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Scorched Europe battles deadly fires. Turkey shuts shipping lane | Reuters
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated over 3 weeks from flooding in Pakistan | NPR
Lethal fires in Peru Andes | AP News
Canada’s Northwest Territories declares emergency due to wildfires | Reuters
Portland hits August record of 108 amid extreme Pacific Northwest heat wave | The Washington Post
How climate change shaped California’s first tropical storm in decades | E&E News
Antarctic ice melt may have killed thousands of emperor penguin chicks | CBC
‘We’re changing the clouds.” An unintended test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth | Science
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Did the Tonga eruption cause this year’s extreme heat? | Live Science
Hawaii: growing threat of ‘devastating’ fires as island landscape dries and warms | The Guardian
Lahaina used to be a wetland | Heated
Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court | Bloomberg Law
Hawaii’s youth-led climate change lawsuit is going to trial next summer | Grist
Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case | The NYTimes
Environmental groups sue to keep Virginia in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative | AP News
Countries adopt multibillion-dollar fund to protect nature | Reuters
Ecuador votes to ban oil drilling in part of Amazon, mining outside Quito | Reuters
Biden Protects Land By Grand Canyon But Will Still Allow Mining | Bloomberg Law
5 things to know about Japan’s Fukushima water release in the Pacific | NPR
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Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show | The Guardian
Is the Atlantic Ocean current system AMOC nearing collapse? Probably not – but scientists are seeing troubling signs | CBS News
India pauses plans for new coal plants for five years to focus on renewable energy | PBS
Canada releases framework to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies | Reuters
Britain commits to hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licenses | Reuters
Rishi Sunak’s family firm Infosys signed $1.5 bil deal with BP | The National
New Biden Rule Would Make Energy Companies Pay More To Drill On Public Lands | Huffpost
The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades | AP News
A landmark US clean energy transmission line just broke ground | Electrek
UN starts moving oil from Yemen tanker in bid to stop disaster | Al Jazeera
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Extreme weather: What you need to know about the global heatwave | Al Jazeera
‘It’s really cool’: Visitors flock to Death Valley amid soaring heatwave | NBC News
Historically bad heat wave isn’t close to over: 5 maps to make you sweat | The Washington Post
Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up North to heat in the West | AP News
Flash floods rage in Vermont, New York; 50 rescued by shift boat | Reuters
As China struggles with heat, flooding and drought, employers are ordered to limit outdoor work | AP News
Deadly Monsoon Flooding and Landslides Lash Northern India | The NYTimes
Yamuna river reaches Taj Mahal’s outer walls in India after swelling with monsoon rains | LA Times
‘Heaviest rain ever’ causes deadly floods and landslides in Japan | The Guardian
South Korea flood death toll rises to 40, Yoon blames botched responses | Reuters
It’s Deadline Day for Deep Sea Mining | Hakai Magazine
Shipping agrees net-zero goal but critics chide deal | BBC News
US truckmakers reach deal to phase out polluting diesel big rigs | The Washington Post
Colombia, Brazil presidents pledge cooperation to protect Amazon | Reuters
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops 34% in first half 2023 | Reuters
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World registers hottest day ever recorded on July 3 | Reuters
Multnomah County in Oregon Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over Heat Dome | The NYTimes
Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation’s water rights trust claim | ICT News
Biden administration announces $7 bil in residential solar grant program | The Hill
Ford Gets $9.2 Bil to Help US Catch Up with China’s EV Dominance | Bloomberg
First ‘lab-grown’ meat approved by US regulators | The Hill
New carbon accounting rules target ‘greenwashing’ | Phys
Portugal to swap $153 mil Cape Verde debt for nature investments | Reuters
Portugal doubles 2030 goals for solar and hydrogen capacity | Reuters
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Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s why there is so much smoke | AP News
Canada’s wildfires are part of our new climate reality, expert officials say | The Guardian
Peru battles record dengue fever, in a warning of the warming world | The Washington Post
El Nino is officially here, scientists say | Space
Chinese cities break heat records, stressing electricity grid | Reuters
Texas power use break records in heat wave this week, grid operators say | ReutersScotland records hottest day so far as heatwave hits | BBC
India heatwave: 96 people dead repordedly from heat-aggravated conditions | The Guardian
UN adopts high seas treaty, the first-ever pact to protect international waters | CBS News
New Mexico imposes oil and gas moratorium on state land near schools | AP News
State Farm stops new home insurance sales in California as wildfire risks grow | Reuters
Senate launches probe into insurance firm’s fossil fuel industry | The Washington Post
North Carolina lawmakers OK bill blocking local government energy fuel prohibitions | AP News
North Carolina Republicans send green investment ban to governor | AP News
Montana officials minimize first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit ahead of final arguments | PBS
Power companies spend millions to fight Maine’s proposed non-profit utility | The Guardian
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US, EU lawmakers push depose UAE’s Jaber from climate talks | Reuters
Breakthrough Colorado River deal reached, outlining big water cuts for the next three years | The LA Times
Supreme Court erases protections for most wetlands | E&E News
Oil drilling project near mouth of Amazon River rejected by Brazil’s environment regulator | AP News
Brazil’s Lula summons ministers as Congress seeks to dilute environmental powers | Reuters
Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time | BBC
Spain powered itself with renewable energy for nine straight hours | Interesting Engineering
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Mexico bans solar geoengineering after rogue experiment | Climate Change News
‘It’s time to start suing’: States tee up next WOTUS war | E&E News
HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Gas Stoves Back Under Scrutiny With New US Limits Proposed | BNA News
Gas industry hires Democrats to win support of liberal voters | The Washington Post
DeSantis keeps heat on gas stoves issue, proposing tax exemption | The Hill
Energy transition funding spikes | Axios
Renewables Projected to Soon Be One-Fourth of US Electricity | Inside Climate News
24/7 carbon-free energy is about to become a reality in California | Canary Media
California greenlights more than 800 MW of storage and solar to bolster power grid reliability | Utility Drive
Feds offer $700 mil to lithium project at heat of ESA dispute | E&E News
Texas’ most populous county adopts a climate plan | Grist
India to annually invite bids for 8 GW wind power projects to 2030, govt order | Reuters
India pledges $4.3 bil for cleaner energy | Grist
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California contends with flooding, power outage as severe storms batter the state | CBS News
Lake Tahoe snowpack levels nearly 250% above normal | Fox40
Low water levels have created an energy crisis at the world’s largest dam | The Washington Post
Satellites watch Europe get hit by most severe winter heatwave ever | Space
Ozone layer may be restored in decades, UN report says | BBC
WE QUIT | Extinction Rebellion UK
Public Order Bill: The British government wants to hand police unprecedented powers to handle protestors. Human rights activists say it’s an affront to democracy
Germany: Police clear climate activists from coal village | DW
Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers | Bloomberg
Ahead of Major Court Case, E.P.A. Revises Clean-Water Protections | The NYTimes
Do Gas Stoves Have Health Risks? | The NYTimes
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Did world leaders and trends do the climate crisis any favors in 2022?
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This Will Be The Coldest Christmas In Decades… | Ryan Hall, Y’allExtreme winter spells trouble for food insecure | Axios
State of the climate: 2022 to date is fourth warmest year on record | Carbon Brief
Arctic is rapidly turning warmer, wetter, and riskier: report | Axios
Drought emergency declared for all Southern California | The LA Times
At Least 141 Die in Congo After Floods Hit Kinshasa | The NYTimes
Met Office forecasts 2023 will be hotter than 2022 | BBC News
HSBC Halts Finance for New Oil and Gas Fields in Climate Change Move | Bloomberg
Global coal consumption to reach all-time high this year - IEA | Reuters
Final deal on EU carbon market (ETS) give heavy industry a free pass at the expense of households and taxpayers | Carbon Market Watch
California cuts payments to homeowners for solar panels feeding energy back to the grid | CNBC
Nuclear fusion science reaches major milestone but materials and tech challenges remain | Axios
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Global renewable capacity set to double over next five years, says IEA | Reuters
US utilities to triple battery storage capacity in 2025 - EIA | Reuters
UK coal mine approval sparks global fury and hypocrisy claims | Climate Change News
Onshore wind rules to be relaxed after Tory revolt | BBC
‘Burn everything’: Poland chokes on the smog of war | Reuters
EU agrees new law to kick deforestation out of supply chains | Euractiv
Alberta regulator withholding list of dangerous oil and gas sites | The Narwhal
Federal data: Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history | AP News
In historic move, Los Angeles bans new oil wells, phases out existing ones | LA News
California’s biggest cities ban polystyrene | Grist
Vanguard Quits Net-Zero Group, Marking Biggest Defection Yet | Bloomberg
UN official ‘alarmed’ by jailing of climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge | The Guardian
Queensland’s indigenous women rangers given Earthshot Prize for protecting Great Barrier Reef | The Guardian
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Meta tops list of US corporate solar adopters with 3.6 GW, more than Amazon and Apple combined: SEIA | Utility Dive
Evidence grows of forced labour and slavery in production of solar panels and wind turbines | The Guardian
Swedish activists sue state over its climate policies | AP News
Greta Thunberg, 600 others sue Sweden for climate inaction | Al Jazeera
Puerto Rican towns sue Big Oil under RICO alleging collusion on climate denial | Reuters
Scholz welcomes Qatar LNG deal as ‘building block’ for German energy security | Reuters
Netherlands reportedly set to forcibly close 3,000 farms to comply with EU mandate | Fox News
Canada unveils climate adaptation plan | Grist
US to Auction Almost 1 Mil Acres Off Alaska for Oil Drilling | Yahoo
Industry players unite to build trust in carbon storage | Axios
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How much got done at COP27, the big UN climate conference in Egypt in mid-November? What ended up being on the final agenda? Listen to COP27 Week 1's recap first to gain more context.
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Flash floods in Australia’s southeast cut off inland towns | Reuters
‘Rain bursts’ over Sydney have intensified by 40% over the last two decades, research finds | The Guardian
Warmest Armistice Day ever for England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland | The Guardian
Study: Extreme heat is responsible for hundreds of deaths in Texas prisons | Grist
World has nine years to avert catastrophic global warming, study shows | The Washington PostWorld’s biggest carmakers to build 40 mil more vehicles than 1.5ºC climate target will allow | The Guardian
Methane emissions from 15 meat and dairy companies rival those of the EU | The Guardian
Africans Sun: Why Solar Not Gas Offers Continent the Best Economic Opportunity in the Transition | Carbon Tracker Initiative
How Oil & Gas Funding Distorts Energy Research | Gizmodo
Michael Bloomberg announces a new initiative to phase out coal in 25 countries | The NYTimes
South Africa pitches $84 bil plan to shift from coal to clean energy | Climate Change News
EU agrees law to remove CO2 with woodlands and other carbon sinks | Reuters
Germany to leave Energy Charter Treaty | Politico
Climate protesters in Lisbon storm building urge minister to resign | The Guardian
Rainn Wilson Changes Name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson For Melting Arctic | THR News
$13 bil to reduce energy bills | Gris
Barcelona students to take mandatory climate crisis module from 2024 | The Guardian
Coal projects in Great Barrier Reef catchments approved without environmental impact statements | The Guardian
Switzerland Is Paying Poorer Nations to Cut Emissions on Its Behalf | The NYTimes
Analysis: US falling $32 bil short on ‘fair share’ of $100 bil climate finance goal | Carbon Brief
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What's the backdrop of this year's conference? And what got done on week 1?
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UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050 | UNESCO
Climate risks and rewards for the global workforce | Axios
Report: Countries need an impossible amount of land to meet climate pledges | Grist
Protected areas provide thermal buffer against climate change | Science Advances
The staying power of fossil fuel subsidies | Axios
Corporate climate action lags pledges | Axios
Big food companies commit to regenerative agriculture, but skepticism remains | NPR
Introducing a $25,000 car that makes fuel from the sun | Axios
UK Energy Supplies: Wind Farms Generate Record Electricity as Temepreature Dips | Bloomberg
150 Tourists Held Hostage in Peru in Oil Spills Protest: Report | Insider
Aramco beats expectations with record quarterly profit of $42 bil | Arab News
BP rakes in quarterly profit of $8.2 bil as oil majors post another round of bumper earnings | CNBC
Shell and Total, Oil Giants Report Huge Profits on Its Second-Highest Profit | The NYTimes
Electricity prices dictated by gas producers who provide less than half of UK electricity | UCL
LNG tankers idle off Europe’s coast as traders wait for gas price rise | Financial Times
Hidden emissions in liquid gas imports threaten targets | BBC News
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Chad declares state of emergency as floods affect 1 mil people | Reuters
Storm Nalgae: floods and landslides in Philippines kill at least 72 | The Guardian
Climate crisis fuelling unseasonably warm October in UK and Europe | The Guardian
Climate-warming methane emissions rising faster than ever, study says | The Washington Post
CO2 emissions growth slows way down | Axios
Energy crisis sparked by Ukraine war to speed up green transition, IEA | Reuters
Climate pledges to date are not enough to meet Paris targets | Axios
COP27: Climate Change threatening global health - report | BBC
Most children will regularly face extreme heat by 2050, UNICEF | The Washington Post
Climate crisis study finds heatwaves have cost global economy $16 tril | The Guardian
Bolsonaro’s defeat is a climate turning point | Axios
Lula pushes Brazil-Indonesia-Congo rainforest alliance if elected | Reuters
This Amazon road led to vast deforestation. Brazil’s president wants it paved. | GPB
EU approves ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 | AP News
100 UK universities pledge to divest from fossil fuels | The Guardian
Climate activist arrested after gluing heat to “girl with a Pearl Earring” | Axios
Climate activists stage march to condemn COP26 failure | Belfast Telegraph
Climate activists glue themselves to dinosaur exhibit at Berlin museum | Reuters
New York still vulnerable 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, protesters warn | The Guardian
The World’s Largest Carbon Removal Plant is Now Under Construction | Bloomberg
COP27 host Egypt plans to push gas as the perfect solution | Climate Change News
Oil Giants, With Billions in Profits, Face Criticism and an Uncertain Outlook | The NYTimes
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Southeast Australia braces more rain residents told evacuate | Reuters
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, killing nine flooding low-lying areas | Reuters
Roslyn Moves Inland and Breaks Up After Lashing Mexican Coast | The NYTimes
New fossil fuels ‘incompatible’ with 1.5ºC goal, comprehensive analysis finds | Carbon Brief
Australia signs up to global pledge cut methane emissions by 30% | Reuters
France becomes latest country to leave controversial energy charter treaty | The Guardian
Landowners call for scrapping of plans to ban solar energy from England’s farmland | The Guardian
UK’s Lloyds ditches project finance new oil and gas fields | Reuters
Biden ‘social cost of carbon’ climate risk measure upheld by US appeals court | Reuters
US is seriously underestimating consequences, CO2 study | Reuters
Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030 | Apple
Italy’s Meloni aims to make climate change a right-wing issue | Politico
Egypt shuts down event spaces on first Monday of COP27 in a blow to NGOs | The Guardian
COP27: ‘Greenwash’ PR firm Hill+Knowlton helping organise UN climate conference | Open Democracy
Bureau of Meteorology was cowering in the corner on climate crisis, former staff claim | The Guardian
Revenue cap ‘catastrophic’ for low-carbon electricity companies | The Times
Analysis: Biden’s EV minerals cash fruitless without permitting reform | Reuters
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Amount of ocean heat found to be accelerating and fueling extreme weather events | The Guardian
Increasing Hurricane Intensification Rate Near the US Atlantic Coast | Geophysical Research Letters
Clean Energy, Electric Cars Are Hitting Tipping Points for Global Mass Adoption | Bloomberg
Solar powers India towards its 175GW renewables target for 2022 | Energy Monitor
Australia and Singapore strike agreement to achieve net-zero | AP News
‘Rewiring the nation’: Albanese and Andrews governments to jointly fund renewable energy zones | The Guardian
Helsinki Utility Finds a Surprising Heat Source: Icy Seawater | Bloomberg
The Netherlands to leave embattled Energy Charter Treaty | Politico
Why environmentalists went after Canada’s biggest bank for greenwashing | CBC
US Plans First Sale of Offshore Wind Rights Off California | Bloomberg
Ruling could result in trials against oil majors over Louisiana wetlands damage | Nola
NJ sues oil, gas firms, trade group over climate change | AP News
New England’s pioneering power experiment | Grist
Truss faces major rebellion on fracking as senior Tories pledge to defy whip | The Guardian
Rishi Sunak: What are the climate credentials of the UK’s next prime minister | Edie
At war, Russia aims to claim Ukraine’s land – and its carbon emissions | The Washington Post
Everybody’s Business: The net zero blind spot | Net Zero Tracker
BlackRock tells UK ‘no’ to halting investment in coal, oil and gas | Reuters
HSBC Put on Notice for Greenwashing Because of Investments | AdWeek
Up in Smoke: California’s Greenhouse Gas Reductions Could Be Wiped Out By 2020 Wildfires | Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
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Nigeria Floods Kill Hundreds and Displace Over a Million | The NYTimes
First came the fires. Now Australia is facing devastating floods. | The Washington Post
Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely – what does the future hold? | Nature
Historic October heat shatters record in the Pacific Northwest | The Washington Post
Economic losses from hurricanes cannot be nationally offset under unabated warming | Environmental Research Letters
Hurricane ripple effects | Axios
Oil and mining sectors have climate cash to spare | Axios
In Texas, a New Study Will Determine Where Extreme Weather Hazards and Environmental Justice Collide | Inside Climate News
Due to fossil fuel crisis, payback from renewables drops to one year | Climate Change News
20 Nations at High Risk From Global Warming Might Halt Debt Payments | The NYTimes
MPs issue 10-point environmental wishlist for Liz Truss | The Guardian
Germany extends lifespan of all three nuclear power plants | Politico
Mexican president outlines renewable energy push ahead of Kerry visit | Reuters
Carbon Capture Projects See Meteoric Growth in 2022 | Yale E360
Scripted TV and Movies Ignore Climate Change Concerns | Variety:
Iraqi minister admits gas flaring cancer link | BBC News
Energy crisis means a ‘very dark winter’ for Europe’s forest | Politico
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Chad climate disaster leaves record 2.1 mil people hungry | Reuters:
Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population crash | The Washington Post
The 2022 Living Planet Index Is Out. Here’s How to Understand It. | The NYTimes
Give up the gas: switching to electric appliances could save Australians up to $1,900 a year, report says | The Guardian
Biden's security strategy goes big on climate | Axios
China needs $17 tril in investments to meet climate goals, World Bank says | Reuters
China's LNG needs and the geopolitics in tow | Axios
US Air Force releases climate change plan | NBC News
Arkansas opens EV charging station rebate program early to meet high demand | Arkansas Advocate
Volkswagen: The scandal explained | BBC
City Council permanently bans large, new fossil fuel developments | City of Vancouver
$3.6 mil for indigenous land stewardship | Grist
Amid historic drought, California approves $140 mil desalination plant | Reuters
Louisiana carbon capture project draws criticism from environmental advocates | LA Illuminator
Egypt silenced climate experts’ voices before hosting COP27, HRW says | The Guardian
Banks Try Quiet Quitting Net-Zero as Fortune Favors Fossil Fuels | Bloomberg
UK firms using legal muscle to facilitate human rights and climate abuses - report | The Guardian
US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources, study says | The Guardian
Oil Industry Moves to Overturn Historic California Drilling Protection Law | Inside Climate News
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Barges stranded as Mississippi River water levels reach critical low | The Guardian
Ian is the 15th billion-dollar disaster this year so far | NOAA
Surging Weather-related Power Outages | Climate Centra
Climate Crisis Poses as Great a Risk to Energy Systems as Russia’s Ukraine Invasion, WMO Warns | EcoWatch
Heat waves taking humanitarian toll | Axios
UK heat waves linked to record excess deaths among elderly in England | The Washington Post
Environment sector has failed to become more inclusive, study suggests | The Guardian
Banks Run by Women Lend Less to Big Polluters, ECB Study Finds | Bloomberg
Indonesia Pans EV Subsidies in 2023 to Reduce Pollution, Spur Adoption | Bloomberg
Study busts myth about EV greenhouse gas emissions and dirty grids | Green Car Reports
Greta Thunberg: Germany making ‘mistake’ by ditching nuclear power for coal | DW
Braverman says ‘fire engine blocking’ Just Stop Oil demo ‘indefensible’ | Belfast Telegraph
Direct action not ruled out by conservation groups over environment policies | BBC News
I’m part of the ‘anit-growth coalition’ Liz Truss hates – and proud of it | George Monbiot | The Guardian
EE North America to develop 10 GW of renewable energy projects in the US by 2026 | PR News Wire
Will the Farm Bill be the next big climate package? | Grist
BlackRock, Citigroup CEOs Won’t Be Returning to Key Climate Talks | Bloomberg
Serious debt crisis unfolding across developing countries | Reuters
Ministers hope to ban solar projects from most English farms | The Guardian
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Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought | Reuters
Sydney records wettest year since 1858 as Australia braces for more floods | Reuters
Scotland ‘snow-free’ for fourth time in six years | BBC
Snow loss is fueling the West’s megadrought | Grist
Southern California faces new water restrictions next year | Los Angeles Times
Drought-stricken Coalinga, CA may soon run out of water | The Washington Post
28 dead as Julia drenches Central America with rainfall | AP News
Investment Requirements of a Low-Carbon World: Energy Supply Investment Ratios | Bloomberg NEF
Debt costs overshadow climate finance in small island states - report | Reuters
World aviation agrees ‘aspirational’ net zero plan | BBC News
European Airlines Misleading Fliers With Carbon-Neutral Claims, Research Finds | Yale E360
World Bank to launch new trust fund for emissions reduction grants | Reuters
IMF’s New Climate Tool Allows Rwanda to Access $310 Mil | Bloomberg
New Zealand farmers may pay for greenhouse gas emissions under world’s first plan | The Guardian
European Commission aims to end secret system protecting fossil fuel holdings | The Guardian
Greek renewables fully cover power demand for first time on record | Reuters
Solar energy from Egypt to power European homes through new undersea cable | The Independent
As US cobalt mine, crucial to making electric vehicles, opens in Idaho | NPR
Ugandan police arrest anti-pipeline protesters outside EU Embassy | Climate Change News
Locals in the dark about oil auctions in DRC: report | Mongabay
US shift on child labor may scramble EV sector | E&E News
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UN ups flood aid appeal as Pakistan enters ‘second wave of death’ | Al Jazeera
Some Chinese cities break October heat records as others shiver | CNN
Climate change made 2022’s northern hemisphere droughts at least 20 times more likely | Carbon Brief
North America Heat Wave Led to Record Ice Melt in Greenland | BloombergEliminating waste is a climate solution | Grist
Cutting emissions will hit growth, but costs of inaction much higher, says IMF | The Guardian
Munich Re tightens oil and gas policies | Reuters
Dairy co-op Arla to pay farmers more for milk if climate targets met | The Guardian
Most electric car buyers don’t switch back to gas | Axios
Oregon to cover health-related climate expenses | AP News
OPEC+ oil output cut ahead of winter fans inflation concerns | Reuters
COP15: ‘World leaders might have to invite themselves’ to summit | The Guardian
COP27: Activists ‘baffled’ that Coca-Cola will be sponsor | BBC News
COP27 Farming Coalition Under Fire for Links to Climate Science Denial | DeSmog
UK defies climate warnings with new oil and gas licences | BBC News
BlackRock Faces More ESG Fallout as Louisiana Pulls $794 mil | Bloomberg
Inside a conservative group’s war against BlackRock’s ESG investments | Axios
EPA is ‘falling behind’ on power plant rules, report says | The Washington Post
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How to help Pakistan | The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/01/pakistan-help-donate-flooding/Remove Coca-Cola as sponsor of COP27 | Change.org: https://www.change.org/p/remove-coca-cola-as-sponsors-of-cop27
Biden pledges $60 mil to stormproof Puerto Rico during visit | The Guardian
See the Solar-Powered Florida Town That DIdn’t Lose Power During Ian | Business Insider
Young people demand climate justice in run-up to COP27 UN talks | The Guardian
Duncan’s First Nation sues Alberta for industry impacts | The Narwhal
Federal Government’s $20 Bil Embrace of ‘Climate Smart’ Farming | The NYTimes
Energy transition and clean energy jobs | Axios
US’ first grid-scale hybrid wind-solar-battery plant comes online | Energy Storage News
What will Italy’s new right-wing government mean for energy? Energy Monitor
Fresh pressure on Biden over World Bank | Axios
World Bank criticized over climate crisis spending | The Guardian
Greenwashing Enters a $22 Tril Debt Market, Derailing Climate Goals | Bloomberg
Climate Activists Are Missing a Huge Source of Capital Driving Emissions | Bloomberg
SCOTUS prods Biden team on climate | Axios
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More Americans are moving into hurricanes’ path as climate change risks mount | The Washington Post
Florida’s death toll tops 100 as the search for survivors continues | CNN
Methane Might Be a Bigger Climate Problem Than Thought, Study Finds | The NYTimes
Huge gas flaring emissions never reported | BBC News
Mining Bitcoin Climate Impact Similar to Beef, Crude Production | Bloomberg
In Pivotal Climate Case, UN Panel Says Australia Violated Islanders’ Human Rights | Inside Climate News
NY Implements 2035 All-EV Plan After California Clears the Way | Bloomberg
How Many EV-Charging Stations Are There in New York City? | Bloomberg
LA restricts water flow to wasteful celebrity mansions: ‘No matter how rich, we’ll treat you the same’ | The Guardian
Fed Announces Plan to Assess Climate Risks to Banks | The NYTimes
EU won’t back climate danger fund talks at COP27, says draft | Politico
Germany promotes insurance-based Global Shield for climate victims | Climate Change News
Emissions declaration by equity firm Carlyle under question | AP News
Mexico is world’s deadliest spot for environmental activists | AP News
New EWG analysis: Of $7.4 bil spent on two of the USDA’s biggest conservation programs in recent years, very little went to ‘climate-smart’ agriculture | Environmental Working Group
Pivotal Supreme Court term begins with WOTUS war | E&E News
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Climate change warning: Hurricane Ian and the trend of rapidly intensifying storms | Axios
Gulf temps are pretty warm – what does that mean for the tropics? | Tampa Bay
Biden faces pressure to waive restrictions as ship idles off Puerto Rico coast | The Washington Post
IMF, Barbados Reach Deal for First-Ever Loan Under Climate Trust | Bloomberg
Half of world’s bird species in decline as destruction of avian life intensifies | The Guardian
Hydrogen is unsuitable for home heating, review concludes | The Guardian
Australian state unveils $40 bil clean energy plan to slash reliance on coal | Reuters
AGL will close Victoria’s coal-fired power station Loy Yang A a decade early | The Guardian
World Bank approves $512.2 mil financing for Turkey housing and infrastructure | Reuters
Fossil fuel recruiters banned from UK university careers service | The Guardian
Huge expansion of oil pipelines endangering climate, says report | The Guardian
China accelerates investments in coal-fired power and steel | South China Morning Post
Nord Stream Gas Leaks Could Be ‘Unprecedented’ Climate Disaster | Bloomberg
World’s central banks financing destruction of the rainforest | The Guardian
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World Bank pledges $2 bil for flood-ravaged Pakistan | WRAL
Vietnam downgrades Typhoon Noru to a tropical storm, but warns of flood risk | Reuters
Cuba without electricity after hurricane hammers power grid | AP News
Live updates: Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida | CNN
Compared to oil and gas, offshore wind is 125 times better for taxpayers | Grist
Reducing beef’s carbon footprint is key to achieving net-zero in Latin America and the Caribbean, new paper shows | Mongabay
More than 20 countries agree to boost low-emission hydrogen output | Reuters
Recyclable turbine blades now available for onshore wind energy projects | New Atlas
Easyjet to stop offsetting CO2 emissions from December | The Guardian
Australia’s Victoria to invest $100 mil in energy storage in push to cut emissions | Reuters
EPA Will Make Racial Equality a Bigger Factor in Environmental Rules | The NYTimes
Mayor Harrell Signs $6.5 Mil in 2022 Green New Deal Opportunity Fund | Greenspace Blog
The unlikely allies who sank Joe Manchin’s energy deal | Vox
Australian Coal Mines Planned by BHP, Glencore pose climate threat | Bloomberg
Sweden and Denmark say Nord Stream pipeline blasts were deliberate attacks | Politico
‘We are angry’: green groups condemn Truss plans to scrap regulations | The Guardian
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon surge in September, worst month since 2010 | Reuters
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Typhoon Noru Aims for Vietnam After Hitting the Philippines | The NYTimes
Ian now a major hurricane, set to strengthen into Cat 4 storm in Gulf | AccuWeather
A world off-track on clean energy | Axios
Flood garden to combat drought and biodiversity loss, says Natural England | The Guardian
Global climate change protests demand compensation ahead of COP27 | Reuters
Vanuatu makes bold call for global treaty to phase out fossil fuels | The Guardian
‘Field of dreams’: Queensland plans to build Australia’s largest publicly-owned windfarm | The Guardian
UK set for onshore wind boom after Government announces move to relax planning restrictions | iNews
What Are National Plans to Fight Climate Change Ahead of COP27 | Bloomberg
Pension fund Cbus quits Mark Carney’s green alliance | Finance Review
Exxon Could Have Helped Stop Climate Change 30 Years Ago, “Proprietary” Docs Show | DeSmog
Manchin Applies to GOP to Seize Moment on Energy Permitting Bill | Bloomberg
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Canada’s Atlantic provinces begin to recover from Fiona | NPR
Biden administration to cover Puerto Rico’s Fiona recovery costs for the next month | Politico
Alaskan tribal communities confront food insecurity after Typhoon Merbok | Axios
The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much | Inside Climate News
World Bank chief walks back on climate skepticism in note to staff | Politico
White House Launches ‘Generational’ $7 Bil Hydrogen Hub Plan | Bloomberg Law
Amtrak pledges net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 | The Washington Post
California Moves to Ban Natural Gas Furnaces and Heaters by 2030 | Bloomberg
China Has Built 14 Coal Plants Abroad Since Vowing No New Ones | Bloomberg
Emissions and deforestation set to spike under Indonesia’s biomass transition | Mongabay
India May Boost Coal Power Fleet 25% by 2030 amid rising demand | Bloomberg
Truss could break fracking election pledge to bypass local opposition | The Guardian
Minsters lower climate bar for new oil and gas projects | The Times
UK climate activists held in jail for up to six months before trial | The Guardian
Duke Energy Is Leaking a Potent Climate-Warming Gas at More Than Five Times the Rate of Other Utilities | Inside Climate News
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Atlantic Canada braces for Fiona: ‘It’s going to hit us in the face.” | Politico
Dozens of heat records smashed in Midwest during late September heatwave | The Washington Post
Study finds ominous rise in wildfire smoke | Axios
World leaders pledge more support for nature ahead of UN summit | Reuters
Climate-Friendly ‘15-Minute Cities’ Get a Powerful Global Push | Bloomberg
Paris and New York join climate litigation against TotalEnergies | Reuters
Tiwi Islanders win court battle with Santos over drilling in traditional waters | The Guardian
Why Lithuania Lead Europe in Mobilizing Green Building Retrofits | Bloomberg
US ratifies global treaty curbing climate super-pollutants | The Washington Post
Senator Joe Manchin unveils bill that would expedite federal energy projects | The Guardian
Opinion | Will Bolsonaro stage a coup? Bernie Sanders is warning of the worst | The Washington Post
Major US banks threaten to leave Mark Carney’s climate alliance - FT | Reuters
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Eco-fascism: The greenwashing of the far right | DW: https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-eco-fascism-the-greenwashing-of-the-far-right-terrorism-climate-change-buffalo-shooter/a-61867605
Nigeria battling floods ‘beyond control’ as warning given of dams overflowing | The Guardian
Heavy rain forecast for Australia’s east coast as third La Niña brings fears of renewed flooding | The Guardian
Intense Rainstorms and Flash Floods in Central Italy Leave at Least 9 Dead | The NYTimes
Hurricane Fiona reaches Category 4 as it moves north, leaving disaster-stricken areas on slow road to recovery | CNN
International team of scientists find many coastal cities worldwide are vulnerable to sea level rise due to rapid land sinking | University of New Mexico
Farm and food investors face $150 bil loss on climate change, report says | Reuters
One-third of China’s land protected under ecological red-line scheme | Reuters
Investors Commit $7.1 Tril of Assets in Pursuit of 1.5ºC Climate Goal | Bloomberg
European Investment Bank resists pressure to fund gas projects | Financial Times
Norway’s $1.2 Tril Investment Fund Sets 2050 Net Zero Target | The NYTimes
Denmark becomes first country to pledge ‘loss and damage’ finance | Climate Change News
Emissions from Australia’s oil and gas industry rose 20% in first five years of safeguard mechanism | The Guardian
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Japan storm: Nine million people told to evacuate as super typhoon Nanmadol hits | BBC News
Three storms with climate as a common thread | Axios
Methane emissions from reservoirs are increasing | WSU Insider
S&P Reveals Fallout From Climate Change on Asset Values | Bloomberg
Solar Panels Floating in Space Could One Day Power Your Home | Bloomberg
First climate lawsuit against Russian government launched over emissions | The Guardian
Tracking the oil industry's methane exposure | Axios
Thanks to Manchin, IRA’s Methane Fee on Big Oil Is Riddled With Massive Holes | DeSmog
Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer. Here’s How. | The NYTimes
Biden plans floating platforms to expand offshore wind power | AP News
California’s dead will have a new burial option: Human composting | LA Times
Drought-Wracked California Allows Oil Companies to Use High-Quality Water. But Regulators’ Error-Strewn Records Make Accurate Accounting Nearly Impossible | Inside Climate News
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Fossil Fuel Registry: https://fossilfuelregistry.org/annual-emissions
SCOTUS made a new cheat code to cut (climate) regulations | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://youtu.be/ssuVaoSp68k
All about Biden’s offshore wind plan ( w/ Mike Clancy) | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://youtu.be/TDfNA4KJqxY
Correction: Patagonia's founder not CEO
Summer 2022 tied for the hottest on record, according to NASA | The Washington Post
Death toll in Pakistan floods nears 1,500; hundreds of thousands sleep in open | Reuters
Pakistan Is Devastated by Floods, Faces Looming Food Crisis | The NYTimes
Hurricane Fiona rips through powerless Puetro Rico | AP News
Strong weekend winds set to hamper bid to fight California’s largest wildfire | The Guardian
World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points | The Guardian
Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company to Fight Climate Change | The NYTimes
European Union Signals a Move Away from Wood Energy | The NYTimes
Liz Truss to lift fracking ban ‘despite little progress on earthquake risk’ | the Guardian
Zac Goldsmith loses environment job amid fears of animal welfare downgrade | The Guardian
Gas Companies Accused of Using Hydrogen to ‘Greenwash’ Boilers | DeSmog
Internal Documents Show Big Oil PR Messages Still ‘Mislead’ Public on Climate | DeSmog
Oil and gas firms’ green investments fail to match promise of publicity – study | The Guardian
US House Democrats probe PR firms’ work for oil, gas companies | Reuters
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Climate Recap Sept 7-16: https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/Climate-Recap-Sept-7-16-76f8019280824e4b8dfd888973712d84
Amsterdam Homes Sink as Europe Drought Sees Foundations Rot | Bloomberg
The first hurricane of the season arrived late, but don’t let your guard down | NPR
Flash flood watch under way for 80m in eastern US as heatwave broil west | The Guardian
Two killed in northern California wildfire as firefighters continue to battle blazes | The Guardian
Emmanuel Macron Backs EU-Wide Windfall Tax on Energy Company profits | Bloomberg
Germany to delay phase-out of nuclear plants to shore up energy security | The Guardian
Investigation launched after Extinction Rebellion activists’ Parliament protest | Belfast Telegraph
India Plans to Become Green Hydrogen Giant to Cut Energy Imports | Bloomberg
China just imported a record amount of beef. Next on its shopping list is coal. | ABC News
Liz Truss’ (net) zero sum game | Politico
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New Zealand Has Warmest Winter on Record For Third Straight Year | Bloomberg
England has had joint hottest summer on record, Met Office says | BBC News
US is seriously underestimating the consequences of CO2 - study | Reuters
‘Victory for the planet’: South African country revokes Shell’s oil and gas exploration rights | Euronews
France becomes first European country to ban fossil fuel ads, but does the new law go far enough | Euronews
California Approves a Wave of Aggressive New Climate Measures | The NYTimes
California lawmakers pass equitable community solar bill | PV Magazine
Maine Supreme Court revives contentious transmission project | E&E News
Nigeria plans gas-led transition to full energy access and net-zero emissions | Climate Change News
Nigeria Pitches Debt Forgiveness for Climate Change Funding Plan | Bloomberg
10 of 13 ‘Flagship’ CCS Projects Missed Their Targets, IEEFA Analysis Concludes | The Energy Mix
Judge Upholds $14 Mil Fine in Long-running Citizen Suit Against Exxon in Texas | Inside Climate News
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Get ready for a rare ‘triple-dip’ La Niña | The Verge
How Somalia Is Pay The Price of Climate Change | Vice News
Death Valley could hit 125ºF as earring heat wave roasts the west | AccuWeather
Climate Change Remains Top Global Threat Across 19-Country Survey | Pew Research Center
Hornsea 2: North Sea wind farm claims title of world’s largest | BBC News
Democrat Mary Peltola wins Special US House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress | Anchorage Daily News
Lawmakers Ok plan to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open | LA Times
G20 climate talks in Indonesia fail to agree communique | Reuters
Global fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled in 2021, analysis finds | The Guardian
Europe plan for floating gas terminals raises climate fears | AP News
Brazil’s Amazon sees worst August fires in over a decade | Reuters
Oil Pollution in Nigeria Is Even Dirtier After Shell’s $1 bil Cleanup | Bloomberg
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Water level on Lower Rhine in Germany falls to record low | Global Times
California wildfires force evacuations amid heat wave; governor declares state of emergency | CBS News
Jackson’s water crisis was triggered by floods and compounded by racism | Grist
Major sea level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’ | The Guardian
Land use changes and carbon emissions of a transformation to timber cities | Nature Communications
Unlocking climate science | Axios
Sichuan uses 5,000 solar panels to boost power supply | Global Times
England’s gardeners set for peat compost ban | BBC News
Bible demands action on climate change, Evangelicals say in new report | The Washington Post
First Solar says it will spend up to $1.2 bil to expand US production | The NYTimes
Korea Pares Back Renewables as it Taps Nuclear for Climate Goal | Bloomberg
US fossil fuel firm sues insurer for refusing to cover climate lawsuit | The Guardian
Tories rush to drill for more oil in North Sea | The Times
Texas firm to pay $13 mil to settle charges over California oil spill | Reuters
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Inside Pakistan’s floods and monsoons: What’s going on? | Miami Herald
Pakistan floods: plea for help amid fears monsoon could put a third of country underwater | The Guardian
Mississippi flood warning: Mayor urges residents to flee ahead of rising Pearl Rivier waters | CNN
Probabilistic projections of increased heat stress driven by climate change | Communications Earth & Environment
Climate lawsuit over melting Peru glacier could set global precedent | The Washington Post
German-Danish Offshore Wind Hub to Help REpolace Russian Gas | Bloomberg
Solar panel sales boom as energy bills soar | BBC News
Oil trio’s Northern Lights in Yara CO2 emissions storage deal | Reuters
Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life | AP News
European leaders to skip climate summit with Africa | Politico
Liz Truss pledges to overturn ban on fracking in bid to end UK reliance on foreign energy imports | Daily Mail
Factcheck: why fracking in UK will not reduce your energy bills | The Guardian
Factcheck: If solar power a ‘threat’ to US farmland? | Carbon Brief
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Flash flooding in Mississippi inundates streets and prompts rescues | The Washington Post
Slight growth seen at Moose Fire north of Salmon | KTVH
As many as one in six US tree species threatened with extinction, study finds | The Washington Post
2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report | NOAA
Increased energy use for adaptation significantly impacts mitigation pathways | Nature Communications
The ‘spongy’ cities of the future | BBC Future
The Crypto World Can’t Wait for Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ | The NYTimes
Earthjustice Is Suing EPA Over Coal Ash Dumps Which Leak Toxins Into Groundwater | Inside Climate News
Interior grants $560 mil across 24 states to plug more than 10,000 orphaned wells | The Hill
A new mental health hotline for farmers and ranchers | High Country News
Russia burns off gas as Europe’s energy bills rocket | BBC News
Deepwater Horizon spiel linked to gene expression changes in dolphins | NBC News
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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts | NOAA: https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/#/layer/slr
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Pakistan monsoon rains and floods kills at least 903 people, including 326 children | CNN
Americans underestimate how much their peers care about climate change | CNBC
Solar power is booming in Germany as Russia turns down the gas | CNN
Analysis: Record-low price for UK offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas | Carbon Brief
California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars | The NYTimes
Washington state to ban sale of new gasoline cars by 2035 | king5.com
Google ‘airbrushes’ out emissions from flying, BBC reveals | BBC News
In Indonesian Mining Region, the EV Boom Takes a Heavy Toll | Yale E360
Germany hypes hydrogen alliance, shops for Canadian fossil fuels | Climate Change News
The auto workforce faces electric growing pains | Axios
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Hottest summer since 1961 continues in China, strains agriculture production | CGTN
China drought creates hydropower shortage amid record heat wave | The Washington Post
Afghanistan flash floods: At least 20 dead in yet another disaster in crisis-ridden country | The Independent
Europe’s drought the worst in 500 years – report | BBC News
Flash floods wreak havoc in US southwest – but are no salve for drought | The Guardian
Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than half their volume since 1931 | CNN
Controversial $1 bil Dendrobium coalmine expansion plan abandoned by mining company | The Guardian
Wind farm deals secured for three sites off Shetland | BBC News
1,000 new EV chargers to be built across England in £20 mil scheme | Evening Standard
Just Stop Oil activists stage protests at Essex and Midlands Terminals | The Guardian
Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz team up with Canadian battery materials push | Reuters
Manston airport cleared for take-off | The Times
England’s housing strategy would blow entire carbon budget, says study | The Guardian
UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows | The Guardian
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Floods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India | NPR
Migrants on US-Mexican border suffer from extreme water scarcity | Climate Change News
The World’s Addiction to Plastic in Five Charts | BloombergNEF
First North American Freshwater Wind Farm Wins Ohio Court Case | Bloomberg Law
Canada says hydrogen better than LNG for German needs | Reuters
Sending Canadian LNG to Germany is ‘doable,’ Trudeau says | Politico
Are plastics connected to climate change? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvlLrDaxPw&t=2s
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China issues first national drought alert, battles to save crops in extreme heatwave | Reuters
Flooding caused by the heavy rain kills 16 in western China | Reuters
At least 38 people killed as ‘tornado of fire’ rages in Northern Algeria | The Guardian
Forest fire smoke drifts into Russian capital amid heatwave | Reuters
Europe storms: Children among dead in France, Austria and Italy | BBC News
All of Massachusetts now in drought amid alarming expansion of dry conditions in Northeast | CNN
Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use | Communications Earth & Environment
Burying just 5 percent of power lines can improve resilience in hurricane-prone regions | The Hill
Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami | AP News
Kentucky coal company faces federal charges for faking coal dust tests | Ohio Valley Resource
Tennessee Valley Authority is dumping coal ash on Black south Memphis | The Washington Post
‘We’ve been sold out’: Enviro justice advocates slam Biden’s climate compromise | Politico
Activists Arrested While Protesting ‘Dirty Pipeline Deal’ Outside Schumer’s Office | DeSmog
Chevron Is Publishing Local News and Propaganda in Texas | Gizmodo
Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables | The NYTimes
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At least 8 killed, scores injured in Algerian forest fires -state radio | Reuters
Torrential rains lash New Zealand for third day, hundreds evacuate homes | Reuters
China’s heatwave closes factories that supply parts to Tesla, Intel, and Toyota | The Verge
China’s Yangtze River is running dry amid scorching temperatures | The Washington Post
France’s river Loire sets new lows as drought dries up its tributaries | Reuters
Serbs wade in shrinking Danube as dredgers work flat-out | Reuters
Feds call for water cutbacks as Colorado River is in 23-year drought | CNBC
New Climate Rules Pose Fresh Challenge for Small Hong Kong Funds | Bloomberg
Appeals court axes ruling against Biden oil leasing pause, sends back for further proceedings | The Hill
Companies plan $2.6 bil investment in major Alaska oil projects | The Washington Post
Opioid ruling boosts Big Oil defense in Hawaii climate case | E&E News
Hundreds of thousands drop flood insurance as rates rise | E&E News
Major cities blighted by nitrogen dioxide pollution, research finds | The Guardian
Study: Pennsylvania Children Who Live Near Fracking Wells Have Higher Leukemia Risk | Inside Climate Change
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UK weather: Thunderstorms warning as heavy rain hits and roads flood | BBC News
Mexican Drought Spurs a South Texas Water Crisis | Inside Climate News
US spares Western states from Colorado River water cuts - for now | Reuters
Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau | Nature Climate Change
Rise in extreme heat will hit minority communities hardest | E&E News
Biden signs massive climate and health bill | AP News
The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland | Axios
One EV advantage: cheaper fuel costs | Axios
Los Angeles Homeowners Are Removing Lawns During Drought | The NYTimes
Shell and BP’s plans to reduce carbon emissions will overshoot Paris Agreement targets, study says | Daily Mail
Oil giant Esso wins High Court injunction to stop Runnymede pipeline protest | The Independent
Why scientists have pumped a potent greenhouse gas into streams on public lands | NPR
What climate provisions are in the Inflation Reduction Act? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqueONyc7m8
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Spain Zaragoza Wildfire Forces the Evacuation of 1,500 | Bloomberg
Global warming to cause a US “Extreme Heat Belt,” study warns | Axios
Risk Factor | First Street Foundation: https://riskfactor.com
Hot nights: US in July sets new record for overnight warmth | AP News
Risk of catastrophic megafloods has doubled in California, study finds | The Guardian
Vanuatu, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, launches ambitious climate plan | The Guardian
Burning imported wood in Drax power plant ‘doesn’t make sense,’ says Kwarteng | The Guardian
‘The first step in a long journey’: The pioneering British town which has committed to veganism | The Independent
The Plant Based Treaty: https://plantbasedtreaty.org/the-pbt/
California governor proposes extending nuclear plant’s life | AP News
Saudi Aramco: Oil giant tops own record with $48.4 bil quarterly profit | BBC News
LNG Exporter Downplays Emissions to Justify Expansion | DeSmog
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Poyang Lake’s dry season arrives earlier than ever | China Dialogue
Swiss mountain pass will lose all glacier ice ‘in a few weeks’ for first time in centuries | The Guardian
UK Heatwave: Official drought declared across large parts of England | BBC News
Drought Threat Puts Focus on England’s Chronic Water Leaks | Bloomberg
2 dead as heaviest rainfall in 10 years floods Las Vegas strip, casinos flood for second time in weeks | USA Today
‘Firenado’ sparked by hot winds and wildfires burns in California – video | The Guardian
Even a small rise in temperatures could decimate American forests | Grist
Climate change has reversed 900 years of cooling in the Gulf of Main warming | Bangor Daily News
New Laws in Sierra Leone Reshape Environmental Battleground | The NYTimes
Australia Rejects Plans for Major Coal Project Near Great Barrier Reef | Bloomberg
Iberdrola Turns on Europe’s Biggest Solar Power Plant in Western Spain | Bloomberg
‘This is HUGE!’ Major climate legislation will soon become law | Canary Media
Federal court reinstates ban on new coal sales on public land | The Washington Post
California Sets Ambitious Goal to Get Power From Offshore Wind by 2045 | Bloomberg
Pritzker, Lightfoot tout city’s $422 mil deal for green energy | Chicago Sun-Times
Massachusetts passes massive climate and clean energy bill | The Washington Post
Africa getting just 12% of financing needed to adapt to climate change | report | Reuters
In the Amazon, a UN Agency Partners With Oil Companies | The NYTimes
EU says US electric vehicle tax credit could break WTO rules | AP News
What climate provisions are in the Inflation Reduction Act? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqueONyc7m8
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Japan’s Tokyo Has Already Broken a Record for Severe Heat Days in a Year | Bloomberg
Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes | Reuters
Low Rhine water levels threaten Germany’s economic growth | Reuters
Fate of ‘sleeping giant’ East Antarctic ice sheet ‘in our hands’ - study | The Guardian
The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds | NPR
A volcano is erupting again in Iceland. Is climate change causing more eruptions? | Phys.org
China has world’s second largest number of nuclear power units | Xinhua
‘It’s a human rights issue’: young audlts take Portugal climate crisis to court | The Guardian
US and DRC to work together on protection of rainforest and peatlands | The Guardian
Cities are building “climate resilience hubs” | Axios
Newsom outlines sweeping strategy to bolster water supplies | The LA Times
‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar bears cost of green energy | AP News
Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills | Science Advances
New Brazil bill puts cattle pasture over Pantanal wetland | Mongabay
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Soaring heat to remain for this week | China Daily
Heavy rains flood South Korea’s capital Seoul, killing at least 8 | The Washington Post
UK health agency issues new heat alert warning for England | The Guardian
France and Germany suffer ‘most serious’ drought on record | The Telegraph
Alps glaciers melting faster as heatwaves hit | BBC News
UK braces for even higher bills as Norway threatens electricity export cut | The Guardian
Climate impacts have worsened vast range of human diseases | The Guardian
Lawmakers in India pass energy conservation bill | AP News
India to stop carbon credit exports until climate goals are met | Live Mint
Supermarket food could soon carry eco-labels, says study | BBC News
Why the CHIPS and Science Act Is a Climate Bill | The Atlantic
What the US Climate Bill Could Mean for You and the Planet | KQED’s Forum
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Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan during heaviest rains in decades | Reuters
‘It’s plunder’: Mexico desperate for water while drinks companies use billions of litres | The Guardian
Germany gets solar power boost amid energy crisis | DW
First Nation, tech company collaborate to prepare for climate change | CBC
San Diego City Councils votes unanimously for the ban of natural gas in new construction | Chula Vista Today
Shell and BP to share in £7.5 bil taxpayer handout | This is Money
Shell Reports Record $11.5 Bil Profit | The NYTimes
$8.5 bil profit for BP as prices soared during Russia-Ukraine war | The Washington Post
Liz Truss heckled by climate activists at Conservative hustlings | The Guardian
US-funded trees ‘not likely to survive’ in Haiti when project ends | Climate Change News
Oregon’s wildfire risk map emerges as new climate flashpoint | AP News
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Japan – Thousands Ordered to Evacuate After Record Rainfall Triggers Floods and Mudslides | Floodlist
Wildfires in Europe burn second-biggest area on record | Reuters
Source of the River Thames dries out ‘fore first time’ during drought | The Guardian
Some of the approximate 1,000 people stranded at Death Valley National Park have left in spite of flooding | CNN
African climate diplomats reject African Union’s pro-gas stance for COP27 | Climate Change News
Judge rejects massive BLM coal mining proposal in Montana, Wyoming | Daily Montanan
New law creates $45 mil electric school bus program | New Jersey Monitor
US Senate passes historic climate bill | Grist
Glencore shareholders get $4.5 bil windfall as coal prices soar | Reuters
The Taliban’s black gold: militants seize on coal to reboot economy | Financial Times
China Military Drills: Warships Cross Taiwan Strait on Second Day of Exercises | Bloomberg
What climate provisions are in the Inflation Reduction Act? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqueONyc7m8
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At least 24 people dead as flash flooding hits eastern Uganda | The Guardian
Excess deaths surged as heat wave hit Europe | Politico
Paris swelters as France sees third heatwave this year | The Independent
Driest July in memory imperils Europe’s crops | Euractiv
Dutch government declares water shortage due to drought | Reuters
Europe’s Rhine River on Brink of Effectively Closing Thanks to Low Water Levels | Bloomberg
Australia passes landmark climate bill to cut emissions by 43% | Axios
India Approves Climate Change Commitments to UN Ahead of COP27 | Bloomberg
Cycling Surges 47% In England As Fuel Price Hikes Bite | Forbes
Nearly 60% of energy production in Iowa comes from wind turbines | Investigate Midwest
Feds suspend oil leases on public lands in central California | LA Times
EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin | AP News
Krysten Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal | The NYTimes
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100 million under heat warnings in U.S. (again) | Axios
At least 14 potential heat deaths in Oregon after hot spell | AP News
US high tide flooding breaks records in multiple locations | The Hill
Flood warning: Illinois downpours dump over 10 inches of rain | The Washington Post
Climate Change Linked to Uptick in Lyme Disease Cases | Green Matters
Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios | PNAS
New Zealand Climate Plan Includes Relocating Some Homes | Bloomberg
EU approves €3 bil German green heating scheme | Euractiv
Nearly 20 states push ahead with truck electrification plan | Transport Dive
Maine cut greenhouse gas emissions 25% from ‘90, report says | AP News
Germany-Senegal gas plan sparks outcry from environmentalists | DW
What’s going on with Ontario’s Ring of Fire? | The Narwhal
Automakers Blitz Congress to Fix an EV Tax Credit They Can’t Use | Bloomberg
The Inflation-Reduction Act Misunderstands Climate-Smart Farming | The New Republic
How Taylor Swift, Drake and celebrities with private jets is a climate nightmare | The Washington Post
What climate provisions are in the Inflation Reduction Act? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://youtu.be/gqueONyc7m8
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Heavy Rain Causes Deadly Flooding Across Iran | The NYTimes
High temperatures unleash marine heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea | Reuters
Texas fire started after sunlight magnifies glass bottles and ignites paper, officials say | USA Today
Fires near Gering, Nebraska, spark evacuations | The Washington Post
Fast-moving wildfire in northern California forces residents to evacuate | Reuters
Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions | AP News
House passes 48-bill wildfire-protection package | The Hill
A clean and healthy environment is a human right, UN resolution declares | Mongabay
Hawaii Gets Its Last Shipment of Coal, Ever | Gizmodo
Toyota-Panasonic battery JV to buy lithium from ioneer’s Nevada mine | Reuters
Rich countries fall $17 bil short of 2020 climate finance goal | Climate Change News
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Climate breakdown made UK heatwave 10 times more likely, study finds | The Guardian
‘Zoe’ Becomes the World’s First Named Heat Wave | Scientific American
The northernmost city in US just had its wettest day on record | The Washington Post
Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions | Nature Geoscience
Ireland sets targets to halve greenhouse gas emissions | Reuters
Centre-right Climate party launches to oust Tory MPs opposing climate action | The Guardian
New Biden program will bring solar to low-income families | Canary Media
Biden officials support battery projects... | Axios
Global coal demand to match record high this year, IEA says | Reuters
Shell and Centrica post profits totalling £11 bil as households struggle with bills | The Guardian
Global CCS rates overestimated by up to 30% | Imperial College London
Kenya officials say elephants are being killed by climate change and drought | The Washington Post
Brazil grants permit to pave highway through the heart of the Amazon forest | Reuters
Texas is skirting federal environmental law to push for highway expansion | Grist
Thousands of US cattle buried, dumped at Kansas landfill | Reuters
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Japan Insurers Sell Heatstroke Coverage During Sizzling Summer | Bloomberg
Pakistan’s Deadly Flood Season Worsened by Climate Change and Bad Infrastructure | The NYTimes
Flash Floods in St. Louis Break a Century-Old Rain Record | The NYTimes
8 Dead in Kentucky Flash Floods | The NYTimes
Light-duty vehicle fleet electrification in the US and its effects on global agricultural markets | ScienceDirect
Germany Approves $180 bil Funding to Accelerate Energy Shift | Bloomberg
Global nuclear hydrogen group forms | Axios
Bloom Energy Celebrates Grand Opening of Fremont Multi-Gigawatt Factory, Adding Hundreds of New Clean Energy Jobs | Bloom Energy
GM launches education effort to try to dispel myths about electric vehicles | Axios
Clean energy would get big boost from new climate bill, just how big? | Canary Media
MISO approves large grid expansion, paving wavy for renewables | E&E News
BBC criticised over climate question in Tory leadership debate | The Guardian
How BlackRock rebranded one sustainable mutual fund | Bloomberg
James Lovelock, co-founder of the Gaia Theory, dies at 103 | NPR
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Afghanistan is facing a climate calamity. It’s time the world took notice. | The Guardian
China issues red heat alert warnings for almost 70 cities in second heatwave this month | CNN
It could feel like 40ºC as parts of BC face hottest day of 2022 | Daily Hive
Biden administration unveils website about heat | The NYTimes
Flagstaff issues shelter-in-place orders due to possible flash flooding | AZ Family
France orders air-conditioned shops to save energy by shutting doors | The Guardian
Freezing point climbs to record high above Swiss Alpine summits | The Guardian
Massive jellyfish swarms are latest symptom of overheating planet | The Independent
Most of the world is worried about climate change | Energy Monitor
South Africa turns to renewables, gas, and batteries to end power cuts | Climate Change News
Climate campaigners welcome Greenpeace legal challenges over Jackdaw | Evening Standard
Six staffers arrested after climate sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office | The Guardian
Manchin strikes major deal with Schumer on climate, taxes and health care | NBC News
Biden administration announces plans to plant one billion trees | The Hill
Congo to Auction Off Oil and Gas Blocks In a Step Back for Climate Change | The NYTimes
Anthony Albanese rules out banning fossil fuel projects, citing risk to Australian economy | The Guardian
Exxon accelerates production in Guana, making two new discoveries | Reuters
A global solar PV waste TSUNAMI is about to hit! | Just Have A Think: https://youtu.be/fU8C5t2Jl48
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What I didn't articulate well enough is that Scarlett Westbrook is the youngest person in the world to have an A Level in Government and Politics and she’s just become the youngest regular policy writer in Parliamentary history. Kick ass!
Greenland ice melt goes into overdrive | Axios
Alaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before | AP News
Heat to wane in the Northeast as Pacific Northwest prepares to roast | The Washington Post
Oak Fire: Emergency declared as wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park | BBC News
New Mexico flash flood: 2 dead, 1 missing as flooding rips through wildfire area | The Washington Post
Climate change and within-country inequality: New evidence from a global perspective | ScienceDirect
Climate change will make it harder for world’s poorest to migrate, study says | Carbon Brief
Climate activists in Italy glue themselves to Botticelli painting | The Guardian
First bill written by children on climate education | BBC
Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in southeastern Brazil, satellite images show | Mongabay
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Heatwaves to menace China as almanac’s ‘big heat day’ looms | Reuters
Europe’s heatwave reaches Poland, Greece as it moves eastwards, brings wildfires | Reuters
Heat wave set to sear US East Coast, South for third day | Reuters
Record-breaking heat in Europe means dangerous air pollution | Grist
NASA photos reveal Lake Mead at lowest point since 1937 | LA Times
Extreme rainfall will be worse and more frequent than we thought, according to new studies | Grist
Chile’s first electric bus factory aims to ease fossil fuel dependency | Reuters
WA tribes to get $50 mil to restore Puget Sound | The Seattle Times
Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3 bil-a-day profits for last 50 years | The Guardian
Monarch Butterflies Are Placed on IUCN Red List | The NYTimes
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US heat wave: Over 100 mil people under alert in 28 states | The Washington Post
Two million to access solar power in Nigeria | Energy Monitor
All-Africa energy access costs the same as building one LNG terminal a year, IEA | Energy Monitor
Indonesian islanders sue cement producer for climate damages | The Guardian
Climate emergency is a legacy of colonialism, says Greenpeace UK | The Guardian
Biden Announces Plans to Deal With Climate ‘Emergency’ | The NYTimes
USPS to more than double order of electric trucks | The Hill
Hotec advances plan to build nuclear reactors; submits federal loan and signs Entergy MOU | Axios
Jet Zero: UK outlines net-zero aviation plan on hottest ever day | CNBC
Environmental justice and power plant emissions in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative states | PLOS ONE
FUEL SPILL: 30,000 gal of diesel spilled in Exuma | Eyewitness News
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More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda | Reuters
Scorching heat expected to resume baking China this week | Reuters
France battles huge wildfires, Britain bakes in record heatwave | Reuters
Heatwave: Fires blaze after UK passes 40C for first time | BBC News
Hawaii waves swamp homes, weddings during ‘historic’ swell | AP News
Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2021 | Yale Program on Climate Change Communications
Rise of single-use vapes sending tonnes of lithium to landfill | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Cow Manure Power Station in Japan Extends Battle to Curb Methane | Bloomberg
India Plans $10 Bil Electric Bus Contract to Curb Emissions | Bloomberg
Court orders UK government to explain how net zero policies will reach targets | The Guardian
XR protesters smash windows of News UK over coverage of Britain’s heatwave | The Guardian
Solar ‘resilience hubs’ coming to three Minneapolis neighborhoods | KARE11
Clean-energy workers demand assurances on abortion care benefits | Canary Media:
Utility executives reveal ‘yawning gap’ in climate action | E&E News
Pennsylvania Bill Jeopardizing Millions in Oil Well Cleanup Funding to Be Passed by Governor, Say Sources | Capital and Main
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‘Climate change affects everyone’: Europe battles wildfires in intense heat | Reuters
The U.S. keeps setting heat records, too | Axios
How well have CMIP3, CMIP5 and CMIP6 future climate projections portrayed the recently observed warming | Nature
Kigali summit to outline strategy for nature conservation in Africa | The Guardian
Pacific island national leaders declare climate emergency | AP News
China Sees Rooftop Solar Take Off as New Policies Bolster Growth | Yale E360
Climate aid, war fallout features at Berlin climate talks | AP News
Tour de France officials drag protestors off the road during chaotic stage 10 | The Guardian
This Map Will Make You Optimistic About Fighting Climate Change | Bloomberg
DOE Announces $18 Mil to Streamline Commercialization of Clean Energy Technologies | US Department of Energy
Deforestation in Colombia edges up, moving further from government target | Reuters
Sporadic Monitoring of Emissions in California Oil Country Adds to Air Pollution Concerns | Capital and Main
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Climate Opportunity Map | Brown University: https://watson.brown.edu/climateopportunitymap/index.php
My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/beckisphere
IPBES Sustainable Use Assessment – 50,000 Wild Species Meet Needs of Billions Worldwide | IPBES
Community-based seed banks in Nepal help conserve native species | Mongabay
Way to go: why Germany’s €9 travel pass is a big step in the right direction | The Guardian
US Electric Car Sales Climb Sharply Despite Shortages | The NYTimes
DC Moves To Ban Natural Gas In Most New Buildings | DCist
Presbyterians to divest from 5 oil companies, including Exxon Mobil, after years of debate | Religion News
Manchin Pulls Plug on Climate and Tax Talks, Shrinking Domestic Plan | The NYTimes
Inaction on Climate Change Could Cost the US Economy Trillions by 2070 | Deloitte
Americans Divided Over Direction of Biden’s Climate Change Policies | Pew Research
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SCOTUS made a new cheat code to cut (climate) regulations | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://youtu.be/ssuVaoSp68k
Scorching heat wave sparks wildfires in Europe | Reuters
Strong winds fan forest fire in southwestern Turkey | Reuters
Shanghai Weather: heatwave in Southern China Strains Power Grid, Threatens Crops | Bloomberg
UK weather: Danger to life alert extended next week as temperatures could hit 40ºC | The Independent
Germany sets climate emergency plan in transport, construction sectors | Reuters
Advanced EV Batteries Move from Labs to Mass Production | The NYTimes
Solar, storage projects set to bring jobs, tax revenue to Illinois coal communities | Energy News
A New Project in Rural Oregon is Letting Farmers Test Drive Electric Tractors in the Name of Science | Inside Climate News
Net zero climate targets could fall without more copper supply, report | Reuters
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US emissions inflict almost $2 tril in damage to other countries: study | The Hill
Climate adaptation bill for African countries to dwarf health spending | The Guardian
The chill takes on Europe's coal boost | Axios
Breaking from China’s clean energy dominance ‘imperative’, US and Australia say after new climate tech deal | The Guardian
Idaho receives $28 mil to build EV charging stations every 50 miles of interstate | Idaho Capital Sun
Midwest wind energy transmission line gets supersized | E&E News
Walmart pledges to stock up on Canoo EVs | Axios
UK Next Prime Minister Likely to Have Weaker Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions | Bloomberg
Stick with net zero targets for good of economy, businesses urge next PM | The Guardian
GE Cancels Plan to Build UK Factory for Offshore Wind-Turbine Blades | Bloomberg
Much Alarm, Less Action | Foundations & Climate Change | The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Investors’ toxic footprints revealed | Planet Tracker
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Are plastics connected to climate change? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://youtu.be/wEvlLrDaxPw
Dangerous Heat Wave Strikes China | The NYTimes
Glacier avalanches in Italy, Kyrgyzstan highlight warming climate | The Washington Post
Portugal wildfires: Dozens injured amid warning temperatures could hit 43ºC | The Independent
Texans urged to save energy as extreme heatwave strains power grid | The Guardian
Rate of Arctic warming faster than previously thought | E&E News
Deep-sea mining creates a ‘cylinder of sound’ risking impacts on marine life | High Country News
Campaigners take legal action over failings of England’s food strategy | The Guardian
Climate protestors block airport from private jets and helicopters in ritzy Hamptons | The Independent
NC Supreme Court rules in favor of solar access | Energy News Network
Shell Is Hiring a TikTok Channel Manager to Reach Gen Z | Bloomberg
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Pakistan floods: 135 killed and hundreds homeless as record monsoon rains wreak havoc | the Independent
Spain swelters as temperatures soar in second heatwave | Reuters
Washburn Fire in Yosemite threatens sequoias in Mariposa Grove | The Washington Post
Amazon deforestation hits record for first half of 2022 | The Washington Post
Colombia court ruling on fracking paves way for contracts worth over $500 mil advance | Reuters
Biden Administration Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project | The NYTimes
Court blocks Pennsylvania’s carbon emissions plan | AP News
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Rain storms last China’s northeastern rust-belt | Reuters
Heat, drought and wildfires: Torrid spell torments Portugal | AP News
UK heatwave: health alert issued as highs of mid-20Cs forecast | The Guardian
California deepens water cuts amid drought, hitting farms | LA Times
Globe has third-hottest June, with severe heat waves | Axios
Plant-based meat by far the best climate investment, report finds | The Guardian
EU lawmakers back mandatory use of green jet fuel from 2025 | Reuters
German lower house backs 360 GW wind, solar target in 2030 | Montel
UK Maps Out £54 Bil of wiring to Connect Offshore Wind Farmers | Bloomberg
DOT proposal would require states to track carbon emissions | The Washington Post
EPA Describes How It Will Regulate Power Plants After Supreme Court Setback | The NYTimes
Vast Majority of Financial Institutions Have No Policies Restricting Oil and Gas Expansion | DeSmog
Dutch farmers’ protests over emission cuts resume after police fire shots | DW
Dutch government move to buy out farmers | Farmers Journal
Under Bolsonaro policy, invaders seize control of 250,000 hectares of Indigenous lands | Mongabay
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SCOTUS made a new cheat code to cut (climate) regulations | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://youtu.be/ssuVaoSp68k
Emissions from mining cause ‘up to £2.5 tril’ in environmental damages each year | Carbon Brief
Dutch government issues world-first cap on flights from European hub | Climate Change News
France plans full nationalism of power utility EDF | Reuters
Britain’s energy security bill set to become law | Reuters
UK Coal Power Plants Could Make a Comeback as Energy Bill Excludes Deadline | Bloomberg
UK renewables subsidy auction secures 11 GW of new capacity | Reuters
A warning on China's solar supply chain dominance | Axios
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Risking heat drives crippling sand storms across the Middle East | Thomson Reuters Foundation News
80 million Americans are under heat warnings or advisories | The NYTimes
Observation of large and all-season ozone losses over the tropics | AIP Advances
Major wind farm to electrify one million Egyptian households | Energy Monitor
China’s Warren Buffett-backed BYD overtakes Tesla in global EV sales | Financial Times
Poland looks to ease rules blocking development of onshore wind power | Reuters
Granholm, actor Robert Downey Jr. boost clean energy jobs | AP News
EU parliament backs labeling gas and nuclear investments as green | Reuters
Scientists warn MEPs against watering down EU deforestation law | The Guardian
Cups, straws, spoons: India starts on single-use plastic ban | AP News
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Weekend lightning strikes in and around Alaska. | Rick Thoman on Twitter
Driven by climate change: Spain, Portugal dryness ‘unprecedented in 1,200 years | RTL Today
Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought - study | The Guardian
ECB to Adjust Corporate Bond Holdings to Reflect Climate Risk | Bloomberg
Lawmakers threaten to sue EU if it labels gas investments as ‘green’ | Reuters
Floating windfarms could be hosted off Cornwall and Wales, crown estate says | The Guardian
Winnipeg has a new plan to get to net-zero emissions | The Narwhal
Green energy jobs are on the rise as fossil fuel companies lose workers | Grist
Governor Hochul, US Department of Interior and Onondaga Nation Announce One of the Largest Returns of Land to an Indigenous Nation by Any State | NY Governor Kathy Hochul
Battery Makers Warn EU That Lithium Proposal May Hurt EV Sector | Bloomberg
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Sydney flood levels could exceed recent records as NSW premier warns crisis far from over | The Guardian
Mudslide in northeast India leaves 14 dead, over 30 missing | AP News
Marmolada glacier collapse in Italy kills seven | BBC News
San Antonio had 17 days of triple-digit heat in June. The norm is two | The Washington Post
DNV study: Hydrogen will miss the mark | Energy Monitor
Fossil fuel industry faces surge in climate lawsuits | The Guardian
China to cut industrial energy intensity by 13.5% from 2021-2025 | Reuters
Sweden’s green revolution in response to climate change | The Washington Post
Colombia is first in Western Hemisphere to protect 30% of ocean | Axios
White House announces $700 mil in private investments to spur EV charging | Axios
Volkswagen CEO says carmaker will overtake Tesla on EV sales by 2025 | CNBC
Mexico’s largest oil refinery opens to fanfare, not yet operational | Reuters
Environmentalists condemn Biden administration’s offshore drilling plan | The Guardian
Environmental groups sue Biden administration for resuming oil and gas lease sales | The Hill
California passes nation’s toughest plastic pollution bill | Grist
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Italy, Norway hit record June temperatures during heat wave in Europe | The Washington Post
Quantifying risks avoided by limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2ºC above pre-industrial levels | SpringerLink
Flood exposure and poverty in 188 countries | Nature Communications
Offshore wind installations surged threefold last year | Canary Media
NATO aims to cut emissions by 45% by 2030, be carbon neutral by 2050 | Reuters
New program to turn mines into clean energy hubs | Axios
Canada to toughen, but delay new standards for fuel emissions | Reuters
Queensland gives environmental approval to New Acland coalmine expansion | The Guardian
Watered-down G7 climate commitments dismay activists | Reuters
CCC: Costly gas means reaching climate goals ‘could save UK 0.5% of GDP’ | Carbon Brief
Biden administration to hold its first oil drilling leas sale on federal lands | The Hill
Rising number of earthquakes in Texas ‘linked to oil and gas production’ | The Independent
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Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain | Reuters
Mexico to offer fiscal support to firms that save water to address drought | Reuters
Heat Wave Derails BART Train in Concord, California | Gizmodo
California’s largest private landowner closes all forestlands to public indefinitely due to wildfire, drought danger | SFGate
Tropical cyclones now ‘13% less frequent’ due to climate change | Carbon Brief
Companies are off track on net-zero goals | Axios
Kayros Methane Report | Dropbox
G7 leaders to set up a ‘Climate Club’ | CNBC
Climate Denial Funder Set to Become Tory Peer | DeSmog
Gas Piped into Homes Contains Benzene and Other Risky Chemicals, Study Finds | The NYTimes
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Japan urges 37 mil people to switch off lights | BBC News
Historic day in China: The NE province of Hebei reached a temperature of 44.2ºC at Lingshou | Extreme Temperatures Around the World on Twitter
Colorado River states need to drastically cut down their water usage ASAP, or the federal government will step in | Colorado Public Radio
Oceans saved us, now we can return the favor | France24
G7 unveils Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment | NPR
‘Get a real job’: NSW deputy premier lashes out at Blockade Australia protestors | The Guardian
China’s Renewable Energy Growth Outlook for 2022 Keeps Getting Bigger | Bloomberg
I’m still not sure people understand how ginormous China’s wind & solar plans are. This year it will install a record 156GW | Simon Evans on Twitter
China’s largest NPP at Hongyanhe becomes fully operational | Nuclear Engineering International
Global biodiversity deal to halt nature loss stalls in Nairobi | Reuters
India’s Top Carmaker Bets on Hybrid Vehicle Over Electric Car in Clean Shift | Bloomberg
Russia slashes environmental protections as war rages, economic crisis looms | The Barents Observer
Energy treaty update fails to address climate crisis, activists say | The Guardian
Germany Pushes for G7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Climate Blow | Bloomberg
Government admits failing to ask EDF to keep Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant open to ease energy crisis | iNews
New research reveals US gas pipeline leaks have not improved | Reuters
Well run by Nigeria’s Eroton spills oil and gas for over a week | Reuters
London Climate Action Week
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New Zealand records largest ever bleaching of sea sponges | The Guardian
Dire Italian drought worsening, breaking records, water authority says | Reuters
Brutal heat bakes Southeast, with more record highs forecast Thursday | The Washington Post
Real-time extreme weather attribution is here | Axios
Lake Mead nears dead pool status as water levels hit another historic low | NBC News
Alaska’s June wildfires break records, fueled by hot, dry weather | The Washington Post
Our climate future | Science
Brazil’s Lula sets out ‘net zero deforestation’ election aim | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Carbon capture: UK’s largest project will turn CO2 into baking soda | New Scientist
On the Rhode to 100% clean energy | Grist
US Steel part of groundbreaking study to snatch carbon emissions from the air and store them in concrete | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Biden, 11 US states to boost support for offshore wind energy | Reuters
World’s Dirtiest Oil and Gas Fields Are in Russia, Turkmenistan, and Texas | Bloomberg
Trans Mountain Expansion a Money Loser for Taxpayers | The Tyee
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Nigeria’s homes are vanishing into the sea from climate change | Reuters
Somalia: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’ | The Guardian
South China provinces raise alerts over historic flooding | Reuters
Wildfire in southwest Turkey whipped up by wind and heat | Reuters
In world’s first, Spain’s Seville to name and classify heatwaves | Reuters
Cement carbon dioxide emissions quietly double in 20 years | AP News
Global climate goal could be in peril without carbon price reform | Reuters
Electoral appeal of climate politics: The Green New Deal and the 2020 US House of Representatives elections | PLOS
Japan is Rewarding Consumers for Climate Friendly Choices | Bloomberg
After fractious debate, EU Parliament votes to back “biggest ever” carbon market overhaul | Reuters
EU seeks to halve use of pesticides, heal nature with landmark laws | Reuters
Germany lays out plan to overhaul rail network | DW
The IEA world energy investment report $1.4 tril investment in clean energy in 2022 – and warns against turning to fossil fuels | Simon Evans on Twitter
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Deadly South Asia floods leave families trapped without food and water | The Washington Post
Monterrey suffers weeks-long water cutoff amid drought | AP News
Texas power use breaks record again, more to come as heatwaves lingers | Reuters
Conservationists in court bid to halt $16 bil Scarborough gas project, citing damaged to Barrier Reef | The Guardian
Dutch Firm Building Floating City in Maldives That Can House 20,000 | Business Insider
EU Parliament’s climate champion role in doubt after key vote | Politico
EU agrees deal on company disclosure to combat greenwashing | Reuters
Forest Service failed to account for climate change in New Mexico wildfire | The Washington Post
Biden calls on Congress to suspend federal gas tax | Axios
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‘Food miles’ have larger climate impact than thought, study suggests | Carbon Brief
Food Companies Falling Short of Carbon-Cutting Goal, Study Finds | Bloomberg
Kal Penn Bloomberg Series: Actor Will Host Climate Change Show | The Hollywood Reporter
Redwood Materials and Toyota collaborate on electric vehicle battery collection | Redwood Materials
Young people go to European court to stop treaty that aids fossil fuel investors | The Guardian
Germany sticks to 2030 coal exit target amid energy worries | AP News
‘Last Generation’ Activists Block Autobahn, Cause Major Traffic Jam | Berlin Spectator
Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to European Commission HQ | Politico
Colombia’s new president Gustavo Petro pledges to keep fossil fuels in the ground | Climate Change News
US calls on Vietnam to release environmental activist Nguy Thi Khanh | The Guardian
Native American tribes to co-manage Bears Ears national monument | The Washington Post
Canada lays out rules banning single-use plastics | The Guardian
EPA Announced New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals, $1 Bil in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Strengthen Health Protections | US EPA
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Dengue fever cases rocket in Singapore. Experts blame climate change. | The Telegraph
At least 59 dead and millions stranded as floods devastate India and Bangladesh | The Guardian
Spain, Germany battle wildfires amid unusual heat wave | AP News
Disabled people being ‘systematically ignored’ on climate crisis, says study | The Guardian
China to ban new heavy industrial projects in key zones | Reuters
FERC has a new plan to connect clean energy to the grid more quickly | Canary Media
UPS tests tiny battery-powered cycles in congested cities | AP News
Germany unveils new measures to cut usage of natural gas | Politico
Canada Steps Up Surveillance of Indigenous Peoples To Push Fossil Fuel Pipelines Forward | DeSmog
Every Hour, This Gas Storage Station Send Half a Ton of Methane Into the Atmosphere | Inside Climate News
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China hit by rare convergence of rainfall, heatwaves, tornado | Reuters
41 dead, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh, India | The Strait Times
Spain, France to see historic June heatwave though weekend | The Washington Post
Wildfires ravage woods in Spain’s Catalonia as heat-wave bites | Reuters
US Sees a Wave of Heat-Related Warnings Ahead of Summer’s Start | The NYTimes
Thousands of cattle in Kansas killed by heat wave, humidity | The Washington Post
Water supply in Montana’s biggest city imperiled by Yellowstone floods | The Guardian
Extreme weather is making mining waste a major problem | Grist
Europe Heat Wave Lifts Demand for Energy as Solar Power Floods Grids | Bloomberg
Greens say vacate 3,500 drilling permits in new climate change lawsuit | Reuters
Energy Dept grants incentivize construction of buildings that pull CO2 from air | CBS News
House passes bill to end restriction on higher-ethanol fuels amid spiraling gas prices | The Hill
Bonn talks end in acrimony over compensation | BBC
She Spoke Out Against Vietnam’s Plans for Coal. Then She Was Arrested. | The NYTimes
FEMA flood program could violate civil rights law | Politico
In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change | Inside Climate News
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Almost all of Portugal in severe drought after hot, dry May | AP News
The Great Carbon Arbitrage | International Monetary Fund
Climate change erased a fifth of exposed nations’ growth potential, report | Gulf News
‘Triple La Niña’: Australia may face another summer of flooding rains, US expert warns | The Guardian
Australian state to invest $850 bil in power grid | Reuters
New Zealand Tackles Climate Change with Cow Burp Tax | WebMD
China to Let Battery Storage Facilities Trade Electricity to Lure More Investors | Bloomberg
Development banks eye $50 bil for climate spending, US officials say | Reuters
Biden wants to create new marine sanctuary off New York | Axios
Poland’s PM pushes for more coal to lower heating costs | AP News
Shell and UK Government Talk Up North Sea Oil and Gas | Bloomberg
US Firms Secure 19 deals to Export Liquified Natural Gas, Driven in Part by the War in Ukraine | Inside Climate News
Southern Company Knew About Climate Change for Decades While Funding Climate Denial, Report Finds | Gizmodo
EU agrees to mandate USB-C as common smartphone charger by 2024 in blow to Apple | The Washington Post
National parks to phase out single-use plastics | E&E News
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Environment Agency sets out roadmap for more flood and climate-resilient nation | UK Government
Canada launches greenhouse gas offset credits to help tackle emissions | Reuters
Two big energy rollouts: charging and hydrogen | Axios
California to Tackle Methane Leaks Amid Broad US Climate Push | Bloomberg
Global reaction to energy crisis risks zero carbon transition | Climate Action Tracker
UK Permits New Drilling for Gas in Countryside South of London | Bloomberg
UK: Enough Renewable Power to SUpply 800,000 Homes Was Wasted in 2020, 2021 | Bloomberg
Oil, gas companies underreported methane leaks, new study shows | The Washington Post
Court upholds ‘terrorism’ sentencing of pipeline saboteur | AP News
New York Dems Kill Renewable Energy Bill | Gizmodo
Plant emergency: Incident at Freeport LNG oil and gas company under control, officials say | ABC13 Houston
Environmental groups sue EPA over California, New Hampshire smog | The Hill
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Flood alerts issued as more torrential rain forecast to hit China | The Guardian
As the Great Salt Lake Dries UP, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ | The NYTimes
Wind farms raise incomes and house prices in rural US, study finds | Carbon Brief
India Loosens Rules to Promote Switch to Clean Energy | Bloomberg
Climate lawyers challenge EU support for gas pipelines | Climate Change News
Germany introduces bill to accelerate wind power expansion | Reuters
Campaigners take US government to court over ‘unlawful’ net zero climate strategy | The Independent
EU Parliament approves ban on new fossil fuel-ed cars by 2035 | France24
Shell, the Oil Giant, Will Sell Renewable Energy to Texans | The New York Times
Greenhouse emissions from Australia’s coalmines could be twice as high as official figures say | The Guardian
Solar-Panel Makers ‘Pittance’ of Aid in Biden’s Relief Plan | Bloomberg
Colorado is the first state to ban PFAS in oil and gas extraction | The Daily Climate
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Famine risk rises in Somalia as rain fails, food prices soar, UN says | Reuters
Americans warned to stay indoors this weekend as intense heat wave approaches | The Independent
Environmentalists join forces to fight ‘carbon bomb’ fossil fuel projects | The Guardian
Initiative launched to rank corporate climate claims using carbon offsets | Reuters
Tiwi Islanders challenge offshore drilling, saying Santos did not consult them | The Guardian
North China’s Inner Mongolia pledges to reduce energy intensity by 15% by 2025 | Global Times
Climate groups coordinating $100M in ad spending ahead of midterms | The Hill
Global crises undermine efforts to get climate talks back to normal | Politico
BlackRock will not be the ‘environmental police’ in ethical investing U-turn | The Telegraph
Energy companies urged to find more gas for Australia as Labor mulls supply trigger to ease price surge | The Guardian
Anthony Albanese calls for coal power stations to come back online in climate change strategy shock | Daily Mail
China’s Renewable Energy Fleet is Growing Too Fast for its Grid | Bloomberg
Sunak’s tax breaks could lead to more than £8 bil of North Sea energy projects | The Guardian
EPA reaches tandem deals over ‘Cancer Alley’ pollution | E&E NewsDefusing Carbon Bombs | LINGO: https://www.leave-it-in-the-ground.org/projects/defusing-carbon-bombs/
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Highest in Human History | The NYTimes
Climate change is forcing schools to close early for ‘heat days’ | The Washington Post
Macron, Bloomberg seek better monitoring of business climate action | Reuters
Joe Biden Plans Executive Action to Provide Support for US-Made Solar Panels | Bloomberg
Defense Production Act Title III Presidential Determination for Critical Materials in Large-Capacity Batteries | US Department of Defense
Midday Tech helps homeowners go solar in the states with the dirtiest electric grids | Fast Company
New York crypto mining moratorium is first in nation | Protocol
Fracking Moratorium off California coast ordered by ninth circuit | Independent
Electric car and heat pump buyers face shortages for next two years amid supply chain crisis | iNews
Global plastic wase expected to nearly triple by 2060, report finds | Axios
Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show | The Guardian
Elon Musk rectifies after threatening to fire 10% of Tesla staff | Money Training Club
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Tropical storm warnings hoisted for Florida | Axios
Why mental health is a priority for action on climate change | World Health Organization
EPA, Reversing Trump, Will Restore States’ Power to Block Pipelines | The NYTimes
Another oil company backs out of leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | Anchorage Daily News
A Decade of Successes Against Fossil Fuel Export Projects in Cascadia | Sightline Institut
California Gears UP for a New Composting Law to Cut Methane Emissions | Inside Climate News
New York Plans 22 Renewable Energy Plants to Reach Climate Goals | Bloomberg
Youth climate lawsuit filed in Hawaii says constitutional rights violated | Grist
Elon Musk wants to cut 10% of Tesla jobs | Reuters
The U.S.-Saudi thaw won't chill the crude market | Axios
Why Won’t the Environmental Protection Agency Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers? | Inside Climate News
EPA proposes updating gasoline regs, slashing emissions | E&E News
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California is rationing water amid its worst drought | CBS News
Deutsche Bank subsidiary CEO resigns after greenwashing raid | Euronews
This Slack channel helps you quit your job to work on climate change. Now he’s helping others do the same thing. | Fast Company
Buick's electric move and EV price competition | Axios
Here’s how the government wants to disaster-proof your home | AP News
2022 EPI Results
House Republicans to introduce climate change strategy with eye on midterms | Politico
Lack of climate change research in Central Asia raises odds of harsh consequences | Eurasianet
The world isn't digging enough for net-zero target | Axios
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Finland sets world’s most ambitious climate target in law | Climate Change News
Germany: Deutsche Bank raided in ‘greenwashing’ probe | DW
US says it will cut costs for clean energy projects on public lands | Reuters
Vice President Harris Announces Action Plan on Global Water Security and Highlights the Administration’s Work to Build Drought Resilience | The White House
How the Ford F-150 Can Be a Backup Home Generator | Bloomberg
Bills in blue states target the fossil fuel industry for climate damaged | The Washington Post
Hawaii Homewoners Must Tell Prospective Buyers If Sea Level Rise Threatens Their Property | Civil Beat
Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022: New report discredits carbon neutrality claim | BBC Sport
EU spending on climate action ‘overstated’ by €72 bil, auditors say | Euractiv
Met Office facing cuts to smallest size since Second World War despite need to forecast climate change | iNews
Biden wants to ‘rebuild’ the EPA. He doesn’t have the money to do it. | The Washington Post
Hazel Henderson, Groundbreaking Environmentalist, Dies at 89 | The NYTimes
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Zero-Emission Vehicles Progress Dashboard | BloombergNEF
China Set to Double Last Year’s Record Solar Panel Installations | Bloomberg
India aims to cut power from at least 81 coal-fired utilities over 4 years | Reuters
Australia election: PM Anthoney Albanese secures majority government | BBC News
Dozens of schemes receive grants of up to £100,000 to boost investment in nature | The Independent
Tiny Pacific island nation declares bold plan to protect 100% of its ocean | The Guardian
Biden releases plan to avoid ‘dangerous’ CO2 pipeline failures | E&E News
Interior approves big power line for renewables in US West | E&E News
Small Modular Reactors May Produce Far More Nuclear Waste, Study Says | Bloomberg:
Scientists uncover decades-old methane leak in Algerian desert | Unearthed
Hinkley Point B owner says it will not extend life of nuclear plant | The Guardian
A CEO's quest to make LNG a climate policy | Axios
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Death toll in Brazilian floods rise to 57, thousands displaces | Reuters
Hurricane Agatha Makes Landfall | The Weather Channel
Israeli study: Climate change already causing storm levels only expected in 2080 | Times of Israel
Group of Seven pledges to phase out coal plants by 2035 | The Washington Post
G7 push Japan to speed up clean energy transition at home and abroad | Climate Change News
‘Time running out’: US, Germany intensify climate change fight | Al Jazeera
UK imposes windfall tax on oil and gas company profits as inflation bites | The Washington Post
Tech Billionaire Brings Down Breakup Plan by Australia’s Biggest Polluter | Wall Street Journal
Huge wind project developing in Central New Mexico | Santa Fe New Mexican
A Waterway Project in Brazil Imperils a Vast Tropical Wetland | Yale E360
Colombia presidential election: lefist former guerrilla and populist outsider head to runoff | The Guardian
Colombia presidential candidate Petro’s oil, pension proposals give investors pause | Reuters
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South Africa needs $250 bil over three decades for clean energy transition, report | Reuters
Supreme Court allows Biden climate regulations | The Washington Post
US proposes offshore wind sale off California coast | Reuters
Colorado judge nixes drilling plan | Grist
Bureau Of Land Management Employees Unionize in Wake of Trump-Era Upheaval | HuffPost
Grains vs Biodiversity: Germany’s new, greener government stages balancing act | Reuters
Security warnings at UK nuclear facilities hit 12-year high as inspections fall | The Guardian
People in US and UK face huge financial hit if fossil fuels lose value, study shows | The Guardian
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‘It seems this heat will take our lives’: Pakistan city fearful after hitting 51C | The Guardian
Pakistan’s mango production to fall by 50% due to heatwaves, water shortages | Reuters
Major New Zealand salmon producer shuts farms as warming waters cause mass die-offs | The Guardian
Egypt says climate finance must be top of agenda at COP27 talks | The Guardian
Vietnam company to invest $840 mil in country’s first green hydrogen plant | Reuters
Rishi Sunak to announce windfall tax on energy firms | The Guardian
More than 30 companies fined as part of efforts to reduce emissions | Gov.uk
Brazil’s Bolsonaro hikes environmental fines to protect Amazon rainforest | Reuters
The federal plan to demystify ESG | Axios
Exxon shareholders back board, vote against faster carbon emissions cuts | Reuters
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Thawing Permafrost in Sweden Releases Less Methane Than Feared, Study Finds | Yale E360
The Field Report: Food Companies Are Not Counting All of Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Civil Eats
NOAA predicts as many as 6 major Atlantic hurricanes in 2022 | Axios
Do not work for ‘climate wreckers’, UN head tells graduates | The Guardian
Global carbon pricing schemes raised $84 bil in 2021, World Bank says | Reuters
Gujarat to launch India’s first carbon trading market among large polluters | Hindustan Times
Island states back Vanuatu’s quest for climate justice at the UN | Climate Change News
‘Go after the money’: Goldman environmental prize winner honored for urging banks to divest from coal | The Guardian
Climate group sues Dutch airline KLM over ‘greenwashing’ adverts | The Guardian
Three arrested after climate protesters take over Shell shareholder meeting | Belfast Telegraph
Exxon must go to trial over alleged climate crimes, court rules | The Guardian
Glencore to pay $1.1B to settle U.S. probes | Axios
New weight behind heavy industry climate push | Axios
US Navy climate plan aims to cut emissions, move to low carbon fuels | Reuters
NPS Students Explore Potential Cost Efficiency of Battery-Powered Warships | Naval Postgraduate School
UK finance ‘faces £340 bil in losses’ without action on climate change | The Guardian
A feud over fossil fuel money | The New York Times
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People in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest again reel from floods | AP News
More than 150,000 still without power, some schools closed after Ontario storm leaves ‘severe’ damage | CBC News
Deadly Indian heatwaves made 30 times more likely by climate crisis | The Guardian
The Wetlands Are Drowning | WIRED
UN body makes ‘breakthrough’ on carbon price proposal for shipping | Climate Change News
Egypt promises to allow protest, push pledges as COP27 host | AP News
‘They’re ignoring all the alarms’: Contractor resigns from Shell with a warning to staff about extreme harm to the planet | Sky News
Arcadia buys Urjanet to tap its global and commercial energy data | Canary Media
Industry heavyweights unite in U.S. battery push | Axios
Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade pact involving 13 countries | Axios
Brazil president announces carbon market, thin on details | AP News
White House LNG Task Force Compared to Secretive Cheney Oil Group | Financial Post
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Hundreds evacuated amid renewed flooding in South Africa’s coastal province | Reuters
Historic May heat shatters records in Southern and Central Europe | The Washington Post
Germany tornadoes: At least 43 people injured | NPR
US heatwave brings historically high temperatures to dozens of states | The Guardian
Extreme fire threats prompt US suspension of planned burns | AP News
The turning point | Deloitte
Anthony Albanese signals climate policy change | BBC News
G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting Communiqué | US Department of the Treasury
HSBC suspends head of responsible investing who called climate warnings shrill | The Guardian
China’s PV sector eyes opportunities under EU’s new energy plan | Global Times
Climate change in court: German farmer sues Volkswagen over high emissions | Euronews
Paris Beltway to Swap Traffic Lanes for Green Space | Bloomberg
A new bill could speed up American electrification by 20 years | Canary Media
China Spent Over $6 Bil on Russian Oil, Gas, Coal Imports in April | Bloomberg
Communities in Path of East Africa Oil Pipeline Allege Intimidation and Unfair Compensation | DeSmog
Sizewell C ‘may cost double government estimates and take five years longer to build | The Guardian
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Cant’s Sleep? Blame the Climate Crisis | SciShow
Climate change is harming a vital tool for combatting it | Axios
Biden forest plan stirs dispute over what counts as “old” | AP News
Extreme heat linked to rise in US death rates, study | The Hill
Why China is set to significantly overachieve its 2030 climate goals | Carbon Brief
Help to buy EVs in ‘landmark’ New Zealand net-zero climate plan | The Guardian
EU drive for new clean energy could see solar panels on all new buildings | Carbon Brief
Twenty-one Democratic AGs file motion to intervene in California emissions lawsuit | The Hill
Connecticut schools will soon be required to teach climate change. Here’s why | Harford Courant
DOE announces carbon capture funding to kickstart climate industry | CNN
Grid monitor warns of US blackouts in ‘sobering’ report | E&E News
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World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns | Reuters
Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina | The Conversation
Biden warns of ‘another tough hurricane season’ this year | AP News
Four countries pledge tenfold rise in EU offshore wind power capacity | Reuters
Netherlands to ban fossil heating by 2026 to make heat pumps mandatory | Euractiv
London City Airport brings forward net-zero target to 2030 | Reuters
Critical minerals threaten a decades long trend of cost declines for clean energy technologies | International Energy Agency
Australia’s climate data to UN questioned as study finds land clearing in Queensland unreported | The Guardian
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India heatwave: Delhi records highest-ever temperature at 49ºC | The Daily Telegraph
French towns seat in record May heat | Phys
Andalucía prepares for “earliest heat wave” since records began in Spain | Sur in English
WMO State of Global Climate report 2021 is released 18 May | World Meteorological Organization
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves | BBC News
Climate Change Threatens China With Another Deadly Flood Season | Bloomberg
Recent European Drought was the most intense in at least 250 years | Yale Environment 360
UN boss unveils new clean energy proposals | Axios
Europe Rethinks its Reliance on Burning Wood for Electricity | NYTimes
Soil is a finite resource and a program helps farmers prevent soil erosion | NPR
Big carmakers stuck in snow lane over switch to zero-emissions, studies show | The Guardian
EU climate emissions higher than before pandemic | Politico
BNEF says Auxin misinterpreted its research in calling for solar tariffs | Canary Media
$230 mil settlement reached over 2015 California oil spill | AP News
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Water crisis, power cuts worsen misery in Pakistan’s hottest city | Al Jazeera
New Mexico wildfire grows to state's largest in history | Axios
‘Flash droughts’ are Midwest’s next big climate threat | Grist
New Zealand announces ‘landmark’ 15-year climate change action plan | UPI
Michael Bloomberg Plans a $24 mil Investment in Clean Energy | NYTimes
The global impact of local carbon cuts | Axios
Climate Overshoot Commission | Overshoot Commission
Shut down fossil fuel production sites early to avoid climate chaos, says study | The Guardian
Climate change is hurting insurers, report says | Reuters
Cutting air pollution from fossil fuels would save 50,000 lives a year, study says | The Washington Post
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Ukraine war: Global wheat prices jump after India export ban | BBC News
Texans told to conserve energy as six power plants go offline amid heatwave | The Independent
New Mexico governor seeks more US aid for wildfire response | AP News
Dust storm, hurricane-force winds tear destructive path across US upper Midwest | Reuters
Where homes will face the most wildfire risk in the next 30 years | Axios
Climate change made extreme rains in 2022 South Africa floods twice as likely | Carbon Brief
Australian authorities to buy out fisheries, citing climate crisis | The Guardian
Deutsche Bank not financing controversial African oil pipeline, source says | Reuters
New York passed tough new environmental justice law | Grist
Biden administration announces more than $250 mil in new grants to redevelop contaminated sites across America | CNN
Natural gas to be classed as ‘green’ investment to boost North Sea | Daily Telegraph
As California Considers Dropping Fossil Fuels from Major Pension Funds, New Report Calls Out ‘Misinformation’ on Costs | DeSmog
Seventeen states sue EPA for letting California set vehicle standards | The Hil
Australian election 2022: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change | Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/australian-election-2022-what-the-manifestos-say-on-energy-and-climate-change/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220516&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
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Satellite images reveal global losses of tidal wetlands over past two decades | Carbon Brief
Living costs in outer suburbs would be slashed under plan to ‘electrify everything,’ analysis finds | The Guardian
UK Starts £120 Million Fund to develop nuclear power technology | Bloomberg
Scotiabank’s exit from CAPP is a blow to Canada’s oil and gas lobby | The Narwhal
Saudi Aramco passes Apple as world’s most valuable company | Protocol
Missing the emissions for the trees: Biomass burning booms in East Asia | Mongabay
China-funded dam could disrupt key Argentine glaciers and biodiversity | Mongabay
Fried seeks EPA to help prevent ‘catastrophic’ damage to Florida wetlands | Florida Phoenix
Air Pollution Can Mean More, or Fewer, Hurricanes. It Depends Where You Live. | The New York Times
US oil refineries spewing cancer-causing benzene into communities, report finds | The Guardian
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China, Hong Kong Brace for Potential Record-Breaking Rainfall | Bloomberg
Rains, Hydro Generation, Covid Add to China’s Easing Coal Demand | Bloomberg
Fire burns at least 20 homes in wealthy California town of Laguna Niguel | Reuters
Climate change to make droughts longer, more common, says UN | AP News
Droughts increase 29% in a generation, only getting worse: UN | The Hill
How can carbon labels and climate-friendly default options on restaurant menus contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions associated with dining? | PLOS Climate
Campaigners take Canada to court over new oil extraction project | Climate Change News
Biden administration cancels oil and gas lease sales in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico | The Hill
Carolina Long Bay | Bureau of Ocean Management
Ørsted, unions announce deal to build offshore wind farms | Press of Atlantic City
Oregon Adopts Nation’s Strongest Farmworker Protections for Extreme Heat Climate Change, Wildfire Smoke | Civil Eats
Most Electric Vehicles Are Cheaper to Own Off the Lot Than Gas Cars | Energy Innovation
Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown | The Guardian
New Research Shows Aerosol Emissions May Have Masked Global Warming Tropical Storms | Inside Climate News
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‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022 | The Guardian
Great white sharks expand northern range by 370 miles as oceans warm | The Independent
Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins critical support | The Guardian
EU to Boost Solar Energy to Cut Russian Gas, Draft Shows | Bloomberg
New Energy Bill unveiled in Queen’s Speech to Boost Energy Security | Current News
California lays out plan to drastically cut fossil fuel use | AP News
Order Instituting Rulemaking to Revisit Net Energy Metering Tariffs | California Energy Commission
Green power growth to flatline without stronger policies in next six months, IEA warns | Recharge News
Blackrock to vote for fewer climate provisions in 2022 than 2021 | CNBC
Coldplay labeled ‘useful idiots for greenwashing’ after deal with oil company | The Guardian
New Gas Industry Astroturf Group ‘Fueling Canada’ Targets First-Time Homebuyers | DeSmog
UN seeks $144 mil to offload decaying Yemen oil tanker | Reuters
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As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village | The Washington Post
Texas shatters heat record as temperature reaches 112ºF | Independent
‘Fifty-fifty chance’ of breaching 1.5ºC warming limit | BBC News
Avoid using gas as ‘transition’ fuel in move to clean energy, study urges | The Guardian
China’s sea level touched new high in 2021, government study shows | Reuters
Climate disasters take Bangladesh children from classrooms to work | Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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Ivory Coast aims to raise $1.5 bil to restore forests, land | Reuters
Portugal set to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park | Reuters
California unveils ambitious set of offshore wind targets | The Hill
New Mexico’s Clean Car Rule will go into effect July 1 | NM Political Report
Notice of Intent and Request for Information regarding establishment of a Transmission Facilitation Program | US Department of Energy
Tracking environmental actions under Biden | Washington Post
JP Morgan leads $200M investment in Arcadia’s clean-energy platform | Canary Media
Just one of 50 aviation industry climate targets met, study finds | The Guardian
‘Airlines miss all but one climate target in 20 years’ | Energy Live News
Oil Giant Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds | The NYTimes
Transferred Emissions: How Oil & Gas M&A Hamper the Energy Transition | Environmental Defense Fund
Mexico’s oil gets even dirtier as flaring continues to soar | Climate Change News
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Forest kill at least 8 people in Siberia as high winds amper rescue | Reuters
Governments risk $340 bil in legal claims for limiting oil and gas projects, study finds | Climate Change News
Water scarcity could worsen in over 80% of world’s croplands by 2050 | The Independent
Filipino inquiry finds big polluters ‘morally and legally liable’ for climate damage | The Guardian
America’s net-zero frontier: A business guide | McKinsey
Wells Fargo set emissions reduction targets for oil, gas, power clients | Reuters
DOE updates water heater rule for first time in two decades | E&E News
A battle over Amtrack’s Gulf Coast line could shape the future of passenger rail | Grist
Analysis: Fashion Industry Efforts to Verify Sustainability Make ‘Greenwashing’ Easier | Inside Climate News
Lagging behind rivals | The News
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April record nearly double previous peak | Reuters
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India’s Modi asks states to prepare heat action plans amid rising temperatures | Reuters
Thousands sickened, one dead as latest severe sandstorm hits Iraq | Al Jazeera
Land-use emissions embodied in international trade | Science
Investor-state disputes threaten the global green energy transition | Science
Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans – and That Humans Are Required to Protect It | Inside Climate News
Biden admin unveils long-awaited EJ strategy | E&E News
NASA climate research scientist awarded World Food prize | The Guardian
The Hawai’i State Legislature calls for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Fossil Fuel Treaty
Lawmakers Approve 2040 Target for Zero-Carbon Emissions | CT Examiner
(Australian) Coalition climate target consistent with more than 3ºC of global heating, research says | The Guardian
Germany ready to help landlocked EU states access LNG, Scholz says | Euractiv
LNG lawsuit hinders German efforts to move away from Russian energy | DW
AP analysis finds growing number of poor, high-hazard dams | AP News
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Projected environmental benefits of replacing beef with microbial protein | Nature
Lichtblick seeks to build up to 1-GW portfolio of German wind, solar | Renewables Now
Blow for Barclays as 20% of shareholders reject climate strategy | The Guardian
Orsted moves forward with plans to grow corals on wind turbines | CNBC
Stanford University given $1.1 bil by venture capitalist for climate change school | Reuters
The Salton Sea could provide the world’s greenest lithium | CNBC
Progress stalls on gas flaring cuts — World Bank | Axios
China’s central bank steps up support for clean, efficient coal use | The State Council Information Office | The Peoples Republic of China
Queensland commits to not closing any coal power plants under net zero plan | The Guardian
Germany, Netherlands Push North Sea Drilling to Shun Russia | Bloomberg
Volkswagen to prolong coal-fired power as Russia concerns continue | CNBC
California advances bill to improve air quality in country’s top polluted region | The Hill
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(Utah) Gov. Spencer J Cox issues drought emergency order | Governor Spencer J Cox:
To Save Water Amid a Megadrought, Law Vegas Outlaws Grass | The New York Times
Scientists identify heat-resilient coral patches in Hawaii | Popular Science
Billie Eilish to host climate event at the O2 Arena | The Independent
Passing vehicles could help generate electricity to run street to run street lights in UK town | Mirror
EPA announces $40 mil to help restore Chesapeake Bay | AP News
Scientists believe beavers can build resilience in Northwest waterways | OPB
Companies can soon start paying the Bahamas to store carbon in the ocean | Grist
New state bill could require ‘blue carbon’ to offset coastal development | The San Diego Union-Tribune
DR Congo approves auction of oil blocks in one of the world’s largest carbon sinks | Climate Change News
Brazil dams: 1 million live close to danger | DW
Chevron wades into offshore carbon storage | Axios
Chevron joins Bayou Bend CCS project for first offshore carbon capture hub in US Gulf | S&P Global
There’s a plan to bury Asia’s carbon emissions under the ocean | Straits Times
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‘We are living in hell’: Pakistan and India suffer extreme spring heatwaves | The Guardian
Bamboo, white paint, coconuts: India’s hands-on battle for survival in the blistering heatwave | The Independent
Firefighters battling New Mexico blaze brace for wind | AP News
Flood and cyclone-prone areas in eastern Australia may be ‘uninsurable’ by 2030, report suggests | The Guardian
Major Japan railway now powered only by renewable energy | AP News
China’s renewable power capacity reached 1,088 GW | China Electric Power News
China to remain renewable energy leader with strong capacity growth in 2022, despite subsidies phase-out | South China Morning Post
Germany, India sign $10.5 bil green development deal | The Hill
India’s Tata Steel shuns Russian coal | Financial Times
Germany signs hydrogen cooperation agreement with India | Euractiv
Germany: Quitting Russian oil by late summer is ‘realistic’ | The Independent
EU Plans to Court Africa to Help Replace Russian Gas Imports | Bloomberg
Algeria’s Sonatrach says it signs gas deal with Italy’s Eni | Reuters
French utility Engie buys US natural gas as Europe looks beyond Russia | Financial Times
California runs on 100% clean energy for the first time | The Independent
Just Stop Oil’s ‘spring uprising’ protests funded by US philanthropists | The Guardian
Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries | NYTimes
Electric vehicle subsidies are going to the wrong drivers, and we’re paying for it in carbon and cash | Niskanen Center
Shaping direct air capture hubs | Axios
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How farmers in Earth’s least developed country grew 200 million trees | National Geographic
Newsom: California rethinking Diablo Canyon nuclear closure | LA Times
Lone star tick that makes people allergic to red meat is in DC | Washington Post
EPA staff backs status quo on ozone limits in blow to enviros | E&E News
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India sweats over worst power cuts in six years during extreme heat | Reuters
India Passenger Trains Make Way for Coal to Stop Power crisis | Bloomberg
Climate change ‘already’ raising risk of virus spread between mammals | Carbon Brief
Empirical evidence for recent global shifts in vegetation resilience | Nature
Droughts to increase human migration at least 200% | Futurity
Around 24% of shareholders vote against Glencore’s climate progress plan | Reuters
HSBC Holdings PLC AGM faces union pension protest, amid calls to defeat climate vote | Proactive Investors
100 EU cities commit to going climate neutral by 2030 | Politico
Washington state moves to electrify new buildings by requiring heat pumps | Canary Media
States Sue Postal Service Over New Gas-Powered Mail Trucks | NYTimes
Germany’s Habeck: ‘We have to try the unrealistic’ to break free from Russian gas | Euractiv
Public Forests Enter the Carbon Offset Market | Bloomberg
California AG subpoenas Exxon for details on role in global plastic pollution | Reuters
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Tropical forest loss in 2021 emitted as much CO2 as India | Axios
Forest Monitoring, Land Use & Deforestation Trends | Global Forest Watch
World must ‘urgently rethink global food systems’ to avoid loss of land degraded, UN warns | The Independent
Insatiable greed degrading land around the world | BBC
Adding Rock Dust to Farmland could get UK almost halfway to its carbon removal goal | Yale Environment 360
20 Percent of Reptiles Risk Extinction, From King Cobras to Geckos | NYTimes
Human waste turned into renewable energy at Australia’s first biosolids gasification plant | ABC News
Sun King raises $260 mil to widen clean energy access in Africa, Asia | TechCrunch
Activists turn off German oil pipelines in North Sea drilling protest | Reuters
Just Stop Oil activists damage pumps, block two M25 petrol stations | The Independent
Offshore energy projects set to deliver £25 bil windfall | The Times
‘Scotland’s target’: Zenobe reaches financial close 50MW battery storage project | Business Green
Florida Gov. DeSantis surprises with veto of solar net metering bill | Canary Media
US identifies possible wind power areas off Oregon, Atlantic coasts | Reuters
IMF’s resilience fund ‘out of reach’ for some nations in need, analysts warn | Climate Change News
EU energy transition faces critical minerals shortfall | Energy Monitor
Aviation emissions: EU plan could end up increasing greenhouse gases from planes | New Scientist
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India heat wave to worsen, near all-time records | Axios
Parched southern California takes unprecedented step of restricting outdoor watering | The Guardian
Two Wyo rivers under restrictions due to low snowpack, drought | WyoFile
Contributions of mangrove conservation and restoration to climate change mitigation in Indonesia | Global Change Biology
New Zealand unveils pan to tackle climate crisis by adapting cities to survive rising seas | The Guardian
German-funded consortium to develop ‘battery passport’ for European batteries | Reuters
eBay, HP Join Firms in Clean Energy Tax Credits Lobbying Push Ahead of Midterms | Bloomberg
Biden throws out Trump energy policy that added millions of tons of carbon pollution | American Independent
US Earmarks $504 mil to Back World’s Largest Hydrogen Hub | Bloomberg
Is ‘vehicle-to-everything’ charging ready for prime time? | Canary Media
The Impact of Electric Vehicles on Climate Change | ICF
BC Approves North Coast Gas Project Despite First Nations’ Objections | The Tyee
Investors at 3 major banks defeat climate resolutions | E&E News
‘Existential Threat’: Indigenous Leaders Urge Citigroup to Stop Backing Amazon Oil | DeSmog
Credit Suisse investor rebellion over climate action grows ahead of annual meeting | Reuters
As Lake Powell dries up, the US turns to creative accounting for a short-term fix | Grist
Nigeria’s illegal oil refineries: Dirty, dangerous, lucrative | BBC News
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Indigenous leaders convene at UN to push for human rights protections
Vulnerable nations set to pilot loss and damage funding facility
Incorporation of novel foods in European diets can reduce global warming potential, water use and land use by over 80%
Britain moves ahead with mandatory climate plans for companies
Tories could lose 1.3 mil voters if net zero target ditched, poll
Why Wynn Bruce, climate activist, set himself on fire at Supreme Court
Biden administration shrinks area eligible for drilling at Arctic reserve
Wind power’s ‘Colossal Market Failure’ Threatens Climate Change Fight
Global coal capacity edges up in 2021 hitting climate - report
Too many new coal-fired plants planned for 1.5ºC climate goal, report concludes
‘Reckless in the extreme’: Outrage as Gove poised to green-light Cumbria coal mine
Weary of many disasters? UN says worse to come
In Texas, some fines paid by polluters benefit the fossil fuel industry
EU unveils plan for ‘largest ever ban’ on dangerous chemicals
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Highly contagious marine epidemic rips through Caribbean’s coral reefs
New Mexico: 2 wildfires have combined as fires also rage in Arizona and Nebraska
Scenarios for mitigating CO2 emissions from energy supply in the absence of CO2 removal
Extinction Rebellion activists light flares and ambush energy secretary on Earth Day
Thousands protest plan to raze German village for coal mine
Electric car cost advantage petrol grows amid energy market turmoil
Big greenhouse gas state taking biggest climate step yet
Biden admin asks health industry to slash GHG emissions
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Siberian wildfires burning unchecked because Russian military units which usually fight them are at war
How climate change is driving forest loss in India
Europe suffered year of climate chaos in 2021, EU report
Emerging weed resistance increases tillage intensity and greenhouse gas emissions in the US corn-soybean cropping system
The US climate has shifted dramatically since April 1970
On Earth Day, climate activists set rally against fossil fuel
Twitter bans climate change propaganda ads
Taiwan to invest in green energy, smart grids to reach net-zero emissions goal
EU countries edge towards deal to share out emissions-cutting efforts
Europe outlines 9-step plan to save energy, Ukraine and the plane
Transport in Berlin to become emissions-free by 2037
Octopus Energy invites landowners to host wind
Colombia judge ordres suspension of fracking pilot project
Biden's climate order aims at forest protection
FERC’s transmission planting, cost allocation proposal elevates state regulators
Hogan Vetoes Abortion and Paid Family Leave Bills, Allows Climate Measure to Become Law
California grid set record with 97% renewable energy April 3
China plans to build 6 nuclear plants
China to Add 300 Million Tons of Coal Capacity This Year
Japan plans to set legal framework for carbon storage
Republicans, Climate Deniers, and Ranchers Gather on Earth Day to Stop 30x30
Study: Low-producing oil wells cause 50% of methane emissions
How to lower greenhouse gas emissions
‘One quarter’ of US emissions since 2005 come from fossil fuels on public lands
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Housing Crisis Propels High Death Toll in South Africa Floods
Thousands flee as Arizona wildfire almost triples in size
Global seasonal forecasts of marine heatwaves
HC seeks Centre’s stand on plea for implementation of India’s promises on climate change
European Commission analysing higher 45% renewable energy target for 2030
Germany to ban Russian oil imports by end of year after Ukraine invasion
Zurich turns off gas to fight climate change and Russia
Sir David Attenborough named Champion of the Earth by UN
MPs to get scientific briefing on climate after activist’s hunger strike
UK consumers able to track renewable energy hourly under new plans
Biden Seeks to Almost Double Renewable Permitted Renewables Capacity on Public Land
US to grant $6.4 bil funding for projects to reduce carbon emissions
Federal buildings cut greenhouse gas emissions in half since 2008
Shell Urgest Shareholders to Reject Activist’s Climate Resolution
China Buys Cheap Russian Coaking Coal as World Shuns Moscow
A close look at election campaign promises shows major parties still back fossil fuel
Brazil discussing oil output boost with US amid Ukraine crisis
World needs extra $1.3 tril energy investment by 2030 - JP Morgan
Oregon has $5.3 bil invested in fossil fuel companies
Los Angeles County bans single-use dishes and cutlery
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Global flood losses hit $82 bln last year, as study highlights UK risk | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/global-flood-losses-hit-82-bln-last-year-study-highlights-uk-risk-2022-03-30/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Incredible before and after photos show just how much this critical reservoir has dried up | CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/30/us/lake-powell-drought-before-after-climate/index.html?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
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Indonesia revokes forest concession permits covering over 400,000 hectares | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/indonesia-revokes-forest-concession-permits-covering-over-400000-hectares-2022-03-30/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Australia’s Qantas aims to cut carbon emissions 25% by 2030 | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/australias-qantas-aims-cut-carbon-emissions-by-25-by-2030-2022-03-30/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Biden eyes boost to mining of materials for electric vehicles | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-technology-business-44ae61d299389fab38f47bd86a6281de?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
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DOE unveils new efficiency standards for federal buildings | Utility Drive: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-unveils-new-energy-efficiency-standards-federal-buildings/621257/
Historic restructuring of flood insurance begins tomorrow | E&E News: https://www.eenews.net/articles/historic-restructuring-of-flood-insurance-begins-tomorrow/
US regulator joins efforts to press banks to guage climate linked financial risks | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-regulator-joins-effort-press-banks-gauge-climate-linked-financial-risks-2022-03-30/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Major automakers back tough US vehicle emissions rules in court battle | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/major-automakers-back-tough-us-vehicle-emissions-rules-court-battle-2022-03-30/
Cambo oil field given two year extension | The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cambo-oil-field-given-two-year-extension-nf8bx52dg?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Third of all compost sold in UK is climate-damaging peat | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/31/third-of-all-compost-sold-in-uk-is-climate-damaging-peat?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Australia’s Qantas aims to cut carbon emissions 25% by 2030 | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/australias-qantas-aims-cut-carbon-emissions-by-25-by-2030-2022-03-30/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220331&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Ghost flights from UK run
**An Unprecedented Record Low Antarctic Sea-ice Extent during Austral Summer 2022
India Risks Power Outage as High Temperatures Boost Coal Demand
Fires then floods: Argentina province underwater months after blazes
Singapore and New Zealand to jointly tackle climate change
‘We’re trying to turn the magnet towards optimism’: Cate Blanchett on her new climate crisis podcast
Just Stop Oil calls one-week halt to protests in hope of action from No 10
[Alberta is Spending its Carbon Tax on Pro-Oil Ad Campaigns
Canada climate goals set high hurdle for Suncor oil sands mine extension
Biden Restores Climate to Environmental Law, Reversing Trump
Biden announces $6 bil to bail out nuclear plants at risk of closure
Trying to electrify your home, add solar panels or buy an e-bike? Denver wants to help pay for it
World’s biggest carbon removal machine ‘freezes over’ in Iceland
Solar panel owners refuse to sell power to energy firms which pay as little as 19 times less than they charge
New Data Confirms Department of Commerce Inquiry Severly Disrupts US Utility-Scale Solar Market
Solar developers see big hurdles in Commerce probe
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**Endangered rivers: Colorado River is most threatened the US, new report
Rightwing populist parties blight climate policy, study finds
Six arrested after climate activists scale oil tanker in central London
Nasa climate scientist who was arrested speaks about his tearful protest
New GCSE in climate science to be launched
Climate Innovation Challenge provides Google Cloud credits
Hollywood missing the drama in climate change, group says
Oceans conference comes up with $16 bil in pledges to safeguard marine health
Biofuels are accelerating the food crisis – and the climate crisis
Response to rising hunger threatens climate goals – experts
The Field Report: Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs instead of Soil Health
Utility companies are pushing back on climate policy, report says
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Factbox: Hot air? Where Macron and Le Pen stand on climate and energy
Trump-era EPA chief Scott Pruitt files to run for Senate in Oklahoma
Black, Latino areas have a higher level of oil drilling, study shows
Companies, not FDA, approve most chemicals in food
New EPA data shows fewer staff overseeing more pesticide regulations
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**Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula
Atmospheric rivers could cause collapse of Larsen C Ice Shelf: study
Even the Cactus May Not Be Safe From Climate Change
Climate change is killing off soil organisms critical for some of Earth’s ecosystems
New York Approves $4.5 Bil Plan to Buring NYC Hydropower
Riverkeeper statement regarding the Champlain Hudson Power Express
Wind was second-largest source of US electricity generation on March 29
Cows, coal and climate change: A Q&A with the new BLM director
More than half of activists killed in 2021 were land, environment defenders
Biomass Industry Pushes Back Against Europe’s Plans To Protect Woodlands
Public health in Pennsylvania ignored during fracking rush: Report
5 years after Hurricane Harvey, many in Houston are still waiting for help
Analysis: Biden plan to aid Europe with LNG poses risk to US climate coals
Environmental groups sue EPA over state air pollution plans
Microplastics and pollution combine to become much more toxic: Study
EPA: Breathing formaldehyde causes cancer
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**South Africa floods: deadliest storm on record kills over 300 people
Tornadoes leave people ‘trapped in their homes’ in Louisiana
Elderly couple killed and more than 200 homes destroyed in New Mexico wildfire
‘Historic’: global climate plans can now keep heating below 2ºC, study shows
Guarding against the next pandemic with a LinkedIn for science
XR scientists glue hands to business department in London climate protest
Extinction Rebellion infiltrates Shell on day of action
France Installing First Wind Farm at Sea a Decade After Approval
California Reveals Its Plan to Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
Berkeley bores 400 ft hole on campus in bid to cut emissions with geothermal
Fossil fuels v our future: young Montanans wage historic climate fight
Oil producers are under pressure to boost output but face constraints
Suspected Russian malware’s likely target was LNG facilities
Air Quality and Health Impacts of diesel truck emissions in New York City and policy implications
Study: Severe black lung disease among Appalachian coal miners linked to silica
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Dozens killed in Philippines landslides and floods as tropical storm Megi hits
Heavy Floods and Mudslides Leave at Least 45 Dead in South Africa
Uganda fights crop-devouring armyworm, blaming climate change
Bleaching of marine sponges observed in warming Tasmanian waters for the first time
Teen Environmental Impact Survey
Global executives suspect their own companies of “greenwashing”
How much energy powers a good life? Less than you’re using, says a new report
Renewables generated more power than gas and coal amid record wind turbine performance
More than 300,000 homes in England now better protected from flooding, Environment Agency says
Lloyd’s of London switches to remote trading after climate protests
Leading scientists pitch for annual IPCC reports to keep climate on the agenda
German lawmakers call for EU ban on Russian oil after Ukraine visit
West Virginia Protest Calls out Manchin’s Coal Profits
LA electrifies more of its municipal fleet
Mayor Wu Announces Progress Towards Electrifying City Vehicle Fleet
US indigenous communities to receive $46 mil to address global heating
Stripe, Alphabet, Meta Join to Fund Carbon Removal
War Gives Oil Producers Greater Clout at COP27
Hydrogen 11 times worse than CO2 for climate, says new report
Newsom Hailed This ‘Critical’ Wildfire-Prevention Program. Two Years On, It Hasn’t Completed a Single Project
California utility to pay $55 mil for massive wildfires
Report: Over half of US waters are too polluted to swim or fish
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Full embargo on oil could stop war - ex-Putin aide
Just Stop Oil activists wrong to disrupt people’s lives, says George Eustice
Here come the EVs
New proposals to make sustainable products the norm
Sweden set to be world’s first country to target consumption-based emission cuts
EPA launches civil rights inquiry into Louisiana agencies
A ‘New Era of Air Pollution’ in the Tropics Could Have a Huge Toll
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Chile announced unprecedented water rationing plan as drought enters 13th year
India’s northwest reels under unusual early heat wave
Climate change drove extreme rain in southeast Africa storms, study
Sustainable Recover Tracker
Queensland advances green hydrogen and ammonia project to be powered by renewables
How UK newspapers changest their minds about climate change
Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection
Donors Pledge $41 mil to Monitor Thawing Arctic Permafrost
Brightmark, Georgia county cancel $680 mil plastic-to-fuel project
White House Launches $1 Bil Program To Boost Conservation Goal
Facebook dismantles Brazilian climate change disinformation network
Majorities in US back climate change proposals: Gallup
Biden waives fuel pollution rule to ease prices
Too many ways to help: How to prompt climate change mitigation behaviors
Labour calls for nationwide ban to block Just Stop Oil protests
Canadian banks double financing of highly polluting oil sands
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Sydney asks thousands to evacuate as heavy rains cause flash flood downtown streets trigger evacuations
Africa faces rising climate-linked health emergencies
Record heat to bake California as April snowpack nears 70-year low
Scientists react: What are the key new insights from the IPCC’s WG3 report?
Colorado State researchers predict above-average Atlantic hurricane season
The Ukraine war will not derail Europe’s energy transition
Japan’s Nissan plans ‘game changing’ electric car batteries
Indigenous Australians Have Derailed a Controversial Gas Project by Suing the South Korean Government
Combating climate misinformation on Pinterest
Stanford engineers create solar panel that can generate electricity at night
Interior to reverse key Indian Affairs policy in place since 1975
Methane emissions jump by record amount in 2021, NOAA says
Polar science threatens to crack under strain of Russia’s war in Ukraine
ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels
Canada approves $12 bil Bay du Nord offshore oil project
US solar expansion stalled by rural land use protests
US wind energy company pleads guilty to killing 150 eagles
3M Cuts Output of PFAS Used in Chip Production
“Dirty Dozen” list calls out fruits and vegetables with the highest pesticide contamination
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California rain not enough to halt slide back into drought
As drought deepens, Californians are saving less water
Rappahannock Tribe gest 465 acres of land back on the Chesapeake Bay
WA creates first sea grass and kelp sanctuary off Everett
China’s funding for overseas coal projects currently under construction will release 300 mil tons of emissions a year, climate experts say
Toyota threatens to pull out of UK manufacturing over net-zero plans
More than 200 arrests made at climate change protests
Climate advocates urge senators to oppose Biden District Court nominee
Big Agriculture is Printing Children’s Books That Say Pesticides Are Great
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Protect indigenous people’s rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report
Massive fire near glaciated area of Parvati Valley, Glaciologists sound alarm
Greta Thunberg to publish a ‘go-to source’ book on the climate crisis
UN launches group to hold companies to account for net-zero pledges
EU will do ‘whatever it takes to rebuild solar energy manufacturing in Europe
US taps $420 mil to boost water supplies hit by climate change
Biden admin to roll out new fuel efficiency rule today
Climate tech comes to YC’s Demo Day
EU will do ‘whatever it takes to rebuild solar energy manufacturing in Europe
Dutch coal-fired power plant remain operational longer than planned
‘Unfathomable’: Narrabri coalmine expansion gets final approval from NSW planning commission
Australia’s renewable boom is fading as investors lose confidence, energy council says
EPA Decides Against Limiting Perchlorate in Drinking Water
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