With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline. The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it. grist.org/food-and-agr... #SNAP #Food #Farming #Waste

In 2024, the largest dam removal in U.S. history restored the Klamath River. Join Grist's Anita Hofschneider and Amy Bowers Cordalis for The Water Remembers, a conversation on Indigenous environmental justice. Register here: luma.com/6sqqd2mt #Dams #Indigenous #Nature #Environment #Water #Dams

Coyotes expanded their range by 40% since 1900, from grasslands to cities, Alaska to Central America. While most wildlife struggle, they're thriving by adapting to human-altered landscapes. Evolution in real time.

We're in uncharted territory for a shutdown, and so are states and orgs helping national parks. But could offering aid backfire? I spoke with CO Gov. Polis, a former park superintendent, and others about the nuance of offering national parks support under Trump: insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...

The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer | Editorial

By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.

Virginia Democrats’ sweep is this Election Day’s biggest climate win. Now, they have rising bills, data centers, and a clean energy law in jeopardy to reckon with.

NC Supremes side w Big Ag over permit provisions that would have required groundwater monitoring for CAFOs in 100-yr floodplain, phosphorus loss, annual reporting insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...

Although no high-level US representatives will be going to COP30, over 100 leaders will be there. Big names include: Wisconsin governor Tony Evers Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego New Mexico’s governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

‘Giving up would be a betrayal’: Miliband says 1.5C target still alive before Cop30

Scientists have a message for world leaders gathering at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil: Cut fossil fuel emissions fast or face a climate breakdown that will be catastrophic for millions of people around the world.

A recently declassified document from nearly 50 years ago reinforces concerns about the proliferation potential of small modular reactors that require fuels using high-assay, low-enriched uranium, writes Edwin Lyman @nucsafetyucs.bsky.social of @ucs.org.

Residents of Alaska’s storm-battered Native towns consider moving to higher ground

Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil “The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.” grist.org/cop30/here-a... #Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate

It was a very good election for the climate. In the first election of Donald Trump's second term, voters make clear that they're unhappy with his energy policies — and they still care about climate action. grist.org/politics/it-... #Politics #Climate #Policy #Bills #Energy

The tech billionaire’s climate pivot is cowardly—and profoundly unhelpful.

Toby Carvery owner urged to fund ‘life support’ for felled Enfield oak

The world's leading climate researchers emphasize the importance of taking action. Earth is already “hurtling toward climate chaos,” they wrote, and “the unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, and misinformation.”

Also at COP? THOUSANDS of fossil fuel lobbyists. An exclusive from @ninalakhani.bsky.social at the @environment.theguardian.com

‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders - From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures #C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A new study reveals how a tiny desert shrub manages to thrive in the searing heat of Death Valley, California. The findings could help scientists engineer more heat-resistant crops.

"If science teaches us anything, it's that the certainties we hold are destined to be overturned." A review of Oren Harman's "Metamorphosis" explores how transformation in caterpillars, societies, and ourselves is the only constant.

By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue. @umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...

many thanks to the good folks at Mother Jones and Climate Desk for reprinting this one

The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions. Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress. grist.org/indigenous/t... #Tribes #Food #Indigenous #Farming

In Georgia, power bills beat out party politics. Will the new Democratic public service commissioners advance clean energy and shake up next year’s midterms? grist.org/georgia-psc/... #Politics #GA #Georgia #Bills

After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s climate resilience plan faces its biggest test yet. A $150 million “catastrophe bond” will help with hurricane recovery, but experts hope financial markets will invest more in adaptation. grist.org/extreme-weat... #Jamaica #Climate #Weather #Disaster #Hurricane

New Climate Fiction. The Case of the Missing Lake Lake Ballona goes missing, and only the mushrooms can help. grist.org/climate-fict... #ClimateFiction #Fiction #Solarpunk #SciFi

Hey so one day the ocean might burp up a bunch of heat. When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear. grist.org/oceans/hey-s... #Ocean #Climate #Heat

Bob Brown: ‘Being an environmentalist is sensible. I like defying the growth mentality because it’s irrational’

Coalition climate dysfunction is all upside for Labor but the words of Keating ‘to run the joint’ ring true | Tom McIlroy

Great way to track how the Trump adm is faring in court on enviro issues. So far: 6 wins, 5 losses & 3 more a mixed ruling. This chart is regularly updated so stay tuned as the courts steer the future of the planet @mlavelle.bsky.social @peteraldhous.com insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...

A federal judge is calling for the Trump administration to reevaluate its fossil-fueled plans to shore up Puerto Rico’s grid. Advocates hope it’ll choose distributed solar instead.

Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling

‘Drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping’: the lawless rush for rare earth minerals in Venezuela

Financial analysts, economists and clean energy advocates have rounded on the government for a budget they decry as pro-oil & gas and “counterproductive” to Canada’s energy transition and its off-course climate action plans. Read on at @nationalobserver.com: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...

Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away

‘Politicians actually taking action’: five world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders

Week in wildlife: a toxic newt, a rescued gibbon and baby flying foxes

How we’re killing our internal ecosystem – and what we can do to reverse it

Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?

Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson

Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode three: ask the people that know – podcast

Bowen urges world to unite on climate fight, declaring it an ‘environmental imperative’

HAPPENING NOW: Canary Live Bay Area is here! Watch live as our reporters talk to TURN's Mark Toney and the California Energy Commission's David Hochschild, plus catch a live Volts podcast with David Roberts and Kim-Mai Cutler.

Climate crisis in under 50 words: Despite Cop28’s global stocktake calling on all nations to contribute to “transitioning away from fossil fuels” collectively there are still plans to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Why net zero is dividing parliament with energy minister Chris Bowen - podcast

A family farm’s struggle to stay afloat highlights the high personal stakes of DC gridlock. From our friends at the @grist.org:

Illinois legislators pass an energy reform act with key provisions to reach clean energy goals and help consumers save on utility bills.