Semafor • Sep 25, 2025
China pledges first ever absolute cut to emissions
The 'green and low-carbon transition is the trend of our time,' Chinese leader Xi Jinping said.
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Mother Jones • Sep 25, 2025
The Dismantling of the US Forest Service Is Imminent
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the 1880s, giant cattle companies turned thousands of cattle out to graze on the “public domain”—i.e., the Western lands that had been stolen from Indigenous people and then opened up for white settlement. In remote southeastern […]
Semafor • Sep 24, 2025
Ex-Colombia leader dismisses Trump's climate change denial as 'absurd'
Former Colombian President Iván Duque said the evidence shows countries must act now to combat climate change.
Semafor • Sep 24, 2025
‘All-of-the-above' approach needed to power AI boom, Nvidia sustainability chief says
Josh Parker told Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion summit that renewable energy will be critical to powering AI in the long term.
Semafor • Sep 24, 2025
Renewable energy alliance mobilizes $4.2B for green projects in Africa
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet has already financed projects such as solar minigrids in Nigeria.
Mother Jones • Sep 24, 2025
Big Utilities Are Even Worse on Climate Than They Were Five Years ago
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since 2021, the Sierra Club has been grading US utilities on their commitment to a clean-energy transition. While most utilities have not earned high marks on the group’s annual scorecards, as a whole they had been showing some progress. That’s over now. […]
Semafor • Sep 24, 2025
Climate change opens sea trade route off Russia
Houthi rebels in the Red Sea have restricted vessel traffic to the Suez Canal for months, forcing trade between Asia and Europe to reroute.
Semafor • Sep 24, 2025
Super typhoon kills at least 15 in Taiwan
Two million people have also been evacuated in southern China.
Semafor • Sep 23, 2025
Gas makes a comeback at Climate Week
At a number of events in New York on Tuesday, senior officials made a case for gas as essential for energy security and a buttress to renewables.
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Michigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
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Snowstorms Are Hell for Wheelchair Users—But They Don’t Have to Be
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Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games
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Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
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Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?
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In a Warming World, Winter Olympics Organizers Will Have to Adapt
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Oregon Bill Would Tax Tourists to Protect Animals and Their Habitats
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