"Globally, coal use reached a new high in 2022, however, its bounceback has been short-lived in the U.S., as coal plants in the country retire at a steady pace. Six coal-fueled generating units have been closed so far this year." cbsnews.com/news/solar-and…

Beef emits 31 times more CO₂ per calorie of food than tofu does. By cooking so many cows, we are cooking ourselves, too. Forgoing steaks may be one of the most efficient ways to reduce our carbon footprint econ.st/3NonsVl

June in the UK will be the hottest since records begun almost 140 years ago. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Me: I've gotta stop consuming media that fuels my climate anxiety. The internet: Here's a haunting video of carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere. carbonbrief.org/striking-new-n…

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A smoky haze from Canadian wildfires blanketed Chicago and much of the upper Midwest on Wednesday, a day after a sudden decline in air quality forced many residents to wear masks when they ventured outside. Follow our updates. nyti.ms/3r4MktT

"London-based startup Orbital Materials would like to create just that. The startup is working to apply generative AI — the method behind tools like ChatGPT — expressly for accelerating the development of clean energy technologies." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"If the goal is for the planet to remain habitable into the next century, what is the right degree of panic, and how do you bear it?" newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

“No one can make a proper decision from an air-conditioned room.” newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

I’ve now been at the Financial Times 18 months and figured after spending all that time editing other people’s Big Reads I ought to write one myself on.ft.com/44JyQST

Hello, some news: August is my last month as a staffer with The Week. I've decided to go back to freelancing. I'm very interested in writing about science and innovation, women's issues, and the climate crisis. I'm also an ace editor. If you'd like to work with me, get in touch.

With climate change ravaging Florida’s beloved reef, teams who’ve devoted their careers to restoring coral in the sea are now racing to get it out of the water and urgently moving samples to tanks on land as a marine heat devastates entire reefs. nyti.ms/3OenZJZ

“Even if companies extracted more oil and gas from UK land and waters, they’d be under no obligation to sell it to UK energy companies.” theweek.co.uk/news/uk-news/9…