Nate joined E&E News in 2008, establishing the New York City bureau, then later Energywire's Houston office. In New York he covered Northeastern environmental issues, carbon markets, renewable energy finance and international environmental treaties from the United Nations. In Houston he covered oil and gas with an emphasis on offshore drilling for Energywire. Currently he follows climate developments in the Far East from Japan. He is two-time recipient of the U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Prize and honorable mention from the National Press Club. He previously worked for Nikkei. Nate graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota and holds a master's degree from the University of British Columbia.
China's greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow until 2040 under current government policies, according to a stark new analysis that underscores the influence of China's activities on global temperatures.
While climate change is high on the United Nations' agenda, the new U.S. ambassador to the U.N. has so far avoided the subject, as experts predicted she might.
For 30 years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been issuing increasingly dire reports on the impacts and consequences of human-induced climate change. Now, IPCC authors think their message may finally be getting through.
Australia is bracing for another potentially sweltering summer and a growing risk to its agriculture industry.
A market research firm has launched what it describes as the world's "first benchmark for the global price of carbon credits."