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Driven by Steel Production, China’s Belt and Road Construction Carries a Heavy Climate Cost

Strong regulations and incentives are needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese manufacturing, two new studies conclude.

By Phil McKenna

A worker walks past molten steel at a factory in Huai'an, China, on July 22, 2025. Credit: CN-STR/AFP via Getty Images
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference on May 5 in Menands, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

As Communities Warn of Health Risks, New York Will Weaken Its Landmark Climate Law

By Lauren Dalban

Homes and a hotel sit in front of a steel factory in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Credit: Michel Porro/Getty Images

The 4-Billion-Year Perspective to Understanding Earth’s Current Climate Crisis

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

An aerial view of British Steel’s Scunthorpe mill on April 12, 2025, in Scunthorpe, England. Activities such as steelmaking have disrupted the Earth’s energy balance. Credit: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images

Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes

By Bob Berwyn

The Mi Vida gas plant is seen on March 18 in the Permian Basin of West Texas near Pecos. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna

A National Park Service ranger conducts a walking tour through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park on April 17, 2025. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Everglades Restoration Also Helps Save the Planet from Climate Change, Study Finds

By Amy Green

A view of the coal-fired Mill Creek Generating Station in Louisville, Ky., on Feb. 14. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, speaks at the Health Action Conference on Jan. 22 in Washington, D.C. The American Public Health Association is among several health organizations involved in the suit. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Community Catalyst

Healthcare Professionals, Scientists and Children Sue the EPA for Backtracking on Greenhouse Gas Regulation

By Anika Jane Beamer

Solar panels and wind turbines are seen at the Huaneng Binzhou new energy power generation project in Binzhou, China, on June 11, 2025. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

China Could Reach Peak Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sooner Than Beijing Planned, New Report Suggests

By Georgina Gustin

A Civil Protection member comforts a woman as a wildfire burns in the village of Veiga das Meas, Spain, on Aug. 16, 2025. Increasingly severe wildfire seasons around the world are one of the signs that some forests are at a climate threshold. Credit: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images

Accelerated Global Warming Could Lock Earth Into a Hothouse Future

By Bob Berwyn

A compost bin sits outside a building in Queens, New York City. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Composting Fines for Buildings Are Back on in New York City

By Lauren Dalban

As the Winter Olympics Stares Down a Warming Future, Organizers Must Adapt, Scientists Say

By Kiley Price

A combine harvests corn alongside a tractor near Northland, Minn. Credit: Richard Hamilton Smith/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Sen. Whitehouse Launches Investigation into Industry Groups’ Influence on Endangerment Finding Repeal

By Aidan Hughes

A worker drinks water from a botijo, a Spanish traditional earthenware drinking jug, to fight the heat in the midst of a heat wave in Madrid on Aug. 9, 2023. Credit: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images

World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows

By Dana Drugmand

Pamela McElwee speaks during the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Plenary in December 2024 in Windhoek, Namibia. Credit: Kiara Worth/Earth Negotiations Bulletin

An Energy Department Climate Change Report ‘Completely Ignored’ Adaptation, Rutgers Professor Says

By Anna Mattson

A fishing vendor uses an umbrella to protect herself from the midday sun during a heat wave in St. Louis, Senegal. Credit: Lucia Weiß/picture alliance via Getty Images

Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds

By Chad Small

The Department of Energy’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: J. David Ake/Getty Images

Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’

By Jake Bolster

Vehicles travel along Interstate 35 on July 30 in Austin, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Commenters Decry Proposed Repeal of Endangerment Finding in First Day of Public Hearings

By Aidan Hughes

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