Climate Update
Climate Update Archiv Eine wöchentliche Presseschau zu allen Aspekten der Klimakrise aus der Schweiz und der ganzen Welt zusammen. Die Beiträge sind thematisch sortiert und lassen sich nach Themen und Schlagwörtern filtern. Jede Woche empfehlen wir eine Handvoll besonders interessanter Beiträge.
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ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Les sciences du climat peuvent-elles encore être enseignées dans les écoles américaines ?
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.
WIRTSCHAFT
Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments
NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects
RECHT
Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism
Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities
TECH. & ENERGIE
* IEA RENEWABLES REPORT * Trump and China’s reforms dent renewables hopes
The IEA downgrades its forecast for renewables growth due to the US cutting renewable tax credits and China's electricity market reforms
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
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.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States
The cuts largely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.
ANTI-KLIMA URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants
The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.
ANTI-KLIMA URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Why Trump Wants to Revive the Coal Industry
The burning of coal is the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. But the Trump administration sees United States coal as crucial.
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand
Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone
ANTI-KLIMA
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * Trump Says Green Energy Is a Scam and Attacks Climate Science
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.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * U.S. Stands Alone
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.
ANTI-KLIMA
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * Trump Takes His ‘Green Energy Scam’ Talk to the UN
The U.S. president promoted himself and criticized a wide variety of targets, including renewable energy.
RECHT
Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed?
In Lighthiser v. Trump, 22 young people are asking a federal court to declare executive orders that “unleash” fossil fuels unconstitutional. They face some of the same challenges that led to the dismissal of another famous climate case.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
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.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The Pragmatic Climate Reset Part II: A Provocation
The election of Donald Trump to a second term as President marked a turning point in the politics of climate action – not just in the US, but around the world. The airwaves are suddenly awash with commentators, claiming that the transition has failed, that it was always a fool’s errand, and that we must resign ourselves to a fossil-based future forever.
POLITIK
US senator calls on big oil to disclose lobbying that led Trump to axe key climate rule
Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding
RECHT
Young climate activists in court aim to stop Trump’s pro-fossil fuel executive orders
Group of activists, who range in age from seven to 25, include plaintiffs who won landmark climate case in Montana two years ago
ANTI-KLIMA
US environment agency could end reporting of greenhouse gas emissions
The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce ‘bureaucratic red tape’
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
* TRUMP * Politik gegen Physik: Trumps Klima-Feldzug geht weiter
Die Trump-Regierung will die rechtliche Basis für Klimaschutz in den USA kippen. Ein Regierungsbericht stellt die Wissenschaft infrage, Fachleute protestieren.
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Jump in US greenhouse gas pollution pushed global emissions higher
‘Abrupt shift’ in policy since Trump took office will have major consequences for climate crisis, forecast says
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
The US stopped showing up to disasters. The results are horrifying.
Emergency response’s newfound sluggishness, explained by earthquakes and landslides.
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
* USA * Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * Can offshore wind survive the Trump administration?
Regardless of what happens with Revolution Wind, the government’s pause may set the industry back decades.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* 20 YEARS AFTER KATRINA * New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’
The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission
TECH. & ENERGIE
* USA * Can offshore wind survive the Trump administration?
Regardless of what happens with Revolution Wind, the government’s pause may set the industry back decades.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
Europe is breaking its reliance on American science
European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes, according to Reuters interviews.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Blackout am Himmel
Die Trump-USA wollen zwei der weltweit wichtigste Klimasatelliten abschalten. US-Forschergruppen versuchen derweil, Wissen vor der Löschung zu bewahren.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Administration Issues Stop Work Order for Offshore Wind Project, Citing National Security Concerns
The project was already 80 percent complete and slated to provide enough energy to power more than 350,000 homes.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Leading US economists urge peers to fight Trump’s attack on environment
Experts say undermining green protections and research funding is against the principles of economics
BEWEGUNG
Don’t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight
The president’s fossil-fuel obsession can’t stop global progress, writes the former Environmental Protection Agency head
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * With Little Explanation, Trump Throws Wind Industry Into Chaos
The Trump administration is halting wind projects that had been approved, financed and underway — while providing little to no justification.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP | INDIA * A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry
The full weight of a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods took effect this week, undercutting one of the country’s most promising markets for solar exports.
ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
* TRUMP * Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.
ANTI-KLIMA
Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’
The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past.
TECH. & ENERGIE
Will Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It.
It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
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.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Trump’s latest attempt to save coal
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.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Environmental Groups Sue Over D.O.E. Report Downplaying Climate Change
The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from repealing the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
Sprachmodelle als Spielball geopolitischer Machtkämpfe
Die aggressive KI-Strategie der Trump-Regierung zielt auf Dominanz. Ihre Vorgaben für Sprachmodelle sind widersprüchlich.
POLITIK
Eine Handelsroute und ein Öl-Deal für ein grosses Versprechen
Trump lässt sich als Friedensstifter feiern. Und zielt auf mehr Einfluss im Südkaukasus – auf Kosten Russlands.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
National Academies Will Review Endangerment Finding Science – Inside Climate News
With the Trump administration raising doubts on climate science, the country’s premier science advisory group will fast-track a consensus document.
POLITIK
*Schweiz-USA-«DEAL»* Zollhammer: Bundesrat will Import von US-Gas – und so Donald Trump umstimmen
Die EU sicherte sich einen entsprechenden Deal mit dem US-Präsidenten. Auch die Schweiz könnte mehr amerikanisches Gas oder Kernbrennstoffe importieren – aber nicht im grossen Stil.
RECHT
*ICJ ADVISORY OPINION* ICJ ruling expected to shape US climate lawsuits
Trump's attack on climate policies go against the top court's opinion, which could be used by lawyers to fight back
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* DoE CLIMATE DENIAL * Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback
Researchers say DOE report cherry-picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases
POLITIK
* EU-USA-«DEAL» * Krone der Absurdität
Viermal so viel Kohle, Öl und Gas soll Europa künftig von den USA kaufen, mehr als es überhaupt braucht. Das sind schlechte Nachrichten für das EU-Klimaziel.
POLITIK
* USA * Is Decarbonization Dead? Video 1 h 20 min
Trump just shredded America’s most ambitious climate policy. Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins discuss what this means for the future of renewable energy in the U.S.
TECH. & ENERGIE
Trump Promised a Drilling Boom. The New Rigs Haven’t Showed Up Yet
With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering in a changing energy landscape.
ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN
* DoE CLIMATE DENIAL * EPA Rescinds Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Harm Human Health, Hobbling U.S. Climate Action
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.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* DoE CLIMATE DENIAL * Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report
Climate scientist Michael Mann called the report “a deeply misleading antiscientific narrative, built on deceptive arguments, misrepresented datasets, and distortion of actual scientific understanding.”
POLITIK
* «DEAL» USA-EU * DIW-Expertin Kemfert: EU-Energiedeal mit Trump eine »absolute Vollkatastrophe«
Deutschlandfunk-Interview – 25 Minuten.
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
* «DEAL» USA-EU * Handelsdeal von EU und USA: Gefahr für europäische Klimaziele
US-Präsident Donald Trump geht es darum, die Klimapolitik der EU sowie den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien scheitern zu lassen, um Europa abhängig zu machen
POLITIK
* «DEAL» USA-EU * 750 Milliarden für Gas & Öl kaum erfüllbar
Der EU-USA-Handelsdeal beinhaltet ein Versprechen der EU-Kommission, bis zum Ende von Trumps Amtszeit Energie im Wert von 250 Milliarden Dollar pro Jahr aus den USA zu kaufen. Laut Fachleuten ist das kaum realistisch und schadet dem Klimaschutz.
URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Trump and the energy industry are eager to power AI with fossil fuels
At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.
ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN
* TRUMP * EPA Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
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.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Why the federal government is making climate data disappear
Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Trump is fast-tracking new coal mines – even when they don’t make economic sense
The Trump administration is approving coal mines under the guise of an "energy emergency," but it will do little to save a declining industry.
TECH. & ENERGIE
U.S. Proposes Steep Tariffs on Critical E.V. Battery Material
The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.
ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN WISSENSCHAFTEN
Mauna Loa Observatory Is One NOAA Site That Could Close Because of Budget Cuts
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.
URSACHEN
* USA * Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries
URSACHEN
* USA * Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes
Donald Trump’s dismantling of climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change
The three scientists joined the administration after it dismissed hundreds of experts who were assessing how global warming is affecting the country.
ANTI-KLIMA
* FLOODS TEXAS * Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Trump’s plan to replace clean energy with fossil fuels has some major problems
The budget bill sabotages one of the biggest growth sectors of the US economy.
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
* USA * The Supreme Court just ended its term. Here are the decisions that will affect climate policy
Experts say the most impactful decisions have enabled the Trump administration to gut the federal workforce and freeze funding.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* USA * Senate Republicans just voted to dismantle America’s only climate plan
Critics are calling it "the most anti-environmental bill of all time."
ANTI-KLIMA TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* USA * National Climate Report Website Goes Dark
The federal website hosting five legislatively mandated reports stopped working Monday afternoon.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Key climate change reports removed from US government websites
The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming world
POLITIK
* NYC ELECTIONS * How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor
Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice
WIRTSCHAFT
* TRUMP * Boosted by Trump, banks resume their love affair with fossil fuels
A new report reveals massive backtracking on climate pledges.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
ETH-Forscher Knutti erklärt, wie Trumps Klimapolitik die Forschung trifft
SRF4 aktuell – 5 Minuten.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Congress is one step closer to gutting the Inflation Reduction Act
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.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* TRUMP * Many Hoped Senate Republicans Would Save Clean Energy. They Mostly Didn’t
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.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * This Alaska Native village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.
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.
TECH. & ENERGIE
Elon Musk couldn’t change Trump’s mind on electric vehicles
Their messy split highlights some real fault lines in clean energy politics.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Major US Climate Website Likely to Be Shut Down After Almost All Staff Fired
Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
EMPFOHLEN TECH. & ENERGIE
* NORD STREAM * Europe Wants to Banish Russian Gas. The U.S. May Have Other Plans.
A large Republican donor wants to buy a Russian pipeline to Germany. The White House has entertained the idea of working with the Kremlin to supply Russian gas to Europe.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Coal and Gas Plants Were Closing. Then Trump Ordered Them to Keep Running.
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.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
Thousands of scientists, academics, physicians and researchers have responded to the administration’s executive order about “restoring a gold standard for science.”
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Heat Waves Are Changing Disease Dynamics in Unpredictable Ways, New Research Finds
Scientists are just beginning to understand how extreme weather can give pathogens an upper hand, underscoring the urgent need for the type of research canceled by the Trump administration.
RECHT
* USA * Will Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week?
The city is suing oil companies over global warming. Trump says lawsuits like these threaten national security. The judge wants to hear what both sides think.
RECHT
* TRUMP * Youth Climate Activists Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Orders
The complaint argues that orders aimed at increasing American fossil fuel production infringe on the fundamental rights of young people.
URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Administration to Open Alaska Wilderness to Drilling and Mining
The Interior Department plans to repeal Biden-era protections across the state’s ecologically sensitive North Slope.
RECHT
* TRUMP * A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Alarmed by Trump Cuts, Scientists Are Talking Science. For 100 Hours
Meteorologists and climate researchers aim to run a livestream for 100 hours in protest of the Trump administration’s cuts to weather and climate research.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * U.S. Energy Dept. Cancels $3.7 Billion for New Technologies to Lower Emissions
The 24 awards would have gone to a range of companies trying in novel ways to reduce the pollution that is heating the planet.
RECHT
The Growing Legal Battle Over Climate Change
Oil and gas companies are facing a wave of new lawsuits over their role in global warming.
POLITIK
Trump’s budget bill is on the verge of transforming how America eats
The drastic policy shifts will make it harder on those who grow food — and on those struggling to afford to eat.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Moderate Republicans defended Biden’s climate law — then voted to repeal it
House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * The Tax Increase Tucked Into Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
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.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * How Electric Vehicles Are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill
The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Trump schaltet die Sonne aus
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.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
The agency plans to argue that carbon emissions from power plants do not contribute “significantly” to climate change. Scientists disagree.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
Trump stutzt US-Klimaschutz und -Wissenschaft
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.
URSACHEN
* USA * The US government stole the Black Hills. Now it’s clear-cutting them.
The Trump administration wants to fast-track logging in the Black Hills. What could go wrong? A lot, say tribes, scientists, and conservationists.
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
* USA * Don’t Mention Climate: Now, Clean Energy Is All About the Money
The Inflation Reduction Act was once hailed as the biggest climate law in U.S. history. But as supporters try to save it, they’ve stopped talking about the environment altogether.
ANTI-KLIMA WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Godfather of climate science decries Trump’s plans to cut Nasa lab: ‘They’re trying to kill the messenger’
Over breakfast at Tom’s Restaurant, right below the historic Giss lab, James Hansen calls Doge’s decision a ‘big mistake’
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.
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.