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A collaboration of more than a dozen news organizations dedicated to exploring the human, environmental, economic, and political impacts of our changing climate, and sharing our work with a wide audience. Find us at: ClimateDesk.org
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This Sunday, we are launching “Climate Desk Weekly.” This free dispatch will act as Mother Jones' Sunday newsletter and share the week’s need-to-know climate news right in your inbox from our collaboration of 15 award-winning media outlets.

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 4h
In Florida, state and local governments battle over a new law that detractors say upends local efforts at balancing climate impacts with rapid growth and development.
These Florida Communities Wanted to Be More Sustainable and Resilient. A New State Law Blocks Their Efforts. - Inside Climate News
The DeSantis administration has since targeted local sustainability and resilience policies. Now local governments and other detractors are firing back with litigation.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 4h
Over the past day we've had people signing up from media outlets of all sizes, cities and towns, universities and colleges to use our new municipal search tool.

If you're a journalist or researcher, you can get on Civic Searchlight for free today.
CivicSearchlight - by Canada's National Observer
Search transcripts of municipal meetings across Canada. Find discussions about topics that matter to your community with Canada's National Observer's search tool.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h
Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time: Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz.
Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz
Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.
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Grist @grist.org · 6h
Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse’s toxic emissions are to blame.

After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health.

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Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse's toxic emissions are to blame
After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 7h
Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...
Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light
A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.
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Undark Magazine @undark.org · 7h
Journalist Mona Gable nearly died from malaria. Now, the U.S. has dismantled the CDC’s malaria division and USAID programs that saved millions. As climate change spreads the disease, are we dismantling our best defenses?
Weakening the World’s Ability to Fight Malaria
Opinion | The elimination of USAID and the CDC's malaria division will hinder progress against the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 8h
Grisly recording reveals bat catching, killing and eating robin mid-flight
Grisly recording reveals bat catching, killing and eating robin mid-flight
Before the Spanish study, some scientists had been sceptical about the mammals attacking migratory birds
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 8h
What does the near future look like for U.S. electric vehicles? We asked some experts to make sense of the market now that tax credits are gone.
What’s Ahead for the US Electric Vehicle Industry After Hitting a Massive Speed Bump? - Inside Climate News
The sudden loss of tax credits hurts, but automakers are taking steps to mitigate the damage, and dozens of new models are coming soon.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h
Trump’s war on wind power has one very big exception: His own sons.

Eric and Don Jr. have been using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins.
Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception
The president's sons are using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins.
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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 9h
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America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months
Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 9h
One of world’s biggest wind farm developers to cut quarter of workforce
One of world’s biggest wind farm developers to cut quarter of workforce
Ørsted plans to shrink company after Trump administration causes share price to plunge to all-time low
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 9h
"All of the events portrayed in A House of Dynamite could happen at any moment—today, even. And that's the point," writes @erik-english.bsky.social in his new review of "A House of Dynamite." ⬇️
A House of Dynamite: Bigelow’s latest thriller shows why nuclear bombs are only part of the danger
Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, A House of Dynamite, examines how the US government would respond to a nuclear attack in real-time.
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 9h
In the Trump era, how did Virginia pull off building America's largest offshore wind farm without a hiccup?

Republicans, the military, data centers, a mind-blowing bargain, and a "starter" wind farm made it happen...🧵

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America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months
Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.
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WIRED @wired.com · 10h
The EU’s Global Gateway plan is challenging China’s Belt and Road Initiative to influence Africa, by providing funding that will expand access to electricity. www.wired.com/story/europe...
Europe Pledges $600 Billion for Clean Energy Projects in Africa
The EU’s Global Gateway plan is challenging China’s Belt and Road Initiative to influence Africa, by providing funding that will expand access to electricity.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 10h
NEW: Dominion Energy’s Virginia offshore wind farm will start delivering power by May 2026, and expects construction to wrap by the end of next year.
America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months
Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.
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Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 10h
Data centers want grid power faster—and utilities could supply it without burdening customers with extreme costs. But that won’t happen unless data centers and utilities start planning NOW for the data center flexibility to make this win-win possible:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
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How data centers can move fast without breaking things
A new analysis shows that developers and utilities can speed grid connections and lower costs by planning ahead for data centers to be flexible in their…
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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · 10h
New from me: What's next for the US electric vehicle industry?

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What’s Ahead for the US Electric Vehicle Industry After Hitting a Massive Speed Bump? - Inside Climate News
The sudden loss of tax credits hurts, but automakers are taking steps to mitigate the damage, and dozens of new models are coming soon.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 12h
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time.

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h
Scientists suspect fracking contaminated this Pennsylvania town’s wells [via @insideclimatenews.org]
Scientists suspect fracking contaminated this Pennsylvania town’s wells
New Freeport's water looked and smelled strange—even pets wouldn't touch it.
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 13h
Enbridge execs have been boasting to shareholders they plan to return $40-$45 billion to them over the next five years supported by gas expansions across the continent. Ontario in particular is a cash cow where they have an opportunity to "over earn."
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Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario
Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 14h
Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste
Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste
Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped elsewhere each year
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 14h
New England’s last coal plant has shut down years ahead of schedule, with plans to become a clean-energy complex. Here’s why the Trump administration likely won’t try to keep it open.
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
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Grist @grist.org · 15h
This new machine churns out carbon-storing biochar on the cheap.

A worker-owned cooperative is deploying PyroTowers to produce biochar, which helps farmers in the developing world improve their yields.

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This new machine churns out carbon-storing biochar on the cheap
A worker-owned cooperative is deploying PyroTowers to produce biochar, which helps farmers in the developing world improve their yields.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 15h
US west coast faults could trigger catastrophic back-to-back earthquakes, study finds
US west coast faults could trigger catastrophic back-to-back earthquakes, study finds
Study shows high-magnitude temblor in north-west could set off another in California, causing unrivaled disaster
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 15h
‘We don’t want to be a toy town’: has Brexit sunk this historic UK fishing fleet?
‘We don’t want to be a toy town’: has Brexit sunk this historic UK fishing fleet?
Struggling fishers in Hastings say the industry is dying after a deal giving away access to its waters made a tough job impossible
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