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The Guardian - World
Collision course: polar bears forced into people’s path by climate crisis
Recent encounters – one fatal – in Canada highlight how sea ice changes have disrupted Arctic predator’s search for food. John Ussak was tending to his fishing nets outside the Arctic hamlet of ...August 20 - Climate -
CBS News - Top stories
The Climate Election: The problem with power, explained
Before Ernesto was a hurricane, it was a tropical storm. But that's all it took to wipe out electricity for nearly all of the U.S. Virgin Islands and half of Puerto Rico. And it's not just an ...August 19 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Climate groups say they’re putting $55M into pro-Harris ads
Presented by American Energy Action — Climate-focused advocacy groups say they’re putting $55 million into an ad campaign to elect Vice President Harris to the presidency. {beacon} Energy & ...August 19 - Climate -
BBC News - Top stories
GP deemed unfit to practise because she joined climate protests
Dr Diana Warner believes her actions were justified for the sake of public health.August 19 - Climate -
Wired - Tech
Climate Change’s Latest Deadly Threat: Lightning Strikes
In rural India, stormy weather, a lack of knowledge, and scant protections are combining to kill thousands every year, with climate change likely to raise the threat as lightning becomes more common.August 19 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
EPA solidifies plans for $27B in climate funds targeted by Republicans
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is solidifying its use of $27 billion in climate funds that have been in GOP crosshairs. The agency announced that Friday, the second anniversary of the ...August 16 - Climate -
ABC News - World
The top UN court sets a December date for the start of hearings in a landmark climate change case
The top United Nations court says that public hearings will open Dec_ 2 in a landmark case seeking a non-binding advisory opinion on “the obligations of States in respect of climate change.”August 16 - Climate -
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The Guardian - World
Climate activists in frame for £1m costs of protest bans run up by UK’s biggest law firm
DLA Piper seeking to recover costs in relation to injunctions it secured for National Highways and HS2, records show. Britain’s biggest law firm has sought more than £1m from climate protesters to ...August 16 - Climate -
The New York Times - Top stories
The Other 2024 Races with Big Climate Stakes
Outside of the presidential election, a number of down-ballot races, including Senate and state contests, could have an impact on climate policy.August 15 - Climate -
The Guardian - World
German climate activists stop air traffic after breaking into four airport sites
Police arrest Letzte Generation protesters who cut holes in fences and glued themselves to asphalt. Climate activists have broken into four German airport sites, briefly bringing air traffic to a ...August 15 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Democrats trust Harris on climate change slightly more than Biden: Poll
Democrats have slightly more trust in Vice President Harris's ability to address climate change than President Biden, according to a new poll. The Associated Press-NORC Research Center survey, ...August 15 - Climate -
ABC News - Tech
Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says
As climate change fuels the intensity and frequency of wildfires, it's also driving up the health risks for farmworkers who often have no choice but to continue working amid dangerous levels of smokeAugust 15 - Climate -
The Guardian - World
Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’
More than 10,000 people sign letter to justice department for federal investigation into industry’s misinformation. Allen Myers grew up in Paradise, California, which for him is “sacred land”. At ...August 15 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Climate disaster survivors urge Merrick Garland, DOJ to prosecute Big Oil
Survivors of “climate disasters” are calling on federal prosecutors to bring fossil fuel companies to court. The over 1,000 signatories of Thursday’s letter to the Department of Justice lived ...August 15 - Climate -
ABC News - World
Climate activists protest at several German airports in the latest of a string of demonstrations
Climate activists have staged protests at several German airports, forcing a temporary halt to flights at some of them in the latest of a string of similar demonstrationsAugust 15 - Climate -
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The New York Times - Science
Deadly Landslides in India Made Worse by Climate Change, Study Finds
Extreme rainfall made 10 percent heavier by human-caused climate change triggered landslides that killed hundreds, according to a new study.August 14 - Climate -
The Guardian - World
Commonwealth Bank to stop financing fossil fuel companies that don’t comply with Paris climate goals
Shareholders and customers of ANZ, Westpac and NAB are bound to demand their banks do the same, expert says. Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The ...August 14 - Climate -
VentureBeat - Tech
Sustainable Games Alliance aims to make industry climate friendly
The Sustainable Games Alliance, a non-profit cooperative of game companies and trade associations, has formally announced its launch.August 14 - Climate -
ABC News - Tech
Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change
The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate changeAugust 13 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Less Rock, more Earth: Increase recruitment by making the armed forces a climate force
The U.S. military should consider rebranding itself as the front line in the battle against climate change, highlighting its role in tackling the threat of global climate change and aligning its ...August 13 - Climate -
The Guardian - World
‘The dumbest climate conversation of all time’: experts on the Musk-Trump interview
Trump talked about ‘nuclear warming’ while Musk said the only reason to quit fossil fuels is that their supply is finite. Donald Trump and Elon Musk both made discursive, often fact-free ...August 13 - Climate -
The New York Times - Top stories
9 Things Musk and Trump Said About Climate Change, Annotated
In a conversation on X, Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk spoke for a bit about climate change. Here’s what they got wrong and what they got right.August 13 - Climate -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Gen Z Voters Support Climate Action and Nuclear Energy, Poll Finds
Two-thirds of respondents to a poll of first-time young American voters agreed the U.S. must plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and about four in five supported “new ...August 12 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Project 2025 video: ‘Eradicate’ climate change references
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Project 2025 video: ‘Eradicate’ climate change references A training video ...August 12 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Project 2025 video says a conservative administration should 'eradicate' climate change references
A training video associated with Project 2025 — a controversial playbook for a future conservative presidency by the right-wing Heritage Foundation — calls for eliminating references to climate ...August 12 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Congressional Democrats ask insurance regulators for update on climate risk factors
Three congressional Democrats on Monday requested an update from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the progress of incorporating climate-related risks into the industry. ...August 12 - Climate -
Financial Times - World
Flood plans and flowerbeds: City of London prepares for climate change
Historic financial centre is investing £68mn in an ‘extreme weather’ plan — but is it enough?August 12 - Climate -
Financial Times - World
The uninsurable world: rethinking how to cover for climate damage
Start-ups, legacy groups and policymakers are working out how to operate in areas of rising weather risksAugust 12 - Climate -
The Hill - Politics
Environmentalists are suing us out of addressing climate change
Despite a bipartisan permitting bill passing through committee, extreme environmental groups are opposing the bill in order to preserve existing regulations preventing American energy dominance, ...August 11 - Climate -
The Guardian - World
Startling genome discovery in butterfly project reveals impact of climate change in Europe
Project to study all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths finds ‘two species in the act of being created from one’. The chalkhill blue has some surprising claims to fame. For a start, it is one ...August 11 - Climate -
Financial Times - World
Does Europe need Chinese wind technology to meet climate goals?
Some say Beijing groups are needed to hit emissions targets while others accuse them of benefiting from unfair subsidiesAugust 11 - Climate -
The New York Times - World
An Australian Start-Up Hopes to Slow Climate Change With an Unusual Approach
An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.August 10 - Climate -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Walz's Climate Policies Could Leave the Midwest in the Dark
Minnesota isn’t alone in pursuing ‘net zero,’ leaving nowhere to go when solar and wind power fail.August 9 - Climate