Emma Court

Trump’s EPA to Scrap Landmark Emissions Policy in Major Rollback The US Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to repeal a policy that provides the legal foundation for a raft of rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions, marking President Donald Trump’s m...

Today, the US EPA scrapped a key scientific determination — that greenhouse gases are harmful — that supports a swath of federal climate policies curbing emissions.

It marks President Donald Trump’s most consequential retreat yet from the fight against climate change.

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Why Hospitals Are Phasing Out a Popular Operating Room Anesthetic Desflurane, which has put patients to sleep for decades, has an outsized footprint, and health care providers are switching to less-polluting alternatives.

When you go in for a medical procedure, the gas putting you to sleep may also be warming the planet. That's prompting regulators and hospitals around the world to move to less-polluting alternatives.

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Why Climate-Friendly Beef Labels Fall Short A study by an environmental nonprofit found beef producers aren’t providing enough evidence for their green assertions.

Exclusive: Can beef products be carbon neutral? Shoppers are increasingly seeing products calling themselves that, but they're not providing the information needed to back these claims up, finds a new @worldresources.bsky.social report.

New US Dietary Guidelines Are Heavy on Meat and Carbon Emissions | Emma Court Red meat is very much back in the new US dietary guidelines, with a bright red steak and a packet of ground beef atop the (inverted) food pyramid. While health oriented, the recommendations also hav...

Red meat is very much back in the new US dietary guidelines, with a bright red steak and a packet of ground beef atop the (inverted) food pyramid. My latest for @bloomberg.com unpacks what that means for the climate

As Food Costs Rise, Chefs Turn to Trash for $160 Tasting Menus Scraps have never been more valuable, as restaurants use tech and ingenuity to keep edible food out of the bin.

Trash isn't something you often think about when eating at high-end restaurants. But they're generating a lot of it, and a new generation of chefs is trying to change that. My latest for @bloomberg.com:

Spain Uses Drones and Soldiers to Track Wild Boar Swine Fever Outbreak Soaring wild boar populations have become a major problem for the European Union’s largest exporter of pork products.

Spain is giving the SWAT-team treatment to an outbreak of African swine fever, in an effort to stop the disease's spread from wild boar to pig farms (which have been free of it for decades).

Milder winters have helped fuel a booming wild boar population in Spanish forests:

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Sir… this is quite literally a Whole Foods

US Economy Wins From Green Exit, Unless the World Follows Suit If the world collectively retreated from green policies, the global economy would shrink, Bloomberg Economics researchers write.

What will the impact of the US's green retreat under President Donald Trump be — for the economy and for the world? A fascinating new Bloomberg Economics analysis gives us some hints.

Read more @bloomberg.com (gift link!).

Live Q&A: Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail Bloomberg journalists answer your questions about what to expect at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. Stream our Live Q&A on Monday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. EST

Most people don't have high expectations from COP30. But with the US govt intent on wrecking climate policies at home and abroad, things could get testy.

For a preview, tune into a conversation later today with Bloomberg's crack team on the ground at COP30. www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...

Hot Weather is Killing More than Half a Million People a Year Authors of a new Lancet report warn that parts of the world could become unlivable, as climate change drives a surge in heat deaths.

Extreme heat now kills roughly one person every minute, and about 550,000 a year, finds @lancetcountdown.bsky.social's new report. And scientists warn parts of the world may soon hit limits where it’s too hot and humid for people to survive.

My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):

Why Eating a Burger in Houston Is Less Climate-Friendly Than in Chicago Where cows come from plays a big role in their carbon footprint, a new study found.

Beef is notoriously bad for the environment. Just how bad depends a lot on where in the US you eat it.

See how your city stacks up in my latest for @bloomberg.com:

When Is Your Home Safe After Wildfire Smoke? LA Researchers Have Some Answers Smoke from the Los Angeles fires spread toxins across thousands of homes, but in the absence of government guidelines, residents say they’re struggling to clean up.

What does “safe” really mean after a wildfire? You might first think of the homes that have been destroyed, but there’s another category of victims that doesn’t often get much attention. Months after the LA fires, they're still trying to get answers.

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