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Government policy, regulations, and climate laws
Oil prices are all over the place as markets reopened this week, climbing as high as $120 a barrel before crashing to around $85 after Donald Trump told CBS News that the war with Iran “is very complete, pretty much,” and that he was “thinking about taking it over,” referring to the Strait of Hormu…
European carbon gave up an early rally to its highest in more than two weeks on Wednesday amid a fall in trading activity and after the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) reports showed a seventh successive drop in speculative net length, while compliance buyers boosted their holdings as coal remai…
The High Court in Wellington will hear the first legal challenge to New Zealand’s climate plan next week, with one of the NGOs bringing the case saying it is a chance to “peel back the government’s rhetoric” on climate change.
T&E and partner NGOs have published guidance on the Performance Regulation — a key law shaping how climate and environmental spending will be tracked in the next EU budget.
An Australian government agency has laid out 12 projects that need to be prioritised over the next decade if it is to be successful at achieving its net zero transition goals.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a settlement with an oil and natural gas major over violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme, it said on Wednesday.
Climate protests, rallies, strikes, and direct action by grassroots movements and activist organizations
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00800-9 Toxic smoke from burning oil depots has blanketed Iran’s capital following missile strikes.
Despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event, global ocean temperatures were the second-warmest on record in February, behind only the El Niño year of 2024.
An unusually early heat wave is set to grip Los Angeles and much of the Southwest, putting California’s already fragile snowpack, and therefore its water supplies, at risk.
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When countries put in place macroeconomically damaging climate and nature policies, carbon revenues may not be high enough to calm credit rating agencies, so sovereign nations must either plan alternate sources of revenue or strike deals with investors, Carbon Pulse has heard.
US President Donald Trump’s effective oil blockade of Cuba has plunged the country into crisis.
Corporate climate action, finance, and market trends
Global heating linked to rising risk of extreme rain that causes devastating landslides and rising coffee prices The record floods that have brought death and destruction to the heartland of Brazil’s coffee industry are expected to intensify if people continue to burn fossil fuels, analysis has sho…
Our February update on EV sales shows: Australian plugin penetration grew from 16% in January 2026 to about 19% in February.
But weakening carmakers’ next target in 2030 is likely to delay EVs reaching price parity with combustion vehicles.
The starting point for evaluating Oʻahu’s waste-to-energy plant is the fully electrified energy system developed earlier in this series.
‘Underwhelming’ target leaves room for increase in energy and industry emissions in years to 2030, experts say
Every day the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the global oil supply deficit increases by millions of barrels.
Climate effects, extreme weather, and environmental consequences
Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for a humanitarian crisis if the region’s freshwater production facilities are subjected to more widespread destruction.
After months of intense drought conditions, Kenya was inundated by rain late last week, triggering severe flooding that killed more than 40 people.
Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record.
Current conditions: The Central United States is bracing for flooding as soaking storms deluge the region • Arctic air is barreling southward to replace the record warmth in the Midwest and Northeast • Temperatures in the Indian state of Gujarat are hitting 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
Israel, the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran must immediately cease or refrain from unlawful attacks on energy infrastructure, including facilities providing essential services such as electricity, heating and running water, said Amnesty International today, highlighting the risks of devastating…
With wildfires growing more destructive both in the United States and around the world, University at Buffalo researchers have conducted one of the most extensive evaluations to date of artificial intelligence-based deep learning models for predicting wildfire spread.
Clean technology, renewables, and climate solutions
The death of the EV1 was reported prematurely according to GM, which is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1990's electric car this year.
Massachusetts-based Sublime Systems has cut two-thirds of its current workforce, casting doubt on a deal to supply Microsoft with low-carbon material.
A near pristine desert and coastal wilderness in Namibia could soon host a huge hydrogen production facility.
Public charging is picking up as the used electric vehicle market booms.
Well, the news of the month so far has been BYD unveiling 1,500 kW “flash charging” for passenger electric vehicles.
If you’ve been watching the news, you know things are chaotic overseas.
Climate research, studies, and scientific discoveries
Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions Climate breakdown is shrinking the amount of time that people can safely go about their lives, according to a study that shows a third of the world’s population now resides in areas…
The Israel-Gaza war has generated around 33 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e), according to a new study carried out by researchers from Lancaster University and led by Queen Mary University of London.
Nature, Published online: 06 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00745-z Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade, fresh analysis finds.
California has issued over 1 million offset credits year-to-date (YtD), largely to forestry, mine methane capture (MMC), and livestock projects, according to data published on Wednesday.
Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since 2015 than in any previous decade on record, a new study showed.
Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00798-0 A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what might be powering superluminous supernovae.