2024 - China now has the ten largest solar generating stations in the world as they strive to be the technological leader in clean energy. The world's first solar power station was built in California in 1982.

2024 - The EU generated more energy from solar than coal for the first time. The EU also relies on nuclear, natural gas, wind, and hydro.

2024 was the warmest recorded year as measured globally, eclipsing 2023 which had been the warmest on record.

December 2024 - Phoenix had 113 consecutive days at or above 100 F in 2024, setting a new heat record.

September 2024 - 50,000 forest fires burn in Brazil this year as the Amazon experiences a severe drought.

September 2024 - California sues ExxonMobil claiming that many plastics marked for recycling cannot be recycled. Only 5% of plastics produced are currently recycled.

August 2024 - Dengue Fever locally-acquired cases reported in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California. This and other tropical diseases are spreading to warming climates outside the equatorial habitat.

July 2024 - Hurricane Beryl becomes the earliest ever in the season to reach Category 5.

June 2024 - Pesticides and microplastics found in women's breastmilk.

May 2024 - Venezuela’s last glacier has melted away, and is now an ice field. A glacier moves; an ice field does not.

April 2024 - The Yup'ik village in Alaska was relocated because the permafrost it sits on has melted. The village has existed on the Ninglick River for centuries.