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Puerto Rico files $1 billion suit against fossil fuel companiesPuerto Rico files $1 billion suit against fossil fuel companies
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
J.D. Vance has flip-flopped on climate change like he’s flip-flopped on Trump.

Trump’s new running mate went from saying “we have a climate problem” in 2020 to being “skeptical of the idea that climate change is caused purely by man,” The New York Times reports. (Research shows greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are to blame.) Vance suddenly threw his support behind Trump, pushed to repeal EV tax credits and rollback pollution regulations.

J.D. Vance Is an Oil Booster and Doubter of Human-Caused Climate Change

[The New York Times]

This is how much hotter urban sprawl makes US cities feelThis is how much hotter urban sprawl makes US cities feel
This climate tech startup wants to capture carbon and help data centers cool downThis climate tech startup wants to capture carbon and help data centers cool down
Amazon’s carbon emissions fell last yearAmazon’s carbon emissions fell last year
Plastic bins: better than boxes

Renting bins is convenient, slightly more sustainable, and not once did I miss cardboard boxes.

Victoria Song
Lithium-ion batteries have a forever chemical problemLithium-ion batteries have a forever chemical problem
Extreme heat and Hurricane Beryl make a disaster pileup in TexasExtreme heat and Hurricane Beryl make a disaster pileup in Texas
The Washington Post made an AI chatbot for questions about climateThe Washington Post made an AI chatbot for questions about climate
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
GM to pay millions in fines after causing more carbon pollution than it said it would.

Emissions from nearly 6 million of its vehicles were about 10 percent higher on average than GM said they were on its greenhouse gas emission compliance reports, an EPA investigation found. GM will retire 50 million metric tons of carbon credits to make up for the excess tailpipe pollution. It’ll also pay $145.8 million in penalties.

General Motors to pay nearly $146 million for excess car emissions

[The Washington Post]

Google’s carbon footprint balloons in its Gemini AI eraGoogle’s carbon footprint balloons in its Gemini AI era
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
This is what climate change is doing to the US.

The Environmental Protection Agency updated its climate change indicators, a comprehensive report on extreme weather, shifting seasons, ocean impacts, and greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

Heatwave season is 46 days longer for Americans now than it was in the 1960s, for instance.

“The climate crisis is affecting every American right now and with increasing intensity,” EPA administrator Michael Regan said in a press release.

Climate Change Indicators in the United States | US EPA

[US EPA]

Biden administration proposes new heat protections for workersBiden administration proposes new heat protections for workers
Clean energy has become an even more divided topic in the USClean energy has become an even more divided topic in the US

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