‘Green News Report’ – December 14, 2023

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IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: World’s nations strike historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28 U.N. climate conference; PLUS: Dramatic changes underway in the Arctic, thanks to climate change… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!

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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): COP28: the science is clear — fossil fuels must go; Experts at odds over result of UN climate talks in Dubai; How will El Nino affect the US this winter?; CA wants farmers to capture methane from cow manure, neighbors say no, thanks; Millions infected with Dengue this year in new record amid hotter temperatures; First EV charger funded by infrastructure law now operational; US EPA must do more to ensure captured carbon stays underground – report; Hidden death toll of flooding in Bangladesh sends a grim climate signal… PLUS: 9 climate book stocking stuffers… and much, MUCH more! …

STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…

• Arctic Report Card: Dramatic changes caused by global warming:
• This is what the Arctic’s record-hot summer looked like (Washington Post):
  The Arctic continues to become less icy, wetter and greener.
• Arctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across the Arctic (The Conversation):
  Wildfires forced evacuations across Canada. Greenland was so warm that a research station at the ice sheet summit recorded melting in late June, only its fifth melting event on record. Sea surface temperatures in the Barents, Kara, Laptev and Beaufort seas were 9 to 12 degrees Fahrenheit (5 to 7 degrees Celsius) above normal in August. While reliable instrument measurements go back only to around 1900, it’s almost certain this was the Arctic’s hottest summer in centuries.
• AUDIO: Arctic ‘report card’ points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change (NPR)
• COP28: As it happened:
• COP28: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai (Carbon Brief)
• BBC Live Coverage: Countries battle to save COP28 climate deal after row over ending fossil fuels (BBC)
• Guardian Live Coverage of COP28: Cop28: landmark deal to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels agreed – as it happened (Guardian)
• COP28: ‘Historic’ deal, but still insufficient:
• VIDEO: PBS News Hour on COP Agreement (Climate Crocks)
• In a first, delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels (AP)
• Top takeaways from the COP28 climate summit in Dubai (NPR)
• VIDEO: UN Climate Secretary Simon Stiell (Simon Stiell/Twitter):
  We needed to signal a hard stop to humanity’s core climate problem: fossil fuels and that planet-burning pollution. Whilst we didn’t turn the page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end.
• World agrees to climate deal that makes unprecedented call to move away from fossil fuels, but ‘cavernous’ loopholes remain (CNN):
  The world agreed to a new climate deal in Dubai on Wednesday at the COP28 summit after two weeks of painstaking talks, making an unprecedented call to transition away from fossil fuels, but using vague language that could allow some countries to take minimal action.
• COP28 ends with “historic” climate deal to transition away from fossil fuels (Axios)
• In a First, Nations at Climate Summit Agree to Move Away From Fossil Fuels (NY Times)
• Critics slam COP28 Dubai deal as ‘weak’:
• COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out (Inside Climate News)
• ‘Weak tea’: Climate scientists push back against COP28 cheer (AFP)
• Scientist: ‘Cop28 is the fossil fuel industry’s dream outcome because it looks like progress but it isn’t’ (Guardian)
• Winners and losers in the new global climate deal (Washington Post):
  Island nations left COP28 disappointed. The UAE gained some bragging rights. And the prospect of the world hitting its most ambitious climate goal remained in limbo.
• VIDEO: ‘Litany of loopholes’ in COP28 agreement, Alliance of Small Island States says (France24)
• COP28’s ‘litany of loopholes’: Which small island nations are most vulnerable to rising sea levels? (iTV)
• Analysis: At COP28, Sultan al-Jaber got what the UAE wanted. Others leave it wanting much more (AP)
• COP28: The early surge of positive pledges:
• COP28: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai (Carbon Brief)
• COP28 Climate Delegates Agree to Loss and Damage Fund with “Deficiencies” (Democracy Now!)
• $700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed (Guardian)
• A New UN ‘Roadmap’ Lays Out a Global Vision for Food Security and Emissions Reductions (Inside Climate News)
• COP28: 120 countries back goal to treble renewables capacity (Business Green)
• Curbing powerful methane emissions is big focus at COP28 climate summit (Axios)
• At COP28, the Role of Food Systems in the Climate Crisis Will Get More Attention Than Ever (Inside Climate News)
• At COP28 meeting, oil companies pledge to combat methane. Environmentalists call it a “smokescreen” (AP)
• 20-plus countries pledge to triple the world’s nuclear energy by 2050 (Canary Media)

‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (Stuff we didn’t have time for in today’s audio report)…

For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Daily Headlines page

• COP28: the science is clear — fossil fuels must go (Nature)
• Experts at odds over result of UN climate talks in Dubai; ‘Historic,’ ‘pipsqueak’ or something else? (AP)
• Nine Climate Book Stocking Stuffers (Yale Climate Connections)
• How Will El Niño Affect The U.S. This Winter? (Yale Climate Connections)
• California Wants Farms To Capture Methane From Cow Manure; Neighbors Don’t (Phys.org)
• The Billion-Dollar Industry Between You And FEMA’s Flood Insurance (Grist)
• Millions Infected With Dengue This Year In New Record Amid Hotter Temps (AP)
• We Went to the First EV Charging Station Funded by Infrastructure Law (Inside Climate News)
• US EPA Must Do More To Ensure Captured Carbon Stays Underground -Report (Reuters)
• Pilots Flying Tourists Over National Parks Face New Rules (AP)
• Hidden Death Toll Of Flooding In Bangladesh Sends A Grim Climate Signal (Grist)
• From Saving Owls To Removing Garbage: The Work Of Tribal Land Guardians (The Narwhal)
• Wildfires Could Be Transforming Natural Metals Into Cancer-Causing Compounds (The Hill)
• Colorado Cattle Industry Sues Over Reintroduction Of Gray Wolves (The Hill)
• The Biden Administration Has A Chance To Do Clean Hydrogen Right (Canary Media)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• The trillion-dollar quest to make green steel (Canary Media)
• Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round (gift link, Bloomberg)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (Climate Crocks)
• These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)
• Building Steam in Lithium Valley (The American Prospect)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• VIDEO: See what three degrees of global warming looks like (The Economist/YouTube)
• The 7 climate tipping points that could change the world forever (Grist)
• The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world (Guardian UK)
• Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC (Dr. Michael Mann, Penn Today)
• Environmental Sacrifice Zones: 8 Places We’ve Given Up-Probably Forever (Environmental Health Network)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• VIDEO: 2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis (Guardian UK)
• 99.9 percent Of Scientists Agree Climate Emergency Caused By Humans (Guardian UK)
• Climate Fund Choices for Investors Are Multiplying (Bloomberg/Yahoo)
• How climate change could undo 50 years of public health gains (Grist)
• Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
• Exxon’s Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
• VIDEO: A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept)
• What genuine, no-bullshit ambition on climate change would look like: How to hit the most stringent targets, with no loopholes. (David Roberts, Vox)
• A Global Shift To Sustainability Would Save Us $26 Trillion (Vox)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
• An Optimist’s Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)
• The great nutrient collapse: The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. (Politico)
• The world’s bleak climate situation, in 3 charts: We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there. (Vox)
• The Climate Risks We Face (NY Times):
  To stabilize global temperature, net carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to zero. The window of time is rapidly closing to reduce emissions and limit warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the goal set in the Paris climate accord. The further we push the climate system beyond historical conditions, the greater the risks of potentially unforeseen and even catastrophic changes to the climate – so every reduction in emissions helps.
• The Uninhabitable Earth: When will climate change make earth too hot for humans? (New York Magazine):
  Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak – sooner than you think.
• A beginner’s guide to the debate over 100% renewable energy (Vox):
  Clean-energy enthusiasts frequently claim that we can go bigger, that it’s possible for the whole world to run on renewables – we merely lack the “political will.” So, is it true? Do we know how get to an all-renewables system? Not yet. Not really.