Saturday, May 11, 2024

COP28: Navigating petrostate politics and the quest for climate action

The path forward demands a concerted global effort, alternative strategies, and a commitment to transformative action.

TransCanada’s Next Move After Keystone XL: Flood Mexico with Fracked Gas with State Department...

Though the Mexican government publicly denied the U.S. had any involvement in helping to usher in privatization of Mexico's energy sector, it appears the State Department has tracked gas pipeline developments in Mexico closely.

Facing their failure to meet 2020 biodiversity targets, world leaders pledge action & funds

Amid calls from the U.N. Chief to stop treating the earth ‘as if we have a spare one,’ French President Emmanuel Macron led world leaders in commitments to protect ecosystems at the One Planet Summit

Chevron will pay record fines for oil spills in California

The penalties come after an investigation by The Desert Sun and ProPublica found that companies were profiting from illegal spills and California’s oversight of the industry was lax.

Carbon’s climbing curve: Confronting a climate unseen in millions of years

The current state of atmospheric CO2 levels, as revealed by the comprehensive study, marks a critical juncture in Earth's climatic history and humanity's future.

In ‘critical and totally doable first step,’ EPA proposes phasedown of climate super-pollutants

With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, “EPA is taking another significant step under President Biden’s ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis,” said the agency’s administrator.

As climate chaos accelerates, governments avert their eyes

The future devastating overheating of our world, as one big problem that must be solved—or else.

Biden admin takes ‘long overdue’ steps to limit methane emissions from drilling on public...

The U.S. Department of the Interior takes a bold step forward with new rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas operations on federal and Tribal lands, marking a significant leap towards sustainable energy practices and environmental stewardship.

Great apes could lose 94% of African home due to climate crisis and other...

“As climate change forces the different types of vegetation to essentially shift uphill, it means that all animals that depend on particular habitat types will be forced to move uphill or become locally extinct.”

VIDEO: 'Our Climate, Our Future:' As Obama Visits Arctic, Alaskans Urge Him to Reverse...

On a recent trip to Alaska, President Obama was greeted by thousands of protesters asking him to reverse his decision on Shell and stop all exploratory drilling in the Arctic. But how will he respond?