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Whole barrel of oil and crude oil spilled from barrel on 100 dollar bills

Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call

Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after "bargain" between president and major polluters.

www.theguardian.com
Illustrative example of AI cube as data transport and an also an intrusive entity being "plunked down" on a circuit board representative of a cityscape

AI’s meet-cute with climate denial

Just in time for Climate Week NYC, President Trump calls concerns over global warming and artificial intelligence a “hoax.”
insideclimatenews.org
A night time view of the Brooklyn Bridge with the city in the background

Newsom counters Trump's stance on climate issues while in New York

California Governor Gavin Newsom met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.

apnews.com
Black and white cows with manure digester for production of biogas in background.

Manure digesters worsen ammonia air emissions from hog farms, study finds

Ammonia emissions, which can harm a person’s ability to breathe, are more than three times higher when emitted from manure that has been through a digester compared to manure that is directed  into storage lagoons or sprayed on fields, according to a new study. 
www.thenewlede.org
A worker inspecting an oil well in a snowy location

Manitoba’s orphan wells, explained

The province has far fewer orphan wells than other western provinces. Is that the result of successful regulators — or a lack of robust oversight?
thenarwhal.ca
Al Gore and Kevin Wall at a press conference to announce the Global Climate Crisis Campaign Concert "Save Our Selves". California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA. 01-15-07

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight

The former U.S. vice president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary.

www.theguardian.com
Import/export shipping terminal intersected by a rail line stacked with railroad tanker cars for liquid transport

Diesel export fight strains GOP ties with Big Oil

Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban, putting them at odds with an industry that has long been a GOP ally.

www.politico.com
A view of the United Nations building in New York City

United Nations chief says power has polarized the world

Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence, and intensifying inequalities?

apnews.com
A view of the entrance to the United Nations building with rows of world flags lined along a green lawn

Competing climate visions clash at UN General Assembly

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
insideclimatenews.org
Computer generated 3D illustration with oil pumps, solar panels and wind turbines

US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition

Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest “Dirty Truth Report” finds.

www.canarymedia.com
Myriad pump jacks working a crowded California oil field

The former fracking executive selling Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ vision

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pitching a future of fossil fuel abundance. It’s not always an easy sell while war drags on and oil prices surge.
www.nytimes.com
Two towers at a coal power plant

How Trump’s repeal of the greenhouse gas rule could increase emissions from Georgia

Advocates in Georgia warn a Trump administration rollback on climate standards for power plants will increase greenhouse gas emissions. 
www.wabe.org
Image illustrative of an overheating Earth

Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US — and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis.

www.theguardian.com
A dried up lakebed with a shack at one end

Scientists link fossil fuel producers to the West’s worsening water shortages

A new study blames 122 companies for contributing to severe drought in the Western United States.

yaleclimateconnections.org
United Nations headquarters in New York where the UN General Assembly meets

Fuel prices, AI and disasters complicate UN climate efforts

Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence and data centers, which consume a lot of energy, and higher fossil fuel prices due to wars in Iran, Venezuela and Ukraine are changing the conversation.

apnews.com
Drone aerial view of new Microsoft data centers

NJ data center penalized $1M for unpermitted generators

State regulators ordered the AI data center to either get permits or shut down 62 gas generators at its rapidly expanding facility.
www.nj.com
Smokestacks spewing smoke from Convent oil refinery and IMC Agrico Chemical Company in Convent USA.

Chevron cancer risk 'significant' in Point Richmond, air district says

Emissions are reportedly 3.5 times the level requiring correction. Chevron will be given a set time period to fix it.
richmondside.org
An aerial view of a wastewater plant

Researchers may have solved wastewater's climate problem

Scientists expected their artificial floating wetland to help only after cleaning the water. Instead, greenhouse gas emissions dropped months earlier, and nobody is sure exactly why.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
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