insights from an exploratory case study
EU and US regulations have recently introduced requirements for calling e-fuels ‘green’ or ‘renewable’, focusing on deliverability and additionality around renewable energy certificates (RECs) in...
A theoretical framework for critical canopy temperature and its application to improve remote-sensing-based estimation of evapotranspiration
Surface energy balance (SEB) models are widely employed for remote-sensing-based evapotranspiration estimation. A critical parameter in most SEB models is the surface temperature of wet...
At ‘Davos of mining’, Saudi Arabia shapes new narrative on minerals
As competition for natural resources fractures the global order, Saudi Arabia is cementing its position as the centre of gravity for international discussions to accelerate...
Trees outside forests and their carbon dynamics over Maryland, U.S.A
Carbon monitoring is needed to track the exchange of carbon between the land and atmosphere. However, comprehensive monitoring of terrestrial ecosystems is challenging, partially because...
Deforestation-free trade: the impact of border regulations on trade, production and land use in the forestry and agricultural sectors
Trade regulations on high-deforestation commodities are increasingly used to curb tropical deforestation. To evaluate their actual impact, this paper analyzes trade regulations on high-deforestation commodities...
Compounding of 100-year coastal floods by rainfall in an urban environment
Coastal and pluvial flooding are both becoming more prevalent and severe due to climate change and urbanization in floodplains. The co-occurrence of these flood drivers...
Breathe Providence: an integrated approach to siting a low-cost air monitoring network
Breathe Providence is a community-scale, low-cost air sensing network based in Providence, RI. The objectives of this project are to contribute towards a more comprehensive...
Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?
The BLM has revived its effort to open more of California’s public lands to oil extraction. But its strategy has changed little since the agency’s...
Cleaner Water a Hope, Not a Given, for Iowa in 2026
As the 2026 legislative session began in Des Moines, mixed signals suggest that the state’s approach to rampant water-quality issues may be more business as...
Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game
In the 55 years since its founding under President Richard Nixon, the Environmental Protection Agency has been a regulatory pendulum, swinging between stringent and lax...
Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans.
A year ago, Donald Trump assumed the presidency for a second time and immediately got to work dismantling the climate progress that Joe Biden’s administration...
Daria Egereva fought for Indigenous voices at the U.N. Now she’s in a Russian jail.
Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda won’t just hurt the planet, but American incomes too
In this week’s newsletter: US earnings would be 12% higher without the climate crisis, a study reveals – and the hotter the world gets, the...
BP accused of ‘insidious’ influence on UK education through Science Museum links
Campaigners claim firm has bought sway over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths Campaigners have accused BP of having an insidious influence over...
Scientists found the soil secret that doubles forest regrowth
New research shows tropical forests can recover twice as fast after deforestation when their soils contain enough nitrogen. Scientists followed forest regrowth across Central America...
Did a vaporized alien planet leave behind a strange iron ‘bar’?
Astronomers puzzle over newfound feature within the picturesque Ring nebula
The role of carbon labels for consumer decisions: evidence from a class of Chinese students
Although achieving China’s “3060” dual-carbon goals is an urgent priority, current research in the field of carbon labeling has paid limited attention to its pathways...
Spatiotemporal scenarios of socioeconomic futures in Germany
Socioeconomic development influences both the drivers and consequences of climate change, but many scenario applications still rely on highly aggregated indicators such as GDP and...
Developing a community-prioritized research agenda on primary care strategies for minimizing the health impacts of heat and poor air quality events: protocol
IntroductionExtreme heat / poor air quality events can adversely impact health, and low-income communities are especially vulnerable to these impacts. Evidence-based interventions that minimize these...
As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’
The group would include large power users who’ve been waiting a long time for interconnection and don’t need further study. It’s ERCOT’s first attempt at...
Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?
The powerful North Carolina utility is cagey about the exact location, but there are clues, and environmentalists want to know. In any event, a fossil...
Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change
Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance, according to a study from Scripps Oceanography.By Johnny SturgeonThe global cost of...
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