‘Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) are set to unveil legislation laying out a “Green New Deal” as soon as next week, Axios has learned.’

Source: Exclusive: Ocasio-Cortez, Markey to unveil Green New Deal bill | Axios

‘The United Arab Emirates likes breaking world records. Flush with oil money and blessed with plenty of open land, the country has the world’s tallest building, largest mall, largest desalinated water reservoir, and one of the largest solar farms. It can now add one more record to the list: the world’s largest virtual battery plant.’

Source: The world’s largest “virtual battery plant” is now operating in the Arabian desert | Quartz

‘Today,  the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) published the report, “The State of Science in the Trump Era: Damages Done, Lessons Learned and a Path to Progress,” which details a comprehensive list of attacks on science-based public safeguards during the administration’s first two years in office. Whereas these attacks have occurred across all agencies, many of them have occurred at the EPA. It is quite apparent that both science and the process by which the EPA uses science have been in this administration’s crosshairs since day one.’

Source: The Trump Administration Is Jeopardizing Public Health | Scientific American

‘PG&E filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday, staggered by billions of dollars in debts and liabilities in the wake of a series of deadly wildfires that torched Northern California in 2017 and 2018.’

Source: PG&E files for bankruptcy in the wake of deadly wildfires | East Bay Times

‘More than 100 demonstrations were planned across France for a weekend of action on the environment. Organisers called on people to come together to discuss practical ideas on how to advance an agenda that would halt or at least slow global warming.’

Source: Protests across France call for action on climate change | France24.com

‘The report by Oil Change International said that the United States is set to “unleash the world’s largest burst” of carbon emissions from new oil and gas development if it goes ahead with its plans to expand drilling.’

Source: America’s oil boom is terrible for the climate | CNN

“Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, has told world leaders: ‘I don’t want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day and then I want you to act.’ In an impassioned warning to act now on climate change, Thunberg told her audience at Davos: ‘Either we choose to go on as a civilisation or we don’t’ ”

Source: ‘I want you to panic’: 16-year-old issues climate warning at Davos – video | The Guardian

‘But in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers found that under a warming climate, rather than absorbing more greenhouse gas emissions, plants and soil may start absorbing less, accelerating the rate of change.’

Source: As Climate Warms, Plants Will Absorb Less CO₂, Study Finds | The New York Times

‘Greenland’s enormous ice sheet is melting at such an accelerated rate that it may have reached a “tipping point” and could become a major factor in sea-level rise around the world within two decades, scientists said in a study published on Monday.’

Source: Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say | The New York Times

‘In the United States, carbon emissions leapt back up, making their largest year-over-year increase since the end of the Great Recession. This matched the trend across the globe. According to two major studies, greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide shot up in 2018—accelerating like a “speeding freight train,” as one scientist put it.’

Source: Are We Living Through Climate Change’s Worst-Case Scenario? | The Atlantic