Companies, Politics
- More nuclear plants required to meet carbon goals, MIT study says
- San Francisco, Oakland climate lawsuits against oil companies dismissed by federal judge
- Direct-air carbon capture faces skepticism as climate solution
- Weasels, losing snow cover, have nowhere to hide
- Animal agriculture is responsible for 14.5 percent of global emissions, and many big companies don’t track their pollution
Protests
- Democrat and Republican congressmen write op-ed supporting export of natural gas without environmental review
- Navy admiral in charge of NOAA may change agency’s mission from studying climate to boosting U.S. seafood exports
- World could save $30 trillion by hitting toughest climate goal
- EU proposes ban on plastic straws
- Fossil fuel divestment isn’t working, PERI study says
Science
- Australia tries to water down climate pledge at meeting
- Switching ships to LNG cuts emissions just 10%, EU study finds
- Alaska’s $10 billion ASAP natural-gas pipeline project gets final environmental review
- World spends $400 billion a year subsidizing oil extraction
- When coal plants in California were shut down, premature births dropped 5 percent for mothers living nearby
