INTRODUCTION TO COP: Leaders push for climate action, fossil tax at UN talks (AP), At COP27, climate change framed as battle for survival (Reuters), Climate summit aims to convince nations to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions (NPR), COP27 Climate talks must wrench attention from competing crises (Reuters), Earth's "distress signal" for COP27 (Axios), FAQ: what's at stake at the COP27 global climate negotiations (NPR), The dramatic, agonising, crucial talks that will decide COP27’s success (The Guardian), This has quickly become the key issue at COP27 – and the most difficult to resolve (CNN), UN's COP27 climate change conference begins in Egypt (CBS), UN chief warns of ‘highway to climate hell’ as Al Gore condemns ‘culture of death’ (The Guardian, AP, The Hill, BBC, Reuters), We have the collective capacity to transform,' says Mia Mottley at COP27 (The Guardian), What are they saying at the climate summit? (Reuters), A climate change report card for the world (Washington Post $), ‘A reason to act faster’: World leaders meet on climate amid other crises (New York Times $), Here’s what to expect on Tuesday at the climate talks in Egypt. (New York Times $)
LOSS & DAMAGE: Cop-out: who's liable for climate change destruction? (NPR), Developing countries want climate reparations. here's what it could cost (NPR), How countries compare on carbon emissions and pledges (Energy Monitor), How payouts for climate damage fit into COP27’s trillion-dollar fight (Bloomberg $), Loss and damage issue keeps us COP27 negotiators wrangling late into the night (The Guardian), Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27 (AP), US works on plan for companies to fund emerging nations’ fossil fuel switch (FT $), Will COP27 see progress on 'loss and damage' from climate change? (Context, explainer), It’s official: climate reparations are on the agenda at this year’s un climate conference (Grist), Switzerland is paying poorer nations to cut emissions on its behalf (New York Times $), Developing countries ‘will need $2T a year in climate funding by 2030’ (The Guardian), Loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs (AP), The fight for the biggest polluters to pay for the damage wrought by the climate crisis (The Independent), U.N. climate talks off to tense start as nations feud over damage (Washington Post $)
CLIMATE FINANCE: A new push for business to help pay for climate-change solutions (New York Times $), As COP27 begins, US seeks billions in carbon credits to wean developing countries off fossil fuels (Wall Street Journal $), Climate conference opens with calls to share the financial burden (Politico), Clipped green claims at COP27 might signal progress (Wall Street Journal $), IMF chief says $75/ton carbon price needed by 2030 (Reuters), Money speaks louder than ever at this week’s UN climate negotiations (Vox), UK pledges more than $115 mln to developing economies to tackle climate change (Reuters),WTO should attack trade barriers to low-carbon transition: chief (Reuters)
USA: New US message on climate change: Make China pay (Politico), Global leaders have a climate credibility problem - former US Vice President Al Gore (Reuters), Why America’s climate law is causing rifts at COP27 (E&E News), House Republicans to push nuclear power, natural gas at COP27 (Washington Post $)
EGYPT: COP27 attendees warned Egypt may use app to spy on critics and silence dissent (Democracy Now), Egypt accused of 'greenwashing' rights record as it hosts UN climate conference (NBC), Egypt keeps tight grip on protests as host of COP27 climate conference (Wall Street Journal $), Egypt's rights abuses and surveillance concerns loom over COP27 (Axios), Even as Egypt hosts climate summit, selling fossil fuels is a priority (New York Times $), Wifi in Egypt blocks human rights and key news websites (The Guardian)
HUNGER STRIKE: Family fear Egypt activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah "bound to die in prison" as he rejects food, water for COP27 (CBS), Hunger strike of jailed Egyptian-British activist may dominate the COP27 summit, Amnesty chief warns (CNN), Hunger striker's sister flies in to Egypt COP27 to campaign for his release (Reuters), Jailed British-Egyptian activist escalates hunger strike by refusing water as COP27 gets underway (CNBC)
UK: UK's Rishi Sunak says climate and energy security go hand in hand (Reuters), Rishi Sunak urges global push on 'clean growth' (BBC), Sunak says it is ‘morally right’ for UK to honour climate pledges (The Guardian), Sunak: Putin’s war is ‘a reason to act faster’ on climate (The Hill), King Charles III Got the Inside Scoop About COP27 at a Buckingham Palace reception (Vanity Fair)
EUROPE: Dutch to boost climate funding to developing nations, PM says (Reuters), World on ‘highway to climate hell with foot on the accelerator’, UN head warns (The Scotsman), Meloni says Italy will stick to Paris climate targets (Reuters), Germany, Belgium pledge funds to tackle climate 'loss and damage' (Reuters)
AFRICA: Can COP27 convince Africa to ditch gas in green energy transition? (Context)
UAE: UAE says will carry on pumping oil responsibly (Reuters)
BARBADOS: Barbados PM launches blistering attack on rich nations at COP27 climate talks (The Guardian)
UNITED NATIONS: UN leader warns climate change is close to the ‘point of no return’ (New York Times $), UN plan would help warn people in vulnerable countries about climate threats (NPR)
FOOD (IN)SECURITY: Major food firms detail plans to eliminate deforestation by 2025 (Reuters), Coke is a sponsor of the climate summit in Egypt. Some activists aren’t happy. (New York Times $)
FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION: Which countries will push to end fossil fuel production? And which won’t? (The Conversation), The world is falling short of its climate goals. Four big emitters show why. (New York Times $)
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MEDIA: MSNBC cuts ties unexpectedly with weekend host Tiffany Cross (Variety, Washington Post $, The Root, NewsOne), Tiffany Cross ‘disheartened’ by MSNBC ouster, says ‘my work is not done’ (Variety, The Root), Joy Reid, Melissa Harris-Perry and other Black journalists speak out about tiffany cross' abrupt MSNBC exit (The Root)
BOOKMARK & SAVE: Oh FFS: A guide to climate change acronyms (The New Humanitarian)
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT: Is it 'I.R.A.' or 'Ira'? Advocates are split. (E&E $), Michigan utility provides glimpse of climate law's impact (E&E $)
SCOTUS: 'A tombstone no one can miss': Gorsuch seeks to bury Chevron (E&E $)
EPA: Nearly 2,700 pet deaths linked to pesticide-laced collars (E&E $)
DOE: What challenges will confront DOE loan program for energy retrofits? (Canary Media)
DOI: Interior review of Va. offshore wind farm expected this year (E&E $)
WHITE HOUSE: How long will Biden’s climate Cabinet stick around? (E&E News), Kerry, major companies in talks for fund to transition developing nations off fossil fuels (The Hill)
- CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Will Biden and China’s Xi meet and talk climate in Bali? (Washington Post $)
HOUSE: Conservatives urge McCarthy to disband climate committee (E&E $)
SENATE: If GOP wins Senate, Boozman set to take helm of ag panel (AP)
POLITICS: Republicans eye the SEC’s climate-related disclosure regulations, should they take control of Congress (Inside Climate News)
ELECTIONS: Oil crackdown emerges as winning strategy for Colo. governor (E&E News), 17 House races that matter as Republicans eye victory (E&E $), Biden, Trump and Obama talk energy in Pa. (E&E $), Climate action ballot initiatives for Election Day 2022 (Utility Dive), Democrats struggle to avert statehouse red wave (E&E $), Energy issues prominent in midterm closing arguments (E&E News), Energy sticker shock grabs spotlight before midterms (Wall Street Journal $), Key midterm races to watch for agriculture (Politico Pro $), Many environmentalists are voting in their first midterm election. Could that swing close races? (NBCLX), Sky-high electricity is Biden’s new pain point before elections (Bloomberg $), What candidates say (and don’t say) on their campaign websites (Texas Climate News), Gordon, seeking reelection, points to Wyoming improvements (AP)
CITIES AND STATES AND DISENFRANCHISED COLONIAL TERRITORIES: After a year of extreme floods and severe drought, what is Missouri doing about climate change? (PBS NewsHour), What hurricanes taught Puerto Rico about feeding itself (New York Times $), Fracking, abortion, and the challenge of raising a family in Southwestern Pennsylvania (Grist), Wisconsin advocates push to ensure $700 million in water infrastructure improvements go to those who need it most (Inside Climate News)
- CALIFORNIA: California settles with firm in Volkswagen emissions scandal (AP)
FERC: FERC interconnection reform proposal poses a barrier to Colorado joining an RTO: PUC Chair Blank (Utility Dive)
IMPACTS: Battling coastal erosion on eastern seaboard (Good Morning America), How climate change, rising sea levels are transforming coastlines around the world (ABC), To see climate risks your home faces, check out two new tools (The Verge), What will the world look like at 1.5 degrees Celsius? (Context)
HEAT: November feels like September as warm weather shatters records in east (Washington Post $)
WILDFIRES: Election week storm in California will effectively end fire season (Washington Post $, AP)
HURRICANES: Subtropical Storm Nicole takes aim at Bahamas, Florida (Yale Climate Connections, Axios, AP), Ocean-eaten islands, fire-scarred forests: our changing world in pictures (New York Times $), US: Federal aid to Florida for Hurricane Ian tops $2B (AP)
DROUGHT: Climate change could dry up hydropower in some regions (Yale Climate Connections), Their lagoons languishing, precious Spanish wetlands go dry (AP)
BILLIONAIRES: Billionaires are funding climate destruction (Gizmodo)
CHOLERA: Rights group: Turkey water cuts worsen Syria cholera problem (AP)
RENEWABLES: Proposal to place solar panels over LA Aqueduct advances (Whittier Daily News), Mass. rejects offshore wind farm's bid for delay (E&E $), TotalEnergies leads Shell, BP in renewables race, but shares sag (Reuters)
BATTERIES: Auto companies want feds to clear the battery fog (E&E News), Green Investment Group to launch battery storage platform (Reuters)
GAS STOVES: Are gas stoves the new cigarettes? (New Republic)
METHANE: Mexico's Pemex had a plan to fix its flaring problem, but abandoned it (Reuters), PEMEX abandons plan to fix flaring problem (Mexico Daily Post)
OIL & GAS: Biden courted oil companies before threatening them with windfall tax (Washington Post $)
PLASTICS: Lawsuits against the plastics industry for health and environmental harm could exceed $20 billion by 2030 (Environmental Health News), The myth of ‘home-compostable’ plastics (Grist)
NUKES: Coal-addicted Poland is going nuclear with US help. It’ll be a test for both nations. (HuffPost)
HYDROGEN: Midwest alliance eyes DOE funding for clean hydrogen hub (E&E $), New law provides hydrogen’s biggest boost yet (Yale Climate Connections)
UTILITIES: Dominion Energy launches ‘top-to-bottom’ review of businesses (Utility Dive), Duke Energy greenlights sale of $4B commercial renewable energy unit amid ‘robust’ interest (Utility Dive)
GRID: The US power grid has an oversight gap: Small power line spending (Politico Pro $)
EVs: Foxconn plans to invest $170 million in EV truck maker Lordstown Motors (Wall Street Journal $) Italian EV startup takes on US, Chinese rivals with design (AP)
CRYPTO: North Dakota’s ‘cleanest crypto’ claim ignores state’s fossil fuel-powered grid (Energy News Network)
ARTSY ACTIVISM: Climate protestors step up their art attacks, targeting a Van Gogh painting in Rome and two Goyas in Madrid this weekend (Artnet), How museums aim to stop food-throwing, climate-change protesters (Wall Street Journal $)
WOO ANON: National Park Service begs visitors: please stop licking these psychedelic toads (HuffPost, New York Times $, New York Post, NPR, The Guardian)
BOOZE: At Chile wine gala, climate change and water use in focus (Reuters)
AGRICULTURE: New evidence shows pesticides contain PFAS, and the scale of contamination is unknown (Civil Eats)
FILM: 'The Oil Machine' review – timely documentary details our dependence on ‘black gold’ (The Guardian)
FINANCE: Gender equality 'essential' to climate finance, investors say (E&E $)
WILDLIFE: As planet heats, Brazil's anteaters face rising extinction risk (Context)
INTERNATIONAL: African solutions: Lagos art fair tackles climate and culture (Reuters), Net zero sceptics set to meet climate adviser reviewing target (BBC), Macron to pressure France’s most climate-damaging industries (AP)
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