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1. An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.

   Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Chris Casad awakens each day before dawn on the Central Oregon property he bought nine years ago, the farm where he once grew tons of potatoes before …

2. Russia’s Oil Bottlenecks Run Deeper Than Refineries And Ports – Analysis

   Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:59:08 -0000

   Key Takeaways Ukraine’s successful drone attacks on Russian refineries and ports have significantly reduced Moscow’s ability to meet domestic needs …

3. The hottest day in French history was so bad the Louvre and Eiffel Tower had to close early

   Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:10:50 -0000

   France recorded its hottest day ever Tuesday as an early heat wave gripped Europe, prompting the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre museum to restrict …

4. ‘Climate change is running rampant’: Europe’s heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ 50 years ago

   Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:00:57 -0000

   “Continued fossil-fuel emissions are directly responsible for the disruption people are experiencing this week,” climate scientists warn. The extreme …

5. Europe’s severe June heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ 50 years go, climate scientists say

   Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:42:19 -0000

   Europe’s record heatwave in the month of June would have been "virtually impossible" 50 years ago, scientists said Friday, proof that human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for the intensity of the latest scorcher. Half-a-century ago, a similar heatwave would have been 3.5°C …

6. If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you should be

   Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:29:55 -0000

   I’m finding the heatwave hitting Europe really scary. It’s bad enough in itself, with many records being broken, especially for the higher nighttime …

7. Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller

   Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:58:20 -0000

   WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the maker of the Roundup weedkiller Thursday in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits …

8. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why.

   Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Children and people with mental health disorders are especially vulnerable. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A …

9. Deadly heat grips Europe

   Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:13:19 -0000

   A record-breaking heat wave is fueling dangerous temperatures and deaths across Europe, with red alerts in multiple countries as forecasters look for relief this weekend.

10. Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Scientists, educators, farmers and the broader public now have a new website for climate information in the United States. The site, Climate.us, launched this week and fills a void left when a government-run climate information website was shut down last year by the Trump administration. The new …

11. ‘London cooking’: Why can’t the UK cope with the heat; when will it adapt?

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:20:53 -0000

    A nation more used to rainy and cold weather is starting to discuss the value of overhauling its systems. London, United Kingdom – It was supposed to be a gathering of the great and the good to discuss climate change. The meeting in central London on Wednesday was titled Extreme Heat and was part of …

12. Europe's extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:01:53 -0000

    The record-breaking heat that’s scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change, according to a new study. The World Weather Attribution rapid study released Friday found that the heat would have been virtually impossible just five decades ago, and is …

13. Trump’s Algae Problem Is a Lot Bigger Than the Reflecting Pool

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:04:56 -0000

    The Trump administration is trying to further defund the monitoring of harmful algal blooms. It’s fitting that the president would be faced with an …

14. Perhaps France Should Reconsider AC

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:19:53 -0000

    Europe cannot cope with this heat. A summer escape to Paris, at least in the American mind, evokes a certain set of images: quiet strolls along the canals, long hours in bookstores and museums, a pleasant park bench, a glass of wine. Those pleasures are now contending with one of the most brutal and …

15. France’s heat this week was worse than a dire scenario imagined for 2050

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:10:11 -0000

    A weather presenter’s prediction aimed to show the dangers of global warming. Temperatures exceeded it Wednesday as France was hotter than Phoenix. A deadly and record-breaking heat wave that’s spreading eastward across Europe has revived interest in a hypothetical temperature forecast for August …

16. Red States Are Seeing Some of the Worst Gas Price Hikes

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:55:07 -0000

    On alumina, CANDUs, and copper Current conditions: France just recorded its hottest day ever, with Wednesday’s temperatures soaring to just under 111 …

17. The Prehistoric Disaster That Almost Erased Humans From Earth

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    All modern humans may descend from a small group of people who survived a catastrophic event just over 70,000 years ago. Human history stretches so …

18. Is Climate Change Fueling Europe’s Heat Wave? Yes, Researchers Say.

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:01:05 -0000

    A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would “not have been possible” without global warming. Human-caused climate change made this month’s roasting heat in Western Europe much more likely than it would have been even just two decades ago, …

19. The Iran war is accelerating the EV transition faster than any climate policy ever did—but it’s still just not that much

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:06:54 -0000

    When the U.S. launched strikes on Iran in late February, the immediate concern was oil prices. The Strait of Hormuz—through which roughly 20% of …

20. Europe heatwave 'virtually impossible' without human-caused climate change

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:06:02 -0000

    The exceptional heatwave across Europe this week would have been "virtually impossible" 50 years ago without human-caused global warming, according to a rapid study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Friday. WWA researchers said that the extreme temperatures are now up to 200 …

21. Europe swelters as heatwave affects more than 100 million people from Spain to Germany

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:59:31 -0000

    At least 101 million Europeans will experience temperatures above 35C on Thursday, as Spanish and French authorities begin to tally the deaths linked to the heatwave. At least 101 million Europeans were forecast to swelter in temperatures of over 35C on Thursday, as scores of people were thought to …

22. Lake Powell hits lowest summer level ever, raising risk of 'dead pool'

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:00:43 -0000

    Lake Powell ‒ the massive Colorado River reservoir that produces power for millions of homes across the West ‒ is the emptiest it has ever been entering the hottest part of the summer. And the worst is still to come. Although the lake's levels have briefly fallen lower in years past, those low-water …

23. Europe heatwave: Paris restricts alcohol consumption and sales

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:22:26 -0000

    French authorities have announced public alcohol consumption and sales bans in Paris, in a bid to ease pressure on the capital's hospitals during the heatwave. Parisians will be restricted from drinking alcohol in public from noon on Friday until 07:00 on Saturday. The measures will be in place …

24. A small Pacific territory just created one of the strongest ocean refuges on Earth

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:38:39 -0000

    It's 190,000 square kilometers of much-needed marine protection, The government of French Polynesia announced it is expanding the extent of ocean …

25. A historic heat wave catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:06:54 -0000

    PARIS (AP) — As a historic heat wave gripped Paris this week, fashion houses tried to keep their guests cool with ice packs, mist machines and iced Evian on silver platters. It wasn’t enough: some venues still sweltered, water ran short and air conditioning was absent or inadequate. Then they sent …

26. The American mind cannot comprehend Europe's AC aversion

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:52:15 -0000

    Europe is really, really hot right now. Across much of the continent, temperatures have surged to levels once considered exceptional. France recently saw its hottest day since records began, with highs of 108 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of the country. The UK and Spain have also experienced …

27. Europe's heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change, scientists say

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:10:04 -0000

    BRUSSELS - The record-breaking heatwave engulfing Western Europe would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, which …

28. Recent outbreaks of 'flesh-eating bacteria' worldwide

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:59:47 -0000

    Hundreds have died in recent outbreaks of the so-called flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus and Group A strep. In 2026 Vibrio is spreading …

29. It could be more dangerous inside your house during a heat wave

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:20:00 -0000

    Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can be much worse than outdoors. When the power …

30. Why Germans don't have air conditioning

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:36:08 -0000

    Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren't equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, …