The Guardian
IPCC leaked report: Going vegetarian and controlling land use are key to climate crisis
3 min · · Scientists in Geneva warn that cutting carbon emissions from cars and factories is not enough · Shared by 100, including Belén Kayser, Nils Hitze, Katja Evertz, Thomas Pleil, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Rick Powell, Adrienne Fichter, 瑞拿頭, Thomas Power, Ray Monk, Birgit Schefer, Claudia Sommer, Ashley Norris, Charles Baldwin
The New York Times
U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid
10 min · · The Trump administration is using new authority to take more aggressive digital action in a warning to Moscow and in a demonstration of its abilities. · Shared by 90, including NYTimes Communications, Thomas Power, Charles Baldwin, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler, Antonio Vieira Santos
The Guardian
‘Climate apartheid’: UN expert says human rights may not survive
4 min · · Right to life is likely to be undermined alongside the rule of law, special rapporteur says · Shared by 81, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Yvette Dubel, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Eric Holthaus, CIFOR, Jochen Burkhard, Sébastien Bonset, Liv 😷, Katja Evertz
WIRED
Companies Expect Climate Change to Cost Them $1 Trillion in 5 Years
4 min · · Many large corporations see climate change as a significant threat to their business within the decade, according to a new report on 215 of them. · Shared by 39, including LARRY ELKAN, Thomas Power, Belén Kayser, CIFOR, Nils Hitze
Quartz
Renewables generated more electricity than coal for the first time in US history
1 min · · Coal began firing US homes and factories in the 1880s. A century later, the cheap, plentiful fuel was America’s primary one (pdf) for electricity generation. But its long reign is slowly coming to an… · Shared by 35, including Guy Kawasaki, hernannadal, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Guardian
US in energy landmark as renewables produce more electricity than coal
1 min · · In April, clean energy provided 23% of America’s electricity compared to coal’s 20% – the first time coal has been surpassed by renewable sources · Shared by 34, including Philanthropy News Digest, Yvette Dubel, Thomas Billeter, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good, John O'Farrell
The Guardian
'Coal is on the way out': study finds fossil fuel now pricier than solar or wind
3 min · · Around 75% of coal production is more expensive than renewables, with industry out-competed on cost by 2025 · Shared by 23, including elpocas
The Guardian
EIB plans to cut all funding for fossil fuel projects by 2020
2 min · · EU’s lending arm financed oil, gas and coal projects in 2018 with more than €2.4bn · Shared by 18, including Thomas Power, Ray Monk
The Guardian
UK to put climate crisis and environment at the heart of overseas aid
2 min · · Government will spend £193m on directly tackling climate-related issues in first initiative · Shared by 9
The Guardian
Gas and oil firms reclassified under non-renewables on LSE
1 min · · Trade group says change may have opposite intended effect towards low carbon future · Shared by 5
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?
4 min · · The relentless sun makes life in the Sahara almost unbearable. But could it also be its greatest resource? · Shared by 5