Environment

EnvironmentThe U.N. has made 5 big promises over 30 years of climate talks—here’s a look at how they’ve turned out
BYSibi Arasu and The Associated Press
EnvironmentClimate activist Al Gore blasts COP28 outcome as biggest failure in history—it ‘reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word’
BYChristiaan Hetzner
CommentaryAI emissions are fueling a new doomerism. This time it’s climate change
BYEric Xing and Adrian Monck
EnvironmentLong-shot effort to generate the $5tn needed annually for energy-transition technologies looks to combine carbon credits with the private sector
BYJamey Keaten and The Associated Press
EnvironmentThis state gets half its revenue from oil and gas money—and is trying to plan for a fossil fuel decline in just a few years
BYThe Associated Press
CommentaryClimate change is unleashing a tsunami of infectious diseases–and we have fewer and fewer drugs that can treat them
BYJayasree K. Iyer
SuccessFastest-growing job in the U.S. pays up to $103K a year without a college degree—but candidates have to endure extreme weather and lug 50 pounds of gear up long ladders to confined spaces
BYOrianna Rosa Royle
PoliticsBiden heads to Las Vegas to talk up $8.2 billion in funding to boost languishing high-speed rail projects, including a 218-mile route to California
BYWill Weissert and The Associated Press
EnvironmentBillionaire Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio says private capital can only realistically finance climate solutions if the returns make sense
BYAlastair Marsh and Bloomberg
EnvironmentWyoming has been daring the Feds to buy priceless Grand Teton lands for a decade by threatening an auction. Now it’s asking $80 million
BYMead Gruver and The Associated Press
Environment‘This program was always a temporary one’: Norfolk Southern spent over $21 million to relocate Ohioans displaced by fiery crash but that’s ending
BYJosh Funk and The Associated Press
EnvironmentNew York governor hails ‘milestone’ of first offshore wind farm, as Danish giant shows America how to do clean energy
BYJennifer McDermott and The Associated Press
EnvironmentThe electric vehicle math isn’t adding up, with average transaction price around $50,000 and gas price nationwide falling to $3 a gallon
BYAlexa St. John, Tom Krisher, and others
EnvironmentOregon utility owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to pay $300 million settlement over 2020 wildfires
BYThe Associated Press
CommentaryVivek Ramaswamy made a name for himself as the ‘anti-woke CEO’–but the fund manager he co-founded has been marketing funds packed with Democratic-leaning holdings
BYBrian Potts
EnvironmentRecord-breaking rainfall and December temperatures on par with Florida are shutting down the Pacific Northwest with floods
BYThe Associated Press
EnvironmentWith California high-speed rail projects needing at least $75 billion, Biden’s White House kicks in $6 billion
BYAdam Beam, Ken Ritter, and others
NewslettersMeta and IBM’s new AI Alliance wants to redefine the ‘open’ debate that’s fracturing the AI community
BYSage Lazzaro
CommentaryAccess to modern stoves could be a game-changer for Africa’s economic development–and help cut the equivalent of the carbon dioxide emitted by the world’s planes and ships
BYAkinwumi Adesina and Fatih Birol
EnvironmentNearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide were pumped into the air in 2023, twice the amount from 40 years ago, Global Carbon Project tells COP
BYSeth Borenstein and The Associated Press
EnvironmentWorldwide carbon emissions from fossil fuels will hit a new record in 2023 despite push for net zero
BYEric Roston and Bloomberg
CommentaryMore than half of the world’s largest companies don’t have a chief sustainability officer. Here’s the proof they’re missing out
BYSheri Hickok
FinancePanama Canal has gotten so dry and backed up after brutal drought that shippers are paying up to $4m to jump the queue
BYRuth Liao and Bloomberg
EnvironmentSouth Dakota bans flights within a half-mile of Mount Rushmore and tour operators are miserable: ‘I don’t know what we’ll be able to salvage’
BYHeather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press
EnvironmentJohn Kerry says U.S. stands with 56 countries committed to phasing out coal power plants entirely
BYSeth Borenstein and The Associated Press
EnvironmentBill Gates doubts the world will hit climate targets and calls for a carbon tax to hit the dirty energy sector
BYSharon Cho, Francine Lacqua, and others
EnvironmentBiden White House takes aim at oil and natural gas with major new emissions rule: ‘The clock is no longer just ticking. It is banging’
BYMatthew Daly and The Associated Press
EnvironmentNew York City is borrowing from the great cities of Europe with America’s first congestion pricing plan, charging $15 to most drivers
BYKaren Matthews and The Associated Press
EnvironmentMet baritone singing of ‘miraculous spring’ interrupted by climate activists’ huge banners: ‘NO OPERA ON A DEAD PLANET’
BYThe Associated Press
EnvironmentTesla, Boeing sign on to new Al Gore-backed database showing supplier emissions to build low-emissions supply chains: ‘A truthful stocktake’
BYMichelle Ma and Bloomberg

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