Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations have committed to phase out coal power by 2035
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Morning showers were heavy hitters with thunderstorms early this morning. Monday’s warmed remained in the atmosphere Tuesday morning, and stayed untapped, and…
Mexico’s taking control of its oil from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year
Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar region.Related video above: House approves $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and othersUkraine’s air force said Saturday that Russia had launched 34 missiles against Ukraine overnight, of which 21 had been shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.In a post on Telegram, Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko said energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk in the south of the country and Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv in the west had been attacked and that an engineer was injured.Private energy operator DTEK said four of its thermal power plants were damaged and that there were “casualties,” without going into detail.Earlier this month, Russia destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged others in a massive missile and drone attack as it renewed its push to target Ukraine’s energy facilities.Ukraine has appealed to its Western allies for more air defense systems to ward off such attacks. At a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the U.S. will provide Ukraine with additional munitions and gear for its air defense launchers.Further east, a psychiatric hospital was damaged and one person was wounded after Russia launched a missile attack overnight on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Photos from the scene showed a huge crater on the grounds of the facility and patients taking shelter in corridors. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said a 53-year-old woman was hurt.Also in the Kharkiv region, a man was killed in an overnight attack on the city of Vovchansk, according to Ukraine’s State Service for Emergency Situations.In Russia, the Defense Ministry said Russian air defense systems had intercepted 66 drones over the country’s southern Krasnodar region. Two more drones were shot down over the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.The governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, said that Ukrainian forces targeted an oil refinery and infrastructure facilities but that there were no casualties or serious damage. The regional department of the Emergency Situations Ministry reported that a fire broke out at the Slavyansk oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban during the attack.Ukrainian officials normally decline to comment on attacks on Russian soil, but the Ukrainian Energy Ministry said Saturday that two oil refineries in the Krasnodar region had been hit by drones.Five people were wounded in a drone attack in a border village in Russia’s Belgorod region, regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
Russia has launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine directed at energy facilities
In this episode of Climate News Weekly, James Lawler sits down with Julio Friedmann and Darren Hau to discuss potential responses to California’s most recent torrential rains, how both California and the UK are responding to heat pumps, the EU’s new emission targets and plan, and more.______________________Who is Climate Now?Climate Now is an educational multimedia platform that produces expert-led, accessible, in-depth podcast and video episodes addressing the climate crisis and its solutions, explaining the science, technologies and key economic and policy considerations at play in the global effort to decarbonize our energy system and larger economy.Subscribe to the Climate Now newsletter: https://bit.ly/3FnwqgoFollow us on social mediaTwitter: https://twitter.com/weareclimatenowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/climatenowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareclimatenowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/weareclimatenow/Click here for the complete list of sources and a transcript: https://climatenow.com/podcast/climate-news-weekly-california-flooding-heat-pumps-in-the-news-and-more/
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French President Emmanuel Macron is warning that Europe could die if it fails to build its own robust defense as Russias war in Ukraine rages on
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