Oil and gas greenhouse emissions ‘three times higher’ than producers claim
Fiona Harvey in Sharm el-Sheikh Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd. Climate Trace reports half of 50 largest sources of greenhouse gas are oil…
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Good COP, bad COP — but not the Hollywood trope
No, the good cop/bad cop Hollywood trope has nothing to do with the climate emergency, but this year’s intergovernmental gathering on climate change, COP 27, may finally result in meaningful change.
More global heating ‘baked in’ than previously thought, but so is more cooling, new research finds
Focusing only on reducing CO2 emissions misses the warming already baked into the system, as well as the extra cooling we’d enjoy if all emissions stop.
How the new climate bill will shift U.S. climate policy
Republican obstructionism forces Senate Democrats into conflicting climate-impact compromise with passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Global scorching ahead of schedule. Well done, humanity.
Earth’s average global temperature has 50-50 chance of crossing the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold as early as 2023.
Political will all we need to avert climate catastrophe, say Mann, Whitehouse
Solving the climate emergency is merely a matter of policy, say two leading voices who long have championed urgent action.
Forests cool the planet as well as store carbon, new research finds
The role forests have countering the effects of global warming is far more impactful than originally thought, new research finds.
Climate-related regulation at risk as Supreme Court considers case lacking facts
Note: Updated Feb. 28 with links summarizing oral arguments and the threat to separation of powers. The U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 28 will hear arguments…
New paradigm clarifies how global temperatures can stop rising within years, not decades
The gloom-and-doom scenario Earth will continue warming for decades even if we immediately stop emitting greenhouse gas emissions is wrong, …according to research highlighted in…
Only a few degrees of global warming? So what.
As Earth’s temperature has fluctuated back and forth between ice ages, its ideal temperature range for human survival is just as narrow as the ideal…
