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The great climate disconnect
New attempts to prolong the fossil fuel era have come at precisely the wrong timeFinancial Times - Feb. 12 -
Auchincloss: Trump 'replacing the rule of law with the law of the ruler'
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday criticized the order from the Trump administration's Justice Department to dismiss the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. In an ...The Hill - 3d -
Murkowski: 'We are a nation of laws'
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Tuesday the United States is a “nation of laws” and President Trump and his administration need to comply with federal court orders halting his executive ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Blame bad laws on an excess of coyness
Cutting corners in debate has only one result: poorly formulated policyFinancial Times - 2d -
The end of insurance: Climate change is destroying homeowners and insurers
Traditional insurance models aren’t able to handle escalating natural disaster risks.MarketWatch - Feb. 8 -
Upcoming California Super Bowls Confront Climate Risks
New Orleans’ Super Bowl has wrapped—the Philadelphia Eagles denied the Chiefs their third straight NFL title in a 40-22 win—and the NFL’s big game moves back out west, with the league’s next two ...Yahoo Sports - Feb. 10 -
SEC announces it will not defend climate disclosure rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it will not defend a year-old rule requiring publicly held companies to disclose climate-related risks and in some cases the ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
SEC backs away from climate disclosure rule
Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story SEC backs away from climate disclosure rule The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Climate change is threatening cacao crops, researchers say
Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are disrupting the crop, affecting both the quantity and quality of beans — and ...CBS News - Feb. 12 -
Zeldin seeks to recoup 'green bank' climate cash
Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Zeldin seeks to recoup 'green bank' climate cash Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...The Hill - 6d -
Australia introduces tough new laws to combat antisemitism
In a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism, Australia passed a series of tough anti-hate crime laws, including mandatory minimum sentences displaying hate symbols. The laws will impose ...NBC News - Feb. 7 -
Delaware Law Has Entered the Culture War
Elon Musk has helped bring an esoteric debate around the Delaware Chancery Court to a national stage. Now Dropbox and Meta are contemplating moving their incorporation away from the state.The New York Times - Feb. 8 -
Trump Pauses Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Law
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.The New York Times - Feb. 11 -
Trump fought the trade law, and Trump won
Neither international nor domestic courts on their own will stop the US president’s destructive tariffsFinancial Times - Feb. 13 -
A Rupture on the Right Over Prosecutors and the Rule of Law
Differing interpretations of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson’s classic 1940 speech, “The Federal Prosecutor,” figured in Thursday’s showdown in the Eric Adams case.The New York Times - 5d -
Couple believe law was broken in abortion sign-off
NHS bosses have admitted failing Carly Wesson, Carl Everson and their daughter Ladybird.BBC News - 4d -
Trump suggests no laws violated if he ‘saves’ country
President Trump said over the weekend his work to "save" the country gives him legal leeway. “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” Trump posted Saturday to Truth Social and X. The ...The Hill - 2d -
Elon Musk’s journey from climate champion to backing EV-bashing Trump
Musk believes Tesla’s rivals are more vulnerable to Trump’s moves against electric vehicles. Donald Trump ’s attempts to slash incentives for electric cars would cause sales of the vehicles to ...The Guardian - Feb. 7 -
‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears
Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil. The vast majority of governments are likely to miss a looming deadline to ...The Guardian - Feb. 8 -
Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change
The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.Wired - Feb. 8 -
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As Trump hits delete, the race is on to save LGBTQ and climate data
The race is on to try to stop vital information from being rewritten or scrubbed from U.S. government websites, with researchers warning that the loss of key data could create risks for the ...NBC News - Feb. 11 -
Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London
Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters. For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of ...The Guardian - Feb. 12 -
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Cut climate emissions by ticketing the worst offenders, like speeding drivers
Holding methane super-emitters to account would be a much more straightforward and effective policy — and a much less burdensome one for both industry and government — than the more arcane rules ...The Hill - Feb. 12 -
Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk
Insurance groups and pension funds threaten to dump those ‘misaligned’ with retiree objectivesFinancial Times - Feb. 13 -
Climate change is turning Valentine's Day bitter for chocolate lovers
Money can’t buy you love — or as much cocoa as it used to, with adverse weather denting West African crops and chocolatiers adding more fillers like nuts.NBC News - 6d -
Climate Change means more lake effect snow for some first responders
While the planet warms due to climate change, some places might actually get more snow. Scott MacFarlane reports from Lowville, New York, where first responders adapt to heavier lake effect snow.CBS News - 6d -
How climate change puts additional strain on first responders job duties
As winter weather continues to become more severe, first responders are adjusting how to navigate their jobs in the face of climate change.CBS News - 6d -
Los Angeles’ art world steps into a dangerous new age of climate risk
Amid the devastation of the LA wildfires, cultural institutions are assessing a near future of increasingly extreme conditionsFinancial Times - 6d -
AI is the future of tech, but its effects on the climate could change everything
Big Tech should act now, in the early days of AI.The Hill - 4d -
Breaking down the trillion-dollar risk posed by climate change
This weekend's flooding in Kentucky is a reminder of nature's power, and how it can be amplified by climate change. According to climate risk modeling company First Street, climate change could ...CBS News - 2d -
Early warning system for climate tipping points given £81m kickstart
Ambitious UK project aims to forecast climate catastrophes using fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection, patterns of plankton blooms and more. An ambitious attempt to develop an early warning ...The Guardian - 1d -
Investors call for vote on any BP rowback on climate goals
Shareholders in potential clash with US activist Elliott over direction of oil majorFinancial Times - 1d -
Most big polluters miss UN deadline for 2035 climate targets
UK leads handful of countries to submit plans to tackle global warming in next decadeFinancial Times - 21h -
Sweden's top court rejects Greta Thunberg lawsuit on climate action
Sweden’s Supreme Court ruled that Greta Thunberg and other activists cannot proceed with a lawsuit that sought to force the state to take stronger action against climate change.NBC News - 20h -
Developing world urges rich nations to defy Trump’s ‘climate nihilism’
Poorer countries want rapid emission cuts and more financial help in face of US leader’s stance on global heating. Developing countries are calling on the rich world to defy the US president, ...The Guardian - 19h -
Texas AG Paxton claims credit for Trump climate retreat
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is taking credit for a Trump administration retreat on climate. On Wednesday, Paxton’s office said it had blocked a Biden-era rule that would have directed ...The Hill - 14h -
New law in Brazil is making students put away their smartphones at school
Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones under a new law restricting the use of devices in schoolsABC News - Feb. 6 -
The Guardian view on Trump and the international criminal court: following the law of the jungle | Editorial
The US president’s attack on an essential institution speaks volumes about his broader foreign policy. Donald Trump’s vicious assault on the international criminal court is no surprise. His last ...The Guardian - Feb. 7
