The New York State Legislature passed a climate bill that would force polluters to pay into a “cost recovery” fund, but the focus of the session’s last days was on the collapse of congestion pricing. (www.nytimes.com)
I’ll note that the governor has not yet signed the NY climate superfund act
Far-right fossil fuel company allies pressure US supreme court to shield firms in unprecedented campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Earth Temperature Timeline - XKCD (xkcd.com)
Peter Dutton accused of trying to ‘rip up’ Australia’s commitment to Paris climate agreement (www.theguardian.com)
Giorgia Meloni puts brakes on Italy’s solar energy rollout (www.ft.com)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has always insisted she is not a climate change denier and that her rightwing government is committed to greener sources of energy....
Conservationists respond with praise to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s recent climate action (wtop.com)
Alaska's vast boreal forest and its species face a reckoning (www.motherjones.com)
Virginia has the biggest data center market in the world. Can it also decarbonize its grid? (grist.org)
How Governor Hochul Decided to Kill Congestion Pricing in New York (www.nytimes.com)
The world’s largest fungus collection may unlock the mysteries of carbon capture (arstechnica.com)
Soil is a huge reservoir of carbon. There are around 1.5 trillion tons of organic carbon stored in soils across the world—about twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Scientists used to think that most of this carbon entered the soil when dead leaves and plant matter decomposed, but it’s now becoming clear that plant...
Russia Says Its Forests Can Absorb Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Climate Change and Poor Forestry Standards Make This Unlikely. (www.themoscowtimes.com)
Archived version...
Plastics production alone will doom climate goals (www.sequencermag.com)
Cattle are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hawaiian seaweed could change that. (grist.org)
Climate scientist Susan Solomon: ‘Let’s not give up now – we’re right on the cusp of success’ (www.theguardian.com)
Mexico’s next president is a climate scientist—and a fossil fuel supporter (www.motherjones.com)
Their Florida ‘Paradise’ Keeps Flooding, but Some Can’t Afford a Solution (www.nytimes.com)
Protecting a Florida Coastal Preserve from DeSantis Campus Takeover (earthfirstjournal.news)
Trump’s Energy Guy Talked a Green Game but Now Sells Big Oil Priorities | Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, has stepped into the spotlight as a cheerleader for oil and Trump (www.nytimes.com)
Illinois to consider the ‘Future of Gas’ in unprecedented regulatory proceeding (www.dailyherald.com)
Archived copies of the article: archive.today ghostarchive.org web.archive.org
NY Gov. Hochul 'Must Sign' Climate Change Superfund Act (www.commondreams.org)
What dead flowers tell us about the future of life on Earth | Amid an extinction crisis, dried plant collections capture how the world is changing. (wapo.st)
By poring over nearly 200 of these pressed orchids, collected by botanists between 1886 and 2022 and stored in drawers at Duke University’s herbarium and elsewhere, scientists found that the flowers are now blooming 12 days earlier on average than they did 150 years ago. At this rate, the orchids may eventually bloom before...
Tree-sit Stops Old-growth Logging Project in Southern Oregon (leftcoastrightwatch.org)
Former BP boss calls for end to new North Sea drilling licences (www.theguardian.com)
Shrink the Economy, Save the World? Economic growth has been ecologically costly — and so a movement in favor of ‘degrowth’ is growing. (www.nytimes.com)
