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New analysis finds AI-driven data-center power demand could push U.S. power-sector CO2 up 42% by 2030, mostly from off-grid gas generation.
began Oct 31now
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A UNEP-UNFCCC study ahead of COP31 warns that warming, acidification and pollution are degrading the ocean's role as the planet's biggest…
began Oct 28now
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“Can humanity ignore global warming when our largest natural climate shield starts breaking down?”— Fife4Europe@mastodon.scot · full quotes →
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An Environmental Defense Fund study finds federal handouts and pollution exemptions are propping up nearly half of America's coal fleet.
began Oct 28now
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“free passes to pollute”— Environmental Defense Fund analysis · full quotes →
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Climate scientists predict this month will surpass 2023's record, with 2026 tracking toward one of the hottest years ever recorded.
began Oct 30now
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“This October is almost certainly going to be the hottest October ever recorded. Global temperatures this month are set to be around 1.76 degrees Celsius (about…”— Scientific American · full quotes →
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UK chancellor shifts energy policy, conditioning renewable subsidies on grid capacity and consumer cost savings.
began Oct 31now
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“This is not a retreat from clean power. It is the credible route to it. Cheaper electricity will make it easier for businesses and households to electrify…”
— John Healey · full quotes →
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A violent storm cell tore through the Southern Tablelands community of Good Hope, damaging 16 buildings with golf-ball-sized hail.
began Oct 31now
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“It hit very hard and very fast and did some pretty significant damage.”— Deanne Young · full quotes →
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Analysis of 246 cities finds nighttime temperatures in October have warmed 3.4°F on average since 1970, with some regions seeing much…
began Oct 31now
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“October nights have warmed in 93% of 246 U.S. cities analyzed — by 3.4°F on average since 1970.”— Climate Central · Bluesky · full quotes →
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A proposed data center spanning thousands of acres threatens wilderness, ski areas and dark sky sites, and locals are organizing against it.
began Oct 31now
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Companies are developing batteries that store energy as extreme heat, potentially transforming power grids like lithium-ion did.
began Oct 29now
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“Large batteries that store electricity have revolutionized power grids and car markets. Now some start-ups are betting that "heat batteries" could be just as…”— Brad Plumer, NYT Climate reporter · New York Times · full quotes →
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Experts say millions of discarded pumpkins release methane in landfills; composting and drop-off events offer alternatives.
began Oct 31now
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“Everybody throws them out from Halloween to right after Thanksgiving. It's a huge burst of methane gas that's going into the landfill all at one time.”— Kay McKeen, Executive director, Scarce · Time · full quotes →
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Border checks, vehicle bans, construction halts and office-attendance caps take effect under revised GRAP rules through January 31.
began Oct 25now
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“Delhi will enforce strict winter pollution curbs from November 1, including vehicle bans, construction halts, doubled parking fees, and a 50 per cent office…”— The Hindu · full quotes →
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Nearly 200 countries agreed to speed up nature protection in Yerevan, but failed to resolve who pays the hundreds of billions needed.
began Oct 30now
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“If we're mutually unhappy that's probably the closest we can get to on these very delicate compromises”— A member of the Swiss delegation, Swiss negotiator · Reddit · full quotes →
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Nations agree on measures to protect nature but fall short of targets, sparking calls to overhaul the consensus-based negotiation process.
began Oct 27now
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“A lot of what's going on out here at the Cop is just a bunch of baloney and beautiful speeches and BS.”— Juan Carlos Navarro · full quotes →
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After Cyclone Arnab passed, a new weather system is intensifying and expected to reach coastal regions by November 1–2.
began Oct 25now
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“A well-marked low-pressure area persists over the south-east Bay of Bengal, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Sea.”— Mathrubhumi English · Mastodon · full quotes →
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An investigation finds a U.N. scientist panel in Oviedo, Spain, endorsed carbon capture despite thin evidence, legitimizing a technology…
began Oct 30now
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“A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels' effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up…”— ProPublica · full quotes →
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National Weather Service warns of minor to moderate coastal flooding from astronomical high tides and thermal expansion through early…
began Oct 24now
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“COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY”— National Weather Service · Mastodon · full quotes →
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Research challenges how greenhouse gas accounting treats methane's shorter atmospheric lifetime versus CO2.
began Oct 30now
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“Beef and lamb, in particular, have much higher greenhouse gas emissions than chicken, pork, or plant-based alternatives.”— Our World in Data · full quotes →
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Brazil's re-elected president will attend the UN climate negotiations in Antalya on Nov. 10-12, handing over the COP presidency to Turkey.
began Oct 30now
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“Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will attend the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, the Brazilian presidency said on Friday.”— Brazilian presidency · full quotes →
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Coastal flooding across Southern California damaged over 100 homes this week; the city warns worse is coming.
began Oct 29now
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“These incidents remind us that high tides can create hazards that remain even after the water recedes.”— Huntington Beach city officials · Mercury News · full quotes →
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A former wind analyst argues AI data centers represent the wrong kind of demand growth, met largely with gas despite cleantech…
began Oct 30now
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“most of cleantech world seems to have accommodated itself to giant AI data centers, but @ketanjoshi.co is having none of it”— Volts · full quotes →
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High pressure settles over Britain after storms Austen and Bóelo delivered England's wettest week in two years, but reservoirs remain…
began Oct 30now
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“need sustained rainfall to recover”— Philip Duffy · full quotes →
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Rehabilitated apes, including pregnant mothers, released to protected reserve as Indonesia battles severe fire season.
began Oct 25now
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“They have worked around the clock and… Baby Irene is just one tiny example of their hard work.”— Gavin Bruce, CEO of International Animal Rescue · Good News Network · full quotes →
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After oil majors multiplied Q3 profits on Iran-war price spikes, Germany's Greens want the gains taxed for climate adaptation.
began Oct 30now
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“Es muss unrentabel werden, in fossile Energieträger zu investieren”— Lisa Badum · full quotes →
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Nepal and other mountain nations deploy centuries-old techniques and artificial glaciers to adapt to accelerating ice loss and extreme…
began Oct 28now
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“What once happened across generations may now happen within one.”— Ngamindra Dahal · full quotes →
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AFAD has logged 684 sinkholes across Konya, Karaman and Aksaray as Turkey prepares to host COP31.
began Oct 30now
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A medical researcher warns that intensifying heat waves endanger pregnancies worldwide, with no population immune to the risks.
began Oct 30now
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“It's fantastic to see the growing flood of news stories about extreme heat risks to pregnancy, mothers and children, led by this super piece from @reuters.com.”— laurieclimate.bsky.social · full quotes →
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Chancellor diverts £3bn from energy department to defence, undermining heat pump subsidies and clean power goals.
began Oct 30now
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“After the cuts announced on Wednesday, it is very difficult to see how we can hit our clean heating targets. It is even possible that a Labour government will…”— Andrew Sissons, Director, Nesta · full quotes →
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The UN's climate panel risks shutdown by 2028 as government donations plummet, while nations deadlock over next assessment report timeline.
began Oct 26now
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“You could fund the IPCC for the next half-century with a miniscule fraction of the amount of money that's been poured into absurd, hypey AI/climate start-ups…”— ketanjoshi.co · full quotes →
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During Caribbean tour, British monarch praises country's carbon credit sales and protection of 18 million hectares of forest.
began Oct 29now
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“Everybody argues about how much. Well, it's priceless. That's the answer.”— King Charles III, British monarch · full quotes →
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Authorities order 15-day halt on dust-generating activities; work-from-home curbs for half of office staff.
began Oct 30now
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“…examination of November Air Quality Index (AQI) data from 2018 to 2025 showed a 'recurring pattern of high pollution in Delhi-NCR, particularly during early…”— CAQM · full quotes →
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Polls show potential blue wave that could give Democrats power to block anti-climate appointments and add climate provisions to budgets.
began Oct 28now
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“Voters are feeling the pinch of Trump's anti-climate agenda as energy costs rise, but a shake-up in Congress could shift things”— Guardian · Guardian US · full quotes →
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A two-year public campaign, backed by David Attenborough, hits its target to buy a 3,800-hectare estate for nature recovery.
began Oct 27now
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“The Wildlife Trusts called for your support and you answered in your thousands.”— David Attenborough, Naturalist, campaign champion · The Guardian · full quotes →
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EPA moves to gut 2024 oil-and-gas methane limits as reporting links the rollback to top Trump donor Jeffery Hildebrand's Hilcorp.
began Oct 26now
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“Tonight, I'm officially terminating Biden's expensive and unnecessary methane regulations to save consumers and energy producers”
— Donald Trump, U.S. President · The Guardian · full quotes →
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Historic climate pattern drives cascading crises: food shortages, blackouts, and health clinic closures across the Pacific nation.
began Oct 29now
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“All our rivers have dried up, including the one behind my house. Now, my children and I have to walk for miles every afternoon to fetch water for cooking and…”— Martha Zureno, Resident, Leklu village · The Guardian · full quotes →
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University of Chicago researchers say the current Super El Niño could cause nearly 900,000 excess heat deaths over 10 months, with Nigeria…
began Oct 29now
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“Our research puts new forecasting capabilities to work to answer one of the most urgent questions we face: where is extreme heat likely to cost lives?”— Michael Greenstone · full quotes →
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