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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Oct 25, 2026
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
At a global conference in smog-hit Malaysia, scientists outlined how the Earth’s natural systems are buckling due to warming.
The Portland Aluminium smelter in Portland, Australia. Closing power plants before replacements are ready has left the country with fewer options, which should serve as a warning to Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
Australia’s energy transition offers a warning to the world
An energy-rich country is spending billions to keep its aluminum smelters operating. Its policy choices help explain why.
By pushing to delay the next major U.N. climate report, global polluters are trying to weaken international accountability and shield themselves from political pressure ahead of a critical 2028 global progress review.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2026
Petrostates are trying to hijack climate science again
Any delay would reduce pressure on countries to meet their Paris climate agreement goals
People try to extinguish a wildfire in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Singapore can fix Southeast Asia’s haze, if it wants to
The way this is talked about in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest country, the whole situation is an act of God and no one knows who is responsible.
Wind turbines along a beach in Happo, Akita Prefecture. Lacking land on shore, Japan has long had high hopes for offshore wind as a clean energy solution that could help the country meet its climate goals. Five years after setting ambitious goals for the industry, however, progress has been slow.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Oct 4, 2026
As wind power momentum slows in Japan, can tech help the industry get back on track?
Concerns from environmentalists have played a role in the slow buildup of 91AV原创 offshore wind industry. The latest tech could provide a solution.
Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24, where he made a plea for climate justice in the wake of recent deadly glacial floods.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2026
Nepal’s PM says when the house is burning, we act
Nepal is not a passive bystander to a remote emergency; it is its barometer, and the instruments are flashing red.
A man paddles a kayak in Okutama, western Tokyo. Despite some efforts to boost sustainability, tourism remains an inherently a carbon-intensive activity.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Sep 27, 2026
91AV原创 booming tourism industry struggling to improve sustainability
Emissions from the high-polluting tourism sector are hitting 91AV原创 climate goals, but some destinations are finding their own climate solutions.
A coal-fired power plant in Winfield, West Virginia
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 16, 2026
Trump’s climate rollbacks will keep U.S. emissions higher for longer
The latest turnabout came this week when the EPA eliminated requirements that fossil fuel plants install technical controls to curb their emissions.
A worker stands in the coal yard at the John E. Amos Power Plant in Winfield, West Virginia.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Sep 15, 2026
Trump EPA ends climate regulations for power plants
The decision will effectively end the federal effort to regulate the largest industrial sources of greenhouse gases in the U.S.
Nepal is seeking compensation for climate change-related damages from a United Nations fund set up to help developing nations deal with the worst impacts of global warming.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 7, 2026
Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate-aid system
Costs are expected to come to at least $5 billion, an enormous amount for one of Asia’s poorest countries, and the fund it’s hoping to tap is new, underfunded and untested.
A SpaceXAI data center under construction in Southaven, Mississippi, on Aug. 2
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2026
AI boom is testing tech firms’ climate pledges
Emissions from four major AI and cloud computing providers skyrocketed by up to 239% between 2020 and 2024, a report has found.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he and members of his administration deliver remarks to reporters on the Trump administration's support for coal energy production, among other topics, at the White House in Washington on June 4.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 26, 2026
Trump policies to double power sector carbon emissions by 2035, analysis finds
By 2035, U.S. consumers will spend up to $30 billion a year more on electricity, with household bills increasing by up to 25% in some parts of the country.
Portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance inside the employee entrance of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington last November
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 22, 2026
Trump’s environmental rollbacks are being struck down by courts
So far this summer, the White House has been losing more than winning in court.
An environmental regulator in Australia has sued Japan's Inpex for under-reporting emissions from its Ichthys liquefied natural ?gas plant near Darwin.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Aug 5, 2026
Australian regulator sues 91AV原创 Inpex over Ichthys LNG emissions breaches
The charges cover ?alleged license ?breaches, such as the under-reporting of ?benzene and toluene emissions between 2019 and 2024.
Smoke billows from a factory during sunset in the northern Spanish town of Torrelavega in 2005.
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 22, 2026
Investors see pollution plan silver lining in EU carbon overhaul
The plan to tie free pollution permits to investments in decarbonization could enhance corporate accountability, investors say.
Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Jul 19, 2026
Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights
Around the world, human-induced climate change is at least partly to blame for a growing sleep deficit.
Open-pit coal mine emissions are trickier to measure than emissions from underground mines.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jul 16, 2026
Europe’s coal mines say they slashed emissions. Experts don’t believe them.
The dramatic falls in reported emissions have been traced to a small but fundamental change in the methodology for measuring them — one introduced by the EU.
General view of the ThyssenKrupp steel Europe plant in Duisburg, Germany
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 1, 2026
Industrial firms warn EU carbon overhaul could benefit polluters
Now policymakers are facing a dilemma over whether to hold the line on carbon pricing or yield to political pressure and help heavy polluters.
The British government has pledged that by 2030, 80% of new cars sold will be purely electric vehicles. But according to a group of independent experts advising the government, "credible plans" are missing for more than half of the remaining cuts pledged by the end of this decade.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 24, 2026
U.K. must hasten shift from fossil fuels to hit climate goals, expert panel says
With “credible plans” missing for over half the remaining cuts pledged, the Climate Change Committee’s report will be seen as a cautionary message to Downing Street.
Jera's thermal power station in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture. Jera will transport low-carbon ammonia from the U.S. to its thermal power plant in Aichi Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2026
Jera books Mitsui OSK ships to bring low-carbon ammonia to Japan
Low-carbon ammonia has been receiving greater attention around the world as governments and companies pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels.

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