Climate

This is the firm Trump is illegally paying to not develop offshore wind farms

Anything besides addressing the real problem

The production of a chemical called Caprolactam results in significant N₂O emissions, a potent greenhouse gas. Most EU producers largely avoid these emissions. Some have made investments in drastic emission reduction in recent years. But many of these low-emitting factories are now shutting down.

Some climate activists want the mayor to take a stronger stance. He previously said the state’s climate law “is not a suggestion. It is a mandate.”

Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.

A Michigan data center would use renewables and flexibility to meet most demand. An Ohio project goes in a different direction.

The paper is here

Renewable energy leaders said their industry got “rolled” in President Trump’s tax bill. Now they’re fighting back, starting in Texas.

Paul Marshall also challenged over his own ‘misleading’ statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fund

Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil and funding challenges

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Meager new emissions reduction plans from New Delhi limit the prospects of major progress through 2035 from the three biggest polluting nations.

[David Wallace-Wells] Do you see any tension between this kind of Green agenda, focused on inequality and affordability, and the older one, focused on environmentalism and climate?

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said Democrats would pursue an agenda to reduce energy costs if they win back control of Congress.

A new satellite could transform how water is studied worldwide. But to help unlock its capabilities, scientists first needed to take critical measurements on a mountaintop.

Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.

Industry groups warn of “supply shocks” as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EU’s methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to communities.

Seeking a sixth term, the Maine senator’s passivity in the face of executive branch power grabs undermines her greatest electoral strength, as much as it does climate action.

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The decision represents a setback to other local governments around the country that have sued oil companies to recoup the mounting costs of climate change.

The U.K. government on Tuesday introduced new rules requiring developers to install heat pumps and solar panels in all new homes across England, in policymakers’ latest response to the economic fallout of the Iran conflict.

El equinoccio de primavera de este viernes puede parecer una noción pintoresca para quienes ya soportan un calor sofocante de verano de entre 32 y 43°C.

Since the US-Israeli war against Iran began on February 28, investors have been pouring money into Chinese renewable energy stocks, anticipating that the resulting oil shock will accelerate global demand for green energy — a sector China dominates. The CSI Green Electricity Index has risen 6% in March, with major players like GCL Energy Technology surging 48%, while the broader Shanghai Composite has fallen 8%.

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A pub in California is pulling carbon dioxide from the air to carbonate pints. If the business model works, it could give the broader carbon-capture industry a boost.

The court held that the U.S. Constitution and federal law preempts state claims arising from out-of-state and international greenhouse gas emissions.

It’s not like there’s been a snow drought or anything.

The Arctic sea ice, which helps store nutrients that sustain the crustaceans whales eat, is melting earlier in the year — disrupting the food chain whales depend on.

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Under the governor’s proposal, the most concrete deadline for climate action would be pushed out to the end of her potential second term.

The only way to prevent going from ~1.5°C to 2°C above the temperatures we had in the late 1800s is a quite rapid phase-out of fossil fuel use, combined with an end to deforestation, and the replacement of a few industrial gases

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat

The continued burning of fossil fuels is locking heat in Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land — instead of allowing it to reflect back into space, a new report finds.

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Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change.

War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

This heat wave is so extreme that it would only be expected to occur once about every 500 years in the current climate, according to World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists who study links between extreme weather events and climate change.

New Delhi: Sales of induction cooktops and electric kettles have surged in the wake of cooking gas supply concerns due to the war in West Asia, according to industry players.

Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator, will address a Heartland Institute forum in April. The organization says speakers will challenge the climate crisis “narrative.”

The proposal, currently being considered by the Legislature during budget talks, would put off regulations for enforcing the law until 2030.

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Recent satellite monitoring revealed that actual emissions from the West Texas and southeast New Mexico basin are four times higher than official estimates.

Sorry about the source here, but not seeing decent coverage elsewhere.