Column: Trump is a climate crisis all by himself. But it’s not game over
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Column: Trump is a climate crisis all by himself. But it’s not game over

LA Times  

Eight years ago this week — the last time Donald Trump was elected president of the United States — I offered a grim prognosis of what his ascendance might mean for the climate crisis. Daniel Day-Lewis portrays President Lincoln in director Steven Spielberg’s film “Lincoln.” Two degrees of heating would be a lot worse than 1.5 degrees, and 2.5 would be even worse. Here’s what’s happening around the West: POLITICAL CLIMATE California voters approved Proposition 4, a $10-billion climate bond that will finance water recycling, clean energy and wildfire protection projects. Residents of California’s Sonoma County rejected Measure J, which would have outlawed certain large farms — operations that produce lots of water and air pollution, including carbon. A few storylines worth following: Even if Democrats retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives — which was still a distinct possibility Wednesday, and which would make a repeal of President Biden’s landmark climate law all but impossible — Trump would have many options for slowing the clean energy transition.

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NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
1 week, 5 days ago

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump

New York Times  

Donald Trump’s return to Washington might seem like a terrifying moment for the fight against climate change. The incoming administration is not just hostile to the energy transition; it’s also expected to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, roll back a wide range of pollution regulations and promote domestic fossil fuel production — decisions likely to …

What the ‘show me the money’ climate summit tells us about the new Trump era
1 month ago

What the ‘show me the money’ climate summit tells us about the new Trump era

Politico  

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Boiling Point: Trump is coming for climate progress. Here we go again
1 month, 1 week ago

Boiling Point: Trump is coming for climate progress. Here we go again

LA Times  

Then-President Trump and then-Paradise Mayor Jody Jones view damage from the Camp fire in Paradise, Calif., in November 2018. Unlike the first time around, when chaos reigned, Trump’s second administration might have a strong legal plan right out of the gate for undoing climate rules. Speaking of the Colorado, it turns out the Western drought from 2020 to 2022 — …

US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over
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1 month, 1 week ago

US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. He said Trump will likely pull the United States out of the landmark Paris Agreement and try to roll back many of …

Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Global efforts to fight climate change stumbled but survived the last time Donald Trump was elected president and withdrew the United States from an international climate agreement. But she added: “The Paris Agreement has proven resilient and is stronger than any single country’s policy.” The United Nations’ annual climate negotiations to follow on the Paris accord start next …

Trump's win is a victory for the "petrostate" and a major loss for climate action, experts say
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's win is a victory for the "petrostate" and a major loss for climate action, experts say

Salon  

When the science journal Nature surveyed more than 2,000 scientists last month about the 2024 presidential election, 86 percent said they preferred Vice President Kamala Harris over former president Donald Trump. His proxies, like Tucker Carlson and JD Vance, have respectively blamed abortion for causing freak hurricanes or have dismissed climate science as “weird.” Last month, climate scientists told Salon …

​Testing time: on climate action and President Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

​Testing time: on climate action and President Trump

The Hindu  

Many goals related to climate change and public health have important deadlines by 2030: reducing carbon emissions, financing poorer countries’ climate mitigation and adaptation plans, protecting biodiversity, anticipating future pandemics, and instituting sustainable development. He also vitiated scientific collaborations by raising the bogeyman of “hidden” political agendas and, after his appointees to the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, weakened …

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis

Hindustan Times  

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, fast approaching, the world’s attention is firmly set on the urgent need for unified action against the climate crisis. With Donald Trump reclaiming the White House in 2024, the United States ’ approach to climate policy may face another major shift, one that could impact not only American environmental efforts but global …

Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “As I stated before the election, a second Trump term, which includes implementation of ‘Project 2025,’ is the end …

Trump's return as US President raises concerns among climate advocates worldwide
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's return as US President raises concerns among climate advocates worldwide

India Today  

The recent election of Donald Trump as the next US President has sparked widespread concern among environmentalists and climate advocates across the globe. Christiana Figueres, former Executive Director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, expressed optimism that the global transition to decarbonisation would persist despite political shifts. Figueres argued that the rapid move towards clean energy technologies …

Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impact
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impact

The Hindu  

With the 29th edition of the annual climate conference set to begin in Baku, Azerbaijan next week and Donald Trump likely to be re-elected as President of the United States, climate experts worry about what this will mean for global efforts at addressing climate change. In 2017, Mr. Trump announced the U.S.’s exit from the Paris Climate Agreement, which commits …

How Trump forced his way back into the White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Trump forced his way back into the White House

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The economy was indeed also on …

Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts and activists say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts and activists say

NPR  

Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts and activists say toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP/AP During a victory speech early Wednesday, Donald Trump boasted of the country’s vast reserves of oil and natural gas. “But there is a legitimate vein of opportunism, of entrepreneurial spirit, of new jobs, of new economics, of business people, of entrepreneurs, …

US Presidential Election: A Make-or-Break Moment for Global Science
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US Presidential Election: A Make-or-Break Moment for Global Science

India Today  

The 2024 US Presidential election is a pivotal moment for the global scientific community, with the outcome potentially significantly influencing national and global science policy. A victory for Vice President Kamala Harris would likely extend the Biden administration's science priorities, emphasizing climate action, robust funding for research, and enhanced international collaboration. Conversely, a Trump victory would likely bring significant shifts …

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

Salon  

Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise. With early voting already underway and two weeks before Election Day, when voters will decide between Vice President Kamala Harris, who has called …

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word

LA Times  

It is Wednesday, Oct. 2. The Cedar fire killed 15 people and destroyed more than 2,500 structures in San Diego’s inland suburbs and rural communities; at the time, it was the largest California wildfire in 75 years. A fire season surpassing 1 million scorched acres of land that doesn’t feel like a big deal — that’s climate change. A hurricane …

Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0

Politico  

Diplomats, ministers, green advocates and businesses alike avoided engaging publicly with the prospects of a Trump win during nearly a week of events at the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, both held in New York as a catastrophic hurricane was bearing down on Florida and the Southeast. “My expectation is, certainly if Trump wins, that he’ll pull us …

Trump pushes nonsense climate theories during two bizarre interviews
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump pushes nonsense climate theories during two bizarre interviews

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And that's the problem.” Trump rants about nuclear weapons causing climate change Nuclear weapons …

A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow
5 months, 4 weeks ago

A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow

NPR  

A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow toggle caption Ian Maule/AFP via Getty When Donald Trump held a town hall recently in Phoenix, 11 people were treated for heat exhaustion amid record 113-degree temperatures. “For companies with technologies that rely on government tax credits, yes, they should be very worried,” says Diana …

Column: Here’s what Exxon’s CEO gets wrong about the climate crisis
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Here’s what Exxon’s CEO gets wrong about the climate crisis

LA Times  

Oil and gas conglomerate Exxon Mobil could be a key player in global efforts to combat the climate crisis — if only governments would remove burdensome regulations and stop wasting money on inefficient clean energy incentives. I also shook my head in amazement as Woods suggested that a major barrier to slashing carbon pollution is that the world lacks “a …

Boiling Point: The climate change challenge is ours
1 year, 3 months ago

Boiling Point: The climate change challenge is ours

LA Times  

Farmworker Leticia Jimenez, 61, inside her home at the Oasis Mobile Home Park in August in Thermal, Calif. Edited by Alice Short, “Our Climate Change Challenge” focuses on what must be done to slow down and ultimately reverse global warming, and who needs to do it: not just government and business, but every one of us. More particularly, how are …

How Joe Biden could really burn Donald Trump
1 year, 4 months ago

How Joe Biden could really burn Donald Trump

Raw Story  

If you weren’t sure of it yet, climate change is quite clearly here. Matters will only get worse as we continue to burn massive amounts of toxic fossil fuels day after day, and since President Joe Biden has stated fighting climate change is one of his top priorities, it’s time for him to go further — and formally declare it …

Coming soon: Donald ‘Godfather’ Trump, part II
3 years ago

Coming soon: Donald ‘Godfather’ Trump, part II

Al Jazeera  

Trump will, in all likelihood, be the Republican nominee for president in 2024 with a better than good chance of occupying the White House once again. As president, Trump enabled, encouraged and applauded not just rhetorical but violent attacks against citizens and institutions he has denounced as treasonous for being obstacles to or having thwarted his loony designs and actions, …

The AP Interview: Kerry says world short of climate goal
3 years, 2 months ago

The AP Interview: Kerry says world short of climate goal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Crucial U.N. climate talks next month are likely to fall short of the global target for cutting coal, gas and oil emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says, after nearly a year of climate diplomacy that helped win deeper cuts from allies but has so far failed to move some of the world’s biggest polluters to act fast …

‘The lost years’: Climate damage that occurred on Trump’s watch will endure long after he is gone
3 years, 11 months ago

‘The lost years’: Climate damage that occurred on Trump’s watch will endure long after he is gone

CNN  

CNN — For four years, President Donald Trump has careened from one crisis to the next, many of his own making. “But the lost years in terms of progress on emissions reductions we can’t ever take back, and that is something that will have a finite impact on coming climate change impacts.” In the face of a mounting climate crisis, …

If you care about climate, your vote matters (opinion)
4 years, 1 month ago

If you care about climate, your vote matters (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a CNN contributor and a National Geographic Explorer. In September, as the western United States burned and temperature records fell, Trump said without evidence that “It’ll start getting cooler.” It won’t; humans already have warmed the planet about 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Biden’s climate goals Yes, there were climate policy experts and …

Getting warmer: Trump concedes human role in climate change
4 years, 2 months ago

Getting warmer: Trump concedes human role in climate change

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that humans bear some blame …

As The Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump Digs In On Denial
4 years, 2 months ago

As The Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump Digs In On Denial

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING With tens of thousands of Americans reeling from the devastating impacts of climate change and the 2020 election looming, President Donald Trump is out to prove as he seeks a second term that he has no intention of accepting the crisis as reality ― much less lifting a finger to combat it. Jemal Countess via Getty Images …

Trump Says Not to Worry About Climate Change as the West Burns
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump Says Not to Worry About Climate Change as the West Burns

Slate  

There’s not a lot to say about this video that isn’t already plain from the words that come out of President Donald Trump’s mouth. When Wade Crowfoot, California’s secretary for natural resources, reiterated to Trump the importance of not just pursuing forest management but actively working to combat the impact of climate change, the president used his expertise as a …

Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role in historic West Coast infernos and renewed his unfounded claim that failure to rake forest floors and clear dead timber is mostly to blame. Trump countered, “I don’t think science knows, …

In California, Trump continues to deny climate change is real: ‘It will start getting cooler’
4 years, 3 months ago

In California, Trump continues to deny climate change is real: ‘It will start getting cooler’

LA Times  

President Trump walks to speak to reporters as he arrives at Sacramento McClellan Airport on Sept. 14, 2020, for a briefing on the California wildfires. The president said, “Absolutely.” A few moments later, however, during a presentation by California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Trump said: “It will start getting cooler, you just watch.” When Crowfoot said that science disagreed, …

Trump and the climate crisis: What would 2020 re-election mean for the environment
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump and the climate crisis: What would 2020 re-election mean for the environment

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I don’t think we can withstand another four years of direct assault on environmental action,” Dr Michael Mann, climate …

Climate crisis or ‘hoax’: Where Biden and Trump stand on environmental policy
4 years, 4 months ago

Climate crisis or ‘hoax’: Where Biden and Trump stand on environmental policy

LA Times  

This was supposed to be the climate change election — or so many Democrats thought. President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, hold radically different beliefs on climate policy as well as other environmental issues, such as clean energy infrastructure and land conservation. He has insisted that he’s an environmental champion for whom climate change is …

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