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What’s Behind American Energy NGOs Doing China’s Dirty Work

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is still a relatively little-known American climate NGO, but since 2021, they’ve been quietly raking in more than $100 million annually. They’re also big fans of China. In 2021, RMI complimented China for “responsible global leadership” toward achieving “carbon neutrality before 2060.” Similarly, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) boasts ...

Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.

Most Americans Aren't Convinced Humans Are Causing Climate Change, New Data Shows

Scientists have reached a consensus that human behavior is a big driver of climate change—but Americans aren't buying it.

Amicus Brief in Suncor Energy on the Foreign Commerce Clause and Climate Change Lawsuits

As I noted in a separate post, the legal advocacy group Neutral Principles engaged Erik Jaffe and me to draft… The post Amicus Brief in Suncor Energy on the Foreign Commerce Clause and Climate Change Lawsuits appeared first on Reason.com.

The Download: climate tech goes public and the AI Hype Index returns

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Climate tech companies are going public. What’s next? Solar and battery company Solv Energy went public in February, hitting a $6 billion valuation. X-energy, which builds small modular nuclear reactors, followed…

Climate tech companies are going public. What’s next?

This year, there’s been a wave of notable energy companies going public via IPO in the US. The solar and battery company Solv Energy went public in February, to the tune of $6 billion. X-energy, which is building small modular nuclear reactors, did the same in April, and its stocks surged on its first day…

WATCH: New NatGeo documentary to highlight beauty of glaciers

“Time and Water” is about one Icelandic man’s effort to document the beauty of glaciers as a time capsule for the future, before climate change changes the landscape of his homeland.

Fuel and Sewage Leaks Have Made the Potomac One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The warning signs were years in the making. And yet, regulators failed to heed the writing on the wall, according to Dean Naujoks. An investigator with the Potomac Riverkeeper Network, Naujoks spent three years documenting what he calls a […]

Germany Puts €5 Billion Behind Carbon Capture Push

For years, Germany approached carbon capture the way many Europeans approach nuclear power at dinner parties: cautiously, awkwardly, and preferably not at all. The country that built Europe’s industrial backbone somehow became one of the continent’s most politically hesitant nations on CCS. Carbon capture remained trapped in endless debates over storage, liability, public acceptance, and whether supporting the technology might somehow undermine climate ambition itself. Meanwhile, reality kept moving. Heavy industry still emitted enormous…

Once a Climate Leader, Canada Is Doubling Down on Oil

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Before he became prime minister of Canada, Mark Carney was perhaps one of the world’s biggest supporters of the idea that climate action was good business. He led the clean energy investment fund for Brookfield, one of the world’s largest financial firms, […]

An Inconvenient Reality: Climate-Preparedness Cuts Are Lethality Cuts

In 2019, the Missouri River flooded at historically high levels and damaged 137 facilities, destroyed 1.2 million square feet of workspace, and flooded 3,000 feet of runway at Offutt Air Force Base. Repairing the installation cost $1.2 billion. The Trump administration and Department of Defense justified $1.2 billion in budget reductions to the U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Defense Department climate programs as cuts to “woke” climate or environmental initiatives, but a singular event caused sufficient damage to erase those savings.The lethality of American presence in the Pacific depends upon the resilience of bases, ports, and The post An Inconvenient Reality: Climate-Preparedness Cuts Are Lethality Cuts appeared first on War on the Rocks.

As the U.S. and Europe pull back from global climate aid, can Asian funders fill the gap?

Globally, less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to mitigating climate change. Of that small amount, an even smaller sliver—just 12%—goes to Asia.

Here's what experts say to expect from mortgage rates now that inflation keeps rising

With inflation continuing to rise, borrowers need to understand the impact on the mortgage interest rate climate.

Rice feeds more than half the world. It’s also the climate equivalent of 239 million cars

A new Nature Food study finds rice paddy emissions have nearly doubled since the 1960s, making it agriculture's largest non-livestock emissions source.

These Photos Reveal Strange Sea Creatures Scientists Have Never Seen Before

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It lives in a glass castle deep under the sea. It’s not a character from The Little Mermaid but a very real, very mysterious marine worm. Known as Dalhousiella yabukii, the worm resides inside a glass sea sponge—a simple marine animal that forms a […]

Leftist climate zealotry means never having to say you’re sorry

Liberals live in a happy bubble: Even when they're proven wrong about things like climate change, they simply move on to the next cause.

Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script

Mr. Gore is still giving the slide show that “An Inconvenient Truth” was built around, but with changes that reflect a shift in the discussion of climate change.

Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef.

Repeal of EPA’s endangerment finding won’t change the realities of chronic disease

We can expect chronic disease rates to worsen as greenhouse gas emissions trend upward and contribute to more frequent and intense climate impacts like extreme heat and wildfires.

Climate Change Fearmongerers Owe Gen Z an Apology