Emirati Fund to Invest Billions in U.S. Firms for Climate Projects

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An Abu Dhabi fund is expected to invest at least $30 billion in climate projects with some of the biggest names in North American finance. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/climate/emirati-fund-climate-cop28.html

Extinction Rebellion Climate Protesters Interrupt Met Performance

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Met officials were forced to bring down the curtain halfway through the opera as protesters unfurled banners that read “No Opera On A Dead Planet.” The performance later resumed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/arts/music/met-opera-protest-tannhauser.html

This Year Is ‘Virtually Certain’ to Be Hottest in Human History, Researchers Say

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists confirmed another year of extreme temperatures as world leaders gathered in Dubai for a U.N. summit on global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/climate/2023-hottest-year-cop28.html

Biden Administration to Require Replacing of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The proposal to rip out nine million pipes across the country could cost as much as $30 billion but would nearly eliminate the neurotoxin from drinking water. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/climate/epa-lead-drinking-water-pipes.html

Where the World Is (and Isn’t) Making Progress on Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Emissions from electricity and transportation are projected to fall over time, a new report finds, but industry remains a major climate challenge. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/climate/cop28-global-progress-carbon-emissions.html

The Dilemmas of the U.A.E., a Petrostate, Preparing to Host COP28

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate activists have balked at the fact that a leading oil producer, the United Arab Emirates, is hosting this year’s U.N. climate talks. But Emirati officials say they, too, are grappling with hard questions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/world/middleeast/uae-un-climate-summit-cop28.html

Biden Takes On MAGA Republicans in Boebert’s Backyard

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden toured a wind turbine factory in a far-right lawmaker’s Colorado district and rebuked critics who have opposed his clean energy and economic agenda. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/politics/biden-wind-colorado-republicans-boebert.html

Harris to Stand In for Biden at COP28 Climate Conference

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president attended the annual conference in 2021 and 2022, but officials say this year he is preoccupied with the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/politics/harris-biden-cop28-climate-conference.html

Some U.S. Wolverines to Be Protected by Endangered Species Act

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Officials will add the predators, threatened by climate change and habitat loss in much of the United States, to the Endangered Species List. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/climate/wolverines-endangered-species-act.html

Why Some New Yorkers May Soon Feel the Effect of Ocean Winds

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The wind-power industry may be facing a crisis, but huge turbines going up off Long Island could be producing electricity for homes before 2023 ends. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/nyregion/south-fork-wind-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree.html

Kenya’s Leader Lifts His Global Profile. At Home, the Public Fumes.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President William Ruto has drawn attention internationally as a climate champion and peace mediator but faces domestic discontent over rising food and fuel prices, and new taxes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/world/africa/kenya-president-ruto.html

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