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VOX -Environment

If a wealthy, advanced economy is having a hard time getting off coal, what does it mean for the rest of the world? Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel by far, producing more particulate air pollution and global warming gasses than any other, per unit of energy. But for some countries - even ones...

New York Times - Climate Section

The creators of the latest vessel from Azimut Yachts went to great lengths to reduce its emissions, but even they won’t call it green. Reporting from Milan In the middle of Milan Design Week last month, in the middle of the Bagni Misteriosi - a historic bathing complex in the Porta Romana...

PHYS.ORG - Technology

Japanese auto giant Honda on Friday logged a record annual profit thanks to improving global vehicle sales, but issued a cautious outlook for the current fiscal year. The company said net profit for the year to March soared 70 percent to 1.1 trillion yen ($7.1 billion) on sales of 20.4 trillion...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

With Mammoth's 72 industrial fans, Swiss start-up Climeworks intends to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air annually to bury underground, vying to prove the technology has a place in the fight against global warming. Mammoth, the largest carbon dioxide capture and storage facility of its...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

No sign of widespread lead exposure from Maui wildfires, Hawaii health officials say

Blood samples were taken from 557 people after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century ripped through the town of Lahaina, killing 101 people. Just 27 people's screening results came out positive, and subsequent testing showed 15 of them did not have elevated blood lead levels and...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Salad chain says a cleaner farming method will offset adding steak to its menu. What is it?

Founded in 2007 and known as a fast-casual spot serving salads and bowls, Sweetgreen says it will be carbon neutral by 2027 — meaning it plans to offset its own emissions by putting in place strategies that also remove carbon from the atmosphere. But beef production is incredibly...

Huffington Post

George Conway Names 'Complete Disaster' Moment For Trump During Trial

Conservative attorney George Conway delivered a harsh verdict for Donald Trump’s attorneys after Thursday’s proceedings in the former president’s criminal trial in the hush money case. “The continued cross-examination of Stormy Daniels was a complete disaster and a fiasco for the defense,”...

Guardian - Energy

Move suggests homes will rely on electricity for low-carbon heating well into the future A third pilot project to test the use of hydrogen heating in homes has been shelved by the UK government in the clearest sign to date that households will rely on electricity for low-carbon heating in the...

Huffington Post

Former President Donald Trump is more than happy to fulfill the oil and gas industry’s wish list if he’s reelected - but he has an asking price. Trump reportedly solicited top oil and gas executives to give $1 billion for his campaign to return to the White House, vowing in return to undo many...

Guardian - Energy

I understand climate scientists’ despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope

Fighting spirit helped us achieve the Paris accords in 2015 – and we need it now the world is on course to overshoot 1.5C 'Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair Christiana Figueres was the head of the UN climate change convention from 2010 to 2016 “Hopeless...

Guardian - Energy

Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report

Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones,...

VOX -Environment

Mexico City is staring down a water crisis. It won’t be the last city to do so. Mexico City is parched. After abysmally low amounts of rainfall over the last few years, the reservoirs of the Cutzamala water system that supplies over 20 percent of the Mexican capital’s 22 million residents’...

Guardian - Energy

Anthony Albanese faces internal revolt from inner-city Labor MPs over gas strategy

Resource minister Madeleine King released the party’s future gas strategy which says new sources will be needed 'to 2050 and beyond’ The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is facing an internal revolt with Labor backbenchers pushing back against the government’s support for new gas production....

Guardian - Energy

Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage

Vermont is poised to pass a groundbreaking measure forcing major polluting companies to help pay for damages caused by the climate crisis, in a move being closely watched by other states including New York and California. Modeled after the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program,...

Huffington Post

In mid-February, Sean Pond, a resident of remote Nucla, Colorado, learned from an area rancher about an effort to convince President Joe Biden to establish nearly 400,000 acres of canyonland surrounding the Dolores River as a new national monument. At the time, Pond had no knowledge of the...

Guardian - Energy

Labor’s strategy is to reduce emissions from gas – but not if that means doing anything to cut its use

The plan announced on Thursday offers the gas industry – and Western Australia in particular – everything it could want The bottom line of the “future gas strategy” isn’t what it might mean for the government’s political fortunes, despite what Labor pollsters and political commentators might...

New York Times - Climate Section

Asbestos, “forever” chemicals, E.V.s and endangered species. Here’s what 10 new rules cover, and why the administration has been churning them out. The Biden administration has been racing this spring to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations, including rules to combat climate...

Yale Climate Connections - Weather

Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Intense storms were brewing Thursday across the southern tier of the United States, marking the...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Generative artificial intelligence and social media can undermine efforts to address climate change, argue researchers in a new forum article published in the journal Global Environmental Politics. UBC professor Dr. Hamish van der Ven and his colleagues argue that generative AI - including large...