It withdrew the proposal in January 2025, a week ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. And this week says it plans to kill the rule altogether.
Experts say no other measures have been proven to reduce strike risk as effectively as speed limits.
Interestingly, NOAA proposed to expand the speed rule to vehicles longer than 35 feet in 2022 after admitting that limiting vessel speed remained “one of the most effective, feasible options available to reduce the likelihood of lethal outcomes from vessel collisions with right whales.”
The Trump administration is considering a rollback of the Vessel Speed Rule, introduced in 2008 to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale. Environmental groups have warned that the deregulation would put whales and boaters at risk of deadly collisions. earth.org/trump-admini...
"Together with the well above normal temperatures in December 2025 and warmer than usual weather in January 2026, Hong Kong experienced the warmest winter on record from December 2025 to February 2026," the Hong Kong Observatory said on Tuesday.
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But a group of international lawyers and human rights advocates who monitored the marathon trial in Mandan, North Dakota, said Greenpeace was denied its right to a fair trial and described it as an “illegitimate corporate-funded SLAPP harassment case.” earth.org/human-rights...
Greenpeace has vowed to fight a $345 million verdict over its role in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile (1,886-kilometer) underground pipeline transporting crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The group has said the verdict could bankrupt it. earth.org/greenpeace-v...
32 companies, mostly state-owned, generated half of all planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions in 2024, according to a new analysis. The number is down from 36 five years earlier.
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Since taking office a year ago, Donald Trump has taken sweeping actions to reverse America’s environmental agenda and withdraw from international commitments. Here's an attempt to summarize the most consequential of all.
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Two separate rulings this week represented a major setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to obstruct renewable energy initiatives and other climate-focused projects across the country.
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Hong Kong saw a total of 20 record-breaking weather and temperature events in 2025, the city's sixth warmest year since record-keeping began in 1884. All 12 months were warmer than usual.
Full story: earth.org/hong-kong-br...
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President Trump has direct all executive departments and agencies to take "immediate steps" to withdraw the US from organizations "that are contrary to the interests of the United States," including the UNFCCC and the IPCC.
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Millions of Australians living on the expanding outskirts of the country’s cities are at increased risk of experiencing devastating, Los Angeles-style wildfires, a new report warns. It comes as a heatwave not seen since the 2019 Black Summer is affecting southern regions.
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“Climate litigation is not a silver bullet, but it is one of the most powerful tools there is to force a systemic shift in climate action,” according to a new report by the Climate Litigation Network. earth.org/global-accou...
Wednesday saw the launch of the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate, bringing together countries, a global commitment to combat climate misinformation. It marks the first time that any states have formally committed to rooting out climate misinformation.
Lula announced his flagship initiative to pay for forest conservation. 53 countries endorsed it, but its initial investment target of $25bn was cut back, with just $5.5bn pledged so far.
China has declined to invest in the fund, arguing that developed nations should bear primary responsibility.
UNFCCC's Simon Stiell unveiled a graph showing that the historic 2015 Paris climate agreement is working.
86 new national climate plans submitted by 113 countries ahead of COP30 – also known as Nationally Determined Contributions – put us on track to cut emissions by 12% in the next 10 years.
A coalition of more than 35 leading global philanthropies announced a joint $300 million commitment to tackle the escalating public health crisis driven by climate change. Funders include Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Gates Foundation, Wellcome, Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation and CIFF.
The UNFCCC issued the Report on the Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T outlining five “action fronts” to help deliver on the $1.3 trillion aspiration. Meanwhile, the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance laid out what it calls an “entirely feasible path” to mobilizing The money.
On Monday, the Loss and Damage Fund launched its first call for project proposals, with the initial package totaling $250 million. Countries vulnerable to climate change have six months to submit funding approvals from mid-December. Grants of up to $20mn/project to be disbursed from mid-2026.
2,500 Indigenous people attending the summit. Yet only 14% (360 individuals) secured accreditation for the Blue Zone, the restricted area for official negotiations. earth.org/despite-reco...
For the first time in 30 years, the US sent none. Aside from Trump, other world leaders – including Chinese President Xi Jinping and those of Russia and Japan, Australia, Indonesia and Turkey – are also skipping the summit.
Some 1,600 participants – one in every 25 – is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out. Representatives from the fossil fuel and meat industries are also in attendance. earth.org/cop30-brazil...
With 56,118 delegates registered, COP30 is provisionally the second-largest COP in history, behind only COP28 in Dubai, which was attended by more than 80,000 people.
A recap of the main announcements, reports, and events from #COP30 Week 1👇 earth.org/cop30-week-1...
A new graph by Zeke Hausfather shows that the vast majority of the Earth’s surface has seen a record set in recent years:
- 38% of the land surface has set a new record in the 2020s
- Overall, 78% set a new all-time monthly high record set after the year 2000
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One of the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Dr Jane Goodall spent her career studying their social behaviour and family interactions and publishing numerous books documenting scientific studies on our closest relatives. Here are some of our favorites👇
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Switzerland's glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume, the fourth-largest annual drop on record, due to the effects of global warming.
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This summer's extreme heat sparked large and destructive wildfires across the Iberian Peninsula. Fire-related emissions in spain reached levels not seen since 2003.
The wildfires also contributed to the EU's worst wildfire season on record.
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