AvatarAlan DiGiovanniThe U.S. is trying to unravel a hacking plot that targeted climate activistsverified_publisherNPR - Michael CopleyA yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in a London court this week amid an allegation that the hacking was ordered by a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil. Both the lobbying firm and ExxonMobil …
AvatarAlan DiGiovanniSolar power surpasses coal as EU energy sourceverified_publisherDW English - Deutsche WelleEurope's transition to renewable energy comes at a time when US President Donald Trump, upon inauguration, pulled out of the Paris Agreement aiming …
AvatarAlan DiGiovanniHere's what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn't doAssociated Press - By SETH BORENSTEINWASHINGTON (AP) — The 2015 Paris climate agreement is not the boogeyman that punishes the United States that critics such as President Donald Trump claim. But it hasn’t quite kept the world from overheating either. The Paris agreement is a mostly voluntary climate pact originally written in ways …
AvatarAlan DiGiovanniLa Niña has arrived. Here’s what that means for the USverified_publisherCNN - Mary GilbertCNN — La Niña has finally emerged after months of anticipation, but there’s a catch. The climate pattern — which typically has an outsized influence on winter weather in the US — is rather weak and may not stick around for long. But that won’t totally eliminate its effect. And, despite its late …
AvatarAlan DiGiovanni2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limitverified_publisherBBC News - Mark Poynting, Erwan Rivault and Becky DaleThe planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this. The European Copernicus climate service, one of the main global data providers, said on Friday that 2024 was the first calendar year to pass the …
AvatarAlan DiGiovanniEarth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming thresholdAssociated Press - By SETH BORENSTEINEarth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. It’s the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year, according …