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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 4h
…had blocked based on its environmental impact. The road would open remote areas to mining companies including Trilogy. Lauren Fedor
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 4h
US government to take 10% stake in Canada’s Trilogy Metals-
The $35.6mn investment in Trilogy Metals Inc was announced on Monday as the White House approved the Ambler Road project, which the Biden administration…
www.ft.com/content/8951... Camilla Hodgson @financialtimes.com
US government to take 10% stake in Canada’s Trilogy Metals
Alaskan road project opening remote areas for mining approved as US looks to break dependency on China for critical resources
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 7h
…the end of tax credits for green developments. Permits for wind and solar projects on federal land or waters have also been suspended.
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 7h
Global solar and wind power surges despite US green cuts under Trump—The IEA said a major factor in the US downgrade was President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which has sped up… www.ft.com/content/2fa6... Rachel Millard @financialtimes.com
Global solar and wind power surges despite US green cuts under Trump
Renewable energy held back in world’s biggest economy while growing in India, the Middle East and Africa
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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 17h
The Trump Regime's National Energy Dominance Council provides "concierge, white glove service" for the oil industry, while wind sand solar projects are blocked. And even with the hand holding, the oil ind is hemorrhaging jobs www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says
Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 14h
In September, SC staff & volunteers traveled to D.C. to participate in Wilderness Week to ask Congress to protect our public lands, support the Roadless Area Conservation Act, and safeguard park rangers & other stewards of shared lands.  
sc.org/RACA
sc.org/LandsAction
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 13h
Almost like there is rapidly diminishing demand for coal! www.latimes.com/environment/...
Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest U.S. coal sale in over a decade
A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 14h
Amazing to see solar generate a record 39% of California’s electricity from January through July. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Solar is crushing gas power in California this year
The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 17h
…like paper, glass and metal. Despite the chasing-arrows symbol printed or stamped on products, most plastics are not recyclable, and only about 5% of plastic waste in the U.S. is recycled. @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 17h
It’s time we confront the ugly truth about plastic recycling—For decades, the plastics industry — i.e., the fossil fuel industry — has misled consumers, claiming that its products are recyclable. But plastic is not… www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... @hollykaufman.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
It’s time we confront the ugly truth about plastic recycling
OPINION: “Recycling doesn’t address any of plastic’s human and environmental impacts. It’s essentially another form of plastic production, one that usually hurts low-income communities.”
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 1d
…how to raise climate finance from polluting industries including aviation. The challenge is immense. @attractamooney.bsky.social
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 1d
How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel-
Next month, governments will gather in Brazil for the latest UN climate meeting, where one of the issues on the agenda will be…
www.ft.com/content/4e8d... @kenzabryan.ft.com @financialtimes.com
How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel
A renewed push for economic growth has added to technological challenges and problems with carbon offset schemes
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: Trump is moving to kill all funding for proposed Texas and Louisiana mega-hubs to capture CO₂ from the atmosphere

The bipartisan-backed hubs represented a rare clean tech industry where the US was on the cutting edge

by @emilypont.bsky.social for @heatmap.news

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Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana
A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by 2021 infrastructure law.
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 1d
Climate Forward: Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal—As the United States moves swiftly away from policies that address climate change, renewables are making big gains in the rest of the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/c... @hclairebrown.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d
Well, folks, personal news: After 7 years, today is my last day with @latimes.com.

It's been a privilege working with some of the world's best journalists at my hometown paper. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported my work.

I'm not done telling climate stories. More news to come.
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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 1d
DOE appears set to terminate tens of millions in funding for Project Cypress and South Texas Direct Air Capture Hub, the two big projects in the US DAC Hubs program.
The US is set to cancel funding for two major direct-air capture plants
he terminations cut tens of millions of dollars that Climeworks, Heirloom, Oxy and others were depending on to develop carbon removal projects in Louisiana and Texas.
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Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 1d
This is a moment of world-historical importance:
"Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year - a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
www.bbc.com
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d
Major milestone: global energy production from renewables surpasses coal for the first time. @ember-energy.org @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 1d
A report from two nonprofits found that 25 of the 37 nominees to federal environmental positions had ties to polluting industries, like oil, gas, and mining. The report explicitly links individuals within the Trump Administration to fossil fuel companies.
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A Better Bay Area @sustainablebayarea.bsky.social · 1d
Oakland lost its legal battle against coal. So when could coal trains start running?— @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social was among the environmental groups that have legally challenged the proposal since 2015… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @taraduggan.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com
Oakland lost its legal battle against coal. So when could coal trains start running?
The city of Oakland just lost its legal battle to stop a coal terminal from being built. Here’s what residents can expect.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d
All the kings horses and all the kings men .... Last coal plant in New England shuts down years ahead of scheduled retirement despite Trump Admin efforts to prop up coal. @canarymedia.com @sierraclub.org
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
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Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social · 1d
Private equity is buying up energy utilities: but will this multibillion dollar bet on powering the AI boom pay off for investors and what will it do to residential power prices? Read @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4pZWeXs
Private equity bets big on utilities
[FREE TO READ] Investors seek to profit from rising energy demand driven by AI data centres
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 2d
…following a surge in oil prices following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Last year the company dropped its 2035 target of a 45 per cent reduction in net carbon intensity, citing the “uncertainty in the pace of change in the energy transition”.
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 2d
Shell says Trump administration’s attacks on wind projects harm investment-Shell has weakened some of its climate and energy transition targets under chief executive Wael Sawan, who took the helm in January 2023…
www.ft.com/content/7e3a... @jamiesmythft.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Shell says Trump administration’s attacks on wind projects harm investment
Energy company’s American head also says Shell will not ‘step away’ from diversity, equity and inclusion policy
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 2d
…its costs are falling much slower than anticipated, casting doubts on the nascent technique’s role in tackling climate change. Rachel Millard