Where solar investments pack the biggest climate punch
The United States’ hourly demand for electricity broke two records last month, reaching its highest-ever level—759,190 megawatts—on July 29. The Energy Information Administration (EIA)…
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Producing perfect corn is becoming trickier for farmers, thanks to climate change
Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what’s now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat, and…
Climate tech startup Brimstone just lost a $189 million DOE grant—but it’s building its first plant anyway
Last year, Cody Finke got game-changing news from the Department of Energy (DOE): his climate tech startup was in line for a $189 million grant to help build its first commercial-scale…
Inventing Climate Liability: An International Court’s Big Adventure
Climate adaptation and mitigation require technological innovation and economic growth, not legal warfare between nations. Source link
Gavin Newsom, Climate Warrior, Flinches as California’s War Against Oil Produces a Crisis
He now finds himself pleading with the beleaguered and vilified industry not to abandon the state. Source link
Barclays latest British lender to quit climate banking alliance
The NZBA lists more than 100 members on its website, including leading international financial institutions Barclays has become the latest British lender to quit the Net Zero…
What the World Court’s latest climate change ruling means for the U.S.
The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The…
The Invisible Climate Change Effect That Is Most Likely to Kill You
The lethality of bad air is partly due to the range of illnesses associated with it. Bad air increases our risks of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, breast cancer, lymphoma, lung…
Other countries are stepping up after Trump pulled the U.S. out of the climate fight
When President Donald Trump announced in early 2025 that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, it triggered fears that the move would undermine…
The Download: OpenAI’s future research, and US climate regulation is under threat
—Will Douglas Heaven For the past couple of years, OpenAI has felt like a one-man brand. With his showbiz style and fundraising glitz, CEO Sam Altman overshadows all other big names on the…
An EPA rule change threatens to gut US climate regulations
The proposed rule will go up for public comment, and the agency will then take that feedback and come up with a final version. It’ll almost certainly get hit with legal challenges and will…
EPA seeks to repeal ‘holy grail’ finding for climate regulation
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and…
China’s coal pipeline risks creating glut, blowing climate goals
China’s proposed coal mine developments risk creating an oversupply and derailing climate goals, according to Global Energy Monitor (GEM). More than 450 sites are in development across…
The climate lever even seasoned sustainability pros miss
After 20 years working in sustainability, I thought I understood most levers companies could pull to drive impact. As a former CEO and longtime sustainability leader, I have spent my…
The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat
Nonprofits are trying to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administration’s dismantling of federal programs will obscure the…
How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs
Pamela McElwee, a professor at Rutgers who helped establish the academic coalition, says it’s crucial for US scientists to continue participating in the IPCC process. “It is our flagship…
The Download: gas and oil’s role in climate tech, and using AI to decipher ancient Latin
—Casey Crownhart After writing about Quaise, a geothermal startup that’s trying to commercialize new drilling technology, I've been thinking about the role oil and gas companies are…
What role should oil and gas companies play in climate tech?
Standing on top of a drilling rig in the backyard of Nabors’s headquarters, I couldn’t stop thinking about the role oil and gas companies are playing in the energy transition. This…
Three Books to Understand Our Ravaged Climate
The summer of 2025 has been a season of climate-driven catastrophes: wildfires in Turkey, flooding in China and the U.S., and fatally high heat across Europe. This series of events points…
Trump’s EPA Plans to Kill Rule Critical to Fighting Climate Change
“It’s really disheartening to see President Trump just declare that to be a hoax. I don’t think it is. And I think it’s going to cause him trouble in his own base. It already is,” he…
The Common Thread Between Epstein Denial and Climate Denial
Besides its rhetorical flourishes, the throughline between climate denial and Epstein denial is that the underlying harms at issue—catastrophic global warming, and decades of sexual…
This Might Be the Climate Wake-Up Call We’ve Been Waiting For
Teaching summer school in humid New York City in July, when many of my friends and relatives are Instagramming from the beach, I stave off vacation envy by daydreaming of future summer…
Maritime, aviation sectors can learn from each other in tackling conflict risks, climate change: transport leaders
The maritime and aviation sectors can work together to tackle shared global risks such as geopolitical conflict and climate change, said senior global transport officials on Monday (Jul…
Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans
Days after flooding in the Texas Hill Country killed 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic—just a portion of the more than 100 already confirmed dead in Central Texas—Immigration and…