The state could become the first to sue fossil fuel companies for emissions that allegedly intensify disasters and lead property insurers to raise premiums.

The opposition exposes a fault line in the environmental, labor and business coalition that helped give California Gov. Gavin Newsom a major win on cap and trade last year.

The upshot is that “financial institutions may need to choose between financing growth and maintaining the pace of reducing financed emissions,” the bank said.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz joined industry in attacking the EU carbon market as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen defended its “clear benefits.”

The Associated Press looked at the impact on emissions if 10 percent of Americans changed four everyday behaviors.

The mascots of these Olympics are stoats, weasel-like animals whose fur changes from brown to white for winter, to blend in with the landscape.