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The case for Kamala Harris in a burning world

Friday - By Jeff Goodell | COMMENT: The race between Harris and Trump is not about saving the planet. It’s about saving ourselves.

California's schools are embracing vegan meals

Friday - How have plant-based lunches spread so successfully? Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programmes.

Microsoft clinches ocean-based carbon removal deal

Thursday - 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.

Trump megadonor’s plan to change US democracy

Thursday - A Texas fracking billionaire wants to rewrite the US Constitution to advance climate denial and other extreme far-right priorities.

United States: 'Worrying confluence' of flood risk, social vulnerability and climate change denial

25 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 levels.

US disaster loan program exhausts funds after Hurricane Helene

24 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.

American university requires students to take a class on climate change

24 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 graduation requirements.


Public EV chargers are good for business as well as the planet

23 Oct 24 - Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost.

Where there’s smoke: the rising death toll from climate-charged fire in the landscape

23 Oct 24 - Now, new international research has linked the warming climate to some of the deaths from exposure to fire smoke in large parts of the world.

New York officials call for big oil to be prosecuted for fueling climate disasters

21 Oct 24 - Oil majors’ conduct can constitute reckless endangerment due to fossil fuels’ effect on global heating, advocates claim.

Political candidates who fight climate change stand to benefit in election

21 Oct 24 - A majority of Floridians expressed support for political candidates who fight climate change in a new Florida Atlantic University survey.

Why might people believe in human-made hurricanes? Two conspiracy theory psychologists explain

21 Oct 24 - While most people turned to meteorologists for explanations during Florida's recent hurricanes, a vocal minority remained sceptical, proposing that the hurricanes were engineered, that Florida’s...

US charges against carbon-offsetting boss highlight wider industry problems

18 Oct 24 - Kenneth Newcombe, a carbon-offsetting pioneer, is accused of a 100-million-dollar fraud scheme that could see him sentenced to 20 years in jail.

Washington state's landmark climate law hangs in the balance this election

17 Oct 24 - A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than...

‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

17 Oct 24 - Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans.

Gas utility sued for climate deception

15 Oct 24 - Multnomah County, Oregon, says NW Natural “engaged in an enterprise of misrepresentation” about its products’ harm to the climate.

Rising disaster costs leave U.S. confronting fiscal risks of climate change

15 Oct 24 - As storms, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather events strike with greater frequency and intensity, repairing and rebuilding has grown more costly, too.

Companies that fought climate action now accused of price gouging Hurricane Milton evacuees

14 Oct 24 - For years, United, American, and other airlines have led massive lobbying efforts against regulations to prevent climate change.

Milton is a monster. Elected leaders are to blame.

11 Oct 24 - A former Florida climate commissioner reflects on the decades of denial and delay that led to this moment.


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