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A factory or power plant with smokestacks emitting pollution

Trump's EPA plans to stop making companies report their emissions

The EPA has proposed rescinding its long-standing greenhouse gas reporting program, which tracks emissions from thousands of facilities nationwide. Critics warn the move would blind policymakers, states, and the public to the true scale of climate pollution.

www.notus.org
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Experts warn Colorado River crisis demands immediate water cuts across the West

With reservoirs at less than one-third capacity, researchers say the Colorado River could reach dangerously low levels after another dry winter unless the federal government and seven Western states act quickly to reduce water use.

www.latimes.com
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China, climate crisis and Cop31: five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum

A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentials.

www.theguardian.com
North Carolina State Capitol building

Republican’s oil ties a focus in North Carolina Senate race

Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley has a long record in the energy industry. Democrats see it as a liability.
www.eenews.net
Two workmen installing rooftop solar panels

Rooftop solar is in a slump. Are dark days ahead?

The popularity of residential solar is seeing a steep reversal due to shifting state and federal policies driven by powerful utility interests. And while some say the decline is simply a mild adjustment, others fear the market for residential solar may be on the brink of a long-term slide.   
www.thenewlede.org
A hurricane damaged house with a man talking on the phone in front of it.

In the midst of Florida’s insurance crisis, what recourse do residents have?

An Inside Climate News analysis shows the state’s insurance crisis is hitting hardest in the disadvantaged counties of Florida’s agricultural heartland. Residents here, in large part, are bearing the burden themselves.
insideclimatenews.org
An air conditioning unit mounted on a wall.

A/C saves lives during heat waves. Will Los Angeles require it for rentals?

With extreme heat intensifying due to climate change, Los Angeles Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez is pushing for a citywide indoor temperature threshold that would require landlords to provide renters with cooling options.

capitalandmain.com
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MAHA has a climate change blind spot

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make Our Children Healthy Again” plan promises action on toxics and food additives but ignores climate change, which scientists warn is the greatest health threat of our time.

atmos.earth
A blue and white ship at sea with LNG written on the side of it.

Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs

A new EU rule will restrict imports that exceed strict limits on methane emissions. That could be a problem for American LNG exports.
www.eenews.net
Illustration of arm "netting " smokestack emissions

Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work

Engineers have been trying to perfect the technology for years but the maximum effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs.

www.theguardian.com
Boy immersed up to nose in floodwaters

In the Pacific, unkept U.S. promises on climate cut deep

Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
www.nytimes.com
aerial view of Louisiana Delta

Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

Folks on Louisiana's bayous, where Big Oil is really big, know firsthand the perils of sea level rise, and a group of North Carolinians recently visited there looking to start a conversation.

coastalreview.org
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Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

Most of the money will go to teams working to close the gap between the private nuclear industry and research labs and universities.
insideclimatenews.org
A mining pit with brown dirt and trucks with a forested hill in the background

Lithium mining leaves severe impacts in Chile, but new methods exist

A new report on the impact of lithium mining in South America’s lithium triangle has found that methods used by companies in the rush to extract the mineral in Chile’s Salar de Atacama has led to an “irreversible” and “unrecoverable” loss of water.

news.mongabay.com
Airborne dolphin leaping against ocean backdrop

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster.

www.theguardian.com
Coal plant emitting smokestack pollution

Study links heat waves to climate change and fossil fuel producers

A new study has determined that 55 heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change.
apnews.com
Big Ben and Parliament in London

The Trump-aligned climate skeptics advising Britain’s Nigel Farage

The U.K. boss of the Heartland Institute said she had been influencing Reform UK “at the highest level.”
www.politico.eu
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An Energy Department climate change report ‘completely ignored’ adaptation, Rutgers professor says

Pamela McElwee joined a group of 85 climate scientists who refuted DOE’s faulty science last week. Trump’s climate denialism, she believes, is designed to sow confusion—and inaction.
insideclimatenews.org
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