Frank Jordans

Associated Press

A worker walks among pipelines that will carry gas toward Rambouillet, France, May 3, 2022.

Europe's Farmers Stir Up Biogas to Offset Russian Energy

They'll soon turn on the tap of a new facility where crops and agricultural waste are mashed up and fermented.

In this Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 file photo, an oil pump works at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. A U.N.-backed study has found that the world needs to cut by more than half its production of coal, oil and gas in the coming decade to maintain a chance of keeping global warming from reaching dangerous levels.

Study: Fossil Fuel Plans Would Far Overshoot Climate Goals

A report found most major oil and gas producers are planning on increasing production until 2030 or even beyond.

In this June 30, 2021 file photo a container ship leaves the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J. A major maritime industry association on Monday backed plans for a global surcharge on carbon emissions from shipping to help fund the sector's shift toward climate-friendly fuels.

Industry Group Backs Global Carbon Price for Large Ships

The shipping industry is estimated to account for nearly 3% of the greenhouse gas emissions driving global warming.

In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 file photo an employee of Binder, the world's largest manufacturer of serial-production environmental simulation chambers for scientific or industrial laboratories, transports an ultra low temperature freezer in Tuttlingen, Germany. Germany prepares for the vaccination of the German population during the upcoming month.

Germany Preps Vaccine Drive as COVID Cases Hit 1M

Freezers could become a key part of the vast immunization program.

In this Nov. 3, 2020 photo, provide by the European Space Agency, the Sentinel-6 satellite is placed inside the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket. The joint European-U.S. satellite mission to improve measurements of sea level rise is being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday Nov. 22, 2020. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, named after the late director of NASA’s Earth Science Division, is seen as a crucial tool for monitoring the impact of global warming on coastlines, where billions of people face the risk of encroaching oceans in the coming decades.

'Climate Guardian' Satellite to Monitor Oceans

The new satellite has unprecedented accuracy.

A passerby walks past an entrance to a closed store in the nearly empty Downtown Crossing neighborhood, Tuesday, April, 14, 2020, in Boston.

Practical Reopening Problems

The doomsday scenarios that many were predicting just two weeks ago have not come to pass, raising hopes from coast to coast.

Rover Mission to Mars Postponed

The ExoMars mission was due to launch this year.

In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 photo provided by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute the icebreakers Kapitan Dranitysn, front, and Polarstern, rear, are pictured in the Arctic ice.

Arctic Mission Gets Record Resupply

The icebreaker set a record by going farther north under its own power than any other ship so early in the year.

In this April 30, 2015 file photo, a man fishes along the receding banks of the Salton Sea near Bombay Beach, Calif. Scientists say that half of the world's sandy beached are at risk of disappearing by the end of the century if climate changes continues unchecked. Researchers at the European Union's Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy, used satellite images to track the way beaches changed over the past 30 years and project how global warming might affect them in the future.

Half of World's Sandy Beaches at Risk from Climate Change

The beaches could disappear by the end of the century if climate change continues unchecked.

Workers dismantle a booth after that the 90th Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) is cancelled by Swiss authorities, at the Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. The 90th edition of the International Motor Show, scheduled to begin on March 5th, is cancelled due to the advancement of the (Covid-19) coronavirus in Switzerland. The Swiss confederation announced today that all events involving more than 1,000 people would be banned until 15 March.

Geneva Auto Show Canceled

The government put an immediate ban on all public and private events involving more than 1,000 people.

Heating power plant at the district Mitte in Berlin, Dec. 5, 2019.

Climate Talks Aim to Pave Way for Global Carbon Market

The hope is that putting a price on carbon will unlock billions in investments as countries and companies seek the most cost-effective way to cut emissions.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg waves as she arrives in Lisbon aboard the sailboat La Vagabonde Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019. Thunberg has arrived by catamaran in the port of Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States. The Swedish teen sailed to the Portuguese capital before heading to neighboring Spain to attend the U.N. Climate Change Conference taking place in Madrid.

Voyage ‘Energized’ Climate Fight

The Swedish teen's protests helped inspire a global youth movement.