The Huffington Post
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2024-10-05
George Conway Calls This 1 Insult From Bill O'Reilly A 'Tremendous Honor'
Things got heated over an ad attacking Donald Trump from Conway's political action committee, the Anti-Psychopath PAC.
'Apprentice' Filmmakers Detail Struggle To Sell Amid 'Cowardice' Fueled By Trump
The satirical look at Trump's rise to power as a New York City businessman was almost blocked entirely, spurring the creators behind it to speak out.
Kamala Harris Is Heading To North Carolina To Survey Helene's Aftermath
Earlier in the week, Harris was in Georgia, where she helped distribute meals, toured the damage and consoled families hard-hit by the storm.
Independent
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2024-10-04
Ski resorts warn they face ‘existential threat’ from climate crisis
Skiing body joins forces with UN to address ‘bleak future’ of winter sports
WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday they are partnering to raise awareness about climate change’s harmful effects on winter sports and tourism.
European ski resorts ‘risk being wiped out within decades’
Slopes below 1,500m to lose snow cover by 2060 amid warming temperatures
Los Angeles Times
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2024-10-04
'More serious than we had hoped': Bird flu deaths mount among California dairy cows
Although California dairy farmers anticipated a bird flu mortality rate of less than 2%, some say between 10% and 15% of infected cattle are dying.
Supreme Court declines to block Biden rules on planet-warming methane and toxic mercury emissions
The Biden administration wants to rapidly reduce emissions of methane from oil and gas facilities and also seeks to reduce mercury pollution.
Supreme Court Lets Biden Plans on Mercury and Methane Move Forward
Republican-led states and industry groups argued that the Environmental Protection Agency had moved too fast and imposed onerous regulations.
The New York Times
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2024-10-02
A Shift Among Democrats: Embrace Record Levels of Oil and Gas
Tim Walz said climate change is real, but boasted about high U.S. levels of oil and gas production. JD Vance called climate change “weird science.”
Vance and Walz tangle over climate change after Hurricane Helene devastation
Climate change and Hurricane Helene were early topics in the vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz.
Exchange Between Vance and Walz Shows Gulf on Climate Change Views
As Hurricane Helene made climate change an early focus of the vice-presidential debate, the running mates quickly demonstrated the stark differences between the parties on the issue.
The Atlantic
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2024-10-05
America Is Lying to Itself About the Cost of Disasters
Exceptional circumstances, too often repeated, cease to be exceptions.
Hit by Disaster? How to Get What You Deserve From Insurers or FEMA
Experts offered plenty of advice about ways to make the disaster-recovery process work. Here’s what to do and what to avoid.
Thousands of uninsured homes were in Helene’s path
The United States’ crumbling flood insurance system faces a new test after Hurricane Helene.
The Washington Post
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2024-10-04
Analysis | This country ditched coal. Here’s what the world can learn from it.
It is one of the first countries, and the largest, to phase out coal by relying heavily on wind and solar.
United Kingdom closes its last coal-fired power plant
The last coal-fired power plant in the U.K. is closing, ending Britain's 140-year reliance on the fossil fuel for electricity.
Britain Shuts Down Last Coal Plant, ‘Turning Its Back on Coal Forever’
The Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant was the last surviving coal-burning power station in a country that birthed the Industrial Revolution and fed it with coal.
The Atlantic
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2024-10-03
The EV Culture Wars Aren’t What They Seem
On the whole, Democrats are going electric and Republicans are not. Partisanship only partly explains the difference.
Tesla Sales Increase, Suggesting Electric Car Demand Is Rebounding
The automaker reported a gain of 6.4 percent for the latest quarter, its first such increase this year.
North Carolina's Coming Run on Electric Cars
More than 1 million Americans are still without electricity. EV owners are using their cars to keep the lights on.
CBS
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2024-10-01
Here's how Hurricane Helene brought "biblical devastation" to western North Carolina in a near "worst-case scenario"
The North Carolina State Climate Office explains how the "monster storm" left unprecedented damage that will likely "take years to document."
3 reasons the western North Carolina flood was so extreme
The flood disaster was spurred by multiple waves of excessive rain, the region’s steep terrain and a record-setting flow of atmospheric moisture.
North Carolina Was Set Up for Disaster
The climate deck is so stacked now that even places that seem safe are witnessing dangerous impacts.
Financial Times
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2024-10-03
Can transition finance get us to a greener future?
Helping investors navigate the complexities behind decarbonising hard-to-abate industries will be essential, given the need to attract more capital
Fossil fuel transition incentives are inadequate to nonexistent, key climate official says
Colombia's environment secretary also warned of the consequences of the U.S. 2024 presidential election.
Column: Desperate for good news about climate change? Consider the pace of clean energy growth
Solar, wind, hydrogen and other renewable technologies are likely to become cheaper and available at a rapid clip, creating huge business and political opportunities.
Los Angeles Times
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2024-10-04
California firefighting aircraft stymied by U.S. Forest Service policy, local chiefs say
Why won't the U.S. Forest Service allow a fire fighting helicopter to fly at night?
October ushers in blistering heat, power shutoffs and the chance of ‘plume’ fires
An unusual autumn heat wave afflicts California, with elevated fire concerns that on Monday prompted some power shutoffs.
Monthlong Fire Flares Up Again in Southern California
The Line fire, which has burned since Sept. 5, forced another evacuation order this weekend.
The Guardian
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2024-10-04
Chris Packham urges protesters to stop blocking roads as he takes climate role
Exclusive: Broadcaster joins board of Climate Emergency Fund and says there needs to be new ways of pushing for change
Activists throw soup on British embassy in Berlin over Just Stop Oil sentences
Three women from direct-action group Last Generation stage protest in show of ‘solidarity’ with Van Gogh vandalisers
Climate protesters vandalize van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ same day soup-tossing nuts jailed for causing $13K worth of damage to masterpiece
Two Vincent van Gogh “Sunflowers” masterpieces were damaged by soup-tossing climate protesters in London Friday — after eco-activists were sentenced for using the same tactic two years …