Crude production from the Permian Basin has soared to a record high.Continue readingUS jobs boom in the ‘busiest spot in the busiest oilfield’
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Sovereign wealth fund has gained 5% so far this year but chief executive warns of ‘uncertain’ 2023.Continue readingNorway’s $1.3tn oil fund bounces back after worst year since 2008
Apocalypse investors are pushing fake climate solutions on us that are making climate change worse.Continue readingWe are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
The energy agreement, signed during Italian PM Meloni’s visit to Tripoli, seeks to boost Libya’s gas output through new offshore gas fields.Continue readingItaly’s Eni signs $8bn gas deal with Libya amid energy crunch
Fires, land conversion, logging and water shortages have weakened resilience of 2.5 million square kilometres of forest, says study.Continue readingHuman activity and drought ‘degrading more than a third of Amazon rainforest’
Venice is one of the world’s most extraordinary cities, a UNESCO heritage site that draws millions of tourists each year. But it is slowly drowning.Continue readingVenice recruits next generation in flooding fight
“The Adorf field is already an important contributor to domestic energy supplies in Germany, providing enough gas to heat more than 100,000 households.”Continue readingNeptune Energy commences drilling at Adorf gas development
Dead whales and tough economics bedevil Biden’s massive wind energy push.Continue readingDead whales and tough economics bedevil Biden’s massive wind energy push
A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7˚F (1.5˚C) hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest in more than 1,000 years, according to…Continue readingNew ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike
The people of the Hawizeh marshes of southern Iraq have an ancient history living in the world’s most unique and biodiverse wetlands. The region has been reduced to near-desert…Continue reading‘It used to be like heaven’: the Iraq wetlands decimated by the climate crisis – in pictures
Environment ministers’ decisions spanning 15 years made no difference to amount of habitat destroyed, researchers say.Continue readingSystem to protect Australia’s threatened species from development ‘more or less worthless’, study finds
The first contract from Total Energies pertains to the LAPA SW development project in in the Santos Basin in Brazil, while the second contract from Equinor is for the…Continue readingSaipem wins $900m worth contracts from Total Energies and Equinor
In line with its growth strategy in gas and LNG, a fuel contributing to the energy transition, TotalEnergies announces the start of gas production from onshore Block 10 in…Continue readingTotalEnergies is rolling out its integrated gas strategy
Using the new measurements of land elevation, Vernimmen and co-author Aljosja Hooijer found coastal areas lie much lower than older radar data had suggested. Analyses of the new lidar-based…Continue readingWorst impacts of sea level rise will hit earlier than expected, says modeling study
The most recent decade surveyed in a study, the years 2001 to 2011, was the warmest in the past 1,000 years, and the region is now 1.5 degrees Celsius…Continue readingGlobal warming reaches central Greenland
Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating.Continue readingRevealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows
Financial institutions signed up to GFANZ initiative accused of acting as ‘climate arsonists’.Continue readingBanks still investing heavily in fossil fuels despite net zero pledges – study
In 1900, approximately 80% of the elements humans used came from biomass (wood, plants, food, etc.). That figure had fallen to 32% by 2005, and is expected to stand…Continue readingHumans plunder the periodic table while turning blind eye to the risks of doing so, say researchers
Study also says eating one serving of fish with PFAS could be equivalent to drinking contaminated water every day for a month.Continue readingFreshwater fish more contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ than in oceans
Almost two-thirds of sharks and rays living on world’s coral reefs at risk, with 14 of 134 species reviewed critically endangered. “These sharks and rays have evolved over 450m…Continue reading‘Extinction crisis’ of sharks and rays to have devastating effect on other species, study finds
“New gas volumes will be key to enabling the development of new value chains for hydrogen for Europe.”Continue readingNorway offers 47 new offshore production licences to 25 oil companies
Buildings, industry and transport drive estimated 1.3% increase, in conflict with Paris targets.Continue readingUS greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2022 despite climate goals
It’s lost 73% of its water and is unable to sustain some wildlife – and could soon negatively affect human health.Continue reading‘Last nail in the coffin’: Utah’s Great Salt Lake on verge of collapse
A summary of the latest energy and climate data has been published on this site. Image above is Bełchatów Power Station, Poland.Continue readingEnergy and Climate Data Summary
Researchers found that unlogged forested areas are generally carbon neutral, but that moderately and heavily logged tropical forest areas are a carbon source. They estimate an average carbon source…Continue readingForests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon
Fewer and fewer migrant species, which used to be seasonal fixtures, are flying to our shores as the climate crisis takes its toll on their habitat.Continue readingEmpty nests: why UK’s winter bird numbers are in sharp decline
Without global heating, such warm temperatures would be expected only once every five centuries, Met Office says.Continue readingUK’s record hot 2022 made 160 times more likely by climate crisis
Half of the world’s glaciers – frozen reservoirs supplying three-quarters of the global water supply – could “disappear” by the end of the century under 1.5˚C of warming, a…Continue readingHalf of world’s glaciers to ‘disappear’ with 1.5˚C of global warming
Exxon was expected to record more than $56bn in profits in 2022 and Chevron is set to top $37bn, record highs for both companies, according to Wall Street estimates…Continue readingExxon and Chevron share $100bn in profit after surge in oil prices
A minimal [sea level] rise of another 2 feet (0.6 metres) is projected from now through 2100, though the Federal Emergency Management Agency uses an intermediate rise of 4.65…Continue readingClimate change is coming for the Jersey Shore, retiring coastal expert warns
Woodside Energy, Santos and BHP among companies who have sponsorship deals with Australian arts, sport, education and community organisationsContinue readingFossil fuel interests revealed to have sponsored more than 500 Australian community organisations
From Petrobras’ own platform portfolio, the P-71 is an FPSO (floating unit for the production, storage, and transfer of oil and gas) type with capacity to process up to…Continue readingPetrobras announces start of P-71 production
Spending bill passed by Senate includes less than $1bn in climate assistance for poorer nations even though Biden promised $11.4bnContinue readingUS fails to give money promised for developing countries to ease climate impacts
Researchers say there has been a dramatic drop in particular in the number of female bears and cubs in Hudson Bay.Continue readingCanada polar bears declining at alarming rate, study finds
DfT refuses to publish emission figures, which campaigners say could make new road projects unviable.Continue readingUK government blocks release of CO₂ figures behind transport plan
Scientists say loss may be as significant as ‘insectaggedon’ in terms of impact on soil, birds and ecosystems.Continue readingEarthworms may have declined by a third in UK, study reveals
The phase II of Johan Sverdrup project entails an investment of NOK48bn ($4.8bn) and includes a new platform, five new subsea systems, 28 new wells, a new module for…Continue readingEquinor begins production from Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project
Scientists behind car number plate study say ‘potentially catastrophic’ decline must be reversed.Continue readingFlying insect numbers plunge 64% since 2004, UK survey finds
Conservation groups warn not enough is being done to protect ecosystems as state government data shows more than 400,000ha of land was cleared in 2019-20.Continue readingCalls for tougher regulations as Queensland, Australia records highest rate of land clearing in country
Claim by academics, including former integrity chair of Australia’s carbon credit scheme, raises further doubts about system. ‘The wild west approach needs to end,’ says climate scientist Bill Hare,…Continue readingAustralia’s carbon offset scheme fraudulent
Vast tracts of countryside transformed into barren wasteland, decimated crops and animal herds and children dying of starvation. The grim reality confronting drought-stricken east Africa is a frightening portent…Continue readingHorror of a hotter world on stark display in parched East Africa
The Arctic is getting wetter and rainier Arctic precipitation is on the rise across all seasons, and these seasons are shifting. As sea ice rapidly declines, more open water…Continue readingArctic Report Card
It was when the US Bureau of Indian Affairs built schools in Alaska, as part of an effort to assimilate Indigenous peoples into white culture, that the community was…Continue readingAlaska Native community relocates as climate crisis ravages homes