We have to fix unfairness: Ten takeaways from Cop28
From Teresa Anderson, Action Aid’s global lead on climate justice
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Temporary Pause on Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
"The U.S. is already the number one exporter of LNG worldwide – with U.S. LNG exports expected to double by the end of this decade."
Focus Friday: Carbon Renewal funding moonshot
The IPCC estimates that by 2050, an eye-watering 5–16 gigatonnes (Gt) of
Wealthy Nations Agree to 2035 Deadline for Ending Coal for the First Time
The agreement isn't binding, but at least there is an agreement, and
US coastal cities face higher 2050 flood risk because they are sinking
"Sea levels are rising faster than expected in coastal cities in the US, largely due to land sinking as a result of the extraction of underground water and fossil fuels."
MethaneSAT: This New Satellite Will Fight Climate Change From Space
Levels of MethaneSAT data will be online for free, ushering in a new era of climate transparency and accountability
EPA Excludes Existing Natural Gas Plants From Draft Carbon Capture Rules
The rules for gas power plants were already more lenient than for coal. So why are they being loosened further?
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions hit record levels in 2023: IEA
The world is so close, but climate change makes solving climate change harder.
Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?
"We’ve banned things before."
Chicago Sues Oil and Gas Giants for Local Climate Impacts
Chicago is joining a flood of lawsuits against fossil fuel companies with a court filing that aims to hold BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell accountable for local climate impacts.
Google, Environmental Defense Fund will track methane emissions from space
MethaneSAT hopes to provide detailed information on who is emitting methane, information that currently does not exist.
Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries
“Eighty-five percent of emissions receive only 52 percent of funding" (Wired)
Canadian Regulator’s Net-Zero Plans Rife with ‘Optimistic Assumptions,’ Analysis Finds
A Canadian regulator’s pathway to net-zero is overly optimistic about slow-to-scale technologies, even as reliance on fossil fuels continues
The Climate Solutions Worth Funding — Now (TED)
When it comes to climate solutions, "now is better than new, and time is more important than tech," says scientist Jonathan Foley.
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