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"‘You Can’t Live Without Us’: How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels "
#Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels

'You Can’t Live Without Us': How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels  
Four of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies have spent the last four years systematically shifting away from climate-friendly advertising to push a new message: fossil fuels are here to stay, a report has found.  Campaign group Clean Creatives analysed 1,859 communications from BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, and Chevron published between 2020 and 2024, spanning paid advertisements on Facebook, YouTube, […]

Older AC and fridge chemicals amp up climate change.
Trump just rolled back limits on them
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-05-21/older-ac-fridge-chemicals-amp-up-climate-change-tr…

Older AC and fridge chemicals amp up climate change. Trump just rolled back limits on them
Grocery stores and other sectors will be allowed to use more "super pollutants" in their refrigeration systems.

Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change is turning them into prime burning hours https://phys.org/news/2026-04-wildfires-night-climate-prime-hours.html

Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change is turning them into prime burning hours
Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found.

Want to boost climate action? Talk about health, not just polar bears.
New research across Brazil, India, Japan, and South Africa found that 80% of people support government climate measures when they understand the health risks—from extreme heat to mental health impacts to children's vulnerability.
It's personal, urgent, and cuts through political divides.

Health risks from climate change spur stronger public support for action, research finds
A survey by the Climate Opinion Research Exchange backed by Wellcome reveals high support for government action to tackle the health impacts of the climate crisis

Trump 'science' versus climate science.
A modern Vatican versus Galileo.
Factcheck: Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario - Carbon Brief https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-trumps-false-claims-ab…

Factcheck: Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario - Carbon Brief
In this factcheck, Carbon Brief looks at Trump’s comments, the debate around RCP8.5 and the “good” and “bad” news within the latest scenarios.

Climat : l’ONU adopte une résolution visant Š renforcer la responsabilité des États.
Le texte déclare qu’un État qui viole ses obligations climatiques engage sa responsabilité, avec l’éventualité de devoir octroyer « une réparation intégrale aux États lésés ».

"UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

The 2040 milestones that Europe must meet to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050 #Europe …

The 2040 milestones that Europe must meet to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050
Energy, transport, heating and industrial transition: A major modeling study now provides EU-wide guidance with high sector detail on the required pace of transition to fossil-free technologies. The conclusion is encouraging: the EU Green Deal is realistic, and it will ultimately make the continent stronger and more independent from oil and gas crises.

When 20-year-old climate activist
Eva Lighthiser isn’t deciding her major
– she is leaning toward environmental studies
– she is preparing testimony for her lawsuit against the US president,
Lighthiser v Trump.
She and 22 other young Americans are accusing the US federal government of violating their constitutional rights by passing executive orders boosting planet-warming fossil fuels.
Even though a court dismissed Lighthiser v Trump in the fall, Lighthis…

"Spain, France and Portugal miss out on top 10 most climate-resilient capitals – see full list"
#Spain #France #Portugal

This Nordic city has been crowned EU’s most climate-resilient capital
Europe has been identified as the planet’s fastest-warming continent, underlining the ‘urgency’ to reduce emissions and strengthen climate resilience.