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Reading 📚 Climate change rarely goes on trial. This one could be a landmark. ift.tt/bjPidMf

How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

President Trump temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether. Our investigative reporter Eric Lipton explains how corporate interests took power inside the EPA. Read more: nyti.ms/4il3336

As agricultural burning season approaches in the Amazon, drought and extreme heat are increasing wildfire risks and threatening the forest’s ability to store carbon. These risks reflect broader public concerns, with YPCCC data showing that 62% of Americans believe global warming affects wildfires.

Vote! #momsky

Scientists are rolling up their sleeves and keeping the climate research going - because our kids' future is worth it! 🔬💚 When experts and communities step up, hope keeps growing. 🌍👩‍👧‍👦 #ClimateScience www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna starting Monday. https://to.pbs.org/4yxTnID

President Obama’s Climate Legacy www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/c...

As national security and the hunt for rare minerals come to dominate Arctic agendas, governments are slashing support for wildlife research. Scientists say the loss of monitoring is unprecedented and comes as climate change dramatically reshapes life in the Far North. e360.yale.edu/features/arc...

Every voice matters in this election. Join Moms Clean Air Force in making a pledge to vote on or before November 3! 🚨🚨🚨 https://actnow.momscleanairforce.org/a/2026-voter-pledge

A perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industry www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

The Trump administration is pushing changes to how NIH reviews scientific funding, drawing criticism from experts. Now, another proposal is drawing ire, with scientists saying they were locked out of commenting ahead of the deadline sciam.com/article/nih-...

True story about Halloween and #climatechange

You know all those videos we're seeing now about coastal flooding and houses falling into the ocean? We're going to be seeing a lot more of them, from every coastline in the world, for years to come as #climate change continues to drive up sea levels and storm intensity.

Uninsurable Future: Managing the Climate-Change-Fueled Home Insurance Crisis www.insurancejournal.com/news/nationa...

🛰️ Hurricane Isaias from GOES-19 over the last few hours (NOAA storm floater). #HurricaneIsaias #hurricane

🌀 #Isaias now forecast to become a Category 3 hurricane 🌀 Wind shear is still expected to significantly hinder this storm right before landfall, however, it still has a good 12-24 hours to work with considering how warm the Gulf waters are. What wins the battle? Time will tell.

Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry www.wired.com/story/life-i...

Hurricane Isaias is expected to get stronger on its way to Florida, Alabama and Mississippi coasts

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, is taking action against the U.S. Department of Energy’s order to keep power plants open past their planned retirement.

Inordinately pleased about this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Francis Halzen is an immigrant (originally from Belgium), a visionary physicist, and also an all-around mensch. I like to see good people winning well-deserved recognition. Also, neutrinos are awesome. arstechnica.com/science/2026...

Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: Getting closer. "It's strange to live through these hot days, watching our leaders fail us and the media barely mention what's happening. Lately, newspapers offer mere hints that something is amiss on our planet." electricnotes.news/p/el-nino-di...

We can't touch the deep interior of our planet, but we can now see it in the "light" of neutrinos emitted by radioactive elements. Early results suggest our Earth is intriguingly lopsided. 🧪 www.quantamagazine.org/neutrinos-fr...

Joe Rogers lost his wife and everything he owned when Hurricane Helene swept away his mobile home. Now others are living on the same land. “Ain’t that the definition of insanity: keep doing the same thing, hoping for a different result?" he said. with @theassemblync.bsky.social

Wow! More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’ ift.tt/6JHgnef

The climate crisis is hitting families across the U.S. with deadly extreme weather. While Trump makes matters worse by stalling clean energy projects and propping up fossil fuels, @momscleanairforce.org is calling on Congress to step up and take action. Join us. app.sosha.ai/s/ZMsOjRDm

Reading: Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes ift.tt/Jn60m7I

It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. (Published June)

More farmers are showing interest in sorghum, a drought-tolerant grain. The crop is poised to expand in the U.S. – especially if Americans start consuming it. (via @kcur.org) n.pr/4zcGXGJ

FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in ⛽ diesel ⛽ electrek.co/2026/10/03/f...

The Trump administration denied Endangered Species Act Protection for the Monarch 🦋 Butterfly Until 2030 😳😡 https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/endangered-species-act-protection-for-monarch-butterfly-delayed-until-2030-2026-09-30/

The EPA is quietly weakening smog protections state by state — dirtier air for our kids to breathe. 🌬️ 😡😡😡 www.catf.us/2026/09/epa-... #CleanAirMoms #CleanAir

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🛒 Feel like the grocery bill climbs no matter what you do? New research traced nearly every big food price spike this year to record heat, drought or rain. Economists call it climateflation. Rate cuts can't fix a bad harvest 🌎 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for them🚨⁉️ More abcnews.com/Business/wir...

These 100 Nursing Homes Face Perilous Flood Risk. Minnesota Shows What Can Happen. kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

🚿 Fun fact nobody told us: a standard electric water heater can use more electricity in a year than an EV. Heat pump versions sip a fraction of that, and they're still only 2% of the market. Next time yours dies, ask about one 💡 open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...

Global study ties climate change to a surge in skin disease. Reported climate-related shifts in skin disease prevalence across 42.6% of countries, conditions include heat rashes, inflammatory diseases, and vector-borne skin infections. www.miragenews.com/climate-chan...

When they care only about the price of science, but not the value.

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Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules

As wildfires grow bigger and hotter in many parts of the world, researchers have embarked on an airborne mission to learn more about the severe storm clouds that sometimes form over the most intense blazes. https://to.pbs.org/4dMxAFk

Antarctic sea ice has decreased in extent since September 15, 2026. Extent was 17.175 million km² on September 26, 2026, the second lowest on record after 2023. The current El Niño may contribute to cause an Antarctic Blue Ocean Event to occur by end 2026. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2026/09/tele...

🌎 2026 🗓 23rd - 24th September 🕔 17:00Z 🛰 GOES19

The money will go toward 31 projects across 26 states that are expected to produce more than 23 gigawatts of additional electricity capacity — enough to power 16 million homes. https://to.pbs.org/4AvhLgb

Oil giant BP not only funded the research behind an influential climate science paper, but company execs even tried to revise versions of it. “Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper,” a BP climate adviser wrote the researchers at one point. (Published June w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social)

#ClimateChange is no longer an environmental issue. It affects the economy, society, energy and international security, while creating new geopolitical balances and competition over critical resources, like water.... a social and political problem www.euronews.com/2026/09/22/c... #ClimateEmergency

"Polo...went from a 50 mph tropical storm to a 160 mph Category 5 from Monday to Tuesday morning." The face of storms to come for a generation. www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/w...