At CERAWeek, Saudi Aramco C.E.O. Says Energy Transition ‘Visibly Failing’

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The comments by a Saudi executive raised questions regarding whose predictions about the future of oil and gas are more likely to be true. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/climate/ceraweek-saudi-fantasy-energy-transition.html

Afghanistan’s Drought in Photos: Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/world/asia/afghanistan-drought-photos-climate-change.html

In Paris, the Olympics Clean Up Their Act

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Organizers of the Games promise to slash greenhouse gas emissions by re-using historic buildings, adding bike lanes, even putting solar panels on the Seine. Will it work? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/climate/paris-olympics-climate.html

Court Temporarily Halts S.E.C.’s New Climate Rules

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Two fracking companies had challenged requirements that some businesses disclose more information about the risks they face from climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/sec-climate-rules-lawsuit.html

The Zombies of the U.S. Tax Code: Why Fossil Fuels Subsidies Seem Impossible to Kill

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies. But fossil fuel subsidies have proven difficult to stop. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/tax-breaks-oil-gas-us.html

Climate Protesters Disrupt Broadway Play Starring Jeremy Strong

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A performance of a new production of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” was interrupted by protesters who shouted “no theater on a dead planet.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/theater/climate-protests-broadway-jeremy-strong.html

U.S. Approves $500 Million for Bahrain Oil Project, Despite Opposition

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The financing faced criticism that it doesn’t mesh with U.S. commitments on climate change. Earlier, two climate advisers had resigned over the plan. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/climate/exim-financing-biden-bahrain-oil.html

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