Who are climate-conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate
Sometimes, surprises are lurking in everyday data. Take a category of consumers that Doug Rubin’s startup, Northwind Climate, calls “climate doers.” They’re concerned about climate change and tend to prioritize…
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Environmental Law Clinic Files Amicus Briefs in D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court to Defend Federal Actions on Climate and Air Pollution – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
This winter, ELC students filed three separate amicus briefs in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. On behalf of the International…
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How the EPA’s environmental about-face could upend California’s climate efforts
The Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to repeal or weaken more than two dozen regulations could deliver a direct blow to California policies on air and water quality standards, electric vehicle…
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Mass firings at NOAA, National Weather Service ignite fury
As federal job eliminations struck the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service on Thursday, scientists and environmental advocates denounced the cuts, saying they could cause real…
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22 US states sue New York climate law for fining fossil fuel companies – JURIST
West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, and 21 other states, sued New York Thursday over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute seventy-five billion dollars to a fund…
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U.S.-Australia firefighting cooperation threatened by climate change
MELBOURNE — As flames engulfed swaths of Los Angeles County this month and U.S. fire authorities scrambled to coordinate help from overseas, one longtime firefighting partner was left off their list:…
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Trump takes aim at clean energy, climate change and the environment on day one
On the day he took his oath of office, President Trump promised to sign numerous executive orders that stand to undercut California’s aggressive auto emission standards, undo Biden-era environmental protections…
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Ahead of Trump Presidency, the Fed Quits Global Climate Network
The Federal Reserve has withdrawn from a network of global financial regulators focused on climate risk days before President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to power. The central bank announced that…
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Supreme Court denies oil industry plea to block California climate suit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that seek billions of dollars in…
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Intensifying climate whiplash linked to California fires, study finds
The devastating wildfires that have ravaged Southern California erupted following a stark shift from wet weather to extremely dry weather — a phenomenon scientists describe as hydroclimate whiplash. New research…
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California utilities have failed to make customers care about climate
Regardless of the presidential election results, the clean energy transition is still a major priority for the nation’s electric utilities. Perhaps nowhere in the world is the pressure more intense…
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How New York state is defying Donald Trump’s plans to roll back climate action
New York governor Kathy Hochul signed landmark climate legislation into law last week, showing how states can keep holding polluters accountable even when President-elect Donald Trump rolls back environmental protections….
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Alaska is climate victim and perpetrator. Trump 2.0 will make matters worse
“I’m just waiting to start hearing methane explosions like they do in Russia,” says Bethel, Alaska, City Council Member Mark Springer. Until recently he and his wife would pick summer…
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ICJ holds hearings on states’ legal obligations with respect to climate change – JURIST
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), commenced hearings on the obligations of States concerning climate change on Monday. The oral proceedings…
Read More » Maine attorney general sues big oil companies over climate change – JURIST
Maine’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against multiple large oil companies alleging negligence, nuisance, unfair trade practices, failure to warn and trespass as parens patriae. Included among the parties…
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One billion pounds of food is wasted annually. That contributes directly to climate change.
Mexico City — Each day, an army of trucks delivers tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to Mexico City’s Central de Abasto, one of the world’s largest…
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UN climate negotiations were a major bummer
Maybe it was the host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan this month calling oil and gas a “gift of God.” Or the US, the world’s biggest oil and…
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Political chaos shouldn’t distract us from the climate catastrophe
With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be forgiven for not being focused…
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Biglaw Firms Draw Protesters Over Their Work Driving Climate Change
Thanks to the dedicated work of Law Students for Climate Accountability, we know that Biglaw firms continue to be a “hotbed of fossil fuel activity.” According to the group’s fifth…
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Commentary: Pope Francis was a climate hero. Trump’s reign gives his words extra meaning
Donald Trump announced his first run for president on June 16, 2015. He lashed out against Mexican immigrants, environmentalists and other supposed enemies foreign and domestic. Two days later, Pope…
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