InsideClimate News Weekly

Happy New Year! We're heading into a make-or-break year for climate change, from the 2020 elections to crucial UN climate talks where countries will be expected to ramp up their emissions reduction pledges. At ICN, we'll be going beyond the headlines to give you the deep reporting and analysis you need. This week, explore where the Green New Deal is headed in 2020 as details of the plan start to emerge. Judy Fahys also introduces us to a ski industry that, frightened for its future in a warming world, is plotting ways to "weaponize" millions of die-hard skiers, snowboarders and winter supports enthusiasts as climate activists and voters. Where Is the Green New Deal Headed in 2020? BY: MARIANNE LAVELLE Details are emerging for what a "moon shot" federal program merging climate solutions, jobs and economic security might look like. It’s a powerful force already.  Read More 2020: A Year of Pipeline Court Fights, with One Lawsuit Headed to the Supreme Court BY: PHIL MCKENNA Several cases challenge natural gas pipeline routes, including across the Appalachian Trail, and question pipeline companies’ right to take land they don’t own. Read More What’s Behind Big Oil’s Promises of Emissions Cuts? Lots of Wiggle Room. BY: NICHOLAS KUSNETZ Here’s what the major fossil fuel companies are committing to do on climate change — and what's actually going on. Read More Turning Skiers Into Climate Voters with the Advocacy Potential of the NRA BY: JUDY FAHYS The winter sports industry has millions of die-hard athletes who don’t want to lose their playgrounds, and it’s starting to mobilize them.  Read More Coal Train Protesters Target One of New England’s Last Big Coal-Fired Power Plants BY: PHIL MCKENNA By standing in front of coal trains, they’re starting to draw attention to the power plant’s impact on climate change and ratepayers’ wallets. Read More Controversial BLM Chief's Tenure Extended Again, Despite Protests from Conservation Groups BY: JUDY FAHYS The Bureau of Land Management oversees millions of acres and billions in energy revenues, but the Trump Administration has never nominated a director for it. Its use of temporary leaders is raising concerns. Read More Wildfires Trap Thousands on Beach in Australia as Death Toll Rises BY: PRIMROSE RIORDAN, FINANCIAL TIMES Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisted last week amid the ongoing bushfire crisis that his government would not be "panicked" into changing its climate policy. Read More ICYMI Earth's Hottest Decade on Record Marked by Extreme Storms and Deadly Wildfires  BY: BOB BERWYN "It literally felt like the world was on fire." That's how climate scientist Michael Mann summed it up. Record heat waves, wildfires and widespread flooding punctuated a decade of climate extremes.  Read More

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