The EU’s climate retreat problem: punishing early movers- The EU’s push to blunt its flagship climate policies in the name of competitiveness is turning the green transition on its head, rewarding industrial laggards… www.ft.com/content/1f60... @bmoens.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

This week in Talking Climate: why a warming world can mean worse winter weather, and how one of the world's biggest cities just cleaned up its air 184 years ahead of forecast. Read on!

NEW: Five Oscar-nominated films have storylines dealing with climate change. That's the most ever. "This is the world we live in. Filmmakers are experiencing climate change in their lives." Here's the list, and why it's such a big deal: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-ch...

Solar power is on the Trump Administration hit list, but it turns out to have support in unexpected places. @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2026/03/05/s...

The BLM is about to hand over nearly 400,000 acres across the Central Coast and Southern California to oil drilling and fracking—near parks, schools, and communities. 📣 Submit a public comment before March 13. 👉 forestwatch.org/stop-oil

From our Newsletter today: Microsoft email systems are blocking our eNewsletters and we’ve had intermittent trouble contacting Gmail addresses as well. If you appreciate these newsletters, here are a few ways to make sure you still receive them: www.sierraclub.ca/microsoft_ne...

US crude prices soared above $80 per barrel on Thursday as the US-Israeli war with Iran continued to disrupt shipping and supplies from the Middle East. ft.trib.al/52ChZYN

"We urge the Government of NL to act quickly to join this initiative & ensure that Newfoundlanders & Labradorians also reap the benefits of a Canada-first energy corridor,” says Shauna Kelly, NL Offshore Wind Coordinator. www.sierraclub.ca/pan-canadian... #NLpoli #NLMedia #ONpoli #CDNpoli #CDNMedia

CLEE Donor Martin Mattes went from editing Berkeley Law's Ecology Law Quarterly in the 1970s to shaping California’s energy, water & telecom policy. More recently, he annotated 900+ pages of #Project2025 for our monograph series. Read more about Marty here: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4kvtrrjh

The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds—Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because… apnews.com/article/sea-... @borenbears.bsky.social @apnews.com

Corporate broadcast coverage of climate change fell 35% in the last year, even as Trump systemically dismantled climate policy and billion-dollar disasters rose The gradual deprioritization led NBC climate reporter Chase Cain to hit a breaking point, and he quit last week Here's our interview:

Lex: Hormuz crisis is a wake-up call for complacent gas consumers—If there is one crumb of comfort for gas consumers, it is that a lot of new LNG export capacity is being built, especially in the US. That… www.ft.com/content/0bd2... Camilla Palladino @financialtimes.com

Spain’s Moeve bucks green hydrogen gloom with €1bn project—At the height of its enthusiasm for hydrogen in 2022, Brussels forecast that renewable hydrogen could meet 10 per cent of the EU’s energy needs by 2050, with… www.ft.com/content/32cc... @barneyjopson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

A new report from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts confirms the state has warmed 3°F since the 1950s. Winters are shorter and wetter. Heavy rain is increasing. Extreme heat days are projected to triple by mid-century. Since 1980, climate disasters have cost Wisconsin over $1 billio

A contentious climate fix gathers pace-And the industry needs more than deep-pocketed AI companies. Analysts at the Sightline data firm think that only about 37 per cent of all the announced gas power CCS projects… www.ft.com/content/5c9b... @pilitaclark.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

US shale companies will reap a financial windfall from the oil price shock caused by the US-Iran conflict. But they cannot replace Middle Eastern supplies, warn bosses as.ft.com/r/eb84a9d1-3...

Unimaginable amounts of money that could go to health care, education, environmental protection, cutting our deficit, or countless other important uses is going to fund Trump’s senseless war in Iran @ryanlcooper.com @prospect.org

U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles—How U.S. carmakers cope with this pivotal moment will determine whether they survive as global players or… www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b... @jackewingnyt.bsky.social @nytimes.com

"Sierra Club Canada is highly concerned in light of today’s benefit agreement between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Equinor on the Bay du Nord project [we are available for comment]." Media Statement: www.sierraclub.ca/bay-du-nord-... #NLpoli #NLmedia #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

@billmckibben.bsky.social: "We have a few humble but powerful tools — the solar panel, the windmill, the battery — that make it easier to imagine something other than our current nightmare." billmckibben.substack.com/p/surviving-...

The great British electricity puzzle—One of the policies to achieve this has to be a carbon-border adjustment (CBAM) that bites, ideally co-ordinated with the EU’s. The obvious targets for this will be… www.ft.com/content/86fd... Martin Wolf @financialtimes.com

“Extreme warmth across the West this winter has meant more precipitation falling as rain, not snow — a symptom of global warming, which in recent years has been pushing average snow lines higher in the mountains and changing the timing of runoff.”

The repeal of the "endangerment finding" is unlikely to survive legal challenge, writes Harvard law professor Jody Freeman. Regardless, she says, the climate fight needs new strategies for when the political balance shifts.

No rational justification for dismantling the center has been offered," writes UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social of plans to restructure @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.

China’s aluminium smelters embark on green long march-The years-long multibillion-dollar relocation project is helping decarbonise one of the world’s dirtiest industries. www.ft.com/content/1e6e... Wenjie Ding @financialtimes.com

I'll host a short-notice livestream later this afternoon (Mon, 3/2, at 2pm PT) to discuss recent news that winter 2025-2026 was the warmest on record--by far--across the Western United States. I'll discuss snowpack, water supply, and wildfire implications.

Amory Lovins has entered the chat: "Today’s AI mania rhymes: Gas and nuclear vendors that can’t beat energy efficiency and renewables in competitive markets are leveraging hype into mandates and subsidies to rescue their losers." www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...

Winter temperature records shattered across Bay Area, California—Winters are becoming warmer across the West as a result of climate change. California’s winter temperatures… www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti... @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

Join us Thursday, March 5th, 2026, at UC Berkeley Law, for a Lunch & Learn hosted by CLEE: Repeal of the Endangerment Finding: What it Means for Federal and State Climate Action 🔗 RSVP for the event: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🎥 RSVP for virtual attendance: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Spot on, @bobkopp.net. “…saving American climate science—and American science in general—requires that the community discard the myth of political neutrality, engage in a concerted defense of liberal democracy, and stand in solidarity with this administration’s other targets.”

China solar boom helps energy emissions fall slightly in 2025—The share of all clean power generation in 2025 reached 40 per cent, rising from 37 per cent the year before, driven mainly by… www.ft.com/content/bf9d... Emiliya Mychasuk @financialtimes.com

Wildfire Seasons Are Starting to Overlap. That Spells Trouble for Firefighting—“If a fire season is increasing and eventually overlapping, it will shrink the window of opportunity to help each other in terms of firefighting,” said… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c... Rebecca Dzombak @nytimes.com

Judge Approves $345 Million Verdict Against @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social in Pipeline Suit—“Speaking out against corporations that cause environmental harm should never be deemed unlawful,” said Marco Simons, interim… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c... @karenzraick.bsky.social @nytimes.com

As New York City works to cut emissions, continued investments in natural gas could deepen long-term reliance on fossil fuels, even as 59% of Americans say they feel personally responsible for helping reduce global warming. Sources: insideclimatenews.org/news/2302202..., YPCCC

New York shivers in one of the most severe winters since the Gilded Age—There is a lack of agreement among scientists about the links between the recent shifts in patterns of the polar jet stream and polar vortex and climate change. www.ft.com/content/a50d... @okr.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

And record-breaking daily-to-monthly high temperatures are occurring, in even more widespread fashion, yet again today. #CAwx #AZwx #NMwx #COwx

Some notable energy news. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

U.S. car companies keep saying they know they have to transition to EVs or they'll get killed by China, even as they shift most of their resources to pickup trucks and SUVs and muscle cars. Hmm. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Brokers have told the FT that war risk insurers have submitted cancellation notices for policies covering ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil chokepoint, with prices set to rise as much as 50% in the coming days ft.trib.al/Dc82Tff

Very little snow across the West during a winter that has brought record warmth Sierra Nevada: 66% of avg Upper Colorado River region: 66% Oregon: 34% "Projections show that our winters are going to look a lot more like this in the future." www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org

Green ammonia boom wanes as carbon incentives fade-A flurry of multibillion-dollar deals that swept through the sector a few years ago, helped by supportive subsidies and carbon taxes, raised hopes… www.ft.com/content/e4ee... Susannah Savage @financialtimes.com

The other side of the ‘net zero’ ledger—the Carbon Dioxide Removal sector may soon get a boost from policy moves to provide new incentives for corporate purchases from this fledgling industry. www.ft.com/content/a8f3... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com

Breaking: A North Dakota judge finalized the $345 million verdict against Greenpeace in lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer over DAPL protests www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c...

US asset managers diverge from foreign rivals on climate—In November, New York City’s top finance official recommended that three of its biggest pension funds move over $42bn from BlackRock over its approach to climate change. www.ft.com/content/8a0f... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com

🛢️In 2024, Trump told Big Oil execs he'd protect their interests if they spent $1 BILLION to elect him. Now, he's upheld his end of the deal. New @senatebudget.bsky.social report details how Trump gave Fossil Fuel companies a $3.5 BILLION *annual* tax cut to continue polluting our planet.

Consultancies set for fastest growth in years on back of AI boom—US companies are turning back to consultants for ideas on how to supply energy-hungry data centres with power and turn AI experiments into productivity gains. www.ft.com/content/3cd9... @stephenfoleyft.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Today CARB approved the next step in implementing SBs 253 & 261, aiming to provide accurate, comparable & useful info to CA investors, lenders, insurers & consumers about the risks climate change poses to businesses—including the emissions associated w/certain business activities

How prepared are you and your household for extreme weather events? Our latest analysis compares individual preparedness and institutional readiness across 68 countries and territories. Read more: climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

2025 data quietly released by EPA shows harmful increases in dangerous air pollution attributable to Trump, personally, with 6 TX power plants that Trump exempted from stronger safeguards, for example, experiencing an astonishing 48% increase in sulfur-dioxide emissions collectively in 2025. 1/

While rolling back climate regulations, the Trump administration says this is what the American people want. Yet, YPCCC’s own research shows that a majority of Americans think global warming is happening and that it is making extreme weather worse. climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...