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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
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
flags of Department of Energy and USA painted on cracked wall

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
a group of smokestacks.

‘A colossal train wreck’: U.S. energy chief slams odds of net zero by 2050

Net zero by 2050 is "a monstrous human impoverishment program and of course there is no way it is going to happen," U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.
www.cnbc.com
A SEPTA system transit bus in Philadelphia PA.

Budget shortfalls put mass transit at risk across US

Major transportation systems are cutting bus and rail service in an effort to stay afloat.
www.eenews.net
Boy scavenging a landfill

EU to slash food and fast fashion waste

EU lawmakers have given a final green light to a law on slashing the mountains of food wasted in Europe each year, and curbing the environmental impact of fast fashion.
www.dw.com
Three smokestacks billowing smoke and pollution into the sky

Republican attorneys general push back against state climate liability laws

At an Alaska oil conference, attorneys general from five conservative states warned that new climate “superfund” laws in Democratic states threaten the fossil fuel industry and could expose companies to massive financial penalties.

alaskabeacon.com
Smokestacks with billowing smoke with the sunset in the background

Report: Big businesses are doing carbon dioxide removal all wrong

A new analysis shows that major companies are leaning on short-term, unreliable carbon removal strategies instead of cutting emissions, raising concerns that corporate climate pledges fall far short of what’s needed to limit global warming.

grist.org
Dairy cows grazing with Pacific Ocean backdrop Point Reyes

Bucolic battlefield: a California seashore says goodbye to dairy farms – and hopes to heal

After a years-long battle, organic dairy ranches are being expelled from Point Reyes national seashore to revitalize the ecosystem
www.theguardian.com
Yellow excavator loading rock truck in open pit coal mine

Wyoming's massive new federal coal tract not likely to draw high bids

State and coal industry officials want a new 440 million ton coal tract offered for sale, but opponents warn lease won't benefit public coffers like years past.
wyofile.com
Pennsylvania Gas well

Two Pennsylvania towns seek public funding for water systems amid claims that gas industry contaminated wells

“Disaster emergency” declarations will allow towns to apply for state and federal help.
insideclimatenews.org
The energy sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying this year. Watchdogs say that’s only half the story

The energy sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying this year. Watchdogs say that’s only half the story

Critics say the Trump administration’s willingness to greenlight any of the fossil fuel industry’s requests allows it to spend less on lobbying.

insideclimatenews.org
A small SUV driving through a flooded street

Houston researchers react to Trump’s EPA, climate rollbacks

Houston's emissions and extreme weather vulnerability make it "ground zero for climate change," according to local critics of a proposed end to the EPA's endangerment finding.
www.houstonchronicle.com
A ship next to a drilling platform in an icy environment

A Texas firm is gearing up for a $150 million search for oil beneath the Arctic coast

Narwhal Exploration, a small Texas-based company, is preparing to drill as many as five exploration wells this winter in Alaska’s remote West Harrison Bay, picking up where Shell abandoned leases last year. The project could unlock sizable reserves but faces steep costs and environmental concerns.

alaskabeacon.com
Intensely red sunset over ocean

Humans are altering the seas. Here’s what the future ocean might look like

Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research.

www.nytimes.com
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