Climate Change

"Research Suggests Climate Change Added Excess Deaths in European Heat Wave"

"Days after an intense, record-breaking heat wave sweltered wide swaths of Europe, a group of scientists released a rapid analysis estimating the extent to which climate change might have amplified the heat wave’s death toll."

Source: NYTimes, 07/09/2025

"Tax Credit Cuts In Trump’s Megabill Imperil Two Fully Approved Wind Farms"

"The ​“Big, Beautiful Bill” includes rollbacks of clean energy incentives that at least two offshore wind projects rely on to pencil out financially, analysts say." 

Source: Canary Media, 07/09/2025

Chantal Wreaks Havoc in N. Carolina as Lawmakers Try to Repeal Climate Goal

"Early Sunday morning, Tropical Storm Chantal had blown ashore in South Carolina, and by the time it meandered into central North Carolina, it had weakened to a tropical depression. But by nightfall the impacts felt akin to a hurricane: 5 to 10 inches of rain fell within 12 hours. Dams burst. Interstates closed. Roads washed away. The Haw River reached historic levels, rising as much as 22 feet in four hours, engulfing parts of Saxapahaw."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/09/2025

"Texas Flood Forecasts Were Accurate. It Wasn’t Enough To Save Lives."

"The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the early morning flash floods."  "The catastrophic floods that struck central Texas on Friday show that accurate weather forecasts alone aren’t enough to save lives."

Source: E&E News, 07/09/2025

Underwater Turbine Spins For 6 Years Off Scotland’s Coast In Breakthrough

"Submerged in about 40 meters (44 yards) of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity — a durability mark that demonstrates the technology’s commercial viability."

Source: AP, 07/08/2025

"Trump DOI Weighs New Coal Sales From Public Lands In Montana And Wyoming

"Federal officials on Monday took a first step toward reopening vast areas of public lands in two Western states to new coal sales as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand U.S. fossil fuel production."

Source: AP, 07/08/2025

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