{"id":15462,"date":"2025-08-05T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15462"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:57:46","slug":"green-news-report-august-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15462","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; August 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center; background-color:#f3fdf4; padding:10px 5px 4px 5px; line-height:20px; background-image:url('\/Images\/GradientDarkGreen_headline.jpg'); background-repeat:repeat-y;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_GrandCanyon-MegaFireWeather080125.jpg\" style=\"display:block; margin:10px auto;\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i>Follow and stream @GreenNewsReport!&#8230;<\/i><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNewsReport.bsky.social\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Bluesky-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenNewsReport\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Twitter-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Facebook-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journa.host\/@GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Mastodon-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman\/id788236916\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Apple Podcasts' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/itunes-listen-on-apple-podcast-logo-png.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman-desi-doyen\/PC:1000011151\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Pandora' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-Pandora-badge.png'><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-green-news-report-w-brad-f-30973644\/\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on iHeart' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-IHeartRadio.png'><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-News-Report-Friedman-Doyen\/dp\/B08JJRX3TP\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Amazon Music' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/AmazonMusic-badge_690.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Green-News-Report-p477566\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on TuneIn' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/ListenOnTuneIn.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/GNR\/feed.xml\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='RSS\/XML Feed' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/RSS-XML-Feed.png\"><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px; 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All GNRs are always archived at <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\">GreenNews.BradBlog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN &#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/strong> (<em>see links below<\/em>): How to protect yourself from the bad air caused by wildfires; Fighting wildfires is hellish work &#8211; it&#8217;s even worse under Trump; Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon; &#8216;Erratic&#8217; wildfire breaks out in Northern California, prompting evacuations; Heatwave linked to climate change breaks records in Japan; Report calls plastics &#8216;grave danger&#8217; to health as nations negotiate treaty; Scientists crack the case of the melting sea stars&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway&#8230; and much, <i>MUCH<\/i> more! &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><b>STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY&#8217;S &#8216;GREEN NEWS REPORT&#8217;&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>China hit with extreme rains, deadly flooding:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/schools-shut-residents-warned-as-beijing-faces-another-round-of-heavy-rain-101754351600673.html\"><b>Schools shut, residents warned as Beijing faces another round of heavy rain<\/b><\/a> (Hindustan Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Beijing is getting drenched by another round of heavy rain, one week after torrential downpours across parts of the Chinese capital claimed at least 44 lives.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cwy1ely5zy1t\"><b>Forty dead in Beijing as parts of China reel from heavy rains and flooding<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>New York, New Jersey clean up after torrential rains:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/flash-flooding-northeast-dangerous-heat-humidity-pushes-south\/story?id=124237066\"><b>1 dead after torrential rains and flooding sweep Northeast<\/b><\/a> (ABC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/flash-flood-threat-prompts-emergency-204641392.html\"><b>Heavy downpours, flash flooding disrupt travel along US Eastern Seaboard<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/mta-faces-fallout-flash-floods-power-failures-plague-aging-nyc-subway-system\/17394223\/\"><b>MTA faces fallout after flash floods, power failures plague New York City&#8217;s aging subway system<\/b><\/a> (ABC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/ny-flash-flooding-cleanup-damage\/\"><b>New York cleaning up after flash floods make mess of roads, subways and more<\/b><\/a> (CBS News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">New York City sewers are designed to cope with 1-1.75 inches of rain per hour. &#8220;So what happens is the system backs up into the subway,&#8221; MTA CEO Janno Lieber said.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonnolan.com\/p\/cheap-tricks-for-hard-problems\"><b>Cheap Tricks for Hard Problems: Picking up nickels in front of the climate steamroller.<\/b><\/a> (Hamilton Nolan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Air quality alerts from MN to ME due to Canada&#8217;s wildfires:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2025\/06\/01\/canadian-fires-bring-air-quality-alerts-to-midwest\/\"><b>VIDEO: Canadian Fires Bring Air Quality Alerts to Midwest<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2025\/07\/31\/smoke-unhealthy-air-midwest-northeast-maps\/\"><b>Wildfire smoke and unhealthy air fill the Midwest before spreading to the East<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/canada-wildfires-prompt-air-quality-warnings-upper-midwest\/story?id=124338192\"><b>VIDEO: Toxic Canada wildfire smoke prompts air quality alerts, ground delay at Boston&#8217;s Logan airport<\/b><\/a> (ABC News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Most of the air quality alerts pertain to &#8220;sensitive groups,&#8221; including people with heart or lung disease and asthma. However, air quality in parts of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is expected to be &#8220;unhealthy&#8221; for all individuals.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Canada grapples with 700+ wildfires:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/canadian-wildfires-rage-amid-record-heatwaves-what-this-means-climate-change-public-health-1740127\"><b>Canadian Wildfires Rage Amid Record Heatwaves: What This Means for Climate Change and Public Health<\/b><\/a> (International Business Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2025\/08\/04\/canadas-wildfire-smoke-driven-by-drought-heat-climate-change\/\"><b>VIDEO: Canada&#8217;s Wildfire Smoke Driven by Drought, Heat, Climate Change<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/national-international\/canada-brush-fire-started-fish-dropping-bird\/6359470\/\"><b> Free-falling fish started a brush fire in Canada, firefighters say <\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11318698\/nova-scotia-wildfires-park-closures\/\"><b>&#8216;Stay out of the woods&#8217;: Nova Scotia provincial parks closing over wildfire concerns<\/b><\/a> (Global News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11294074\/wildfire-briefing-canada\/\"><b>2025 wildfire season one of the worst on record, and it&#8217;s not over yet: government<\/b><\/a> (Global News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Arizona&#8217;s Dragon Bravo Fire reaches mega-fire status:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/grand-canyon-wildfire-grows-megafire-235500089.html\"><b>Grand Canyon wildfire grows to &#8216;megafire&#8217; status: &#8216;I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (The Cool Down)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/01\/weather\/grand-canyon-dragon-bravo-fire-climate\"><b>Grand Canyon fire grows into a megafire and creates its own weather. It&#8217;s not done yet<\/b><\/a> (CNN):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> The wildfire raging along the Grand Canyon&#8217;s North Rim became a &#8220;megafire&#8221; this week, doubling in size in just a few days and intensifying enough to create its own weather. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/fire-clouds-over-arizona-utah-221813546.html\"><b>&#8216;Fire clouds&#8217; over Arizona and Utah wildfires are creating their own erratic climate<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Towering convection clouds known as pyrocumulus clouds have been spotted over Arizona&#8217;s blaze for seven consecutive days, fueling the fire with dry, powerful winds&#8230;Their more treacherous big brother, a fire-fueled thunderstorm known as the pyrocumulonimbus cloud, sent rapid winds shooting in all directions this week as a smoke column formed from the Utah fire then collapsed on itself, fire team information officer Jess Clark said.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/07\/31\/dragon-bravo-fire-grows-105k-acres-along-grand-canyons-north-rim\/\"><b>VIDEO: Dragon Bravo Fire becomes 10th largest wildfire in Arizona history<\/b><\/a> (CBS-Phoenix)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>New research shows cascading health impacts of wildfire smoke:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/15072025\/todays-climate-wildfire-smoke-health-politics\/\"><b>As Politicians Quarrel Over Wildfire Smoke, Research on Its Health Impacts Piles Up<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/198675\/bad-air-quality-deadliest-effect-climate-change\"><b>The Invisible Climate Change Effect That Is Most Likely to Kill You<\/b><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ceh.unicef.org\/spotlight-risk\/wildfire-smoke\"><b>Report: Wildfire smoke<\/b><\/a> (UNCEF):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Particulate matter released from wildfires has been found to be approximately 10 times more harmful to respiratory health than ambient air pollution, particularly in young children. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-025-03777-6\"><b>Study: Immune impacts of fire smoke exposure<\/b><\/a> (Nature Medicine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Trump EPA&#8217;s &#8216;endangerment finding&#8217; based on climate science deniers&#8217; report:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2025\/07\/31\/endangerment-repeal-climate-science-report\/\"><b>We fact-checked the Trump administration&#8217;s climate report<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Scientists say the report cherry-picks key data and misrepresents the state of climate research.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/scientists-say-new-government-climate-report-twists-their-work\/?utm_brand=wired&#038;utm_mailing=WIR_Science_080425&#038;bxid=5d1cee73fc942d1a7f0cfdd9&#038;cndid=57712211&#038;hasha=4d5ac4235c10b511d239241ba38c48ea&#038;hashb=64a8f2babe57a234472042e751\"><b>Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work<\/b><\/a> (Wired)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/30072025\/climate-scientists-fight-against-energy-department-report\/\"><b>Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE&#8217;s &#8216;Antiscientific,&#8217; &#8216;Deceptive&#8217; Climate Report<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmog.com\/2025\/07\/30\/climate-deniers-trump-epa-endangerment-finding\/\"><b>Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?<\/b><\/a> (DeSmog Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/climate-environment\/scientists-trump-climate-change-report-doe-citations-mischaracterizations\"><b>&#8216;A Serious Misuse of My Research&#8217;: Climate Scientists Say New Trump Energy Report Botches Their Work<\/b><\/a> (NOTUS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-climate-epa-endangerment-zeldin-5cba0871c880e23d044ef40a398c57b2\"><b>Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>EPA public comment period open on &#8216;endangerment finding&#8217;: Make your voice heard:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/\"><b>Enter a public comment, using docket tracking number 2025-14572: Regulations.gov<\/b><\/a> (Regulations.gov<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines\/proposed-rule-reconsideration-2009-endangerment-finding\"><b>Read the Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards <\/b><\/a> (EPA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/envirodatagov.org\/how-to-write-effective-public-comments\/\"><b>How to Write Effective Public Comments<\/b><\/a> (Environmental Data and Governance Initiative)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/i> (Stuff we didn&#8217;t have time for in today&#8217;s audio report)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sej.org\/headlines\/list\">Society of Environmental Journalists&#8217; Daily Headlines<\/a> page<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-breathe-climate-46a02dfbd32c9eca3a30691747e602df\"><b>How to protect yourself from the bad air caused by wildfires<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/198724\/wildfire-fighters-labor-conditions-trump?vgo_ee=5GQCTbxe124Rt6C7x2XTMCpDNWSuVKX8D29vp6w2mqbu%3AZyNw%2BoOvfSPPPEQpJxCuOXTF%2B8k6Dq3d\"><b>Fighting Wildfires Is Hellish Work. It&#8217;s Even Worse Under Trump.<\/b><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/clearlake-lake-fire-evacuations-20800273.php\"><b>&#8216;Erratic&#8217; wildfire breaks out in Northern California, prompting evacuations<\/b><\/a> (SF Gate)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-first-planned-migration-of-an-entire-country-is-underway\/?utm_brand=wired&#038;utm_mailing=WIR_Science_080425&#038;bxid=5d1cee73fc942d1a7f0cfdd9&#038;cndid=57712211&#038;hasha=4d5ac4235c10b511d239241ba38c48ea&#038;hashb=64a8f2babe57a234472042e7519b\"><b>The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway<\/b><\/a> (Wired)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/04\/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172\"><b>Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon<\/b><\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/latest\/1333091-heatwave-linked-to-climate-change-breaks-records-in-japan\"><strong>Heatwave linked to climate change breaks records in Japan<\/strong><\/a> (International News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyclimate.org\/staffing-cuts-push-noaa-to-buy-weather-data-from-private-balloon-and-drone-firms-2673857825.html\"><b>Staffing cuts push NOAA to buy weather data from private balloon and drone firms<\/b> <\/a> (Daily Climate)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewlede.org\/2025\/08\/lancet-plastic-health-impacts-global-treaty-geneva\/\"><b>Report calls plastics &#8216;grave danger&#8217; to health as nations negotiate treaty<\/b><\/a> (The New Lede)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/noaa-sharpiegate-investigation-trump-b2796556.html\"><b>NOAA officials who led &#8216;Sharpiegate&#8217; investigation placed on leave<\/b><\/a> (UK Independent)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/04082025\/new-jersey-record-2-billion-dupont-settlement\/\"><b>Amid PFAS rollbacks, New Jersey scores record $2 billion DuPont settlement<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/4ohOWgW\"><b>Trump officials aim to divert money meant for buying wilderness land<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuow.org\/stories\/scientists-crack-the-case-of-the-melting-sea-stars-it-only-took-a-decade\"><b>Scientists crack the case of the melting sea stars. It only took a decade<\/b><\/a> (KUOW)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomain.media\/p\/oil-industry-wishlist-trump-interior-department\"><b>The oil industry wrote a wishlist. Trump Interior Department is delivering<\/b><\/a> (Public Domain)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/political-commentary\/solar-is-liberation-energy-climate-oligarchs-trump-1235396243\/\"><b>Solar Is Liberation<\/b><\/a> (Rolling Stone)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/23072025\/icj-rules-governments-are-legally-required-to-address-climate-change\/\"><b>Governments legally required to address climate change, global court says<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2025-07-11\/how-to-shield-your-home-from-summer-heat?cmpid=BBD071125_GREENDAILY\"><b>10 Ways to Keep Your Home Cool This Summer<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg, no paywall)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ocean-film-attenborough-climate-848a65883fc1ec2601550d3cbfb0e36a\"><b>David Attenborough&#8217;s &#8216;Ocean&#8217; is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/whats-missing-us-debate-electric-vehicles\"><b>What&#8217;s missing from the U.S. debate on electric vehicles<\/b><\/a> (CSIS)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/energy\/critical-minerals-renewable-energy-rare-earth-lithium-cobalt-nickel-mining\/\"><b>A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world&#8217;s energy future <\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2025\/03\/03\/wall-street-journal-clean-energy-transition-is-unstoppable\/\"><b>Wall Street Journal: Clean energy transition is unstoppable<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volts.wtf\/p\/can-we-avoid-the-enshittification\"><b>Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?<\/b><\/a> (David Roberts, Volts)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclimatebrink.com\/p\/climate-change-will-stop-when-we\"><b>Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check<\/b><\/a> (Dr. Andrew Dessler, Climate Brink)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2024\/11\/13\/the-climate-fight-will-continue\/\"><b>The Climate Fight Will Continue<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/climate-change-migration-hurricane-helene\"><b>Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?<\/b><\/a> (Pro Publica)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-point\"><b>Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point?<\/b><\/a> (The Oceanography Society)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drilled.media\/news\/senate-hearing-media\"><b>How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists<\/b><\/a> (Drilled)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-024-01442-3#Sec9\"><b>Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming<\/b><\/a> (Nature)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/apr\/14\/climate-disinformation-explainer\"><b>How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry&#8217;s Biggest Disinformation Tactics<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2024\/03\/ocean-heat-wave-cosmic-choice\/677672\/\"><b>The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone<\/b><\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/01\/30\/plug-in-hybrid-car-worth-it\/\"><b>Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/14\/23951104\/apartment-rent-electrify-appliance-pollution-incentives\"><b>How to electrify your life when you rent<\/b><\/a> (The Verge)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2023\/06\/05\/complete-series-farmers-under-attack-for-supporting-clean-energy\/\"><b>Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy <\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/29092022\/inside-clean-energy-electrification\/\"><b>Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? 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