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UN climate negotiations burned up and then fizzled out
Justine Calma, The Verge
"It's a wrap … Don't forget to buy an 'i survived Belém' shirt," reads the opening line of an email I got Saturday, the final day of highly anticipated United Nations climate negotiations in Belém, Brazil. The email was sent from Shravya Jain-Conti, the US cl…
Nov 24, 2025, 11:57 PM
Have we found a greener way to do deep-sea mining?
Alec Luhn, New Scientist
There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores
Nov 24, 2025, 12:15 PM
COP30 keeps climate cooperation alive but hanging by a thread
Alec Luhn, New Scientist
The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement following the US withdrawal, even if they agreed on little else
Nov 24, 2025, 11:02 AM
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices
Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone
Unionize workers are fighting Donald Trump's attacks on wind energy. In Baltimore, they're preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future."
Nov 23, 2025, 2:00 PM
In Outrageous Omission, New Cop30 Deal Fails to Restrict Fossil Fuels
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
Cop30, the U.N.’s annual climate summit that the U.S. failed to send a delegate to this year, nonetheless achieved something President Donald Trump would celebrate.Delegates in Brazil reported that they had reached a tentative deal on Saturday, and while some…
Nov 22, 2025, 9:06 PM
WATCH: Fire breaks out at U.N. climate event in Brazil
ABC News
A fire broke out at the venue hosting U.N. climate talks in Brazil, prompting evacuations as firefighters rushed to control the flames.
Nov 21, 2025, 1:03 PM
Countries sharply split on fossil fuels on COP30 climate summit final day
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Brazil's new draft proposal does not contain a roadmap for a transition, nor mention 'fossil fuels' at all.
Nov 21, 2025, 8:21 AM
Students 'anxious but hopeful' at mock COP30 talks
BBC News
Students played the roles of different countries, made speeches, and "negotiated" to strike deals.
Nov 21, 2025, 6:12 AM
India's delayed action plan raises eyebrows at COP30 climate summit
BBC News
India says it has met a key target of its previous climate action plan, but many say it needs to do more.
Nov 21, 2025, 1:17 AM
Trump announces new offshore drilling projects despite bipartisan pushback
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The plan would include six new offshore sales between 2027 and 2030.
Nov 20, 2025, 10:52 PM
Trump administration seeks to roll back protections for imperiled species and habitat
The Associated Press, NPR
The Interior Department proposed reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations first made during the Republican's first term. Those changes were reversed under former President Biden.
Nov 19, 2025, 11:46 PM
US Approves $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island, as Microsoft Data Centers Drive Demand
Passant Rabie, Gizmodo.com
The tech giant aims to offset its carbon emissions by bringing back a nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania.
Nov 19, 2025, 4:55 PM
How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution
Beth Gardiner, Scientific American
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
Nov 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
Trump Wants to Mine Near the Marianas Trench—Some of the Deepest Waters on Earth
Anita Hofschneider, Grist, Gizmodo.com
Efforts to expand deep-sea mining are alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders, who worry mining risks fisheries and food security.
Nov 17, 2025, 5:10 PM
Links 11/16/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: undersea courtship, chemtrails, Venezuela tensions, China EV slowdown, crumbling parliament, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wr…
Nov 16, 2025, 11:55 AM
Trump Is Kneecapping Some of the Boldest Plans to Beat Climate Change
Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone
Donald Trump's assault on climate innovation is also affecting scientists researching geoengineering methods like carbon dioxide removal.
Nov 13, 2025, 1:00 PM
California’s Gavin Newsom slams Trump absence at COP30 climate conference
Allison Griner, Al Jazeera English
The Democratic governor accused President Trump of having 'abandoned any sense of duty' by not showing up to COP30.
Nov 12, 2025, 2:12 AM
Senators reach deal to reopen the government. And, countries gather for climate talks
Brittney Melton, NPR
Several Senate Democrats break ranks to join Republicans in a deal to reopen the government. And, world leaders gather in Brazil for a major climate conference, but the U.S. is not expected to attend.
Nov 10, 2025, 12:29 PM
Countries are gathering for climate negotiations. Here's where the U.S. stands
Alejandra Borunda, NPR
Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes.
Nov 10, 2025, 10:00 AM
Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns
Alexa St. John, Phys.Org
Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web—and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates, according to a new study.
Nov 9, 2025, 1:00 PM
Shoals Technologies Group Inc. (SHLS) Gains Momentum on Clean Energy Demand
Neha Gupta, Yahoo Entertainment
Shoals Technologies Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SHLS) is one of the best solar energy stocks to buy right now. UBS raised its price target for Shoals Technologies...
Nov 9, 2025, 12:33 PM
COP30 climate summit hears from countries suffering global warming harms
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
There are growing calls for developed nations that produce the most gas emissions to take more responsibility.
Nov 8, 2025, 9:15 AM
Climate policy strengthens globally, despite unprecedented contestation in the US and Europe
University of Oxford, Phys.Org
As countries meet at COP30 in the Amazon, a new Oxford University study gives the most detailed view yet of how different nations' laws and regulations are aligning—or not—to climate goals. The survey of climate policies across 37 countries (including the who…
Nov 8, 2025, 3:00 AM
Trump's energy secretary slams UN climate conference in Brazil, where US absence is glaring
DEREK GATOPOULOS, THEODORA TONGAS and MAURICIO SAVARESE, Yahoo Entertainment
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday condemned the COP30 environmental summit as harmful and misguided — defying the global scientific consensus and ...
Nov 7, 2025, 6:41 PM