Lawfare Is the Climate Warriors’ Best Friend
Some three dozen lawsuits are in the American legal system, with more to come. Source link
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Why is it so cold if there’s global warming? Extreme winter weather can deepen misconceptions about climate
Record cold temperatures are once again expected to hit a swath of the country this weekend—even plunging Florida into its coldest stretch of the last 15 years, potentially bringing snow…
Polar vortex disruption helps explain this weekend’s extreme cold weather, despite climate misinformation
Record cold temperatures are once again expected to hit a swath of the country this weekend—even plunging Florida into its coldest stretch of the last 15 years, potentially bringing snow…
Michigan Wants to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change
First, the lawsuit says, the fossil fuel industry engineered an across-the-board abandonment of renewable energy that only makes sense in the context of anticompetitive collusion. Already…
Protesters Rally Against ICE as Political Climate Intensifies at Sundance: ‘Shoot Films, Not People’
Hundreds of protesters marched down Main Street in Park City on Monday during the Sundance Film Festival, chanting anti-ICE slogans and calling for accountability following the fatal…
‘The Lake’ Review: Climate Change Doc From Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi Raises Alarms About the Fate of the Great Salt Lake
After seeing Abby Ellis’ urgent Sundance documentary “The Lake,” on the imminent collapse of Utah’s Great Salt Lake due to water overconsumption and rising temperatures, strolling around…
A California Climate Policy Is Polluting Wisconsin
Big Ag took hold of the Midwest decades ago. And some of these trends—shrinking populations, farm consolidation, and local business closures—are common in rural areas across the country.…
The current U.S. political climate is spurring a 'reclaim' and rallying on the MLK holiday
As communities across the country on Monday host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more…
The Download: spying on the spies, and promising climate tech
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the man hunting the spies in your smartphone…
Authoritarianism Is Climate Policy
The MAHA movement associated with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has always had, shall we say, an above-average rate of producing strange bedfellows. In their…
Three climate technologies breaking through in 2026
There’s a huge variety of proposals when it comes to what’s next for nuclear. Some companies are building smaller reactors, which they say could make it easier to finance new projects, and…
A critical climate trend just reversed—driven by crypto and data centers
After two years of declines, United States greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2025—a change driven by increased electricity use, due in part to data centers and cryptocurrency mining,…
Bill Gates funds many green energy tech solutions, but he says true climate action really needs this to succeed
As President Trump takes even more steps to pull back on climate action, Bill Gates is emphasizing how crucial government policies are crucial to addressing climate change. In his annual…
Your dog’s dinner might have a bigger impact on the climate than your own
Dog owners have a lot of choices nowadays when it comes to picking out pet food for their pup. Dry kibble or wet? Beef or chicken? Frozen, fresh, or raw? Brands even boast “human-grade”…
Green debt sales hit record levels in 2025 despite climate backlash
Europe has also rolled back some of its toughest environmental rules amid concerns about growth and competitiveness Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year despite…
Four bright spots in climate news in 2025
Back in 2015, the battery storage industry had installed only a fraction of a gigawatt of battery storage capacity across the US. That year, it set a seemingly bold target of adding 35…
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
“Climate change is disproportionately impacting this part of the world, but it’s also changing the rules of the game all over the world,” Cella CEO and cofounder Corey Pattison tells me,…
Climate Modeling with Uzbek Characteristics
The week of December 15, 2025: A climate retraction, Ford’s debacle, the debt, and much, much more. Source link
Here’s the Climate Message That Can Help Democrats Win Big in 2026
For many Americans, getting any insurance at all is becoming impossible. Since 2021, at least 36 property insurers in 11 states have canceled more than 1.4 million policies, and many…
Climate Change Is Coming for Your Favorite Holiday Foods
Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, cinnamon: The ingredients for your favorite holiday foods are becoming increasingly harder to grow because of climate change. For example, cocoa beans are grown…
Nope, Billionaire Tom Steyer Is Not a Bellwether of Climate Politics
What should we make of billionaire Tom Steyer’s reinvention as a populist candidate for California governor, four years after garnering only 0.72 percent of the popular vote in the 2020…
Filipino typhoon survivors sue Shell over climate change
Typhoon Rai struck in December 2021, killing over 400 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless The survivors of a deadly 2021 typhoon in the Philippines have filed a lawsuit…
Asian utilities slow to confront climate risk
ASIA might need to grow up when it comes to protecting its power sector against climate-related loss and damage, a new report has suggested. Eleven major power-sector players in Asia are…
Home insurance rates have gone up for 6 million people. How climate change and Trump are making the affordability crisis worse
If your home insurance rate has spiked lately, you’re not alone. And President Trump’s policies could make it even more expensive. Since 2021, at least 6 million policyholders across the…