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Twenty years after California's landmark climate law, the state is not on track to meet its targets
- California’s landmark 2006 climate law helped the state meet its first emissions target six years early, but upcoming goals are harder to reach.
- The state is only halfway to its 2030 target and, at the current pace, may not meet it until 2034; the 2045 goal requires even steeper cuts.
- Transportation emissions, high infrastructure costs and federal policy shifts pose challenges, even as California recorded one of its largest emissions drops in 2024.
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World headed for warming of 2.8C as fossil fuel emissions keep rising, UN warns | Global energy-related greenhouse gases remain at record levels
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https://www.ft.com/content/76bf9a5f-a1f9-4b59-9473-35fe18a7a008?accessToken=zwAAAaFeRHHekc92v5pfoflLWdOUczX-GKegCA.MEUCIGRY3w46ODVzTe4PW7fkoR2Pw0Tym-JCUIjJaCKlRw3OAiEA9TmNqTnMcWR4RxpLAbUl78qokCkhTKTIczJpfUILMak&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareId=92d7d9ec-74df-43d0-a230-1ea72d7c130f&shareType=enterprise&syn-25a6b1a6=1Open linkView original on slrpnk.netU.S. Is an Outlier Among Rich Nations in Slowing Climate Progress, U.N. Data Says
The scientific report, identifies the United States as an outlier among the nations responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions.
A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.
Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
Britain Approves Long-Stalled Gas Drilling Project in the North Sea
The project will lessen the country’s dependence on imported energy, though environmental advocates say it undercuts a pledge to reduce carbon emissions.
U.S. Is an Outlier Among Rich Nations in Slowing Climate Progress, U.N. Data Says
The scientific report, identifies the United States as an outlier among the nations responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions.
Giant ‘heat storms’ are scorching the Earth. This is the story of the biggest one on record.
Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. A Reuters data-driven examination of global temperatures reveals the emergence of what we call ‘heat storms.’ They now swarm the planet, upending life around the world from Texas to Ivory Coast to Poland.
If So Many Americans Care About Climate, Why Don’t They Vote Like It? 11.2 million. That’s the number of Americans who rank climate as a their top priority but didn’t vote in the 2024 US elections
https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/if-so-many-americans-care-about-climate-why-dont-they-vote-like-it/Open linkView original on slrpnk.netA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.
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Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
US Midterm Voters Are Worried About Climate, but Their Candidates Are Ignoring It | Polling shows that swing-state Democrats, Independents, and Republicans all want it addressed.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/midterms-issues-voters-climate-change-hushing-candidates-not-addressing/Open linkView original on slrpnk.netThanks to El Niño, California is getting a grim preview of its climate change future
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