Lethal heat will make Australia's north 'unliveable'

— Australia's leading news site
Australia's north will be “unliveable” in the coming decades because the heat and humidity will be so intense that it will be deadly for humans

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/northern-parts-of-australia-to-suffer-from-lethal-heat-in-coming-decades/news-story/f8797d1f6a447393cf876e5e27868dca

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Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment: Report

A new analysis report by Wood Mackenzie estimates that a projected $1 trillion in low carbon energy investments would be in jeopardy if Donald Trump is re-elected as the president in the November 5 election

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/trump-presidency-would-risk-1-trillion-in-clean-energy-investment-report-2540149-2024-05-17

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Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment: Report

A new analysis report by Wood Mackenzie estimates that a projected $1trillionin low carbonenergyinvestments would be in jeopardy if Donald Trump is re-elected as the president in the November 5 election

^{Reuters (India Today)}

Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase "climate" eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warming

https://www.indiatoday.in/environment/story/florida-governor-deletes-climate-change-from-state-laws-amid-rising-sea-levels-2539843-2024-05-16

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Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase quotclimatequot eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warming

^{India Today Environment Desk (India Today)}

Missing the forest for the trees: The role of forests in Earth's climate goes far beyond carbon storage

The fragrant vapors emitted by trees react in the atmosphere to form aerosols, which reflect incoming solar radiation and cool the Earth

https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/missing-the-forest-for-the-trees-the-role-of-forests-in-earths-climate-goes-far-beyond-carbon-storage/

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Missing the forest for the trees: The role of forests in Earth’s climate goes far beyond carbon storage - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The fragrant vapors emitted by trees react in the atmosphere to form aerosols, which reflect incoming solar radiation and cool the Earth.

^{Jessica McKenzie (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)}

Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx8qv1nvdppo

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Climate change: Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers

Scientists say the South American nation's last glacier is now just an ice field.

^{Aleks Phillips (BBC News)}

Vermont passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for damages from climate change

The legislation — the first of its kind in the U.S. — would require companies with high emissions to help pay for destruction caused by climate-fueled extreme weather

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/vermont-climate-superfund-bill-charge-companies-weather-damages-rcna150243

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Vermont passes bill to charge fossil-fuel companies for climate damages

Vermont lawmakers have passed a so-called "Climate Superfund Act" designed to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage from weather disasters fueled by climate change.

^{Maura Barrett (NBC News)}

France Crafts Offshore Wind Expansion to Meet Climate Goals
Julianne Geiger
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France has revealed an ambitious strategy to amplify its offshore wind capacity, signaling a determined effort to make as much progress as neighboring nations in meeting climate objectives

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/France-Crafts-Offshore-Wind-Expansion-to-Meet-Climate-Goals.html

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France Crafts Offshore Wind Expansion to Meet Climate Goals

^{Julianne Geiger (Oilprice.com)}