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Solar Radiation Management
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The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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China unveils sweeping rare-earth export controls to protect ‘national security’
Rules come ahead of expected meeting this month between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
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October 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Fossil Fuel Firms Oversee Just 1% of Global Renewable Energy Projects,
A recent comprehensive study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) delivers a sobering assessment of the fossil fuel
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October 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Trump sends fracking CEO to Europe to sell climate denial—and gas
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Trump sends fracking CEO to Europe to sell climate denial—and gas
Debunking some of Chris Wright's most egregious lies
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September 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Big things here: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
China takes bold step forward in global race for limitless energy device: 'We have fully mastered the core technologies'
China is doubling down on its efforts.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Wall Street Sees Decline in Dealmaking for Oil and Gas Clients
Today’s newsletter looks at the decline in lending for fossil fuel projects. Plus, a scoop on the return of a key federal database that the Trump administration killed. For unlimited access to climate...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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July 2025 | Carbon Minefields Oil and Gas Exploration Monitor
Last month, governments across five countries granted 55 new oil and gas exploration licences, locking in reserves whose eventual combustion would unleash roughly 382.4 MtCO2.
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July 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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“L'idrogeno non è una soluzione, ma l'ennesimo piacere alle multinazionali come Snam”. Il nuovo rapporto di ReCommon critica con forza la strategia sull'idrogeno del governo italiano - ReCommon
Roma, 30 luglio 2025 – ReCommon lancia oggi la pubblicazione “La strategia sull’idrogeno è solo un favore a Snam?”, redatta
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July 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Quando la finanza è chiamata a rispondere del clima che cambia
Crescono le climate litigation contro banche e fondi per investimenti inquinanti. Sotto accusa greenwashing e mancate azioni sul clima
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July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Perché abbiamo definito storica la sentenza della Cassazione? - ReCommon
Ce lo spiega Matteo Ceruti, avvocato della Giusta Causa. Matteo Ceruti è l’avvocato di ReCommon per la “Giusta Causa”. Può
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July 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
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July 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why
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Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why
The answer confirms scientists’ suspicion that when our planet’s climate crosses certain ‘tipping points’, truly catastrophic ecological collapse can follow.
theconversation.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules
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June 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing
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Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing
Seven of the world’s “most trusted” media companies produce and promote content touting the key talking points of oil and gas.
theintercept.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Axios Generate
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May 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Executive Order: The Race for Critical Minerals Enters Uncharted Waters
On April 24, President Trump announced an executive order to pursue the exploration and exploitation of deep-sea minerals within the outer continental shelf as well as in areas beyond national jurisdi...
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April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Battle lines over deep-sea mining www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosgenerate
Axios Generate - 1 big thing: Battle lines over deep-sea mining
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April 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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New article on the resistance to #solarpower in Italy "The resistance to solar energy expansion in Italy: a systemic perspective"
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The resistance to solar energy expansion in Italy: a systemic perspective - Sustainability Science
This article examines the systemic resistance to the expansion of solar energy infrastructure in Italy. It does so with a focus on rural areas. Using a multifaceted methodological approach, the study ...
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April 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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What's next in Trump's war on wind www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosgenerate
Axios Generate - 1 big thing: What's next in Trump's war on wind
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April 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election
The Heritage Foundation, the U.S. group that produced a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term, is trying to shape the upcoming Albanian election, DeSmog can report. The opposition candidate Sal...
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April 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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The level of dark lobbying and PR campaigns the meat industry is engaging in right now is completely bonkers

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PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
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April 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Predicting climate chaos, Morgan Stanley touts air conditioning profit potential
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Predicting climate chaos, Morgan Stanley touts air conditioning profit potential
This is disaster capitalism at its worst.
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April 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Our Approach to Climate Policy Has Failed. It’s Time for Climate Realism
U.S. policymakers need a new strategy to confront the risks of climate change, compete in the global energy transition, and stay the course regardless of which political party is in power. A doctrine…
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April 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM