IMPACTS: Climate change: Is the world warming faster than expected? (BBC), Biden's Fifth National Climate Assessment found these 5 key ways climate change is affecting the entire U.S. (CBS), A disappearing island: 'the water is destroying us, one house at a time' (NPR), ‘A beautiful place that has a dragon’: where hurricane risk meets booming growth (New York Times $)
COP28: What happens when you put a fossil fuel exec in charge of solving climate change (TIME), UN climate negotiations through the years up to COP28 (Reuters), Three climate fights will dominate COP28 (Economist)
FED GOV: The EPA launches youth council of Gen Z and millennials (Teen Vogue), 5 things to know about the $100B climate aid infusion (E&E News)
RENEWABLES: Clean-energy startups expected a gusher of government money. They are still waiting (Wall Street Journal $), Despite loss of 2 major projects, New Jersey is moving forward with its offshore wind power goals (AP), What to know about DOE’s NEPA shift on clean energy (E&E News), Treasury expands tax credit for clean energy projects (E&E News), Treasury floats tax lifeboat for struggling offshore wind (E&E News)
OIL: Oil industry rides into climate summit bigger than ever (Politico EU), Shell confirms Nigeria withdrawal of oilfield claim (Reuters), Exxon urges the world to ‘get real’ on climate change (Bloomberg $)
GRID: How electricity is changing around the world (New York Times $), ERCOT cancels program to boost power reserves ahead of potentially precarious winter (Dallas Morning News)
OCEANS: Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving (AP), Florida’s coral reef supports fishing, tourism and beaches. Can science save it? (Wall Street Journal $), Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs are thriving (ABC)
CLICKBAIT, BUT GOOD: Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push (AP)
INT’L: Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps' (BBC), UK government plans radical shake-up of foreign aid for climate change disasters (BBC)
CITIES & STATES: ‘Much at stake': Report highlights economic impact of climate change in Montana (Bozeman Daily Chronicle), Assembly Democrats take aim at climate change in large package of bills (Wisconsin Examiner)
DON'T MESS WITH TEXTS, ASSES: Texas rejects science textbooks over climate change, evolution lessons (Wall Street Journal $), Texas board rejects many science textbooks over climate change messaging (Texas Tribune), Texas rejects science textbooks with too much information about climate change (MSNBC)
COAL: West Virginia training program restores hope for jobless coal miners (CBS)
PIPELINES: Industry not approached in latest Iraq-Turkey pipeline restart talks (Reuters), Oil leaking from pipeline off Plaquemines Parish coast (NOLA.com)
TECH: Online hate watchdog moves to dismiss lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X (CNN), Anti-hate group says lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X ‘riddled with deficiencies’ (The Guardian), Politicians and CEOs talk climate change, AI at APEC in San Francisco (NBC Bay Area)
FINANCE: France, Kenya set to launch Cop28 coalition for global taxes to fund climate action (Climate Home)
WOMEN AND QUEER PEOPLE: Women are leading the fight to stop climate change (Bloomberg $), Women and LGBTQ+ people are uniquely vulnerable to climate change, new report shows (The 19th* News)
HEALTH: As Earth’s temperature rises, so do deaths among people with mental health problems (CNN), EU countries warn of health risks caused by climate change (FT $), Twenty countries ask EU to prepare for climate change health hazards (Reuters)
EVS: Do electric cars pose a greater fire risk than petrol or diesel vehicles? [No] (The Guardian), Electric vehicles have dealers stumped on how to make convincing sales pitch (Washington Examiner), The real reason EV repairs are so expensive (Wired), Can NJ achieve gas car sales ban by 2035? Electric vehicle registrations may be indicator (MyCentralJersey), Are Americans falling out of love with EVs? [No] (Wall Street Journal $), Electric vehicles dominate finalists for car, truck and SUV of the year (Axios), Tesla beats lawsuit claiming it monopolizes repairs, parts (Reuters), Here's why people aren't buying EVs in spite of price cuts and tax breaks. (USA Today), 280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles (Ars Technica)
METHANE: An unlikely source of greenhouse-gas emissions (The Atlantic), Rubbish in, rubbish out: China university study finds methane emissions hole in climate change models (South China Morning Post)
RELIGION: Christians and climate change: Southern California churches preach very different messages (Orange County Register)
WATER: Dubai’s costly water world (New York Times $)
IN MEMORIAM: What endures after a climate activist’s suicide: grief, anger and hope (New York Times $)
COMMODITIES: Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia (AP)
BOOZE: Tears in our beer: Climate change could hurt beer drinkers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
CRITTERS: A curious South African sea snail is a prized dish in Asia. That has meant a trail of destruction (AP)
PLANTS: New hardiness zone map will help US gardeners keep pace with climate change (AP)
SPORTS: An Italian ski resort shut down by climate change plans to reopen with artificial snow. Not everyone is happy (CNN)