Energy and Environment: Voices from around the world on what’s at stake at COP26

Live updates: Big Oil CEOs set to testify before House Oversight Committee; WATCH: The 'best last chance' to tackle climate change is happening in Glasgow, Scotland; The world needs to cut its emissions seven times as fast to hit climate goals, U.N. report finds; The U.N. chief's relentless, frustrating pursuit to bring the world together on climate change; Frankie the Dinosaur tells world not to 'choose extinction' in U.N. video urging climate action; A D.C. area environmental group is dropping the name of John Audubon, naturalist who was an enslaver and Indian grave robber; What could finally stop new coal plants? Pulling the plug on their insurance. ; Australia is fighting fire with fire, but running out of time; Los Angeles is aiming to be first major carbon-free U.S. city, but obstacles loom; Putin has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060. He claims Russia's forests will do much of the work.; Interior Department proposed revoking two Trump-era rules limiting endangered species protections; Trudeau picks ex-Greenpeace activist dubbed 'Green Jesus' as climate chief, angering Canada's oil-rich west; Rare and deadly cyclone sends cars floating through Italy's streets; 30,000 people gather for a climate summit in a pandemic. What could go wrong?; Natural gas leaks in Boston are vastly underreported — and could be coming from inside homes, study says; U.N. chief Guterres doesn't want his grandkids 'to say that the planet is hell'; Australia pivots on climate with 2050 net zero target, but won't adopt steeper 2030 commitment; An 'extreme and possible historic atmospheric river' is battering California; Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' are legally people, U.S. court rules ; In advance of climate summit, tension among Biden aides on China policy; $200 million wind turbine facility planned for Virginia ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $40.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Sam Cannon for The Washington Post) Voices from around the world on what's at stake at COP26 The Washington Post spoke to youth activists, scientists, government leaders and people whose livelihoods are threatened by climate change. By Brady Dennis, Sarah Kaplan, William Booth and Samantha Schmidt ●  Read more »   Live updates: Big Oil CEOs set to testify before House Oversight Committee Executives speak for the first time about reports that they tried to mislead the public about climate change. By Maxine Joselow and Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   WATCH: The 'best last chance' to tackle climate change is happening in Glasgow, Scotland Nearly 200 nations are gathering in Glasgow, Scotland for the U.N. climate summit, COP26. By Casey Silvestri ●  Read more »   The world needs to cut its emissions seven times as fast to hit climate goals, U.N. report finds "We're just so far off track," says one co-author, calling for bolder and more urgent action from major emitters. By Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   The U.N. chief's relentless, frustrating pursuit to bring the world together on climate change The COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, could 'become a missed opportunity,' Secretary General António Guterres told The Washington Post. By Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Frankie the Dinosaur tells world not to 'choose extinction' in U.N. video urging climate action "Driving yourselves extinct? In 70 million years, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard," said the computer-generated dinosaur from the podium of the U.N. General Assembly. By Amy Cheng ●  Read more »   A D.C. area environmental group is dropping the name of John Audubon, naturalist who was an enslaver and Indian grave robber The Audubon Naturalist Society is the first of the 11 original Audubon societies to rebuke its namesake and his racist past. "Once you know it, you can't unknow it," its director said. By Darryl Fears ●  Read more »   What could finally stop new coal plants? Pulling the plug on their insurance. How insurance giants might accomplish what generations of climate activists have not. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Australia is fighting fire with fire, but running out of time Hazard reduction burns are aimed at reducing the chance of a wildfire, or at least slowing one. But in this chess game with Mother Nature, humans have put themselves at a disadvantage. By Michael E. Miller ●  Read more »   Los Angeles is aiming to be first major carbon-free U.S. city, but obstacles loom The city's move to shift its electricity sector off fossil fuels by 2035, a decade earlier than previously planned, could reverberate across the globe if it succeeds. By Erica Werner ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Putin has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060. He claims Russia's forests will do much of the work. But climate experts question the numbers and the science Russia may pitch at the U.N. climate conference. By Isabelle Khurshudyan and Mary Ilyushina ●  Read more »   Interior Department proposed revoking two Trump-era rules limiting endangered species protections President Biden is unwinding Donald Trump's environmental legacy, while forging his own. The Washington Post is chronicling every step. Read more »   Trudeau picks ex-Greenpeace activist dubbed 'Green Jesus' as climate chief, angering Canada's oil-rich west Steven Guilbeault worked for environment advocacy groups for more than a decade and once denounced then-President George W. Bush as a "climate killer." By Rachel Pannett ●  Read more »   Rare and deadly cyclone sends cars floating through Italy's streets Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent amid the climate crisis, scientists say. By Jennifer Hassan ●  Read more »   30,000 people gather for a climate summit in a pandemic. What could go wrong? Coronavirus vaccines, testing, strikes and floods are among the many concerns. By William Booth ●  Read more »   Natural gas leaks in Boston are vastly underreported — and could be coming from inside homes, study says New research shows that methane emissions in the Boston area were up to six times higher than reported. That could make the greenhouse impact of natural gas "equivalent to coal." By Tik Root ●  Read more »   U.N. chief Guterres doesn't want his grandkids 'to say that the planet is hell' Secretary General António Guterres spoke with The Washington Post on the eve of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. By Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Australia pivots on climate with 2050 net zero target, but won't adopt steeper 2030 commitment The nation, one of the top per capita emitters, had faced criticism for resisting firmer action against global warming. By Michael E. Miller ●  Read more »   An 'extreme and possible historic atmospheric river' is battering California Copious rainfall and many feet of mountain snow are expected in the parched state, causing dangerous mudslides and debris flows. By Matthew Cappucci, Diana Leonard, Jacob Feuerstein and Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' are legally people, U.S. court rules The federal ruling is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States. Legal analysts say it has no direct effect in Colombia. By Amy Cheng ●  Read more »   In advance of climate summit, tension among Biden aides on China policy John Kerry, the climate envoy, sees an improved U.S.-China relationship as key to progress on climate. National security adviser Jake Sullivan is skeptical. By John Hudson and Ellen Nakashima ●  Read more »   $200 million wind turbine facility planned for Virginia The Portsmouth Marine Terminal will supply the blades for the Dominion Energy wind farm. By Jim Morrison ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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