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    42 Billion Euros Spent Annually by 5 Largest EU Countries to Subsidize Fossil Fuel Company Cars, Study Finds

    42 Billion Euros Spent Annually by 5 Largest EU Countries to Subsidize Fossil Fuel Company Cars, Study Finds

    The five biggest countries in the European Union spend 42 billion euros each year on subsidizing fossil-fuel-powered company cars, a new study commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E) says. The report by Environmental Resources Management (ERM), “Company car fossil fuel subsidies in Europe,” called for increased subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs). “This is completely illogical […]

    Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Reopen as Microsoft Agrees to Purchase Power From It for 20 Years

    Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Reopen as Microsoft Agrees to Purchase Power From It for 20 Years

    In March of 1979, Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear plant — which was powered by two pressurized light-water reactors — experienced a cooling malfunction that caused part of the core of the second reactor to melt, releasing radioactive material into the environment. Constellation Energy has plans to reopen Three Mile Island, and Microsoft has agreed […]

    UN Chief Guterres Issues ‘Global SOS’ to World Leaders to ‘Save Our Seas’

    UN Chief Guterres Issues ‘Global SOS’ to World Leaders to ‘Save Our Seas’

    Speaking from Tonga on Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a “global SOS,” urging governments to increase climate action to “Save Our Seas.” Guterres called for international leaders to slash global greenhouse gas emissions, rapidly phase out fossil fuels and boost investments in climate adaptation to protect people from future and current risks, UN […]

    Nearly 1 in 4 Members of Congress Are Climate Change Deniers: Report

    Nearly 1 in 4 Members of Congress Are Climate Change Deniers: Report

    The Center for American Progress (CAP) has periodically analyzed the statements of sitting members of Congress to find out if they deny that human-caused climate change exists. CAP’s most recent analysis of the 118th United States Congress determined that there are 123 elected officials who are climate deniers — that’s 23 percent of the 535-member […]

    Risk of Tipping Points From Exceeding 1.5°C Can Be Minimized if Global Heating Quickly Reversed, Researchers Say

    Risk of Tipping Points From Exceeding 1.5°C Can Be Minimized if Global Heating Quickly Reversed, Researchers Say

    Current climate policies are putting the world at a high risk of critical Earth system components reaching tipping points, even if global temperatures return to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average following a period of overshoot. However, a new study has found that, if global heating is quickly reversed, these risks could […]