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- grist.org The Biden administration is inching closer to a heat standard for workers — if the election doesn't doom it
The long-awaited rule faces political hurdles before and after November.
- Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rightswww.theguardian.com Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights | Olivier De Schutter
Economic growth allows the few to grow ever-wealthier. Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking
- www.nbcnews.com 'A great sadness': Venezuela is first Andean country to lose all of its glaciers
Scientists explain the loss of the Humboldt Glacier, the last in the Sierra Nevada, which they believe makes the South American country the first in modern history to lose all its glaciers.
- More than 80 nonprofits have teamed up to declare that carbon offsets are undermining genuine net zero action, and are now calling for the total blacklisting of such instruments in climate regulationsfinance.yahoo.com Carbon Credits Face Fresh Blow as Offsets Slammed
(Bloomberg) -- The market for carbon credits is facing a renewed wave of opposition as climate activists deliver a fresh warning to companies and governments not to use such financial instruments to offset their emissions.Most Read from BloombergDemocrats Weigh Mid-July Vote to Formally Tap Biden as...
- 'Slow-walk' protests banned at 1,200 locationswww.bbc.com Civil injunctions restrict protests at 1,200 locations, BBC finds
Companies and public bodies are using court orders to prevent environmental protests taking place.
The scale of efforts by oil companies and public bodies to protect their premises from environmental protesters can be revealed in new BBC analysis.
More than 400 demonstrators are named in court orders that restrict protests at more than 1,200 locations, the data gathered by File on 4 shows.
The civil injunctions - in force at places like oil terminals, petrol stations and racetracks across England and Wales - also apply to “persons unknown”, meaning anyone could be prosecuted.
The enforcement of civil injunctions has been reported before, but our analysis is the first time the extent of their use has been calculated.
- cleantechnica.com High Crimes: The Case For Charging Fossil Fuel Companies With Criminal Acts - CleanTechnica
Fossil fuel companies should be prosecuted for criminal acts, according to a paper prepared by Public Citizen released this week.
- www.cnn.com World’s first carbon tax on livestock will cost farmers $100 per cow | CNN Business
Dairy farmers in Denmark face having to pay an annual tax of 672 krone ($96) per cow for the planet-heating emissions they generate.
- www.theguardian.com ‘We can’t let the animals die’: drought leaves Sicilian farmers facing uncertain future
Rainfall is down 40% since 2003 and experts predict a third of Sicily will be desert by 2030
- www.nytimes.com Judge Orders Biden Administration to Resume Permits for Gas Exports
President Biden had paused new natural gas export terminals to assess their effects on the climate, economy and national security. A federal judge disagreed.
Washington Post coverage for comparison \(registration required)
Really a contrast with the incredible immunity and power the US courts are willing to give Republican Presidents.
- Corporate lobbyists eye new lawsuits after Supreme Court limits federal power
> Powerful opponents of federal regulation — in climate, finance, health, labor and technology — are already planning how to use the ruling for their advantage.
- How bad will hurricanes get? Scientists look for answers in mud.wapo.st How bad will hurricanes get? Scientists look for answers in mud.
Their work suggests oceans are capable producing hurricane seasons far more relentless than anything modern society has seen so far.
> Their work suggests oceans are capable producing hurricane seasons far more relentless than anything modern society has seen so far.
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- Ratcliffe-on-Soar: Final fuel delivery is end of the line for coal in UKwww.bbc.com Ratcliffe-on-Soar: Final fuel delivery is end of the line for coal
The UK's last remaining coal-fired power station will close at the end of September.
- phys.org Climate projections show fewer opportunities for prescribed fires
Severe wildfires increase with a decrease in prescribed burns—but new research shows that in some places across the United States there may be fewer opportunities to safely burn in the future.
- www.channelnewsasia.com Heavy rainfall in several parts of India triggers floods, at least 11 dead
GUWAHATI, India: Heavy rain continued to trigger flood and landslides in India's north and north-east, killing at least 11 people and affecting hundreds of thousands, of
- www.channelnewsasia.com Thousands trapped in northern Myanmar flooding
YANGON: Floods in northern Myanmar have trapped thousands of people in their homes and cut electricity and phone lines, residents and local media said on Tuesday (Jul 2), with the state weather office warning of more heavy rain.
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- theconversation.com To insure or self-insure? The question homeowners must answer amid impact of climate change
Homeowners insurance is so expensive that some people are going without it.
- journals.plos.org Same old story with a different ending: Homophily and preferential selection of information within the US climate policy network
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act has been perceived as a substantial shift away from the history of more contentious climate politics in the US. We apply social network methods to interrogate an updated dataset that assesses the degree to which recent policy outcomes are a shift away from ...