Two scientists say they’ve built a tool that can calculate how much damage each oil company’s planet-warming pollution has caused

Nicolás Rivero writes on the Washington Post website about a new tool that two scientists have built to calculate damage from carbon emissions. Climate advocates hope this sort of model could result in court rulings that make polluters pay. The oil and gas industry contests the science. Scientists say they can calculate the cost … Continue reading Two scientists say they’ve built a tool that can calculate how much damage each oil company’s planet-warming pollution has caused →

Labour unions, and not oil companies, played the leading role in killing a bill that would have let disaster victims in California sue for causing climate change

Ryan Sabalow writes on the CalMatters website about Big Oil’s most influential allies in California, the unions, in killing a measure that had support from nearly every California environmental organisation. How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change Oil companies had their hackles up this year … Continue reading Labour unions, and not oil companies, played the leading role in killing a bill that would have let disaster victims in California sue for causing climate change →

As the US federal government moves to eliminate climate rules, companies still face pressure to be better stewards of the planet

Ethan I. Thorpe, Fellow at Private Climate Governance Lab, Vanderbilt University; Michael Vandenbergh, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University; and Zdravka Tzankova, Associate Professor of the Practice in Climate & Environmental Studies, Vanderbilt University write on The Conversation about the climate challenges that American companies still face. … Continue reading As the US federal government moves to eliminate climate rules, companies still face pressure to be better stewards of the planet →

Trump’s new trade war upsets efforts to tackle the urgent issue of climate change

In an article on The Conversation website, Rakesh Gupta, Associate Professor of Accounting & Finance, Charles Darwin University, discusses the impact of the latest trade war on climate change. It does not include the latest changes in the past few days but it does give a good overview of the impact. What Donald Trump’s … Continue reading Trump’s new trade war upsets efforts to tackle the urgent issue of climate change →

US EPA causing serious problems for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organisations stymied by the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. In an article on the Inside Climate News website, Marianne Lavelle and Dan Gearino detail what is going on and the … Continue reading US EPA causing serious problems for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund →

Energy in Demand News, March 30, 2025

The latest Eurobarometer survey (the European Parliament Winter 2025 Survey), published this week, shows that Europeans “have high expectations from the EU in its role to protect them against global challenges and security risks. Large majorities are looking for an EU that protects them by focussing on security, defence, and the economy. There is wide … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 30, 2025 →

Action is needed now: “there is no way to “adapt” to temperatures beyond human tolerance”

Günther Thallinger from Allianz SE has written a powerful article on LinkedIn. As one commentator said: “This devastating analysis from a global insurance leader sets out not just the financial but also the civilisational threat posed by climate change.” Another said that insurance is the “canary in the mine”; the early warning system for what … Continue reading Action is needed now: “there is no way to “adapt” to temperatures beyond human tolerance” →

Energy in Demand News, March 23-24, 2025

Undoubtedly, executives of big companies are as pleased as could be. Many big companies have started to drop climate goals from executive pay plans, as reported by the Financial Times (behind a paywall). For example, the Swiss bank UBS’s annual report this week dropped language that linked executives’ pay to environmental, social and governance goals … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 23-24, 2025 →

The American beef industry knew that raising cattle was a significant source of planet-warming emissions as early as 1989

New research finds the industry’s campaigns to confuse the public about beef’s climate impact go back longer than previously recognised. Georgina Gustin discusses the findings in an article on the National Observer website. The American beef Industry understood its climate impact decades ago The American beef industry knew that raising cattle was a significant source … Continue reading The American beef industry knew that raising cattle was a significant source of planet-warming emissions as early as 1989 →

Since the 1950s the Pentagon has poured support into climate and cold-region research to boost the national defense

In a fascinating article on The Conversation website, Paul Bierman, Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment, Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Vermont writes about the attention the US military has given to climate change. The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – … Continue reading Since the 1950s the Pentagon has poured support into climate and cold-region research to boost the national defense →