The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
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Rivian seems to be on a roll. As part of a new workforce development push (anticipating the need for more employees, no doubt), the all-electric automaker is scoring big points in a bipartisan way. It is now training veterans in technical trades in Fort Benning, Georgia. “Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) and ... [continued]
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Floor mats are a funny thing. If they are too fluffy like the shag carpet in a 1970s split level house, they look swell but are impossible to keep clean. If they are tough and durable, they are easy to keep clean, but they make the inside of your car ... [continued]
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Climate change, overfishing, and aid cuts are all impacting Ghana’s fishing sector, writes Nick Ferris. A new bill designed to safeguard against these threats is accused of ignoring the work of women in the sector, who make up 60 per cent of the workforce
Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules
Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is using retro-style video games to rally its US workforce behind its corporate goals, including lobbying to relax environmental rules, the Guardian can reveal.
Through an internal platform called Toyota Policy Drivers, employees can play games with names such as Star Quest, Adventure Quest and Dragon Quest, earning prizes by engaging with company messaging about policy and by contacting federal lawmakers using company-provided talking points.
Continue reading...The most recent US labor force analysis shows a four-year low — the unemployment rate is at 4.6%. Not since the end of the Covid-era pandemic has the job rate been so abysmal. But there’s a bright point in the employment equation: energy efficiency jobs continue to assist a flaccid ... [continued]
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New study finds consumption patterns and trade matter as much as where fish are caught
Trump voters all over the country are running to the media with their tales of woeful buyers’ remorse. Well, sure, if it makes them feel better, let them whine. Meanwhile, the real action is taking place in court, where state attorneys general are trying to undo some of the damage ... [continued]
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OPPD breaks long-standing promise to stop burning deadly coal in North Omaha OMAHA, Neb. — Today, the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) board voted to extend the life of a dangerous coal-fired power plant that has been harming the health of North Omaha families for more than 70 years. In 2014, OPPD ... [continued]
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Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives passed the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. Rather than fixing the real barriers slowing clean energy projects, the SPEED Act weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in ways that would do little to lower costs or ... [continued]
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CPI Data Released Today Shows Trump’s Trade, Energy Policy is on the “Wrong Course” WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released consumer price index data for September to November, showing a 2.7% increase in inflation for goods and services. BLS did not release an October report due to Republicans’ ... [continued]
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The EU’s early industrial advantage could disappear while international markets mature, warn European cleantech producers. According to the recently published Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP), decarbonising the shipping industry is estimated to require between €35 and €47 billion in annual investments by 2035. While the majority will come from the ... [continued]
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There were many cringe-worthy moments during the recent COP30 conference in Brazil, beginning with the new highway bulldozed through the Amazon rainforest to provide access to the meeting site for thousands of delegates and lobbyists. Really? How tone-deaf can people be? Most observers termed COP30 a failure because the joint ... [continued]
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Solar and wind power have been supported by Republican and Democratic voters for many years. Even government support of solar and wind have been endorsed by the large majority of voters. Nonetheless, the Republican Party has decided to not only cut support for solar and wind power, but it has ... [continued]
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Over the past few years, Silicon Valley's AI blitz has created skyrocketing demand for high-end computation in vast dedicated data centers
Someone responded to a just-published article about yet another hydrogen fleet failure by pointing to hydrogen fuel cell forklifts in US distribution centers. The implication was clear. If hydrogen works in forklifts, then the broader critique of hydrogen transport must be flawed. It is a familiar move. It is also ... [continued]
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While discussing the big Ford EV news of the week with Larry and Steve yesterday, something came to the forefront of my mind regarding Rivian. Rivian has done a great job developing excellent, compelling, high-quality electric vehicles. However, it has been a bit slow compared to Tesla and various Chinese ... [continued]
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Get answers to your questions on newsroom-creator partnerships, including how to find potential partners, upholding your journalistic ethics, and how much time and money these collaborations require.
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Deforestation is accelerating, biodiversity loss is at record levels, and conservation funding still falls short by more than $700 billion a year. On this episode of CleanTech Talk, Dr. Drea Burbank, CEO of Savimbo, and Doug Heske, CEO of Newday Financial Technologies, join me to discuss how a new generation ... [continued]
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This framework from the Journalism + Design Lab outlines the roles anyone can play to help keep their community informed.
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The question comes up regularly when hydrogen transportation projects fail in ways that are no longer surprising, most recently in a comment on my article that lead with the UK’s HyRoad’s dissolution. Battery electric buses work well in city after city, while hydrogen buses struggle, stall, or collapse. Observers reasonably ... [continued]
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Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I spent an hour yesterday talking about the big Ford EV news of the week, broader implications and context around that, and where we go from here. As I was listening back to it, something else clicked. One of our big takeaway conclusions was that ... [continued]
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Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
The worst-case impacts of the climate crisis for the UK have been laid bare by scientists, ranging from a scorching 4C rise in temperatures to a 2-metre rise in sea level. Another scenario sees a plunge of 6C in temperature after the collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents, massively disrupting farming and energy needs.
The impacts, some of which are linked to climate tipping points, are seen as low probability but plausible. The researchers said the scenarios filled a gap in forecasting that had left the UK unprepared for extreme outcomes.
Continue reading...One of the most divisive topics among environmental advocates and researchers is the claim that the growth of rooftop solar leads to a concerning transfer of costs from households that have solar to those that don’t.
How many times have you heard people complain that the Tesla touchscreen takes on too many tasks, that it would be better to have buttons and knobs for some things that you want to easily control while driving? Some Tesla owners are happy about the touchscreen controlling everything, while others ... [continued]
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A holiday gift from Covering Climate Now: some reasons to be grateful as we round out this year and head into the next.
We read the headlines like everyone else, and we know that this year has been rough for climate progress – in the US, around the world, and in hundreds of devastated local communities. It’s also been a trying time for journalism, which is struggling to cover this massive, interconnected story with fewer resources and, at times, less resolve. And yet from our vantage point, working with hundreds of newsrooms from around the world, we see reasons for hope. Here are a few:
As bad as things are in the US for climate policy, the rest of the world is pressing on. Donald Trump is doing everything he can to fulfill a campaign pledge to wreck the planet and roll back what’s needed to slow the worst effects of climate change. But he’s not the king of the world. Markets everywhere are embracing solar and wind power, and many governments and companies are continuing to work to wean themselves off of fossil fuels. Our reporter colleagues from outside the US tell us that some of the chilling effects hitting climate coverage in the US are not being felt outside its borders.
The public cares about climate change and wants to hear more about it. Our 89 Percent Project, launched in April, used social science research to show that the overwhelming majority of the world’s people want their governments to take stronger climate action, but these same people don’t realize they are the majority. For newsrooms, telling that story, and letting the public see themselves reflected in it, is both journalistically responsible and commercially shrewd. In the new year, CCNow will announce the next stages of the 89 Percent Project, so stay tuned.
Journalists want to tell the climate story even if their bosses are backing away. While some mainstream newsrooms are retreating from climate coverage, many individual reporters are not. We continue to see great work from freelancers, podcasters, newsletter writers, and many more. This year, CCNow rolled out a training program, the Covering Climate Now Academy, which was vastly oversubscribed, indicating journalists’ eagerness to hone their climate skills. You’ll see more training opportunities from us in the new year. Meanwhile, we are heartened by the newsrooms that are stepping up: ProPublica, the US-based investigative outlet, and France Televisions, the public broadcaster, were among the new partners to join the CCNow collaborative in 2025, modeling for others a robust commitment to telling the climate story.
Pockets of innovation and commitment are everywhere. At COP30 in Belem, we worked with a group of Brazilian journalists, many of them from the Amazon region, to cover the conference and make their work available to global newsrooms. For the 89 Percent Project, a collective of motivated high school reporters, in the US and UK, contributed stories alongside their professional peers. Along the southern US border, reporters from the US and Mexico convened to find ways to cover climate and immigration. And for a fifth consecutive year, the winners of the CCNow Journalism Awards established standards of excellence that our colleagues around the world can learn from and emulate.
All of this is why we do the work we do. From all of us at CCNow, we thank you for supporting great climate journalism, and for translating your hope for a better future into concrete action. If you’re able to help us continue CCNow’s work, you can make a tax-deductible contribution here. Happy holidays, and see you in 2026!
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Warming and freshening of Arctic waters can weaken ocean circulation systems that influence weather patterns across Europe and North America
Now is a heckuva good time to bring a new EV to market anywhere in the world — except for here in the US, where the vehicle electrification wheels are spinning in reverse. Still, hope springs eternal. With that in mind, let’s preview the UK automaker Watt Electric Vehicle Company, ... [continued]
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In our latest CleanTechnica YouTube show, Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I discuss Ford’s dramatic announcement regarding writing off $19.5 billion in EV investments, dropping certain EV plans, failing to make money on the Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E, challenges with auto dealers, and plans to roll out more ... [continued]
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While Beijing’s clean-air campaign was driven by a one-party governance system that enforced sweeping measures, India’s democratic political structure is far more fragmented. But even then, experts tell Stuti Mishra, there are lessons India can draw from China’s war on air pollution
Spells of unseasonably mild weather are prompting species such as the skylark to burst into song
December is not noted for birdsong in the UK, as most species are more concerned with finding food during the short hours of daylight than preparing for the breeding season to come. Yet during spells of unseasonably mild winter weather some will practice their sweet refrains.
Over the past few weeks I’ve heard several species singing: not quite as forcefully as in the spring, but enough for me to take notice.
Continue reading...Whitehouse, DelBene’s bill puts fee on products that exceed U.S. average carbon intensity WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Clean Competition Act of 2025. The bill would boost clean, American manufacturing and cut industrial pollution in the United States and abroad. The ... [continued]
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Waymo reached a huge milestone today. It passed 20 million passenger trips. On antisocial media site X (where Waymo likes to make this kind of announcement), the company wrote: “20 million. That’s how many times you’ve trusted Waymo to get you where you’re going. “Today, we’ve officially surpassed 20 million ... [continued]
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A lack of regulatory certainty is preventing most projects from moving beyond just the planning stage. Spain, Denmark, Norway and France are leading when it comes to producing green e-fuels that can be used for shipping, a new T&E analysis shows. But a lack of regulatory certainty is preventing most projects ... [continued]
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Europe’s e-fuels development for shipping remains in a fragile state of development. The 2025 update of T&E’s shipping e-fuels observatory looked at 80 green hydrogen and e-fuels projects representing a total of up to 3.06 million tonnes of oil equivalent by 2032. But of the projects that have been earmarked for shipping, just ... [continued]
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