Arctic wildfires released more carbon dioxide in June than in any other month in 18 years of data collection.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/climate/climate-change-arctic-fires.html?searchResultPosition=1. 

The International Energy Agency (IEA) online summit on July 9 will be this year’s only major meeting of governments to discuss the climate crisis.

More info: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/29/us-joins-summit-on-global-green-recovery-from-covid-19-crisis

In response to climate-related disasters in 2017, Congress provided $136 billion in additional funding for recovery — amounting to about $1,000 for every American taxpayer.

More info:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/climate-change-financial-disaster.html?referringSource=articleShare

BP will write-down up to $17.5 billion on its assets, signaling that some of its oil discoveries will never be developed.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/business/energy-environment/bp-oil-gas-write-down.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytclimate

The temperature in Khatanga, Siberia, reached 78 degrees May 22, 46 degrees above normal.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/05/22/siberia-heat-wave/?utm_campaign=wp_energy_and_environment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_green

Representatives of more than 330 businesses lobbied Congress May 13 for a green recovery plan.

More info: https://www.ceres.org/news-center/press-releases/more-330-major-businesses-call-us-congress-build-back-more-resilient

UN secretary-general calls for ending $5 trillion in annual subsidies for fossil fuel industries.

More info: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/the-end-of-the-road-for-fossil-fuel-subsidies-205584

Renewable energy beat coal for generating electricity for the first quarter of 2020.

It’s the first time that's happened in a three-month period. More info: https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2020/04/02/stories/1062762969

For the first time in a decade, Florida’s Legislature has passed a bill that would tackle climate change.

More info: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article241064021.html

Hawaii could become first state to tax carbon emissions

More info: https://apnews.com/6886c4b952f524788b8df58b23b2f11c