The Climate Recap

Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan during heaviest rains in decades | Reuters
‘It’s plunder’: Mexico desperate for water while drinks companies use billions of litres | The Guardian
Germany gets solar power boost amid energy crisis | DW
First Nation, tech company collaborate to prepare for climate change | CBC
San Diego City Councils votes unanimously for the ban of natural gas in new construction | Chula Vista Today
Shell and BP to share in £7.5 bil taxpayer handout | This is Money
Shell Reports Record $11.5 Bil Profit | The NYTimes
$8.5 bil profit for BP as prices soared during Russia-Ukraine war | The Washington Post
Liz Truss heckled by climate activists at Conservative hustlings | The Guardian
US-funded trees ‘not likely to survive’ in Haiti when project ends | Climate Change News
Oregon’s wildfire risk map emerges as new climate flashpoint | AP News

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Japan – Thousands Ordered to Evacuate After Record Rainfall Triggers Floods and Mudslides | Floodlist
Wildfires in Europe burn second-biggest area on record | Reuters
Source of the River Thames dries out ‘fore first time’ during drought | The Guardian
Some of the approximate 1,000 people stranded at Death Valley National Park have left in spite of flooding | CNN
African climate diplomats reject African Union’s pro-gas stance for COP27 | Climate Change News
Judge rejects massive BLM coal mining proposal in Montana, Wyoming | Daily Montanan
New law creates $45 mil electric school bus program | New Jersey Monitor
US Senate passes historic climate bill | Grist
Glencore shareholders get $4.5 bil windfall as coal prices soar | Reuters
The Taliban’s black gold: militants seize on coal to reboot economy | Financial Times
China Military Drills: Warships Cross Taiwan Strait on Second Day of Exercises | Bloomberg

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

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At least 24 people dead as flash flooding hits eastern Uganda | The Guardian
Excess deaths surged as heat wave hit Europe | Politico
Paris swelters as France sees third heatwave this year | The Independent
Driest July in memory imperils Europe’s crops | Euractiv
Dutch government declares water shortage due to drought | Reuters
Europe’s Rhine River on Brink of Effectively Closing Thanks to Low Water Levels | Bloomberg
Australia passes landmark climate bill to cut emissions by 43% | Axios
India Approves Climate Change Commitments to UN Ahead of COP27 | Bloomberg
Cycling Surges 47% In England As Fuel Price Hikes Bite | Forbes
Nearly 60% of energy production in Iowa comes from wind turbines | Investigate Midwest
Feds suspend oil leases on public lands in central California | LA Times
EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin | AP News
Krysten Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal | The NYTimes

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

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100 million under heat warnings in U.S. (again) | Axios
At least 14 potential heat deaths in Oregon after hot spell | AP News
US high tide flooding breaks records in multiple locations | The Hill
Flood warning: Illinois downpours dump over 10 inches of rain | The Washington Post
Climate Change Linked to Uptick in Lyme Disease Cases | Green Matters
Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios | PNAS
New Zealand Climate Plan Includes Relocating Some Homes | Bloomberg
EU approves €3 bil German green heating scheme | Euractiv
Nearly 20 states push ahead with truck electrification plan | Transport Dive
Maine cut greenhouse gas emissions 25% from ‘90, report says | AP News
Germany-Senegal gas plan sparks outcry from environmentalists | DW
What’s going on with Ontario’s Ring of Fire? | The Narwhal
Automakers Blitz Congress to Fix an EV Tax Credit They Can’t Use | Bloomberg
The Inflation-Reduction Act Misunderstands Climate-Smart Farming | The New Republic
How Taylor Swift, Drake and celebrities with private jets is a climate nightmare | The Washington Post

What climate provisions are in the Inflation Reduction Act? | Beckisphere Climate Corner: https://youtu.be/gqueONyc7m8

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Heavy Rain Causes Deadly Flooding Across Iran | The NYTimes
High temperatures unleash marine heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea | Reuters
Texas fire started after sunlight magnifies glass bottles and ignites paper, officials say | USA Today
Fires near Gering, Nebraska, spark evacuations | The Washington Post
Fast-moving wildfire in northern California forces residents to evacuate | Reuters
Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions | AP News
House passes 48-bill wildfire-protection package | The Hill
A clean and healthy environment is a human right, UN resolution declares | Mongabay
Hawaii Gets Its Last Shipment of Coal, Ever | Gizmodo
Toyota-Panasonic battery JV to buy lithium from ioneer’s Nevada mine | Reuters
Rich countries fall $17 bil short of 2020 climate finance goal | Climate Change News

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Climate breakdown made UK heatwave 10 times more likely, study finds | The Guardian
‘Zoe’ Becomes the World’s First Named Heat Wave | Scientific American
The northernmost city in US just had its wettest day on record | The Washington Post
Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions | Nature Geoscience
Ireland sets targets to halve greenhouse gas emissions | Reuters
Centre-right Climate party launches to oust Tory MPs opposing climate action | The Guardian
New Biden program will bring solar to low-income families | Canary Media
Biden officials support battery projects... | Axios
Global coal demand to match record high this year, IEA says | Reuters
Shell and Centrica post profits totalling £11 bil as households struggle with bills | The Guardian
Global CCS rates overestimated by up to 30% | Imperial College London
Kenya officials say elephants are being killed by climate change and drought | The Washington Post
Brazil grants permit to pave highway through the heart of the Amazon forest | Reuters
Texas is skirting federal environmental law to push for highway expansion | Grist
Thousands of US cattle buried, dumped at Kansas landfill | Reuters

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Japan Insurers Sell Heatstroke Coverage During Sizzling Summer | Bloomberg
Pakistan’s Deadly Flood Season Worsened by Climate Change and Bad Infrastructure | The NYTimes
Flash Floods in St. Louis Break a Century-Old Rain Record | The NYTimes
8 Dead in Kentucky Flash Floods | The NYTimes
Light-duty vehicle fleet electrification in the US and its effects on global agricultural markets | ScienceDirect
Germany Approves $180 bil Funding to Accelerate Energy Shift | Bloomberg
Global nuclear hydrogen group forms | Axios
Bloom Energy Celebrates Grand Opening of Fremont Multi-Gigawatt Factory, Adding Hundreds of New Clean Energy Jobs | Bloom Energy
GM launches education effort to try to dispel myths about electric vehicles | Axios
Clean energy would get big boost from new climate bill, just how big? | Canary Media
MISO approves large grid expansion, paving wavy for renewables | E&E News
BBC criticised over climate question in Tory leadership debate | The Guardian
How BlackRock rebranded one sustainable mutual fund | Bloomberg
James Lovelock, co-founder of the Gaia Theory, dies at 103 | NPR

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Afghanistan is facing a climate calamity. It’s time the world took notice. | The Guardian
China issues red heat alert warnings for almost 70 cities in second heatwave this month | CNN
It could feel like 40ºC as parts of BC face hottest day of 2022 | Daily Hive
Biden administration unveils website about heat | The NYTimes
Flagstaff issues shelter-in-place orders due to possible flash flooding | AZ Family
France orders air-conditioned shops to save energy by shutting doors | The Guardian
Freezing point climbs to record high above Swiss Alpine summits | The Guardian
Massive jellyfish swarms are latest symptom of overheating planet | The Independent
Most of the world is worried about climate change | Energy Monitor
South Africa turns to renewables, gas, and batteries to end power cuts | Climate Change News
Climate campaigners welcome Greenpeace legal challenges over Jackdaw | Evening Standard
Six staffers arrested after climate sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office | The Guardian
Manchin strikes major deal with Schumer on climate, taxes and health care | NBC News
Biden administration announces plans to plant one billion trees | The Hill
Congo to Auction Off Oil and Gas Blocks In a Step Back for Climate Change | The NYTimes
Anthony Albanese rules out banning fossil fuel projects, citing risk to Australian economy | The Guardian
Exxon accelerates production in Guana, making two new discoveries | Reuters

A global solar PV waste TSUNAMI is about to hit! | Just Have A Think: https://youtu.be/fU8C5t2Jl48
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Greenland ice melt goes into overdrive | Axios
Alaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before | AP News
Heat to wane in the Northeast as Pacific Northwest prepares to roast | The Washington Post
Oak Fire: Emergency declared as wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park | BBC News
New Mexico flash flood: 2 dead, 1 missing as flooding rips through wildfire area | The Washington Post
Climate change and within-country inequality: New evidence from a global perspective | ScienceDirect
Climate change will make it harder for world’s poorest to migrate, study says | Carbon Brief
Climate activists in Italy glue themselves to Botticelli painting | The Guardian
First bill written by children on climate education | BBC
Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in southeastern Brazil, satellite images show | Mongabay

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Heatwaves to menace China as almanac’s ‘big heat day’ looms | Reuters
Europe’s heatwave reaches Poland, Greece as it moves eastwards, brings wildfires | Reuters
Heat wave set to sear US East Coast, South for third day | Reuters
Record-breaking heat in Europe means dangerous air pollution | Grist
NASA photos reveal Lake Mead at lowest point since 1937 | LA Times
Extreme rainfall will be worse and more frequent than we thought, according to new studies | Grist
Chile’s first electric bus factory aims to ease fossil fuel dependency | Reuters
WA tribes to get $50 mil to restore Puget Sound | The Seattle Times
Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3 bil-a-day profits for last 50 years | The Guardian
Monarch Butterflies Are Placed on IUCN Red List | The NYTimes

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