El Niño Climate Patterns Supercharged By Burning Fossil Fuels, Study Finds
"‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year"
Source: Guardian, 08/28/2026
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Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center
"The Trump administration move is “politically motivated,” said the plaintiff, one of the nation’s leading environmental gr�oups."
"One of the nation’s largest environmental groups is challenging the Trump administration’s closure of a leading climate institute, filing a lawsuit Thursday [Aug. 20] in federal court saying the closure is unlawful.
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/27/2026
Bigger, Hotter Fires Are Slowly Erasing America’s Great Forests
"On a gentle slope on the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where a towering green canopy of ponderosa pines had stood for centuries, wildfires have transformed roughly 1,700 acres into brown, bare shrubland. That forest is gone for good, scientists say."
Source: New York Times, 08/25/2026
World’s Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats
"Heat and drought have diminished harvests in some of the biggest wheat-producing countries, including the United States, which is expected to have its worst wheat harvest in a half-century, spiking prices. Poor countries that agreed to buy American wheat under the threat of Trump tariffs could be stuck paying abnormally high prices."
Source: New York Times, 08/24/2026
Japan's Farmers Go Nocturnal As Deadly Heat Intensifies
"Long after sunset, Motoaki Iijima’s illuminated greenhouse north of Tokyo glows like a lantern as the flower farmer harvests pink and orange gerberas, avoiding a daytime sun fierce enough to be deadly."
Source: Reuters, 08/21/2026
Trump Lifts Summer Gasoline Restrictions Early As Prices Remain Stubborn
"The Trump administration is ending summertime smog restrictions on gasoline early this year in a bid to offer relief for high prices at the pump."
Source: The Hill, 08/21/2026
Sage Geosystems Brings Its First Next-Gen Geothermal Plant Online
"It’s only the third such project to hook up to the U.S. grid. It comes as surging electricity demand drives interest in the source of around-the-clock clean power."
Source: Canary Media, 08/20/2026
As Temperatures Get Hotter, Pesticides Are More Dangerous to Farmworkers
"Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers, and that the problem is poised to grow as the global climate warms."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/18/2026
The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty
"A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines."
Source: WIRED, 08/17/2026
Maryland Breaks Heat-Related Death Record With Weeks of Summer to Go
"Prolonged heatwaves are turning summers into deadly heat traps, with the very young and the elderly hit the hardest." "Prolonged heatwaves pushed death tolls to new levels this year in Maryland, which recorded its highest number of heat-related deaths with more than a month left of summer."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/14/2026
