The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.

The predicted £264bn cost by 2050 could be even higher, plus renewables avoid a far higher total of emissions than can be captured, writes Andrew Boswell, while Simon Oldridge calls out vested interests

Prof Myles Allen and colleagues, in their letter (12 July) on carbon capture and storage (CCS), propose licensing gasfields on condition that producers store an increasing proportion of “the carbon dioxide their products generate”. Their proposal only considers CO₂. Methane is excluded by choice although it leaks throughout global fossil-fuel supply chains, including during extraction, processing, liquefaction and shipping.

A growing academic literature, supported by satellite observations of major methane plumes, shows that these emissions can be very substantial, and are the dominant near-term climate impact for gas supplied as liquefied natural gas.

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The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.

We visited researchers seeking ways to make homes safer. They set a lot of fires.

The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.

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The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods

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Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.

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We visited researchers seeking ways to make homes safer. They set a lot of fires.

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