NYTIMES (David Gelles) - How Companies Have Abandoned Their Climate Goals and Let Themselves Off the Hook
Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.
NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong) - National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Paris Deputy Mayor Blames Americans Having AC for Europe’s Deadly Heatwave.
The far-left Deputy Mayor of Paris has blamed the United States for the heatwave affecting France and wider Europe.
The socialist Deputy Mayor of Paris has publicly attacked the United States, blaming the country for causing the deadly heatwave that hit Europe last week, resulting in over 1,000 excess deaths . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The far-left Deputy Mayor of Paris has blamed the United States for the heatwave affecting France and Europe more broadly. KEY QUOTE: “As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing.” – Audrey Pulvar , Paris Deputy Mayor. DETAIL: Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar has publicly blamed the United States for contributing to the deadly heatwave affecting France and wider…Open
ABCNEWS - 'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says 20 years after 'An Inconvenient Truth'
The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth."
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - European Capital Outlaws Ads for Burgers, Gas Cars, and Cruises.
Amsterdam has implemented a ban on public adverts for meat and fossil fuel products. The ban's restrictions apply to billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations.
Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands, has implemented a new ban on advertising meat and fossil fuel products. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, has implemented a ban on public adverts for meat and fossil fuel products. The ban’s restrictions apply to billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations. DETAIL: The city council of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, has approved a ban on public advertising for meat and fossil fuel products , including burgers, gasoline cars, airlines, and cruises. The ban came into effect on Friday. The measure is part of the city council’s broader strategy to reduce meat consumption by 50 percent and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Similar bans…Open
NYTIMES (Cara Buckley) - In Permissive Amsterdam, Ads for Fossil Fuels or Meat Are Now Verboden
The Dutch city has outlawed advertising that promotes lifestyles linked to high carbon emissions, which is a driver of climate change. It’s a first for a world capital.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Jon Zobenica) - The UK Biomess
Wishcasting is not a viable energy policy. The post The UK Biomess appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The UK Biomess Wishcasting is not a viable energy policy. UK Special Coverage “The emission factor for biomass shall be zero .” Thus spoke the EU, in its Emissions Trading System Directive, the cap-and-trade law that went into effect in 2005. And zero it has been for the purposes of energy and climate policy, net-zero accounting, and ascertaining whether a power producer qualifies for “renewables” subsidies. But thermodynamics, chemistry, planetary physics, and other stubborn corners of reality are subject neither to repeal nor to gaming, not even by Brussels. And one of those stubborn corners is in…Open
NYTIMES (Eric Niiler) - U.N. Climate Report Finds Growing Energy Imbalance on Earth
The continued burning of fossil fuels is locking heat in Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land — instead of allowing it to reflect back into space, a new report finds.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - Two Dozen States Sue EPA over Repeal of Obama-Era Climate ‘Endangerment’ Finding
Two dozen states and more than a dozen cities and counties are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the Trump administration’s repeal of an […] Source
NEWSNATIONNOW (Matt Spears) - Trump admin sues California over vehicle emission, greenhouse gas rules
California's Advanced Clean Cars II regulations look to eliminate new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035.