https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUf12w4Uctg/gernot-wagner RSS for Node Mon, 11 May 2026 05:16:35 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-03/stock-prices-show-a-climate-divide-between-u-s-europe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-03/stock-prices-show-a-climate-divide-between-u-s-europe Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:05:12 GMT Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. U.S. stock futures erased early declines as oil prices fell further, with investors remaining focused on developments around the war in Ukraine ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-20/cities-must-legalize-apartments-to-fight-climate-change https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-20/cities-must-legalize-apartments-to-fight-climate-change Fri, 20 May 2022 10:00:14 GMT Apartment buildings under construction in Washington, D.C. in October 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-06/heat-pumps-are-the-ultimate-climate-techno-fix-but-not-a-silver-bullet https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-06/heat-pumps-are-the-ultimate-climate-techno-fix-but-not-a-silver-bullet Fri, 06 May 2022 10:00:01 GMT Engineers work on installing an Ecoforest heat pump at the Octopus Energy Ltd.'s training and R&D centre in Slough, U.K., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Octopus, backed by Al Gore's sustainability fund, is helping teach the plumbers to install heat pumps that will play a pivotal role in the U.K.’s strategy to have net-zero emissions by 2050. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-22/u-s-environmental-and-health-rules-pay-for-themselves-and-then-some https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-22/u-s-environmental-and-health-rules-pay-for-themselves-and-then-some Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:51:29 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-15/stripe-carbon-removal-fund-shows-business-strides-on-climate https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-15/stripe-carbon-removal-fund-shows-business-strides-on-climate Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:00:02 GMT The 'Orca' direct air capture and storage facility, operated by Climeworks AG, in Hellisheidi, Iceland, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. Startups Climeworks and Carbfix are working together to store carbon dioxide removed from the air deep underground to reverse some of the damage CO2 emissions are doing to the planet. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-01/the-right-way-to-help-people-hurting-from-high-energy-prices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-01/the-right-way-to-help-people-hurting-from-high-energy-prices Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:00:03 GMT Gas prices at a Shell gas station in Hercules, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. California Governor Gavin Newsom's proposal to give $400 to every car owner to offset record-high gasoline prices has prompted criticism that it undercuts the states aggressive climate goals. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-18/why-kicking-our-unhealthy-oil-and-hamburger-habits-is-so-hard https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-18/why-kicking-our-unhealthy-oil-and-hamburger-habits-is-so-hard Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:09 GMT Mmm, so many calories in such a convenient package. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/the-case-for-the-eu-cutting-off-its-russian-gas-supply-now https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/the-case-for-the-eu-cutting-off-its-russian-gas-supply-now Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:00:16 GMT A jogger runs past the Nord Stream 2 gas receiving station in Lubmin, Germany, on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Russia’s Nord Stream 2 may need a few more months to clear remaining red tape before the controversial pipeline begins pumping natural gas to Germany to help ease Europe’s energy crunch. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-11/daily-climate-damage-should-feel-more-like-a-disaster https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-11/daily-climate-damage-should-feel-more-like-a-disaster Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:00:16 GMT Emissions rise from a Marathon Petroleum Corp. oil refinery in this aerial photograph taken above Texas City, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Unprecedented flooding from the Category 4 storm that slammed into the state's coast last week, sending gasoline prices surging as oil refineries shut, may also set a record for rainfall in the contiguous U.S., the weather service said Tuesday. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-28/the-cost-to-reach-net-zero-by-2050-is-actually-a-bargain https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-28/the-cost-to-reach-net-zero-by-2050-is-actually-a-bargain Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:00:15 GMT A worker places a solar panel on the roof of a home in Victoria, British Columbia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-14/fear-of-nuclear-power-should-not-stop-carbon-cuts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-14/fear-of-nuclear-power-should-not-stop-carbon-cuts Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:00:11 GMT Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, speaks during a news conference in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. A bipartisan group of senators and the White House reached a tentative agreement on a $550 billion infrastructure package, a significant breakthrough in the drive to muscle through Congress a massive infusion of spending for roads, bridges and other critical projects. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-17/for-omicron-and-climate-change-timing-is-everything-gernot-wagner https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-17/for-omicron-and-climate-change-timing-is-everything-gernot-wagner Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:28:53 GMT People line up for PCR and Rapid Antigen COVID-19 coronavirus tests on Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City on Thursday, December 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/-degrowth-is-a-misguided-way-to-decarbonize-the-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/-degrowth-is-a-misguided-way-to-decarbonize-the-economy Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:00:08 GMT Maytag commercial washing machines await customers at Smiley's laundry in Denver, Colorado, Friday July 22, 2005. Maytag Corp., the subject of a bidding contest, said second-quarter profit was $3.5 million as costs to close a factory fell. Profit at the No. 3 U.S. appliance maker was lower than analysts expected. Photographer: Matthew Staver https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-19/why-cop27-needs-a-bigger-circus-and-more-solar-panels https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-19/why-cop27-needs-a-bigger-circus-and-more-solar-panels Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:00:33 GMT A young climate activist holding a placard reading "Save our planet" during a protest march on the "Youth Day" at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the worlds most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow the rise in global temperatures. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-22/lawmakers-need-to-do-whatever-it-takes-to-price-carbon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-22/lawmakers-need-to-do-whatever-it-takes-to-price-carbon Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:00:08 GMT Emissions rise from the Duke Energy Corp. coal-fired Asheville Power Plant ahead of Hurricane Florence in Arden, North Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Hurricane Florence’s wrath hit the North Carolina coast, but the full effects of the storm, still centered 100 miles from shore, are yet to come. Photographer: Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-08/for-effective-climate-policy-the-first-step-is-the-hardest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-08/for-effective-climate-policy-the-first-step-is-the-hardest Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:00:01 GMT Trucks queue in a traffic jam as they wait to pass through the customs zone near the Austrian-German border in Suben, Austria, on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. A permanent return to border controls could lop 470 billion euros of gross domestic product growth from the European economy over the next ten years, based on a relatively conservative assumption of costs, according to research published by Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation. Photographer: Akos Stiller/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-17/are-economists-to-blame-for-climate-inaction https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-17/are-economists-to-blame-for-climate-inaction Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:30:21 GMT A firefighter attempts to control an active fire off Highway 50 during the Caldor Fire in Meyers, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. California's Caldor Fire moved closer to a popular alpine tourist destination in Northern California on Monday, prompting officials to order the evacuation of the resort town of South Lake Tahoe. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-20/the-costs-of-climate-tipping-points-add-up https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-20/the-costs-of-climate-tipping-points-add-up Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:00:12 GMT ILULISSAT, GREENLAND - AUGUST 04: In this view from an airplane rivers of meltwater carve into the Greenland ice sheet near Sermeq Avangnardleq glacier on August 04, 2019 near Ilulissat, Greenland. The Sahara heat wave that recently sent temperatures to record levels in parts of Europe has also reached Greenland. Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland, where over the last several decades summers have become longer and the rate that glaciers and the Greenland ice cap are retreating has accelerated. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-06/why-even-scientists-underestimate-climate-change https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-06/why-even-scientists-underestimate-climate-change Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:40:09 GMT A firefighter with the Jameson Creek CDF station fights a fire on a property on Acorn Drive during the CZU Lightning Complex fire in Santa Cruz County, California, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. More than 360 blazes are burning in California, forcing mass evacuations in the northern part of the state and creating an air quality emergency. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-23/stopping-climate-change-means-more-city-housing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-23/stopping-climate-change-means-more-city-housing Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:00:13 GMT NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: People wear protective face masks in Elizabeth Street Garden as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 13, 2020 in New York City. The fourth phase allows outdoor arts and entertainment, sporting events without fans and media production. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)