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Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator, will address a Heartland Institute forum in April. The organization says speakers will challenge the climate crisis “narrative.”

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The proposal, currently being considered by the Legislature during budget talks, would put off regulations for enforcing the law until 2030.

Never mind that shifting away from fossil fuels would cut costs.

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Recent satellite monitoring revealed that actual emissions from the West Texas and southeast New Mexico basin are four times higher than official estimates.

Sorry about the source here, but not seeing decent coverage elsewhere.

The party can lead by clearly explaining why electricity prices are rising and who bears responsibility, or they can surrender the narrative to corporate pundits and technocrats increasingly aligned with Big Tech.

New Stanford-led research traces a direct line from extreme weather to a massive dengue outbreak in Peru. The findings serve as a warning – and the seed of a possible solution.

In brief

• Researchers traced Peru’s 2023 dengue outbreak to cyclone conditions, finding that 60% of cases stemmed from extreme rainfall and heat.

• Climate modeling showed that conditions fueling the epidemic are now nearly three times more likely than in pre-industrial times.

• Findings offer health officials quantifiable data to justify investments in mosquito control, vaccination, and urban flood resilience strategies.

The article: Extreme precipitation, exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, drove Peru’s record-breaking 2023 dengue outbreak

There is unfortunately a huge amount of harm we can do to the capacity of the Earth to support human life, even if we can't actually boil off the oceans like Venus.

Last year, Southern California regulators rejected rules that would have phased down gas heaters after an industry-tied campaign generated 20,000+ critical comments.

A new report suggests that the majority of people think new economic rules are required to curb climate change. The issue is that those majorities think they are a minority.

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Here is the full report (pdf).

The first-ever assessment and ranking of the climate commitments and actions of eight major supermarkets across four Asian countries—China, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore—by global environment organization Mighty Earth, finds three major supermarkets operating in China, DFI Retail Group and Sun Art Retail Group in Hong Kong, and Walmart, are failing to take action on climate pollution, specifically methane emissions from meat, dairy and rice supply chains.

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DFI Retail Group scored 17 points in total, sitting in second place on the table behind AEON of Japan, which was just ahead with 20.5 points out of the 100 available points. Sun Art Retail Group Limited of Hong Kong and Walmart were nearer the bottom end of the ranking, scoring 6 and 4.5 points, respectively.

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“Retailers in China risk losing face when it comes to tackling climate pollution embedded in meat, dairy and rice supply chains", says Meihua Piao, East Asia Manager for Mighty Earth

"Demand for beef in China is driving the super-polluting global trade, while massive methane emissions from rice cultivation are being largely overlooked.”

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Methane is a short-lived but super-polluting greenhouse gas that is roughly 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year-period, making rapid cuts to methane emissions one of the fastest levers to slow near-term warming.

• In 2023, methane emissions from Asia reached approximately 4.58 billion tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e). With the region warming at roughly twice the global average, climate impacts are already being felt across economies, ecosystems and societies.
• Beef is the single biggest driver of agricultural methane emissions globally and is the second most widely consumed red meat in Asia after pork. According to the FAO/OECD, meat and seafood consumption in Asia is set to rise by 78% by 2050. In short, growing meat and dairy consumption is driving Asia’s methane emissions.
• Asia accounts for approximately 90% of global rice production and consumption, with methane emissions from rice cultivation representing a major and persistent climate challenge in the region. Globally, approximately 60 million tons of methane is emitted each year from rice production — around 10% of global anthropogenic methane emissions.

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The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the endangerment finding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate greenhouse gases.

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• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• State of California
• State of New York
• State of Connecticut
• State of Arizona
• State of Colorado
• State of Delaware
• State of Hawai'i
• State of Illinois
• State of Maine
• State of Maryland
• State of Michigan
• State of Minnesota
• State of Nevada
• State of New Jersey
• State of New Mexico
• State of North Carolina
• State of Oregon
• Josh Shapiro, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• State of Rhode Island
• State of Vermont
• Commonwealth of Virginia
• State of Washington
• State of Wisconsin
• District of Columbia
• United States Virgin Islands
• City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
• City of Boston, Massachusetts
• City of Chicago, Illinois
• City of Cleveland, Ohio
• City of Columbus, Ohio
• City and County of Denver, Colorado
• Harris County, Texas
• City of Los Angeles, California
• Martin Luther King, Jr., County, Washington
• City of New York, New York
• City and County of San Francisco, California
• And Santa Clara County, California

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Wires and textiles made of carbon nanotube fibers could amp up the conversion of clean electricity to high-temperature heat, cutting the carbon footprint of manufacturing.

You can see the paper abstract here