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AustraliaCanadaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Doctors Urge Rapid Decarbonization to Avert Life-Long Health Impacts of Climate Change
The increase in extreme weather and air pollution due to climate change is seriously harming human health, and a world of food shortages, infectious ... -
Ex-EPA Administrator McCarthy Joins NRDC as CEO
Gina McCarthy, who led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency between 2013 and 2017 under President Barack Obama, has signed on as president and CEO ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Collateral DamageHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
TC Energy Restarts Keystone Pipeline While Studying Why 1.4 Million Litres Spilled
TC Energy is restarting the Keystone pipeline while it works to understand why the line spilled more than 1.4 million litres (9,120 barrels) of ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Climate Change Makes the Most Destructive U.S. Hurricanes 330% More Frequent
The United States faces the most destructive hurricanes more than three times as often as it did a century ago, according to a new ... -
Failing to Dump Fossil Investments Costs California Pension Funds $17 Billion Over 10 Years
The two biggest pension funds in California missed out on US$17 billion in income by holding onto their fossil fuel investments for a decade ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
White House Twists Automakers’ Arms in Crusade Against California Carbon Controls
Arm-twisting automakers into an assault on tailpipe emission standards, and taking regulatory action against companies that won’t go along, has emerged as one of ... -
Chevron Scrambles to Motivate Employees with ‘Moral Case’ for Fossil Fuels
Chevron Corporation’s attempt to build a “moral case” for fossil fuels in a recent pamphlet for employees suggests the California-based colossal fossil is under ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBrazilClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialEnergy PoliticsEuropeHuman Rights & MigrationTransitUnited States
Solnit: From Online Networks to Urban Congestion, Silicon Valley ‘Fuels the Climate Crisis’
From enabling the rise of climate deniers like Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, to boosting the powers of the surveillance state to ... -
AfricaAustraliaEuropeFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaMiddle EastUnited States
Climate Crisis Drives More Migrants Toward Incarceration by ‘Border-Industrial Complex’
The sprawling private prison system in the United States is a direct beneficiary of a climate crisis that is putting millions of people at ... -
AsiaAustraliaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
New Studies Show Global Emissions Rising, G20 Climate Investments Falling in 2018
Countries are still increasing their greenhouse gas emissions and scaling back their investments in GHG reductions, making 2020 a crucial year to turn the ... -
AsiaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsElectricity GridHealth & SafetyPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Home Storage Delivers Back-Up Power in Vermont Blackout, and EV Batteries Could Do Even Better
When a major rain and wind storm knocked out power supplies for 115,000 Vermont households on Hallowe’en, the 1,100 Green Mountain Power customers participating ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
U.S. Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy Sees Share Value Crash as it ‘Drowns’ in Debt
The accelerating decline of the U.S. fracking industry looked likely to claim its highest-profile victim to date as Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy, once the ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Virginia Set to Embrace Carbon-Free Energy, Join RGGI After Democrats Win Legislative Majority
Virginia is on track to accelerate its drive for carbon-free energy and join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the northeastern United States, ...
