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The Climate Recap, brought to you by the Beckisphere Climate Corner, is the place to get your weekly dose of global and US-based climate and clean energy news. How are we doing at reducing the impacts of and preparing for climate change?

  1. 09/01/2023

    Montana KIDS beat STATE in CLIMATE lawsuit!

    Scorched Europe battles deadly fires. Turkey shuts shipping lane | Reuters More than 100,000 people have been evacuated over 3 weeks from flooding in Pakistan | NPR Lethal fires in Peru Andes | AP News Canada’s Northwest Territories declares emergency due to wildfires | Reuters Portland hits August record of 108 amid extreme Pacific Northwest heat wave | The Washington Post How climate change shaped California’s first tropical storm in decades | E&E News Antarctic ice melt may have killed thousands of emperor penguin chicks | CBC ‘We’re changing the clouds.” An unintended test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth | Science vlogbrothers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk8pwE3IByg&t=0s ClimateAdam video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71jlEyIc1Pk&t=0s Did the Tonga eruption cause this year’s extreme heat? | Live Science Hawaii: growing threat of ‘devastating’ fires as island landscape dries and warms | The Guardian Lahaina used to be a wetland | Heated Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court | Bloomberg Law Hawaii’s youth-led climate change lawsuit is going to trial next summer | Grist Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case | The NYTimes Environmental groups sue to keep Virginia in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative | AP News Countries adopt multibillion-dollar fund to protect nature | Reuters Ecuador votes to ban oil drilling in part of Amazon, mining outside Quito | Reuters Biden Protects Land By Grand Canyon But Will Still Allow Mining | Bloomberg Law 5 things to know about Japan’s Fukushima water release in the Pacific | NPR Source list- https://www.notion.so/Climate-Recap-8-28-ff44b9e0c4c54464a678b0ca968d4098?pvs=4 YouTube- https://youtube.com/beckisphere Patreon- https://patreon.com/beckisphere

    15 min

  2. 08/07/2023

    FIRST nuclear plant joins US grid in 30 YEARS!

    Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show | The Guardian Is the Atlantic Ocean current system AMOC nearing collapse? Probably not – but scientists are seeing troubling signs | CBS News India pauses plans for new coal plants for five years to focus on renewable energy | PBS Canada releases framework to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies | Reuters Britain commits to hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licenses | Reuters Rishi Sunak’s family firm Infosys signed $1.5 bil deal with BP | The National New Biden Rule Would Make Energy Companies Pay More To Drill On Public Lands | Huffpost The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades | AP News A landmark US clean energy transmission line just broke ground | Electrek UN starts moving oil from Yemen tanker in bid to stop disaster | Al Jazeera Source list- https://www.notion.so/Climate-Recap-8-07-bca7ae1e28ae4e30bce5698821737bae?pvs=4 YouTube- https://youtube.com/beckisphere Patreon- https://patreon.com/beckisphere

    14 min

  3. 07/27/2023

    Amazon deforestation DROPPED!

    Extreme weather: What you need to know about the global heatwave | Al Jazeera ‘It’s really cool’: Visitors flock to Death Valley amid soaring heatwave | NBC News Historically bad heat wave isn’t close to over: 5 maps to make you sweat | The Washington Post Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up North to heat in the West | AP News Flash floods rage in Vermont, New York; 50 rescued by shift boat | Reuters As China struggles with heat, flooding and drought, employers are ordered to limit outdoor work | AP News Deadly Monsoon Flooding and Landslides Lash Northern India | The NYTimes Yamuna river reaches Taj Mahal’s outer walls in India after swelling with monsoon rains | LA Times ‘Heaviest rain ever’ causes deadly floods and landslides in Japan | The Guardian South Korea flood death toll rises to 40, Yoon blames botched responses | Reuters It’s Deadline Day for Deep Sea Mining | Hakai Magazine Shipping agrees net-zero goal but critics chide deal | BBC News US truckmakers reach deal to phase out polluting diesel big rigs | The Washington Post Colombia, Brazil presidents pledge cooperation to protect Amazon | Reuters Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops 34% in first half 2023 | Reuters Sources- https://www.notion.so/Climate-Recap-7-21-8534a5989f8541afacd47f06879fe423?pvs=4 YouTube- https://youtube.com/beckisphere Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/theclimaterecap/ TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@beckisphere

    11 min

  4. 07/11/2023

    Lab-grown meat hits restaurants!

    World registers hottest day ever recorded on July 3 | Reuters Multnomah County in Oregon Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over Heat Dome | The NYTimes Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation’s water rights trust claim | ICT News Biden administration announces $7 bil in residential solar grant program | The Hill Ford Gets $9.2 Bil to Help US Catch Up with China’s EV Dominance | Bloomberg First ‘lab-grown’ meat approved by US regulators | The Hill New carbon accounting rules target ‘greenwashing’ | Phys Portugal to swap $153 mil Cape Verde debt for nature investments | Reuters Portugal doubles 2030 goals for solar and hydrogen capacity | Reuters Source list- https://www.notion.so/Climate-Recap-7-06-23-6257788bc1294ac584cc67e7687d7de4?pvs=4 YouTube- https://youtube.com/beckisphere Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/beckisphere Buy Me A Coffee- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/beckisphere

    9 min

  5. 06/29/2023

    UN protects the high seas!

    Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s why there is so much smoke | AP News Canada’s wildfires are part of our new climate reality, expert officials say | The Guardian Peru battles record dengue fever, in a warning of the warming world | The Washington Post El Nino is officially here, scientists say | Space Chinese cities break heat records, stressing electricity grid | Reuters Texas power use break records in heat wave this week, grid operators say | Reuters Scotland records hottest day so far as heatwave hits | BBC India heatwave: 96 people dead repordedly from heat-aggravated conditions | The Guardian UN adopts high seas treaty, the first-ever pact to protect international waters | CBS News New Mexico imposes oil and gas moratorium on state land near schools | AP News State Farm stops new home insurance sales in California as wildfire risks grow | Reuters Senate launches probe into insurance firm’s fossil fuel industry | The Washington Post North Carolina lawmakers OK bill blocking local government energy fuel prohibitions | AP News North Carolina Republicans send green investment ban to governor | AP News Montana officials minimize first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit ahead of final arguments | PBS Power companies spend millions to fight Maine’s proposed non-profit utility | The Guardian Source list- https://www.notion.so/Climate-Recap-6-29-1d6b1916abe944259b00a809c7187e82?pvs=4 Twitch- https://www.twitch.tv/beckisphere YouTube- https://youtube.com/beckisphere Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/beckisphere Buy Me A Coffee- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/beckisphere

    14 min

  6. 06/01/2023

    Wind overtakes gas in the UK!

    US, EU lawmakers push depose UAE’s Jaber from climate talks | Reuters Breakthrough Colorado River deal reached, outlining big water cuts for the next three years | The LA Times Supreme Court erases protections for most wetlands | E&E News Oil drilling project near mouth of Amazon River rejected by Brazil’s environment regulator | AP News Brazil’s Lula summons ministers as Congress seeks to dilute environmental powers | Reuters Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time | BBC Spain powered itself with renewable energy for nine straight hours | Interesting Engineering Source list- https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/Climate-Recap-5-31-9e54f11e58154d2c9a3ebb118ce111e7 YouTube- https://youtube.com/beckisphere Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/beckisphere Buy Me A Coffee- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/beckisphere

    9 min

  7. 02/10/2023

    Sweden found a huge rare earths deposit

    Mexico bans solar geoengineering after rogue experiment | Climate Change News ‘It’s time to start suing’: States tee up next WOTUS war | E&E News HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Gas Stoves Back Under Scrutiny With New US Limits Proposed | BNA News Gas industry hires Democrats to win support of liberal voters | The Washington Post DeSantis keeps heat on gas stoves issue, proposing tax exemption | The Hill Energy transition funding spikes | Axios Renewables Projected to Soon Be One-Fourth of US Electricity | Inside Climate News 24/7 carbon-free energy is about to become a reality in California | Canary Media California greenlights more than 800 MW of storage and solar to bolster power grid reliability | Utility Drive Feds offer $700 mil to lithium project at heat of ESA dispute | E&E News Texas’ most populous county adopts a climate plan | Grist India to annually invite bids for 8 GW wind power projects to 2030, govt order | Reuters India pledges $4.3 bil for cleaner energy | Grist Source list- https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/Climate-Recap-2-07-a3b0140bab804565b703eddb0ec8ce95 Patreon- https://patreon.com/beckisphere YouTube- https://youtube.com/beckisphere

    22 min

  8. 01/19/2023

    The ozone layer is healing!

    California contends with flooding, power outage as severe storms batter the state | CBS News Lake Tahoe snowpack levels nearly 250% above normal | Fox40 Low water levels have created an energy crisis at the world’s largest dam | The Washington Post Satellites watch Europe get hit by most severe winter heatwave ever | Space Ozone layer may be restored in decades, UN report says | BBC WE QUIT | Extinction Rebellion UK Public Order Bill: The British government wants to hand police unprecedented powers to handle protestors. Human rights activists say it’s an affront to democracy Germany: Police clear climate activists from coal village | DW Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers | Bloomberg Ahead of Major Court Case, E.P.A. Revises Clean-Water Protections | The NYTimes Do Gas Stoves Have Health Risks? | The NYTimes Source list- https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/1-18-23-Climate-Recap-6c630db8190d46b6afa4d4447de05ddb Beckisphere YouTube channel- https://youtube.com/beckisphere Patreon- https://patreon.com/beckisphere Buy Me A Coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/beckisphere

    19 min
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