environmentTuesday, September 15, 2026
House Democrats released their first climate policy agenda in six years, a sprawling menu of proposals for the age of AI and extreme weather. Meanwhile, the Trump EPA formally moved to undo power plant emissions limits, and a 'super' El Niño warning landed with force. Today's thread is about competing visions: one party plans, the other dismantles, and nature keeps turning up the heat.
Two very different climate futures crossed paths today: a Democratic blueprint for managed transition, and a Republican rollback of the last administration's signature rule.
House Democrats published the Thriving Economy Project, a menu of hundreds of policy proposals for the age of AI, surging energy demand, and worsening disasters. It's their first climate platform in six years, and it's more of a buffet than a bill, but it signals where the party's thinking is headed.
The Trump EPA formally moved to revoke 2024 greenhouse gas limits on coal and gas plants, arguing it will lower energy costs. This dismantles a key Biden policy and was covered widely yesterday, but today's formal rulemaking makes it official.
The science side of the equation landed hard, with a medicane forming in the Mediterranean and a sobering forecast for the coming El Niño.
A Guardian piece warns that a 'super' El Niño is building in the equatorial Pacific, calling it one of the biggest weather upheavals in a millennium. The author argues we are far from ready, and the climate crisis is amplifying the risk.
A rare medicane, a Mediterranean hurricane-like storm, is forming off Libya and could hit Greece, Libya, or Egypt by Wednesday. Its path is uncertain, but these systems are becoming more common as the sea warms.
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