26 November news
Loretta Lohman
American Prospect
Big Tech’s Big New York Gas Pipeline Gov. Kathy Hochul justified a $1 billion natural gas project by appealing to affordability. But the main reason the state needs the energy is because data centers are hogging it.
Ars Technica
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use And it would be more than without governmental and corporate obstacles.
Bloomberg/CityLab
Massive Wildfire Liabilities Push Utilities to Use AI to Stop Blazes
Boca Raton Tribune
Climate Change Threatens Oregon’s Christmas Tree Dominance, Forcing Growers to Adopt New Science
Canary Media
Connecticut’s pioneering model for publicly owned, small-scale solar
Small but mighty grid batteries take root in Virginia amid energy crunch
Carbon Brief
Webinar: Carbon Brief’s third ‘ask us anything’ at COP30
UK: North Sea drilling restrictions to be relaxed in new Labour plan
Floods in Thailand, Malaysia kill over 30, displace thousands
China’s new coal plant permits set for four-year low in 2025, analysis finds
UK: Heathrow airport’s £33bn third runway plan chosen by government
Carbon Herald
Opinion: 1.5°C Is Dead. The Fight Against Climate Change Isn’t
Conversation
Turkey will host the next UN climate summit – here’s how it plans to use its moment in the spotlight
COPIRG
The best Gas Infrastructure Plan is one that reduces our reliance on gas
Crucial Years – Bill McKibben
Tale of Two Cities Unimaginable thirst in Tehran--but some relief in New York?
Down to Earth
Asia’s megacities face deadly heatwave risk: UN Report
edie.net
Report: Climate change to become world’s biggest driver of nature loss by 2050
Environmental News Network
Old Air Samples Hint at Effects of Climate Change
Over Half of Global Coastal Settlements are Retreating Inland Due to Intensifying Climate Risks
Exploring the Links Between Climate and Volcanism
Southern Ocean’s Heat Storage – a Possible Cause of Future ‘Heat Burps’
E&E News
Climate fight lingers for rural energy grants No climate change grants for AG
Grist
Everyone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them?
FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
High Country News LandlIne
The big data center buildup An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies with its own nuclear and gas plant.
Inside Climate News
Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers
Maine’s First Major Data Center Project Touts Green Innovation
Alabama Power Seeks to Delay Rate Hike for New Gas Plant Amid Outcry
Trump Cuts Could Hinder Efforts to Stop Climate-Fueled Spread of Invasive Species
Insurance Insider US
First insurance-focused climate change lawsuit filed against oil industry
The Invading Sea
The climate solution sitting in America’s trash
Reluctance to abandon fossil fuels has turned technology into a last resort
KJZZ
As malls lose their third-space cachet, this writer sees them as climate change bunkers
Letters from an American – Heather Cox Richardson
November 25, 2025 Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
Media Matters for America [NOT]
Mongabay
Fossil fuel failure eclipses Africa’s wins at COP30
Newsweek
How a Global ‘Climate Reset’ Could Change the Fight Against Warming
New York Times
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
ICE Detains Mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew
Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One. Lots of pollution and no consumer benefits
It’s Time to Build Nuclear Power Plants Again
OECD
Omaha World Herald
Once-in-a-decade report on Nebraska's climate gives dire warning: 'Are we willing to sacrifice?'
Phys.org
Climate change could expand habitats for malaria mosquitoes, researchers warn
Old air samples hint at effects of climate change
Public trust in science eroded by UN climate change language, study suggests
COP30: Petrostates block climate deal once again, but some countries are taking their own steps
Avalanches are of key importance to glaciers worldwide
Electric vehicle owners face new pay-per-mile tax. What could be the environmental costs?
An important wetland in Ghana is under siege. Researchers investigate the real issues
Ambitious plan to store CO₂ beneath the North Sea set to start operations
In a new documentary, researchers investigate when Greenland was ice-free
How stories of personal experience cut through climate fatigue in ways that global negotiations can't
New framework unveiled for climate-resilient shores
Sea level doesn't rise at the same rate everywhere: Mapping where Antarctica's ice melt would have the biggest impact
Science Daily
New evidence shows the Maya collapse was more than just drought
A global shipping detour just revealed a hidden climate twist letting scientists study how new low-sulfur marine fuels affect cloud formation. The sudden surge of ships around the Cape of Good Hope revealed that cleaner fuels dramatically weaken the ability of ship emissions to seed bright, reflective clouds—cutting this cloud-boosting effect by about two-thirds.
Science News
Here are 3 big ideas to combat climate change, with or without COP
Truthout
Polar Vortex Set to Hit US During Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
Volts
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Vox
The long, fun list of things we could do with unlimited clean energy
Yahoo
Climate change 'increasingly threatens' dynamic Spanish economy: OECD
CTV
Environment and Climate Change Canada changes weather warning system
The Energy Mix
Oil Pipeline to B.C. North Coast ‘Will Never Happen’, Coastal First Nations Vow
Clean Energy Canada
Youth Climate Lawsuit Still On Track, Applicants Say, After Ontario Rolls Back GHG Rules
Ukraine to Claim $43B in Climate Compensation for Russia’s War
The Guardian
Ed Miliband confirms crackdown on North Sea exploration – but new drilling will continue
Protests, tears and a baby: five key images that tell the story of Cop30
Aerial video shows buildings and cars in Thailand submerged after heavy flooding – video
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids
Changes in solar energy fuelled high speed evolutionary changes, study suggests
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
BBC
North Sea exploration rules to be relaxed in new Labour plan
Copernicus.org
SDG Knowledge Hub
Making COP 30 a Turning Point for Synergistic Climate-Nature Action
Challenging COP 30 Talks Elude Consensus on Fossil Fuels, Deforestation
Environmental Synergies in Focus at COP 30 Side Events
Systematic Observation Impact Bond to Close Climate, Weather Data Gaps
WebWire
Climate change drives rising temperatures and severe drought in Uzbekistan, shows new UNEP Atlas
India Legal
Supreme Court declares freedom from climate change impacts a fundamental right
Bloom Pakistan
Experts Warn Climate Change Intensifies Water Scarcity in Islamabad
Sri Lanka Guardian
Oceans Enter ‘New State’ as Climate Change Triggers Multiple Shifts at Once
Manila Times
Filipinos deserve a greener, low-carbon future
Right Lvelihood
An Inside Look: Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change — From the Shores to the Court
Otago Daily Times
Need to get fired up about climate
RNZ
Cancelled Kapuni carbon storage scheme scrapped from national emissions plan
Bioengineering
Heatwaves Boost Emergency Visits in Queensland: 10-Year Analysis
Mirage News
Preparing For Hotter, Drier Basin
AFR
Australia slashes emissions despite diesel ute love affair
Charles Stuart University
Too hot to care? How climate change is challenging home care in rural and regional Australia
Nigerian Pilot
Tinubu launches Global Food Disaster Management project to mitigate effects of climate change
