The bizarre link between rising sea levels and complications in pregnancy (www.vox.com)
Inside Trump’s Plan to Bulldoze American Climate Policy | If Trump regains the White House, Project 2025 would be a disaster for the environment—and democracy (www.sierraclub.org)
Is climate action on extreme heat a human right? The case for US federal heat protection laws. (yaleclimateconnections.org)
European Union countries unanimously agreed on Thursday to quit the Energy Charter Treaty over concerns that it protects fossil fuel investments and undermines efforts to fight climate change (www.reuters.com)
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Corporations invested in carbon offsets that were ‘likely junk’, analysis says (www.theguardian.com)
US slows plans to retire coal plants as power demand from AI surges | New technologies are straining country’s power supplies and cutting plans to reduce generation of the fuel by nearly half (www.ft.com)
Heat waves increase the number of risky, premature births | Extreme heat is dangerous when you're pregnant — particularly for those in underrepresented communities. (www.vox.com)
Why pregnancy triples your chances of getting severe malaria | How to protect mothers and babies as warming temperatures expand the risk of contracting the disease. (www.vox.com)
The oil and gas industry has been lying about global warming for decades — accountability is long overdue (theconversation.com)
Call climate change what it is: violence | Rebecca Solnit (www.theguardian.com)
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record (www.theguardian.com)
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'Time Is Up': Democrats Target Trade Regime That Blocks Climate Progress (www.commondreams.org)
‘Unbearable’ heat in Delhi is testing limits of human survival (wapo.st)
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Climate and health benefits of wind and solar dwarf all subsidies (arstechnica.com)
The Biden administration aims to better support small farmers while still aiding big operations and rewarding climate-friendly practices. It’s a tall order. (www.nytimes.com)
Gas interests helped take down climate regulations in Berkeley, California. Massachusetts could be next (www.bostonglobe.com)
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European Central Bank to Impose First-Ever Fines on Banks for Climate Failures (www.bloomberg.com)
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How one weather extreme can make the next one even more dangerous (www.vox.com)
A problematic estimate of warming from low-sulfur marine fuels: A new paper provides a reasonable forcing estimate but errs on the global temperature response (www.theclimatebrink.com)
Logging in Canada’s Most Famous National Park to Save It From Wildfires (www.nytimes.com)
Coming out of Canada’s warmest winter in history, communities near forests are bracing for another tough wildfire season, and for a future increasingly prone to wildfires as a result of climate change....
Human Rights Watch criticizes Germany over prosecution of environmental defenders: "Indictment of 'Last Generation' sets dangerous precedent" (www.hrw.org)
German environmental activists are facing increasingly harsh rhetoric and legal action from authorities as they mobilize to confront the climate crisis....
Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day | Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected (www.theguardian.com)
Years of scientific research have found the climate crisis is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.