(ENVIRONMENTAL) RACISM: 'N-word' usage surges after Elon Musk took over twitter (Black Wall Street Times), Jewish leaders call on GOP candidates to reject antisemitic comments (Washington Post $)
- …AND CISHETERONORMATIVITY: In Florida, queer youth battle bigotry and climate change (Atmos)
ATTACK ON LINE OF SUCCESSION: Feds charge alleged Pelosi attacker with attempted kidnapping (Washington Post $, AP)
COP27: Rich nations underdeliver again on $100B climate pledge (E&E $), Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in West, says Gabonese minister (The Guardian), COP27: Conversations to watch at the climate summit (Reuters explainer), Why these climate talks are different than other COPs (E&E News), 5 people to watch at the COP27 climate talks in egypt (Washington Post $), COP27 climate summit to test resolve of world battling war, inflation (Reuters), COP27 protesters will be corralled in desert away from climate conference (The Guardian), Greta Thunberg to skip ‘greenwashing’ COP27 climate summit in Egypt (The Guardian, Washington Post $), How debt-for-climate swaps can help solve low-income countries’ fiscal and environmental challenges at the same time (The Conversation), How is King Charles pushing for climate action at COP27? (Context), India to press rich countries to keep climate fund pledge (Reuters), Two-thirds of US money for fossil fuel pours into Africa despite climate goals (The Guardian), What is COP27? And other questions about the big UN climate summit (New York Times $, CBS), Major climate finance group relaxes its membership rules (E&E $), Rishi Sunak may yet attend COP27 climate summit, says No 10 (The Guardian)
FOSSIL FUELED ENERGY CRISIS: Europe’s winter could be colder than normal, threatening higher gas demand (Wall Street Journal $), 2-minute showers and a flotilla of gas shipments: Europe braces for winter (New York Times $)
CLIMATE LITIGATION: Celebrating victories in Europe and South America, the rights of nature movement plots strategy in a time of ‘crises’ (Inside Climate News), In Baytown case, Exxon seeks limit on citizens' right to sue over pollution (Houston Chronicle)
BRAZILIAN ELECTION: Bolsonaro's era of destruction in Brazil has finally come to an end (Gizmodo), Brazil election: Lula victory raises hope for Amazon rainforest (Climate Home), Brazil's Bolsonaro maintains silence after Lula's election victory (Reuters), Lula cheered for new climate policies after Brazil election (Reuters), Lula expected to turn to trusted aides for Cabinet posts (Reuters), Lula's election promises rankle in Bolsonaro Amazon stronghold (Context), Lula’s victory in Brazil sparks optimism on deforestation, with ramifications for the world (CNBC), Why Brazil's election is a major victory in the fight against climate change (NBC)
ARCHEOLOGY: Climate change adds urgency to archaeology (E&E News), The world’s melting glaciers are yielding up their secrets too quickly (Washington Post $)
CLIMATE MIGRATION: Alaska village resists despite threats (AP, AP Photos)
SCOTUS: SCOTUS race-in-admissions case could dim Biden EJ ambitions (E&E News)
EPA: The EPA is creating a 'green bank' — here’s what that means (Truthout)
DOI: Biden identifies 700,000 acres in Gulf for offshore wind development (Houston Chronicle), Could threats to cut Colorado River scare states into action? (E&E $)
NOT HOCUS POCUS: DOT picks Salem, Mass., for offshore wind hub grant (E&E $)
THE HILL: House GOP plans early 2023 energy bill, search for ‘the next Solyndra’ (Politico Pro $), Senate EPW Democrats hire Obama-era Interior official (E&E $)
ELECTIONS: 3 governor’s races set to remake clean energy (E&E News), A scrappy environmental attorney is looking to keep Ryan Zinke from returning to DC (HuffPost), Democrats passed a major climate bill. Why aren’t more political ads touting it? (Grist), Enviros threaten to sue over Zinke’s phone records (E&E $)
CITIES AND STATES: In California’s wine country, some towns ban new gasoline stations (Wall Street Journal $)
FERC: Over AEP, Xcel objections, FERC OKs SPP transmission cost allocation process affecting wind-heavy areas (Utility Dive)
IMPACTS: Why are West and Central Africa's floods so devastating this year? (Reuters explainer), Europe is seeing its warmest weather on record so late in the year (Washington Post $), Shrinking Himalayan glaciers spell trouble downstream (Yale Climate Connections)
HEAT: Heat waves have cost the world trillions (E&E $)
WILDFIRES: Preventing wildfire with the wild horse fire brigade (NPR)
DROUGHT: Egypt's farmers fear rising social tensions over scarce water (Context)
AIR POLLUTION: Tiny particles of air pollution appear more deadly if from human-made sources (Environmental Health News), Traffic jams are tied to lower birth weights, study finds (The Verge)
OCEANS: Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions (The Conversation)
WHY? IS IT RELEVANT TO THEIR FUTURES OR SOMETHING?: What do American’s middle schools teach about climate change? Not much. (New York Times $)
RENEWABLES: Renewable energy contributes record 68.7% of power to Australia’s main grid for brief period (The Guardian), This UFO-like structure could help Europe transform its energy (Washington Post $)
"REWNEWABLES": NextEra invests $1.1B in waste-to-gas facilities (E&E $)
BATTERIES: The future of solid-state batteries could be 3D-printed (The Verge), In remote Nevada valley, race for more lithium comes down to water (Nevada Independent)
BUILDINGS: Heating will be costly this winter, but much less so with a heat pump (Canary Media), Volunteer-made window inserts are keeping New England homes snug (Energy News Network)
LNG: ‘Hubris’: LNG plant officials saw trouble days before blast (E&E News)
OIL & GAS: OPEC sees booming oil demand until middle of century (Wall Street Journal $, The Hill, Reuters), OPEC+ 'only a phone call away' if markets need balancing - UAE minister (Reuters), Supply-side woes to dominate oil markets (Houston Chronicle), West Texas fracking causes such demand for sand that mining industry has gone mobile to produce it (Houston Chronicle)
UTILITIES: Dominion settles with Walmart, others on potential cost overruns for $9.8B offshore wind project (Utility Dive), Dominion strikes deal with Va. AG over offshore wind costs (E&E $), NextEra says FPL’s speedy Hurricane Ian recovery could cost customers $1.1B (Utility Dive)
EVs: California moves toward mandating zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles (Utility Dive), UAW files for federal permission to set election at ohio battery plant (Wall Street Journal $), Ford offers grants for infrastructure around TN factory (AP)
- E-POTATOPOTATOPOTATO: Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycles struggle to connect with investors (Wall Street Journal $)
CRYPTO: From coal to crypto: Mining in Appalachia (Context)
PHILANTHROPY: Charitable giving to fight climate change now tops at least $7.5 billion, a 25% rise (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
FINANCE: [European Bank for Reconstruction and Development] will not divest existing upstream oil and gas loans -executive (Reuters)
IN MEMORIAM: Randolph E. Schmid, AP science writer with light touch, dies (AP)
WILDLIFE: Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection – with 98% of colonies at risk of extinction by 2100, can it save them? (The Conversation), Florida heat births more female turtles than males. It may lead to population decline (NPR), Scientists go to bat for Halloween’s iconic, at-risk species (E&E News)
INTERNATIONAL: Denmark’s largest opposition party wants to sell part of Ørsted to finance climate plan (Energy Monitor), What to know about Denmark’s election (New York Times $)