For the first time, the global average surface temperature anomaly exceeded 1.5°C during a 12-month period (Feb. 2023-Jan 2024).

More info: https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/january-2024-global-temperatures-paris-target

Fossil fuel companies should pay a carbon tax, say 68% of American adults.

More info:  https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAqsitBhDlARIsAGMR1RjQokP13jJgRngiwuTj75zGHY9Gnv2rUJJofPTnnJb_8qzikdHC0h4aAkInEALw_wcB

In New Mexico construction has begun on a wind and power transmission project, the largest of its kind in the US, to provide power to 3 million people in Arizona and California.

More info: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/u-s-s-biggest-renewable-project-is-under-way-finally-22b5a6ad

Chinese automakers sold about 9.4 million electric vehicles and hybrids last year, up from 6.9 million in 2022. Prediction for 2024: 11.5 million.

More info:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/business/byd-2023-sales.html?searchResultPosition=1

A new study has found that more Americans have started to factor flood risk into their moving decisions.

More info: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/climate-change-migration-us?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top

Residents of New York's Long Island have started receiving electricity via a wind farm 35 miles off the coast.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/nyregion/ny-wind-farm-long-island.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20231207&instance_id=109572&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=151991&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

Ex-coal towns are starting to receive federal funds to jump-start industrial projects needed as we move to a green economy.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/climate/clean-energy-funding-coal-communities.html?searchResultPosition=1

Michigan lawmakers passed legislation requiring the state to generate all of its electricity from wind, solar and other carbon-free sources by 2040.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/climate/michigan-climate-laws-energy.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20231109&instance_id=107350&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=149623&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

The IEA predicts that global demand for fossil fuels will peak by 2030.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/climate/international-energy-agency-peak-demand.html

The EU has begun phase one of its carbon tariff “to raise the level of climate ambition worldwide.”

More info: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03102023/todays-climate-european-union-worlds-first-carbon-tariff-united-states/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=1806fe929e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_10_07_01_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-1806fe929e-329499109