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

Union of Concerned Scientists

The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

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Morocco: Energy and chemical giants sign important clean energy and infrastructure deal

A Greener Life

The partnership between the two companies and countries was sealed during French President Emmanuel Macron ‘s visit to the influential Moroccan city of Rabat, where several business agreements were signed to improve political ties between the two countries. By 2040, it aims to be fully carbon neutral.

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“What We Do Matters:” UCLA’s Charging Ahead Symposium

Legal Planet

Part of that is, I think, an overreading of the election results, thinking that affordability means all environmental policies are to be slowed or scrapped, or a willingness to lean toward Trumps side of the issue, Segall said, calling it a catastrophic political misperception. said Martinez.

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Republican Attack on Science Targets Water Research that Benefits All

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The GOPs move against the National Science Foundation is part of a broader Republican rejection of federally funded climate and environmental science that does not align with the partys political and cultural aims. Lucks said that the projects funding, which was initially approved through 2028, has not yet been cut.

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President Trump Wants Coal Ash in State Hands

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In 2015, after weighing the evidence it had, the Obama White House and the EPA broke through political impediments and finally established the first federal rules to close particularly menacing dumps and dispose of ash in modern, lined landfills. Featured Image: Calaveras Power Station is situated on the Calaveras Lake near San Antonio.

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The “Big Beautiful Bill” is One Damn Dirty Deal

Legal Planet

Curtis argued in a recent Deseret News op-ed , that the bill must not end all clean energy tax credits because “we simply cannot afford to treat good policy ideas as guilty by political association.” AI is estimated to increase data centers’ energy use from 4 to 12% by 2028, the Energy Department says, often by burning more natural gas.