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IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Hurricane Melissa leaves a path of climate-fueled destruction, impacts will last long after the storm has passed and news cameras leave; PLUS: States send out SOS amid federal government shutdown to keep millions of Americans from freezing this winter… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!

Green News Report with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen 10/30/2025

‘Green News Report’ – October 30, 2025  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...   · · · · ·   ‘Green News Report’ – October 30, 2025  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa; ‘Millions of avoidable deaths’: Climate change health harms reach unprecedented levels; Archaeological site in Alaska reveals artifacts from impacts of ex-Typhoon Halong; NOAA Hurricane Hunter crews, researchers flying without pay; Annual climate change report finds ‘planet on the brink’; Energy prices seize spotlight in Virginia, New Jersey races… PLUS: Despite Trump troubles, Hyundai charges ahead with green steel project… and much, MUCH more! …

STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…

• Hurricane Melissa leaves path of destruction across Caribbean:
• Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica (AP)
• What to know about Hurricane Melissa as death toll rises (AP)
• Caribbean nations assess Melissa’s destruction as aid starts arriving (AP)
• Hurricane Melissa Causes Up To $52 Billion in Damage; Atlantic Sees Historic Third Cat 5 Storm (Tampa Free Press)
• VIDEO: Jamaica Digs Out After Most Powerful Hurricane in its History (This Is Not Cool)
• Melissa’s destructive effects will be long-lasting:
• VIDEO: ‘Hurricanes don’t just take lives, they ruin lives’: Meteorologist John Morales reacts to Melissa (CNN)
• Study links hurricanes to higher death rates long after storms pass (Standford University, 10/2/2024)
• Hurricane Melissa shattered records, turbocharged by climate change:
• Climate change’s effect on Hurricane Melissa (2025) (Climate Central)
• How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast (Grist)
• Melissa is a beast among a string of monster Atlantic storms. Scientists explain (AP)
• Climate Change Is ‘Increasing Melissa’s Potential Damages By As Much As 50%,’ Climate Scientists Say (Weather Channel)
• As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa’s ferocity (AP):
  The warming of the world’s oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa’s wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday…A 2023 study had found that Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to intensify rapidly from minor storms to powerful and catastrophic events.
• Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive (Andrew Dessler, The Climate Brink, 5/27/2025)
• States grapple with halt to energy assistance during government shutdown:
• Millions at Risk as Government Shutdown Freezes Funds for a Critical Heating Program (Time)
• States issue warning about heating concerns (USA Today)
• VIDEO: Government shutdown could impact heating assistance for Minnesotans as cold weather nears (Fox9-Minneapolis)
• HHS cuts staff in charge of helping 6M Americans keep utilities on (USA Today, 4/2/2025)
• Judge rejects anti-offshore wind lawsuit:
• New Jersey Groups Lose Court Bid to Pause Empire Wind Project (Bloomberg Law):
  Washington, DC, District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols on Friday denied Save Long Beach Island Inc. and others’ request to grant a preliminary injunction or stay, saying that the plaintiffs didn’t meet the high bar to show irreparable harm, and that had they done so, they also didn’t show said harm is “certain and great.”
• Iceland records mosquitoes for the first time:
• Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms (NPR):
  Icelanders may be the last group of people on Earth to experience the pesky bite of a mosquito…The institute noted that the mosquitoes were one of a number of new insect species discovered in Iceland in recent years due to a warming climate and the growth of international transportation.
• Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat (BBC):
  Iceland was one of only two mosquito-free havens in the world prior to the discovery, partly due to its cold climate. The only other recorded mosquito-free zone is Antarctica…Iceland’s cold climate and lack of stagnant water in which the insects can breed are key contributors to the country’s former lack of mosquitoes, the World Population Review said. But this year, the country broke multiple records for its high temperatures.

‘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 help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa (AP)
• ‘Millions of avoidable deaths’: Climate change health harms reach unprecedented levels (Inside Climate News)
• Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup’ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong (AP)
• NOAA Hurricane Hunter crews, researchers flying without pay (E&E News)
• Annual climate change report finds ‘planet on the brink’ (The New Lede)
• Energy prices seize spotlight in Virginia, New Jersey races (E&E News)
• EPA accused of misleading public about ongoing production of harmful PFAS (The New Lede)
• Trump Administration dismisses risks of atrazine, a farm herbicide (Civil Eats)
• Judge orders New York to follow through on its climate law (NY Focus)
• Despite Trump troubles, Hyundai charges ahead with green steel project (Canary Media)
• Why billions of gallons of raw sewage keep ending up in Philadelphia waters (Inside Climate News)
• 100 countries stall on climate targets ahead of COP30 (E&E News)
• Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, group says (NPR)
• VIDEO: Authors of ‘Science Under Siege’ warn of concerted effort to discredit science (PBS Newshour)
• 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)
• 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)