environmentFriday, September 11, 2026
The UN climate chief issued a stark warning today: treat climate action as a culture war and you'll pay for it in economic ruin. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is trying to rewrite an already-published climate assessment, and China's solar giants are rebranding themselves out of existence.
Two pieces today frame climate as a political battleground, with very different stakes.
Simon Stiell says the summer's extreme heat killed tens of thousands in Europe and cost €180bn. His message: frame climate as a culture war and you're choosing economic disaster.
The Trump administration wants to amend the 2023 National Climate Assessment to label worst-case scenarios implausible. Experts say revising a finalized federal science report is unprecedented.
The clean energy sector is reshaping itself, from corporate rebrands to investment trends.
JA Solar and JinkoSolar are dropping 'solar' from their names, pivoting to energy storage, AI, and advanced materials. The pure-play solar company is becoming a relic.
Global clean tech investment dropped 17% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, after a record 2025. The momentum is real, but it's not steady.
Local stories show the real-world friction of environmental policy.
Residents in southern NSW are protesting the end of a firewood collection program in two national parks, arguing it leaves them without affordable heating. The ban takes effect October 30.
Judge rips ‘callous’ greed of contractor who left cancer-causing asbestos at hospital demo sitewww.chicagotribune.com
Javan rhinos survive eruption in Indonesia, but single habitat leaves species vulnerablenews.mongabay.com
Housing, a Key Space for Millions of Families to Face El Niño in Latin Americacolombiaone.comResearchers eye AI revolution in natural disaster forecastswww.digitaljournal.com
It took approximately a year to copy the roughly six billion NASA files onto servers connected to the supercomputer, said Reto Knutti, a climate physics professor who heads ETH's Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM). The post Researchers eye AI revolution in natural disaste
Septembers with the most precipitation in Idaho since 1895localnews8.com
Dmitry Naumov // Shutterstock Stacker compiled a ranking of the Septembers with the most precipitation in Idaho since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based on the highest total precipitation in each month. For each of the mont
Wednesday Clifton Hill Doorknockgreens.org.au
Wednesday Clifton Hill Doorknock sudo Fri, 11/09/2026 - 12:15 With the State Election coming up in November 2026, we're chatting to our community to hear about what's important to them. Join us every second Wednesday in Clifton Hill, where we'll be making meaningful connections w
All in Volunteer daygreens.org.au
All in Volunteer day sudo Fri, 11/09/2026 - 12:15 Calling volunteers new and old!!! We have heaps of jobs to get done around the office. Tasks include: packing letterboxing, drilling holes in placards, making a-frames, general tidying and cleaning etc etc etc Come on down and hel
Arctic Report Card gets new supporters after NOAA cut fundingwww.ktoo.org
The American Geophysical Union is fundraising for the climate report's long-term publication.
More than a dozen black bears feasted at Juneau’s landfill all summer after owner took down fencewww.ktoo.org
State officials say there’s a temporary electric fence now, but more bears were euthanized in the surrounding area than usual.
Last August Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earthcolombiaone.com
The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European climate monitoring agency, maintains that last August was the hottest month on Earth since records began. The global average temperature during August was 16.96 °C, that is, 0.85 °C above the 1991 to 2020 average. The record surpa
Elephants facing anthropogenic hazards in Assamwww.thehindu.com
Wildlife specialists free an elephant from a tyre stuck around its neck, days after the trunk of another trapped in a wire-mesh trap was treated
Lineage sues solar array operator over massive Boyle Heights warehouse firewww.presstelegram.com
Owners of the cold storage facility allege the operator of the solar array is required to cover the costs of the damage under its lease agreement.
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