Politics
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Newsom counters Trump's stance on climate issues while in New York

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.
apnews.com
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Trump cut their climate jobs. This secretive network found them new ones

Climate Reserve has been quietly building a lifeline for America's lost climate workforce, one job at a time.
grist.org
Al Gore and Kevin Wall at a press conference to announce the Global Climate Crisis Campaign Concert "Save Our Selves". California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA. 01-15-07

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight

The former U.S. vice president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary.

www.theguardian.com
An illustration showing a row of voting boxes with blue and red lids

Climate change is getting worse in Nevada. Why did Democrats stop talking about it?

Voters tend to worry about global warming while worrying more about other issues; Democrats have noticed and changed how they discuss the environment.

thenevadaindependent.com
Import/export shipping terminal intersected by a rail line stacked with railroad tanker cars for liquid transport

Diesel export fight strains GOP ties with Big Oil

Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban, putting them at odds with an industry that has long been a GOP ally.

www.politico.com
Two workers in blue jumpsuits and white hard hats looking at industrial equipment

Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust

Workforce programs are trying to ride out the legal, administrative, and economic headwinds of the Trump administration.

hechingerreport.org
A view of the United Nations building in New York City

United Nations chief says power has polarized the world

Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence, and intensifying inequalities?

apnews.com
Several Somalian women carry bags of food at an African refugee camp

Climate change is fueling African conflict — governments are developing a shared response

African countries are now crafting the first continent-wide framework to tackle how climate disasters can worsen hunger, displacement, and conflict.

theconversation.com
Seemingly chaotic Cairo rooftops

The solar boom in developing nations: Fast, chaotic, and unequal

Soaring energy costs are driving a solar rush in developing countries, but as households unplug from the grid, those who remain face higher electricity bills. If governments fail to manage the buildout, the growth of solar could destabilize power systems and deepen economic inequality.
e360.yale.edu
A view of the entrance to the United Nations building with rows of world flags lined along a green lawn

Competing climate visions clash at UN General Assembly

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
insideclimatenews.org
Computer generated 3D illustration with oil pumps, solar panels and wind turbines

US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition

Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest “Dirty Truth Report” finds.

www.canarymedia.com
Myriad pump jacks working a crowded California oil field

The former fracking executive selling Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ vision

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pitching a future of fossil fuel abundance. It’s not always an easy sell while war drags on and oil prices surge.
www.nytimes.com
Two towers at a coal power plant

How Trump’s repeal of the greenhouse gas rule could increase emissions from Georgia

Advocates in Georgia warn a Trump administration rollback on climate standards for power plants will increase greenhouse gas emissions. 
www.wabe.org
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US — and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis.

www.theguardian.com
United Nations headquarters in New York where the UN General Assembly meets

Fuel prices, AI and disasters complicate UN climate efforts

Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence and data centers, which consume a lot of energy, and higher fossil fuel prices due to wars in Iran, Venezuela and Ukraine are changing the conversation.

apnews.com
Smokestacks spewing smoke from Convent oil refinery and IMC Agrico Chemical Company in Convent USA.

Chevron cancer risk 'significant' in Point Richmond, air district says

Emissions are reportedly 3.5 times the level requiring correction. Chevron will be given a set time period to fix it.
richmondside.org
Fire burning in a field outside of a nearby city

In rural Pennsylvania, doctors confront the hidden health impacts of environmental disasters

Researchers are learning more about the long-term public health effects of living through extreme weather, especially in more isolated communities.
insideclimatenews.org
A man in an orange safety vest looking at a deforested section of a hillside

‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists.

www.theguardian.com
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