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prticipants at the entrance to COP 30 pavilion

Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap

Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment.

www.theguardian.com
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre møter Brasils president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at COP30

US is (officially) gone, but not forgotten, at COP30

From fossil fuel politics to state-level climate action and intelligence monitoring, American influence remains deeply woven into the global climate talks.
insideclimatenews.org
Image of a city in Turkey with ornate buildings on a hillside and a body of water in foreground.

Turkey to host 2026 climate summit, in defeat for Australia

But Australia will hold the summit's presidency — and therefore control the diplomacy, Climate Minister Chris Bowen told reporters.
www.politico.com
Heavy traffic on a multi-lane highway through hills.

Gavin Newsom is a star of COP30 — but his climate receipts are messy

The California governor has made great environmental strides in his state. But he’s also cosigned on some major setbacks.
atmos.earth
Offshore drilling platform off foggy California coast

Trump plans to open more than a billion acres of U.S. waters to drilling

The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.
www.nytimes.com
Hydraulic fracturing wells burning off methane

International effort to curb emissions of a climate super pollutant falls short, UN report reveals

Methane emissions continue to climb despite a pledge by countries to curb climate pollution.
insideclimatenews.org
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

Wright overhauls DOE, reflecting shift in US energy priorities

The Energy secretary has reshaped the department to promote fossil fuels, nuclear power and critical minerals.
www.eenews.net
Smoky, smoggy Jakarta

‘We can no longer predict the seasons’: why Indonesia’s coal mindset has to change

It’s a climate-vulnerable nation, while also being the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Global investment in climate action is vital.

www.theguardian.com
A dry river bed during a hot summer at Big Bend National Park in Texas.

The Rio Grande's water is being drained faster than nature can replenish it

Researchers have completed a full accounting of water uses and losses in the Rio Grande-Bravo basin as it faces severe shortages throughout its range in the United States and Mexico.
apnews.com
a TotalEnergies gas station illuminated in red letters at night.

EU farmer takes oil giant TotalEnergies to court in groundbreaking hearing over climate damages

The climate change-related lawsuit begins its hearings, just days after TotalEnergies announced its climate investment at COP30.
www.euronews.com
The fema logo is displayed on a building.

Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA

Instead of further shrinking and dismantling the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, the FEMA Review Council wants to make it more independent.

www.washingtonpost.com
Amazon pickup & returns building next to a tree.

Appeals court pauses California law requiring companies to disclose climate risks

A federal appeals court this week halted a California law requiring companies to disclose the risks that climate change poses to their business. That law would have required companies to prepare a report on their climate-related financial risks by Jan. 1.

thehill.com
Two nuclear energy cooling towers against a sunset sky.

Trump administration gives Three Mile Island nuclear project $1 billion loan

The Pennsylvania site, shorthand for the dangers of nuclear power after a 1979 meltdown, is set for revival under a deal to power Microsoft data centers.
www.nytimes.com
Black children holding their hands under a faucet with water coming out of it

Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more climate deaths

Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
Bill McKibben on the state-led efforts to make Big Oil pay up

Bill McKibben on the state-led efforts to make Big Oil pay up

The New Jersey Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for their past greenhouse gas emissions, possibly generating up to $50 billion for state climate relief. “This should be the easiest vote that any legislator ever makes,” McKibben says.
insideclimatenews.org
A burning smoke-filled rainforest with some trees standing

Germany pledges €1 billion to Brazil's rainforest fund

Germany’s support for Brazil’s new rainforest protection fund adds momentum to a global effort that will reward forest conservation, penalize deforestation and direct resources to Indigenous and traditional communities.
www.dw.com
Vector illustration of large rechargeable lithium-ion battery energy storage stationary for renewable electric power station generation.

How batteries, not natural gas, can power the data center boom

Tech companies are turning to natural gas to help power the growing number of A.I. data centers in the U.S. Jigar Shah, a former Energy Department official, explains how installing batteries instead can help balance the grid, lower electricity bills, and support renewable energy.
e360.yale.edu
Illustration depicting pumpjacks vs solar panels & wind turbines

Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says

André Corrêa do Lago says rise of clean energy must be acknowledged and rich countries need to do more.

www.theguardian.com
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