Earth Just Had Its Hottest August On Record
"The intensifying super El Niño, combined with global warming, is favored to make 2026 the hottest year on record, with 2027 expected to be even hotter."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/14/2026
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The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs
"The world is set to burn record amounts of coal this year, in large part because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday."
Source: New York Times, 09/11/2026
AI Boom Poses Growing Public Health Threat, Former EPA Officials Warn
"A group representing more than 800 former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday sounded the alarm over the health consequences of data centers. It warned that Trump administration policies to weaken pollution safeguards and speed up approvals of the facilities threatened to exacerbate those health harms."
Source: New York Times, 09/11/2026
Few People Connecting the Dots Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather
"It’s been a relentless summer of extremes—only the latest in a half-decade packed with record-breaking weather events. A growing body of research shows they’re becoming more frequent and severe as human-caused climate change accelerates."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/10/2026
Studies Link New Mexico Drilling to Radiation, Air Pollution, Health Risks
"Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the nation’s largest oil fields."
Source: Capital & Main, 09/09/2026
U.S. to Loan $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa
"The Energy Department said on Tuesday that it would lend up to $1.9 billion to help restart a shuttered nuclear power plant in Iowa, in the Trump administration’s latest move aimed at reviving nuclear energy in the United States." "No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so."
Source: New York Times, 09/09/2026
How The Data Center Backlash Is Growing In U.S. Statehouses
"As legislation is introduced at a record pace, public opposition is driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants."
Source: Washington Post, 09/08/2026
New Mexico Bans Uranium Leasing on State Lands
"Officials in New Mexico, the nation’s largest historic producer of uranium ore, banned new leasing of state lands for uranium mining on Friday." "The move to block new mining projects comes as the Trump administration seeks to revive American uranium production."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/08/2026
Pipeline Firm That Spilled Fuel in Pa. Is Trying to Weaken Clean Water Law
"Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that polluted drinking water in a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, is seeking to have part of Pennsylvania’s 89-year-old Clean Streams Law declared unconstitutional."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/08/2026
Underserved Communities Again Ask Courts to Restore Justice Grant Funding
"Plaintiffs are continuing to press the Trump administration in federal court to restore $3 billion in grant funding for environmental and climate justice programs that would benefit underserved communities, as a Sept. 30 deadline nears."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/08/2026
