EMISSIONS: Quitting burgers and planes won’t stop warming, experts say
Eating less red meat, boarding fewer airplanes and buying efficient lightbulbs can all help reduce planet-warming emissions. But focusing on individual actions can undermine the global fight against climate change, according to experts.
Climate Models Got It Right on Global Warming – Scientific American
There’s a favorite argument among doubters of mainstream climate science: Climate models overestimate the rate at which the Earth is warming. That claim surfaces time and again and is frequently based on single examples of uncertainty or cherry-picked data. Various…
ENERGY TRANSITIONS: A big oil company wants to be carbon-free. Is that possible?
Repsol SA is the first major oil company to say it will release net-zero greenhouse gases within 30 years. It’s betting on unproven technologies and public policies that don’t yet exist to get there.
WHITE HOUSE: Ex-Trump adviser: ‘Brainwashed’ aides killed climate review
President Trump personally endorsed a plan to ignite a public clash over the accuracy of climate science before the idea was rejected by “brainwashed” officials in the White House, a former adviser said yesterday in his first public remarks since leaving the administration.
CLIMATE IMPACTS: Insurers cherry-pick homes, leave flooded ones for feds
Taxpayers could be forced to spend billions of dollars to bail out the federal government’s flood program as private-sector insurers begin covering homes with little risk of flooding while clustering peril-prone properties in the indebted public program.
LOBBYING: Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group
American Electric Power Co. and Southern Co. will not renew their membership in the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity next year, leaving the prominent trade association without any utility members.
POLITICS: Would Trump’s reelection lead to climate catastrophe?
Presidential elections favor the incumbent. So we asked nine environmental experts what would happen to the global climate fight if President Trump is reelected next year.
CLIMATE IMPACTS: How warming helped spark a revolution in Lebanon
Weeks before government protesters shut down freeways and set fires in the streets, Lebanon was already burning. Unusual wildfires and other effects related to climate change sharpened unrest over government corruption and turned this tiny nation into a cauldron of rebellion.
CAMPAIGN 2020: Bloomberg bets it’s not too late
Does the 2020 race have room for a third billionaire with strong opinions on climate? Michael Bloomberg is betting it does.
He’s Back! Al Gore Returns With Another Odious Climate-Change Telethon
Former Vice President Al Gore is back in the spotlight (sort of) and looking to capitalize on the sudden hotness of climate change with a 24-hour telethon broadcasting from Vanderbilt University called “24 Hours of Reality,” and a series of…
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