Climate Update

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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.

ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN

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

ANTI-KLIMA RECHT

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

ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN

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.

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Eine der ersten Amtshandlungen des wiedergewählten US-Präsidenten Donald Trump war der Austritt seines Landes aus dem Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen und dem Weltklimarat. Seither hat er weitere Massnahmen ergriffen, die zu einem Rückschritt im Klimaschutz und in der Klimaforschung führen – weltweit.

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Over breakfast at Tom’s Restaurant, right below the historic Giss lab, James Hansen calls Doge’s decision a ‘big mistake’

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Dozens of states, counties, cities, and tribes across the United States and its territories are currently suing major fossil fuel companies for fraud, climate damages, or racketeering.

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A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their products’ harms.

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The party’s signature tax plan would kill most Biden-era incentives, but there’s a sticking point: G.O.P. districts have the most to lose.

ANTI-KLIMA RECHT

The Trump administration has declared litigation to hold oil companies responsible for climate change a threat to the American economy and has taken aggressive steps to fight it.

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Far right accused of misinformation over turbines at Reinhardswald, which has left local people divided

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Naomi Oreskes hat in einem aufsehenerregenden Buch aufgezeigt, wie Erdölkonzerne seit den 1980er-Jahren mit viel Geld Zweifel an den Grunderkenntnissen der Klimawissenschaft säten. Nun macht die renommierte Wissenschaftshistorikerin der Harvard-Universität deutlich, dass es Massnahmen gegen den Klimawandel oft schwer haben, weil sie als staatliche Eingriffe in den freien Markt diffamiert werden.

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It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other “billion dollar disasters,” which are growing more frequent as the planet warms.

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Trump wants to reverse years of climate progress. It won’t be easy. Many worry that the Trump administration will derail the clean energy transition. But there’s reason to believe otherwise.

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These days they call him Ian the renewable energy is expensive potato

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The former PM has form when it comes to pushing corporate interests and meeting populists halfway

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Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy faltering

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Hilft der Mann im Weißen Haus ungewollt dem Klima? Wer so etwas erzählt, will sich nicht selbst die Mühe machen, Konzepte für ein Wirtschaften ohne zerstörerisches Wachstum zu entwickeln.

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Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations and unchecked gas flaring

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President Trump issued four executive orders on Tuesday exploiting the declaration that America is experiencing an “energy emergency”.

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President orders justice department to stop enforcement of critical policies holding fossil fuel companies accountable

ANTI-KLIMA BEWEGUNG

Everyone concerned about the health of the planet and of our democracies needs to stand with European green groups as we resist a concerted political campaign to defund us.

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He once talked about the need to fight climate change. Now, he embraces Elon Musk, lavishes praise on the president and strives to stand out in a MAGA world.

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What the beef industry knew about its environmental impact — and how it spent decades blocking climate action.

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Trump’s EPA claims that climate change isn’t a danger to human beings

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But will Team Trump succeed in turning back time? Maybe Not!

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Le gouvernement de Donald Trump a annoncé mercredi une trentaine de mesures allant à rebours de la politique climatique de l’administration précédente. Sont notamment concernées les émissions des centrales à charbon et la protection des zones humides.

ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN

Donald Trump’s administration to is to reconsider the official finding that greenhouse gases are harmful to public health, a move that threatens to rip apart the foundation of the US’ climate laws, amid a stunning barrage of actions to weaken or repeal a host of pollution limits upon power plant.

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Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers, raising concerns that NOAA’s lifesaving forecasts might be hindered as hurricane and disaster seas

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We’re reaching the point with the second Trump administration where, as Wall Street investors would say, the crazy is “priced in.” There’s absolutely no reason to expect anything other than aggressively dishonest and profoundly stupid governance.

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In thinking about the war being waged against life on Earth by Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their minions, I keep bumping into a horrible suspicion. Could Trump and Musk be seeking to end our time on Earth?

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Wie millionenschwere Stiftungen und mächtige Lobbyisten versuchen, Trumps Agenda nach Europa zu bringen und die CDU für sich einzunehmen.

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“The Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s irrational, quasi-religious policies on climate change that imposed endless sacrifices on our citizens", Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told on Monday.

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EPA chief Lee Zeldin wants to demolish the bedrock of greenhouse gas regulation. It won’t be easy.

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He is surrounded by people who have grandiose plans and dreams beyond our planet. Vengeful nihilism is a big part of the Maga project

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President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.

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Der US-Präsident liefert anderen Ländern und Energiekonzernen die Ausrede, bei Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle zu bleiben. Der Wechsel zu den erneuerbaren Energien verzögert sich.

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Auch Umwelt-, Klima- und Verbraucherschutzverbände wehren sich gegen die Anfrage der Unionsfraktion zur Finanzierung von Nichtregierungsorganisationen. Scharfe Kritik am "besorgniserregenden" Demokratieverständnis kommt auch vom Umwelt-Dachverband DNR.

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Diese Woche tagt im chinesischen Hangzhou das Plenum des Weltklimarats IPCC. Warum die Entscheidung über das Arbeitsprogramm bis 2028/29 auch die Rolle der Wissenschaft in der Klimapolitik bestimmt, lesen Sie bei Table.Briefings.

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Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.

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The tech billionaire is invigorating groups in the U.S. and Europe aiming to sabotage climate action, a DeSmog media analysis shows.

ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN

Woher die Freude an der ökologischen Zerstörung kommt und wie die Mitte der Gesellschaft das befeuert, zeigt eine neue Studie. Demnach hat es viel mit Angst zu tun.

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Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public land

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Website of ‘Doge’ includes information published by thinktank CEI, which claims to fight ‘climate alarmism’

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The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

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Elon Musk unterstützt Rechtspopulisten, die E‑Autos hassen. Welche Strategie verfolgt er damit für Tesla? Steht Tesla am Abgrund? Was können Teslafahrer:innen tun, um Musks Angriffe auf die Demokratie nicht weiter zu unterstützen?

ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK

L'UDC s'est félicité du rejet dimanche par le peuple de l'initiative pour la responsabilité environnementale de la Suisse. Dans un communiqué publié le soir même, elle dit même vouloir sortir de l'accord de Paris sur le climat, dans le sillage des Etats-Unis de Donald Trump.

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The billionaire oil tycoon's fingerprints are all over Trump's high-speed push to crush environmental regulation and renewables.

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Since the inauguration, billionaires who funded climate action over the last decade have avoided criticizing Trump’s climate policies.

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More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections.

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What we don’t know about Elon Musk’s federal takeover

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Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop affecting Americans’ lives, say experts

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Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN

Klimawandelleugnung ist ein weltweites Phänomen. Das stetig wachsende Anti-Klima-Netzwerk aus Unternehmen, Thinktanks und Interessensverbänden gibt jedes Jahr Millionen aus, um Zweifel an den menschengemachten Klimaveränderungen zu säen.

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Something strange is happening inside the environmental movement.

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Top political appointees are already at the E.P.A. preparing to erase the agency’s climate rules and pollution controls. Many of them have tried it before.

ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN POLITIK

Er bezeichnet den Klimawandel als «grossen Schwindel». Nun beendet der vereidigte Präsident Donald Trump die Mitgliedschaft der USA im Pariser Klimaabkommen. Die wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten.

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Misinformation is spreading rapidly as experts say climate change is the likely accelerant for California's crisis

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Posting on the social media site he owns, Mr. Musk blamed the fires on government. Scientists said a warming planet set the conditions.

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Once one of America’s most outspoken voices on the threat of climate change, Elon Musk now argues these existential risks have been overstated. This shifting stance could influence Trump and help the Tesla CEO’s businesses.

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Vor einigen Wochen schaltete sich Elon Musk in den vorweihnachtlichen Bundestags-Wahlkampf ein. Auf seiner Social-Media-Plattform X ließ er seine 208 Millionen Follower:innen wissen: "Nur die AfD kann Deutschland noch retten."

ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK

Wissenschaftliche Berichte werden zensiert, ein Fachbegriff zeitweilig verboten, kantonale Ämter mit unklaren Vorgaben alleingelassen: Bundesrat Albert Rösti schadet dem Naturschutz – weit über das Bundesamt für Umwelt hinaus.

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Chris Wright, Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, says oil, gas and coal are key to solving global poverty. Some call that misleading.

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Javier Milei’s push for extraction and cuts to land protections have left people fearing for their way of life – and environmentalists concerned about the future

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President-elect Donald Trump’s chief advisers would include one person who calls global warming an “existential” threat and some who don’t accept it as a problem at all.

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Presidents have extraordinary control over climate policy, in part, because it’s been decades since Congress has passed a comprehensive environmental bill.

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Mit Donald Trump als künftigem US-Präsidenten gewinnen auch seine marktradikalen und klimafeindlichen Ideen an Einfluss: Eine CORRECTIV-Recherche zeigt, dass Politiker, Denkfabriken und Ökonomen nun seine düsteren Thesen in Deutschland verbreiten – bis hinein in die CDU und zu ihrem Spitzenkandidaten Friedrich Merz.

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Etwas mehr als zwei Wochen hat die UN-Klimakonferenz in Baku gedauert. Am Ende stand ein Minimalkompromiss. In der Abschlusserklärung steht unter anderem, dass die Industrieländer die Klimahilfen für die ärmere Länder verdreifachen – auf mindestens 300 Milliarden Dollar jährlich.

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Plastik ist eine Gefahr für Menschen und Erde, doch beim UN-Gipfel konnten sich die Staaten nicht auf ein Abkommen gegen die Vermüllung einigen. Die fossile Lobby kämpft für mehr Plastikproduktion, und der progressiven Staatenmehrheit fehlt es an politischem Mut.

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Der Mineralölkonzern Eni verklagt den bekannten italienischen Klimaaktivisten Antonio Tricarico. Es geht um eine Aussage Tricaricos zur zeitlichen Nähe eines Gas-Deals von Eni mit Ägypten und dem Mord am italienischen Wissenschaftler Giulio Regeni.

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Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.”

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Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution.

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Countries told they can’t afford to miss the opportunity to tackle plastic pollution next year – but can they resolve a row over cutting oil-heavy production?

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Internal documents from AXPC, a powerful fossil fuel trade group, lay out its strategy for demolishing climate policy and boosting oil & gas production under Trump 2.0.

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We explore Donald Trump’s climate agenda. – Some of Donald Trump’s first steps on climate change when he enters the White House will send a message that the federal government no longer cares about the issue. He will pull out of the Paris Agreement. Allies say he’ll strip the phrases “climate change,” “clean energy” and “environmental justice” from every agency website.

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A handful of oil-producing nations ensured that a United Nations General Assembly resolution on climate change steered clear of a call to transition away from fossil fuels.

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What’s happening—and not happening—at the biggest and most influential climate summit in the world.

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Der aserbaidschanische Konzern Socar will die Förderung von Erdgas stark ausbauen. An der Klimakonferenz in Baku stellt Socar hingegen vor allem das Engagement für Sonnen- und Windstrom in den Fokus. Der Bericht von der Klimakonferenz und das Gespräch mit Zentralasienexperte Stefan Meister.

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Der italienische Staat wurde zur Zahlung von über 250 Millionen Euro an das britische Öl- und Gasunternehmen Rockhopper Explorations verurteilt. Die Entscheidung traf ein Investor-Staat-Streitbeilegungsgericht im Rahmen des Energiecharta-Vertrags.