By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights The deadly combination of Covid and climate change has pummeled the world especially hard this month, from heat and fire on the West Coast of North America to…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Recent research looking at deforestation in the Amazon has taken Brazil – and the world – by surprise. Michael Molinski This column is for Callaway Climate Insights subscribers…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights At least 44 people have died and scores are missing after devastating flooding in Germany, Belgium and nearby regions. Read more below in our editor’s picks section. It…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Now the hard part begins in Brussels. After months of debate and infighting, and no less than four contentious, last-minute cabinet heads meetings in Brussels, the European Union…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Overall, the Callaway Climate Insights index edged lower for the second quarter, finishing at 92.83, down 0.5%. Strength in the EV sector, up 2.6%, and natural resources, up 8.8%, largely…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights As a golfer, I’ve seen my share of electric golf carts. Some complete with GPS as well as border controls that use it to prevent you from driving…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall along the North Florida Gulf Coast midday Wednesday with maximum sustained winds estimated at 65 mph. The National Hurricane Center says storm surge,…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights SAN FRANCISCO (Callaway Climate Insights) — Iggy Bassi was running a farming business in Ghana a decade ago when he wondered if science could help him predict how global warming…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Andy Jassy won’t have to look far to see climate change from his new perch as chief executive at Amazon (AMZN). It’s right outside his Seattle office, where temperatures…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Fireworks laws vary from state to state. Massachusetts is the only state where fireworks are completely banned aside from professional displays. Illinois, Ohio and Vermont have the next-strictest…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights In British Columbia, more than 230 deaths have been reported from Friday to Monday as an historic heat wave brought record-high temperatures. That’s nearly double the number normally…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights The Nasdaq’s announcement Tuesday of a new ESG Data Hub for investors, powered by data from a half-dozen growing pioneers, caps a record June for market activity around carbon…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Here’s the forecast for the rest of June: Flaming hot. Meteorologist Scott Duncan tweeted Sunday afternoon: “Some of the hottest places on Planet Earth will be found in the U.S.…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights More than 46 million Americans are under heat advisories or warnings today as a record-breaking heat wave blankets much of the country, with some places topping 120°F. This…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Workers testing underwater surveying equipment say they found the wreckage of a small airplane at the bottom of California’s Folsom Lake, courtesy of low water levels tied to…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights The National Weather Service says dangerous heat will affect much of the western U.S. this week, with temperatures up to 120°F. Forecasters say this heat wave will be…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights The Pine Island Glacier on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet contains about 160 trillion tons of ice, which if it melted, would cause about 1.5 feet of sea-level…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights When the history of the world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels is written, the Keystone XL oil pipeline battle of the past decade will be recorded as…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights As Europe readies the first carbon border levies, a disturbing estimate arrives of the financial impact of sudden taxes on polluters, and their economies. SAN FRANCISCO (Callaway Climate…
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Two signs of the climate finance apocalypse this week, as stock markets flirt with record highs. A California non-profit claims to be the first carbon offset program to accept…
