Exxon's CEO warned that rollbacks to U.S. climate policy will make the future "that much more challenging.” “I don’t think the challenge or the need to address global emissions is going to go away,” he told us. politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

Due to Trump's reelection, the center of negotiations at COP29 has clearly shifted away from the U.S. and toward Europe, China, and dozens of developing countries grist.org/politics/trump…

Listen to Robinson Meyer breaking down what a second Trump term means for the climate on NPR's 1A: the1a.org/segments/what-…

New revelations link LA’s smog crisis to the birth of Big Oil’s climate cover-up. #WSPAKnew, yet buried the truth about CO2 emissions. Now, California has a chance to hold them accountable in court. #MakePollutersPay #BigOilCoverUp theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n…

During his first term, Donald Trump tried to roll back more than 100 environmental regulations. Just how bad a second term will be for climate policy remains to be seen, “but the most likely scenarios are all pretty bleak,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes. nyer.cm/sjPh6W7

With the US about to step back—waaay back—from global climate leadership, the UK attempting to step up, and host nation Azerbaijan insisting that "the people need" fossil fuels, COP29 launches with discordant notes and an uncertain outlook theguardian.com/environment/20…

Washington state is positioned to act as a beacon of climate policy, not just in the United States but around the world, said Jay Inslee, on his way to his final COP summit as Governor seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c…

"All told, climate progress has been unfolding on so many fronts for so many years — often without enough support from the federal government — that it will persist regardless of who occupies the White House" grist.org/economics/hell…

Trump has already established an EPA transition team led by two former fossil fuel lobbyists with “years of experience in dismantling environmental protections” I interviewed activists about where we go from here: heated.world/p/trumps-envir…

Pacific Northwest voters want to keep pushing towards justice and a healthy future, to do more to protect our residents, and to lead on climate and clean air. That's what we are going to do. climatesolutions.org/article/2024-1…

LET'S GET TOGETHER in Portland on Dec 5! Climate Solutions is hosting a reception to talk about accelerating the clean energy transition in the Northwest. climatesolutions.org/events/climate…

ExxonMobil urges Trump to stay in the Paris climate accord -- while meanwhile the main oil industry trade group asks him to gut every major climate regulation. insideclimatenews.org/news/13112024/…

Meanwhile, the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP29, this year's global climate conference, may outnumber the delegations of almost every country. theguardian.com/environment/20…

The industry backers of I-2066 say that the initiative's passages makes WA's updated, energy-efficient building codes unenforceable. Regulators aren't sure about that—and don't seem to be in a hurry to rush to judgment washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/15/sta…

Today, Oregon's Dept. of Environmental Quality voted unanimously to restore the Climate Protection Program, laying a critical foundation for a healthier, sustainable future. A major win for Oregon communities and our climate!

We've been cross-posting there for months... now we're making the move. Find us on BlueSky @ climatesolutions.org.

One of President Trump’s first executive actions was to pull the USA out of the Paris accord . Noted writer Amitav Ghosh explains why the climate change issue is now a geopolitical one on the NDTV Dialogues Amitav Ghosh youtu.be/JzX0V3HEJGM?fe…