environmentSaturday, September 5, 2026
Glaciers in the Alps are on track for record-breaking ice loss, with Switzerland's Rhône glacier potentially surpassing its 2022 record due to summer heatwaves. The story underscores the physical deterioration and broader risks like falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches. Meanwhile, the U.S. National Climate Assessment faces political interference, and a major battery storage deal signals a shift in clean energy finance.
The day's most visceral story is the accelerating loss of Alpine ice, while a separate piece questions the integrity of the U.S. climate assessment process.
Switzerland's Rhône glacier is on pace to break its 2022 ice loss record, driven by a series of summer heatwaves. The piece details physical deterioration, shifting ice, new crevasses, melting streams, and warns of broader risks like falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches.
The appointment of climate-skeptic podcaster Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program is drawing sharp criticism. The article argues it undermines the National Climate Assessment's scientific integrity and signals political interference in a federally mandated process.
Big money is flowing into energy storage and transition finance, signaling that the private sector is still betting on decarbonization even as policy wobbles.
Antora Energy's $550 million Series C round is one of the largest for thermal battery storage. The funding will go toward a second U.S. manufacturing facility, following completion of a 5 GWh project in South Dakota, a sign that long-duration storage is scaling fast.
Lloyds Bank set a new £100 billion sustainable and transition finance target for 2027-2030, part of its 'Accelerate 2030' strategy. It's an acceleration from its previous pace and a concrete commitment from a major UK lender to back the net-zero transition.
Two stories point to growing momentum for coordinated carbon pricing, from a call for a global coalition to Mexico's readiness for its ETS compliance phase.
Researchers are pushing for an international coalition to coordinate carbon pricing and climate trade measures in emissions-intensive industries. The argument is that this would increase efficiency in cutting emissions while generating public revenue.
Mexico's regulated companies and ecosystem stakeholders are ready to move from the pilot to the compliance phase of its emissions trading system. Years of familiarity with ETS conditions have prepared them for this next step.
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Lead found on properties neighboring Dundee’s Haeger Potteries sitewww.chicagotribune.com
Two years, two floods: A vulnerable Himalayan corridor faces growing riskwww.downtoearth.org.in
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Russia Plans First Hydrogen Passenger Train for 2027-28barlamantoday.com
Russia’s Sakhalin region, in the country’s Far East near Japan, is preparing to launch the country’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train, regional authorities said Friday, according to the Russian outlet Izvestia. Transmashholding’s Demikhovo Machine-Building Plant plans to co
UC Berkeley Law School Adopts New, Strict Ban On AI Use By Studentswww.forbes.com
Berkeley Law announced this over the summer
Fog Of War - Chess Variantswww.chess.com
I mean, chess.com provides variants that add complexity if standard rules arent interesting enough for him…
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Alt: Animated Broccoli Character eating itself (?)
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Me reposting all brassica content
Federal judge partially grants American Prairie injunction in bison-grazing disputewww.ktvq.com
A federal judge has partially granted conservation group American Prairie’s request for a preliminary injunction in its ongoing dispute with the Bureau of Land Management over bison grazing.
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