CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.

As disasters spike, superpowers face mounting calls to forge climate deal

By Timothy Puko and Vanessa Montalbano 09/25/23

Earth’s Hottest August on Record Followed a Record-Breaking June and July

By Delger Erdenesanaa 09/21/23

Biden’s new Climate Corps will train thousands of young people

By Maxine Joselow 09/20/23

COP28’s Biggest Conflicts Are on Display at the UN General Assembly

By Zahra Hirji 09/20/23

Are electric cars really better for the environment?

By Michael J. Coren 09/19/23

HEATMAP DAILY

The Detroit Auto Show Is an Ominous Snoozefest

By Kevin Williams 09/19/23

ExxonKnews

California opens the floodgates on Big Oil

09/18/23

Climate Protesters March on New York, Calling for End to Fossil Fuels

By Somini Sengupta, Hilary Howard and Delger Erdenesanaa 09/17/23

The Hill

Thousands of climate activists march in NYC, calling on Biden to declare climate emergency

By Miranda Nazzaro 09/17/23

Los Angeles Times

California sues five major oil companies for ‘decades-long campaign of deception’ about climate change

By Louis Sahagún 09/16/23

What this month’s deadly floods tell us about our global climate future

By Scott Dance, Marina Dias and Theodora Yu 09/14/23

TIME

An Auto Workers Strike Would Threaten Biden’s Green Coalition

By Alejandro De La Garza 09/14/23

Climate Central

Hot Summer Days Linked to Climate Change in U.S. Cities

09/13/23

DeSmog

Meet the Shadowy Network Vilifying Climate Protestors

By Amy Westervelt and Geoff Dembicki 09/12/23

More Than 5,000 Dead in Libya as Collapsed Dams Worsen Flood Disaster

By Mohammed Abdusamee, Vivian Nereim and Isabella Kwai 09/12/23

Forbes

2023 Worst Year On Record For Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters, NOAA Says

By Robert Hart 09/12/23

Scientific American

Climate Science Is under Attack in Classrooms

By Scott Waldman 09/12/23

Biden Says Climate Change Poses Greater Threat Than Nuclear War

By Jordan Fabian and Akayla Gardner 09/10/23

AP News

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

By Sibi Arasu 09/09/23

Solar Is Keeping the Texas Grid Running. Next Month’s Eclipse Will Be a New Test

By Naureen S Malik 09/08/23

Climate Report Card Says Countries Are Trying, but Urgently Need Improvement

By Brad Plumer 09/08/23

WMO

Earth had hottest three-month period on record, with unprecedented sea surface temperatures and much extreme weather

09/06/23

The Atlantic

America Could Be in for a Rough Fall

By Lois Parshley 09/06/23

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HURRICANES

After Lee’s Landfall, Thousands Are Without Power in U.S. and Canada

By Jenna Russell and Meagan Campbell 09/16/23

How hurricanes keep Earth’s energy in balance

By Kasha Patel 09/14/23

Axios

Inside an airborne quest to predict Lee, and other hurricanes

By Andrew Freedman 09/13/23

Lee forms and is poised to become ‘extremely dangerous’ Atlantic hurricane

By Matthew Cappucci 09/05/23

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GEOTHERMAL

There’s a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet. And a Race to Tap It.

By Brad Plumer 08/28/23

Volts

Enhanced geothermal power is finally a reality

By David Roberts 07/21/23

Wired

The Massive ‘Batteries’ Hidden Beneath Your Feet

By Matt Simon 04/12/23

Meet the Geothermal Champions

By Hiroko Tabuchi 03/28/23

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ECONOMICS

Canada, a giant oil producer, urges others to end fossil fuel subsidies

By Timothy Puko 09/22/23

White House Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets

By Coral Davenport 09/21/23

The Atlantic

The Economic Stakes of the UAW Strike

By Lora Kelley 09/19/23

Yellen Pushes Treasury, World Bank to Fuller Climate Reckoning

By Christopher Condon and Saijel Kishan 09/19/23

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HEALTH

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Vanessa Kerry Wants the World to Recognize Climate Health Impacts

By Kendra Pierre-Louis 09/19/23

Inside Climate News

A medical toolkit for climate resiliency is built on the latest epidemiology and ER best practices

By Danish Bajwa 09/05/23

Katu

Report highlights climate change impact on physical, mental health in tri-county area

By KATU Staff 08/02/23

The Hindu

Climate change impacts health, gender equality, economic growth and food insecurity: Report

The Hindu Bureau 08/01/23

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FOOD

Axios

The climate wrecking ball striking food supply

By Ayurella Horn-Muller 08/07/23

Wired

This Scorching Summer Is Taking a Toll on Your Favorite Foods

By Maryn McKenna 08/04/23

Foodtank

New York City Commits to 33 Percent Reduction in Food-Based Emissions by 2030 to Combat Climate Change

By Liza Greene 08/02/23

AgriNews

Commodity Insight: Climate change and the cost of food

By Jerry Welch 07/09/23

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SCIENCE

Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Yes, there was global warming in prehistoric times. But nothing in millions of years compares with what we see today

By Michael E. Mann 09/24/23

Forbes

2023 Worst Year On Record For Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters, NOAA Says

By Robert Hart 09/12/23

The Guardian

‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?

By Damian Carrington, Nina Lakhani and Others 08/28/23

Axios

UN climate panel chair: Paris agreement’s 1.5-degree target “a big ask”

By Andrew Freedman 08/16/23

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SEP 25 NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK

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HEROES OF THE WEEK

Beavers again! NASA became beaver believers after using satellites to measure their impact on US rivers…

SMILE OF THE WEEK

Apple recently released a five-minute clip on it net-zero achievements, starring the ever-fabulous Octavia Spencer as Mother Nature. Impressive and charming…

VICTORY OF THE WEEK

When California sued the fossil fuel companies last week, Michael Hiltzik, Business Columnist for the Los Angeles Times…

COMPLICATION OF THE WEEK

The UAW Strike raises so many questions and has so many ramifications. How will it affect our economy overall; how will it affect the Detroit automakers’ ability to compete in the EV market…

STORY OF THE WEEK

Washington Post reporter, Philip Kennicott, begins his exploration into our ever-evolving addiction to staying cool with a headline announcing the rollout of a new Jeep…

PROTEST OF THE WEEK

The fight against climate change finally returned to the streets last week and Bill McKibbon wrote about it in The New Yorker…

PODCASTS OF THE YEAR

At this point a year ago, the world had yet to experience what has now become the hottest summer on record…

NEW ADVICE COLUMN OF THE WEEK

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The Lever just welcomed their new advice columnist, Joel Stein. Eager to answer the most existential questions…

RADIO PROGRAM OF THE WEEK

Climate Week NYC may be ending, but this past week NPR’s The Brian Lehrer Show produced their Climate Story of The Week every day…

OPINION OF THE WEEK

David Wallace-Wells, writing for the New York Times, takes on the struggle of putting a price on carbon…

RECOMMENDATION OF THE WEEK

Earth911 just published their report: Best Electric Vehicles on the Market in 2023 and 2024, noting that Tesla stands apart from other manufacturers with a robust supercharger network…

NEWSLETTERS OF THE WEEK

Joel Stronberg, writing for his own Civil Notion, brilliantly diagnosed the drama in Washington, McCarthy’s future and last week’s top ten issues at the federal level…

SOME GOOD NEWS OF THE WEEK

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Researchers make surprising positive discovery about lifespan of EV batteries…

SOME BAD NEWS OF THE WEEK

Antarctica’s sea ice has dropped to a new record this winter. The ice that floats on the ocean around the Antarctic land mass now measures less than 17 million sq km…

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THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT CELEBRATES ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY!

For decades, the U.S. exported jobs and imported products, while other countries surpassed us in critical sectors like infrastructure, clean energy, semiconductors, and biotechnology. Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda – including historic legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden such as the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act – that is changing.

President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is mobilizing historic levels of private sector investments in the United States, bringing manufacturing back to America after decades of offshoring, and creating new, good-paying jobs, including union jobs and jobs that don’t require a college degree.

Aug 15 2023

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Investing In America

For decades, the U.S. exported jobs and imported products, while…

We have devoted a section to the IRA here. There is no other source as all-encompassing on the web.

Reuters

Biden touts Inflation Reduction Act on first anniversary

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw 08/17/23

CAPWA

Celebrating the Investment Reverberation Act

08/16/23

...the record breaking heat of summer 2023

A Year Into Biden’s Climate Agenda, the Price…

By Leslie Kaufman 08/16/23

Grist

Why John Podesta thinks the Inflation Reduction Act…

By Zoya Teirstein and Jake Bittle 08/16/23

CNN Business

First on CNN: Some of America’s poorest communities…

By Matt Egan 08/16/23

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BLOGS

CCR REPOST

Capitol Light/Climate Politics (Today’s ten)

By Joel Stronberg, Esq. and 09/19/23

The drama in Washington is all about the looming end of the federal fiscal year.…

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Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Shows the Limits of America’s Defenses

09/12/23

...unprecedented rain, floods, fires, smoke and deadly heat

U.S. has seen a record number of weather disasters this year. It’s only September.

09/12/23

The Atlantic

America Could Be in for a Rough Fall

09/06/23