The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare – it’s a carbon bomb

Data centers are booming. Indigenous leaders want help protecting their lands.

They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.

A Bay Area financial analyst wants a piece of this mineral-rich seabed surrounded by three Pacific nations

Nebraska wants data centers to come clean about water usage

For Indigenous peoples, conflict means so much more than war

The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps

A swarm of solar ‘bees’ are coming to western North Carolina community hubs 

A ‘crisis communication gap’ threatens Indigenous peoples

Climate-impacted communities across Asia are taking their fight to court

The Pentagon is blocking more than 150 wind projects over drone fears

No federal heat standard? NYC workers are building their own safety net.

As climate and conflict collide, Indigenous leaders confront overlapping crises at the UN

Trump has blamed everything – from “national security” issues, to the deaths of birds – in his decades-long campaign against windfarms. But as the Trump administration continues to undermine the industry, what worries workers most are their jobs. (via @theguardian.com) https://bit.ly/3RpJGwg

As heat waves strain the power grid, passive cooling can help homes stay safer when the air goes out. (via @vox.com) https://bit.ly/3T817BW

Congress is about to pass the biggest disaster reform in years

Workers are risking dangerous heat to keep the World Cup running

The nation’s biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear

Why heat is so deadly and how to stay safe

How to build a highway in the age of climate change

The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology

Western Europe just set the record for its hottest June ever

El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific

Another super typhoon just pummeled the Pacific

Trump tried to appease MAHA’s fury over Roundup. It backfired.

The plan to make climate science harder to erase

When companies cause environmental harm, the path to accountability is often long and expensive. An innovative approach to litigation funding could help more communities bring important cases forward. (Sponsored by WHEN Justice)

New research traces how ‘forever chemicals’ move through the Great Lakes and into people

Los Angeles is testing heat and transport plans against an influx of global sports fans, which should both inform Olympic decisions and help it cope with growing climate risks. (via @cleanenergywire.bsky.social) https://bit.ly/4gjLvFa

After declaring a water emergency last week, A small New Mexico town is hauling in water to fill its pipes. Estancia has also reduced water sales to the Torrance County Detention Facility, a federal immigration detention center. (via @insideclimatenews.org) https://bit.ly/4wgG0vw

People are willing to pay more for climate-proof wine, study shows

Urban trees aren’t just nice, scientists say — they’re mandatory

One year after the Texas floods, home feels further away than ever

Banks are financing the fossil fuel industry’s next growth strategy

For Puerto Rico’s fishers, climate change isn’t the only challenge — being left to adapt alone is.

Why is it so unusually expensive to replace lead pipes in Chicago?

Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers

Maybe bipartisan consensus isn't so hard to come by. (Check out our episode last week!) Opposition to data centers is uniting neighbors across the U.S. Their concerns? High electric bills, pollution, and water use. Is there a way for these projects to actually benefit the community and the grid?

The manure-to-energy field has a new sales pitch. Critics warn it could mean even more factory farms. (via @sentientmedia.org) https://grist.org/energy/cow-manure-could-be-the-next-data-center-fuel/

A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces. (via @insideclimatenews.org) https://bit.ly/4exNDI0

Across Europe, heat adaptation plans are being put to a brutal test

States want transparent laws around animal agriculture. A fight in Congress could derail that.

How climate change gets under the skin

Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I avoid getting trapped in the system I hope to change?

Grist hires Austin Corona to cover energy

After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network

This island in the Great Lakes wants to tap waves for energy

Indigenous cultural practices are a climate solution, report finds

The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird

Outrage rescued an important ocean research program. Crucial ones remain at risk.