Hydropower Is Getting Less Reliable as the World Needs More Energy—Environmental activists say world leaders should focus on restoring aging dams rather than constructing new ones. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b... @fremson.bsky.social @nytimes.com

Today I hope @mark-carney.bsky.social realizes he cannot ignore the climate, & sees the vitality of speaking to the climate conscious. His decision to back a U.S.-owned LNG project last week not only alienated environmentalists but I'm even seeing some on the far right attack it #CDNpoli #Budget2025

Around 70 percent of states in the contiguous U.S. have seen declining snowfall in recent winters, although parts of the West and some of the South have experienced more snow. See how snowfall is changing across the United States here:

UCLA launches the STOP Methane Project with Top 25 Plumes in ’25 lists of methane super-polluters. @uclalawemmett.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/11/17/p...

This week, the House is voting on measures that would open the Arctic and other irreplaceable places to destructive oil and gas leasing. We need to speak up.

EU trade tensions threaten to hold UN climate talks hostage—Some country negotiators had flagged legitimate concerns about trade, Alden Meyer, a senior associate at the climate think-tank E3G said, while others… www.ft.com/content/7eee... @attractamooney.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

By the end of this decade, U.S. data centers could consume as much water as 10 million Americans and produce as much carbon dioxide as 10 million cars, a study finds. via @insideclimatenews.org

TotalEnergies chief backs outlook of extended life for oil and gas use as ‘reality’—TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanné backed the scenario of a potential extended life for fossil fuels in the energy system, speaking… www.ft.com/content/4ca9... @kenzabryan.ft.com @financialtimes.com

Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling—There has been almost no fossil fuel development along the California coast since an enormous oil spill near Santa Barbara in 1969 that shocked the nation and… www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c... @maxinejoselow.bsky.social @nytimes.com

How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows—After a climate conference organized in March by Harvard in partnership with the Indian government, the university… www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w... Anupreeta Das @nytimes.com

The soaring price of a steak—Herd sizes have shrunk after years of extreme weather, high input costs and disease. The result is record prices amplified by a wave of protein-hungry consumers and by… www.ft.com/content/7798... Susannah Savage @financialtimes.com

New malaria drug promises to beat resistant strains— Health experts fear deaths from malaria, a leading killer of children under five, could rise again due to… www.ft.com/content/9070... @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

How each country’s emissions and climate goals compare—The top five emitters are spotlighted (China, US, India, Russia and Brazil). www.ft.com/content/9dfb... @sdbernard.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

When California banned the sale of gas-only cars starting in 2035, Gavin Newsom called it “the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change.” Now CA will “rethink” the ban: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...

Amazon climate scientist Carlos Nobre: ‘This is an enormous risk for the entire world’-A global authority on the interactions between tropical rainforests and the climate, Nobre was a lead author… www.ft.com/content/28f1... @michaelpooler.ft.com @financialtimes.com

NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal. We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.

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… www.ft.com/content/387d... @andybounds.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

This week we are honoring and uplifting the courage, service and sacrifice of our military veterans — and we're especially proud of how getting outside, together, can make a difference.

"By entering this exchange, the Trump administration is tearing up a plan they themselves designed and advancing a version that will be even more destructive to fragile landscapes and wildlife populations." - @sierraclub.org's Athan Manuel.

Coalition rallies for COP30 ‘road map’ on how to cut oil and gas-Even as petrostates bet energy demand will be met by oil and gas in the meantime, a coalition at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, backed the call for… www.ft.com/content/6c81... @rachelmillard.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

“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

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/

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

"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 kansasreflector.com/2025/11/06/n...

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-...

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...

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

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/...

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

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

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

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

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...

At UN climate talks in Brazil, the only sign of the United States is an empty chair—World leaders highlighted the devastation wrought on some of the world’s poorest places to show the need to work collectively… apnews.com/article/clim... @borenbears.bsky.social @apnews.com

What a great insight on bike infrastructure. www.desertsun.com/story/news/l...

Financial Times Letter: Gates presents developing countries with a false choice-it is deeply unethical to tell developing countries that they have to choose between overcoming poverty and disease or preventing dangerous climate change. www.ft.com/content/b5f1...

The FT View: Keep the COP process alive-Every annual UN climate summit struggles to deliver a meaningful outcome. This year’s meeting in Brazil’s Amazonian port city of Belém may truly require a miracle… www.ft.com/content/7307... @financialtimes.com

Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc