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Category: Climate

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  • Climate

California’s Changing Climate Gives New Fuel to Fire Season

California’s changing climate has pushed fire season to new lengths, triggering once-rare winter blackouts. State utilities cut power to more than 72,000 homes and businesses Tuesday in a preemptive effort to Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Supreme Court takes on early stage of global warming case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed cautious about siding with oil and gas companies in a case involving global warming. The case the court was hearing is not about whether Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

US court strikes down Trump’s pro-coal power sector rules

A US court tossed out one of President Donald Trump’s signature efforts to roll back environmental regulations just one day before he leaves office, scrapping a rule meant to prop Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Fossil fuel firms need to curb climate gas leaks

The International Energy Agency says oil and gas companies aren’t doing enough to reduce the release of methane, a potent source of planet-heating emissions, that is seeping out of pipelines Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

The South’s Communication Infrastructure Can’t Withstand Climate Change

When Hurricane Zeta made landfall on the Gulf Coast in October, 2.6 million people in the Southeast U.S. were left in the dark. From the Mississippi coast to Atlanta to Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

The European Space Agency’s Satellites Could Predict the Next Climate Disaster – Bloomberg

Signaling his commitment to quickly confront climate change, President-elect Joe Biden is planning to move within days to quash the controversial multibillion-dollar Keystone XL pipeline, according to two individuals familiar Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate

Global Methane Emissions Equaled Europe’s Carbon Footprint in 2020

Emissions of planet-warming methane fell last year as oil and gas production declined, but they were still equivalent to the European Union’s total carbon dioxide emissions. Oil and gas operations emitted Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

IEA calls for ‘urgent’ action to cut methane emissions from oil, gas sector

The International Energy Agency on Jan. 18 called on on companies, governments and regulators to take “urgent action” to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, and warned Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Total

Oil giant Total withdraws from US energy lobbying group

 French oil and gas company Total said it has decided to withdraw from energy association American Petroleum Institute because it disagrees on climate-related policies. Total said in a statement Friday Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Biden’s new hires show West Wing will be center of gravity on climate push

Days before he is set to take office, Joe Biden is setting up a bigger White House climate team than any president before him. As Juliet Eilperin and I report, Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

2020 Ties for Hottest Year in the Hottest Decade Ever

The decade ending in 2020 was the hottest in recorded history, with temperatures higher than any other period in at least two millennia and possibly much longer. The main culprit Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Where 2020’s Record Heat Was Felt the Most

2020 was effectively tied with 2016 for the hottest year on record, as global warming linked to greenhouse gas emissions showed no signs of letting up. Siberia and the Arctic Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • China
  • Climate

Bitter Cold Brings Chaos as Global Energy Systems Show Strain

Freezing weather that’s sweeping the northern hemisphere is causing chaos in energy markets and damaging infrastructure with households from Japan to Pakistan and France being asked to curb their electricity Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Joe Biden adds David J. Hayes, Cecilia Martinez and Stef Feldman, among others, to climate team

President-elect Joe Biden added more than a half-dozen climate staffers to his White House team Thursday, drawing from the ranks of green groups, environmental justice advocates and former Democratic administration Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Biden’s Boom: The $30 Trillion ESG Sector Is Set To Explode In 2021

With trillions of dollars pouring into ESG funds last year, 2020 has been called the “tipping point” year for this mega-trend. But many are predicting that the ESG boom will Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Environmentalists make a case for leaving fossil fuels in the ground

Economic, climate and healthcare upheavals point to the need to move toward developing cleaner energy sources, environmentally friendly jobs and healthier communities, participants in a Reuters Next panel said on Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

EPA Raises Barriers to Climate-Change Rules

The Environmental Protection Agency is creating higher barriers for regulating the emissions that contribute to climate change, setting new rules that effectively block the federal government from imposing new restrictions Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

U.S. cities consider treating fossil fuels like nuclear weapons

For decades, the potential for a nuclear catastrophe felt like a waking threat, just around the corner. Then, in 1968, many of the nations once responsible for pushing the world Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Flooding Due to Climate Change Caused $75 Billion of Damage in the U.S.

It’s long been established that warming temperatures cause more frequent and intense precipitation. But placing a dollar value on the contribution of climate change to storm damage has been tricky. Now, Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

The Radical Case for Growing Huge Swaths Bamboo in North America

Three species of farm-cultivated bamboo towering in Hawkinsville, Georgia. Credit: Audrey Gray This report was made possible in part by the Fund for Environmental Journalism of the Society of Environmental Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

What Merrick Garland as attorney general means for the environment

President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for attorney general, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Merrick B. Garland, is set to bring deep expertise on environmental law to the Justice Department. Garland is best Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

As Polar Vortex Stirs, a Deep Freeze Threatens U.S. and Europe

High in the atmosphere above the North Pole, a spike in temperatures may soon send bone-rattling chills spilling down through the Northern Hemisphere.The icy blasts threatening to sweep across North Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

EU Plans Torrent of Climate Rules This Year:

With Brexit out of the way, Green will be the buzzword of the year in Brussels. Under the EU’s massive economic recovery program, more than 500 billion euros will start flowing to Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Climate change could take weather patterns back to the Pliocene

The West Coast drinks from the wind. When westerly gales carry humid air from the Pacific Ocean into the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade mountain ranges, the West turns green, Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Russia

Transit of Kazakh oil via Russia disrupted due to cold weather

 Transit of Kazakh oil via Russia has been disrupted due to power outages caused by cold weather, Russian pipeline operator Transneft said Jan. 11. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Rules that could undercut Biden’s climate agenda likely to be nixed, expert says

An alleged Trump administration effort to tie the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s hands regarding energy and climate rules under President-elect Joe Biden has run into a problem: a Democrat-controlled Senate. Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Net-Zero Emissions Might Not Be Possible Without Nuclear Power

Declining solar, wind, and battery technology costs are helping to grow the share of renewables in the world’s power mix to the point that governments are pledging net-zero emission electricity Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Scientists Find Way To Convert CO2 Into Jet Fuel

Air travel accounts for about 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from the transport industry—or at least it did before the pandemic. It is likely that once again travel will Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Earth’s Margin for Error Narrows After Another Year of Record Heat

Another year of record-high heat punctuated a decade-long increase in global temperatures that has placed the Earth’s economies dangerously close to climate tipping points. Those are the conclusions published Friday by Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Atmospheric Carbon Levels to Hit Unwelcome 2021 Milestone

Global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will be 50% higher this year than before the start of the Industrial Revolution, according to forecasts that show the rapid pace at which humans Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Weather and Climate Change: Met Office Sees 2021 Temperatures Among Hottest Ever

Next year is already set to be among the hottest on record, even as the planet experiences the temporary cooling effect of La Nina phenomenon. Average global temperatures for 2021 are forecast to Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Second-Warmest Year on Record Cost the World $210 Billion

The second-warmest year on record brought storms, fires and floods that killed at least 8,200 people and cost the world $210 billion in losses, according to a report by Munich Re. Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Environmental Debt Risk Is More Than Japan’s GDP

The financial risk posed to companies by natural disasters keep growing and growing, and the size of potential losses is just eye-popping. Moody’s Investors Service says 18 sectors have a combined Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Polar vortex conditions could form, potentially driving up US power, gas prices

US weather forecasters said there are indications that cold air outbreaks could begin during the third week of January while polar vortex conditions could develop, bringing Arctic air into the Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Climate Action Is Embedding Into How the World Works

Like the start of every year in recent history, the planet is getting warmer, climate disasters continue to strike, and emissions aren’t falling fast enough. Unlike other years, however, some positive developments in Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Polar vortex is splitting because of a sudden stratospheric warming event

A dramatic spike in temperatures is occurring at high altitudes above the North Pole, where the air is thin and typically frigid. Known as a sudden stratospheric warming event, experts Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Unplugged: Abandoned oil and gas wells leave the ocean floor spewing methane

The Gulf of Mexico is littered with tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, and toothless regulation leaves climate warming gas emissions unchecked. Out on the deck of Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero

Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland with glaciers and the Greenland ice cap retreating. Credit: Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto via Getty Images Parts of the world economy may have Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Renewables Conundrum: Wind and Solar’s Rapid Growth Isn’t Decarbonizing Fast Enough

Encouraging reports keep emerging about growth prospects for renewable energy. The International Energy Agency’s November report, Renewables 2020: Analysis and forecast to 2025 , projects that by 2025 electricity from Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Big Oil’s Renewables Push Will Come At A Cost

Major cuts to oil production, an equally major boost to clean energy project development, and ambitious emissions reduction targets: this was Big Oil’s pledge for the future last year. It’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Biden Climate Plan Looks For Buy-in From Farmers Who Are Often Skeptical About Global Warming

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris look on as Tom Vilsack, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Agriculture, delivers remarks at the Queen Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

At current rates of deforestation, civilization will collapse in 20-40 years

Collapse Within Several Decades Deforestation and rampant resource use is likely to trigger the ‘irreversible collapse’ of human civilization unless we rapidly change course . Vice.com Two theoretical physicists specializing Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Europe

EU’s ‘Climate Leader’ Explains Why 2020 Has Left Him Optimistic

The author of one of the most ambitious climate plans in the European Union says 2020 was a turning point that’s left him optimistic about the future of the planet. Although Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

How Trump Tried, but Largely Failed, to Derail America’s Top Climate Report – The New York Times

The National Climate Assessment, America’s premier contribution to climate knowledge, stands out for many reasons: Hundreds of scientists across the federal government and academia join forces to compile the best Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Japan
  • Vietnam

Japan Approves Funding for Vietnam Coal Power Plant, Risking Green Group Critics – Bloomberg

Japan approved a plan to help finance a long-planned coal power plant in Vietnam, despite the government’s pledge to curb overseas investments in dirtier technology and cut emissions at home. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

World record for high air pressure may have been set in Mongolia

A brutally cold dome of high pressure across eastern Asia has produced what may be the highest barometric pressure readings ever documented on planet Earth — with an important qualifier. Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Extreme U.S. weather in 2020: Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes

As most of us are breathing a sigh of relief that 2020 is just about over, many meteorologists are doing the same thing. The year featured devastating wildfires and hurricanes, Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Bloomberg Green’s Biggest Climate Change Stories of 2020

2020 was a monumental year for just about every kind of news, and climate news was no exception. As the world reeled from the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic, racial tension, and economic Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Climate Change Led to Record Insurance Payouts in 2020

Covid continues to cause severe economic distress, but natural disasters fueled by a warming planet also took their toll this year, causing record damage and displacing millions according to two new assessments of Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Joe Biden’s Climate Team Actually Cares About Climate

As President-elect Joe Biden rolls out his climate and environment team, it is worth recalling, if only to grasp the distance between then and now, the hopeless bunch President-elect Donald Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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