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Long before Putin invaded Ukraine, the U.S. fossil fuel industry was preparing to turn Russian aggression into a boon for the gas industry. For months leading up to the invasion, the industry was busy highlighting the need for the United States to increase production and the damage that the Biden Administration’s climate policies […]

Banks with ‘net-zero’ pledges are among the top funders of fossil fuels | Grist

Source: Banks with ‘net-zero’ pledges are among the top funders of fossil fuels | Grist

“Banks and financial institutions need to be held accountable for their role in financing false solutions that cause serious life-threatening intensity and threats to Indigenous peoples worldwide,” said Tom B.K. Goldtooth, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, in a press […]

Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’ | Grist

Source: Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’ | Grist

“While real zero is a valuable guiding light, net-zero is still a worthy and necessary goal,” said Jackie Ennis, a policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Her modeling shows that even the most ambitious carbon mitigation scenarios will require offsets for the hardest-to-abate […]

Whale Tales and Whale Facts – YouTube

Look beyond white Christianity for good ecotheology – U.S. Catholic

Source: Look beyond white Christianity for good ecotheology – U.S. Catholic

12 books for Earth Day » Yale Climate Connections

Source: 12 books for Earth Day » Yale Climate Connections

Eco-Types: Five Ways of Caring about the Environment by Emily Huddart Kennedy

(Princeton University Press 2022, 280 pages, $33.00) Drawing on three years of interviews and research, Kennedy describes five archetypal relationships with the environment: the Eco-Engaged, often politically liberal, who have an acute level of concern […]

Chart: US clean energy backlog balloons to… | Canary Media

Source: Chart: US clean energy backlog balloons to… | Canary Media

Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format.

Wind, solar and energy storage developers are seeking to connect an almost inconceivably large 2 terawatts of renewable energy capacity to the U.S. grid, prompted by record-low […]

Can Big Oil be part of a post-carbon world?

Source: Can Big Oil be part of a post-carbon world?

Global CO2 emissions rose by less than 1% last year, with increased coal and oil production offset by a surge in renewables, EVs, heat pumps, and energy efficiency measures. Add in the prospect of windfall taxes, stranded assets, and a younger generation sneering at its […]

Europe’s green hydrogen rush in Africa risks energy ‘cannibalisation’

Source: Europe’s green hydrogen rush in Africa risks energy ‘cannibalisation’

Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics

Source: Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics