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Dr. Prachi Jain

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Slashing Clean Energy Incentives Could Spike U.S. Electric Bills, Experts Warn

A new report from Energy Innovation warns that repealing clean energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) would significantly raise electricity costs...

Greenpeace Defeat Raises Alarm for Environmental Activism as Big Oil Gains Legal Edge

A landmark courtroom defeat for Greenpeace has sparked widespread concern among legal experts and climate advocates, who warn the verdict could embolden oil and...

Glaciers on Borrowed Time: Capturing Data from Vanishing Ice in Bolivia

At 5,100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia’s Huayna Potosí glacier is razor-thin and brittle with altitude. The wind whispers across the ice in long,...

UN Warns Glacier Meltdown Threatens Food and Water Security for 2 Billion People

Glaciers worldwide are melting at an unprecedented rate, putting the food and water supply of nearly 2 billion people at serious risk, according to...

From Pollution to Solution: Can Toxic Mine Waste Capture Atmospheric COâ‚‚?

Just outside the small coastal town of Baie Verte, Newfoundland, a towering legacy of environmental harm looms—a half-mile-long pile of toxic asbestos mining waste....

UN Reports Over 150 ‘Unprecedented’ Climate Disasters in 2024 Amid Hottest Year in Human History

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the climate crisis reached terrifying new extremes in 2024, with a surge of unprecedented heatwaves, floods, and supercharged storms battering...

Experts Urge UK and Wales to Back Severn Estuary Tidal Lagoon for Clean Energy Future

A panel of leading experts has renewed its call for urgent action to harness the UK's untapped tidal range energy potential in the Severn Estuary. They emphasize the...

UK Must Invest £1.5bn Annually in Flood Defences to Safeguard Public and Infrastructure, Experts Warn

A major new report has warned that flood defence spending in the UK is set to drop sharply next year. It urges the government...

Global Sea Ice Reaches Record Low in February, Raising Alarming Climate Concerns

Scientists have warned that global sea ice levels plunged to an all-time low in February, a stark indicator of a planet increasingly destabilized by human-driven climate...

Record 2024 Temperatures Drive Accelerated Ice Loss and Rising Sea Levels, Warns UN

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the year 2024 set a new record for global temperatures, driven by unprecedented greenhouse gas levels that...

Climate Injustice: Rich Nations Overlook Past Emissions While Claiming 1.5°C Compliance

Wealthy nations’ assertions that their 2035 emissions reduction targets align with limiting global warming to 1.5°C have been scrutinized by climate experts, who argue...

Plants Absorbing Less COâ‚‚ as Climate Warms, Study Reveals

A new analysis reveals that Earth’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) is weakening, as plants and soils are taking in less CO₂ than before. Atmospheric data...

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