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Aerial view of Himmafushi island in the Maldives exemplifying sea level vulnerability

‘But we’re just 1% of emissions’: Do smaller countries’ climate efforts matter?

Past and present leaders of wealthy nations such as the United Kingdom and Germany have argued their actions are insignificant.

www.theguardian.com
Coal mining operation adjacent to Hambach forest, Germany

Germany saves forest from mining, US opens land to drilling

Germans have won a fight to keep a coal mine out of an ancient forest. In the U.S., the government is opening protected lands for drilling and development.

www.dw.com
Oil field workers manipulating a drilling rig

Enid, Oklahoma’s fight to protect its water from oil and gas pollution

Oklahoma restricts oilfield wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one of the state’s biggest industries.

www.propublica.org
Yellow and white offshore wind turbines being installed using a floating red & white crane

Duke Energy takes nearly $130 million to kill its wind project

The Interior Department has announced that Charlotte-based Duke Energy will terminate its offshore wind lease off Bald Head Island and "refocus" the $129 million taxpayer buyout back on fossil fuels and nuclear power.
coastalreview.org
Grid-scale battery storage against high-voltage power lines

Committee sets vote on data center, grid bills

The Energy and Commerce panel will debate the marquee Ratepayer Protection Act this week.
www.eenews.net
Three air conditioning units installed on a wall above windows

Exclusive: Electricity bills in Germany and France rose by €700 million during record heat wave

Heat waves are showing up on Europe’s energy bills — should fossil fuels face a windfall tax?

www.euronews.com
New fracking wells with multicolored array of pumpjacks in close proximity

Trump officials to slash public input on fossil fuel drilling on federal lands

Plan to limit scrutiny of polluters and shift financial risks to taxpayers is an attack on democracy, advocates say.

www.theguardian.com
Offshore wind farm

Another Trump administration payment to stop offshore wind farm

It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases.
www.nytimes.com
Sign at Florida beach entrance warns of red tide

New Florida law bans local net-zero emissions policies

Gov. Ron DeSantis characterized the clean energy goals the law bans as “radical climate policies,” although experts say the law will not necessarily upend the plans.
insideclimatenews.org
A pile of coffee-to-go cups and takeout packaging

New laws force companies to confront most polluting plastics

Companies are stepping up efforts to cut waste from flexible plastic packaging as new environmental rules target one of the world’s most polluting forms of plastic, writes Saabira Chaudhuri.

www.reuters.com
South African pipeline

In East Africa, a controversial oil project is poised for production

Despite years of opposition, a 900-mile crude oil pipeline through East Africa is about to be completed, and its environmental and social risks are coming into focus. Campaigners in Uganda and abroad are making a final push to halt the project before the oil starts to flow.
e360.yale.edu
Rickshaws, scooters, busses, and pedestrians on a Delhi street

Delhi plans to ban petrol rickshaws and scooters in effort to cut toxic fumes

Government hopes for 30% of city’s fleet to be electric by 2030, in move hailed as ‘gamechanger’ on air pollution.

www.theguardian.com
The interior of a data center with servers stretching into the distance

Climate activists take on a new foe: data centers

As climate action stalls, the movement is finding new energy in local fights to stop polluting, power-hungry facilities.
grist.org
A man using a hose to water a lawn

An Oregon law lets one wealthy region turn the desert green. When drought hits, farmers pay the price

During a historic drought, half of Central Oregon’s lifeblood river was diverted to a wealthy agricultural region that got a lot more water than its plants could drink.

www.opb.org
A person cutting a salmon filet on a plate with spinach and cherry tomatoes

Swapping beef for salmon once a week notably cuts emissions

A United Kingdom study comparing five dietary scenarios through 2050 found the simplest option delivered meaningful, realistic emissions reductions.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Overhead drone shot of whale and calf swimming side by side

Offshore oil and gas rush threatens whale corridors and coral reefs

Global plans to drill and expand fossil fuel projects overlap with marine protected areas and important fishing grounds, a new report finds.
insideclimatenews.org
Gas-fired power plant in Berlin, smokestack emitting smoke

Gas plant permits still include EPA’s carbon rules

But how they’re doing that varies from state to state.

www.eenews.net
Google Datacenter adjacent to a waterway near Delfzijl in the province of Groningen, Netherlands, under blue sky.

Amid stark opposition, data center developers think twice about Florida

The state’s growing population, existing infrastructure and swaths of developable land have drawn the industry’s interest, much to the dismay of rural communities.
www.politico.com
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