Friday, April 4, 2025

Replacing coal with renewables could save energy customers $8 billion a year, financial analysts...

“We conducted an in-depth, asset-by-asset assessment of the coal fleet in the U.S. and found that >70 GWs of coal capacity will become economically at risk through the course of the next decade.”

California assemblyman kills fossil fuel divestment bill

The bill would have required the state’s two enormous public pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, but it was squashed by a Democrat who has taken money from oil and gas companies.

One-third of all new childhood asthma cases in Europe are due to air pollution

"Largely, these impacts are preventable...We can and should do something about it."

UNESCO proposes to downgrade Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status; Australian government pushes back

If added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, the Great Barrier Reef would become the first on it because of climate change reasons.

Neonicotinoids harm bees at far below the label recommended dose, study finds

When the pesticide was applied at just 30 percent of the recommended dose, it still reduced the bees' reproduction by 90 percent.

Taxpayers charged $7 billion a year to subsidize fossil fuels on public lands

"This report makes it clear as day that the Trump agenda is the fossil fuel billionaire agenda."

How a company with ties to a Dakota Access Pipeline owner flew over protests...

Why was a private company allowed into this airspace when no one else was? What is the background on this company?

Global climate strike: Kids are demanding action, but will adults act?

The Global Climate Strike on Friday, September 20, is expected to draw millions of people across 150 countries in what is poised...

Legal action against Shell board previews wave of lawsuits against company directors

Individuals are expected to be a growing target of legal action on climate change, with activists, investors, and regulators looking carefully at how companies and their boards disclose and respond to climate risks.

Harris and Ocasio-Cortez release climate equity bill to protect the most at-risk communities from...

"Climate change represents not only the greatest threat to our species, but one of our greatest economic opportunities."