‘Wildfires are ravaging the Arctic, with areas of northern Siberia, northern Scandinavia, Alaska and Greenland engulfed in flames.’

Source: Arctic wildfires: What’s caused huge swathes of flames to spread? | BBC

‘…Wildfire and drought dominate the climate change debates in the state. Yet this less-talked-about reality has California cornered. The coastline is eroding with every tide and storm, but everything built before we knew better — Pacific Coast Highway, multimillion-dollar homes in Malibu, the rail line to San Diego — is fixed in place with nowhere to go.’

Source: The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim | LA Times

‘A group of US lawmakers including the 2020 Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders are proposing to declare the climate crisis an official emergency – a significant recognition of the threat taken after considerable pressure from environment groups.’

Source: Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez move to declare climate crisis official emergency | The Guardian

‘…Coal is still the dominant source of electricity around the world, although natural gas has taken over the top spot in the U.S. But, renewables have grown rapidly over the past decade, and are on the cusp of overtaking nuclear globally.’

Source: Renewables Catching Nuclear Power In Global Energy Race | Forbes

‘Greta Thunberg and other climate activists have said it is a badge of honour that the head of the world’s most powerful oil cartel believes their campaign may be the “greatest threat” to the fossil fuel industry.’

Source: ‘Biggest compliment yet’: Greta Thunberg welcomes oil chief’s ‘greatest threat’ label | The Guardian

‘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