‘Envoys at a round of United Nations climate talks finished two weeks of discussions with little progress on how to cut pollution as a heatwave scorched Europe’s capital cities.’

Source:  Global Climate Talks Stall as Temperature Soars in Europe | Bloomberg

‘The report explained that doubling the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would raise temperatures in California by roughly 3 degrees Celsius — which will happen by mid-century if emissions continue to rise, according to the most recent California Climate Change Assessment.’

Source: California was warned about climate change 30 years ago. Now it’s feeling the effects | LA Times

‘New York City officials declared a climate emergency in an effort to mobilize local and national responses to stall global warming.’

Source: New York City declares a climate emergency, the first US city with more than a million residents to do so | CNN

‘Canada has approved the Trans Mountain expansion project after a federal court sent it back for review last summer.’

Source:  Trans Mountain: Canada approves $5.5bn oil pipeline project   BBC

‘…Until recently, full-scale floating turbines were mostly blueprints. Oil drilling technology made it a reality. After decades prospecting offshore, oil companies knew how to create stable platforms capable of surviving the high seas. Since the 1970s, they’ve drilled ever deeper in waters as far down as 8,200 ft (2,500 m) off Latin America, the US, and Africa. Norwegian oil firm Equinor (formerly Statoil) pivoted its drilling expertise into offshore wind. It spent eight years testing a floating turbine prototype off Norway, and is now one of the world’s largest offshore wind companies, as well as the primary backer of Hywind’

Source: Floating wind farms just became a serious business | QUARTZ

‘…Around 10% of the carbon that does defrost will probably be released as CO2, amounting to 130-150 billion tonnes. That is equivalent to the current rate of total US emissions, every year until 2100. Melting permafrost effectively introduces a new country at number two on the highest emitters list, and one that isn’t accounted for in current IPCC models. “People talk about a carbon bomb,” says Natali. “In geological timescales this is not a slow release. It is a pool of carbon that is locked away and is not accounted for in the carbon budget to keep rises below two degrees (Celsius).”’

Source: The poisons released by melting Arctic ice | BBC

‘…The billionaire Bloomberg’s investment in the Beyond Carbon initiative marks the largest ever philanthropic effort to combat climate change, according to the mayor’s foundation. The organization will bypass the federal government and instead seek to pass climate and clean energy policies, as well as back political candidates, at the state and local level.’

Source: Michael Bloomberg to plunge $500M into clean energy effort | The Washington Post

‘Inslee, who is running his presidential campaign almost entirely on the issue of climate, has released multiple climate plans that address different sectors of climate action. The main component of his plan aims for an energy grid that would be zero emissions and zero carbon use by 2030.’

Source: Ocasio-Cortez calls Jay Inslee’s climate plan the ‘gold standard’ | The Hill

‘…Turns out Castro might want to pick a different issue to stand out from the rest of the 2020 climate leaders. He scored a D+, while Inslee, who has a long history of championing environmental legislation, got the highest score with an A-. Senators Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders ranked close behind Inslee with a B+ each. According to Greenpeace, Castro neglected to set a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target, concoct a plan to manage the phase-out of fossil fuels, or enact policies to fight environmental racism.’

Source: Greenpeace Graded All the Presidential Candidates’ Climate Policies. They Weren’t Impressed. |Mother Jones

‘TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Adding a new charge on every electricity bill in Ohio would provide a financial rescue to the state’s two struggling nuclear plants but would come at the expense of wind and solar energy projects.’

Source: Ohio’s nuclear power bailout could come at the expense of wind, solar | elp.com