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  1. View from The Hill: Conservatives Liberals hold ‘power walk’ before delivering coup de grâce to net zero

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:34:21 -0000

    The Liberals are set to dump net zero after a strong majority at a special party meeting spoke against the existing commitment to it. In a show of …

  2. Newsom tells AP the eight senators who struck the shutdown deal aren't alarmed enough about Trump

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:37:47 -0000

    BELEM, Brazil (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he is stunned by eight senators’ decision to break with Democrats and end the government shutdown and warned they are not alarmed enough about President Donald Trump’s political norm-shattering. “I’m not coming in to punch anybody in the …

  3. Newsom at UN climate summit says Trump is "doubling down on stupid"

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 03:13:42 -0000

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized President Trump at COP30 on Tuesday for being absent from the UN summit in Belém, Brazil, and called his …

  4. Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit in Brazil, demanding action

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:16:29 -0000

    Protest comes as Brazil’s leader Lula says COP30 participants should be ‘inspired’ by Indigenous peoples. Hundreds of people have joined an Indigenous-led protest on the second day of the UN climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belem, highlighting tensions with the Brazilian government’s claim …

  5. Majority of Liberals speak against net-zero during party room debate

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:48:43 -0000

    Liberal party members have revealed their views on net zero during a five-hour party room debate. The majority of the Liberals have actively spoken …

  6. Trump administration skips COP30 climate summit, leaving California's Newsom to hurl criticism from Brazil

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:31:00 -0000

    In Belém, the bustling Brazilian gateway to the Amazon rainforest, leaders from nearly 200 nations have gathered for the United Nations' 30th Climate …

  7. A Hidden Hunger Crisis Is Destabilizing the World

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0000

    Food insecurity provokes violence—and weakens even wealthy states.

  8. The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:45:00 -0000

    The world’s largest wind turbine—currently being tested off the coast of China—has blades that are more than twice as long as a Boeing 777’s …

  9. Health officials warn painful disease will become a major threat this decade: 'A large amount of human suffering'

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:20:00 -0000

    Historically, some diseases have been geographically limited, naturally confined to areas of the globe where the weather is right for their spread. …

  10. AP Interview: Newsom says Trump climate-fighting absence is 'doubling down on stupid'

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:23:11 -0000

    BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Calling America’s absence from key United Nations climate negotiations “doubling down on stupid,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the United States risks being left behind as an economic power. Newsom, a Democrat eyeing a 2028 presidential run, is so far the highest …

  11. Amid 3I/ATLAS Buzz Elon Musk Wants To Move AI To Deep Space To Scale Civilization; Here’s Why

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:41:17 -0000

    Even as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has the social media in frenzy over it allegedly being an alien probe on a reconnaissance mission from beyond our home galaxy, Big Tech on Earth are planning to scale native civilization to upgrade on the Kardashev Scale. But how? Sundar Pichai-led Google has …

  12. Artificial Intelligence Wants to Sell You Stuff While the World Burns

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Meta is betting on generative AI for a new generation of aggressive advertising. It requires immense energy, much of which will likely come from …

  13. Data centers have huge water and carbon impacts. Building them in these states could reduce that

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:15:00 -0000

    A study by researchers at Cornell University maps out smarter ways to power the AI boom while wreaking less havoc on local environments. When Amazon proposed building its Project Blue data center in Tucson, Arizona, the company faced intense pushback. Residents raised concerns about the enormous …

  14. The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world's top court. Now they want countries to act.

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:30:00 -0000

    “Our goal is to remind negotiators that behind every policy decision are real people and real lives at risk.” In January 2004, Cyclone Heta pummeled …

  15. Senate approves legislation to end shutdown. And, where climate change efforts stand

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:24:02 -0000

    Today's top story The U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40 last night to approve a continuing resolution to reopen the government. Speaker Mike Johnson called the House of Representatives back to Washington, D.C., as they will have to pass the measure before President Trump can sign it into law. 🎧 In addition …

  16. Iran's drought: A disaster in slow motion

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:28:02 -0000

    As Iran faces an unprecedented drought, the chronic incompetence of the country's officials is driving millions into a fully predictable …

  17. What a Cranky New Book About Progress Gets Right

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:30:00 -0000

    Paul Kingsnorth argues that much of today’s culture is intent on eroding what it means to be human. During the five years I worked as an environmental-studies professor at a progressive private college, I undertook a small, semesterly rebellion: I had students read “Confessions of a Recovering …

  18. Gov. Newsom blasts Trump's absence at Brazil climate conference

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 01:20:13 -0000

    In São Paulo on Monday, while speaking at Milken Institute's Global Investors Symposium, Newsom repeatedly blasted the Trump administration for not even sending "a note-taker."

  19. The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 03:10:29 -0000

    Negotiators for seven Western states said they are making progress in ongoing talks over how to share the diminishing waters of the Colorado River, but they provided no specifics. A deadline set by the Trump administration came and went Tuesday without any region-wide agreement on water …

  20. Road to COP30: UN-regulated carbon market; the risks and opportunities for financial institutions

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:17:03 -0000

    Key developments in the COP30 negotiation process indicate a possible breakthrough in the establishment of a UN-regulated carbon market. Eric Usher, …

  21. The Bright Side: Scientists discover demon-horned 'lucifer' bee in Australia

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:53:58 -0000

    A new species of bee bearing devilish horns has been discovered in Western Australia, Curtin University announced Tuesday. Although all flowering plants rely on wild pollinators such as bees for survival, climate change and habitat loss has driven many species to the edge of extinction. The …

  22. Amazon Lakes Became Hotter Than a Hot Tub, Killing Hundreds of Dolphins

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 02:11:55 -0000

    In 2023, a severe drought heated several Amazonian lakes until they became hotter than a hot tub. Brazil's Lake Tefé hit 41.0 °C (105.8 °F). The …

  23. ‘The Land of Thirst’: Inside the Fight to Rewild Southern Namibia

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:00:04 -0000

    Moments before the sun set behind Namibia’s burnt-orange mountains, a large truck rumbled onto the desert landscape below. Inside were ostriches, …

  24. Newsom at UN talks: 'Donald Trump is temporary'

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:43:29 -0000

    BELÉM, Brazil — California Gov. Gavin Newsom excoriated President Donald Trump in plenary remarks at a United Nations climate conference in Brazil on Tuesday. “He wants to bring us back and try to recreate the 20th, maybe even try to recreate the 19th century,” Newsom said. “They’re doubling down on …

  25. What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century

    Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own. Earlier this year, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, a graveyard was spared by the fire that sent thousands of Los Angeles residents fleeing into the coal-black night. Here, in Mountain View Cemetery, lie the bones …

  26. ‘Tired of losing’: Twin typhoons expose deep wounds of corruption, climate injustice in the Philippines

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:55:00 -0000

    In the aftermath of typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong, mismanaged climate funds and weak infrastructure leave communities exposed to disaster. In the …

  27. Jakarta’s great climate wall

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0000

    More than 20 miles of gigantic wall, out in the ocean, are defending Southeast Asia’s biggest mega-city from rising seawater. That’s the idea anyway. Jakarta and its 30 million people are sinking, while climate change is causing ocean levels to rise. Indonesian officials have hired experts from the …

  28. Tehran’s Residents Are Panicking as Taps Run Dry

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:50:05 -0000

    Years of drought and neglect have left the city nearly unsustainable. In recent days, prolonged water cuts across Tehran have created widespread panic …

  29. Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:27:53 -0000

    The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Tuesday cast himself as the “stable and reliable” American partner to the world, called a reported White House proposal to …

  30. COP30 climate summit starts in Brazil but the U.S. sent no high-level representatives

    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:20:00 -0000

    The COP30 climate summit, where 190 countries are discussing global climate conditions, began in Brazil without high-level representatives from …