2 December news
Loretta Lohman
AXIOS
The fate of Texas renewables is in jeopardy Wind and solar power are relatively speedy ways to add electricity to the grid as demand rises — and they helped stave off power shortages in Texas during the summer. Trump is phasing out rooftop solar credits by January. It is called NOT planning.
Data centers' power demand surging faster, new analysis shows AI does not good if the rest of us are left in the cold and dark. Research firm BloombergNEF sees U.S. power demand from data centers reaching 106 gigawatts by 2035, per an analysis issued Monday.
U California Riverside
Heat and drought change what forests breathe out
Canary Media
Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for its gas utilities
Carbon Brief
Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue
Guest post: Why carbon emissions from fires are significantly higher than thought
UK pulls $1.15bn loan to Mozambique gas project after climate and terror concerns
More than 1,200 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
UK: BP ditches hydrogen hub on Teesside after rival AI plan is backed
Chinese carmakers retreat from record share of European sales
New megacities lie in the path of devastating floods
Climate Home News
Tanzania pushed African nations to oppose fossil fuel transition at COP30
How Sumatra’s lost trees turned extreme rain into catastrophe
Conversation
Coral reefs have orchestrated Earth’s climate for 250 million years
Winter storms blanket the East, while the U.S. West is wondering: Where’s the snow?
Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works so far carbon capture has NOT worked
The Cool Down
Watchdog report uncovers disturbing truth about claims circulating in major media outlets: 'Almost entirely attributable to …' A watchdog group found that media outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch have pointed to clean energy as the reason people are experiencing rising electricity bills, according to Inside Climate News, but its report found that data centers are the problem.
Environmental New Network
Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions?
Sunlight-Powered Breakthrough Turns Methane into Valuable Ethylene
Grist
Pennsylvania bailed on a carbon market to appease Republicans
Harlem Magazine
Climate Change Accelerates Coastal Erosion From Hawai To Harlem, Threatens Marine Species
Inside Climate News
As Countries Take Steps to Protect Wildlife in Legal Trade, Animal and Plant Trafficking Rages On
New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives
‘Renewable’ No More: The Trump Administration Renames the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
What the Rio Grande’s More Frequent Dry-Outs Mean for the Region’s Animals and Ecosystems
In Burned Forests, the West’s Snowpack Is Melting Earlier
Kresge Foundation
New York Times
Reckoning with a new era of floods
In a Reversal, FEMA Won’t Reinstate Suspended Workers
NRDC
Climate Change Is Flooding Vermont—Who Should Pay for It?
Phys.org
New interactive guide available on making the biggest climate difference
Emissions from global wildfires far higher than previously thought
Tire and road abrasion found to be biggest sources of particulate emissions in road traffic
Researchers use social media for real-time monitoring of heat experiences
Rapid weather shifts govern how plants influence climate and air quality, study finds
Ancient stalagmite provides insights into how climate affected early communities in cradle of civilization
From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters
All the world's buildings available as 3D models for urban and climate research
Midlatitude atmosphere-ocean feedback reinforces the east Asian winter monsoon
Youth Climate Corps: Young Canadians need more action and less tokenization
First fertilizer: A chemical process that may have sparked life on Earth
Southern Annular Mode in most positive state in 1,000 years, review finds
Studies reevaluate reverse weathering process, shifting understanding of global climate
Between Earth and sky: Sea salt plays key role in Metro Manila air pollution
$20 million project to restore wildlife, expand trails and boost flood protection along San Francisco Bay nears finish
Chesapeake Bay's storm surge tides can be 47% higher than the open ocean
Study suggests flood-driven contamination deepens climate anxiety in vulnerable communities
Urban sprawl could deny 220 million people access to clean water by 2050
Ocean microplastics can drift for years or sink rapidly: Analysis reveals two distinct pathways
How deforestation turbocharged Indonesia's deadly floods
Flood disaster prediction using multi-scale deep learning and neuro-fuzzy inference
Pima County AZ
Semafor
Canada softens climate rules for Alberta oil pipeline deal
TotalEnergies to sell stake in Nigeria projects to Chevron
‘The hotspots are getting hotter’ in US data center boom
Science Daily
A hidden Antarctic shift unleashed the carbon that warmed the world
New research reveals the hidden organism behind Lake Erie’s toxic blooms Temperatauare and water quality
Yale Climate Connections
Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30
UN Sustainable Development Group
Chile and its NDC: A Renewed Commitment to Climate Action
The Brasilians
EL PAIS English
‘Climate Elders’: How climate change is hurting older people in the Americas
The Guardian
Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth
Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 750 as one million evacuated
UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies
‘The Chinese will not pause’: Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
BBC
Why time is running out for Germany's green hydrogen industry
International Idea
Report.az
Platform for Asian universities to cooperate on climate change to be launched in Baku
Foreign Policy
Climate Finance Gap: Can Pakistan Adapt to Climate Disaster?
India Today
India's ancient buildings survived invasions. Can they survive climate change?
Asia News Network
How climate change is rewriting childhood in Pakistan
Vietnam
Climate response policies of Vietnam: A firm commitment to a green future
Singapore expands approach to localised flooding amid climate change
RNZ
Govt needs to buy carbon credits or come clean on emissions commitment - opposition
Crikey
Matt Kean: The Liberals deserve to keep on losing unless they change course
Parliament of South Africa
