ENVIRONMENTAL (IN)JUSTICE: At 75, the father of environmental justice meets the moment (New York Times $), Climate change in Hong Kong worsens housing crisis for city’s poor (Washington Post $)
PAKISTAN: Pakistan races to keep floodwaters out of power station that supplies millions (Reuters)
FOSSIL FUELED ENERGY CRISIS: Thousands of low-income households in Belgium to receive energy bill relief via solar power (EuroNews), Leaked paper reveals EU is unlikely to cap price of Russian gas (The Guardian), ‘Huge’ effort is needed to lower UK energy bills, says ScottishPower chief (FT $), Document: European Commission proposes electricity windfall taxes, demand reduction (Politico Pro $), EU to propose mandatory power-demand cut and levy on profits (Bloomberg $), Italy’s Meloni pledges not to expand deficit to fund energy aid (Bloomberg $)
EACOP: Economic lifeline or climate peril? East African pipeline is a new flashpoint (National Geographic), Uganda sees all loan pledges for oil pipeline by end of November (Bloomberg $)
GOP vs. ESG: BlackRock blasts Republican AGs’ ‘misconceptions’ on its ESG role (Utility Dive)
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT: These red states don’t want climate targets — but they do want green jobs (Grist), US climate package jump-starts EV, clean energy projects (Reuters Factbox), Climate law omits funding for resilience to weather disasters (Washington Post $), Inflation Reduction Act could raise prices on clean energy, warns Bank of America (Utility Dive), Where US solar is headed after the climate law (E&E News)
- SIDE DEALS: Manchin enlists oil CEOs to get GOP support for permitting bill (Bloomberg $), Progressive opposition grows ahead of permitting bill release (E&E News, Democracy Now), Senate Republicans introduce separate permitting-reform bill (The Hill)
NEXT WEEK: Climate Week NYC 2022: Getting it done (Canary Media)
COLORADO RIVER: 100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point (AP), As Lake Powell shrinks, a new threat swims downstream (E&E News), In Mexico's dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty (AP)
AGENCIES: Climate law: What to watch at Interior, FERC and DOE (E&E News), FEMA removes data showing drop in flood insurance policies (E&E News)
EPA: EPA investigators brace for Trump-fueled backlash (E&E News), EPA workers push Biden to issue climate emergency, hire more scientists (The Real News)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Gas[oline] prices could spike again this winter, Yellen warns (The Hill), US bank regulator names new climate chief (Reuters, New York Times $)
WHITE HOUSE: Biden to boost biotech to tackle cancer, climate change (E&E News), Iconic rock climber [Tommy Caldwell] heads to White House climate party (E&E $), Soldiers called it ‘Camp Hell.’ Biden eyes it as a national monument. (Washington Post $), White House eyes power reliability standards, energy efficiency rules for Bitcoin, other crypto mining (Utility Dive), White House launches effort to bolster domestic biomanufacturing (Politico Pro $), Biden issues executive order ahead of White House climate party (E&E $), Three more national monuments that Biden could designate (Washington Post $)
THE HILL: [House] Hearings set to attack fossil fuel industry and its backers (E&E News), House panel to probe industry threats to free speech rights (E&E $), [Senate] Committee sets hearing on crypto bill with energy mandate (E&E $)
ELECTIONS: Republicans jockey to unseat Democrats in NH, RI (E&E $)
TRIBES: Judge revives long-dormant oil lease on Mont. tribal lands (E&E $)
CITIES AND STATES: Mich. backs efforts to revive dormant nuclear plant (E&E $), Climate bill boosts California move to clean cars (E&E $)
IMPACTS: ‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather (AP), Rains, mudslides prompt Southern California evacuations (AP), Torrential rain and flooding inundate Chicago, southeastern Wisconsin (Washington Post $, Gizmodo), Climate tipping points study provides clearest warning yet (Axios), Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty - U.N. report (Reuters), Real estate worth $35B could be underwater in 2050 (E&E News), The ancient subarctic forests at risk from climate change and war (FT $), Why coastal communities should fear storm surge (CNN)
HEAT: Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline (CNN), New wildfires hit southwestern France amid record heat (AP)
DROUGHT: Megadrought in the American south-west: a climate disaster unseen in 1,200 years (The Guardian)
WILDFIRES: Extreme weather in Western states causing dangerous conditions (NBC), Power back on in Oregon after weekend of fire, high winds (AP)
HURRICANES: Kay’s remnants bring flooding to Southwest, 76 mph wind gust to Phoenix (Washington Post $)
DEFORESTATION: Indonesia has lost more tropical forest to mining than anywhere (Bloomberg $), Indonesia, Brazil biggest culprits in tropical forest loss linked to industrial mining -study (Reuters)
RENEWABLES: Big Oil looks to capitalize on the $1 trillion offshore wind boom (OilPrice), California offshore wind projects face hurdles as pressure groups, industry interests weigh in (Wall Street Journal $), EU generated record 12% of electricity from solar in summer 2022 (PV Tech), How sunlight could turn seawater into freshwater for coastal communities (CNN)
- + AGRICULTURE: Farming for crops — and for solar power (Axios), Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run (Canary Media), Vermont growers see potential in pairing saffron and solar production (Energy News Network), What exactly is ‘climate-smart agriculture’? (Canary Media)
BUILDINGS: ‘Timber cities’ might help decarbonize the world (Inside Climate News)
PIPELINES: Congress should require FERC, NERC to monitor gas pipeline capacity to ensure reliability, manufacturers say (Utility Dive)
COAL: Battle fires up over largest Colo. coal plant (E&E $), Coal surge: Report charts rising US carbon emissions (E&E $), Insurance brokers walk away from Carmichael coal mine in Australia (FT $)
HYDROGEN: The Inflation Reduction Act: The moment for US green steel and fertiliser (Energy Monitor), Africa's first hydrogen power plant seen producing electricity in 2024 (Reuters), Bosch to manufacture EV hydrogen fuel cells in South Carolina (Utility Dive)
EVs: This midwestern factory was dead. electric vehicles revived it. (Washington Post $), Auto industry unfazed as consumer interest in EVs declines (E&E $), New York City’s first vehicle-to-grid charging installation is live in Brooklyn (Utility Dive)
CRYPTO: As ether adopts energy-saving 'merge', will bitcoin follow? (Thomson Reuters Foundation), What the Ethereum Merge could mean for mining rigs (Protocol), Will the merge really make crypto greener? (Gizmodo)
BOOKS: Best new books on climate and the environment (FT $), The year’s best graphic novel might just be about life in Canada’s oil sands (Grist, interview), A new book tracks the rise of right-wing extremism in the US (New York Times $)
RICH GUY: Billionaire climate activist may target more major polluters with green campaigns (Bloomberg $)
VIDEO GAMES: Video games get a new boss monster: Climate change (E&E News)
INTERNATIONAL: EU set to ban products made using forced labour (FT $), Not everyone mourns the Queen. For many, she can't be separated from colonial rule (NPR)