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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump spews blizzard of misinformation on climate and renewable energy at the United Nations; Federal electric vehicle tax credits expire October 1st; Federal judge lifts Trump's halt of nearly-complete offshore wind farm; PLUS: China announces its first-ever emissions reduction target... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): How to track the super polluters next door; DOE to pull back $13 billion from clean energy projects; Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership; White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown; As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached; Researchers make concerning discovery about factor linked to Alzheimer's disease: 'I'm still really surprised by it'... PLUS: Solar tax credits are ending (Dec. 31). Here’s why that could be good for solar... and much, MUCH more! ...

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

• Oil spill causes traffic jam near UN as leaders meet for climate talks:
• Oil spill snarls traffic on Manhattan's First Avenue, turns block into slip-and-slide (Gothamist)
• Trump denounces climate science and renewables at UNGA:
• In front of drowning nations, Trump calls climate change a ‘con job.’ Here are the facts and context (AP):
  
  Trump has long been a critic of climate science and polices aimed at helping the world transition to green energies like wind and solar. His speech Tuesday, however, was one of his most expansive to date. It included false statements and making connections between things that are not connected.
• Trump delivers dumbest climate speech of all time (plus a fact check) (Heated.World):
  
  Mostly, Trump just regurgitated the same, tired, easily-debunked talking points he and the oil industry have been repeating for twenty years. It was so unoriginal it was actually kind of funny—in a sad, pathetic way.
• ‘Con,’ ‘scam,’ ‘hoax’: Trump’s UN speech on climate (E&E News)
• .Trump urges the world to abandon climate fight (E&E News):
  
  Trump made clear his administration would actively seek to undermine international efforts to tackle climate change.
• VIDEO, transcript: Trump Speaks at U.N. (Rev)
• UNGA: Sec.-General Guterres warns time is running out
• ‘Science demands action’: world leaders and UN push climate agenda forward despite Trump’s attacks (Guardian)
• At climate summit, UN chief urges countries to go “much further, much faster” on NDCs (Climate Home News)
• UN chief warns 1.5C warming goal at risk of 'collapsing' (AFP)
• World, business leaders hope to keep momentum in fight against climate change despite US (AP)
• At Global Climate Summit This Week, U.S. Isolation Was on Full Display (NY Times)
• VIDEO: Remarks by António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) at the Climate Summit 2025 (United Nations)
• China commits to first-ever emissions reduction target:
• VIDEO: China, for First Time, Vows to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (NY Times):
  
  "Green and low carbon transition is the trend of our time." In an apparent reference to the United States, Mr. Xi added, "Some countries are against it."
• China commits to cutting up to 10% of its climate pollution, short of the goal other countries sought of it (CNN):
  
  The goal, announced in a pre-recorded video by Chinese President Xi Jinping at a UN General Assembly climate meeting, falls far short of the 30% cuts the Biden administration had been pressing for. But China’s growth in renewable energy manufacturing and domestic deployment mean that it may overachieve — which it has done on previous goals.
• China, world’s largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal to cut emissions (AP)
• Energy experts warn Trump/GOP retreat creates vacuum China is filling:
• The U.S. Is Forfeiting the Clean-Energy Race to China (Wall St. Journal, no paywall):
  
  The company’s U-turn underscores a new reality: America has given up its effort to challenge China in the renewable-energy industries that increasingly power the global economy...Countries across the world "are going to be even more reliant on Chinese technology to power their economies, to make the cars they drive," said Wally Adeyemo, who was deputy Treasury secretary under President Joe Biden. "It creates real chokepoints for China."
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• China asserts green energy leadership, as Trump dismisses climate ‘con job’ (Washington Post)
• Senate Dems blame Trump Assault on clean energy for high electricity prices (Inside Climate News)
• Federal EV tax credits expire Oct. 1, thanks to Trump/Republicans:
• VIDEO: Car buyers rush to capitalize on federal EV tax credits ahead of expiration next week (CBS News)
• Car buyers clamor for EVs as the clock ticks down to get the federal tax credit (Detroit Free Press)
• Judge greenlights restart of construction at Revolution Wind:
• Judge says work on wind farm off Rhode Island can proceed, for now (NY Times)
• Revolution Wind’s stop-work order has been lifted. What happens next? (Canary Media)
• Revolution Wind slams Interior as costs soar for frozen project (E&E News)
• Trump admin tries to sink Maryland’s first offshore wind project (Canary Media)

'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

• How to track the super polluters next door (CNN)
• Leaders promised to cut climate pollution, then doubled down on fossil fuels (NPR)
• DOE to pull back $13 billion from clean energy projects (E&E News)
• Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership (Guardian)
• White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown (Politico)
• Weakened Super Typhoon Ragasa heads towards Vietnam after battering China and Hong Kong (Guardian)
• Solar tax credits are ending (Dec. 31). Here’s why that could be good for solar. (Washington Post)
• Renowned ‘sponge city’ architect Kongjian Yu dies in Brazil plane crash (Guardian)
• As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached (Washington Post)
• Trump Administration cancels trail, bike lane grants labeled as 'hostile' to cars (Bloomberg)
• National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA’s effort to undo regulations fighting climate change (AP)
• Researchers make concerning discovery about factor linked to Alzheimer's disease: 'I'm still really surprised by it' (The Cool Down)
• Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in 'grim' report (Yale Climate Connections)
• How Trump's War on Climate Science impacts all Americans (Bloomberg)
• Solar Is Liberation (Rolling Stone)
• Governments legally required to address climate change, global court says (Inside Climate News)
• 10 Ways to Keep Your Home Cool This Summer (Bloomberg, no paywall)
• David Attenborough's 'Ocean' is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea (AP)
• Wall Street Journal: Clean energy transition is unstoppable (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech? (David Roberts, Volts)
• Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check (Dr. Andrew Dessler, Climate Brink)
• Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration? (Pro Publica)
• Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? (The Oceanography Society)
• How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists (Drilled)
• How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry's Biggest Disinformation Tactics (Guardian)
• The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone (The Atlantic)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here's How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
• Exxon's Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)

                 

Article Categories: United Nations, Environment, Republicans, Donald Trump, Wind energy, Solar energy, Climate change, China, Electric vehicles, Paris Agreement, Green New Deal, Electricity, Inflation Reduction Act