(ENVIRONMENTAL) RACISM: Feds investigating city after civil rights complaint filed by environmental groups (Chicago Sun-Times)
POLLUTION: COVID plus decades of pollution are a nasty combo for Detroit (Bloomberg $), The EPA refuses to reduce pollutants linked to coronavirus deaths (ProPublica)
CORONAVIRUS: The world is worried about the coronavirus. It’s equally concerned about climate change. (Vox), India is facing a double health threat this winter: pollution and the pandemic (CNN), Sir David Attenborough says COVID-19 is 'threat to environment' (BBC)
LITIGATION: Jennifer Hijazi: Climate and the courts (Guernica Magazine)
AGENCIES: Emails reveal industry's revolving door at air office (E&E $)
DEBATES: Yes, Trump and Biden will finally talk about climate change at the next presidential debate (Vogue), Climate change, energy policy playing a bigger role in 2020 debates (Houston Public Media)
CITIES AND STATES: PSC candidates spar over experience, climate change, during Missoula debate (KPAX)
FERC: How one obscure federal agency is clearing the path for a US carbon price (Quartz)
ELECTIONS: Presidential candidates: What are their plans for issues important to kids? (Washington Post $), Why the US election could decide battle against climate change (BBC),
VOTERS: Two-thirds of voters support Biden climate plan (New York Times $, The Hill), ‘We’re all in the same storm.’ Some voters worry politicians aren’t taking climate change seriously enough (New Mexico Political Report), For many Colorado voters, climate is personal and pushing them at the polls (Colorado Public Radio), Trump didn’t bring back coal in Pa. But that doesn’t mean miners are backing Biden. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
BIDEN: Trump California nemesis Nichols on short list to run Biden EPA (Bloomberg $), Biden plan lags Green New Deal in fighting emissions from homes (The Hill, Earther)
IMPACTS: Dust Bowl 2.0? Rising Great Plains dust levels stir concerns (Science), Millions of homes are at risk of wildfires, but it's rarely disclosed (NPR)
WILDFIRES: The west coast wildfires are apocalypse, again (The New Yorker $), Northern California faces days of ‘critical’ fire risk, with more deliberate power shut-offs (Washington Post $), In Yellowstone, America's 'first water park,' decades-old blaze marked start of megafire era (KUNC), People warned to reduce driving because of Colorado fires (AP)
HURRICANES: Epsilon forecast to become hurricane in historic season (Washington Examiner)
KING TIDES: King tides, boosted by sea-level rise, are flooding communities along the East Coast (Washington Post $, Palm Beach Post)
HEAT: With no AC where they sleep, NC farmworkers risk the heat even after the sun goes down (Raleigh News & Observer)
INT’L IMPACTS: How the climate crisis is affecting wildfires around the world (The Independent), Vietnam faces deadly flooding disaster - Red Cross (BBC)
AUTUMN: Autumn seems to come later these days – is the climate crisis to blame? (The Guardian)
BYE: Bob Murray retires as board chairman of US coal giant (Fox Business)
RENEWABLES: Study: Solar can hurt home values if it displaces scarce suburban green space (Energy News Network)
OIL & GAS: Cause of explosion at Miller Circle in Harrisonburg determined (NBC29)
COAL: Trump promised to bring back coal to Appalachia. He didn't. (Columbus Dispatch), Alabama seeks input on coal ash plans (Al.com)
TIDAL POWER: New York City is about to get an injection of tidal power. Is this time different? (Greentech Media)
WATER: Oregon city harnesses water pipeline pressure to generate renewable energy (Cities Today)
ETHANOL: A Biden win could make or break ethanol (National Journal)
NUCLEAR: Energy Department to drill East Idaho well to clean up waste (AP)
EVs: GM’s official run at Tesla starts with its electric Hummer debut Tuesday night (CNBC)
AUTOS: Detroit automakers face delicate dance with red-state supporters (Bloomberg $)
NUCLEAR: Small nuclear reactors would provide carbon-free energy, but would they be safe? (InsideClimate News)
SANCTIONS: U.S. broadens sanctions to thwart completion of Russian gas pipeline (Wall Street Journal $)
ACTIVISM: The question that haunts climate advocates (The Atlantic)
MOO: Belching cows and endless feedlots: fixing cattle’s climate issues (New York Times $)
AGRICULTURE: Farmers need to adapt crops to climate change to stay profitable, experts say (Marketplace), Drought and hunger drive Nepal farmers to India, defying COVID ban (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
IMPOSSIBLE: E.U. considering ban on veggie ‘burger’ and other meaty terms for plant-based food (Washington Post $), Impossible Burger maker is hiring more than 100 scientists to develop meatless steak, fish and more (San Francisco Chronicle)
OCEANS: The Antarctic ocean is in a climate crisis. This week, the world could take a big step towards protecting its future (TIME)
SNEAKY: Exxon turns to academia to try to discredit Harvard research (InsideClimate News)
FINANCE: Hedge funds shunned on principle by $20 billion ESG manager (Bloomberg $)
ASIA: Japan to pledge to cut emissions to zero by 2050 -Nikkei (Thomson Reuters Foundation), China says environment still grim despite five years of progress (Reuters, CNN)
EU: Poland’s largest utility announces pivot from coal to renewables (Climate Home), EU ministers to agree to make climate neutrality by 2050 binding (Reuters), EU countries back binding green farming schemes (Reuters)
RIP: Mourners hold a funeral for a dead Oregon glacier (Earther)