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Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Is No Longer Feasible, UN Report Finds

Under the most optimistic scenario, global warming would rise 1.7 to 1.8 degrees above pre-industrial levels, despite renewables expanding considerably over the last decade.

By Lauren Dalban

People shelter from the sun under umbrellas in Warsaw’s Old Town as Poland experienced record heat on June 28. Credit: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
Sharon Wilson records methane emissions in the Permian Basin on Dec. 4, 2025. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

After a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules

By Dylan Baddour

A boat works to collect oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010, near New Orleans. Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Deepwater Horizon Spill

By Bob Berwyn

The Thompson Callaway Spears #1 well, located on the vacant lots enclosed by black metal fencing, stands next to homes inside the Preserve at Medina subdivision in southwest San Antonio. Credit: Sam Owens/San Antonio Express-News

Abandoned Oil Well Spreads Toxic Fumes, Dread Across San Antonio Subdivision

By Martha Pskowski

A view of the Escambia Wood Treating Company Superfund site in June 2022. Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Groundwater Cleanup Set to Begin This Fall at North Florida Site, Decades After Superfund Designation

By Craig Pittman

People evacuate after a wildfire swept through the village of Voden amid a heat wave in Bulgaria on July 17, 2024. Credit: Ivan Yanev/Bgnes News Agency/AFP via Getty Images

Climate Change Is Increasing Simultaneous Exposure to Heat Waves and Wildfire Smoke

By Katie Surma

As mayor of Corpus Christi, Joe McComb championed plans to build a desalination plant. But later city leaders called the project off. "We laid a golden egg in their lap," McComb said. "They took off in an inexplicable direction.” Credit: Jon Shapley/Inside Climate News

How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija

Refineries operate at the Port of Martinez in California on April 22. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Northern California Community Wants Stronger Oversight of Dangerous Refineries Nearby

By Liza Gross

An aerial view of the Dalton Highway and a portion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System crossing over the frozen Atigun River in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Credit: Lance King/Getty Images

Looking for Oil in Alaska, No Environmental Strings Attached

By Anika Jane Beamer

The construction of a crude oil pipeline in Marysville, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Spill Prompts Federal Probe of Energy Transfer Pipelines’ Safety

By Marianne Lavelle

Residents raise their hands after being asked if the Maryland Department of the Environment should deny WIN Waste’s permit renewal during an Oct. 1 public hearing in Curtis Bay. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

South Baltimore Residents Grapple With Contradictory Incinerator Decisions

By Aman Azhar

Workers with the Maryland Department of the Environment collect water samples from Piscataway Creek. Credit: Maryland Department of the Environment

Maryland Demands Answers as Fuel Leak Persists From Joint Base Andrews

By Aman Azhar

The construction site of a natural gas well sits in the background of a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 6, 2024. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

In Harrisburg, Advocates Rally for Tougher Rules on Fracking

By Marie Cusick

Cattle feed at a ranch in Dublin, Texas, on Sept. 11. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

The American Livestock Industry’s Main Lobbying Group Treated Climate Change as a PR Problem

By Georgina Gustin

ExxonMobil's oil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

New Documents Add to Evidence in Climate Deception Case Against ExxonMobil

By Nicholas Kusnetz

People protest in front of the Supreme Court during arguments in the Suncor v. Boulder case on Monday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Supreme Court Weighs Landmark Climate Deception Case Against Oil Companies

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The EPA finalized its repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants in September. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

21 States Sue EPA to Reinstate Climate Pollution Rules for Power Plants

By Lisa Sorg

Major flooding hits Paterson, N.J., on Sept. 13. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

New Jersey’s Middlesex County Sues Big Oil Over Escalating Climate Impacts

By Dana Drugmand

Vessels navigate the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 5. Credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

As Negotiators Struggle to Advance a Plastics Treaty, Iran War Underscores the Urgency

By Liza Gross

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