The Climate Recap

Pakistan monsoon rains and floods kills at least 903 people, including 326 children | CNN
Americans underestimate how much their peers care about climate change | CNBC
Solar power is booming in Germany as Russia turns down the gas | CNN
Analysis: Record-low price for UK offshore wind is nine times cheaper than gas | Carbon Brief
California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars | The NYTimes
Washington state to ban sale of new gasoline cars by 2035 | king5.com
Google ‘airbrushes’ out emissions from flying, BBC reveals | BBC News
In Indonesian Mining Region, the EV Boom Takes a Heavy Toll | Yale E360
Germany hypes hydrogen alliance, shops for Canadian fossil fuels | Climate Change News
The auto workforce faces electric growing pains | Axios

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Hottest summer since 1961 continues in China, strains agriculture production | CGTN
China drought creates hydropower shortage amid record heat wave | The Washington Post
Afghanistan flash floods: At least 20 dead in yet another disaster in crisis-ridden country | The Independent
Europe’s drought the worst in 500 years – report | BBC News
Flash floods wreak havoc in US southwest – but are no salve for drought | The Guardian
Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than half their volume since 1931 | CNN
Controversial $1 bil Dendrobium coalmine expansion plan abandoned by mining company | The Guardian
Wind farm deals secured for three sites off Shetland | BBC News
1,000 new EV chargers to be built across England in £20 mil scheme | Evening Standard
Just Stop Oil activists stage protests at Essex and Midlands Terminals | The Guardian
Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz team up with Canadian battery materials push | Reuters
Manston airport cleared for take-off | The Times
England’s housing strategy would blow entire carbon budget, says study | The Guardian
UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows | The Guardian

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Floods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India | NPR
Migrants on US-Mexican border suffer from extreme water scarcity | Climate Change News
The World’s Addiction to Plastic in Five Charts | BloombergNEF
First North American Freshwater Wind Farm Wins Ohio Court Case | Bloomberg Law
Canada says hydrogen better than LNG for German needs | Reuters
Sending Canadian LNG to Germany is ‘doable,’ Trudeau says | Politico

Are plastics connected to climate change? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvlLrDaxPw&t=2s

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China issues first national drought alert, battles to save crops in extreme heatwave | Reuters
Flooding caused by the heavy rain kills 16 in western China | Reuters
At least 38 people killed as ‘tornado of fire’ rages in Northern Algeria | The Guardian
Forest fire smoke drifts into Russian capital amid heatwave | Reuters
Europe storms: Children among dead in France, Austria and Italy | BBC News
All of Massachusetts now in drought amid alarming expansion of dry conditions in Northeast | CNN
Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use | Communications Earth & Environment
Burying just 5 percent of power lines can improve resilience in hurricane-prone regions | The Hill
Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami | AP News
Kentucky coal company faces federal charges for faking coal dust tests | Ohio Valley Resource
Tennessee Valley Authority is dumping coal ash on Black south Memphis | The Washington Post
‘We’ve been sold out’: Enviro justice advocates slam Biden’s climate compromise | Politico
Activists Arrested While Protesting ‘Dirty Pipeline Deal’ Outside Schumer’s Office | DeSmog
Chevron Is Publishing Local News and Propaganda in Texas | Gizmodo
Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables | The NYTimes

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At least 8 killed, scores injured in Algerian forest fires -state radio | Reuters
Torrential rains lash New Zealand for third day, hundreds evacuate homes | Reuters
China’s heatwave closes factories that supply parts to Tesla, Intel, and Toyota | The Verge
China’s Yangtze River is running dry amid scorching temperatures | The Washington Post
France’s river Loire sets new lows as drought dries up its tributaries | Reuters
Serbs wade in shrinking Danube as dredgers work flat-out | Reuters
Feds call for water cutbacks as Colorado River is in 23-year drought | CNBC
New Climate Rules Pose Fresh Challenge for Small Hong Kong Funds | Bloomberg
Appeals court axes ruling against Biden oil leasing pause, sends back for further proceedings | The Hill
Companies plan $2.6 bil investment in major Alaska oil projects | The Washington Post
Opioid ruling boosts Big Oil defense in Hawaii climate case | E&E News
Hundreds of thousands drop flood insurance as rates rise | E&E News
Major cities blighted by nitrogen dioxide pollution, research finds | The Guardian
Study: Pennsylvania Children Who Live Near Fracking Wells Have Higher Leukemia Risk | Inside Climate Change

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UK weather: Thunderstorms warning as heavy rain hits and roads flood | BBC News
Mexican Drought Spurs a South Texas Water Crisis | Inside Climate News
US spares Western states from Colorado River water cuts - for now | Reuters
Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau | Nature Climate Change
Rise in extreme heat will hit minority communities hardest | E&E News
Biden signs massive climate and health bill | AP News
The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland | Axios
One EV advantage: cheaper fuel costs | Axios
Los Angeles Homeowners Are Removing Lawns During Drought | The NYTimes
Shell and BP’s plans to reduce carbon emissions will overshoot Paris Agreement targets, study says | Daily Mail
Oil giant Esso wins High Court injunction to stop Runnymede pipeline protest | The Independent
Why scientists have pumped a potent greenhouse gas into streams on public lands | NPR

What climate provisions are in the Inflation Reduction Act? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqueONyc7m8

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Spain Zaragoza Wildfire Forces the Evacuation of 1,500 | Bloomberg
Global warming to cause a US “Extreme Heat Belt,” study warns | Axios
Risk Factor | First Street Foundation: https://riskfactor.com
Hot nights: US in July sets new record for overnight warmth | AP News
Risk of catastrophic megafloods has doubled in California, study finds | The Guardian
Vanuatu, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, launches ambitious climate plan | The Guardian
Burning imported wood in Drax power plant ‘doesn’t make sense,’ says Kwarteng | The Guardian
‘The first step in a long journey’: The pioneering British town which has committed to veganism | The Independent
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California governor proposes extending nuclear plant’s life | AP News
Saudi Aramco: Oil giant tops own record with $48.4 bil quarterly profit | BBC News
LNG Exporter Downplays Emissions to Justify Expansion | DeSmog

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Poyang Lake’s dry season arrives earlier than ever | China Dialogue
Swiss mountain pass will lose all glacier ice ‘in a few weeks’ for first time in centuries | The Guardian
UK Heatwave: Official drought declared across large parts of England | BBC News
Drought Threat Puts Focus on England’s Chronic Water Leaks | Bloomberg
2 dead as heaviest rainfall in 10 years floods Las Vegas strip, casinos flood for second time in weeks | USA Today
‘Firenado’ sparked by hot winds and wildfires burns in California – video | The Guardian
Even a small rise in temperatures could decimate American forests | Grist
Climate change has reversed 900 years of cooling in the Gulf of Main warming | Bangor Daily News
New Laws in Sierra Leone Reshape Environmental Battleground | The NYTimes
Australia Rejects Plans for Major Coal Project Near Great Barrier Reef | Bloomberg
Iberdrola Turns on Europe’s Biggest Solar Power Plant in Western Spain | Bloomberg
‘This is HUGE!’ Major climate legislation will soon become law | Canary Media
Federal court reinstates ban on new coal sales on public land | The Washington Post
California Sets Ambitious Goal to Get Power From Offshore Wind by 2045 | Bloomberg
Pritzker, Lightfoot tout city’s $422 mil deal for green energy | Chicago Sun-Times
Massachusetts passes massive climate and clean energy bill | The Washington Post
Africa getting just 12% of financing needed to adapt to climate change | report | Reuters
In the Amazon, a UN Agency Partners With Oil Companies | The NYTimes
EU says US electric vehicle tax credit could break WTO rules | AP News

What climate provisions are in the Inflation Reduction Act? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqueONyc7m8 

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Japan’s Tokyo Has Already Broken a Record for Severe Heat Days in a Year | Bloomberg
Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes | Reuters
Low Rhine water levels threaten Germany’s economic growth | Reuters
Fate of ‘sleeping giant’ East Antarctic ice sheet ‘in our hands’ - study | The Guardian
The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds | NPR
A volcano is erupting again in Iceland. Is climate change causing more eruptions? | Phys.org
China has world’s second largest number of nuclear power units | Xinhua
‘It’s a human rights issue’: young audlts take Portugal climate crisis to court | The Guardian
US and DRC to work together on protection of rainforest and peatlands | The Guardian
Cities are building “climate resilience hubs” | Axios
Newsom outlines sweeping strategy to bolster water supplies | The LA Times
‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar bears cost of green energy | AP News
Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills | Science Advances
New Brazil bill puts cattle pasture over Pantanal wetland | Mongabay

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Soaring heat to remain for this week | China Daily
Heavy rains flood South Korea’s capital Seoul, killing at least 8 | The Washington Post
UK health agency issues new heat alert warning for England | The Guardian
France and Germany suffer ‘most serious’ drought on record | The Telegraph
Alps glaciers melting faster as heatwaves hit | BBC News
UK braces for even higher bills as Norway threatens electricity export cut | The Guardian
Climate impacts have worsened vast range of human diseases | The Guardian
Lawmakers in India pass energy conservation bill | AP News
India to stop carbon credit exports until climate goals are met | Live Mint
Supermarket food could soon carry eco-labels, says study | BBC News
Why the CHIPS and Science Act Is a Climate Bill | The Atlantic
What the US Climate Bill Could Mean for You and the Planet | KQED’s Forum

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