Trump Exempts Oil Drilling In Arctic Reserve From Environmental Reviews
"The Trump administration Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews."
Source: The Hill, 10/09/2026
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Lawsuit Seeks Answers on EPA’s Abandoned CAFO Pollution Panel
"US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms, according to a lawsuit filed last week."
Source: The New Lede, 10/09/2026Pro-Oil-And-Gas Group Tracks Journalists, First Nations And Enviros
"New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil-and-gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change"
Source: The Narwhal, 10/09/2026Fake Caroline
"Editors are facing an influx of AI-written pitches, including at science publications like mine. What now?"
Source: Columbia Journalism Review, 10/09/2026World’s Largest Penguin Colony Suffers ‘Enormous Population Crash’
"The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed."
Source: Guardian, 10/09/2026Isaias Live Updates: Storm Strengthens Into Hurricane Ahead of Expected Landfall
"Isaias became a hurricane less than 20 hours after becoming a tropical storm. It's the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, and the ninth named storm of the season."
Source: USA TODAY, 10/08/2026A Rising Sea and the Toxic Tides That Could Be Unleashed
"At SA Recycling Terminal Island, a worker using a crane builds a 20-foot-high mountain of crushed trucks, buses and cars. ... The shredded steel and upholstery release toxic material such as lead, zinc and copper.
Source: Capital & Main, 10/08/2026Oil Industry Won’t Stop One of Its Dirtiest Practices, Even After Pledges
"Norma Lopez Cadena tries to keep her granddaughters indoors — out of sight from the 65-foot flare burning excess gas from more than a dozen oil wells."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/08/2026New Documents Add to Evidence in Climate Deception Case Against ExxonMobil
"Court filings by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office include previously undisclosed documents, revealing new details about internal deliberations at the oil giant."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2026New Pacific Climate Fund Gets $15 Million Boost But Remains Below Target
"Nations including Fiji and Ireland said on Wednesday they were donating about $15 million to a fund to finance climate resilience and adaptation projects in Pacific islands, but pledges remain far below the fund's target."
Source: Reuters, 10/08/2026This Hidden Device Could Free Up Gigawatts Of Power For The US Grid
"Millions of electric motors run inside the country’s buildings, often inefficiently. Variable frequency drives can slash motors’ power use and reduce grid strain."
Source: Canary Media, 10/08/2026Water Bills Surged More Than Other Costs in US Homes Over 10 Years: Report
"The price of water increased faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income, nonprofit Food & Water Watch found in a new analysis."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2026Cattlemen's Lobby Group Treated Climate Change as a PR Problem
"New research has revealed more examples of the National Cattlemen’s Association’s efforts to downplay and deny the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/08/2026See How Extreme Wildfires Are Transforming Forests
"As wildfires surge through some of the most treasured landscapes in the nation, two new studies show that supercharged blazes make it harder for forests to recover."
Source: Washington Post, 10/08/2026Texas Sues To Stop Release Of Data Center Records, Says Could Aid Terrorists
"The Public Utility Commission of Texas is asking a Travis County judge to block the release of information showing where data centers and virtual currency mines operate, saying those details could aid terrorists."
Source: Texas Tribune, 10/08/2026
