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Many Amazon climate disasters are missing from official records, study finds

More than 12,500 extreme climate events were registered in the Amazon biome between 2013 and 2023, according to a recent study, but many more events were never recorded.

news.mongabay.com
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After decades of deflection, ExxonMobil moves to reshape global climate accounting

For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing an accounting scheme that moves pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books.

www.desmog.com
Sailing ship among the icebergs, Antarctica

A look through a century of Times reporting from Antarctica

Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing relationship with the most mysterious continent.
www.nytimes.com
Chinese-made BYD Atto 3 electric car showcased at the Paris Motor Show, France 2022.

As the U.S. and Canada clash, China stands ready to step in and sell the cars of the future

The Canada-China trade deal should make U.S. automakers worry, but it’s not surprising.
insideclimatenews.org
A row of oil drilling pump jacks against a sunset

US energy secretary calls for doubling global oil output in Davos

The world needs to more than double oil production, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at Davos, while criticising the European Union and the state of California for wasting money on what he described as inefficient green energy.

www.reuters.com
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‘Wrong side of history’: Report ties top polluters to countries blocking fossil fuel phaseout

Many state-owned fossil fuel firms that emitted the highest levels of pollution in 2024 went on to block a phaseout roadmap at COP30.
www.euronews.com
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What happened after Trump cut funding to environmental justice and community groups

Across the country, communities that lost grants have responded in a variety of ways — suing the government, searching for other funds, or simply moving on.

grist.org
Mikie Sherrill, Congresswoman from New Jersey (D), USA speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland

New Jersey governor leans on climate funds for ‘affordability’ push

Gov. Mikie Sherrill wants to tap funds from clean energy programs to offset utility bill increases, while the state pursues more solar projects and virtual power plants.

www.eenews.net
Great Salt Lake in Utah with dry mountains in the background.

‘An environmental nuclear bomb’: documentary examines fight to save Great Salt Lake

A cautionary new film, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, warns of the devastating consequences if the Utah lake continues to disappear.

www.theguardian.com
Holy Brahmaputra river, Yarlung Tsangpo, and Tibetan mountain landscape

Opinion: The mother of all mega-dams is China’s hidden weapon in the Himalayas

New disclosures reveal that China’s planned super-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo — the world’s highest-altitude major river, better known as the Brahmaputra — is not a single structure. Rather, it is a a vast, tunnel-linked hydropower and water-diversion complex, spanning roughly 150 kilometers through the Himalayas.

thehill.com
3D rendering of gold bars

Interpol-backed operation targets illegal gold mining in Amazon region

Police from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon.
apnews.com
Indigenous Amazonian person using a blow-dart gun

How US intervention could deepen Venezuela’s environmental crisis

When U.S. forces entered Venezuela earlier this month and removed President Nicolás Maduro, officials framed the intervention as a strategic economic opportunity. President Donald Trump repeatedly pointed to the country’s oil reserves and rare earth minerals, saying U.S. companies stood to earn billions of dollars.

news.mongabay.com
United Nations logo at the UN headquarter in New York City

Trump formally withdraws US from World Health Organization

Trump justified withdrawing from the health alliance formed in 1948 based on what he viewed as the “mishandling” of the coronavirus pandemic and a failure to adopt changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
US Capitol under cloudy sky during daytime.

US Congress set to reject Trump’s sweeping science budget cuts

Lawmakers announce legislation that would actually increase funding for basic research by more than 2%.
www.nature.com
President Donald Trump speaking into a microphone

Which of Trump’s upheavals in US science are likely to stick?

A future president could reverse many changes, but greater White House control of science agencies may be here to stay.

www.science.org
A man wearing a hard hat standing in front of solar panels

The consequences of Trump's war on climate in 7 charts

Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.
grist.org
Donald Trump speaking & pointing finger at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.

Authoritarianism is climate policy

The Trump administration’s imperialist, repressive rampage is a classic response to an escalating crisis.

newrepublic.com
China renewable energy, wind and solar energy concept. Chinese flag superimposed with wind turbines and solar panels

Economic interests drive Chinese climate leadership amid U.S. retreat

As the United States retreats from climate policy, China signaled its rising intent to lead a transition away from fossil fuels and toward Chinese-made renewable energy technologies in remarks to world leaders on Tuesday.

insideclimatenews.org
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