How a former ExxonMobil employee confronted the climate disinformation machineToday 10:45am - Former ExxonMobil climate scientist Lindsey Gulden: “It was after I was fired for reporting a garden variety fraud that I really sat back and thought about the implications for climate change.” |
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Despite likely setback for climate action at the US election, new climate champions set to enter CongressTuesday - Across the US, voters elected new members to Congress who have promoted climate action at the state level and could prevent environmental laws from being weakened under Republican leadership. |
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Donald Trump is likely to scale back America's climate targets - will other countries follow suit?Monday - The US had been a major diplomatic force in climate talks under previous administrations, but Donald Trump's election will likely usher in a new era. |
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'Sin City could be called Solar City': How Las Vegas is going greenMonday - From conserving water to scaling up solar, Sin City is investing millions in sustainability measures. |
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Trump stranglehold adds to growing doubts at climate talksFriday - Nearly 200 nations will soon gather for the annual COP29 summit, where efforts to increase funding for poor countries and slash emissions will run against the reality of a hostile American president. |
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‘Drill, baby, drill’: What Trump’s victory could mean for the future, according to climate experts7 Nov 24 - Trump's victory could be a 'major blow' for global climate action but experts say it may not slow the roll of the green transition. |
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Why didn’t climate change come up more in the presidential campaign?7 Nov 24 - Climate change has dangerously supercharged fires, hurricanes, floods and heat waves. Why didn’t it come up more in the presidential campaign? |
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‘The world is watching’: Why US election result could dictate global progress on climate action6 Nov 24 - The US presidential election comes just days ahead of the world’s most important climate negotiations at COP29. Experts say the outcome will have a profound impact on the US’ leadership role at the... |
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Legal experts say Trump could quit Paris pact – but leaving UNFCCC much harder6 Nov 24 - As the US Senate approved the US joining the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, it’s unclear if a president could easily pull the country out. |
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The US election’s climate choice5 Nov 24 - There are many clear choices at stake in the US Presidential election. One of the starkest is climate. |
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Climate-fuelled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates4 Nov 24 - Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing. |
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The case for Kamala Harris in a burning world1 Nov 24 - By Jeff Goodell | COMMENT: The race between Harris and Trump is not about saving the planet. It’s about saving ourselves. |
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California's schools are embracing vegan meals1 Nov 24 - How have plant-based lunches spread so successfully? Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programmes. |
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Microsoft clinches ocean-based carbon removal deal31 Oct 24 - The tech giant will contract an initial 1,333 tons of carbon dioxide removal from Ebb Carbon, with options to purchase up to 350,000 tons of removal over 10 years. |
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Trump megadonor’s plan to change US democracy31 Oct 24 - A Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the US Constitution to advance climate denial and other extreme far-right priorities. |
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United States: 'Worrying confluence' of flood risk, social vulnerability and climate change denial25 Oct 24 - In certain parts of the United States, especially Appalachia, New England and the Northwest, the ability of residents to prepare for and respond to flooding is being undercut on three different... |
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US disaster loan program exhausts funds after Hurricane Helene24 Oct 24 - The U.S. Small Business Administration said on Tuesday it has exhausted funds for its disaster loan program following increased demand from Hurricane Helene, with the U.S. Congress being in recess. |
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American university requires students to take a class on climate change24 Oct 24 - To better prepare students for a future shaped by climate change, University of California, San Diego is requiring students to take at least one course relating to climate change in order to meet... |
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Public EV chargers are good for business as well as the planet23 Oct 24 - Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost. |
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