Climate

Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates

If you want these kinds of bills to become law, it helps to reach out to your state legislators.

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.

It's worth noting that this kind of unusual-views-of-few-researchers is about as weak a piece or evidence as you're going to get

As corporate net-zero pledges multiply, concerns about their credibility and potential for greenwashing are rising. This study is the first to develop a framework specifically tailored to assessing greenwashing in climate and net-zero pledges, combining disclosures, implementation plans, performance data, and lobbying activity, and to apply it at scale to more than 4000 companies. Using data from CDP, InfluenceMap, and the Net Zero Tracker, this analysis offers the largest empirical assessment of its kind. We identify greenwashing risk across seven dimensions, including missing interim targets, Scope 3 exclusion, offset reliance, and misaligned lobbying. We find 96% of pledging companies exhibit at least one risk indicator, with Scope 3 gaps, poor planning, and offsets most common. Greenwashing risk indicators are only weakly correlated, although higher target ambition is modestly associated with fewer red flags on some dimensions, such as Scope 3 coverage and lobbying. Sectoral and regional patterns also emerge, with lobbying-related risks less prevalent among European firms than elsewhere. Our approach advances the evidence base and supports stronger standards and oversight for corporate climate accountability.

The expansion could add millions of tons of carbon pollution annually while polluting the air near vulnerable communities and ecosystems.

The steady downward march of lithium-ion battery prices is one of the key stories of the energy transition. The trend continued last year.

Ashland Sen. Jeff Golden is trying again to get the Legislature to create a fund to pay for natural disasters with damages collected from big oil

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42767150

As the Trump administration seeks to roll back pollution reporting rules, some lawmakers see a low carbon footprint as a competitive edge for US exports.

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Nearly a year after the Environmental Defense Fund lost contact with an $88 million satellite, data from the spacecraft reveal higher-than-expected methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

With plans to sell off over a million acres of natural habitat for oil and gas development, the Trump administration is ignoring the dire impact on its fragile ecosystem

The court ruled that it was unconstitutional to bar state agencies from investing with firms that the state had accused of boycotting the oil industry.