2 October news
Loretta Lohman
Atlantic magazine
There Is No Green Transition Without Consequences A new book argues that simply replacing fossil-fuel extraction with critical-mineral mining is no way out of the climate crisis.
Axios
Trump admin cuts $500M for Colorado climate change initiatives
The Battalion
Global warming accelerates multi-system change in arctic river chemistry
Canary Media
Trump’s tariffs spur US aluminum industry to boost recycling I thought they were doing that all along
Pennsylvania’s solar ambitions face high federal and state hurdles
Carbon Brief
Antarctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is third smallest on record
UK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour counters Reform promise
Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
UK Conservative party vows to scrap the Climate Change Act
US: EPA shutdown plan leaves workers unsure about pay and furlough status
China’s offshore EV investments shift toward Asia amid signs of slowdown
Brazil’s $125bn forest fund suffers delays before COP30
Climate deniers are increasingly hiding in plain sight
Kemi Badenoch: how I plan to save the Tories UK version of drill baby drill
CNN
Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade
Colorado Sun
Colorado steps into federal gap with boosted cash-for-clunkers EV incentives
Coyote Gulch
Are nukes the solution to the data center problem?: Or are data centers the solution to the nuclear reactor infeasibility problem? — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)
Denver Post
Trump eliminates $550 million in Colorado clean energy projects as administration targets blue states
Colorado expands EV rebate program in wake of federal cuts to tax credits
Environmental News Network
Study Demonstrates How Frequent Wildfires and Heat Intensify Air Quality Issues in Megacities
Researchers Wake Up Microbes Trapped in Permafrost for Thousands of Years
As Floods Worsen, Pakistan Is the Epicenter of Climate Change
Rare Glimpse at Understudied Ecosystem Prompts Caution on Deep-Sea Mining
Grist
Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change
An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters
High Country News
Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service
What the government shutdown means for public lands
Inside Climate News
In First Address on Climate Change, Pope Leo Signals Continuity With Francis—and Opposition to Trump
In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers
EPA Moves to Prioritize Review of New Chemicals for Data Centers
Vehicle-to-Grid Power Is Becoming a Reality, But Why Isn’t Progress Faster?
What Extreme Heat Is Doing to Your Body
KDVR
'EVs are here to stay': Colorado to increase electric vehicle incentives after federal ones expire
Live Science
Los Angeles Time
Boiling Point: California is quitting coal
Trump administration says it will cut $8 billion for climate projects in blue states
Letters to the Editor: Climate change generally isn’t a high-priority issue for voters. It should be
NPR
Why scientists are using corals from other countries to help save Florida's reefs
Nature
Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
Newsbreak
Wildfires far more costly and destructive than in the 1980s
New York Times
Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment
Energy Dept. Cancels Hundreds of Clean-Energy Projects, Mostly in Blue States
Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds
E.P.A. employees left in limbo during the shutdown
Australia on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Senator Schatz on How Democrats Should Talk About Climate Change
An Island Nation on the Front Lines of Climate Change
NPR
The Energy Department canceled billions in funding. Democrats say it's retribution they don’t even pretend a reason
Phys.org
Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s
Planning framework balances clean energy transitions with river ecosystem protection
When it comes to storing carbon, the Arctic presents a winter surprise
Ancient plankton hint at steadier future for ocean life
Experts: Climate policy must be tailored to each individual country
Unexpected region of the Amazon is experiencing 'alarming' rapid growth in climate extremes
USS Arizona provides blueprint for addressing oil leakage at thousands of WWII shipwrecks
Microbes trapped in permafrost awake after thousands of years
Heat-related deaths in Spain up 88% from last year: Health ministry
Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
'Leadership failure' is putting Lake Mead in peril, coalition says
PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?
As California glaciers disappear, people will see ice-free peaks exposed for the first time in millennia
UK government and public overestimate time left for climate action, study finds
China's 'Great Green Wall' brings hope but also hardship
Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming
Semafor
OPEC’s moment to squeeze US shale
Nuclear power startups are starting to look like a bubble
TIME
The Challenge of Building Climate-Resilient Schools
Vox
The surging price tag of wildfires, in one chart
1,000 Swiss glaciers already gone, and the melting is speeding up
This ultra-thin solar tech could power everything from phones to skyscrapers
Washington Post
Trump officials cancel $7.6 billion in clean energy projects
A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say
CBC
What insurance data reveals about how bad wildfires are getting
The Guardian
The Guardian view on climate policy: Britain needs clean power, not culture wars
Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution Santiago Chile
Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can’t let fear of Farage stop him
Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act
‘Everything that is wrong with the human race’: inside Hollywood’s bizarre war on the leaf blower
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development
‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty
Attack cutting power to Chornobyl nuclear plant a ‘global threat’, says Zelenskyy
The clean energy revolution – a reason to be hopeful – podcast
‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics
BBC
Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation
The Independent
Plan to axe Climate Change Act causes Tory chaos
Badenoch defends vow to ditch climate law branded ‘catastrophic mistake’ by May
Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act
MAGA comes for the ‘woke pope’ after pontiff blesses block of ice in climate change gesture
Scrapping landmark legislation risks future jobs, says Tory ex-climate chief
Loughborough University
The risks of building collapses are increasing due to climate change.
Project Scotland
Plan sets out actions to ensure Scottish trunk road network meets climate challenges
Sky News
Business and green groups alarmed by Tory plan to scrap climate pollution rules
Environment.ec. Europa.eu
Ocean acidification: Seventh planetary boundary now crossed
Daily Times Pakistan
Climate Change and National Security
Lowy Institute
Indonesia’s green industrial policy ahead of COP30
Applying a national security lens to the International Court’s climate change opinion
Suez Group
Adapting to climate change calls for integrated and sustainable water management
Australian Broadcasting Corp
After years of leading on climate, Pacific Islanders say they're owed a UN conference
EnviroNews Nigeria
Emmanuel Harawa: When climate change threatens health
