The Climate Recap

Scorched Europe battles deadly fires. Turkey shuts shipping lane | Reuters
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated over 3 weeks from flooding in Pakistan | NPR
Lethal fires in Peru Andes | AP News
Canada’s Northwest Territories declares emergency due to wildfires | Reuters
Portland hits August record of 108 amid extreme Pacific Northwest heat wave | The Washington Post
How climate change shaped California’s first tropical storm in decades | E&E News
Antarctic ice melt may have killed thousands of emperor penguin chicks | CBC
‘We’re changing the clouds.” An unintended test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth | Science
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Did the Tonga eruption cause this year’s extreme heat? | Live Science
Hawaii: growing threat of ‘devastating’ fires as island landscape dries and warms | The Guardian
Lahaina used to be a wetland | Heated
Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court | Bloomberg Law
Hawaii’s youth-led climate change lawsuit is going to trial next summer | Grist
Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case | The NYTimes
Environmental groups sue to keep Virginia in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative | AP News
Countries adopt multibillion-dollar fund to protect nature | Reuters
Ecuador votes to ban oil drilling in part of Amazon, mining outside Quito | Reuters
Biden Protects Land By Grand Canyon But Will Still Allow Mining | Bloomberg Law
5 things to know about Japan’s Fukushima water release in the Pacific | NPR

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Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show | The Guardian
Is the Atlantic Ocean current system AMOC nearing collapse? Probably not – but scientists are seeing troubling signs | CBS News
India pauses plans for new coal plants for five years to focus on renewable energy | PBS
Canada releases framework to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies | Reuters
Britain commits to hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licenses | Reuters
Rishi Sunak’s family firm Infosys signed $1.5 bil deal with BP | The National
New Biden Rule Would Make Energy Companies Pay More To Drill On Public Lands | Huffpost
The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades | AP News
A landmark US clean energy transmission line just broke ground | Electrek
UN starts moving oil from Yemen tanker in bid to stop disaster | Al Jazeera

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Extreme weather: What you need to know about the global heatwave | Al Jazeera
‘It’s really cool’: Visitors flock to Death Valley amid soaring heatwave | NBC News
Historically bad heat wave isn’t close to over: 5 maps to make you sweat | The Washington Post
Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up North to heat in the West | AP News
Flash floods rage in Vermont, New York; 50 rescued by shift boat | Reuters
As China struggles with heat, flooding and drought, employers are ordered to limit outdoor work | AP News
Deadly Monsoon Flooding and Landslides Lash Northern India | The NYTimes
Yamuna river reaches Taj Mahal’s outer walls in India after swelling with monsoon rains | LA Times
‘Heaviest rain ever’ causes deadly floods and landslides in Japan | The Guardian
South Korea flood death toll rises to 40, Yoon blames botched responses | Reuters
It’s Deadline Day for Deep Sea Mining | Hakai Magazine
Shipping agrees net-zero goal but critics chide deal | BBC News
US truckmakers reach deal to phase out polluting diesel big rigs | The Washington Post
Colombia, Brazil presidents pledge cooperation to protect Amazon | Reuters
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops 34% in first half 2023 | Reuters

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World registers hottest day ever recorded on July 3 | Reuters
Multnomah County in Oregon Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over Heat Dome | The NYTimes
Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation’s water rights trust claim | ICT News
Biden administration announces $7 bil in residential solar grant program | The Hill
Ford Gets $9.2 Bil to Help US Catch Up with China’s EV Dominance | Bloomberg
First ‘lab-grown’ meat approved by US regulators | The Hill
New carbon accounting rules target ‘greenwashing’ | Phys
Portugal to swap $153 mil Cape Verde debt for nature investments | Reuters
Portugal doubles 2030 goals for solar and hydrogen capacity | Reuters

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Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s why there is so much smoke | AP News
Canada’s wildfires are part of our new climate reality, expert officials say | The Guardian
Peru battles record dengue fever, in a warning of the warming world | The Washington Post
El Nino is officially here, scientists say | Space
Chinese cities break heat records, stressing electricity grid | Reuters
Texas power use break records in heat wave this week, grid operators say | Reuters
Scotland records hottest day so far as heatwave hits | BBC
India heatwave: 96 people dead repordedly from heat-aggravated conditions | The Guardian
UN adopts high seas treaty, the first-ever pact to protect international waters | CBS News
New Mexico imposes oil and gas moratorium on state land near schools | AP News
State Farm stops new home insurance sales in California as wildfire risks grow | Reuters
Senate launches probe into insurance firm’s fossil fuel industry | The Washington Post
North Carolina lawmakers OK bill blocking local government energy fuel prohibitions | AP News
North Carolina Republicans send green investment ban to governor | AP News
Montana officials minimize first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit ahead of final arguments | PBS
Power companies spend millions to fight Maine’s proposed non-profit utility | The Guardian

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US, EU lawmakers push depose UAE’s Jaber from climate talks | Reuters
Breakthrough Colorado River deal reached, outlining big water cuts for the next three years | The LA Times
Supreme Court erases protections for most wetlands | E&E News
Oil drilling project near mouth of Amazon River rejected by Brazil’s environment regulator | AP News
Brazil’s Lula summons ministers as Congress seeks to dilute environmental powers | Reuters
Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time | BBC
Spain powered itself with renewable energy for nine straight hours | Interesting Engineering

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Mexico bans solar geoengineering after rogue experiment | Climate Change News
‘It’s time to start suing’: States tee up next WOTUS war | E&E News
HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Gas Stoves Back Under Scrutiny With New US Limits Proposed | BNA News
Gas industry hires Democrats to win support of liberal voters | The Washington Post
DeSantis keeps heat on gas stoves issue, proposing tax exemption | The Hill
Energy transition funding spikes | Axios
Renewables Projected to Soon Be One-Fourth of US Electricity | Inside Climate News
24/7 carbon-free energy is about to become a reality in California | Canary Media
California greenlights more than 800 MW of storage and solar to bolster power grid reliability | Utility Drive
Feds offer $700 mil to lithium project at heat of ESA dispute | E&E News
Texas’ most populous county adopts a climate plan | Grist
India to annually invite bids for 8 GW wind power projects to 2030, govt order | Reuters
India pledges $4.3 bil for cleaner energy | Grist

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California contends with flooding, power outage as severe storms batter the state | CBS News
Lake Tahoe snowpack levels nearly 250% above normal | Fox40
Low water levels have created an energy crisis at the world’s largest dam | The Washington Post
Satellites watch Europe get hit by most severe winter heatwave ever | Space
Ozone layer may be restored in decades, UN report says | BBC
WE QUIT | Extinction Rebellion UK
Public Order Bill: The British government wants to hand police unprecedented powers to handle protestors. Human rights activists say it’s an affront to democracy
Germany: Police clear climate activists from coal village | DW
Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers | Bloomberg
Ahead of Major Court Case, E.P.A. Revises Clean-Water Protections | The NYTimes
Do Gas Stoves Have Health Risks? | The NYTimes

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Did world leaders and trends do the climate crisis any favors in 2022?

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This Will Be The Coldest Christmas In Decades… | Ryan Hall, Y’all
Extreme winter spells trouble for food insecure | Axios
State of the climate: 2022 to date is fourth warmest year on record | Carbon Brief
Arctic is rapidly turning warmer, wetter, and riskier: report | Axios
Drought emergency declared for all Southern California | The LA Times
At Least 141 Die in Congo After Floods Hit Kinshasa | The NYTimes
Met Office forecasts 2023 will be hotter than 2022 | BBC News
HSBC Halts Finance for New Oil and Gas Fields in Climate Change Move | Bloomberg
Global coal consumption to reach all-time high this year - IEA | Reuters
Final deal on EU carbon market (ETS) give heavy industry a free pass at the expense of households and taxpayers | Carbon Market Watch
California cuts payments to homeowners for solar panels feeding energy back to the grid | CNBC
Nuclear fusion science reaches major milestone but materials and tech challenges remain | Axios

When I say "last week," I mean the week before last.
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