The Climate Recap

Water crisis, power cuts worsen misery in Pakistan’s hottest city | Al Jazeera
New Mexico wildfire grows to state's largest in history | Axios
‘Flash droughts’ are Midwest’s next big climate threat | Grist
New Zealand announces ‘landmark’ 15-year climate change action plan | UPI
Michael Bloomberg Plans a $24 mil Investment in Clean Energy | NYTimes
The global impact of local carbon cuts | Axios
Climate Overshoot Commission | Overshoot Commission
Shut down fossil fuel production sites early to avoid climate chaos, says study | The Guardian
Climate change is hurting insurers, report says | Reuters
Cutting air pollution from fossil fuels would save 50,000 lives a year, study says | The Washington Post

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Ukraine war: Global wheat prices jump after India export ban | BBC News
Texans told to conserve energy as six power plants go offline amid heatwave | The Independent
New Mexico governor seeks more US aid for wildfire response | AP News
Dust storm, hurricane-force winds tear destructive path across US upper Midwest | Reuters
Where homes will face the most wildfire risk in the next 30 years | Axios
Climate change made extreme rains in 2022 South Africa floods twice as likely | Carbon Brief
Australian authorities to buy out fisheries, citing climate crisis | The Guardian
Deutsche Bank not financing controversial African oil pipeline, source says | Reuters
New York passed tough new environmental justice law | Grist
Biden administration announces more than $250 mil in new grants to redevelop contaminated sites across America | CNN
Natural gas to be classed as ‘green’ investment to boost North Sea | Daily Telegraph
As California Considers Dropping Fossil Fuels from Major Pension Funds, New Report Calls Out ‘Misinformation’ on Costs | DeSmog
Seventeen states sue EPA for letting California set vehicle standards | The Hil
Australian election 2022: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change | Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/australian-election-2022-what-the-manifestos-say-on-energy-and-climate-change/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20220516&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter 

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Satellite images reveal global losses of tidal wetlands over past two decades | Carbon Brief
Living costs in outer suburbs would be slashed under plan to ‘electrify everything,’ analysis finds | The Guardian
UK Starts £120 Million Fund to develop nuclear power technology | Bloomberg
Scotiabank’s exit from CAPP is a blow to Canada’s oil and gas lobby | The Narwhal
Saudi Aramco passes Apple as world’s most valuable company | Protocol
Missing the emissions for the trees: Biomass burning booms in East Asia | Mongabay
China-funded dam could disrupt key Argentine glaciers and biodiversity | Mongabay
Fried seeks EPA to help prevent ‘catastrophic’ damage to Florida wetlands | Florida Phoenix
Air Pollution Can Mean More, or Fewer, Hurricanes. It Depends Where You Live. | The New York Times
US oil refineries spewing cancer-causing benzene into communities, report finds | The Guardian

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China, Hong Kong Brace for Potential Record-Breaking Rainfall | Bloomberg
Rains, Hydro Generation, Covid Add to China’s Easing Coal Demand | Bloomberg
Fire burns at least 20 homes in wealthy California town of Laguna Niguel | Reuters
Climate change to make droughts longer, more common, says UN | AP News
Droughts increase 29% in a generation, only getting worse: UN | The Hill
How can carbon labels and climate-friendly default options on restaurant menus contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions associated with dining? | PLOS Climate
Campaigners take Canada to court over new oil extraction project | Climate Change News
Biden administration cancels oil and gas lease sales in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico | The Hill
Carolina Long Bay | Bureau of Ocean Management
Ørsted, unions announce deal to build offshore wind farms | Press of Atlantic City
Oregon Adopts Nation’s Strongest Farmworker Protections for Extreme Heat Climate Change, Wildfire Smoke | Civil Eats
Most Electric Vehicles Are Cheaper to Own Off the Lot Than Gas Cars | Energy Innovation
Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown | The Guardian
New Research Shows Aerosol Emissions May Have Masked Global Warming Tropical Storms | Inside Climate News

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‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022 | The Guardian
Great white sharks expand northern range by 370 miles as oceans warm | The Independent
Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins critical support | The Guardian
EU to Boost Solar Energy to Cut Russian Gas, Draft Shows | Bloomberg
New Energy Bill unveiled in Queen’s Speech to Boost Energy Security | Current News
California lays out plan to drastically cut fossil fuel use | AP News
Order Instituting Rulemaking to Revisit Net Energy Metering Tariffs | California Energy Commission
Green power growth to flatline without stronger policies in next six months, IEA warns | Recharge News
Blackrock to vote for fewer climate provisions in 2022 than 2021 | CNBC
Coldplay labeled ‘useful idiots for greenwashing’ after deal with oil company | The Guardian
New Gas Industry Astroturf Group ‘Fueling Canada’ Targets First-Time Homebuyers | DeSmog
UN seeks $144 mil to offload decaying Yemen oil tanker | Reuters

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As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village | The Washington Post
Texas shatters heat record as temperature reaches 112ºF | Independent
‘Fifty-fifty chance’ of breaching 1.5ºC warming limit | BBC News
Avoid using gas as ‘transition’ fuel in move to clean energy, study urges | The Guardian
China’s sea level touched new high in 2021, government study shows | Reuters
Climate disasters take Bangladesh children from classrooms to work | Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Climate-Responsible Finance – a Moral Imperative towards Children | UN Environment Programme
Ivory Coast aims to raise $1.5 bil to restore forests, land | Reuters
Portugal set to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park | Reuters
California unveils ambitious set of offshore wind targets | The Hill
New Mexico’s Clean Car Rule will go into effect July 1 | NM Political Report
Notice of Intent and Request for Information regarding establishment of a Transmission Facilitation Program | US Department of Energy
Tracking environmental actions under Biden | Washington Post
JP Morgan leads $200M investment in Arcadia’s clean-energy platform | Canary Media
Just one of 50 aviation industry climate targets met, study finds | The Guardian
‘Airlines miss all but one climate target in 20 years’ | Energy Live News
Oil Giant Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds | The NYTimes
Transferred Emissions: How Oil & Gas M&A Hamper the Energy Transition | Environmental Defense Fund
Mexico’s oil gets even dirtier as flaring continues to soar | Climate Change News

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Forest kill at least 8 people in Siberia as high winds amper rescue | Reuters
Governments risk $340 bil in legal claims for limiting oil and gas projects, study finds | Climate Change News
Water scarcity could worsen in over 80% of world’s croplands by 2050 | The Independent
Filipino inquiry finds big polluters ‘morally and legally liable’ for climate damage | The Guardian
America’s net-zero frontier: A business guide | McKinsey
Wells Fargo set emissions reduction targets for oil, gas, power clients | Reuters
DOE updates water heater rule for first time in two decades | E&E News
A battle over Amtrack’s Gulf Coast line could shape the future of passenger rail | Grist
Analysis: Fashion Industry Efforts to Verify Sustainability Make ‘Greenwashing’ Easier | Inside Climate News
Lagging behind rivals | The News
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April record nearly double previous peak | Reuters

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India’s Modi asks states to prepare heat action plans amid rising temperatures | Reuters
Thousands sickened, one dead as latest severe sandstorm hits Iraq | Al Jazeera
Land-use emissions embodied in international trade | Science
Investor-state disputes threaten the global green energy transition | Science
Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans – and That Humans Are Required to Protect It | Inside Climate News
Biden admin unveils long-awaited EJ strategy | E&E News
NASA climate research scientist awarded World Food prize | The Guardian
The Hawai’i State Legislature calls for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Fossil Fuel Treaty
Lawmakers Approve 2040 Target for Zero-Carbon Emissions | CT Examiner
(Australian) Coalition climate target consistent with more than 3ºC of global heating, research says | The Guardian
Germany ready to help landlocked EU states access LNG, Scholz says | Euractiv
LNG lawsuit hinders German efforts to move away from Russian energy | DW
AP analysis finds growing number of poor, high-hazard dams | AP News

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Projected environmental benefits of replacing beef with microbial protein | Nature
Lichtblick seeks to build up to 1-GW portfolio of German wind, solar | Renewables Now
Blow for Barclays as 20% of shareholders reject climate strategy | The Guardian
Orsted moves forward with plans to grow corals on wind turbines | CNBC
Stanford University given $1.1 bil by venture capitalist for climate change school | Reuters
The Salton Sea could provide the world’s greenest lithium | CNBC
Progress stalls on gas flaring cuts — World Bank | Axios
China’s central bank steps up support for clean, efficient coal use | The State Council Information Office | The Peoples Republic of China
Queensland commits to not closing any coal power plants under net zero plan | The Guardian
Germany, Netherlands Push North Sea Drilling to Shun Russia | Bloomberg
Volkswagen to prolong coal-fired power as Russia concerns continue | CNBC
California advances bill to improve air quality in country’s top polluted region | The Hill

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(Utah) Gov. Spencer J Cox issues drought emergency order | Governor Spencer J Cox:
To Save Water Amid a Megadrought, Law Vegas Outlaws Grass | The New York Times
Scientists identify heat-resilient coral patches in Hawaii | Popular Science
Billie Eilish to host climate event at the O2 Arena | The Independent
Passing vehicles could help generate electricity to run street to run street lights in UK town | Mirror
EPA announces $40 mil to help restore Chesapeake Bay | AP News
Scientists believe beavers can build resilience in Northwest waterways | OPB
Companies can soon start paying the Bahamas to store carbon in the ocean | Grist
New state bill could require ‘blue carbon’ to offset coastal development | The San Diego Union-Tribune
DR Congo approves auction of oil blocks in one of the world’s largest carbon sinks | Climate Change News
Brazil dams: 1 million live close to danger | DW
Chevron wades into offshore carbon storage | Axios
Chevron joins Bayou Bend CCS project for first offshore carbon capture hub in US Gulf | S&P Global
There’s a plan to bury Asia’s carbon emissions under the ocean | Straits Times

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