DUST STORM:A dust storm caused one of the deadliest car crashes in Utah ever (Vice), deadly dust storm another reminder of extreme heat and drought scorching West (Deseret News), how are the Utah dust storms linked to the climate crisis? (The Independent)
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: California’s largest wildfire is burning near scarred communities (New York Times $), reducing California’s wildfire risk (Grist), California’s Dixie fire has now burned an area the size of New York City (Gizmodo), photos show scorched earth and destruction as California battles one of the largest wildfires in state history (Insider), scenes from America’s largest wildfire (New York Times $), firefighters struggling to contain Northern California’s Dixie Fire (NBC), California's largest wildfire overwhelms firefighters (CBS), scenes from America’s largest wildfire (New York Times $), fires continue to rage in Oregon, Northern California (Wall Street Journal $), as two California wildfires merge and a small community is threatened, firefighters face dangerous conditions (CNN), going to be a long haul': Massive Dixie Fire merges with Fly Fire, tears through small town as California burns (USA Today), massive luxury property planned in Northern California, but is it a fire risk? (NBC)
LAWSUITS: A solar company is suing to stop the U.S.’s first big offshore wind project (Gizmodo)
G20: The G20 nations couldn’t agree on the only climate goal that really matters (Quartz), countries deadlocked on need to phase out coal-fired power at close of key climate meeting (The Independent), strained G20 climate talks could yet deliver progress on coal (Reuters), G20 climate and energy ministers split over coal exit (Climate Home)
COP26: COP26 climate summit president says progress made, but not enough (BBC), governments must agree to end use of coal power, says UK’s COP26 president (The Guardian)
UN: Climate change, conflict are driving world hunger, inequality: UN chief (The Hill), UN chief: World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict (New York Post), climate change and conflict are fueling poverty and food prices, UN chief says (PBS NewsHour)
CLEAN ELECTRICITY STANDARD: Democrats hope to pass a clean energy standard that will force utilities to go green (CBS)
CHINA: As China boomed, it didn’t take climate change into account. Now it must (New York Times $), China blames U.S. for "stalemate" in first high-level meeting since Alaska (Axios), ‘the sky has fallen': Chinese farmers see livelihoods washed away by floods (Reuters), China avoids coal projects in belt and road for first time (Bloomberg $), ‘what can we do?’ Chinese discuss role of climate crisis in deadly floods (The Guardian), why giant coal mines are part of China’s plan to reduce its dependence on coal (Quartz)
DENIAL: As Jeff Bezos stresses climate change, Amazon promotes books saying it’s fake (LA Times $)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Senior U.S. official visits China, in small thaw of relations with Beijing (Washington Post $)
CITIES AND STATES: This is why New Orleans suffers from the worst heat island effect in the U.S. (Times-Picayune), this Vermont utility is revolutionizing its power grid to fight climate change. Will the rest of the country follow suit? (TIME), Baker administration pushes legislature for climate resiliency funds (WBUR), rich New Jersey shore enclave says no to climate-change rail project (Bloomberg $)
IMPACTS: Heat dome expands across U.S. as monsoon rains drench Southwest (Washington Post $), in aftermath of German floods, fires burn in southern Europe as rains drench London (Washington Post $), drought, wildfires forcing cattle ranchers to sell off cows they can no longer feed (Newsweek), new ‘destructive’ level of extreme weather alert to be texted to phones from next month (The Independent), floods, heat, then floods again: England is battered by wild weather (New York Times $), a hunger crisis forces Guatemalans to choose: migration or death (National Geographic), toxic algae bloom on Florida's coast ravages marine life: "This is an absolute nightmare" (CBS), great Salt Lake’s water levels drop to historic low (Las Vegas Review Journal)
HEAT: Huge ‘heat dome’ expected to bring punishing temperatures to the US. Again (Grist), when will it get too hot for the body to survive? (Slate), why has western heat been so intense? it boils down to 5 reasons (Yahoo), more frequent, extreme heat waves linked to workplace injuries (Marketplace), why was Pacific Northwest heat off the charts? Recent research offers clues (New York Times $), record-breaking heat has led to widespread power outages in the Middle East (NPR), scorching temperatures and an incoming tropical storm the latest obstacles for Tokyo Olympics (ABC), more record-shattering heat waves are likely on the way due to climate change, scientists say (Good Morning America, The Verge, The Guardian )
INDIA MONSOON: India monsoon flooding death toll climbs (Wall Street Journal $), scores die in India as monsoon rains swamp towns and send boulders tumbling (New York Times $), climate change behind excessive rains, floods, landslides across India; such events to become new normal: experts (Weather Channel)
DROUGHT: The western drought is a crisis for migrating birds, too (Bloomberg $), yet another lake in the Western U.S. drops to record-low water levels (NBC)
WILDFIRES: The climate change link to more and bigger wildfires (NPR), as wildfires worsen, firefighters are on the front lines of climate change (CNN), wildfire risk to surge with shift in Southwest monsoon (USA Today), at least 85 wildfires torch 1.5m acres across drought-hit US West (The Guardian), wildfires ravage Sardinia in ‘a disaster without precedent’ (New York Times $), rain brings crucial help against wildfire in Northeast Spain (AP), as wildfires worsen, firefighters are on the front lines of climate change (CNN), oh good, now there's an outbreak of wildfire thunderclouds (Wired), wildfire season is not as deadly as in recent years - but there's plenty to worry about (San Francisco Chronicle)
GLOBAL FLOODING: Floods in London are the latest sign big cities aren't ready for climate change (CNN), flash floods will be more common as climate crisis worsens, say scientists (The Guardian), Southern Europe battles wildfires as North cleans up after floods (Reuters), Myanmar floods, coup, complicate growing COVID-19 outbreak (Reuters), global shipping industry disrupted again, this time by floods in Europe and China (CNBC), much power restored in Western Germany after floods, 5,800 still cut off (Reuters)
US FLOODING: 3 dead, 1 missing after Colorado flood in area burned by wildfire (Washington Post $, CNN), intense flooding turns roads into rivers in Southern Nevada (Yahoo), Southwest monsoon rain bringing drought relief – but also dangerous flooding (USA Today)
BELGIAN FLOODING: Belgian party calls for investigation into deadly floods (PBS NewsHour), cars swept away as Belgian town hit by worst floods in decades (The Guardian)
FISH: Warming rivers in U.S. West killing fish, imperiling industry (NBC, AP), for first time, U.S. fishing law could include climate focus (E&E $)
AIR POLLUTION: How India’s air pollution crisis impacts the poor (Forbes)
SMOKE: Air quality alert issued for parts of Mass. as smoke from wildfires hovers over region (Boston Globe $), the impacts of wildfire smoke, and why you should pay attention to air quality alerts (KOAA), air quality affected by smoke from wildfires in West, Canada (AP), ‘this is alarming': Wildfire smoke chokes Lake Tahoe Basin (San Francisco Chronicle), historic climate fires create dangerous air quality throughout the U.S. (NBC)
RENEWABLES: Eni expands its clean energy business with wind, solar deals (Bloomberg $)
HYDROGEN: Big oil companies push hydrogen as green alternative, but obstacles remain (Wall Street Journal $)
EVs: Tesla poised for record earnings as it navigates global chip shortage (Wall Street Journal $)
ACTIVISM: Greenpeace gets two new top lawyers amid climate change fight (Bloomberg Law)
CARBON TAX: John Kerry on border carbon tax: the U.S. doesn't want to push others away (TIME)
CARS: For second round of Volkswagen spending, N.C. looks to shift gears (Energy News Network)
PLASTIC: Insatiable demand for all things plastic has ethane skyrocketing (Bloomberg $)
BACHELOR FRANCHISE: The Bachelor’s commitment to excess is killing the planet (Gizmodo)
FINANCE: Fidelity to vote against climate, diversity laggards next year (Bloomberg $)
LABOR: US energy transition presents organized labor with new opportunities, but also some old challenges (InsideClimate News)
SHIPPING: What’s the true cost of shipping all your junk across the ocean? (Grist)
DINOSAURS: This dinosaur had an built-in AC inside its head (The Hill)
AI: Artificial intelligence could dramatically speed up climate action (Bloomberg $)
INTERNATIONAL: Britain’s climate defences need a flood of cash (The Independent)