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Another victory for big oil! Super polluter orders more super pollutant! Tr$mp will loosen rules forcing oil and gas companies to cut emissions of methane, a gas considered a “super pollutant” because it traps so much heat in the atmosphere. @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...

Zàijiàn Detroit! Mexico is a showroom for EVs you can’t buy in the US with a growing fleet of sleek new vehicles from Chinese brands unknown to Americans --from Chinese EV brands you’ve never heard of, such as Zeekr, JAC and BYD. @mjcoren.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Rising temperatures are causing glaciers to retreat to the point of vanishing. About 300 of 1450 glaciers have disappeared since the 1960s, with almost all of the rest set to drastically shrink as the climate crisis continues to escalate. @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Pitchfork Populism’ Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio’s Senate Race. A large data center has upended politics in this Republican-leaning suburb of Columbus. The issue looms large in a race that could determine control of Congress. @dangearino.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1910202...

Get out of jail free passes for polluters! Tr$mp exempted some of the US's worst industrial polluters--202 plants--from clean-air protections. His industry-alumni appointees then worked to gut the rules altogether. @ericlipton.nytimes.com @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Shell Oil Deepwater Horizon Spill. Scientists monitoring the deep ocean near the disaster site found that animal populations declined by as much as 80 percent, with little evidence of recovery. @bberwyn.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1910202...

The warming climate kills! Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, new research suggests, with scientists blaming climate breakdown for two in every three of the deaths. By Ajit Niranjan www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Air pollution linked to dementia, Parkinson’s and autism. Microplastics, nanoplastics, silica, metals, soot and other debris — is getting through to our brains. One suspect: Hotter, drier conditions are fueling wildfires and their smoke. @arianaec.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Europe’s EV market just had a very big moment in September. Battery-electric vehicle registrations rose 70.3 percent year over year to 300,202, giving fully electric cars a 32.6 percent share of new registrations across 17 key European markets. By Prerna Malhotra www.autoblog.com/news/one-in-...

Climate Crisis Fuels Youth Protests Roiling France Youth are protesting for better school conditions. Lack of adaptation to a hotter world: crumbling school infrastructure-laid bare by climate-change-fueled heat waves - is part of the story. By Mathilde Augustin insideclimatenews.org/news/1710202...

A dangerous and unpredictable climate is here. Every week this summer and fall has brought record-setting heat or historic storms: July was the hottest month ever for the contiguous US. In California the last four days were over 100F. @elijahwolfson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Drink carefully! Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are linked with a wide range of severe health impacts, including cancers, reproductive issues, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, and neurotoxicity. Water in plastic bottles contained more EDCs than in glass. www.ehn.org/plastic-bott...

Contributing to coming Blue Wave! Unchecked data center development has galvanized a cross-section of Ohioans, demanding local governments ban new data centers while gathering signatures for a statewide ballot measure in 2027. @dangearino.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1310202...

This liar didn't last as long as a head of lettuce! Katie Zacharia Is Ousted After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social @tylerpager.bsky.social @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

Climate Change Is Increasing Simultaneous Exposure to Heat Waves and Wildfire Smoke when each is dangerous alone. More than 1 billion people per year were exposed to heat waves and fire pollution at the same time in 2010-19, a sharp jump. @katiesurma.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1410202...

Another scam! Oil industry officials scoffed at the idea that importing Russian diesel would bring down prices at the pump.The US is the world’s largest diesel exporter, shipping out many times more diesel every day than Russia could supply. @mikesoraghan.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Hope for scorched corals! An experiment points to intriguing new possibilities for treating reefs that are devastated by marine heat waves, which are becoming more frequent because of climate change. All it took was a direct touch. @zhongg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/c...

Rocky Mountains!

Quaking aspens doing what they are supposed to!

Qatari jet, Putin’s diesel, crypto, MAGA watch scams: and they drew the line at shaking down donors to pay off personal debts? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/u...

Our take: By backing the new rules, U.S. carmakers are putting short-term profits ahead of their ability to compete with Chinese advanced-tech electric vehicles. The new rule is a Trojan SUV. U.S. manufacturers risk losing global market share and watching jobs and profits go up in smog.

Our take:Trump’s reduction of fuel efficiency standards will harm consumers, the climate and even automakers.The standards saved consumers $5 trillion on gas and prevented 14 billion tons of carbon from spewing into the atmosphere. @biologicaldiversity.org www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Elk!

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The big melt: Iron age skis emerge! Swiss glaciers have shed 20% percent of their volume over the past 5 years. At the current pace of global warming, 97% of today’s glaciers across the Alps could be gone by century’s end. @zhonggg.bsky.social Giacomo d’Orlando www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/c...

Days are numbered for gas-powered cars. EVs! Gasoline-powered models shrank to less than 50% of global new-vehicle sales in the January-June half as high oil prices triggered by war in the Middle East pushed more consumers toward electric vehicles. By Sota Tanaka asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...

EV sales surged across 12 major European markets, capturing a record share as higher fuel prices and affordable new models accelerated the shift away from gasoline and diesel vehicles. In Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden 1/2 of new sales were EVs. By Andrea Malan www.autonews.com/ev/ane-ev-sa...

Clean up and save with EVs! MIT study: EVs reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared with combustion cars. In most locations, EVs save between 40% and 60% of emissions as compared with combustion vehicles, but it can be as low as 0% and as high as 82%. By Andrei Nedelea insideevs.com/features/798...

"Three Moon Island"? "Chermoonbyl?" "Moonscale?" Leading scientists caution that governments are moving too quickly after some notable disasters. Multiple Chinese, American and Russian rockets have exploded. Space junk regularly tumbles to Earth. By Selam Gebrekidan www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...

Plastics' harm! Global mismanagement of plastics is breaching planetary boundaries and the human right to a safe, clean, healthy, sustainable environment. Plastic pollution and its lifecycle emissions are damaging the lives and wellbeing of populations worldwide. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Senate permitting deal provides massive long-term structural advantages to the fossil fuel industry and dismantles environmental and species protections. The deal fails to meaningfully curb the accelerating build-out of data centers and AI or help renewables. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Finally! High gas prices are beginning to push Americans away from the humongous pickups and SUVs that generate the most profits for automakers toward more fuel-efficient hybrids, which have engines augmented by batteries and electric motors.@jackewingnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...

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Our take: The world's biggest petrol consumer, the US burns 20% of global consumption, notes Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org. "Transportation is the biggest consumer of that oil, making strong auto standards the most effective way to cut pollution and oil use." www.dw.com/en/weakened-...

Our take: "Trump’s creating a perfect storm to crush competitiveness of US car companies, drive up consumer costs, and kill the climate. There’s nothing he won’t sacrifice on the altar of fealty to Big Oil and auto polluters." @danad1012.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/fuel-...

Trump gutted the biggest single step to saving gas, money at the pump and cutting auto pollution. I enjoyed talking with @bradblog.com.web.brid.gy

Our take: Trump's clean car rollback, requested by automakers, is a Trojan SUV that will lead to the demise of the American auto makers because they don't have to compete against the best technology in the world." Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org www.hindustantimes.com/genesis/trum...

Our take: Trump “ignores the feasibility of clean technology and the millions of fuel-efficient cars already on the road. Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump’s Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap short-term profits” @biologicaldiversity.org fortune.com/2026/09/28/t...

Our take: This standard was the biggest single step any nation has taken to save gas, money at the pump, and auto pollution.” China is moving ahead quickly with more efficient and technologically advanced EVs. Detroit is stalled. @tsspangler.bsky.social Jamie LaReau. www.freep.com/story/money/...

Our take: Trump is "costing consumers at the pump and at the doctor's office. Trump is tanking sensible mileage standards at the worst possible time for consumers, who're getting hit with sky-high prices at the pump. @biologicaldiversity.org @willagreer.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...

Our take: "Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump's Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap the short-term profits," Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org By Jack Hobbs www.themirror.com/news/politic...

Our take: “Trump is tanking sensible mile per gallon standards at the worst possible time for consumers, who are getting hit with sky-high prices at the pump. Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks. Becker @biologicaldiversity.org By Anne D'Innocenzio abcnews.com/Business/wir...

Our take: Trump repeals won't help US car industry. “This is at a time when the rest of the world is moving to Chinese advanced technology EVs. So, this says, ‘okay, Detroit, you can fail to compete into oblivion.’” @biologicaldiversity.org @chemnick.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Mourning Byron Sher, warm, committed California smog fighter, climate defender. He was a lawmaker who did "his homework, sought consensus and typically argued — and won — on the merits. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...

US drivers denied what the rest of world gets! Chinese auto companies race ahead on EV technology, achieving 5-minute ultrafast charging v. 20-40 minutes for US-built EVs. “China is way, way, way ahead in terms of multiple players engaged in the charging competition." abcnews.com/Technology/w...

National Offense! As Trump tries to barrel through pushback on fronts from windmills to his Trumphal arch, he is increasingly using a justification he believes will allow him to do what he wants: national security. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

Departing UN chief’s grim warning about climate change.He called it the “defining issue of our time” and urged countries to embrace renewable energy, phase out the subsidies, ads and use of fossil fuels that are dangerously warming the planet. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

A brutal summer: wildfires torching and clouding cities with toxic smoke; heat waves killing tens of thousands in Europe; glacial collapse in Nepal so huge it registered as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, flattening thousands of homes and killing over 1,300 people. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...

Show up! Just a few individuals turning up at hearings can tip the scales in favor of renewables. Five or 10 people can take a project from ​“political suicide” to something that could ​“sail through.” said @matttraldi.bsky.social @alisontakemura.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/gui...