4 September news

Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact Both presidents have track records as avid deregulators when it comes to environmental rules on industry, but Trump’s efforts to cast doubt on science head in a very different direction.

Cureus

Climate Change and Its Impact on Ocular Health: A Systematic Review

Denver Post

Colorado regulators sued over delay in air-pollution permits for Adams County oil and gas facilities

Down to Earth

5 forecasts early climate models got right — the evidence is all around you

Energy & Commerce Committee Democrats

E&C Democratic Leaders Slam Energy Department’s Corrupt Climate Report & Demand It Be Withdrawn

Environmental News Network

UH Researchers Call for New Standards for Building in Coastal Flood Zones

When Crowds Left, Reefs Came Alive at Hanauma Bay

WiFi Signals Can Measure Heart Rate—no Wearables Needed

Study Finds We’ll Lose Almost 40 Percent of Our Glacial Ice

Gizmodo

This Unlikely Chemical Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change

Grist

Your home has a 1 in 4 chance of being at severe risk from extreme weather

Harvard Gazette

At the heart of climate change, war, and health: A case for changing public perspective

Inc.com

Bill Gates’s Investment Firm Is Joining a $300 Million Effort to Combat Climate Change

Inside Climate News

Cashing Out The secretive system disrupting climate action and forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies

Fossil-Fueled Climate Heating Set the Stage for Devastating Fires in Spain and Portugal This Summer

Dominion Energy and Big Tech Maneuver Over Pivotal Rate Decision in Virginia

Zambia Ordered a Mining Company to Pay Villagers After a Toxic Waste Spill. The Firm Made Them Sign Away Their Rights First

Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step

Fossil-Fueled Climate Heating Set the Stage for Devastating Fires in Spain and Portugal This Summer

KQED

Debate Over Key Climate Change Program Continues In Sacramento

Laist

Climate change

Live Science

Key Atlantic current could start collapsing as early as 2055, new study finds

Los Angeles Times

Feds accuse Southern California Edison of igniting deadly Eaton fire

MSN

Queensland environment minister concedes humans are influencing climate change

Nature

Variations in climate change belief systems across 110 geographic areas

New York Times

What the Future Ocean Might Look Like Amid Climate Change, Overfishing and More

The Climate Forward Conference Is Coming Soon

Orsted Sues Trump Administration in Fight to Restart Its Blocked Wind Farm The Danish company behind Revolution Wind, a $6 billion project off Rhode Island, said the federal government had unlawfully halted work on the wind farm.

Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.

House Votes to Advance Ambler Access Road in Alaska The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment.

Notre Damn News

In new research, Roy Scranton explores climate change and the limits of human progress

PBS

As rising sea levels swallow Bangladesh’s land, its climate refugees are forced to adapt

Phys.org

From offshore to onshore: Europe expands carbon storage with nature-inspired tech

How to help trigger positive tipping points and speed up climate action

Extreme weather changes not only how many people migrate, but who does

Most enduring and biggest iceberg breaks apart, with more splintering to come in its death spiral

POLIZERO: Project shows paths to climate neutrality

Human impact on the ocean will double by 2050, scientists warn

Observation-informed deep learning cuts ENSO projection uncertainty

Effective urban planning from real-world population tracking

How unexploded bombs cause environmental damage—and why climate change exacerbates the problem

Climate change made heat and dryness that fueled Iberian wildfires 40 times more likely, study finds

Politico Pro

E&E News: Don Jr. and Eric Trump are investors in a crypto company that calls climate change a threat

E&E News: European pension fund fires BlackRock over climate investments

E&E News: Private sector unlikely to play major role in climate adaptation

E&E News: UN chief praises Papua New Guinea’s ‘bold climate action’

Seeking Alpha

Nuclear energy momentum ‘never seen before’ due to climate change and geopolitics – Urenco CEO

Semafor

More companies put their own price on carbon emissions

Court backs EPA’s termination of billions in clean energy grants

Russia-China gas deal will have global ripple effects

Big Oil makes sweeping job cuts as prices slide

Washington Post

After Tesla sales crash in Europe, new model faces a hostile market

This is how much we can cool the planet by burying carbon underground

WLOS

James Beard campaign highlights Asheville restaurant struggles amid climate change

Yale Climate Connections

What you need to know about AI and climate change

Tree Frog Creative

Climate change fuelled wildfires of 'unprecedented intensity' in Spain and Portugal, experts say

Rocky Mountain Outlook

‘I was blown away’: Study shows climate change dramatically shrinking Banff’s alpine meadows

The Guardian

Australia needs $530bn capital to meet 70% climate goal, Business Council claims ahead of new 2035

Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests

New Lloyd’s boss signals shift on insuring fossil fuels Patrick Tiernan says market will no longer discourage underwriting of such projects, stressing ‘apolitical’ stance BS, follow the money

Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrong

‘As more join, it gets less risky’: how Greta Thunberg’s lone strike turned into a movement

England’s toxic road runoff pollution being ignored, MPs told

The far right’s green bashing has given mainstream parties an excuse to do nothing – but we have more agency than we think

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds

Weatherwatch: Repair of ozone layer is making the planet warmer, study finds