As a Floridian, I am quite used to the threat and destruction of hurricanes. However, it seems like one state — a much smaller state — is hit even more and worse than Florida. That would be Louisiana. Interestingly, an unexpected sector of society is taking it into their own ... [continued]
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The WA EV Network (Western Australia electric vehicle network) recently “opened.” The EV charging network is the longest in Australia, extending 7,000 kilometers. The network includes 110 charging points across 49 locations. “The initiative is part of the State Government’s Electric Vehicle Strategy and aims to boost EV uptake in ... [continued]
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Hubby and I were sitting at our dining room table, eating our dinner and watching the sun dip over the Intracoastal Waterway. Then a ball appeared in the sky, heading west to east — a swirling mass of vapors with what looked like a nebula around it. Gold sparks were ... [continued]
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recalled dozens of environmental justice staffers who were previously placed on administrative leave pending possible termination, three former senior agency officials told Inside Climate News.
The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy ... [continued]
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The missions of the U.S. Coast Guard propel its members across changing and sometimes perilous waters, into neighborhoods damaged by ever-more-intense hurricanes and around the melting ice of the Arctic.
Social media is about to get a reboot as the two prominent activists work to bring Digg back to life this year.
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South Carolina Public Radio aims to air more local programming.
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Trump pulls out of Cop28 loss and damage deal that recognises harms done by richer, polluting economies to vulnerable nations
The Trump administration has withdrawn the US from a global agreement under which developed nations most responsible for the climate crisis pledged to partly compensate developing countries for irreversible harms caused by global heating.
The loss and damage fund was agreed at the Cop28 UN climate summit in Dubai – a hard-won victory after years of diplomatic and grassroots advocacy by developing nations that bear the brunt of the climate crisis despite having contributed least to greenhouse gas emissions. The fund signalled a commitment by developed, polluting countries to provide financial support for some of the irreversible economic and noneconomic losses from sea level rise, desertification, drought and floods already happening.
Continue reading...One thing electric vehicle proponents have long argued is that, due to EVs requiring many fewer parts, they should need service much less, be more reliable, and cost less to maintain. A new study from J.D. Power, the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Vehicle Dependability StudySM (VDS), surprisingly, finds full electrics ... [continued]
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Founded in 1947 in Belgium, Van Hool was a storied name in bus and coach manufacturing, known for producing a range of vehicles spanning diesel, hybrid, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel-cell models. For decades, it supplied public and private transport fleets across Europe and beyond, cementing its reputation as an innovative ... [continued]
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Green hydrogen is front and center as Europe locks down local energy resources in an effort to separate itself from Russia's fossil fuel economy.
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Council of Europe says Swiss government failing to respect human rights court’s ruling on emissions
The Swiss government has been told it must do more to show that its national climate plans are ambitious enough to comply with a landmark legal ruling.
The Council of Europe’s committee of ministers, in a meeting this week, decided that Switzerland was not doing enough to respect a decision last year by the European court of human rights that it must do more to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and rejected the government’s plea to close the case.
Continue reading...Our own King Wordsmith Steve Hanley wrote a story yesterday about how upcoming changes to the European New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) will require physical controls, not touchscreen controls, for 5 key functions of a car — using the horn, operating the windshield wipers, activating turn signals, engaging the emergency ... [continued]
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Lots of moving and shaking at MSNBC these days. And you can see why. For starters, the network continues to try to close the gap in the cable news ratings […]
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The February auto market saw plugin EVs take 96.2% share in Norway, up from 92.1% year-on-year. BEVs continue to squeeze out other powertrains, though diesels and HEVs are now outperforming PHEVs. Overall auto volume was 8,949 units, an increase of 21% YoY. The best-selling BEV in February was the Nissan ... [continued]
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PATAGONIA, Ariz.—“Look at the ground.”
Tesla has started offering its end-of-quarter incentives to stimulate more demand, at the beginning of March. It feels a bit early to be pushing these out, but it has been similar in recent quarters. I received an email today that Tesla Cybertruck financing is at its lowest to date. They’ve ... [continued]
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As a continuation to Types Of Power Converters In A PV System (yes, published 11 years ago), let’s discuss the power converters relevant to residential solar application. Aside from this power converter, one might need to consider available roof space, number of facets (which depend on the type of house), ... [continued]
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Getting rid of NEPA will take more than an executive order, it will take an act of Congress. Press releases and tantrums won't do it.
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We’ve reported on Tesla sales dropping in China, in Europe, and in the US recently, but now we have data out of Australia, and it shows Tesla crashing hard there. Reportedly, Tesla sales dropped 72% in Australia last month. In the US and Europe, one of the most common explanations ... [continued]
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Recently I published a simple debunker for many of the hydrogen for energy claims that perpetuate the hype, Cranky Stepdad vs Hydrogen for Energy: How to Respond to Enthusiasts. In the style of John Cook’s Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change — illustrative cartoons and colorful analogies illustrating the debunk — ... [continued]
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The US solar energy manufacturing profile keeps growing, now with the leading US materials firm Corning lending its firepower to the solar startups Suniva and Heliene.
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As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected
As I write, Australia’s national icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is steaming south-west from Hobart, heading to Antarctica on its first dedicated marine science voyage.
Onboard are more than 60 scientists and technicians, many on their first research cruise, gingerly gaining their sea legs as the ship navigates multimetre swells and swirling Southern Ocean lows.
Continue reading...We’ve published a few articles about the European Union’s move to delay CO2 emissions requirements. Overall, we see it as a weak, harmful move that is not required. Now the CEO of Volvo Cars, Jim Rowan, has come out and torched the EU over this as well. Rowan says that ... [continued]
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Economist Impact has conducted a new survey on the mobility preferences of young people (18- to 30-year-olds) living in urban areas. The survey was commissioned by Nissan and included responses from 3,750 people in 15 global cities. Most of the respondents (57%) indicated that they would change their travel habits ... [continued]
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Speaking at a tech conference in Barcelona this week, Mobile World Congress, Apple legend Steve Wozniak (Woz) made some interesting comments on the tech industry today. Well, the key points are right there in the headlines — tech companies have gotten too big, and now they’re getting too political. They ... [continued]
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A federal judge Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s freezing of congressionally approved federal funding, which has affected a variety of services and programs across the country, including climate and conservation work approved under the Inflation Reduction Act.
The use of touchscreens in cars is a concern to some safety advocates who claim they can lead to distracted driving.
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Trump or no Trump, investors have bet $50 million on the perovskite solar panel of the future, aimed at accelerating decarbonization and pushing fossil energy out of the global economy.
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“There will be people who die.” That stark warning came last week from Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, after US president Donald Trump sought to fire more than 800 employees of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As a former TV weathercaster myself, I know the same worry is shared throughout the professional meteorological community.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service, which provides the data and analysis that informs virtually all of the weather forecasts Americans receive, whether via TV or radio broadcasts or their cell phone apps. Emergency alerts to coastal residents as a hurricane approaches? Warnings to farmers about an impending flood or heat wave? A winter weather advisory for mountain-bound ski vacationers? These and countless other life-saving services are at risk if Trump succeeds with his order, which legal experts say violates US law, according to reporting by Inside Climate News.
“Going into the severe weather and hurricane season, this cannot be good,” Al Roker, the chief meteorologist for NBC News, wrote in a social media post responding to the NOAA layoffs.
The public deserves to know what’s at stake. To aid coverage of this developing story, it’s worth noting that NOAA is one of the best investments of taxpayer dollars on record. The National Weather Service’s annual budget of roughly $1.4 billion delivers an economic return in excess of $100 billion, according to one recent study. That’s not surprising, considering how directly the weather affects so much of the economy, including agriculture, air transportation, fishing, tourism, utilities, and commerce. To highlight this angle, reporters can explore the potential losses that companies, universities, and nonprofits may experience with further disruptions to the NOAA workforce. Think of airlines unable to steer their planes safely away from storms and farmers left unaware of an upcoming frost that threatens their entire season’s harvest.
Reporting can also point out that providing critical weather and climate information is just one part of NOAA’s work. Eat seafood? NOAA ensures that fish and shellfish from across the world are safe to consume. Enjoy a beach day? NOAA protects you from a number of marine impacts, including tsunamis (recent cuts included one scientist from this team). NOAA’s reach even extends beyond our planet, monitoring solar activity and “space weather” that disrupts global communications.
As climate change drives increasingly volatile and destructive extreme weather across the US and around the world, a reliable understanding of the climate-weather connection is critical to saving lives and ensuring that society can continue to function. Plain-spoken journalism can make clear the consequences if this attempt to cripple NOAA succeeds: People will die.
— David Dickson
CCNow’s TV Engagement Coordinator
NOAA press briefing. CCNow and Climate Central, in collaboration with the American Meteorological Society, will host an hour-long webinar on what journalists should know about cuts to NOAA. On March 13 at 12pm ET, join Bernadette Woods Placky, Chief Meteorologist and Vice President for Engagement at Climate Central, and Alan Sealls, President-elect of the American Meteorological Society, for this discussion on NOAA’s importance to public safety and climate research. RSVP here.
The 89 Percent Project. CCNow is launching a year-long initiative to shine light on the fact that a huge majority of the global population want governments to “do more” to fix climate change, which all too often is missing from the public climate discourse. We’ll kick off with a CCNow Joint Coverage Week this April; we invite newsrooms and journalists everywhere to join us. Learn more.
Prep Your Climate Coverage: Spring Weather. Last week, CCNow and Climate Central put on the first session of a new webinar series that will prepare North American journalists to cover severe seasonal weather. The session covered unseasonable temperatures, tornadoes, hail, and more. Watch a recording.
Locally Sourced newsletter. The latest edition of our biweekly newsletter for local journalists digs into coverage of local climate action, including efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect communities from encroaching climate effects. Check out the Power & Progress archive and sign up to get it every other Tuesday.
Sparking change. As conventional efforts to address climate change continue to falter, the latest installment of the Al Jazeera documentary series earthrise explores movements — led by Indigenous groups, scientists, activists, faith communities, and more — seeking to rekindle humanity’s connection with nature. The first episode features the Asháninka, an Amazonian Indigenous community that has long fought to protect the rainforest and is now striving to restore parts of it that have been torn down. Presented by Amanda Burrell for Al Jazeera’s earthrise…
China dominates. China now leads the world in virtually every clean energy technology that will be part of the transition away from fossil fuels. “A gold rush of entrepreneurship and unwavering government support” were key to the country’s success, and China’s advantage appears set to widen, as the US abandons the climate and clean energy spaces. By Christian Shepherd and Jinpeng Li for The Washington Post…
“Greenhushing.” As Trump and Republicans take aim at all forms of climate and environmental action, companies that previously touted their sustainable achievements are increasingly downplaying them, in favor of messaging that more closely aligns with the new administration’s agenda — even if those companies’ climate efforts continue apace. This so-called “greenhushing” is effectively the opposite of “greenwashing,” when companies exaggerate their green bonafides. By Coco Liu and Olivia Rudgard for Bloomberg…
Peach State reality check. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has attracted its share of criticism laterly, not least from Trump who has floated abolishing the agency outright. But experts and local officials in Georgia say the agency functioned largely as it’s meant to in the wakes of Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby, which devastated large swaths of the Peach State last year. FEMA may suffer from unrealistic expectations and misapprehensions about its mission, they explain, but the expertise and coordinating capacity it brings to disaster recovery can be essential. By Kala Hunter for Columbus, Ga.’s Ledger-Enquirer…
The Forest Service’s lost generation. The US Forest Service was already stretched thin, amid mounting climate disasters affecting the country’s 193 million acres of public lands. Then, in February, the Trump administration cut 3,400 employees from the federal agency — despite the president’s own repeated claims that better forest management is needed to prevent wildfires, like those in Los Angeles earlier this year. “It’s catastrophic,” one environmental advocate said of the cuts. “We are losing an entire generation of talent and passion.” By Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, and Izzy Ross for Grist…
COP16 outcomes. Carbon Brief has a comprehensive review of what happened at the COP16 UN biodiversity talks, which concluded last week in Rome, including agreements to mobilize $200 billion annually to support biodiversity protection in developing countries — even despite foreign aid freezes and cuts in the US and Europe. Check it out.
SciLine “crash course.” On March 18 at 2pm US Eastern Time (6pm GMT), SciLine will host a free, one-hour training session for local and general assignment reporters “to teach basic principles about how science works and ways it can be used to strengthen virtually any news story.” Learn more and register.
Declining climate coverage on corporate TV. Media Matters for America’s annual broadcast climate coverage study, published today, finds that corporate broadcast networks in the US aired a combined total of 12 hours and 51 minutes of climate change coverage in 2024 — a 25% drop from 2023, despite last year’s record temperatures and mounting climate disasters. See MMFA’s analysis.
Urban fire risk. While the effect of climate change on forest and other vegetation wildfires is well established, its effect on urban fires is a relative unknown. A new study in the journal Nature Cities seeks to quantify how climate change has increased the risk of building fires, vehicle fires, and more, with data from 2,847 cities worldwide. Read the report.
Mapping America’s missing climate and clean energy billions. Nearly $700 billion in funding for climate and clean energy projects was made available by the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law. But only some of that money was spent, before the Trump administration put a stop to the funding. Grist has a tool for tracking down all the climate and infrastructure projects across the country that were announced but whose future is now uncertain. “Enter a ZIP code, city name, or other location in the search box below to discover projects within any radius of your chosen area.” By Clayton Aldern, for Grist…
Large outlets & organizations. The Committee to Protect Journalists is hiring a regional director for the Americas (New York or D.C.). Bloomberg is hiring an associate reporter for health policy (Arlington, Va.). Popular Science is hiring an associate editor (remote). Reuters is hiring a US automotive editor (Ann Arbor, Mich.). The Washington Post’s WP Intelligence corporate service is hiring a climate and energy lead analyst/reporter (D.C.).
Local outlets. CalMatters is hiring a managing editor. The Herald-Leader in Lexington, Ky. is hiring a regional economic development reporter. The Connecticut Mirror in Hartford is hiring an economic development reporter. The Idaho Statesman in Boise is hiring a state politics & investigative reporter.
Internships, etc. The Lever is hiring an editorial fellow (remote). Scientific American is hiring a news intern and a graphics intern (both New York, apply by March 21).
LAST CHANCE: Tomorrow, March 7, is the deadline to enter work for the Indigenous Media Awards, which honor “outstanding coverage of Indigenous communities” by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous journalists. Learn more and enter.
The International Women’s Media Foundation is accepting entries for the 2025 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, for women and non-binary photojournalists “who inspire us to take action and better understand the world.” The deadline for entries is March 15. Learn more and enter.
The Public Media Journalists Association is accepting applications for the “Opening Doors” initiative, a program designed “to increase diversity in public media newsrooms.” Ten BIPOC journalism students in their junior or senior year of college will be selected for a two-year program “that will provide skills training, mentorship, and paid internships … with a specific focus on science, health and economics reporting.” Both students and journalists interested in serving as mentors may apply. The deadline for applications is March 23. Learn more and apply.
EJN Biodiversity Media Grants. “To ensure the public has a clearer understanding of what’s at stake — and the solutions that policymakers and the private sector could implement to curb [the biodiversity crisis],” the Earth Journalism Network is offering grants to help newsrooms “increase the quality and quantity of biodiversity stories and build the capacity of journalists to improve their coverage of biodiversity issues.” The deadline for applications is March 30. Learn more and apply.
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