(ENVIRONMENTAL) RACISM: Industrial plants in Gary and other environmental justice communities are highlighted as top emitters (Inside Climate News), 60 years after 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, "5th Little Girl" still fighting for justice (CBS)
CAR STRIKES: Auto workers hit picket lines in three states (Politico), UAW strikes begin against Big Three automakers (Washington Post $), Michigan Democrats sweating UAW strike threat (Politico), An auto workers strike would threaten Biden's green coalition (TIME), UAW strike ‘very likely’: What to know as auto workers and Big Three near deadline (Politico Pro $), Looming health care walkout, Kaiser strike authorized by unions in 4 states; 3 more may follow (USA Today)
CLIMATE LITIGATION: Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies (The Guardian)
DENIAL: Methane from oil and gas are worse than reported to UN, satellites show (Bloomberg $), Marine industry files lawsuit challenging legality of federal councils cracking down on fishermen (Fox News), Al Gore: "Mistake" to think big oil, gas are part of a climate solution (Axios)
I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THE CLIMATE…BUT I WON'T DO THAT: Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate (The Guardian), Offset market hit by fresh allegations of false CO2 claims (Bloomberg $), U.S. fossil exports wipe out carbon cuts– report (E&E News $)
MONEY IS FAKE, PHYSICS IS REAL: World needs $2.7 trillion annually for net zero emissions by 2050, Wood Mackenzie report says (Reuters), G20 nations are still spending billions of dollars supporting the fossil-fuel industry (TIME), Rockefeller Foundation boosts climate funding to $1 bln over 5 years (Reuters, Axios)
GRETA-APPROVED HEADLINES: Time to panic? The home insurance market in California collapsing because of climate change (LA Times $), These insurers are screwing the public on climate change (HEATED)
VENICE-IN TROUBLE: Venice avoids being added to UNESCO list of endangered sites (Reuters), Venice keeps off list of endangered world sites (New York Times $)
ROCKS & HARD PLACES: Europe's mining quest faces a hurdle: angry locals (Reuters),
GREENBRUSHING: Are Tom’s of Maine and Colgate toothpaste tubes really recyclable? (Washington Post $)
THE RISING PRICE OF BEAUTY: Extreme weather may cost the global fashion industry $65 billion by 2030 (CNN)
GROWING PAINS: Offshore wind’s rough summer, explained (Inside Climate News)
GOTTA BEAT THE CURRENT APPROACH: Kenya wants to pioneer a new African approach to global warming (Economist)
PUMPKIN-SPICED SUSTAINABILITY: Citing sustainability, Starbucks wants to overhaul its iconic cup. Will customers go along? (AP)
READING JUDGES' TEA LEAVES: Judge criticizes fishing group seeking damages from industry (E&E News $), U.S. appeals court judges appear skeptical of challenge to Biden clean car rule (Reuters), Judges question challenges to EPA tailpipe rule (Politico Pro $), Judges seem to favor Biden rule that curbs emissions and boosts EVs (E&E News $), Judges weigh two auto rules key to Biden's electric vehicle goals (Politico Pro $)
PERMITTING POLLUTION: A push to expedite permits fueled by disaster capitalism threatens to fastrack the climate crisis (DeSmog)
CLIMATE VS MILITARY: ‘The Moose’ and other military planes may have to cut cargo as planet warms (Scientific American), ADF’s fighting ability could be ‘degraded’ by burden of responding to natural disasters, inquiry says (The Guardian)
GREEN FOR GREEN: US Forest Service awards $1B in grants to boost green space access (The Hill)
EPA: Biden EPA hands back state authority for infrastructure reviews (Politico Pro $)
WHITE HOUSE: Biden administration gives states more authority to block pipeline projects (The Hill), Watch: Kamala Harris discusses gun violence, student loans and climate change at Hampton university (PBS)
McCARTHY'S HOUSE: GOP lawmakers fear reliance on China in shift toward electric school buses (The Hill), House passes bill targeting California’s EV mandate (The Hill),
CITIES AND STATES: Louisiana 2050: Rising seas will upend life. Time is running out to limit the impact. (NOLA.com), Eric Adams starts backing off NYC's Landmark Climate Rules (HellGateNYC), California bill would force large companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions (NBC, E&E News $)
HEAT: Fingerprints of climate change seen in PA.’s hot summer days (NPR), Climate change turns up the heat in Tampa Bay (Axios)
WILDFIRES: Congress asks Hawaiian Electric CEO to appear in Maui wildfire inquiry (Wall Street Journal $), Healing after the Maui fire starts with a surfboard (Washington Post $), Preparing homes for wildfires is big business that's only getting started (NPR)
HURRICANES: Hurricane Lee targets New England as region recovers from torrential rain (The Hill), Hurricane Lee to push unusual Cape Cod bay surge: weather watch (Bloomberg $), Climate change doesn’t cause hurricanes. But it may increase their frequency and intensity (AP), How hurricanes keep earth’s energy in balance (Washington Post $), Step inside a hurricane hunter flight (GMA)
WATER: As climate risks increase, New York could require flood disclosures in home sales (AP), Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst (AP), Lake Mead’s rise levels off after 5-month climb — 34% full as incredible water year nears end (The Hill), What this month’s deadly floods tell us about our global climate future (Washington Post $), How climate change contributed to the staggering flood death toll in Libya (Grist)
RENEWABLES: Rules to protect whales issued to offshore wind firm prepping for N.J. construction (NJ.com), How to avoid a green-metals crunch (Economist), East Coast govs urge Biden to aid troubled offshore wind (E&E $)
BATTERIES: Texas grid battery boom — an ERCOT lifeline this summer — set to triple capacity through next year (San Antonio Express-News)
COAL: Ammanford: Opencast coalmine plans rejected by council (BBC), Green groups slam World Bank for backing Indonesian coal plants (Reuters)
HYDROGEN: France's TotalEnergies launches green hydrogen tender call (Reuters)
GRID: Nigeria hit by widespread blackout in 'total system collapse' (BBC), September grid emergency 'uncovers some deficits' in how ERCOT manages power, renewable energy (San Antonio Express-News)
EVs: 10 new vehicles join the American electric car race (Bloomberg $), Singapore’s first electric cargo vessel set to launch in fourth quarter (Bloomberg $)
AGRICULTURE: The debate over crop insurance, as climate change drives the price up (NPR), ‘Critical conversation' event to discuss climate change's impact on midwest farming (WGN News), Climate change shakes up the recipe at Champagne’s oldest maker (Washington Post $), France investigates deaths of four Champagne workers in heatwave (The Guardian)
BUILDINGS: How to build a climate-friendly skyscraper: start small. Petri-dish small. (Forbes)
DOCS:‘Canary’ review: a portrait of perseverance (New York Times $)
FINANCE: Many boards are playing catch-up on ESG and green issues (Wall Street Journal $)
IN MEMORIAM: Hugo Blanco, environmental activist in Peru and beyond, dies at 88 (New York Times $)
WILDLIFE: Climate change takes habitat from big fish, the ocean’s key predators (AP), A new documentary presents devastation from climate change from the perspective of animals (Salon), A legal victory for the (very) little guys (New York Times $)
INTERNATIONAL: New Indonesian industrial park on Borneo, feted as ‘green,’ will be powered by coal, report says (AP)