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The strange and totally real plot to blot out the sun and halt global warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Trump admin backs cruise industry bid to sink Hawaii climate tax
The Department of Justice called the tax a “scheme to extort American citizens and businesses.”
Massachusetts Dems scrap plans to neuter 2030 climate target
A public outcry helped sink the proposal, but one top lawmaker said he expected the issue to resurface soon.
82 countries at COP30 urge to double down on push to abandon fossil fuels
Governments across Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa embraced the call. The United States did not.
9th Circuit halts California climate disclosure law
The order comes days after business groups pressed the Supreme Court to stop the state's climate laws on First Amendment grounds.
California environmental justice adviser quits to protest state agency
The California Air Resources Board exhibits "growing hostility" to its EJ advisory panel, the co-chair said in her resignation letter.
BLM delays enforcement of methane waste rule
Companies will have an extra year to comply with two provisions in the rule that were set to take effect on Dec. 10.
Artificial intelligence sparks debate at COP30 climate talks in Brazil
Tech companies are promoting AI to help solve global warming, while greens push regulations to soften AI’s environmental footprint.
Rich nations must hit net zero and pay up on climate, India says
India, the world’s third-largest polluter, has long argued that industrialized nations should carry a greater decarbonization burden.
UK overtaken by Denmark as world’s most ambitious country on climate
Denmark’s climate minister announced Monday that his government would submit a binding target to cut emissions by 82 percent by 2035 compared with 1990 levels.
Methane pollution rises, but UN foresees near-future reductions
If countries follow their climate plans, global methane emissions in 2030 will be 8 percent below 2020 levels, a U.N. official said.
Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance.
FEMA to Texas? Disaster agency mulls move to Lone Star State.
The state's top emergency official also is under discussion to lead FEMA. The agency's acting chief resigned Monday after a six-month stint.
China strides into US-sized gap at climate talks
In the Biden era, countries interested in clean energy “were motivated to buy things from the U.S.,” an African official says. But now Beijing has few rivals.
China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’
Liu Zhenmin also defended Beijing’s own climate efforts as “very ambitious.”
Diplomats scramble to keep UK rainforest fund hopes alive
British and Brazilian officials hope for a change of heart after this month’s budget.
Chamber urges Supreme Court to block California climate laws
Business groups say the laws violate companies' First Amendment rights.
Think tank flips the script on Trump EPA’s economic analyses
The NYU School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity says the costs of deregulation far exceeds the benefits.
DeepMind’s latest AI weather model targets energy traders
AI has fueled a boom in new weather prediction tools, which are starting to replace forecasts that had been generated by supercomputers.
Heavy rain triggers landslides and floods in central Vietnam, killing 7
Earth and rocks collapsed on a bus in Khanh Hoa province Sunday night, killing six and trapping many passengers, state media reported.
