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New fracking wells with multicolored array of pumpjacks in close proximity

Trump officials to slash public input on fossil fuel drilling on federal lands

Plan to limit scrutiny of polluters and shift financial risks to taxpayers is an attack on democracy, advocates say.

www.theguardian.com
Offshore wind farm

Another Trump administration payment to stop offshore wind farm

It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases.
www.nytimes.com
Sign at Florida beach entrance warns of red tide

New Florida law bans local net-zero emissions policies

Gov. Ron DeSantis characterized the clean energy goals the law bans as “radical climate policies,” although experts say the law will not necessarily upend the plans.
insideclimatenews.org
A pile of coffee-to-go cups and takeout packaging

New laws force companies to confront most polluting plastics

Companies are stepping up efforts to cut waste from flexible plastic packaging as new environmental rules target one of the world’s most polluting forms of plastic, writes Saabira Chaudhuri.

www.reuters.com
South African pipeline

In East Africa, a controversial oil project is poised for production

Despite years of opposition, a 900-mile crude oil pipeline through East Africa is about to be completed, and its environmental and social risks are coming into focus. Campaigners in Uganda and abroad are making a final push to halt the project before the oil starts to flow.
e360.yale.edu
Rickshaws, scooters, busses, and pedestrians on a Delhi street

Delhi plans to ban petrol rickshaws and scooters in effort to cut toxic fumes

Government hopes for 30% of city’s fleet to be electric by 2030, in move hailed as ‘gamechanger’ on air pollution.

www.theguardian.com
The interior of a data center with servers stretching into the distance

Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers

As climate action stalls, the movement is finding new energy in local fights to stop polluting, power-hungry facilities.
grist.org
A man using a hose to water a lawn

An Oregon law lets one wealthy region turn the desert green. When drought hits, farmers pay the price

During a historic drought, half of Central Oregon’s lifeblood river was diverted to a wealthy agricultural region that got a lot more water than its plants could drink.

www.opb.org
A person cutting a salmon filet on a plate with spinach and cherry tomatoes

Swapping beef for salmon once a week notably cuts emissions

A United Kingdom study comparing five dietary scenarios through 2050 found the simplest option delivered meaningful, realistic emissions reductions.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Overhead drone shot of whale and calf swimming side by side

Offshore oil and gas rush threatens whale corridors and coral reefs

Global plans to drill and expand fossil fuel projects overlap with marine protected areas and important fishing grounds, a new report finds.
insideclimatenews.org
Gas-fired power plant in Berlin, smokestack emitting smoke

Gas plant permits still include EPA’s carbon rules

But how they’re doing that varies from state to state.

www.eenews.net
Google Datacenter adjacent to a waterway near Delfzijl in the province of Groningen, Netherlands, under blue sky.

Amid stark opposition, data center developers think twice about Florida

The state’s growing population, existing infrastructure and swaths of developable land have drawn the industry’s interest, much to the dismay of rural communities.
www.politico.com
Drone aerial view of new Microsoft data centers.

‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global.

www.theguardian.com
A man shoveling manure at a farm

Cow manure could be the next data center fuel

The manure-to-energy field has a new sales pitch. Critics warn it could mean even more factory farms.
sentientmedia.org
Oil pump jacks drilling for oil in a field

Carbon captured

How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself.

projects.propublica.org
TransAlta head office building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The tab to keep a Pacific Northwest coal plant on standby keeps rising. Who will pay?

Electric utilities across the Pacific Northwest are fuming that their customers might be saddled with the costs of a coal-burning power plant that isn’t producing any power.The messy dispute stems from the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to sustain the American coal industry.
washingtonstatestandard.com
A pump jack against a sunset

EU countries are bailing out fossil fuels instead of funding the green transition, Greenpeace warns

Spain leads EU energy crisis spending, but Greenpeace says blanket fuel subsidies are propping up fossil fuels at the planet's expense.
www.euronews.com
​Back of a seated person monitoring data and digital code on multiple monitors

Europe’s largest data center hub leaves town sweltering

Emerging research suggests data centers create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C.

www.theguardian.com
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