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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?

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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?

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    Montana KIDS beat STATE in CLIMATE lawsuit!

    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
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    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

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    FIRST nuclear plant joins US grid in 30 YEARS!

    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

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    • 13 min
    Amazon deforestation DROPPED!

    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

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    • 10 min
    Lab-grown meat hits restaurants!

    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

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    • 9 min
    UN protects the high seas!

    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

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    • 14 min
    Wind overtakes gas in the UK!

    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

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