‘A defining issue of our time’: Massachusetts’ first-ever climate chief is bringing an all-of-government approach to … – The Boston Globe
Melissa Hoffer’s job is unprecedented. As Governor Maura Healey’s new climate chief, she is taking on a role that is not only a first in Massachusetts but in the country as well: a Cabinet-level post with a mandate to do…
Revealed: cabinet ministers warned of legal action over UK’s failure to tackle climate crisis
Cabinet ministers have been warned by senior civil servants that they face court action because of their catastrophic failure to develop policies for tackling climate change, according to secret documents obtained by the Observer. The leaked briefings from senior mandarins…
Republican Leaders Want to Reinvent the Party’s Climate Image. The Far Right Won’t Let Them – InsideClimate News
The Republican party has an image issue when it comes to climate change. For decades, the GOP has consistently pushed back against warnings from the science community that human-caused global warming poses an existential threat to the planet. And while…
Dire situation gets even more dire
Sea ice extent is very low at both poles at the moment, and the outlook is that the situation is getting even worse. Around Antarctica, sea ice extent was 2.23 million km² on February 2, 2023. Later in February this…
Joe Biden’s green subsidies have left Europe struggling for a response | Lorenzo Marsili
European governments have for many years basked in a sense of climate superiority over the US. We had the most ambitious climate goals; we were the constructive actor at Cop conferences; we had carbon-pricing mechanisms; and since 1990, we have…
3 climate takeaways from the GOP speaker meltdown – E&E News
The Republican brawl over whom to elect House speaker hasn’t changed anything about climate policy — yet. But the chaos this week has underscored concerns that the new Congress is ill-equipped to address global warming. And though the short-term impact…
2022 in Climate Change: Almost a Disaster, But Hope Prevails – TIME
If you’re like me, there’s a kind of momentary terror that comes from remembering things that could have gone really, really badly. Your mind is wandering, and then all of a sudden you recall a time you almost turned your…
The High Costs And Few Benefits In New York’s Crazy Climate Plan
Top-down economic planning has failed everywhere it’s been tried, creating stagnating economies and poverty. But that’s no deterrent to New York’s Climate Action Council. Its just-approved scoping plan, the blueprint for implementing the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act,…
New York passes sweeping plan to reduce emissions and ‘lead the way on solving climate change’ – POLITICO
Still, the nation’s third largest economy is charting a path to slash emissions at an aggressive pace, and supporters hope to see it implemented and the roadmap adopted in other states. “If there is ever a place that is going…
Politicians for sale
Are politicians for sale? How can it be measured whether politicians are for sale and to what extent this occurs? One measure of how much looters and polluters are buying politicians could be this: How fast is methane accelerating? Rise…
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