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Major Winter Storm Cripples Southern US, Causes Widespread Outages

A major winter storm brought heavy snow and freezing rain across the U.S. South, causing over 110,000 power outages in Atlanta, school closures from Texas to South Carolina, and hazardous travel conditions; states of emergency were declared in multiple states.

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Major Winter Storm Cripples Southern U.S., Causes Widespread Power Outages and Travel Disruptions

A major winter storm brought heavy snow and ice to the Southern U.S., causing widespread power outages affecting over 110,000 customers in Atlanta, hazardous travel conditions that led to states of emergency and National Guard mobilization in multiple states, school closures for millions of children...

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BlackRock Withdraws from Net-Zero Climate Initiative

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, withdrew from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, following several Wall Street banks' departures from similar climate alliances; while some claim this won't alter investment practices, others see it as weakening climate investment pressure.

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Australia Faces Severe Storms and Heatwave

Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding are expected in Queensland and New South Wales this weekend, while other parts of Australia will experience a severe heatwave with temperatures reaching the high 30s and low 40s; the Australian Open may face some weather disruption on Sunday.

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Earth's Hottest Year on Record: 2024 Surpasses 1.5°C Warming Threshold

2024 marked Earth's hottest year on record, surpassing the 1.5°C warming limit set by the Paris Agreement by various measurements (1.6°C, 1.57°C, 1.53°C above pre-industrial levels), primarily due to accumulated greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, resulting in record heat and extreme weather...

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2024: Hottest Year on Record Exacerbates Climate Change Concerns

The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record, with a 1.6-degree Celsius increase above pre-industrial levels, causing intensified extreme weather events globally and raising concerns about exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree limit despite the agreement's ...

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Barcelona Funds School Air Conditioning with Tourist Tax to Combat Climate Change"

Barcelona is using $100 million from its tourist tax to install energy-efficient heat pumps and solar panels in all 170 public schools over six years, addressing both climate change impacts and resident concerns about extreme summer heat, but some residents argue that climate change mitigation shoul...

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Climate Skepticism's Resurgence in 2025

French Prime Minister François Bayrou's praise for climate change denier Claude Allègre, alongside the European Commission's hedging on the Green Pact and Trump's "Drill, baby, drill" slogan, signals a concerning rise in climate skepticism in 2025, challenging the scientific consensus and sustainabl...

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German Greens Shift Climate Campaign Strategy Ahead of 2025 Election

The German Green Party is launching its 2025 election campaign in Lübeck, focusing on win-win climate policies to attract both core and swing voters. This strategy, however, is met with internal dissent over its ambition level.

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Uneven Uptake of Balcony Solar Panel Subsidies in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's €10 million subsidy program for balcony solar panels saw 6000 homeowner applications in summer 2023, exhausting their allocation, while only around 3000 renter applications were received by the end of 2024, leaving €4.5 million unspent; the funds will be reallocated to clima...

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2024: Hottest Year on Record Breaches Paris Agreement Limit

2024 is officially the hottest year on record, exceeding the 1.5-degree limit set by the Paris Agreement and resulting in extreme weather events worldwide, including hurricanes, floods, and droughts, due to human-caused climate change exacerbated by El Niño and other contributing factors.

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Los Angeles Wildfires: 10 Dead, 10,000+ Structures Destroyed

Ten deaths and over 10,000 destroyed structures resulted from five wildfires in Los Angeles, fueled by hurricane-force winds and record global temperatures; the federal government will fully fund firefighting costs for 180 days.

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