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Governance Risks, Climate Policy Shifts, and the Heat of Tradition
Source: <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/09/13/narrative-contradictions-the-invisible-governance-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=narrative-contradictions-the-invisible-governance-risk' target='_blank'>Narrative Contradictions: The Invisible Governance Risk</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Introduction Corporate disclosures are now scrutinized not only for accuracy but also for coherence. Increasingly, regulators, investors, and stakeholders view narrative contradictions—statements that are individually accurate yet collectively conflicting—as a governance failure. These contradictions are not typically the product of dishonesty. Instead, they emerge from organizational complexity, shifting priorities, and fragmented accountability. Yet their impact [&#8230;]</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/climate/epa-emissions-data-collection-halt.html' target='_blank'>E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-13/trump-files-to-cancel-approval-of-maryland-offshore-wind-farm' target='_blank'>Trump Files to Cancel Approval of Maryland Offshore Wind Farm</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The Trump administration asked a federal court to cancel the approval of a $6 billion wind project planned off the coast of Maryland as part of a wider effort to halt the development of the offshore clean- energy resource.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/heat-paris-zinc-roofs.html' target='_blank'>Zinc Roofs Give Paris Its Signature Look. But They Are a Nightmare in Heat.</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.</p> </div>
Global Climate Challenges Intensify: From Emissions Targets to Toxic Waste and Green Investment Debates
Source: <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/13/chris-bowens-defining-climate-moment-is-nigh-and-he-knows-what-it-means-if-we-get-it-wrong' target='_blank'>Chris Bowen’s defining climate moment is nigh. And he knows what it means ‘if we get it wrong’</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Australia’s soon to be announced emissions reduction target for 2035 will say a lot about how Labor will prioritise dealing with the climate crisisSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereProgress on the climate crisis is often slow and frustrating. But sometimes, when people are given an opportunity, change can come in a rush.On 1 July, the government introduced a subsidy scheme for small battery systems that reduces the cost for most households by about $4,000, or 30%. The response has been rapid. More than 1,000 batteries are being installed across the country each weekday.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/eu-vote-on-climate-goal-delayed-as-germany-backs-french-stance' target='_blank'>Vote on EU 2040 Climate Goal Delayed as Germany Backs French Stance</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Germany sided with France to elevate discussions on the European Union’s 2040 climate goal to heads of government, delaying a vote on the proposal amid increasing concerns about its impact on industries and households.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/toxic-landfill-liquid-sewage-spread-farms-england' target='_blank'>Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluentMore than 750,000 tonnes of liquid from landfills are mixed with sewage at water treatment works and spread on farmland across England each year, it can be revealed.Generated by hundreds of landfills across the country, leachate – the liquid that drains through landfill waste carrying a cocktail of chemicals – is regularly tankered to sewage treatment works, where it mixes with domestic sewage and industrial effluent to create sludge, also described as “biosolids”. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/china-says-trade-tensions-pandemic-made-emissions-cuts-tough' target='_blank'>China Says Trade Tensions, Pandemic Made Emissions Cuts Tough</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>China has experienced challenges in reducing carbon emissions intensity, one of the key climate goals set out in the 14th five-year plan, citing factors including trade tensions, weather and the Covid-19 pandemic.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/european-defense-spending-focus-hits-african-climate-financing' target='_blank'>European Defense Spending Focus Hits African Climate Financing</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>South Africa’s cabinet will meet next week to formulate its stance for the COP international climate summit in Brazil in November, with the country’s environment minister expressing dismay over developed nations reneging on funding pledges.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.dw.com/en/germany-cleans-up-illegal-trash-dumped-across-the-czech-border/a-73965239?maca=en-rss_en_environment-22607-xml-mrss' target='_blank'>Germany cleans up illegal trash dumped across the Czech border</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>A now bust German company illegally dumped hundreds of tons of hazardous waste in Czech municipalities. Authorities of both countries have been left to clean up the mess.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/09/12/2025-proxy-season-review-volatility-evolving-tactics-and-new-expectations-for-shareholder-engagement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2025-proxy-season-review-volatility-evolving-tactics-and-new-expectations-for-shareholder-engagement' target='_blank'>2025 Proxy Season Review: Volatility, Evolving Tactics and New Expectations for Shareholder Engagement</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The 2025 proxy season was as volatile as any in recent memory. Activity was robust at the beginning of the year, slowed considerably after the April 2 tariff announcement, and was interrupted by surprise changes proposed by the SEC regarding investor engagement practices that prompted institutional investors to reassess their engagement strategies. According to FactSet, [&#8230;]</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/climate/puerto-rico-lawsuit-energy-racketeering-irma-maria.html' target='_blank'>Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Citing laws more commonly used against organized crime, the lawsuit argued that fossil fuel companies were responsible for devastating hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/us-weighs-cop30-climate-summit-attendance-for-honest-dialogue' target='_blank'>US Weighs COP30 Climate Summit Attendance for ‘Honest Dialogue’</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>“I would not be at all against going, if I had an audience and a platform to engage with the world,” said Energy Secretary Chris Wright.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/magazine/global-climate-law-students.html' target='_blank'>How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/12/the-guardian-view-on-fishing-and-nature-bottom-trawling-boats-dont-belong-in-conservation-zones' target='_blank'>The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones | Editorial</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Sea life needs protection, and the UK’s current system of marine management isn’t up to itUp to 90% of the ocean floor around Britain is covered with sand and gravel, derived from the erosion of shell and rocks. Other, more unusual habitats include maerl beds, seagrass meadows and kelp forests. These biodiverse landscapes are home to 330 species of fish, as well as seals, seahorses and thousands of lesser‑known species – which share them with the offshore energy, fishing and shipping industries.Heightened awareness of pollution from sewage and plastics means that the public knows more about marine conservation than it used to. For his 99th birthday this year, the broadcaster and naturalist Sir&nbsp;David Attenborough made a film, Ocean, in which he described the seas as the planet’s “greatest life support&nbsp;system”, and urged people to get behind efforts to protect and renew marine nature.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.ft.com/content/db0a6697-c120-4f72-b876-e7bbc6e1e6e9' target='_blank'>Growth of renewable energy heralds the rise of supercables</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Projects are under way to connect regions and countries creating a new era of energy ties between economies</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/south-african-minister-thwarts-permits-for-350-000-rhino-hunts' target='_blank'>South Africa Minister Thwarts $350,000 Rhino Hunt Permits</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>South Africa’s environment minister said he won’t immediately approve trophy hunting quotas for black rhinos, elephants and leopards, deepening a dispute with an industry that generates 44 billion rand ($2.5 billion) in economic activity.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/amazon-tests-gm-ev-delivery-vans-in-bid-to-meet-climate-goals' target='_blank'>Amazon Tests GM EV Delivery Vans in Bid to Meet Climate Goals</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Amazon.com Inc. has been quietly evaluating General Motors Co.’s BrightDrop electric van, evidence that the e-commerce company continues to explore options to reduce the carbon emissions of its sprawling delivery operation.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.ft.com/content/557ad716-20d4-4591-9d51-c69efc215a81' target='_blank'>Green hydrogen is growing — but not enough to meet the hype</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Low-emission production still meets only a small fraction of hydrogen demand</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/trump-s-epa-to-stop-tracking-emissions-from-biggest-us-polluters' target='_blank'>Trump EPA to Stop Tracking Emissions From Biggest Polluters</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The EPA plans to end standards that compel power plants, industrial facilities, oil refineries and other major polluters to collect and report data on their emissions.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/asia/pacific-climate-pledges-us.html' target='_blank'>In the Pacific, Unkept U.S. Promises on Climate Cut Deep</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-views-guns-gender-climate.html' target='_blank'>Where Charlie Kirk Stood on Key Political Issues</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Here are some of the activist’s stances on climate change, immigration, gun control and other issues.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-12/africa-says-it-needs-green-investment-not-charity' target='_blank'>Africa Says It Needs Green Investment, Not Charity</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>At the Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia this week, leaders tried to counter the narrative that the continent is a climate charity case. It offers global solutions for the green transition, too. Read more below and online at Bloomberg.com.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/wealth-and-power-shape-the-climate-emergency-the-most-important-tool-we-have-to-defend-ourselves-is-the-facts' target='_blank'>Wealth and power shape the climate emergency – the most important tool we have to defend ourselves is the facts | Naomi Klein</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The corporate-financed backlash to calls for global climate progress has been greatly empowered by the Trump administration. It’s never been more critical to challenge the misinformation that could turn a crisis into a catastropheSupport the Guardian’s independent, fact-based journalism todayA little over a decade ago I published a book, This Changes Everything, which explored the reality of the climate crisis as a confrontation between capitalism and the planet. For a few years after the book came out, it seemed like we might just win a breakthrough. A cascade of large and militant mobilisations pressed the case for keeping warming below 1.5C as global calls for a green new deal grew louder and louder. Countries across the world announced long-term plans to reduce emissions and to hit net-zero targets; so did some of the largest corporations on the planet.And then … well, we all know what happened. A corporate-financed backlash on all fronts. In the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, his administration took more than 140 actions to roll back environmental rules and push for greater use of fossil fuels. He signed executive orders to ease restrictions on their extraction and export, filled his cabinet with oil industry supporters, gutted federal agencies on the forefront of the climate crisis, and cancelled life-saving environmental justice projects.Join George Monbiot and special guests on 16 September for a special climate assembly to discuss the growing and dramatic political and corporate threats to the planet. Book tickets – in person or livestream Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/12/ethiopia-electric-vehicle-power-petrol-diesel-cars-dam-green-energy' target='_blank'>Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>A country plagued by power cuts has become the first to ban imports of petrol and diesel cars, as a new dam brings hopes of cheap green energyWhen Deghareg Bekele, an architect in his early 30s, bought an Volkswagen electric car this year, he was a little sceptical. Not only is his home town, the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, prone to persistent power cuts, he also doubted the quality of his new vehicle.Four months on, Deghareg is pleased with his purchase since he no longer has to endure long lines at the petrol pump, caused by Ethiopia’s chronic fuel shortages. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/canadian-investment-regulator-seeks-first-greenwashing-penalties' target='_blank'>Canada Securities Watchdog Seeks First Greenwashing Sanction</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Canada’s biggest securities regulator is taking its first enforcement action related to so-called greenwashing by a fund manager.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/canada-negotiates-cost-to-make-lng-canada-expansion-greener' target='_blank'>Canada Negotiates Cost to Make Shell LNG Expansion Greener</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Canada is stepping up talks with the investors behind the country’s largest liquefied natural gas export terminal for an expansion that would double its size while making it as low-carbon as possible, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/nuclear-regulatory-taskforce-consultation-new-power-stations-uk' target='_blank'>Community groups warn against push to ‘rip up’ UK nuclear industry rules</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Joint response by 25 bodies says proposals to speed up approval of new power plants weaken protection for public A coalition of civil society groups is warning of the dangers of cutting safety regulations as the government pushes to “rip up the rules” to accelerate the construction of new nuclear power stations.The 25 groups from communities neighbouring nuclear sites have submitted a joint response to a consultation by the nuclear regulatory taskforce, saying its proposals lack “both credibility and rigour”. Continue reading...</p> </div>
Global Climate Challenges Intensify: From Wind Turbines to Workers' Rights and Policy Shifts
Source: <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-11/octopus-energy-opens-door-to-bring-chinese-wind-turbines-to-uk' target='_blank'>Octopus Energy Opens Door for Chinese Wind Turbines in UK</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Octopus Energy, the UK’s biggest supplier of power and gas, struck a deal that may bring Chinese wind turbines to Britain for the first time.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/magazine/global-climate-law-students.html' target='_blank'>How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-11/the-oil-majors-fueling-heat-waves' target='_blank'>The Oil Majors Fueling Heat Waves</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Today’s newsletter looks at a new study connecting emissions from the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies to extreme weather events. You can read the full story on Bloomberg.com. For unlimited access to climate and energy news, please subscribe.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/climate/pakistans-floods-are-a-climate-change-warning.html' target='_blank'>Pakistan’s Floods Are a Climate Change Warning</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Pakistan, among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, has been battered by floods and extreme heat as critics say its government needs to do more.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/11/unpaid-wages-searing-heat-long-hours-why-workers-are-quitting-the-worlds-largest-renewable-energy-park' target='_blank'>‘Unpaid wages, searing heat, long hours’: why workers are quitting the world’s largest renewable energy park</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>A vast migrant labour force is helping India meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, drawn by promises of good wages and perks. But many say they are forced to ‘escape’ without payA month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 others who had travelled with him to work on the construction of a solar project, Alam had hoped that the promised pay and perks would support his family back home on the farm in Bihar. But within two weeks he was having second thoughts.“Nothing really prepared us for where we would be working or the fact that it was so far from the nearest village. The work was strenuous, the shifts were 12 hours, and we were living in makeshift tents,” says Alam. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-views-guns-gender-climate.html' target='_blank'>Where Charlie Kirk Stood on Key Political Issues</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Here are some of the activist’s stances on climate change, immigration, gun control and other issues.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/canada/carney-trump-infrastructure-tariffs-natural-gas.html' target='_blank'>Carney Unveils Major Projects for Canada to Offset Damage of Trump’s Tariffs</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled big infrastructure plans. But they are likely to meet resistance from Indigenous and environmental groups.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-11/trump-administration-scraps-oversight-groups-on-climate-and-financial-risk' target='_blank'>Trump Administration Scraps Oversight Groups on Climate and Financial Risk</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The&nbsp;Financial Stability Oversight Council revoked the charters of two climate-focused committees formed under the Biden administration.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-11/macquarie-climate-fund-gets-a-1-billion-from-australian-pension' target='_blank'>Macquarie Climate Fund Gets A$1 Billion from Australian Pension</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Australian Retirement Trust, the nation’s second-largest pension fund, has invested almost A$1 billion ($660 million) in a climate fund run by Macquarie Group Ltd.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-11/germany-eyeing-credit-tool-to-help-industry-to-clean-power-deals' target='_blank'>Germany Eyeing Credit Tool to Help Industry to Clean Power Deals</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Germany is considering creating a €500 million ($587 million) program to help businesses and renewables developers sign more power-purchase agreements, in an effort to cut energy costs for industry.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/09/1165823' target='_blank'>Afghanistan: New restrictions on women nationals working for UN, put aid efforts at risk</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The United Nations in Afghanistan called on Thursday for the de facto Taliban authorities to lift restrictions barring women national staff from entering its premises.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/hedgehog-highways-requirement-new-buildings-lords-planning-bill-government' target='_blank'>Hedgehog highways could become requirement for new buildings</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Lords amend planning bill to include protections for wild animals, including bird-safe glass and swift bricksHedgehog highways and bird-safe glass could become requirements for all new buildings as members of the House of Lords push through amendments to the government’s planning bill.This may cause a headache for ministers, who have tried to avoid burdening developers with laws on nature measures such as “swift bricks”. The new Lords amendments include mandated provision for these nesting boxes, which campaigners say are crucial for the survival of the threatened species. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-11/eu-finance-chief-sees-more-appealing-rules-luring-esg-capital' target='_blank'>EU Commissioner Sees ‘More Appealing’ Rules Luring ESG Money</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Efforts to make the European Union’s financial regulations more attractive to investors would likely draw more green capital to the bloc, according to the EU’s financial services commissioner, Maria Luís Albuquerque.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/climate/youngkin-virginia-offshore-wind-trump.html' target='_blank'>The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Republican of Virginia, has championed a wind farm under construction off the coast of his state. He’s trying to persuade President Trump to leave it alone.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/11/hope-fight-ecological-disaster-climate-catastrophe' target='_blank'>‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disasterOnce upon a time, the world was powered by whale. Oil made from whale blubber burns cleanly and well, though it smells strongly of fish. It was, for a while, the perfect fuel. To meet the growing demand, whales were hunted almost to extinction.And then we discovered that oil could come from the ground. Lamps once lit by rendered blubber were swiftly changed over to run on what Americans call kerosene and the British call paraffin. Later, those lamps were changed to run on electricity, and instead of burning oil in the lamps themselves, we began to burn it in power plants miles away. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.ft.com/content/fc4d4b0a-315a-44c5-af71-811528732280' target='_blank'>France holds cards in EU climate goal negotiations</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Macron government’s push for industry protections hampers talks as Paris accord’s 10th anniversary approaches</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-11/germany-to-push-eu-to-extend-industry-free-permits-to-emit-co2' target='_blank'>Germany to Push EU to Extend Industry Free Permits to Emit CO2</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Germany plans to push the European Union to soften emissions-reduction rules for its most polluting industries as the nation struggles to cope with higher energy costs.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.dw.com/en/spanish-legal-case-leads-fight-against-livestock-pollution/a-73882932?maca=en-rss_en_environment-22607-xml-mrss' target='_blank'>Spanish legal case leads fight against livestock pollution</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>A Spanish court ruling on pollution from industrial pig farming could have far-reaching implications for how animals are kept across Europe.</p> </div>
Global Climate Challenges Intensify: From Offshore Wind Reviews to Heatwaves and Legal Battles
Source: <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/five-offshore-wind-projects-under-review-burgum-says' target='_blank'>US Reviewing Five Offshore Wind Farms Under Construction</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Five US offshore wind developments are under review, a top Trump administration official said on Wednesday, as the White House targets the renewable energy source.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.ft.com/content/e4fb94ca-0bcd-4076-8f66-ff473199e7c0' target='_blank'>SEC chief threatens ban on European accounting rules over sustainability </a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Paul Atkins questions whether overseas companies should be barred from using International Financial Reporting Standards </p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/south-dakota-solar-energy' target='_blank'>Misinformation, fear and politics – how a South Dakota county drove away millions in solar energy</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Colton Berens was looking forward to the added income from his farm, but armed with rightwing falsehoods, other Selby residents opposed the moveLike most of South Dakota, Walworth county is built on farming. To the east of Selby, the county seat, vast fields of soybeans and wheat grow between roads that run straight to the horizon. To the west, beyond the county line, the Standing Rock Indian reservation spreads across miles of rumpled green prairie studded with creamy erratics and dark clumps of trees.Like many farming regions, Walworth’s deeply conservative population has been steadily declining and aging, from roughly 8,000 in the 1960s to 5,200 today. The grain elevator that towers over Main Street in Selby is among the busiest in the region, but most of the squat brick buildings in its shadow are weathered and lifeless. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/climate/belem-cop30-amazon-hotels-united-nations.html' target='_blank'>Brazil Invited the World to the Amazon. It’s Become a Big Headache.</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire process of global diplomacy on climate change.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/typhoons-lift-philippines-jobless-rate-to-three-year-high' target='_blank'>Typhoons Lift Philippines’ Jobless Rate to Three-Year High</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>A string of typhoons and monsoon rains pushed the Philippines’ jobless rate to a three-year high, highlighting the economic impact of climate change to the Southeast Asian nation that’s prone to tropical cyclones.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.ft.com/content/f84d3c0c-1900-472c-8244-0e3a4b3ad85e' target='_blank'>Our answers to climate change are damaging nature</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>As the extinction of plants and animals accelerates, our dependence on the natural world is deepening</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/norway-s-2-trillion-fund-looks-to-expand-renewables-investments' target='_blank'>Norway’s $2 Trillion Fund Looks to Expand Renewables Investments</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund is looking to expand its renewables investments, including into assets such as power grids, according to its global head of energy and infrastructure.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/california-plans-to-boost-utility-wildfire-fund-by-18-billion' target='_blank'>California Plans to Boost Wildfire Fund by $18 Billion</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>California lawmakers have reached an agreement to shore up the state’s wildfire utility fund.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/energy-secretary-disbands-group-behind-contrarian-climate-report' target='_blank'>Energy Secretary Disbands Group Behind Contrarian Climate Report</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The report by the agency’s Climate Working Group downplayed the severity of global warming, prompting pushback from other scientists.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/germany-s-merz-mulls-slowing-coal-exit-until-new-gas-online' target='_blank'>Germany’s Merz Mulls Slowing Coal Exit Until New Gas Online</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Germany should consider a pause on shutting down its remaining coal power plants until new gas-fired stations are ready to replace them, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said at an industry meet.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/link-oil-giants-heatwaves-research-legal-liability' target='_blank'>Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensationCarbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have been directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for the first time, according to a new analysis. The research has been hailed as a “leap forward” in the legal battle to hold big oil accountable for the damages being caused by the climate crisis.The research found that the emissions from any one of the 14 biggest companies were by themselves enough to cause more than 50 heatwaves that would otherwise have been virtually impossible. The study shows, in effect, that those emissions caused the heatwaves. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/area-of-england-well-protected-for-nature-is-in-decline-data-shows' target='_blank'>Area of England well protected for nature is in decline, data shows</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Wildlife coalition says figure stands at 2.83% of country, less than in 2024 and tiny fraction of the 2030 target of 30%The area of England protected effectively for nature is continuing to decline, according to data from the country’s largest coalition of wildlife organisations, as experts say the government is allowing habitats to deteriorate.The government is under a legal obligation to protect 30% of land and sea in the UK for nature by 2030, a pledge made in 2020 by the then prime minister, Boris Johnson. At the moment, however, 2.83% of England is well protected for nature, 2.4% of Wales, 4% of Northern Ireland and 12.6% of Scotland. This gives an average of 6% of the UK as a whole, which is well below the target. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/africa-laments-broken-climate-promises-seeks-private-funds' target='_blank'>Africa Laments Broken Climate Promises, Seeks Private Funds</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>African leaders chastised developed nations for failing to honor pledges to ramp up green financing and said they will tap the private sector to help protect their economies from climate change.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/smoke-from-canadas-wildfires-killed-nine-year-old-carter-vigh-and-82000-others-around-the-world' target='_blank'>Smoke from Canada’s wildfires killed nine-year-old Carter Vigh – and 82,000 others around the world</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Toxic particles spewed by 2023’s wildfires were even responsible for 22,000 early deaths in Europe, researchers sayAmber Vigh had taken the usual precautions when bringing her nine-year-old son, Carter, to summer camp in July 2023. There were no fires near their home in British Columbia, Canada. Her air quality app showed low levels of pollution. She could not smell any smoke.Carter, a music-loving Lego enthusiast who had asthma, brought along his smiling shark tooth-patterned emergency kit that held an inhaler, allergy pill and EpiPen. When smoke did roll in from the north, Vigh took him indoors. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/scientists-link-major-carbon-emitters-to-worsening-heat-waves' target='_blank'>Scientists Link Major Carbon Emitters to Worsening Heat Waves</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Emissions from the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies play&nbsp;a significant role in extreme weather&nbsp;events, according to a new study.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/magazine/global-climate-law-students.html' target='_blank'>How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-10/reinsurers-in-monaco-place-their-climate-bets' target='_blank'>Reinsurers in Monaco Place Their Climate Bets</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Today’s newsletter takes a closer look at reinsurers, an industry that exists to help primary insurers cope with losses when disaster hits. As we reported this week, reinsurers are taking new steps to shield themselves against the financial fallout of storms, floods and other severe weather events. Read more below. For unlimited access to climate and energy news, please subscribe.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.ft.com/content/9988bb15-00a5-42a2-ba69-fb94d3964d5c' target='_blank'>Trump’s green energy assault could halve pace of decarbonisation, report finds</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Forecasts pinned to president’s axing of tax credits and surging electricity demand due to artificial intelligence</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/uk-rejects-proposals-to-block-out-sun-to-curb-climate-change' target='_blank'>UK Rejects Proposals to Block Out Sun to Curb Climate Change</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>The UK has no plans to use a controversial technique to block some of the sun’s rays in a bid to cool the planet, saying that the Antarctic isn’t the place to experiment with risky interventions to slow rising sea levels.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/climate/burgum-wright-europe-energy.html' target='_blank'>Climate ‘Ideology’ Hurts Prosperity, Top U.S. Officials Tell Europeans</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.</p> </div>
Science Under Siege, Climate Crises Loom: Global Challenges in a Divided World
Source: <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/09/science-under-siege-weaponised-disinformation-michael-mann-peter-hotez' target='_blank'>Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our worldAs two scientists who lived through Australia’s black summer bushfires and the Covid-19 crisis in the United States, we have seen firsthand how science in modern societies is under siege from an even more insidious “antiscience virus” of weaponised disinformation that undermines our ability to confront these crises.There are five primary, interconnected forces behind the assault on science and reason. We call them the “five Ps”: the plutocrats, the petrostates, the pros (eg paid promoters of anti-science), the propagandists and – with important exceptions – the media. Together they have generated a perfect storm of antiscientific disinformation that now threatens humanity. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/magazine/climate-change-activism-renewable-energy.html' target='_blank'>The Climate Change Playbook No Longer Works. What Can Activists Do?</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Activists are hoping to recreate the magic of 1970’s Earth Day — at a moment when the movement’s future is cloudier than ever.</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.ft.com/content/c59f1907-4b2c-4f36-886a-60dabbdd29cc' target='_blank'>Kenya’s Ruto says western leaders have broken ‘climate blood pact’ </a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Africa Climate Summit told that developed countries are failing poorer nations enduring worst effects of global warming</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/08/eu-states-still-fighting-over-crucial-targets-in-run-up-to-cop30-leaked-draft-shows' target='_blank'>EU states still fighting over crucial targets in run-up to Cop30, leaked draft shows</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Exclusive: Experts decry lack of nationally determined contributions in negotiating document with weeks to go before UN-set deadlineEU member states are still wrangling over crucial commitments on the climate crisis with no sign of agreement, according to a leaked draft text seen by the Guardian.With just weeks to go before a UN-set deadline, the European Commission and key member states remain at loggerheads over targets on greenhouse gas emissions, with the prospect of a strong outcome looking increasingly imperilled. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/09/08/rebalancing-retirement-how-401k-plans-exacerbate-inequality-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rebalancing-retirement-how-401k-plans-exacerbate-inequality-and-what-we-can-do-about-it' target='_blank'>Rebalancing Retirement: How 401(k) Plans Exacerbate Inequality and What We Can Do About It</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>ABSTRACT: Incentives for individuals to save for retirement currently total 1.5% of US GDP. For that substantial investment, we get a system that actually deepens wealth inequality. The top 10% of earners capture 60% of the associated tax benefits, and employer matching contributions disproportionately favor the highest earners. Although defined contribution plans have long been [&#8230;]</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/08/floods-could-hit-england-while-country-is-still-in-drought-forecasters-say' target='_blank'>Floods could hit England while country is still in drought, forecasters say</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Downpours threatening lives and property this autumn will not provide respite from months of dry weatherFloods could hit England while the country is still in drought, forecasters have said.Heavy downpours threatening lives and property could hit this autumn, with the rain devastating some areas but still not providing respite from months of dry weather that have left rivers, groundwater and reservoirs drained. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/08/disposable-face-masks-covid-chemical-timebomb' target='_blank'>Disposable face masks used during Covid have left chemical timebomb, research suggests</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>An estimated 129bn were being used every month around the world at height of pandemic, with no recycling streamThe surge in the use of disposable face masks during the Covid pandemic has left a chemical timebomb that could harm humans, animals and the environment, research suggests.Millions of tonnes of plastic face masks created to protect people from the spread of the virus are now breaking down, releasing microplastics and chemical additives including endocrine disruptors, the research found. Continue reading...</p> </div> <div> <h4 class='font-semibold text-gray-800'><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/08/green-economy-boom-africa-climate-summit-renewable-energy-solar' target='_blank'>Hopes rise for green economy boom at Africa Climate Summit</a></h4> <p class='text-gray-600 mt-1 mb-4'>Renewables are thriving, with Africa breaking solar energy records – but action is needed to plug financing gapThe first signs of a takeoff of Africa’s green economy are raising hopes that a transformation of the continent’s fortunes may be under way, driven by solar power and an increase in low-carbon investment.African leaders are meeting this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the Africa Climate Summit, a precursor to the global UN Cop30 in November. They will call for an increase in support from rich countries for Africa’s green resurgence, without which they will warn it could be fragile and spread unevenly. Continue reading...</p> </div>
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