Climate
KB Home unveils its first ‘fire-resilient’ community in Southern California
KB Home’s new wildfire-resilient neighborhood in Escondido, California. CNBC Just months after raging wildfires destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, California-based KB Home is unveiling what it calls its first “wildfire-resilient” community. The development, in Escondido, just outside San Diego, will have 64 single-family homes when completed that all meet the wildfire […]
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Chinese EV giant BYD outpaces Tesla with annual sales of more than $100 billion
EV cars are pictured inside BYD’s first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV market where it has become the dominant player, in Rayong, Thailand, July 4, 2024. Chalinee Thirasupa | Reuters Chinese automaker BYD reported annual revenue of 777 billion yuan ($107 billion) for 2024, leapfrogging U.S. rival Tesla as […]
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Mining giant Fortescue says Big Oil is getting it wrong on renewables: ‘Your customers want green energy’
Fortescue Metals Group non-executive Chairman, Andrew Forrest, speaks during a Sustainability Week conference in London on March 11, 2025. Adrian Dennis | Afp | Getty Images Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest, founder and executive chairman of Fortescue, says Big Oil is getting it wrong on renewables — at a time when European energy majors are […]
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Op Ed: India needs to urgently decarbonize its power sector. Here’s how it can succeed
India has always been a country of dichotomies. It is the world’s most populous nation, fifth biggest economy and home to the highest number of billionaires after China and the U.S. It is a world leader in digital finance, thanks to the creation of digital public infrastructure, and is the world’s third-largest start-up hub. Yet […]
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Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660 million over Dakota Access Pipeline protests
The Greenpeace logo on the green ecological awareness stand of the association in Lyon, France, on Oct. 23, 2024. Elsa Biyick | Afp | Getty Images A jury on Wednesday ordered environmental campaign group Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Texas-based oil company Energy Transfer, the developer of the Dakota Access […]
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This startup is creating a global tech platform for recycled wood
Each year 36 million trees fall due to decay, disease, natural disasters or clearing for new development. The vast majority of those trees are either burned, sent to a landfill or ground up for mulch, which wastes energy and causes carbon emissions. Now, new technology is being used to find, transport and recycle that wood […]
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Cyclone Alfred downgraded as millions of Australians stay indoors
Residents walk along the damaged foreshore of Nobby’s Beach located on the southern end of the Gold Coast on March 7, 2025. David Gray | Afp | Getty Images Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred lingered off the south-east Australian coast on Saturday and forecasters said Brisbane is likely to miss the worst of the storm, a relief […]
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California pauses home energy rebate program amid Trump funding freeze
Key Points California paused an energy rebate program for consumers who make their homes more energy efficient, due to a federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration. The Home Energy Rebate program was created by the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed in 2022. The law offered consumers up to $8,000 of Home […]
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Firings at the U.S. weather and oceans agency risk lives and the economy, former agency heads warn
Signage outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. The conservative Project 2025 roadmap calls for slashing NOAA funding at a time when China is investing heavily in climate research. Photographer: Michael A. McCoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Michael […]
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Trump plan to freeze funding stymies Biden-era energy rebates for consumers
Key Points Some states like Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Rhode Island have delayed phases of their Home energy Rebate programs for consumers who make their homes more energy efficient. They cited a White House freeze on federal funding that conflicts with President Donald Trump’s agenda. The rebate programs, created by the Inflation Reduction Act, aim […]
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