Energy and Environment: The number of global methane hot spots has soared this year despite the economic slowdown

Cameron Peak Fire becomes biggest blaze in Colorado history; Philanthropies flow funds to climate technologies; Warming has killed half the coral on the Great Barrier Reef. It might never recover.; Phoenix has hit 100 degrees on record-breaking half of the days in 2020; Earth has warmest September on record, and 2020 may clinch hottest year; Mario Molina, Nobel laureate who revealed threat to ozone layer, dies at 77 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Limited time offer: Get one year of digital access for just $29.   View offer Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis News/Getty Images) The number of global methane hot spots has soared this year despite the economic slowdown Global methane emissions rose 32 percent this year, a study found. Methane accounts for a quarter of global warming emissions from human activities. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Cameron Peak Fire becomes biggest blaze in Colorado history The blaze is still expanding. Colorado's two biggest fires on record have now occurred in the last three months. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »   Philanthropies flow funds to climate technologies Several new funds are taking on "tough tech." By Katherine Ellison ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Warming has killed half the coral on the Great Barrier Reef. It might never recover. Bleaching events in back-to-back years so thoroughly wiped out coral that it cannot easily reproduce, researchers found. By Darryl Fears ●  Read more »   Phoenix has hit 100 degrees on record-breaking half of the days in 2020 The unrelenting and unprecedented heat that scorched Phoenix all summer has carried over into the fall. By Ian Livingston ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Earth has warmest September on record, and 2020 may clinch hottest year The record warmth was driven in part by a freakishly mild Siberia. By Andrew Freedman ●  Read more »   Mario Molina, Nobel laureate who revealed threat to ozone layer, dies at 77 His work helped show the danger of CFCs, common chemicals found in refrigerants and hair sprays whose use was later greatly curtailed by a landmark international accord. By Emily Langer ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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