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PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT 2024

11/08/24

…Trump and a bleak climate outlook

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The New York Times

With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels

By Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman 11/08/24
As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the…
The New Yorker

Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Wonders

By David Remnick 11/17/24
In the first few days after the reëlection of Donald Trump, one heard across the fruited plains and the canyons of the great cities a…
The New York Times

Trump Picks Gas Executive as Energy Secretary

By Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman 11/16/24
President-elect Donald J. Trump has tapped Chris Wright, chief executive of Liberty Energy, a fracking company based in Denver, as his choice for secretary of…
The New York Times

Trump Wants to Kill the E.V. Tax Credit. Here’s What to Know.

By Lisa Friedman 11/15/24
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is exploring a series of steps to make it more difficult for electric vehicles to be competitive with gasoline-powered ones,…
The New York Times

Burgum Will Be Trump’s Energy Czar

By Coral Davenport 11/15/24
President-elect Donald J. Trump said Friday that Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota, his pick to run the Interior Department, will also serve as the…
Bloomberg

No Politician Can Halt Wave of Climate Investment, Kerry Says

By Aaron Clark and Haslinda Amin 11/14/24
No single politician can stop the rush of investments in technologies to help address climate change, according to former US Secretary of State and green…
The New York Times

Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics

By David Wallace-Wells 11/13/24
When the COP29 climate conference comes to an end next week, it will have concluded without an appearance by President Biden. This is not because…
BLOOMBERG

US Will Stay in Global Climate Fight Despite Trump, Podesta Says

By Jennifer A Dlouhy and John Ainger 11/12/24
The top US representative to COP29 defended his country’s progress in cutting planet-warming carbon emissions on Monday, insisting that much of it will endure despite…
The New Yorker

At COP29, the Sun Sets on U.S. Climate Leadership

By Elizabeth Kolbert 11/11/24
On Monday, a new round of international climate talks will open in Azerbaijan, a country that earns ninety per cent of its export income selling…
The New York Times

Trump Chooses Lee Zeldin to Run E.P.A. as He Plans to Gut Climate Rules

By Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman 11/11/24
President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Monday that he would nominate former Representative Lee Zeldin, Republican of New York, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency,…
27East

President-Elect Trump Taps Lee Zeldin, Former 1st District Representative, as EPA Chief

By Christopher Walsh 11/11/24
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin to administer the Environmental Protection Agency. A Republican and longtime supporter and defender of Trump,…
AP

Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed?

By Wayne Parry 11/10/24
Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns…
The New York Times

Biden and Environmental Groups Try to Protect Climate Policies from Trump

By Lisa Friedman 11/09/24
Biden administration aides are racing to award hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and finalize environmental regulations in an effort to lock in President…
Heatmap News

The Senate Energy and Climate Committees Poised for Big Shake-Ups

By Katie Brigham 11/07/24
When Republicans flipped the Senate, they took the keys to three critical energy and climate-focused committees. These are among the most powerful institutions for crafting…
Bloomberg

EV Growth Expectations for Trump Years Are Already Being Slashed

By Keith Naughton 11/07/24
Slowing electric-vehicle adoption is likely to accelerate even further as President-Elect Donald Trump delivers on his promise to gut plug-in friendly policies he called the…
Heatmap News

Trump Won. Now the Fight Over the Clean Energy Economy Begins.

By Robinson Meyer 11/06/24
As of early Wednesday morning, Donald Trump seems likely to be re-elected president of the United States, becoming the first commander in chief since Grover…
Heatmap News

The Inflation Reduction Act Is About to Be Tested

By Robinson Meyer and Jesse D. Jenkins 11/06/24
Last night, Donald Trump secured a second term in the White House. He campaigned on an aggressively pro-fossil -fuel agenda, promising to repeal the Inflation…
Climate Home News

US election: Climate experts react to Donald Trump’s victory

By Joe Lo 11/06/24
At home, Trump – a climate-change sceptic – has promised to encourage the production of fossil fuels and rein in Biden’s green economy spending.
10/07/24

…Hurricane Milton

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AP NEWS

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris

By Mike Schneider And Haven Daley 10/08/24
Florida’s storm-battered Gulf Coast raced against a Category 5 hurricane Monday as workers sprinted to pick up debris left over from Helene two weeks ago and highways were clogged with people fleeing ahead of the…
Financial Times

Hurricane Milton was intensified by human-driven climate change, say scientists

10/21/24
Global warming made the winds associated with Hurricane Milton about 10 per cent stronger and increased rainfall by 20-30 per cent, according to ...
The Weather Channel

Tornado Rips Through Florida Solar Power Plant

10/16/24
Ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall, there were 126 tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service in Florida. Watch this video to see the path…
The Guardian

‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

By Oliver Milman 10/11/24
Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge of conspiracy theories that they were controlling the weather, abuse and even…
USA Today

Hurricane Milton leaves widespread destruction; rescue operations underway

By Christopher Cann and Others 10/11/24
As several major airports and tourist attractions in Florida reopened Friday, rescue crews continued to pull people from floodwaters and more than 2 million homes…
The Washington Post

How farm animals survived Milton: ‘Animals are smarter than us’

By Sydney Page 10/11/24
As Hurricane Milton was fast-approaching, Sara Weldon and her husband, Rick Bass, made a decision: They would not leave their animals. The couple — who…
The Guardian

A visual guide to the damage caused by Hurricane Milton

By Tural Ahmedzade, Lucy Swan, Anna Betts and Guardian visuals staff 10/10/24
Hurricane Milton made landfall as a category 3 hurricane on Wednesday night at around 8.30pm near Siesta Key in Florida. For about eight hours, the…
The New York Times

What will happen to the Florida dream?

By David Gelles 10/10/24
In 1957, my grandparents moved from Provincetown, Mass., to Stuart, Fla., bringing with them my mother, who was 11 at the time, and her three…
NOAA

Post-Tropical Cyclone Milton Public Advisory

10/10/24
At 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Milton was located near latitude 29.5 North, longitude 76.3 West. Milton is moving toward…
The Guardian

Hurricane Milton, a powerful storm that fluctuated between a Category 4 and 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, made landfall near Sarasota as a Category 3 Wednesday night. The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay described Milton as a “historic storm for the west coast of Florida.”

By Tural Ahmedzade and Others 10/10/24
Hurricane Milton made landfall as a category 3 hurricane on Wednesday night at around 8.30pm near Siesta Key in Florida. For about eight hours, the…
The Independent

Hurricane Milton is the best argument yet for climate change action

By The Editorial 10/10/24
There is a deep irony that Florida, the home base of two of the United States’ most powerful climate change deniers, should have become the…
Bloomberg

Milton’s Deadly Tornadoes Reveal a Hidden Hurricane Threat

By Brian K Sullivan 10/10/24
As Hurricane Milton approached Florida’s coast, authorities warned of catastrophic flooding and dangerous winds. But among its most devastating impacts is one many people didn’t…
The Washington Post

Florida issues emergency rule to prevent ‘post-storm fraud’ by insurers

By Brianna Sacks 10/10/24
On Wednesday evening, just before Hurricane Milton made landfall on an already storm-battered region of Florida, state officials issued an emergency rule to protect homeowners…
Bloomberg

Milton Risks Weigh on Florida-Focused Insurers in Wake of Helene

By Alexandre Rajbhandari 10/10/24
Florida-focused insurers are set to face further strain as Hurricane Milton bears down on the state’s Gulf Coast just two weeks after Helene battered the…
CBS News

Hurricane Milton was fastest on record to intensify into Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico: “Historic storm”

By Kerry Breen 10/09/24
Hurricane Milton, a powerful storm that fluctuated between a Category 4 and 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, made landfall near Sarasota as a Category…
The Palm Beach Post

Hurricane Milton: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago should be safe, with anchors stuck to coral reef

By Darrell Hofheinz 10/09/24
With Hurricane Milton approaching Florida's Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, tropical storm-like conditions are expected from Wednesday night, Oct. 9, through Thursday in Palm…
Heatmap News

Hurricane Milton Crashes Into Tampa’s Development Boom

By Jeva Lange 10/09/24
In around 12 hours, Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall within miles of Tampa Bay, a region that is home to more than 5…
AP NEWS

Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida’s Tampa Bay region

By Freida Frisaro 10/07/24
Hurricane Milton quickly intensified Sunday and is on track to become a major hurricane with the Tampa Bay area in its sights, putting Florida on…
Bloomberg

Hurricane Milton’s Perilous Track Driven by Simmering Gulf Water

By Brian K Sullivan 10/07/24
Hurricane Milton’s explosion in strength comes from high-temperature Gulf of Mexico waters that also intensified the deadly Helene less than two weeks ago, contributing to…
The Washington Post

Why the Tampa Bay area is especially vulnerable as Hurricane Milton nears

By Anna Phillips 10/07/24
Hurricane Helene besieged the Tampa Bay region with flooding not seen in generations. But as another storm churns toward Florida’s west coast, Bob Weisberg, a…
Bloomberg

Hurricane Milton’s Perilous Track Driven by Hot Gulf Water

By Brian K Sullivan 10/07/24
Hurricane Milton’s surge to Category 5 strength comes from high-temperature Gulf of Mexico waters that also intensified the deadly Helene less than two weeks ago,…
Bloomberg

Hurricane Milton Approaches Florida With 155 MPH Winds

By Brian K Sullivan and David R Baker 10/07/24
Hurricane Milton is set to approach the Florida peninsula as a catastrophic Category 4 storm, bearing down on a region still struggling to recover from…
The New York Times

Tampa Mayor Urges Evacuations as Hurricane Milton Approaches

By Judson JonesPatricia MazzeiAnnie Correal and Isabelle Taft 10/05/24
Milton’s maximum sustained wind speeds dropped to 165 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update, but the storm remains “a potentially…
09/28/24

…Hurricane Helene destruction

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Democracy Now

Fossil-Fueled Climate Change Left Out of Media Coverage of Hurricane Helene: Scientist Peter Kalmus

By Amy Goodman 09/30/24
Hurricane Helene tears through the southeastern United States as scientists say climate change rapidly intensifies hurricanes. The storm devastated large swaths of the southeastern United States after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4…
The Washington Post

What Helene could signal about the rest of hurricane season, and beyond

By Sarah Kaplan and Others 09/28/24
Every year on Aug. 20, meteorologists at Colorado State University ring a bell to signal the start of peak hurricane season — a weeks-long stretch when hot ocean temperatures tend to generate frequent and destructive…
The Washington Post

Where the trees once stood

By Simon Ducroquet and Others 11/09/24
There’s a tranquility to western North Carolina’s forests. The quiet here is part of the reason Leo Temko and Janice Barnes chose a hillside northeast…
The New York Times

North Carolina County Overcounted Hurricane Helene Deaths by 30

By Christina Morales 10/22/24
The western North Carolina county that includes Asheville acknowledged on Tuesday that it had overcounted by 30 the number of people who died from the…
Asheville Watchdog

Why did Swannanoa become Helene’s ‘ground zero’? Deadly combination of topography, development and a ‘tidal wave’ of water

By John Boyle 10/22/24
The floodwaters rose so fast at Thanh Bui’s house the morning of Sept. 27, she had to swim to safety.
The Washington Post

North Carolina authorities arrest armed man after threats against FEMA workers

By Brianna Sacks and Dan Lamothe 10/14/24
Threats against federal emergency response personnel have hampered relief work in parts of western North Carolina hard hit by Hurricane Helene, prompting disaster workers to…
The Washington Post

FEMA maps missed parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, Post analysis shows

By Kevin Crowe and Others 10/13/24
The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly underestimated the flood risk faced by properties in the…
The Washington Post

Weeks after Hurricane Helene, many remain missing in the mountains

By Sarah Kaplan and Dino Grandoni 10/12/24
She tried to believe that her mother, Kim Ashby, was just stranded somewhere in the storm-ravaged mountains of western North Carolina. She tried to put…
The Guardian

‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

By Oliver Milman 10/11/24
Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge of conspiracy theories that they were controlling the weather, abuse and even…
The Climate Beat

Who Pays For Helene?

10/07/24
Roaring rivers sweeping away cars, houses, even caskets. Splintered trees blocking washed out roads. At least 191 people are dead and hundreds more missing from…
npr

Fact-checking falsehoods about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helene

By Stephen Fowler 10/07/24
Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States have run rampant since the storm made landfall,…
The Bulwark

Propaganda, AI Fakes, and MAGA’s Totalitarian Kitsch

By Hannah Yoest 10/07/24
A young child wearing a life preserver holds a puppy as rain streaks down her face and mats her hair. Both figures appear to be…
The Washington Post

In North Carolina, there was before Helene. This is the after.

By Brady Dennis and Others 10/06/24
Anita Crowder stood in the warm October sun, her face weary, her shoes caked in mud, her blue eyes surveying a place she’d known all…
The Washington Post

Hurricane Helene barreled into uncharted territory. It won’t be the last.

By The Editorial Board 10/06/24
An underwater arts district. Health-care workers and patients stranded on hospital rooftops. Isolated residents pointing mirrors at the sky to catch rescue helicopters’ attention. The…
The Bulwark

A Torrent of B.S.: Trump-led Lies About Hurricane Relief Spark Fears

By Sam Stein and Tim Miller 10/05/24
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has given way to a torrent of disinformation, rumors, conspiracies and lies about the federal government’s response to the…
The New York Times

Missing People, Power Outages, Ruined Roads: Issues Across the Southeast After Helene

By Troy Closson and Christina Morales 10/05/24
More than a week after Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm, state officials across the Southeast are scrambling to repair damaged electrical…
The Washington Post

How Helene became a ‘worst case scenario’

By Simon Ducroquet and Others 10/05/24
These inland mountain communities are often safe from tropical storms. The cyclones that batter the U.S. southeastern coasts typically weaken as they come ashore. Many…
The New York Times

How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene

By Christopher Flavelle 10/03/24
The amount of rain that Tropical Storm Helene unleashed over North Carolina was so intense, no amount of preparation could have entirely prevented the destruction…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Hurricane Helene was a historic storm. Climate change likely made it worse

By Drew Kann 10/03/24
Early last week, the tropical disturbance that became Hurricane Helene was a disorganized cluster of thunderstorms off the coast of Cuba. Three days later, Helene…
The New York Times

The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South

By Abrahm Lustgarten 10/02/24
When Hurricane Helene, the 420-mile-wide, slow-spinning conveyor belt of wind and water drowned part of Florida’s coastline and then barged its path northward through North…
The New York Times

Mayorkas Warns of Funding Shortfall for Rest of Hurricane Season

By Zach Montague 10/02/24
The Federal Emergency Management Agency does not have enough funding to ride out the remainder of the hurricane season, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security…
The Guardian

Hurricane Helene leaves thousands without clean water in its wake

By Aliya Uteuova 10/02/24
Hurricane Helene left a path of devastation behind, with storm-ravaged areas struggling to access safe water for days because flooding damaged sewage systems, wastewater treatment…
The New York Times

After Flooding, FEMA Aid Is Arriving. But Some Are Still on Their Own.

By Emily Cochrane and Others 10/02/24
In the western mountains of North Carolina outside of Asheville, the small communities of Cruso and Canton, wrecked by Hurricane Helene, were not waiting for…
The New York Times

After Helene, Lawyers Gear Up for Battles Over Who Should Pay

By Karen Zraick 10/02/24
As the colossal scale of damage wrought by Hurricane Helene becomes clear, legal aid groups are steeling themselves for yearslong battles to help people rebuild…
The New York Times

Repeated climate disasters have left us both inured and unprepared

By David Wallace-Wells 10/02/24
Last week, warning about the imminent arrival of Hurricane Helene, the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Fla., used the word “unsurvivable.”
AccuWeather

Helene is 2nd-deadliest U.S. hurricane in 50 years, could cost $250 billion

By Jesse Ferrell 10/02/24
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the scale of its destruction continues to expand with each passing day. Just days after unleashing a staggering 42…
NBC News

Helene rainfall boosted by human-driven climate change, studies find

By Kathryn Prociv 10/02/24
Two rapid-attribution studies released Tuesday found that human-caused global warming made Hurricane Helene stronger and wetter, elements that contributed to the storm's destructive power.
Inside Climate News

How Climate Change Intensified Helene and the Appalachian Floods

By Sean Sublette 10/01/24
Helene is the fourth Gulf Coast hurricane to make landfall this year. Only five other years had that many since comprehensive hurricane records began in…
AP NEWS

At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across the Southeast

By Stephen Smith, Kate Payne And Heather Hollingsworth 09/29/24
Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at…
The Washington Post

These six places saw their worst storm surge ever during Helene

By Kevin Crowe, Anna Phillips, John Muyskens and Brady Dennis 09/28/24
Hurricane Helene broke records for storm surge along Florida’s Gulf Coast, an area that is especially vulnerable to storm-driven flooding in part because of its…
TIME

Dozens Dead and Millions Without Power After Helene’s Sweep Across Southeastern U.S.

By Stephen Smith, Kate Payne And Heather Hollingsworth / Ap 09/28/24
Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and…
TIME

Watch: TV Reporter Stops Live Broadcast to Rescue Woman Trapped in Submerged Car

By Rebecca Schnei 09/28/24
Tropical Storm Helene, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday, has left a trail of devastation across the southeastern U.S.,…
The weather Channel

Death Toll Rises, Tennessee Dam Failure Fears Persist After Helene

By Jan Wesner Childs and Tim Harris 09/28/24
The toll from Helene continued to rise Saturday as searchers went door to door in Florida and storms and heavy rain moved into Georgia, the…
BBC

Dramatic pictures from southern US show scale of Hurricane Helene devastation

09/28/24
Hurricane Helene is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States with wind gust speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h) and…
The Washington Post

‘Biblical devastation’ in North Carolina towns flooded by Helene

By Brady Dennis, Allison Salerno, Karin Brulliard and Isaac Stanley-Becker 09/28/24
Beverly and Baxter Eller had lived in the same house in the North Carolina hamlet of Swannanoa for 37 years, and never once had it…
The weather Channel

Tropical Storm Helene’s Inland Trek Producing Catastrophic Flooding, Damaging Winds

By Jonathan Erdman And Chris Dolce 09/27/24
H​ere's where Helene is now: Helene made landfall at 11:10 p.m. EDT Thursday night about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida, as Category 4 packing…
06/22/24

…the heat that won’t quit

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The Washington Post

Billions of people just felt the deadly intensity of climate-fueled heat waves

By Sarah Kaplan and Scott Dance 06/22/24
Dozens of bodies were discovered in Delhi during a two-day stretch this week when even sundown brought no relief from sweltering heat and humidity. Tourists died or went missing as the mercury surged in Greece.…
The Crucial Years

Photo editors get lazy in the heat

By Bill McKibben 06/20/24
This is not the most consequential newsletter I’ll ever write. In fact, it’s kind of grumpy and peckish. Chalk it up to the weather, which—since…
The New York Times

Why Longer Heat Waves Are So Dangerous

By Raymond Zhong 06/18/24
For tens of millions of Americans this week, summer is starting with a multiday blast of fierce heat. Temperatures in parts of the country are…
The Washington Post

How hot? A city-by-city forecast for the prolonged heat wave this week.

By Dan Stillman 06/18/24
Numerous cities in the Midwest, the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic are expecting multiple days of extreme heat and high humidity this week into the weekend,…
The New York Times

Northeast Braces for First Severe Heat of the Year

By Johnny Diaz 06/17/24
A record-breaking heat wave with a combination of humidity and temperatures well into the 90s was descending on cities in the Midwest and heading to…
Gothamist

NYC braces for ‘heat dome’ as meteorologists predict historically hot summer

By Elizabeth Shwe 06/13/24
New York City’s first big heat wave of the year is expected to arrive next week — the start of what climate experts believe will…
Climate Central

Extreme Heat Risks for Children

06/12/24
Extreme heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S. Children — especially babies, younger kids, and athletes — are among those most vulnerable to…
Heatmap News

Last Summer Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years

By Jessica Hullinger 05/15/24
We already know that last summer was the hottest “on record” – but those records only really go back to the 1850s or so. A…
NOAA

2023 was the warmest year in the modern temperature record

By NOAA 01/17/24
The year 2023 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850 at 1.18°C (2.12°F) above the 20th-century average of 13.9°C (57.0°F). This value…
CAP 20

The Health Care Costs of Extreme Heat

By Steven Woolf, Joseph Morina and Evan French 06/27/23
Hot summer days have always posed a risk of health complications, but climate change is causing an increase in prolonged periods of extreme heat. With…
05/29/24

…a new report on escalating extreme heat

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IFRC

New report: Climate change added average of 26 days of extreme heat over last year

05/28/24
On Tuesday (28 May), Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, World Weather Attribution and Climate Central released a report looking at the role climate change played in increasing the number of extreme heat days around…
ifrc

Climate change added nearly a month’s worth of extreme heat in past year – Report

By the IFRC 05/28/24
The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, World Weather Attribution and Climate Central today released a report looking at the role climate change played in…
phys.org

Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: report

05/28/24
The world experienced an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred without climate…
05/23/24

…a record breaking 2024 Atlantic hurricane forecast

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season

05/23/24
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November…
Inside Climate News

NOAA 2024 Hurricane Forecast Is for More Storms Than Ever Before

By Amy Green 05/24/24
Get ready for an active hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting the greatest number of named storms this hurricane season since…
NOAA

NOAA to announce 2024 Atlantic hurricane season outlook

05/23/24
Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the National Press Club here in Washington, D.C. as my glasses are fogging, it's a little humid here in…
The Washington Post

This hurricane season could be among the worst in decades, NOAA warns

By Scott Dance 05/23/24
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned Thursday that the United States could face one of its worst hurricane seasons in two decades as the…
04/29/24

…the Avalanche of new Biden climate moves these last two weeks

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HUFFPOST

Wow, Did Joe Biden Go On A Regulation Tear This Week

By Jonathan Cohn 04/27/24
President Joe Biden may have just had one of the most productive weeks of his presidency, although it’s not clear how many Americans noticed ― or how many grasp what it says about the stakes…
Heatmap News

Can Biden Ditch Coal Without Killing Coal Country?

By Emily Pontecorvo 04/26/24
There’s no question that coal is on its way out in the U.S. In 2001, coal-fired power plants generated about 50% of U.S. electricity. Last…
Inside Climate News

Power Plant Pollution Targeted in Sweeping Actions by Biden Administration

By Marianne Lavelle 04/25/24
The Biden administration punctuated Earth Week by finalizing a sweeping set of regulations for power plants—the source of one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution—that are…
The New York Times

Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines

By Brad Plumer 04/25/24
The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a rule meant to speed up federal permits for major transmission lines, part of a broader push to expand…
Huffpost

Biden Finalizes Plan To Overhaul Dirty Power Grid And Reduce Blackouts

By Alexander C. Kaufman 04/25/24
The Biden administration rolled out its plan Thursday to overhaul the United States’ aging patchwork of fossil-fueled electrical grids, finishing work on a suite of…
Heatmap News

The New EPA Power Plant Rules Are Out — and Could Change the Calculus for Gas

By Emily Pontecorvo 04/25/24
Utilities all over the country have proposed to build a slew of new natural gas-fired power plants in recent months, citing an anticipated surge in…
Heatmap News

The White House Also Has Some Transmission News

By Matthew Zeitlin 04/25/24
The Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant rules were not the only big energy policy announcement from the Biden administration Thursday. The White House also announced…
The New York Times

E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal-Burning Power Plants

By Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport 04/25/24
The Biden administration on Thursday placed the final cornerstone of its plan to tackle climate change: a regulation that would force the nation’s coal-fired power…
EPA

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Grants to Invest in America’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition

04/24/24
Today, April 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the launch of the nearly $1 billion Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program to fund the replacement…
Heatmap News

Biden’s Climate Cash Is Finally Pouring In

By Robinson Meyer 04/23/24
It took a year and a half, but over the past month, money from the Inflation Reduction Act has started to flow out in earnest.…
EPA

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Two Texas Groups will Receive Over $405 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice

04/23/24
As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Texas Solar For All Coalition will receive $249.7 million and the…
EPA

EPA Announces $124M to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Alaska

04/23/24
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Alaska Energy Authority and the Tanana Chiefs Conference have each been selected to receive $62,450,000 through the Solar…
npr

On Earth Day, Biden launched a new site to apply for Climate Corps jobs

By Elena Moore and Franco Ordonez 04/22/24
President Biden marked Earth Day on Monday by launching a website for applications for his Climate Corps jobs and training program, a plan that has…
Heatmap News

7,000 Pages of New State Climate Plans, in 1 Helpful Chart

By Emily Pontecorvo 04/12/24
Late last year, I wrote about an overlooked but potentially transformative program in the Inflation Reduction Act called the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants. Administered by…
The Guardian

US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water

By Tom Perkins 04/10/24
The US Environmental Protection Agency has set legally enforceable drinking water limits for a group of the most dangerous PFAS compounds, marking what public health…
EPA

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Stronger Clean Air Standards for Chemical Plants, Lowering Cancer Risk and Advancing Environmental Justice

04/09/24
Today, April 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule that will significantly reduce toxic air pollution from chemical plants, including ethylene oxide…
04/09/24

…Swiss women win landmark climate case

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The New York Times

In Landmark Climate Ruling, European Court Faults Switzerland

By Isabella Kwai and Emma Bubola 04/09/24
Europe’s top human rights court said on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated its citizens’ human rights by not doing enough to stop climate change, a landmark ruling that experts said could bolster activists…
AP NEWS

Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe

By Molly Quell And Raf Casert 04/10/24
Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of…
The Guardian

Human rights violated by Swiss inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case

By Ajit Niranjan 04/09/24
Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled. In a landmark decision on one of three major…
Reuters

Reaction to Swiss women’s victory in landmark climate court case

By Reuters 04/09/24
Europe's top human rights court ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government violated their human rights by not…
CNN

International court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women

By Laura Paddison 04/09/24
An international court in France on Tuesday ruled Switzerland’s failure to adequately tackle the climate crisis was in violation of human rights, in a landmark…
BBC

European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction

By Georgina Rannard 04/09/24
A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights. The women, mostly in…
03/20/24

…landmark rule to curb auto emissions

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The New York Times

Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles

By Coral Davenport 03/20/24
The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, a rule designed to ensure that the majority of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the…
The Hill

Trump amps up attacks on electric vehicles, a major Biden priority

By Zack Budryk 03/21/24
Former President Trump has escalated his rhetoric against electric vehicles (EVs) on the campaign trail, including in key swing states poised to benefit from investments…
Politico Pro

Biden’s tailpipe rule will put voters in driver’s seat on future of EVs

By Josh Siegel and James Bikales 03/21/24
President Joe Biden’s new rule that will juice sales of electric vehicles is drawing praise from environmentalists, a powerful union and even the carmakers who…
AP NEWS

EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

By Matthew Daly And Tom Krisher 03/21/24
The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The…
The New York Times

Inside the Republican Attacks on Electric Vehicles

By Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman and Jack Ewing 03/21/24
The electric vehicle, a breakthrough achievement in automotive technology, has driven into this year’s presidential election, inflaming partisan fights that have come to define much…
The Washington Post

Biden seeks to accelerate the EV transition in biggest climate move yet

By Maxine Joselow 03/20/24
The Biden administration finalized the United States’ toughest limits on planet-warming emissions from passenger cars and light trucks Wednesday, in a controversial bid to accelerate…
NBC NEWS

EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

By The Associated Press 03/20/24
The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The…
ABC NEWS

EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

By Matthew Daly 03/20/24
The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The…
Axios

EPA issues landmark rules to curb auto emissions, bolster EVs

By Andrew Freedman 03/20/24
The EPA has finalized the rules limiting auto tailpipe emissions from cars, SUVs and pickups, as part of a push to accelerate the U.S. transition…
BLOOMBERG

Biden’s Newest Rule on Auto Emissions Set to Boost Electric Car Sales

By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Keith Laing 03/20/24
The Biden administration moved Wednesday to throttle pollution from the nation’s cars and light trucks, imposing tailpipe emission limits so stringent they will compel automakers…
The New York Times

Biden Administration Is Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to Electric Cars

By Coral Davenport 02/17/24
In a concession to automakers and labor unions, the Biden administration intends to relax elements of one of its most ambitious strategies to combat climate…
03/06/24

…the SEC’s New Rule

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The Washington Post

New rules will force U.S. firms to divulge role in warming the planet

By Maxine Joselow and Evan Halper 03/06/24
Corporations will have to share key details about their role in driving climate change and the threat that warming poses to their operations under a contentious proposal the Securities and Exchange Commission approved 3-2 on…
Heatmap News

The SEC Climate Fight Enters a New Round

By Emily Pontecorvo 04/05/24
The legal battle over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule on climate-related disclosure has begun. On Thursday, the Commission issued a pause on the…
Drilled News

How Extractive Industry Won the War Against ESG

03/09/24
This week the Security and Exchange Commission’s long-awaited guidance on climate risk disclosure, or as it’s better known Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) risk indicators,…
Los Angeles Times

Column: Bowing to business and the right wing, the SEC issues a pathetically watered-down climate disclosure rule

By Michael Hiltzik 03/08/24
Corporate managements nationwide undoubtedly breathed sighs of relief Wednesday, when the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule mandating their disclosures of greenhouse gas emissions…
Greenbiz

SEC passes new emissions rule: Here’s what you need to know

By Leah Garden 03/07/24
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to enforce a new rule requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their direct greenhouse gas emissions, should the…
AP NEWS

SEC approves rule requiring some companies to report greenhouse gas emissions. Legal challenges loom

By Suman Naishadham 03/07/24
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate…
The verge

The SEC’s new climate disclosure rule already faces legal challenges

By Justine Calma 03/07/24
A landmark climate disclosure rule adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday is already facing mounting legal and legislative challenges. Ten states…
Heatmap News

The One Big Change to the SEC’s Climate Rule

By Emily Pontecorvo 03/06/24
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a highly anticipated rule on Wednesday that will require companies to disclose information about their climate-related risks to investors.…
NPR

Corporate America has new climate rules to follow, but will they cut global warming?

By Michael Copley 03/06/24
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued rules to make companies whose shares are publicly traded in the United States account for their climate pollution…
BLOOMBERG

SEC Scales Back New Pollution-Disclosure Rules for Companies

By Lydia Beyoud and Zahra Hirji 03/06/24
The Securities and Exchange Commission will force companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, but watered down a key requirement after…
The New York Times

How a Climate Rule Got Watered Down

By David Gelles 03/05/24
What should companies have to tell their investors about climate change risks? The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will unveil its long-awaited disclosure rules tomorrow.…
Greenbuzz

SEC passes new emissions rule: Here’s what you need to know

By Leah Garden 03/03/24
What happened: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to enforce a new rule requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their direct greenhouse gas emissions,…
Bloomberg Law

SEC Weighs Weakening Climate Disclosure Rule Opposed by Industry

By Andrew Ramonas 12/20/23
Environmental and investor advocates are bracing for the SEC to release watered-down requirements to report corporate emissions in the wake of business lobbying against sweeping…
The Washington Post

The SEC proposed a landmark climate disclosure rule. Here’s what to know.

By Maxine Joselow and Douglas MacMillan 03/21/22
Securities and Exchange Commission

The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

03/07/24
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) is adopting amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) that will require registrants to provide certain…
01/26/24

…Biden pausing the approval of liquefied gas export terminals

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WH.GOV

SATEMENT: Statement from President Joe Biden on Decision to Pause Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports

01/26/24
In every corner of the country and the world, people are suffering the devastating toll of climate change. Historic hurricanes and floods wiping out homes, businesses, and houses of worship. Wildfires destroying whole neighborhoods and…
The New York Times

16 States Sue Biden Administration Over Gas Permit Pause

By Lisa Friedman 03/21/24
Louisiana and 15 other Republican-led states sued the Biden administration on Thursday over its decision to temporarily stop approving new permits for facilities that export…
Canary Media

One big downside of LNG exports: Price swings for US gas consumers

By Julian Spector 03/06/24
Electricity bills in Louisiana didn’t use to fluctuate based on geopolitical turmoil on the other side of the world. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in…
Politico Pro

LNG projects are on — and off — FERC’s agenda

By Carlos Anchondo and Brian Dabbs 02/09/24
Federal regulators are set next week to consider allowing more time to finish a liquefied natural gas export terminal under construction in Louisiana, but they…
Heatmap

The Messy Truth of America’s Natural Gas Exports

By Robinson Meyer 02/07/24
Late last month, Joe Biden made what has been hailed as one of the biggest climate policy decisions of the past year.
The Conversation

Biden’s ‘hard look’ at liquefied natural gas exports raises a critical question: How does natural gas fit with US climate goals?

By Emily Grubert 02/07/24
The U.S. is now the world’s largest LNG exporter. In November 2023, the most recent month with full data, the U.S. exported about 390 billion…
E&E News

Red states build legal case against Biden LNG pause

By Pamela King, Carlos Anchondo, Brian Dabbs 02/07/24
Twenty-three Republican-led states are teeing up their legal claims against the Biden administration’s decision to halt overseas shipments of liquefied natural gas.
Argus

US LNG pause could hurt long-term Mexican plans

By Rebecca Conan 02/05/24
"Biden's decision could pose a challenge to the long-term plan of developers eyeing to serve Asian markets from Mexico with US-produced natural gas, especially in…
The Houston Chronicle

Texas Democrats urge Biden to ‘refocus’ LNG policy

By James Osborne 02/02/24
A group of House Democrats from Texas, California and Alaska wrote to President Joe Biden on Friday urging him to “refocus” his administration’s policies on…
Houston Chronicle

What Biden’s LNG ‘pause’ could mean for 4 multibillion-dollar projects with Texas ties

By Amanda Drane 02/02/24
Four multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas projects under development by Texas companies are in limbo after the Biden administration paused LNG export permitting last week, jeopardizing…
Heated

Understanding Biden’s LNG decision

By Emily Atkin 02/01/24
There’s a lot of misinformation floating around about the Biden Administration’s decision on Friday to temporarily pause Department of Energy permit approvals for new liquified…
Axios

What’s next in the big LNG fight

By Ben Geman 02/01/24
The next moves in the battle over President Biden's pause on new liquefied natural gas export approvals are coming into sharper focus.
Carbon Brief

Q&A: What does Biden’s LNG ‘pause’ mean for global emissions?

By Daisy Dunne and Josh Gabbatiss 01/30/24
It has been described by some as an “election year decision” to please climate activists and by others as a distraction that might even raise…
Heatmap News

“These streets should be paved with gold”

By Emily Atkin 01/30/24
On Friday, the Biden Administration announced a temporary pause on Department of Energy permit approvals for new liquified methane gas, or LNG, export terminals.
Heatmap

The First Big Fight of the U.S. General Election Is Over LNG

By Jeva Lange 01/29/24
When the White House announced on Friday that it would temporarily pause the approval of new liquified natural gas export terminals, it wasn’t just a…
Axios

Biden’s LNG pause tees up pre-election risks

By Ben Geman 01/29/24
President Biden jolted the energy and climate worlds by pausing liquefied natural gas export approvals, and in doing so stirred up several political and business…
The Washington Post

U.S. stalls gas export projects that activists say are ‘climate bombs’

By Maxine Joselow and Evan Halper 01/26/24
President Biden weighed in decisively in favor of climate activists fighting new fossil fuel development on Friday, deciding to pause the approval of new liquefied…
billmckibben.substack.com

A Massive Win, and What It Means

By Bill McKibben 01/26/24
I wrote you two days ago with provisional good news—it looked as if the long and deep fight to rein in runaway LNG export growth…
NPR

Federal approval is delayed for some pending liquified natural gas export projects

By A Martinez 01/26/24
The Biden administration is pausing a proposed natural gas export terminal along Louisiana's Gulf Coast. Now, the delay, which was officially announced this morning, could…
PBS

Biden administration delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk

By Matthew Daly 01/26/24
The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have…
AP NEWS

Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk

By Matthew Daly 01/26/24
The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have…
billmckibben.substack.com

White House Said to Delay Decision on Enormous Natural Gas Export Terminal

By Bill McKibben 01/25/24
A few minutes ago the New York Times moved a story saying that the White House has decided to pause permitting for new LNG terminals—if…
The New York Times

White House Said to Delay Decision on Enormous Natural Gas Export Terminal

By Coral Davenport 01/24/24
The Biden administration is pausing a decision on whether to approve what would be the largest natural gas export terminal in the United States, a…
ENERGY.GOV

North American LNG Export Terminals

02/16/22
Critical data on Existing; Approved, Not Yet Built; Proposed
01/02/24

…the big climate stories of 2023 and those to come in 2024

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The New York Times

The Big Climate Stories in 2024

By David Gelles 01/02/24
Last year was the warmest in recorded history. What does 2024 have in store? For starters, it is almost certain to be another scorcher. The naturally occurring El Niño will push up temperatures in much…
Utility Dive

9 US power sector trends to watch in 2024

By Robert Walton and others 01/10/24
The U.S. clean energy transition is expected to accelerate this year, buoyed by recent policy and other actions, but transmission and financing are among its…
Axios

AI weather and climate prediction face real-world tests

By Andrew Freedman 01/05/24
Artificial intelligence-based computer models are starting to augment standard, physics-based tools used to predict the weather and climate change. In the next few weeks, they…
Los Angeles Times

Column: It’s 2024. Time to start acting like climate change actually matters

By Sammy Roth 01/04/24
My introduction to climate change politics came via Al Franken. Yes, Al Franken, the “Saturday Night Live” comedian-turned U.S. senator who resigned from Congress amid…
Climate Home News Weekly

Meet the new Cop boss

By Joe Lo 01/04/24
Welcome to the new year. So far, it looks a lot like the old year. The oil-reliant government hosting the next Cop has just appointed…
Axios

Climate tech sector predictions for 2024

By Alan Neuhauser and Katie Fehrenbacher 01/04/24
We've recycled the wrapping paper and raised a glass of whey to the new year. Now let's see what some venture investors think about certain…
Heatmap News

Renewables Enter an Older and Wiser Phase

By Matthew Zeitlin 01/04/24
Last year showed that renewables are not fated to always and everywhere get steadily cheaper. But if 2023 was a year when the industry was…
The Guardian

Is 2024 going to be the first full year to breach 1.5C of warming?

By Kate Ravilious 01/04/24
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest in recorded history, with average global temperatures topping 1.5C of heating above preindustrial levels for more…
The Washington Post

Can you guess how crazy last year’s weather was? Try this game.

Analysis by Harry Stevens 01/03/24
The pollsters here at The Washington Post recently asked 1,404 random Americans: “Do you think human activity is or is not causing changes to the…
BLOOMBERG

Trump, Electric SUVs and Food Supply: The 2024 Climate Outlook

By Siobhan Wagner 01/02/24
After a year of record heat, climate change has become a critical issue for countries worldwide. And still, headwinds from rising interest rates to political…
The Washington Post

Will we turn away from fossil fuels in time?

By Catherine Rampell 01/02/24
One looming threat dwarfs every other economic or political challenge humanity faces: Will we transition away from fossil fuels soon enough to beat the irreversible…
The Guardian

World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists say

By Jonathan Watts 12/29/23
The hottest year in recorded history casts doubts on humanity’s ability to deal with a climate crisis of its own making, senior scientists have said.
Climate Home News

Ten climate questions for 2024

By Joe Lo and Matteo Civillini 12/29/23
While 2023’s climate questions depended largely on governments and big bankers, 2024 is one of those years where the fate of the world rests in…
BLOOMBERG

12 New Year’s Resolutions for Sustainable Living

By Zahra Hirji 12/29/23
Climate change often feels like an insurmountable challenge: The whole planet must move away from fossil fuels and rethink how we live, eat and get…
Climate Home News

Six takeaways from 2023’s climate change news

By Matteo Civillini 12/28/23
As another year of record emissions draws to an end, it’s worth looking back on what’s been achieved. Like every year, the quick answer is…
Yale Climate Connections

Ten ‘you must be kidding’ weather and climate facts of 2023

By Jeff Masters and Bob Henson 12/26/23
The drumbeat of record weather and climate phenomena — hottest, wettest, fieriest, fiercest, and so on — can sometimes fade into the background, like the…
HEATMAP

Biden’s Unfinished Climate Agenda

By Emily Pontecorvo 01/04/24
If President Biden chose to sit on his hands for the remainder of his term, he would already have done far more to address climate…
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