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RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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.
DROIT & LITIGE
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-CLIMAT
* 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.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
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.
POLITIQUE
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
DROIT & LITIGE
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-CLIMAT
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-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE
* 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.
RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES
* 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
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
The US stopped showing up to disasters. The results are horrifying.
Emergency response’s newfound sluggishness, explained by earthquakes and landslides.
ANTI-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE
* 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. & ÉNERGIE
* 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.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* 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.
SCIENCES
* 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. & ÉNERGIE
* 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.
SCIENCES
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.
SCIENCES
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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.
SCIENCES
* 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
ACTIVISME
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-CLIMAT
* 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. & ÉNERGIE
* 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-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* 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-CLIMAT
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. & ÉNERGIE
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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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.
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
Sprachmodelle als Spielball geopolitischer Machtkämpfe
Die aggressive KI-Strategie der Trump-Regierung zielt auf Dominanz. Ihre Vorgaben für Sprachmodelle sind widersprüchlich.
POLITIQUE
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.
SCIENCES
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.
POLITIQUE
*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.
DROIT & LITIGE
*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
SCIENCES
* 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
POLITIQUE
* 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.
POLITIQUE
* 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. & ÉNERGIE
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-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ
* 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.
SCIENCES
* 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.”
POLITIQUE
* « DEAL » USA-EU * DIW-Expertin Kemfert: EU-Energiedeal mit Trump eine »absolute Vollkatastrophe«
Deutschlandfunk-Interview – 25 Minuten.
RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* « 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
POLITIQUE
* « 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.
CAUSES
* 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-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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. & ÉNERGIE
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-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ SCIENCES
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.
CAUSES
* 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
CAUSES
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE
* 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-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
* 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-CLIMAT TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* 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-CLIMAT SCIENCES
* USA * National Climate Report Website Goes Dark
The federal website hosting five legislatively mandated reports stopped working Monday afternoon.
ANTI-CLIMAT SCIENCES
* 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
POLITIQUE
* 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
ÉCONOMIE
* TRUMP * Boosted by Trump, banks resume their love affair with fossil fuels
A new report reveals massive backtracking on climate pledges.
ANTI-CLIMAT SCIENCES
ETH-Forscher Knutti erklärt, wie Trumps Klimapolitik die Forschung trifft
SRF4 aktuell – 5 Minuten.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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. & ÉNERGIE
Elon Musk couldn’t change Trump’s mind on electric vehicles
Their messy split highlights some real fault lines in clean energy politics.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* 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
RECOMMANDÉ TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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.
SCIENCES
* 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.”
IMPACTS
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.
DROIT & LITIGE
* 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.
DROIT & LITIGE
* 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.
CAUSES
* 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.
DROIT & LITIGE
* 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.
SCIENCES
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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.
DROIT & LITIGE
The Growing Legal Battle Over Climate Change
Oil and gas companies are facing a wave of new lawsuits over their role in global warming.
POLITIQUE
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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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. & ÉNERGIE
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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-CLIMAT SCIENCES
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.
CAUSES
* 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.
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
* 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-CLIMAT SCIENCES
* 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-CLIMAT
* 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.
ANTI-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE
* TRUMP * An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam
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.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather
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.
SCIENCES
* TRUMP * Two Scientific Groups Say They’ll Keep Working on U.S. Climate Assessment
The organizations said they would publish researchers’ work even after the Trump administration decision to dismiss all authors on the project.
POLITIQUE
* USA * Why 35 House Democrats Joined Republicans Against a Major Climate Policy
Some said they worried that California’s planned ban on gas-powered vehicles would raise the price of cars. Another cited “intense and misleading lobbying” by the oil industry.
DROIT & LITIGE
* TRUMP * 17 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects
The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state attorneys general said.
DROIT & LITIGE
* TRUMP * Hawaii Announced a Climate Lawsuit. So the Government Sued Hawaii First.
In an unusual move, the Trump administration pre-emptively sued Hawaii and Michigan to try to stop them from suing oil companies over global warming.
RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES
What We Know About Deep-sea Mining — and What We Don’t
Minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and rare earth elements are essential ingredients in everything from wind turbines and electric vehicles to cell phones, medical technologies and military infrastructure. Mining for these materials on land is already well established, but with demand surging, some are now looking to tap the seafloor for its millions of square kilometers of metal ores.
CAUSES
Die USA wollen den Bergbau am Meeresgrund fördern – und stellen sich damit gegen den Rest der Welt
Der Tiefseebergbau ist plötzlich auf der internationalen politischen Agenda nach oben geschnellt. Wie erklärt sich das? Zusammen mit Malin Hunziker hat sich «Planet A» mit fünf Aspekten der Debatte beschäftigt.
SCIENCES
Trump kürzt Gelder für Wetterballone trotz Unwettergefährdung
Budgetkürzungen haben dazu geführt, dass den US-Meteorologen wichtige Daten für die Wettervorhersage fehlen. Und das in einem Land, das wie kaum ein anderes durch schwere Stürme gefährdet ist.