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![Australia PM unveils plan to overhaul economy, invest in green energy](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/38/3a/37/Australia-PM-unveils-plan-to-overha-720522_small.jpg)
Australia PM unveils plan to overhaul economy, inv...
Mining superpower Australia will on Thursday announce a US-style scheme to pour public money into manufacturing and clean energy i...
Top Europe court chides Switzerland in landmark cl...
Europe's top rights court on Tuesday said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change in a historic decision that co...
![Kazakhstan and Russia battle huge floods](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/3a/54/3a/Kazakhstan-and-Russia-battle-huge-f-717766_small.jpg)
Kazakhstan and Russia battle huge floods
Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on Tuesday in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive...
![Top Europe court to issue landmark climate verdicts](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0f/31/b1/Top-Europe-court-to-issue-landmark--761636_small.jpg)
Top Europe court to issue landmark climate verdict...
Europe's top rights court is Tuesday to decide in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of global warming in...
![March saw 10th straight month of record global heat: monitor](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0b/13/e5/March-saw-10th-straight-month-of-re-217617_small.jpg)
March saw 10th straight month of record global hea...
Europe's climate monitor said Tuesday that March was the hottest on record and the tenth straight month of historic heat, with sea...
![Climate pledges of big firms 'critically insufficient': report](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b4/29/b0/Climate-pledges-of-big-firms--criti-961269_small.jpg)
Climate pledges of big firms 'critically insuffici...
From carmakers to fast fashion, dozens of major international companies are failing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions at th...
![Jellyfish invade Venezuelan waters, worrying fishermen](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/c8/f1/c6/Jellyfish-invade-Venezuelan-waters--941761_small.jpg)
Jellyfish invade Venezuelan waters, worrying fishe...
A thick bloom of varying hues drifts in the turquoise waters of Aragua in Venezuela, a surreal vision attributed to climate change...
![Locals protest as Russian regions face worst flooding for decades](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a4/4e/27/Locals-protest-as-Russian-regions-f-296626_small.jpg)
Locals protest as Russian regions face worst flood...
Russia on Monday warned of "unprecedented" flooding over the next 48 hours as locals in a city partially submerged by rising water...
![Hundreds rescued after flooding in Australia](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/31/f0/ab/Hundreds-rescued-after-flooding-in--774165_small.jpg)
Hundreds rescued after flooding in Australia
Widespread flooding in Australia left hundreds needing to be rescued after a natural disaster was declared in regions across New S...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained twice at...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by Dutch police on Saturday after she and a group of marchers blocked a main ro...
![Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained at Dutch protest](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5f/16/98/Climate-activist-Greta-Thunberg-det-147846_small.jpg)
Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained at Dutch...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by Dutch police on Saturday after she and a group of marchers blocked a main road in...
![Electric cars credited with lower CO2 emissions in US neighborhoods](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/9c/07/23/Electric-cars-credited-with-lower-C-336121_small.jpg)
Electric cars credited with lower CO2 emissions in...
The booming use of electric vehicles in parts of California is reducing CO2 emissions in those areas, a study showed Thursday, bol...
![Rising temperatures upend migratory bird habitats in Albania](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b0/77/f1/Rising-temperatures-upend-migratory-177701_small.jpg)
Rising temperatures upend migratory bird habitats...
Long considered a Garden of Eden for migratory birds, the Vain Lagoon along the northern Albanian coast has been increasingly aban...
Hundreds of Philippine schools suspend classes ove...
Hundreds of schools in the Philippines, including dozens in the capital Manila, suspended in-person classes on Tuesday due to dang...
![Saharan dust smothers Switzerland, southeast France](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/59/0b/da/Saharan-dust-smothers-Switzerland---621161_small.jpg)
Saharan dust smothers Switzerland, southeast Franc...
An exceptionally rare haze of Saharan dust cloaked Switzerland and southeastern France on Saturday, sparking health warnings as a...
![Climate change is slowing heat waves, prolonging misery](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/06/86/24/Climate-change-is-slowing-heat-wave-174177_small.jpg)
Climate change is slowing heat waves, prolonging m...
Climate change is causing heat waves to slow to a crawl, exposing humans to extreme temperatures for longer than ever before, a st...
![UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 5.4% in 2023: data](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/31/83/c7/UK-greenhouse-gas-emissions-fell-5--635113_small.jpg)
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 5.4% in 2023: dat...
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.4 percent in 2023, largely due to a reduction in the amount of gas used in power stations, a...
![Swiss Re warns insured disaster losses could double in a decade](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/c5/f2/21/Swiss-Re-warns-insured-disaster-los-601111_small.jpg)
Swiss Re warns insured disaster losses could doubl...
Insured property losses could double in the coming decade due to climate change and more frequent and more intense severe weather...
![Dig deep: US bets on geothermal to become renewable powerhouse](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/bc/fa/87/Dig-deep--US-bets-on-geothermal-to--166436_small.jpg)
Dig deep: US bets on geothermal to become renewabl...
Though geothermal represents only a tiny fraction of current US energy production, several businesses and President Joe Biden's ad...
Brazil races to save flood victims as storm death...
Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil's mountainous southeast after stor...
Rescuers race to find trapped people as Brazil sto...
Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil's mountainous southeast after stor...
Brazil rescuers save girl after storm kills at lea...
Search teams in southeastern Brazil rescued a girl buried for more than 16 hours in the rubble of a collapsed house following a po...
![Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, at least a dozen killed](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d4/3f/08/Southeast-Brazil-battered-by-downpo-125514_small.jpg)
Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, at least a...
A powerful storm has claimed at least a dozen lives in southeastern Brazil, mostly in the mountainous parts of Rio de Janeiro stat...
Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, more than...
A powerful storm has claimed more than 10 lives in southeastern Brazil, mostly in the mountainous parts of Rio de Janeiro state, w...
![Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, over a dozen killed](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e4/77/24/Southeast-Brazil-battered-by-downpo-272411_small.jpg)
Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, over a doz...
A powerful storm has claimed at least 13 lives in southeastern Brazil, particularly in the mountainous parts of Rio de Janeiro sta...
![Powerful storm leaves at least nine dead in Brazil](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e4/77/24/Powerful-storm-leaves-at-least-nine-055561_small.jpg)
Powerful storm leaves at least nine dead in Brazil
A powerful storm has claimed at least nine lives in southeastern Brazil, particularly in the mountainous part of Rio de Janeiro st...
![No 'human era' in Earth's geological history, scientists say](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/50/7f/94/No--human-era--in-Earth-s-geologica-771121_small.jpg)
No 'human era' in Earth's geological history, scie...
A top panel of geologists has decided not to grant the 'human age' its own distinct place in Earth's geological timeline after dis...
![Fossil fuels to become as unpopular as cigarettes: Brazil energy minister](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/2f/e1/a6/Fossil-fuels-to-become-as-unpopular-093107_small.jpg)
Fossil fuels to become as unpopular as cigarettes:...
Fossil fuels will eventually be seen as just as unhealthy as cigarettes, according to Brazil Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira, w...
![Panama Canal administrator hopes traffic normalizes by February 2025](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a5/bf/b6/Panama-Canal-administrator-hopes-tr-117150_small.jpg)
Panama Canal administrator hopes traffic normalize...
Traffic through the Panama Canal could return to normal by next February, its administrator said, after record-low water levels li...
![Nuclear's EU comeback on show at Brussels summit](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1b/ea/f6/Nuclear-s-EU-comeback-on-show-at-Br-761136_small.jpg)
Nuclear's EU comeback on show at Brussels summit
Promoting nuclear power was long taboo in Brussels, but a high-profile international summit Thursday will send loud and clear the...
!['Overly rosy picture': KLM loses Dutch 'greenwashing' case](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5c/14/8b/-Overly-rosy-picture---KLM-loses-Du-967361_small.jpg)
'Overly rosy picture': KLM loses Dutch 'greenwashi...
Dutch airline KLM misled consumers with "vague and general" adverts about its efforts to reduce the environmental impact of flying...
Planet 'on the brink', with new heat records likel...
Global temperatures "smashed" heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the Unite...