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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 11h
Nepal’s prime minister Balen Shah delivered a powerful argument for climate justice in his speech at the UN last week, saying, “The people of our country must be allowed to build their future instead of constantly rebuilding their past.” buff.ly/10410N8
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Never mind the sunglasses. Nepal’s Balen Shah gives the UN a powerful argument about climate justice
He proposed a ‘Himalaya Climate Resilience Mechanism’ that would bring Nepal, India and China together to share scientific information and disaster warnings.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 14h
New review from @tandfresearch.bsky.social “Intersecting vulnerabilities: A review of climate change and the wellbeing of girls and young women in sub-saharan Africa” buff.ly/8wYohVR
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 16h
US universities are receiving a surge of open records requests by right-wing actors for climate scientists’ research drafts, emails, and other communications.
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 01/10/2026
The biggest news during last week’s Climate Week NYC came not from the US but from Germany, where the government of the world’s third-largest economy committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045. buff.ly/Cc62Jra
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Real Solutions Vs. “Greenwashing Tricks”
Germany, California lead the charge at Climate Week NYC
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 01/10/2026
Oatly, the world’s largest producer of oat milk, is sending a new message to its consumers: Most people want their governments to take action on climate change. buff.ly/MjTYo8R #the89percent
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The world's largest oat milk producer has joined an unusual climate journalism campaign
The world’s largest producer of oat milk, Oatly, is pushing its customers and their governments to act on climate change, in a new milk carton campaign that's taking off in Europe and is expected in t...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 29/09/2026
“Democrats are poised to achieve trifectas — control of the governor’s office and both legislative chambers — in at least three states in this year’s midterm elections, and maybe even more,” writes @dangearino.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org buff.ly/2Gjxtb9
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These State Elections Could Reshape Climate and Energy Policy - Inside Climate News
The prospects for state-level climate and energy legislation could hinge on the outcomes of just a few races.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 29/09/2026
Climate change’s greatest impact for many vulnerable people, particularly in lower income countries, will be food insecurity and under-nutrition. As climate impacts worsen, heatwaves, drought, and floods are increasingly affecting agriculture. buff.ly/rYwvaBE
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How to Cover Food Insecurity | Locally Sourced
Climate change’s greatest impact for many vulnerable people, particularly in lower income countries, will be food insecurity and under-nutrition.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 29/09/2026
“’I have never known more about the weather than I do now,’ admitted Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, last week as he recounted how the city has been repeatedly battered by floods since he took office.”
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 29/09/2026
Justice Samuel Alito, who holds investments in individual fossil fuel companies, just recused himself from a key climate case before the Supreme Court. But he participated in the decision-making process to hear the case in the first place.
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Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late? - Inside Climate News
Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts expected continuing ramifications due to his ownership o...
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Shel Winkley @shelwinkleywx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What'cha doing around 1pm EDT? Join @climatecentral.org & @coveringclimatenow.org as we chat through the latest on this big ol' El Niño • What is El Niño doing? • More importantly, what are the impacts of climate change & NOT just El Niño • How can you tell these stories through winter?
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jane c. hu @janehu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
are you an early career science writer looking to improve your craft? apply for @theopennotebook.bsky.social's early career fellowship! you spend a year developing and writing stories with a mentor. it's all remote work and you get a stipend. apply by oct 31! www.theopennotebook.com/early-career...
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Early-Career Fellowship Program - The Open Notebook
Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to sharpen their skills as part of a talented, supportive, diverse community of past and present fellows and mentors. This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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Steven Rodas @stevenrodas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a record breaking El Niño continues to grow in the Pacific, @weatherwest.bsky.social explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño “so far above anything we've previously seen, it doesn't even fit on the same axis.” (@ninardietz.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org)
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Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name - Inside Climate News
As a record breaking El Niño continues to grow in the Eastern Pacific, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño “so far above anything ...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 29/09/2026
What does climate change sound like? Nikki Lindt, a Brooklyn-based artist, is on a mission to capture its audible changes. She frequently travels to Alaska to gather audio recordings of different landscapes as they shift.
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Barbara Moran @moranwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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What does a changing climate sound like?
A warming climate brings plenty of visible changes, such as retreating glaciers and rising sea levels. Nikki Lindt is on a mission to capture its audible changes.
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Brien McElhatten @brienreports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join the conversation on Tuesday!
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 28/09/2026
i did a little Climate Week postmortem on data centers: co2 emissions are far & away the most alarming part of the buildout. but there hasn't been much of a reckoning beyond climate spaces kind of wondering when it'll enter the larger convo, if at all, and what that may look like
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The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet
Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.
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Corbin Hiar @corbinhiar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW — Conservative groups have filed over 100 records requests at 19 universities across the country, targeting at least 30 climate researchers since 2021. The goal: Discredit scholars who could persuade judges and juries in multi-billion-dollar climate cases. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will recuse himself from a major fossil fuel industry accountability case, possibly due to his stock holdings in oil and gas companies: news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/justi...
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Justice Alito Recuses From Supreme Court Suncor Climate Case (1)
Justice Samuel Alito will recuse from one of the most closely watched cases of the Supreme Court’s upcoming term about state efforts to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 27/09/2026
Nearly three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans adopted this year by China focus on climate change and energy. Dig in to this searchable database to learn more: buff.ly/tHajrdO
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Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
Almost three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans published by China this year include policies or targets related to climate change and energy, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 28/09/2026
This year’s El Niño is intensifying at breakneck speeds, and will likely become the strongest event in recorded history before November. Across every corner of the planet, communities are preparing for its growing impacts this winter — but what exactly is expected?
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Demystifying This Historic El Niño & What It Means for Global Communities — Covering Climate Now
RSVP HERE This year’s El Niño is intensifying at breakneck speeds, and will likely become the strongest event in recorded history before November. Across every corner of the planet, communities are pr...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 27/09/2026
“The idea, really, is that as much as this is a climate story, it was also about how we can create new models for independent journalists to operate,” said @tracywholf.bsky.social buff.ly/B0gG3Nm
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Five independent climate journalists are teaming up with a “pop-up newsroom”
Going independent usually means losing the collaboration that comes from working in a newsroom. Journalists operating on their own don't have access to editors or colleagues to work through stories,…
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 27/09/2026
Resource Alert: The 2026 Europe Cities Report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: cities at the forefront of climate change action buff.ly/m6E1uxu
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The 2026 Europe Cities Report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: cities at the forefront of climate change action
For the French and Spanish translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The Trump administration will move on Monday to sharply scale back fuel-efficiency rules for new cars and light trucks," reports @maxinejoselow.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/c...
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 27/09/2026
Nearly three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans adopted this year by China focus on climate change and energy. Dig in to this searchable database to learn more: buff.ly/tHajrdO
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Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
Almost three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans published by China this year include policies or targets related to climate change and energy, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How Should We Cover the Climate Story? Very kind of @columjournreview.bsky.social to include my thoughts alongside a bunch of esteemed journalists! @katbagley.bsky.social @sominisengupta.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @emorwee.bsky.social @vernonloeb.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/how-...
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How should we cover the climate story?
Speaking with climate reporters about staying on the beat—because, as Bill McKibben put it, “for better or for worse, by this time next year, there’s no doubt in my mind that climate coverage will be ...
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 27/09/2026
“The day is coming when our momentum will overtake the resistance. We’re getting very close now. I think we are going to win this. The remaining question is whether we will win it in time to avoid those negative tipping points I talked about.” – Al Gore in an interview with Al Roker at Climate Week
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 27/09/2026
“Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ breaks ‘remarkable’ all-time record” by @carbonbrief.org learn more ⬇️ buff.ly/4a9XUAK
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Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ breaks ‘remarkable’ all-time record - Carbon Brief
This year's so-called “super El Niño” is entering into record-breaking territory
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 26/09/2026
Germany will phase out fossil fuels by 2045, the country’s environment minister Carsten Schneider told the UN General Assembly this week. Germany is the third country in the EU to provide a “solid plan” for its energy transition. buff.ly/pJN1qWQ
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Germany sets out plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045
Germany has said it plans to phase out the use of coal, oil and gas by 2045, reaffirming a climate strategy focused on electrification.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 26/09/2026
"How Should We Cover the Climate Story?" That’s the question answered by a roundtable of esteemed climate editors & journalists, including @emorwee.bsky.social (Heated), @katbagley.bsky.social (@grist.org), @adamlmahoney.bsky.social (@capitalb.bsky.social), and many more: buff.ly/4EmE1gI
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How should we cover the climate story?
Speaking with climate reporters about staying on the beat—because, as Bill McKibben put it, “for better or for worse, by this time next year, there’s no doubt in my mind that climate coverage will be…
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 26/09/2026
UK foreign secretary Ed Miliband met with ministers from Kenya and other countries in a closed door meeting at the UN to share the findings of a damning national security report warning of the dangers of climate change that was suppressed under former prime minister Keir Starmer. buff.ly/4YFtRrH
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 26/09/2026
Getting ready for midterms? Check out this poll from @environmentalvoter.bsky.social: "Midterm Battleground State Poll: Political Priorities & Opinions on the Clean Energy Transition" buff.ly/IdqtkDc
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 26/09/2026
Outgoing UN secretary-general António Guterres talks about the urgency of the climate emergency, why he made it a top priority, and why he’s hopeful that the speed of renewable energy adoption and production will increase in response to the ongoing crisis in the Gulf. buff.ly/yDDZxdg
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‘It’s my duty to tell the truth’: UN chief on the climate crisis, capitalism and reasons to be hopeful
Before his final general assembly, António Guterres speaks about why he put climate at the centre of his UN tenure
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 25/09/2026
Warmer Fall, Later Freeze, Longer Allergy Season... 🤧 @climatecentral.org buff.ly/CW2uy7c
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Warmer Fall, Later Freeze, Longer Allergy Season | Climate Central
About 50 million people in the U.S. are allergic to ragweed pollen, which peaks in the fall. Analysis shows that warming has extended the freeze-free fall season in 88% of 202 U.S. cities — giving…
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 25/09/2026
Hope in solar power ☀️ Sen. Bernie Sanders, activist & actor Jane Fonda, climate diplomat Yeb Saño, and a group of leading advocates delivered a letter to the UN, offering “a clear goal for the entire world to rally around: clean energy access for everyone, everywhere by 2030.” buff.ly/WLz2aYo
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The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 25/09/2026
A new model of collaboration for independent climate journalists — and independent journalists seeking new audiences? “Betting the House” combines stories by four climate-focused independent journalists. Producer @tracywholf.bsky.social talks about their "pop-up newsroom” in this interview.
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Tracy Wholf Is ‘Betting the House’ on a New Model for Independent Journalism
The former CBS News climate producer is bringing independent journalists together to “swarm report” major stories — and build their audiences in the process.
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Ann @anniverse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“People say, ‘Why are you talking about climate change? You should be talking about kitchen table [issues],’ Newsom said. “I say, ‘I am. You haven’t connected the droughts to the cost of beef, to the cost of coffee? You have to connect climate risk with financial risk, with our trade policy..."
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 24/09/2026
California governor Gavin Newsom says that Democrats must show the link between climate shocks and ‘kitchen table’ issues in campaigning for the midterm elections, in an exclusive interview organized by CCNow.
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Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028
Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says
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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Climate activists rallied to help Mamdani get elected, but I’ve heard more and more complain that he’s failing to use his platform to advance the issue at a time when it’s badly needed. At Climate Week, he’s sounding ready to put it back in the spotlight:
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Mayor Mamdani Discusses AI, Energy and NYC’s Affordable Future at Climate Desk
YouTube video by NBC New York
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Climate Desk @climatedesk.org · 24/09/2026
You can still watch the whole thing here!
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 24/09/2026
California governor Gavin Newsom says that Democrats must show the link between climate shocks and ‘kitchen table’ issues in campaigning for the midterm elections, in an exclusive interview organized by CCNow.
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Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028
Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was thrilled to be a judge for these awards again this year and just in awe of the amazing reporting from all over the world and on such a wide array of topics. Climate change really does touch so many different aspects of life
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 24/09/2026
Starting in 1 hour! There's still time to join. Independent journalists talk about the power of collaboration for building audiences and boosting impact for their work.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 23/09/2026
Join CCNow & independent journalists from Betting the House — @emorwee.bsky.social, @chasecain.bsky.social, @rachelreports.bsky.social — to discuss how they organized their reporting collaborative & how collaboration can broaden your audience & your impact. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Betting the House: Building a Successful Reporting Collaborative
Thursday, Sept. 24 at 1pm ET

Join the journalists behind the ‘Betting the House’ pop-up collaboration to learn what worked, what didn’t, and how you can start a pop-up collaboration with your journalism friends and colleagues.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 23/09/2026
A group of leading advocates, writes @billmckibben.bsky.social, including @sanders.senate.gov, @yebsano.bsky.social, @janefonda.com, and more, will deliver a letter to the UN this week, urging faster action. buff.ly/WLz2aYo
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The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 23/09/2026
Join CCNow & independent journalists from Betting the House — @emorwee.bsky.social, @chasecain.bsky.social, @rachelreports.bsky.social — to discuss how they organized their reporting collaborative & how collaboration can broaden your audience & your impact. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Betting the House: Building a Successful Reporting Collaborative
Thursday, Sept. 24 at 1pm ET

Join the journalists behind the ‘Betting the House’ pop-up collaboration to learn what worked, what didn’t, and how you can start a pop-up collaboration with your journalism friends and colleagues.
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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The fossil fuel connection: “climate change from all climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions over the last 70 years has resulted in a 36% decline in annual average mountain snowpacks” yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/scie... @barbaragrady @CC_Yale
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Scientists link fossil fuel producers to the West’s worsening water shortages » Yale Climate Connections
A new study blames 122 companies for contributing to severe drought in the region.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Five foods that could cost even more this winter – and why #climatecrisis #energycrisis theconversation.com/five-foods-t...
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Five foods that could cost even more this winter – and why
Conflicts, energy shocks, climate change and El Niño are combining to squeeze food prices upwards. Five familiar foods illustrate what’s going on.
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our cities are already unbearably hot as a result of fossil fuel use causing global warming. Turns out that Energy-Eating Data Centers are now not only burning more fossil fuels, but also emitting their OWN additional heat on to their unsuspecting neighbors? Wow. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Centers Release Heat, Posing New Problem for Cities
As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 21/09/2026
Last year there was over $200 billion in climate-disaster damages. Insurers paid out about $100 billion. That gap was paid by governments, businesses, and households. This is an important failure. - Sam Medlock #climateweeknyc #nycw2026
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