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Green News Report with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen 7/9/2026

‘Green News Report’ – July 9, 2026  |  with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...   · · · · ·   ‘Green News Report’ – July 9, 2026  |  with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): Dr. Michael Mann: Time to turn up the heat on action; Lake Powell should be drained to save Lake Mead, scientists say; As Trump buyouts shake up offshore wind, states hope developers stay in the game; How extreme heat affects the brain … PLUS: The brutal, powerful legacy of Threads … and much, MUCH more! …

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

• Oil prices spike again as Trump calls off ‘ceasefire’ with Iran:
• VIDEO: Oil prices surge, stocks slide after Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘over’ (NBC News)
• New attacks raise questions about what comes next in the Iran war (AP)
• US launches new airstrikes on Iran, with Tehran firing back at 3 Gulf Arab states (AP)
• Trump administration reimposes sanctions on Iran oil sales (Politico)
• IMF forecasts dramatic global economic slowdown (Deseret News)
• Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology (International Monetary Fund)
• ‘Rain bomb’ triggers flooding in Northern Ohio:
• Kelleys Island faces significant flooding after 17 inches of rain falls overnight (ABC-Toledo)
• Ohio Rains are Biblical (This Is Not Cool)
• Ohio record rainfall event reflects growing climate threat in Midwest (Newsweek)
• Heavier Rainfall Rates in U.S. Cities (Climate Central)
• Trump denies FEMA disaster funding to Democratic-led states::
• Trump denies disaster aid for 4 Democratic-led states (Politico)
• Trump Denies Disaster Aid for Four States That Didn’t Vote for Him (The New Republic)
• Dems Decry Disaster Aid Denials as Trump Approves $846 Million to GOP States (Truthou):
  “Disaster aid should be merit-based, not politicized,” said Rhode Island lawmakers, whose state was denied FEMA aid.
• China grapples with two typhoons in a week:
• Xi urges ‘all-out’ relief effort as severe storms hit China (Bloomberg)
• Super Typhoon Bavi mapped: Taiwan and China brace for the ‘most powerful storm in years’ after floods kill 39 (UK Independent)
• Typhoon Maysak Lashes China With Heavy Rain as Another Storm Nears (NY Times)
• China expects above-average typhoon activity in July (Xinhua)
• June 2026 sets new heat record for global temperatures and world’s oceans:
• European climate watchdog says ocean temperatures hit record in June (UPI)
• June 2026 broke heat records across Europe and oceans, EU climate data reveals (Euronews):
  This year’s June was the hottest ever recorded in western Europe and the second-warmest globally at 1.39°C above the estimated pre-industrial average, according to the European Union’s climate change services. Record-breaking land temperatures coincided with the warmest June sea surface temperatures ever observed, stressing the continued accumulation of heat within the Earth’s climate system.
• Western Europe has hottest June on record and second warmest globally (WMO)
• ‘Uncharted territory’ as brewing El Niño, roasting oceans, heat bring risk for California, planet (LA Times)
• Trump Admin. officially ends federal subsidies for new clean energy projects:
• Trump clean energy tax credit cutoff drives project rush as prices set to soar (Reuters)
• Energy secretary attacked for ending wind and solar subsidies, “November is coming” (MSN)
• VIDEO: Energy Sec. Chris Wright lies about clean energy subsidies, solar and wind energy (Twitter)
• Fossil Fuel Industry Receives $35 Billion Each Year in Government Handouts, New Report Finds (Oil Change International)
• Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The $760 Billion Lie About ‘Free Market’ Energy (FracTracker Alliance)
• Fact-checking Chris Wright on energy (E&E News)
• Electric school buses easing strain on electric grid during extreme heat waves:
• Electric school buses tapped to shore up fragile US power grids during summer heat (Reuters):
  “It’s very early days. School buses will be a critically important backbone of V2G capacity,” said Steve Letendre, senior advisor to the Vehicle Grid Integration Council trade association.
• VIDEO: School Bus Magic Keeps Grids Stable in Heat (This Is Not Cool)
• Virtual power plants: The Secret Weapon California Is Using To Prevent Blackouts (Forbes, 10/2/2025)

‘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

• Time to turn up the heat on action (Dr. Michael Mann)
• Lake Powell should be drained to save Lake Mead, scientists say (Newsweek)
• <As Trump buyouts shake up offshore wind, states hope developers stay in the game (CT Mirror)
• How extreme heat affects the brain (NY Times)
• The brutal, powerful legacy of Threads (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)
• The ‘time-consuming’ permits dozens of data centers are skipping (E&E News)
• EPA’s Pesticide Approvals Prompt Fears of PFAS Contamination on Farms (Civil Eats)
• Climate change-driven heat, weather extremes impact specialty crop farmers (AP)
• “Do your job” – EPA petitioned to add warnings to pesticides linked to cancer (The New Lede)
• US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says (Reuters)
• Faster, Fiercer Wildfires Are Testing Evacuation Plans (Insurance Journal)
• Former NOAA employees revive climate data site shuttered by Trump Administration (gift link, NY Times)
• MIT study finds gas cars aren’t secretly better for the planet than EVs, despite what everyone on Facebook says (Jalopnik)
• The dawn of 24/7 solar power (with battery storage (Financial Times via archive, no paywall)
• It’s the Age of Electricity and America isn’t ready (NY Times)
• Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check (Dr. Andrew Dessler, Climate Brink)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• 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)