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prticipants at the entrance to COP 30 pavilion

Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap

Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment.

www.theguardian.com
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre møter Brasils president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at COP30

US is (officially) gone, but not forgotten, at COP30

From fossil fuel politics to state-level climate action and intelligence monitoring, American influence remains deeply woven into the global climate talks.
insideclimatenews.org
Heavy traffic on a multi-lane highway through hills.

Gavin Newsom is a star of COP30 — but his climate receipts are messy

The California governor has made great environmental strides in his state. But he’s also cosigned on some major setbacks.
atmos.earth
Offshore drilling platform off foggy California coast

Trump plans to open more than a billion acres of U.S. waters to drilling

The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.
www.nytimes.com
Hydraulic fracturing wells burning off methane

International effort to curb emissions of a climate super pollutant falls short, UN report reveals

Methane emissions continue to climb despite a pledge by countries to curb climate pollution.
insideclimatenews.org
Smoky, smoggy Jakarta

‘We can no longer predict the seasons’: why Indonesia’s coal mindset has to change

It’s a climate-vulnerable nation, while also being the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Global investment in climate action is vital.

www.theguardian.com
a TotalEnergies gas station illuminated in red letters at night.

EU farmer takes oil giant TotalEnergies to court in groundbreaking hearing over climate damages

The climate change-related lawsuit begins its hearings, just days after TotalEnergies announced its climate investment at COP30.
www.euronews.com
Amazon pickup & returns building next to a tree.

Appeals court pauses California law requiring companies to disclose climate risks

A federal appeals court this week halted a California law requiring companies to disclose the risks that climate change poses to their business. That law would have required companies to prepare a report on their climate-related financial risks by Jan. 1.

thehill.com
Bill McKibben on the state-led efforts to make Big Oil pay up

Bill McKibben on the state-led efforts to make Big Oil pay up

The New Jersey Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for their past greenhouse gas emissions, possibly generating up to $50 billion for state climate relief. “This should be the easiest vote that any legislator ever makes,” McKibben says.
insideclimatenews.org
Illustration depicting pumpjacks vs solar panels & wind turbines

Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says

André Corrêa do Lago says rise of clean energy must be acknowledged and rich countries need to do more.

www.theguardian.com
Illustration of arm "netting " smokestack emissions

Ontario wants to bury carbon dioxide deep underground. Here’s what that means

Bill 27 could allow for large-scale geologic carbon storage in Ontario to reduce the emissions from industrial processes like power generation and steel production, but critics say it’s not a silver bullet.

thenarwhal.ca
a very large building that has been destroyed

The cost of ‘conflict carbon’: Russia faces €37 billion climate reparations bill for war in Ukraine

A new report estimates that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has generated emissions equivalent to 236.8 million tonnes of CO2, prompting Ukraine to pursue what could become the world’s first climate-related reparations claim for wartime damage.

www.euronews.com
A view of Harrisburg PA from the water

After years of sparring, Gov. Shapiro abandons Pennsylvania's landmark climate initiative

Gov. Josh Shapiro has withdrawn Pennsylvania from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, abandoning the state’s signature climate policy in a move that stunned environmental advocates.

capitalandmain.com
view of factory during nighttime

New Texas petrochemical facilities are mostly in low income areas, communities of color

A Texas Southern University analysis shows that the vast majority of proposed and expanding petrochemical facilities in Texas are sited in counties with high demographic vulnerability, disproportionately affecting low-income residents and communities of color.

www.houstonpublicmedia.org
gray spacecraft taking off during daytime

Space pollution levels in the atmosphere are rocketing

More metal than ever is entering the upper atmosphere because of space traffic, with unknown effects on climate.

cen.acs.org
A solar panel at sunset with wind turbines in the distance

Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’

Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
Solar power panels on a roof with wind turbines and powerlines behind

Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit

Governments across Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa embraced the call. The United States did not.
www.politico.com
data center construction

An Alabama city council approves rezoning for a massive data center, dividing a community

After the Bessemer City Council voted 5-2 to rezone nearly 700 acres of agricultural land for the “hyperscale” server farm, a dissenting council member said city officials who signed non-disclosure agreements weren’t being transparent with citizens.
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