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The Sierra Club's Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team—Grassroots Network.
Far right and centre right unite in EU parliament to undermine green rules-Conservatives in the European Parliament joined forces with the far right to vote to weaken corporate sustainability reporting rules, the strongest…
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Far right and centre right unite in EU parliament to undermine green rules
Legislation marks definitive proof that ‘cordon sanitaire’ to prevent far-right forces from shaping policy no longer works
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Far right and centre right unite in EU parliament to undermine green rules-Conservatives in the European Parliament joined forces with the far right to vote to weaken corporate sustainability reporting rules, the strongest…
www.ft.com/content/387d... @paolatamma.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/387d... @paolatamma.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Myanmar malaria surge rings global alarm bells-Experts fear the situation could worsen there and in parts of Africa due to steep cuts to global health funding and the spread of mosquitoes caused by rising world temperatures. www.ft.com/content/6d5e... @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Myanmar malaria surge rings global alarm bells
The deadly disease is threatening to return as international funding cuts undermine eradication efforts
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Myanmar malaria surge rings global alarm bells-Experts fear the situation could worsen there and in parts of Africa due to steep cuts to global health funding and the spread of mosquitoes caused by rising world temperatures. www.ft.com/content/6d5e... @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Reality bites at COP30 climate summit—Tough discussions are also needed on how to meet the targets set at recent COPs of tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030, and mobilising $1.3tn a year in climate finance… www.ft.com/content/2945... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Reality bites at COP30 climate summit
Nations far off track for Paris goals even after updated emission pledges
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reality bites at COP30 climate summit—Tough discussions are also needed on how to meet the targets set at recent COPs of tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030, and mobilising $1.3tn a year in climate finance… www.ft.com/content/2945... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com
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This year brought rising climate disasters, funding rollbacks, and threats to environmental protections. Amidst these challenges, CLEE’s mission is more vital than ever.
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
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#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
Snapshot: CLEE 2025 Annual Report
This year, we faced unprecedented challenges – increasing climate disasters on a global scale, efforts to dismantle environmental protections, rollbacks in federal funding, and threats to the rule of ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This year brought rising climate disasters, funding rollbacks, and threats to environmental protections. Amidst these challenges, CLEE’s mission is more vital than ever.
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
Read the Snapshot 2025 Annual Report:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/cle...
#EnvironmentalJustice #BerkeleyLaw
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UC Berkeley Law Professor Daniel Farber and Ethan Elkind, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social spoke to @calmatters.org about regulation of greenhouse gases: https://bit.ly/4nMBD6V #BerkeleyLaw
If Trump’s EPA abandons climate policy, could California take over on greenhouse gases?
California, the state that helped define U.S. clean-air policy, is once again considering how far it can go without Washington’s permission.
calmatters.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
UC Berkeley Law Professor Daniel Farber and Ethan Elkind, director of @cleeberkeley.bsky.social spoke to @calmatters.org about regulation of greenhouse gases: https://bit.ly/4nMBD6V #BerkeleyLaw
Oil and gas demand to rise for 25 years without global change of course, says IEA—in its latest World Energy Outlook, published on Wednesday, the body, whose research helps to shape global energy policies, said… www.ft.com/content/8696... Malcolm Moore @financialtimes.com
Oil and gas demand to rise for 25 years without global change of course, says IEA
International energy watchdog sets out new scenario to reflect fading commitment to climate change
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Oil and gas demand to rise for 25 years without global change of course, says IEA—in its latest World Energy Outlook, published on Wednesday, the body, whose research helps to shape global energy policies, said… www.ft.com/content/8696... Malcolm Moore @financialtimes.com
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“Either we decide to change by choice, together, or change will be imposed by tragedy. We can change. But we must do it together”
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Either we decide to change by choice, together, or change will be imposed by tragedy. We can change. But we must do it together”
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
Green Climate Fund chief Mafalda Duarte: ‘We need a different scale of investments’—“We need to be capable of making people understand what’s at stake, why we cannot wait… www.ft.com/content/f709... @attractamooney.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Green Climate Fund chief Mafalda Duarte: ‘We need a different scale of investments’
The head of the world’s largest climate fund on the economic consequences of extreme weather — and getting the private sector on board
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Green Climate Fund chief Mafalda Duarte: ‘We need a different scale of investments’—“We need to be capable of making people understand what’s at stake, why we cannot wait… www.ft.com/content/f709... @attractamooney.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year.
At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the 1.5-degree threshold that experts say would constitute catastrophic warming. https://wapo.st/49e2vck
At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the 1.5-degree threshold that experts say would constitute catastrophic warming. https://wapo.st/49e2vck
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year.
At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the 1.5-degree threshold that experts say would constitute catastrophic warming. https://wapo.st/49e2vck
At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the 1.5-degree threshold that experts say would constitute catastrophic warming. https://wapo.st/49e2vck
Climate finance feels the chill as net zero alliances unravel—A major factor behind the climate alliances’ woes has been political pressure from US Republican officials, who have said… www.ft.com/content/2552... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Climate finance feels the chill as net zero alliances unravel
As banking and insurance groups retreat under pressure, pension and sovereign funds keep the climate focus alive
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Climate finance feels the chill as net zero alliances unravel—A major factor behind the climate alliances’ woes has been political pressure from US Republican officials, who have said… www.ft.com/content/2552... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com
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“Litigation could take years, if not decades, to resolve. The effects of aridification are unfolding at a faster rate.” @danielrothberg.bsky.social invisiblewaters.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happened on the Colorado River?
Negotiating around legal uncertainties as climate change takes its toll.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“Litigation could take years, if not decades, to resolve. The effects of aridification are unfolding at a faster rate.” @danielrothberg.bsky.social invisiblewaters.substack.com/p/what-happe...
UN climate summit looks to China as latest data shows flat emissions trend—On the opening day of the summit, COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago noted that China was playing a “very significant” role, highlighting… www.ft.com/content/705d... @kenzabryan.ft.com @financialtimes.com
UN climate summit looks to China as latest data shows flat emissions trend
The absence of the US at COP30 has put the focus on the world’s other big emitters
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
UN climate summit looks to China as latest data shows flat emissions trend—On the opening day of the summit, COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago noted that China was playing a “very significant” role, highlighting… www.ft.com/content/705d... @kenzabryan.ft.com @financialtimes.com
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So my ask: commit to helping Sierra Club or any other organization that is standing with us in this struggle. I just hosted a house party for Sierra Club's Environmental Law Program, one of the organization's crown jewels. Give money, take action, do something, but don't take the bait. 8/
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November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So my ask: commit to helping Sierra Club or any other organization that is standing with us in this struggle. I just hosted a house party for Sierra Club's Environmental Law Program, one of the organization's crown jewels. Give money, take action, do something, but don't take the bait. 8/
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The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
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#energysky
Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…
www.canarymedia.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
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#energysky
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"The Sierra Club was represented in the docket by Great Rivers Environmental Law Center and signed the unanimous agreement, although the organization still has concerns."
PLEASE READ
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New Kansas rules set guidelines for data centers, big power users to protect smaller customers • Kansas Reflector
New Kansas businesses with demanding electricity requirements will be subject to a large-load tariff after the KCC approved it Thursday
kansasreflector.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"The Sierra Club was represented in the docket by Great Rivers Environmental Law Center and signed the unanimous agreement, although the organization still has concerns."
PLEASE READ
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UCLA's Blueprint Magazine explores China's lead in the race to renewables and features a lengthy interview and profile of our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
UCLA's Blueprint Magazine explores China's lead in the race to renewables and features a lengthy interview and profile of our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social.
blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...
blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...
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A great article from @thenarwhal.ca highlighting our latest forest report 🌲
Industrial logging has pushed old-growth & primary forests close to the brink. For the sake of forests & our economy, BC must protect the last old growth & transition to sustainable forestry.
thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
Industrial logging has pushed old-growth & primary forests close to the brink. For the sake of forests & our economy, BC must protect the last old growth & transition to sustainable forestry.
thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
How logging has sent B.C. forests into freefall | The Narwhal
A Sierra Club BC report reveals a gap between B.C.’s forestry promises, including old-growth deferrals, and reality
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A great article from @thenarwhal.ca highlighting our latest forest report 🌲
Industrial logging has pushed old-growth & primary forests close to the brink. For the sake of forests & our economy, BC must protect the last old growth & transition to sustainable forestry.
thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
Industrial logging has pushed old-growth & primary forests close to the brink. For the sake of forests & our economy, BC must protect the last old growth & transition to sustainable forestry.
thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
The Paris agreement is not perfect but don’t write it off—a
The Paris agreement would be impossible to negotiate today, because of Trump. It was always going to be more of a diplomatic triumph than a scientific victory… www.ft.com/content/4b88... @pilitaclark.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The Paris agreement would be impossible to negotiate today, because of Trump. It was always going to be more of a diplomatic triumph than a scientific victory… www.ft.com/content/4b88... @pilitaclark.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The Paris agreement is not perfect but don’t write it off
Despite limits of multilateralism the world would be much worse off without the historic climate accord
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Paris agreement is not perfect but don’t write it off—a
The Paris agreement would be impossible to negotiate today, because of Trump. It was always going to be more of a diplomatic triumph than a scientific victory… www.ft.com/content/4b88... @pilitaclark.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The Paris agreement would be impossible to negotiate today, because of Trump. It was always going to be more of a diplomatic triumph than a scientific victory… www.ft.com/content/4b88... @pilitaclark.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Negotiators for 7 states say they’ve made progress in talks on how to share the shrinking Colorado River, but they’ve missed an initial federal deadline.
“Conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
“Conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
Negotiators for seven states say they're making progress in negotiations aimed at addressing the Colorado River's chronic water shortages. But they missed an initial deadline.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Negotiators for 7 states say they’ve made progress in talks on how to share the shrinking Colorado River, but they’ve missed an initial federal deadline.
“Conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
“Conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Divvying up the dwindling Colorado River in a warming climate. Much of the river's watershed remains in severe drought, and its water is over-allocated. #copolitics
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Divvying up the dwindling Colorado River in a warming climate. Much of the river's watershed remains in severe drought, and its water is over-allocated. #copolitics
Muted global business turnout at COP30 reflects subdued mood—The numbers of top overseas executives is hobbled both by the logistical constraints of the Belém location, at the gateway to the Amazon, as well as… www.ft.com/content/60fe... @michaelpooler.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Muted global business turnout at COP30 reflects subdued mood
Executives from Brazilian groups and international companies with Latin American business expected to dominate
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Muted global business turnout at COP30 reflects subdued mood—The numbers of top overseas executives is hobbled both by the logistical constraints of the Belém location, at the gateway to the Amazon, as well as… www.ft.com/content/60fe... @michaelpooler.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Geopolitical tensions loom over UN climate talks in Brazil—With tensions running high, many non-profits and climate veterans are hoping COP30 will demonstrate… www.ft.com/content/56ef... @attractamooney.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Geopolitical tensions loom over UN climate talks in Brazil
Negotiators face a tough two weeks in Belém as pressure from Trump administration mounts
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Geopolitical tensions loom over UN climate talks in Brazil—With tensions running high, many non-profits and climate veterans are hoping COP30 will demonstrate… www.ft.com/content/56ef... @attractamooney.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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The Colorado River Indian Tribes have accorded personhood status to their life-giving waterway. "The river is a part of who we are and who we will always be." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... via @debkrol.bsky.social
Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council
Personhood status creates a powerful new mechanism for protecting the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
www.azcentral.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Colorado River Indian Tribes have accorded personhood status to their life-giving waterway. "The river is a part of who we are and who we will always be." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... via @debkrol.bsky.social
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NEW: Indonesia is home to approximately 285 million people – the fourth-most populous country in the world – and has been ranked as one of the top ten emitters of greenhouse gases. Learn about how the people of Indonesia feel about climate change and energy in our new report: bit.ly/4qTsRqu
Climate Change and Energy in the Indonesian Mind
83% of people in Indonesia are worried about climate change
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November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
NEW: Indonesia is home to approximately 285 million people – the fourth-most populous country in the world – and has been ranked as one of the top ten emitters of greenhouse gases. Learn about how the people of Indonesia feel about climate change and energy in our new report: bit.ly/4qTsRqu
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New: Hurricane Melissa has underscored the financial and practical challenges of adapting to more frequent and destructive climate-driven Caribbean storms that strike randomly and increasingly flood islands’ mountainous interiors as they stall over land. Free link.
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Melissa Shows How Quickly Climate Change Is Outstripping Defenses
As COP30 kicks off, the hurricane’s rampage spotlights the contentious issue of how much rich countries should pay for adaptation and loss and damage in vulnerable nations.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New: Hurricane Melissa has underscored the financial and practical challenges of adapting to more frequent and destructive climate-driven Caribbean storms that strike randomly and increasingly flood islands’ mountainous interiors as they stall over land. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...