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As Turkey welcomes world leaders to COP31, a reliance on fossil fuels — with little end in sight — is severely undermining its climate credentials.

China is leading the world in moving away from fossil fuels, and the rest of the globe — including the US — must now follow, the former US secretary of state John Kerry says.

Lawmakers agreed with a Public Service Commission rule that would keep a requirement for electrical generation capacity on coal-fired plants as a goal, rather than a mandate. 
Brazil has launched a long-awaited road map to help countries transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies.
Greta Thunberg has arrived at the U.N. climate meeting in Turkey, emphasizing the need to prioritize people and the planet over profits.
President Trump refused to send an American delegation to the United Nations climate summit in Turkey.
Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide by 2030.

The transition to electric vehicles should be moving apace, but it is not. And why? Incompetence, expedience, and cowardice, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.

The National Academies, in a new report, call for more clarity around how effective the massive effort has been and what it ultimately can achieve.
Experts warn that a drop in emissions partly driven by conflict and trade disruptions is not sustainable in the long term.
A federal appeals court says forcing corporations to disclose their biggest sources of climate pollution is likely unconstitutional.
Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in Republic Services, America’s second-largest landfill operator, but he’s failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles, ProPublica has found.

Missed opportunities, industry influence, and political maneuvering are behind the lack of progress in slowing global warming.

From Electric Vehicles and electric buses on the road, heat pumps warming homes, and solar panels powering appliances, the shift to electrifying technology is already in full swing. But what exactly does "electrification" mean?

Outdated power grids are a major hurdle in the transition to renewable energy, since older systems often can’t absorb all the electricity from new, cleaner sources.

Presentations about vital and vulnerable N.C. Highway 12, collapsing homes, the national park, and life on the Outer Banks during the Coastal Resources Commission’s recent meeting in New Bern illustrate a sobering challenge.

New EU rules have put strict conditions on offset-based green claims. Caroline Garland speaks to Dan Morrell, who helped put ‘carbon neutral’ into the dictionary – and he says good riddance – but warns brands not to fall silent
The Senate is moving forward with bipartisan legislation to speed up permitting for data centers and infrastructure projects.
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