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AP
Dangerous heat wave threatens oppressive temperatures in much of the US
Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfire in southern Spain that killed at least 12
As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives
Taiwan and eastern China brace for Typhoon Bavi as winds and rain hit Japan’s southern islands
Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife

Ars Technica
Overhaul of public lands grazing regulations seeks to cut public involvement

Big Pivots
The day that Joe Biden toured NREL  Ed Perlmutter tells about having to lay down the law to the vice president. Aviator glasses wouldn’t cut it. Not if wanted to see the renewable energy experiments.

Canon City Daily Record
Cañon City water customers have only saved 1% against 20-30% goal

Colorado Biz
Colorado awarded $432,000 for drinking water infrastructure projects

Colorado Sun
With their fruit crops obliterated by freeze, these Colorado growers are forced to flex their business muscles to survive   An April freeze devastated farmers along the North Fork Valley, including a total loss at the Kropp family’s First Fruits. Here’s how the orchards are moving on. 
Firefighters race to increase containment on Colorado wildfires as hot, dry conditions set in
Aspen Acres fire could burn for a “long duration” and last into winter
Beulah water teams assess Aspen Acres damage to utilities, while working through losses, evacuations
What’s Working: Colorado homeowners insurance is among the most expensive in the US
Firefighters in Beulah recount desperate battle against “monster” blaze fueled by 100 mph winds

Coyote Gulch
Trial vignette: ‘Biblical flood’ needed to recover aquifer: State engineer warns that without the new water management plan, wells could be shut off — Chris Lopez (AlamosaCitizen.com) #SanLuisValley #RioGrande
The Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District issues #drought restrictions clarification, #SanJuanRiver data undergoing calibration — The #PagosaSprings Sun
Colorado River Conference recordings and photos are available. Find a picture of your favorite panelist, audience reaction or candid while mingling — Getches-Wilkinson Center #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridifcation
Northern Water Board Approves Changes to #Colorado-Big Thompson Project Tracking Rule Procedures #ColoradoRiver #SouthPlatteRiver
The July 9, 2026 #ENSO Diagnostic Discussion is hot off the presses from the #Climate Prediction Center #ElNiño
Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in June 2026 — NOAA
Dry fire weather continues, but experts say moisture-laden #monsoon convection may arrive later this month — Shannon Mullane (Fresh Water News)

The Cool Downl
Colorado city eyes new data center rules as AI boom raises water, power, and noise fears  Aurorao could soon serve as a more visible example in the national fight over data centers, with residents and city leaders questioning whether existing local rules can handle a surge of artificial intelligence-related development.

Denver Gazette
Beulah residents grapple with Aspen Acres destruction
Aurora sees ‘incredible compliance’ on water restrictions from residential users, less from commercial users

Desert Sun
Troubles for Lake Powell, Colorado River are a wakeup call for valley

Earth.com
Rising water bills could become a hidden cost of climate change

Grist
‘Why take those jobs away?’: The unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind
How to build homes that can survive extreme heat

Inside Climat News
In Gambia, Salt Water Intrusion Is the Leading Edge of Climate Change

LaPorte North Forty
Front Range Firefighters Help Battle Growing Willow Fire
Heat Safety Urged as Triple-Digit Risk Nears Northern Colorado

LA Times
PG&E should pay $22 million for Mosquito fire violations, regulators say
Trump slashes wildlife protections, putting endangered California animals at risk
Trump administration proposal would all but end scientific merit in grant funding, critics say
Lopez: Californians rallied to save the coast 50 years ago. Trump is spoiling the celebration

Mountain Mail
Colorado River experts say agriculture must make permanent cuts to water use

NPR
Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife

NY Times
How a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center Heist   The world’s most valuable assets are stored on rows of servers in giant, anonymous buildings. And they can be stolen. 

F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry  A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.

PBS
Farmers along Colorado River face more water shortage

Phys.org
Trees for hotter cities: New approach can bolster community input in meeting targets
Machine learning calibration of biosensors for microcystin toxin monitoring in freshwater
Patterned frozen soils get their shape from gravity and funky physics
Firefighters gain upper hand on deadly Spain wildfire
New heat wave blasts US, could break records
Managing water with local wisdom and science
Drought threatens irrigation in northern Italy
Brutal heat wave forecast for western US this weekend

Spokesman Review
'There’s nothing else. There’s just the planet': Is our infrastructure prepared for the impacts of climate change?

Summit Daily
How one organization is working to help keep water in rivers during extreme drought
Colorado mountains could see near-record temperatures as heat dome develops over the West
Wildland firefighters say things are 'basically as dry as they can get' in Colorado's forests - fueling 'schizophrenic' wildfire behavior

Truthout
Texas Is Fast Tracking AI Data Center Construction Using a Permitting Loophole

USA Today
Your water bill could skyrocket due to climate change, study says

Wired
El Niño Is Already Wreaking Havoc on Pacific Fisheries
Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions

Vancouver Sun
Roundup of climate and environmental news to July 12, 2026.

The Guardian
Carbon capture is vital in tackling the climate crisis | Letters
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ |
Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

Experts warn of ways screwworm could spread in the US and new difficulties in keeping it at bay

‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies  in totally unproven tech
Readers reply: Why put solar panels on green space when we could put them over car parks?
‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say
UK couple found burned and semi-conscious in Almería amid Spanish wildfires
Is the US trying to make scientists’ work so difficult that they simply give up? 
‘A slap in the face’: small farmers say Trump is turning his back on them  How are they so stupid?
‘Every time the rain falls, the fear comes back’: life in Lagos under the constant threat of floods
Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France

‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle

The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them
Fast-spreading wildfire kills at least 12 in southern Spain

Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply

BBC
Beauty spot river is 'dying', worried pupils say
China braced for second typhoon in a week as Bavi approaches landfall

The Independent
May and June heatwaves linked to more than 2,700 deaths in UK as climate experts issue fresh warning

Border Telegraph
Selkirk project aims to boost understanding of climate change

Irish Independent
‘We are supercharging the extremes’: expert warns climate change is ‘topping up’ Ireland’s heatwave temperatures

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