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Gasoline use isn’t falling fast enough. Targeting ‘superusers’ could help.
America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.
Taking the clean-energy debate to Capitol Hill
Nearly 30 Citizens' Climate Lobby volunteers from 14 districts in Florida will join over 800 other volunteers to advocate for ...
Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins
Some estimate the carbon footprint of a generative AI query to be four to five times higher than that of ...
Sierra Club: JEA plan impractical, doesn’t do enough to reduce dependence on fossil fuels
JEA’s vision seems shortsighted and largely disconnected from the reality of global climate change.
Despairing about climate change? These 4 charts on the unstoppable growth of solar may change your mind
Solar is now growing fast enough to completely displace fossil fuels from the entire global economy before 2050.
Biden’s strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants
The proposed regulations attempt to thread the needle between meeting the Biden administration’s climate commitments and avoiding another court defeat
Attorney General Moody defends the fossil-fuel industry, not Florida
Moody has collaborated with other Republican state attorneys general to block efforts to curb carbon pollution.
‘Too late to turn back’ – a professor at the University of Miami details the severity of sea-level rise
"We’re most certainly in for 20, 30 feet of sea level rise no matter what we do," said Harold Wanless, ...
Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says
This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. By Joseph Winters, Grist Current and future risks ...