Climate Update

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Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.

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Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.

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Dirty air may kill people, but Trump's EPA won't count the bodies.

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In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

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This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry. By Michael Mann and Bob Ward

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Trump ratcheted up his often questionable claims about the environment and how to deal, if at all, with the threats to it

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Trump debuts a new argument against wind power.

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The sweeping changes have affected everything from coal plant retirements to international diplomacy over shipping emissions.

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The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.

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Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.

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The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.

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The Trump administration purged 80 pages of facts about climate change — including that it's caused by humans.

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An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity.

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Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by acclaimed climatologist, geophysicist, and University of Pennsylvania distinguished Professor, Dr. Michael Mann. They discuss his latest co-authored book, Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World. Follow

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Journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure.

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The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.

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Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

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Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich.

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Saudi-Arabien betreibt eine widersprüchliche Energiepolitik: Öl für die Welt, Sonne und Wind für zu Hause. Beides folgt aber durchaus ähnlichen Zielen.

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The company that won a huge verdict against Greenpeace earlier this year has asked a North Dakota court to block a countersuit in the Netherlands.

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Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

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Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries

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Talking about climate change may be politically radioactive, but adjusting to its effects is no longer optional.

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To Bill Gates, overthrowing the power of the ultra-wealthy seems to be – literally – unthinkable.

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Der eine ist der berühmteste Klimaforscher des Landes, der andere SVP-Nationalrat und Gegner des Pariser Abkommens. Was sagt ihre Geschichte über die Kämpfe in der Schweizer Klimapolitik aus?

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30 Jahre nach der ersten Weltklimakonferenz (COP) ist die Weltgemeinschaft nach wie vor weit von den Klimazielen entfernt. Mitverantwortlich sind Desinformationsstrategien. Eine Recherchekooperation europäischer Medien hat sich die im Vorfeld am häufigsten kursierenden Behauptungen genauer angesehen und dafür Zehntausende Beiträge auf X untersucht.

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In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis

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An analysis of thousands of YouTube videos posted over the last five years finds a decline in videos that outright deny climate change but an uptick in those that question the practicality of shifting to renewable energy or impugn the credibility of climate experts.

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Die Schweizer Klimapolitik setzt vor allem auf fragwürdige Auslandkompensationen. Wie kam es dazu? Die versteckte Antwort heisst Avenergy Suisse, wie unsere Recherche über deren problematische Methoden aufdeckt.

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The oil giant said requirements that companies calculate new details about greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks violate Exxon’s free speech rights.

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Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target and warned of devastation

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After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.

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A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.

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La politique climatique suisse mise avant tout sur des compensations discutables à l'étranger. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? L’explication cachée a pour nom Avenergy Suisse, comme le révèle notre enquête sur ses méthodes problématiques.

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The slogan may sound like a joke, but it’s part of a broader campaign to undermine public trust in climate action.

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Des multinationales de l’agroalimentaire exhortent la Commission européenne à ne pas retarder une nouvelle fois la mise en œuvre de la réglementation visant à interdire la commercialisation de produits issus de terres récemment déboisées. Cette loi est de plus en plus contestée

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Pourtant considéré comme une référence dans le domaine des connaissances sur le réchauffement climatique, le site www.climate.gov a été fermé par l’administration Trump au début de l’été. De quoi compromettre sérieusement les cours sur le climat dans les écoles américaines mais les enseignants ne restent pas les bras croisés.

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Mercedes-Benz and other big manufacturers want to overturn the EU’s 2035 ban on petrol cars. This would be as disastrous for jobs as for the climate, says Berlin-based journalist Tania Roettger

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Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

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The cuts largely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.

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The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.

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The burning of coal is the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. But the Trump administration sees United States coal as crucial.

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Think Bill Gates is fixing the climate crisis? Not if you follow the money. While he funds green innovation and talks about cutting emissions, Gates also invests in dirty industries such as coal, oil and private jets

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Its chief executive called the E.U. regulations one part of a “very misguided effort to kill oil.” His words followed comments by Trump administration officials criticizing Europe’s climate policies.

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In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change.

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On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.

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The U.S. president promoted himself and criticized a wide variety of targets, including renewable energy.

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A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.

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The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce ‘bureaucratic red tape’

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The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.

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Die Trump-Regierung will die rechtliche Basis für Klimaschutz in den USA kippen. Ein Regierungsbericht stellt die Wissenschaft infrage, Fachleute protestieren.

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Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.

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Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”

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The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.

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Die Folgen der Erderwärmung können Angst machen. Unsere Psyche reagiert mit Abwehr. Wie das funktioniert – und wie Desinformations-Akteure das ausnutzen, um Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen mit Falschbehauptungen zu verzögern. Ein #Faktenfuchs.

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The project was already 80 percent complete and slated to provide enough energy to power more than 350,000 homes.

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The Trump administration is halting wind projects that had been approved, financed and underway — while providing little to no justification.

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The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.

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The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past.

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A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to a Carbon Brief factcheck involving dozens of leading climate scientists.

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Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to prop them up.

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The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from repealing the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution.

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Saudi Arabia, Iran and other oil states are campaigning to stop the adoption of the IMO's green shipping deal in October

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Federal agencies have recently issued a barrage of restrictions that could halt construction of solar and wind farms on public and private lands.

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The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.

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Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

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Malgré des alertes lancées dès les années 1960, les Etats peinent toujours à prendre des mesures pour contrer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Pas étonnant, quand on considère tout ce qui a été mis en œuvre par les lobbys des énergies fossiles pour décrédibiliser la science

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As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas giant raises an alarming conflict of interest

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The Trump administration Tuesday announced plans to revoke the agency’s “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases, setting the stage for the federal government to cease regulating climate-warming emissions.

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According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

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Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.

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The Trump administration is approving coal mines under the guise of an "energy emergency," but it will do little to save a declining industry.

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Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.

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The three scientists joined the administration after it dismissed hundreds of experts who were assessing how global warming is affecting the country.

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Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say

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The budget bill sabotages one of the biggest growth sectors of the US economy.

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Experts say the most impactful decisions have enabled the Trump administration to gut the federal workforce and freeze funding.

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Critics are calling it "the most anti-environmental bill of all time."

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Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.

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The federal website hosting five legislatively mandated reports stopped working Monday afternoon.

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The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming world

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L'agroclimatologue Serge Zaka dénonce dans Forum la violence dont lui et ses collègues sont victimes de la part des climatosceptiques. Ceci alors même que la Suisse et l'ouest de l'Europe traversent une vague de chaleur particulièrement intense.

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Der US-Präsident macht die Standards für Klima- und Umweltschutz zunichte. Die Menschen in den USA leiden derweil unter Hitzerekorden, Hurrikans und Waldbränden.

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The fossil fuel industry and right-wing populists are increasingly key targeting policy-makers with climate misinformation, according to a new report

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The firms say their First Amendment rights are being violated when cities and states sue and accuse them of spreading misinformation about climate change.

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False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

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Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step up, say London mayor Sadiq Khan and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo

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The so-called "One Big, Beautiful Bill" targets the tax credits designed to put the U.S. on the path to net-zero carbon emissions.

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A Senate tax package softens some blows imposed on renewables by a House version of the bill. But it still terminates many credits for clean power.

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Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the traditional Alutiiq community swap costly, polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.

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Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

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The grid operators that draw power from the plants said they never asked for them to remain open, and consumers may have to absorb extra costs.

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The 24 awards would have gone to a range of companies trying in novel ways to reduce the pollution that is heating the planet.

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House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Republicans have touted the House-passed legislation as one of the largest tax cuts in the nation’s history. They’ve failed to mention this increase targeting electric and hybrid vehicle owners.

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Mit ihrem neuen Steuergesetz attackieren die Republikaner die US-Energiewende. Dem "Inflation Reduction Act", Joe Bidens Erneuerbaren-Booster, droht die Abschaffung. Das würde auch große Teile der eigenen Klientel treffen.

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The agency plans to argue that carbon emissions from power plants do not contribute “significantly” to climate change. Scientists disagree.