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Alberta is on fire, but discussing climate change is taboo during 2023...
A layer of dense smoke spread through much of Alberta during the week of 14 May 2023, caused by forest fires. The smoke that enveloped Calgary briefly gave the city one of the worst air-quality...
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Youth environmentalists bring Montana climate case to trial after 12 years,...
Plaintiffs Mica, 14; Badge 15, Lander 18, and Taleah, 19, listen to arguments during a status hearing on 12 May 2023, in Helena, Montana, for a case that they and other Montana youth filed against the...
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Texas power demand again forecast to peak amid Summer 2023 heat wave – “Texas...
On 27 June 2023, Texas once again braced for a record spike in electricity demand as 110F heat spurred air-conditioning usage. An early heat wave gripped the second most-populous US state, buckling...
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Solar power bails out Texas grid during major heat wave – “This is what’s...
Map showing the heat index in the United States for 30 June 2023. Graphic: The Washington Post 30 June 2023 (Reuters) – The Texas power grid comfortably met record demand during this week’s heat wave...
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Texas power struggle: How the top wind power state in the U.S. turned against...
A car moves through a neighborhood in West Austin that lost power on 18 February 2021 during blackouts that left millions of Texans without power or heat following a devastating winter storm. Photo:...
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Oil and gas lobbying threatens California’s game-changing climate bills –...
The California State Capitol in Sacramento. Photo: Rschlie / Getty Images By Aaron Cantú 26 June 2023 (Capital & Main) – Two transparency bills in the California Legislature would require...
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World energy system struggled in face of geopolitical and environmental...
Primary energy global consumption (left) and share of global primary energy by source (right), 2000-2022. Primary energy demand growth slowed in 2022, increasing by 1.1 percent, compared to 5.5...
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“It’s called summer”: U.S. Republicans brush off record 2023 heat wave –...
Center for Industrial Progress President Alex Epstein speaks at a House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee hearing in March 2023. Photo: Francis Chung / POLITICO By Chris D’Angelo and Igor...
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U.S. Republican energy strategy for 2024 denies climate change, calls for...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires enveloped Washington, D.C. in June 2023. Photo: Kenny Holston / The New York Times By Lisa Friedman 4 August 2023 (The New York Times) – During a summer of scorching heat...
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The climate contradiction that will sink us – “We already have a refugee...
Map of ensemble mean trends in ocean temperature and ice-shelf basal melting in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) for the Paris 2°C scenario. Temperature is averaged over the depth range 200–700 m....
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Video: Honest Government Ad: COP31 🇦🇺 and the Pacific – “Let this major...
Screenshot from “Honest Government Ad: COP31 & the Pacific”, by The Juice Media, showing the approval of four coal mines in Australia on 11 May 2023: Narrabri Underground Mine (NSW), Mount...
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“Where did I go wrong?” The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm
Climate scientist Dr. Graeme Pearman at his home in Bangholme, Victoria. On warning the world about abrupt climate change, he laments, “I often wonder: where did I go wrong? Why didn’t people respond?...
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OPEC leader tells members to block any COP28 climate summit deal to curb...
Haitham Al-Ghais, the secretary general of OPEC, warned member countries of “undue and disproportionate pressure against fossil fuels” at the COP28 summit in a letter dated 6 December 2023. Photo: Amr...
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Petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report – “These...
Planned increase in fossil fuel production for 2030 relative to 2021, in exajoules. Data: The Production Gap: SEI, Climate Analytics, E3G, IISD and UNEP 2023. An exajoule is equal to one quintillion...
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UK Conservative lawmaker quits, criticizes government’s climate plans – “I...
Former British energy minister Chris Skidmore is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain on 21 May 2019. Photo: Hannah Mckay / REUTERS By Alistair Smout 5 January 2024 LONDON (Reuters) – A...
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