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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

This past week, I attended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in Hangzhou, China. In previous posts, Ive explained what the IPCC is, why this assessment cycle is crucial , and highlighted its role in climate action. Ultimately, delegates decided to postpone setting any hard deadlines.

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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

This past week, I attended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in Hangzhou, China. In previous posts, Ive explained what the IPCC is, why this assessment cycle is crucial , and highlighted its role in climate action. Ultimately, delegates decided to postpone setting any hard deadlines.

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World’s Biggest Court Opinion on Climate

Legal Planet

To recap: The unanimous opinion found that nations of the world have a legal obligation to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases or else pay reparations for the harms of climate change. Driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion,” which is weirdly what Zeldin says he’s doing, is not a way to govern.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- PennLive: Gov. Shapiro Issues Sharp Rebuke To President Over Treatment Of Ukrainian Leader; PA Home To 150,000 Ukranians -- Gov. Mastriano Considering Another Run For Governor In 2026 -- Elections -- The Center Square: Dept. Ohio- $2.80

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Oil and Gas Industry’s Mating Call Strikes a Sour Note 

Union of Concerned Scientists

API fumed (pun intended) over the announcement, even though the United States is already the world leader in LNG exports and is on track to double them by 2028. API flexes formidable political muscle, with its policy submissions to the previous Trump administration entering the regulatory record practically verbatim.

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The Pipeline Reality Check Part 1

Enviromental Defense

For decades, Alberta’s Premiers of both political leanings have bet the farm on building a pipeline – lots of pipelines, preferably from the gas fields along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, such as the Duvenay and Montney, or from the tar sands east to New Brunswick or west through BC. What Market, Exactly, Do You Mean?

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Nuclear Energy’s Unsettled Revival

Circle of Blue

As a technology that produces no climate-changing gases and uses much less water to operate, this next generation of electricity-generating reactors makes a lot of sense. Reactors produce radioactive waste that requires permanent disposal, but political opposition in Nevada has prevented the U.S.