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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hurricane Hilary makes history, as new storms brew in the record-hot Atlantic; Panama Canal crippled by severe drought; British Columbia declares wildfire emergency; PLUS: Ecuador votes to protect its Amazon Rainforest and keep oil in the ground... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): 850 people missing after Maui Fires, mayor says; Oil giants fight climate deception suit at Hawaii Supreme Court; Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in South Texas; Fukushima nuclear disaster: Japan to release treated water in 48 hours; Will Hilary hasten California’s insurance climate stampede?; SoCalGas fought a key California climate solution for years. It cost customers millions; Salmon Festival in Klamath not serving salmon this year, with the hope of restoring a food central to area tribes; Record-setting U.S. heat dome places 143 million under alerts... PLUS: Central Valley farmers are having a climate reckoning... and much, MUCH more! ...

STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY'S 'GREEN NEWS REPORT'...

• Hurricane/Tropical Storm Hilary makes history:
• After Hilary, A Big Clean-Up And Lots Of Water But Lives Spared (Washington Post)
• Live updates: Storm Hilary slams California with floods and fierce winds (CNN)
• Hilary's record-breaking stats (MSN)
• How climate change shaped California’s first tropical storm in decades (E&E News)
• 'We’re not built for this.' Tropical Storm Hilary batters California with heavy rain and catastrophic floods (CNN/MSN)
• Tropical Storm Hilary: Southern California records stunning rainfall totals (SF Gate)
• Early Estimate of Tropical Storm Hilary’s Damage and Economic Loss: $9 Billion (Claims Journal)
• VIDEO: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass shares updates on storm (USA Today)
• As Tropical Storm Hilary shrinks, desert and mountain towns dig themselves out of the mud (Las Vegas Sun)
• VIDEO: Waking Up to Hilary’s Hurri-Quake Damage (Climate Crocks)
• Atlantic hurricane season lurches out of slumber:
• Atlantic Ocean sees record burst of tropical storms (Axios):
  
  In just 39 hours, four named storms formed in the Atlantic: Tropical storms Harold, Franklin, Emily and Gert, according to Colorado State University hurricane expert Philip Klotzbach.
• 5 tropical systems line up as Atlantic hurricane season springs to life (Washington Post/MSN)
Three tropical cyclones formed in just 24 hours over the weekend. It was only the third time on record that that many storms formed in such a short time, according to hurricane expert Michael Lowry.
• Tropical roundup: The latest on Hilary, Emily, Franklin, Gert, and a Texas-Mexico threat (Yale Climate Connections)
• Tropical Storm Harold path live updates: System makes landfall in South Texas (USA Today/MSN)
• Severe drought cripples Panama Canal
• Focus: Historic drought, hot seas slow Panama Canal shipping (Reuters):
  
  "It's the perfect storm of events," said Paton, who has monitored rain patterns in the Central American country for more than three decades. The frequency of major El Nino drying patterns has risen significantly during the last 25 years of the canal's 109-year history. If that continues, "it will be increasingly difficult for (the Panama Canal) to guarantee that the largest ships are going to be able to get through," Paton said.
• How Climate Extremes are Hammering Supply Chains (Climate Crocks)
• VIDEO: Traffic jam in Panama canal as drought leaves 200 ships stranded (ABC News)
• Canada's wildfires menace Yellowknife:
• Despite rain in Yellowknife area, fire threat remains (CBC)
• British Columbia declares state of emergency amid 'devastating' wildfires (Washington Post/MSN):
  
  In Canada, firefighters have reported such intense fires, that water dropped by aircraft is evaporating before it even hits the ground.
• 'Some fires will last over the winter': Canada will face blazes, smoke for a while, Environment Canada says (Yahoo News)
• Melted headlights and peeling paint: residents escape wildfires in southern N.W.T. (CBC)
• Climate scientists warn climate impacts are earlier, more intense than predicted:
• AUDIO: Hurricane Hilary: Climate Fluke or Future?: 'BradCast' 8/21/2023 (The BRAD BLOG)
Given that we're continuing to warm on this roughly linear track...[E]ven if it stays relatively linear, the impacts won't be. We are starting to see the limits of our adaptability already. And it's only going to get harder with additional warming.
• Boiling Point: Southern California’s historic storm shows climate risk (LA Times)
• 'We’re not built for this.' Tropical Storm Hilary batters California with heavy rain and catastrophic floods (CNN/MSN)
• India approves massive EV bus transition plan:
• India approves $7 bln plan for electric buses in nearly 170 cities (Reuters)
• India Approves $7 Billion Plan to Electrify Public Transport (Bloomberg):
  
  Nation wants to add 10,000 electric buses in cities by 2037. Electric bus makers Olectra, JBM rally on announcement.
• India defines ‘green hydrogen’ and ringfences $7bn for electric buses (Edie/India)
• Ecuador votes to ban oil drilling in its Amazon Rainforest preserve:
• Ecuadorians vote to ban oil drilling in the Amazon in ‘historic’ referendum (CNN):
  
  The Yasuní National Park park spans around 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) at the meeting point of the Amazon, the Andes and the Equator. Just one hectare of Yasuní land supposedly contains more animal species than the whole of Europe and more tree species than exist in all of North America. But underneath the park lies Ecuador’s largest reserve of crude oil.
• Ecuadorians reject oil extraction in parts of Amazon in historic vote (Axios):
  
  The results of the historic referendum will require Ecuador's national oil company, Petroecuador, to close all of its active oil wells and remove all infrastructure from a portion of Yasuní National Park within a year.

'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (Stuff we didn't have time for in today's audio report)...

For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists' Daily Headlines page

• 850 People Missing After Maui Wildfires, Mayor Says Ahead Of Biden’s Visit (Huffington Post)
• Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court (Bloomberg)
• Fukushima nuclear disaster: Japan to release treated water in 48 hours (BBC)
• Tropical Storm Harold path live updates: System makes landfall in South Texas (USA Today/MSN)
• VIDEO: Will Hilary Hasten California’s Insurance Climate Stampede? (Climate Crocks)
• SoCalGas fought a key California climate solution for years. It cost customers millions (Sacramento Bee)
• Salmon Festival in Klamath not serving salmon this year, with the hope of restoring a food central to area tribes (CBS News)
• Central Valley farmers are having a climate reckoning (Politico)
• It’s hot. You’re traveling. Here’s what could go wrong. (E&E News)
• Record-setting U.S. heat dome places 143 million under alerts (Axios)
• EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review (E&E News)
• Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round (gift link, Bloomberg)
• Rough years ahead [as new El Nino arrives] (Nature)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (Climate Crocks)
• These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)
• Building Steam in Lithium Valley (The American Prospect)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here's How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• VIDEO: See what three degrees of global warming looks like (The Economist/YouTube)
• The 7 climate tipping points that could change the world forever (Grist)
• The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world (Guardian UK)
• Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC (Dr. Michael Mann, Penn Today)
• Environmental Sacrifice Zones: 8 Places We've Given Up-Probably Forever (Environmental Health Network)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• VIDEO: 2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis (Guardian UK)
• 99.9 percent Of Scientists Agree Climate Emergency Caused By Humans (Guardian UK)
• Climate Fund Choices for Investors Are Multiplying (Bloomberg/Yahoo)
• How climate change could undo 50 years of public health gains (Grist)
• Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
• Exxon's Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
• VIDEO: A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept)
• What genuine, no-bullshit ambition on climate change would look like: How to hit the most stringent targets, with no loopholes. (David Roberts, Vox)
• A Global Shift To Sustainability Would Save Us $26 Trillion (Vox)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
• An Optimist's Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)
• The great nutrient collapse: The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. (Politico)
• The world's bleak climate situation, in 3 charts: We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. (Vox)
• The Climate Risks We Face (NY Times):
  
  To stabilize global temperature, net carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to zero. The window of time is rapidly closing to reduce emissions and limit warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the goal set in the Paris climate accord. The further we push the climate system beyond historical conditions, the greater the risks of potentially unforeseen and even catastrophic changes to the climate - so every reduction in emissions helps.
• The Uninhabitable Earth: When will climate change make earth too hot for humans? (New York Magazine):
  
  Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak - sooner than you think.
• A beginner's guide to the debate over 100% renewable energy (Vox):
  
  Clean-energy enthusiasts frequently claim that we can go bigger, that it's possible for the whole world to run on renewables - we merely lack the "political will." So, is it true? Do we know how get to an all-renewables system? Not yet. Not really.

                 

Article Categories: California, Canada, Ecuador, Extreme weather, Panama