TORNADO OUTBREAK: 32 dead as tornadoes torment from Arkansas to Delaware (AP, Washington Post $), 'High risk' weather outbreak with violent tornadoes hammers central US (Axios), Hereâs what we know about how climate change is influencing tornadoes (Washington Post $, Gizmodo), Explaining Friday's tornado outbreak and what comes next (Washington Post $), In The scene as severe storms strike parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois and other states (Washington Post $), What we know about the weekend storm damage in the midwest, south and east (New York Times $)
FOSSIL FUELED ENERGY CRISIS: Kyiv says Big Oil should pay to rebuild Ukraine's shattered infrastructure (E&E $), EU's Simson welcomes potential halt on Russian LNG imports (Reuters)
9:37 đ TO THE PETROCHEMICAL DYSTOPIA: DOJ sues Norfolk Southern over toxic train derailment in Ohio (Washington Post $, NPR, E&E $, The Hill, Washington Examiner), Norfolk Southern violated the clean water act in East Palestine disaster, DOJ lawsuit alleges (Gizmodo)
CLIMATE LITIGATION: Ecocide: Should destroying nature be an international crime? (Context)
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Small island nations âcanaries in the mineâ for climate change, says Barbados climate envoy (CNN), Loss and damage panel begins fraught work on climate fund (E&E $), Cuba defends loss and damage fund caused by climate change (Prensa Latina), EU starts planning for 2040 goals on way to climate neutrality (Bloomberg $), The tiny island nation of Vanuatu just scored a big climate win (Grist)
DENIAL & FIDUCIARY CONFLICTS: AI can spread climate misinformation âmuch cheaper and faster,â study warns (Inside Climate News), Harvard professorâs fossil fuel links under scrutiny over climate grant (The Guardian)
MORE THAN A FOOTE-NOTE: What history's hidden grandmother of climate science teaches US today (NPR)
THE KIDS ARE RESPONDING RATIONALLY: How 2 Gen Z climate leaders turn their eco-anxiety into action: âThis isnât a fad. This is the futureâ (CNBC)
GOP vs. ESG: US Republicans challenge more fund managers on ESG (Reuters, Washington Examiner), Climate row roils UN-backed group of insurers and pension funds (Reuters), Munich Re exits insurance climate group due to legal risks (Bloomberg $)
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT: Bidenâs landmark climate bill lures Chinaâs clean energy giants (Bloomberg $)
- NEWS YOU CAN USE: New electric-vehicle and home-energy tax incentives (Wall Street Journal $)
- EVs: US unveils stricter EV tax credit rules, effective April 18 (Reuters, Washington Post $), New rules will make many electric cars ineligible for tax credits (New York Times $, The Hill, AP, Bloomberg $, CNBC, Axios, Wall Street Journal $, Washington Examiner), GM sees edge in EV market from new US tax credit rules (Bloomberg $), Big questions loom around EV tax guidance (E&E News)
EPA: The EPA's watchdog is warning about oversight for billions in new climate spending (NPR)
DOE: Biden administration releases road map to scale up nuclear, hydrogen, and energy storage (Grist), How Bidenâs environmental justice plan is changing DOE (E&E News)
DOI: BLM proposes seismic shift in lands management (E&E News), Biden Interior proposes leasing public lands for conservation (CNBC)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: US government to provide $1 billion for rural renewable energy (Reuters)
WHITE HOUSE: Biden to announce 30-day coverage of Mississippi emergency costs after deadly storms (The Hill), Harris peeks at peppers on farm with climate change in mind (AP), Harris sets stage for EV mineral imports from Tanzania (E&E $), Kamala Harris issues dire climate change warning in Africa: 'Existential threat to the entire planet' (Fox News), White House to host energy summit (E&E $), Biden to push clean energy, economic agenda in Minneapolis (AP)
THE HILL: House climate hawks pitch âcleanâ permitting plan (E&E News)
POLITICS: How the climate movement learned to win in Washington (Politico), âWe donât want itâ: Why Florida Republicans oppose offshore wind (Washington Post $, E&E News)
ELECTIONS: He wrote the book on crushing âwokeism.â Now heâs running for president. (Washington Post $)
CITIES AND STATES: âWar of the statesâ: EV, chip makers lavished with subsidies (AP), Community disaster relief combats federal failures (Axios), 36 Staten Island tracts on final NY list of disadvantaged communities earmarked for climate-change funding (Staten Island Live), A green state tosses a lifeline to a major coal plant (E&E News), From water to bees, Nevada lawmakers trying to save nature (Las Vegas Review Journal), Las Vegas is counting on public lands to power its growth. Is it a good idea? (Inside Climate News), New Yorkâs new mayor has assembled a seasoned climate team. Now, the real work begins (Inside Climate News),
- NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina forges new path on net metering as other states cut rooftop solar incentives (Utility Dive), North Carolina clean transportation plan âmisses the mark,â advocates say (Energy News Network)
- KENTUCKY: Why Kentucky is dead last for wind and solar production (Inside Climate News), Kentucky PSC, AG urge FERC to reject AEPâs $2.65B sale of Kentucky operations to Algonquin Power (Utility Dive),
FERC: FERC pressed for bigger public role, deeper environmental justice analysis in energy infrastructure reviews (Utility Dive)
POLLUTION: The thread that ties the recent chemical spills together (Vox)
IMPACTS: Antarctic ice melt poses grave risk to ocean circulation, new study finds (CNN), Food risk replaces drought across western US states (FT $), New Zealand glaciers shrinking at âconfrontingâ level (Bloomberg $), Severe weather to continue unabated from March into first week of April (Yale Climate Connections), The oceans just reached their hottest temperature on record as El NiĂąo looms. Here are 6 things to watch for (CNN), The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Hereâs why (AP), Venice is saved! Woe is Venice. (New York Times $)
- HAPPISBURGH: A medieval English village is being swallowed by the sea (Bloomberg $), The UKâs first climate refugees: Why more defences may not save this village from rising sea levels (The Conversation)
- CALIFORNIA: California snowpack reaches all-time high after 17 atmospheric rivers (Axios, The Hill), Climate whiplash â wildfires, flash floods, landslides â leaves a corner of L.A. County reeling (LA Times $), Hereâs where Californiaâs remarkably wet year is bringing welcome recovery (LA Times $)
- THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Did climate change make Gwyneth Paltrow's ski crash worse? (Gizmodo)
HEAT: India predicts a hotter summer, raising power supply worries (Bloomberg $)
DEFORESTATION: Why deforestation means less rain in tropical forests (NPR)
RENEWABLES: Puerto Rico solar switch a life and death matter -US energy chief (Reuters), Giant roofs on big-box stores, warehouses still have unmet solar potential (Bloomberg $), Green energy is stuck at a financial red light (Wall Street Journal $), Solar is now viable even in rainy climes â so why arenât we making hay? (The Guardian)
BATTERIES: Lithium is becoming more crucial in a warming world, but Maineâs huge deposits may never be mined because of environmental concerns (Boston Globe $)
BUILDINGS: 6 things to know about heat pumps, a climate solution in a box (NPR), Meet the award-winning architect building flat-pack homes for flood victims (CNN)
EFFICIENCY: Southeast overlooks energy efficiency as a climate tool, report finds (WFAE)
OIL & GAS: Saudis, other oil giants announce surprise production cuts (Politico, Wall Street Journal $)
PLASTICS: American cities want to recycle their plastic trash in Mexico. Critics call it âwaste colonialism.â (Grist)
COAL: Coal India surpasses annual output target for first time in 17 years (Reuters)
HYDROGEN: Threat of hydrogen greenwashing stalks Europeâs net zero plans (Bloomberg $)
EVs: Considering an EV? Hereâs what to know about the new tax credits (CNN), GM plans to phase out Apple CarPlay in EVs, with Google's help (Reuters), Good luck figuring out what your new electric car will actually cost (TIME)
- YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT: How a dead pro basketball league is electrifying truck stops (Axios)
DIRECT ACTION: Four climate activists convicted of causing public nuisance, but no jail term (The Guardian)
AGRICULTURE: British cows could be given âmethane blockersâ to cut climate emissions (The Guardian)
ART: Lowestoft murals to inspire climate change action (BBC)
BUSINESSES: Microsoft pushes to squeeze all it can from the last of its climate fund (Bloomberg $)
SPORT: Football kit redesigns highlight climate change (BBC)
MUSIC: Can music inspire more people to care about climate change? (LA Times $)
IN MEMORIAM: Peterson Zah, 85, Navajo Nationâs first president, dies (New York Times $)
WILDLIFE: Pacific walruses fight to survive in the rapidly warming Arctic (Inside Climate News), Trout-stocking programs could aid fish populations as the climate warms (Yale Climate Connections), Weather whiplash: How climate change killed thousands of migratory birds (Salon), California salmon stocks are crashing. A fishing ban looks certain. (New York Times $)
INTERNATIONAL: As summer looms, India orders coal power plants to max out (AP), Australia sees lithium exports matching thermal coal by 2028 (Bloomberg $), Climate activists dye Spanish Steps fountain water black (CNN), Electric moto-taxi deal aims to clear the air in Uganda capital (Bloomberg $), New oilfield in the North Sea would blow the UKâs carbon budget (The Guardian), No more room for vroom? Paris votes on banishing e-scooters (AP), South Africa pushes to delay coal plant closures (Bloomberg $), Switzerland plans to expand power plant network, energy minister says (Reuters)