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In 'Historic Victory' for Oceans, Norway Pauses Controversial Deep-Sea Mining Plans | Common Dreams "We will not let this industry destroy the unique life in the deep sea, not in the Arctic, nor anywhere else," one campaigner said.

In 'Historic Victory' for Oceans, Norway Pauses Controversial Deep-Sea Mining Plans.
“We will not let this industry destroy the unique life in the deep sea, not in the Arctic, nor anywhere else,” one campaigner said.
www.commondreams.org/news/norway-...

Trump's new lower fuel-economy rules will make cars cheaper, White House says It's the latest in a series of rollbacks of Biden-era policies by the administration.

New fuel economy rules will drive down car prices, White House says.
www.axios.com/2025/12/03/t... #FossilFuels

Tesla Warns UK Over Easing EV Rules, Says It Poses Risks to Climate Targets | EV Newly disclosed documents indicate that Tesla privately cautioned the UK government that loosening EV regulations would affect fully electric sales and threaten the country’s climate targets.

Tesla Warns UK Over Easing EV Rules, Says It Poses Risks to Climate Targets.
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Poll shows strong support for solar in Ohio The majority of respondents to the poll conducted by an Ohio Northern University Institute believe that solar farms have a positive impact on the economic, environmental and quality of life in Ohio, a...

Poll shows strong support for solar in Ohio.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/03/p...

🌿 When sustainability becomes maintenance, not sacrifice Why Germany’s €6 billion plan to pay industries not to pollute signals a deeper shift in what “progress” really means.

When sustainability becomes maintenance, not sacrifice.
medium.com/p/when-susta...

How Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Is Dominating You With Dirty Energy Raising costs, killing the climate, helping China — it’s a Trump trifecta

How Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Is Dominating You With Dirty Energy open.substack.com/pub/contrari... @timdickinson.bsky.social

Over 150 Religious Orgs Endorse Salvadoran Mining Ban Reversed by Bukele | Common Dreams A joint letter expresses "steadfast support for the people of El Salvador and their religious institutions and leaders who are struggling to maintain their country’s historic ban on metal mining...so ...

Over 150 Religious Orgs Endorse Salvadoran Mining Ban Reversed by Bukele www.commondreams.org/news/el-salv...

"Since the April election, federal officials have recorded more than 220 meetings with oil and gas lobbyists — more meetings than days. The immense lobbying push was reflected in the federal budget, and continues to shape federal priorities."

Lawmakers challenge Trump changes to rural energy grants Legislation would undo administration changes to the Rural Energy for America Program.

Lawmakers challenge Trump changes to rural energy grants.
www.eenews.net/articles/law...
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Sustainability sentiment today: A shift to discouraged but resolute Sustainability executives report more positive and less negative sentiment, a year since Donald Trump was elected to a second term.

Mood check: Sustainability professionals today are discouraged but resolute.
trellis.net/article/sust... via @trellisgroup.bsky.social

Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In? - CleanTechnica Mann offers a roadmap against an "ecocidal agenda" driven by plutocrats, polluters, petrostates, propagandists, and much of the press.

Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In?
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/29/m... #ClimateCrisis
@cleantechnica.bsky.social

Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog - Inside Climate News The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State.

Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog.
The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State. insideclimatenews.org/news/2911202...

'Sellout of the Century': Canada PM Carney Ripped Over Tar Sands Pipeline Deal | Common Dreams “We will use every tool in our toolbox to ensure that this pipeline does not go ahead,” said one First Nations leader after the deal struck between PM Mark Carney and the Conservative premier of Alber...

'Sellout of the Century': Canada PM Carney Ripped Over Tar Sands Pipeline Deal. www.commondreams.org/news/canada-...

EU Commission's simplifications were unjustified, EU Ombudsman says The EU's corporate watchdog found the European Commission's decision to re-open the bloc's due diligence law without climate assessments amounted to malpractice.

EU Ombudsman says Commission guilty of maladministration in opening up climate laws.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Emergency response needed to prevent climate breakdown, warn experts Scientists sounded the alarm on the dire consequences of continued inaction at a briefing in London, warning that we could be heading for "unprecedented societal and ecological collapse"

“I’m scared for my own life and future. And I’m absolutely terrified for that of my son. And you should be, too,” said @hughmontgomery.bsky.social #climate

www.newscientist.com/article/2506...

Giving Thanks on an Endangered Earth | Common Dreams ​So many of us are now searching for a bridge to the world we need. I’m thankful that we’re searching together and for the possibilities we may find.

Giving Thanks on an Endangered Earth
www.commondreams.org/opinion/than...

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition - Inside Climate News It’s not often that the governors of California and Florida are on the same page, but this week they’re aligned in opposition to the White House’s latest plan to expand offshore oil drilling near both...

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition.
California and Florida lawmakers oppose the plan. It’s the latest in the president’s doubling down on fossil fuels, and a rare example of Republican pushback. insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...

Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, in an unprecedented move, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency gave up d...

Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives cleantechnica-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/cleantec...

This Ohio County Banned Wind and Solar. Now, Residents Are Pushing Back. Richland County forbade large-scale renewable energy in most townships. Next May, voters will have a chance to reject the rules in a first-of-its-kind referendum.

This Ohio County Banned Wind and Solar. Now, Residents Are Pushing Back. www.theenergymix.com/this-ohio-co...

Trump’s plan for drilling off California and Florida faces bipartisan opposition His "idiotic proposal" is "dead in the water," says Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Trump’s plan for drilling off California and Florida faces bipartisan opposition. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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YouTube video by Documentary To Sleep How Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Invented Western Civilization | Documentary To Sleep

How Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Invented Western Civilization.
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The Final Score At COP30 — Fossil Fuels: 1600, Earth: 0 - CleanTechnica The results of COP 30 are in and the environment lost big time at this year's conference in Brazil, thanks to fossil fuel lobbying.

The Final Score At COP30 — Fossil Fuels: 1600, Earth: 0 cleantechnica.com/2025/11/23/t... @cleantechnica.bsky.social

The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat Here is my essay for this week's Tomdispatch.com. Don't miss Tom Engelhardt's canny introduction, in which he points to Donald Trump's climate denialism as a context for that of his 'billionaire buddi...

The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat www.juancole.com/2025/11/hurr... via @jricole.bsky.social

Developing nations push for climate action and debt relief at G20 summit in South Africa Poorer nations at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have urged world leaders to address climate action and debt issues affecting the developing world.

Developing nations push for climate action and debt relief at G20 summit in South Africa.
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Trump faces rare rift with Florida Republicans over offshore drilling plan.
thehill.com/policy/energ...

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition - Inside Climate News It’s not often that the governors of California and Florida are on the same page, but this week they’re aligned in opposition to the White House’s latest plan to expand offshore oil drilling near both...

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition.
California and Florida lawmakers oppose the plan. It’s the latest in the president’s doubling down on fossil fuels, and a rare example of Republican pushback. insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...

COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action - Inside Climate News BELÉM, Brazil—After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in the final conference documents published Sat...

COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action.
Offering no new plans to cut fossil fuels, the UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...

Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End

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“Petrostates and their political allies are doing everything they can to try to stop the world from making progress on solving the climate crisis” Some progress but mostly stalemate on the biggest issues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...

BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout A dramatic, last-minute intervention by Colombia at the closing session of the COP30 climate summit Saturday afternoon failed to derail what one veteran negotiator called an “empty deal” on countries’...

BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout. www.theenergymix.com/breaking-emp...

‘The Amazon insisted on being heard’: seven key takeaways from Cop30 After talks come close to collapse, the deal represents steps, rather than leaps, forward on tackling climate crisis

‘The Amazon insisted on being heard’: seven key takeaways from Cop30.
After talks come close to collapse, the deal represents steps, rather than leaps, forward on tackling climate crisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...