UNEP’s latest Emissions Gap Report: To cap warming at 1.7°C, the world must slash emissions by 18% (by 2030), 45% (by 2035), and 69% (by 2040) vs 2025 levels. Extremely ambitious math for the global economy. 😅 news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…

The cleanest fix for America's aluminum crunch? Literally hiding in landfills. Advanced sorting + state recycling policies could recover enough scrap metal to meet demand. Think outside the... landfill? 🗑️♻️ canarymedia.com/articles/cle…

Temporarily waive clean-air rules for cancer-causing gas emissions? Check. Then quietly work to gut the regulations altogether? Double check. This isn't deregulation, it's a biological experiment on the public. 📉🫁 nytimes.com/2026/10/24/clima…

Trump just escalated his feud with Norway, calling it a "shithouse country" and saying he doesn't want Norwegian immigrants... all because the Nobel Committee won't give him a Peace Prize. You literally cannot make this logic up. 🤡🤦‍♂️ reuters.com/world/us/trump-a…

With early voting already underway for weeks ahead of the November midterms, Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia Center for Politics forecasts a "major change" in this year's elections.

According to a new legal filing, the Trump administration could break ground on the president's 250-foot triumphal arch as early as November 5, merely two days post-midterms.

New research finds that extreme European heat this summer led to more than 50,000 fatalities, blaming nearly two-thirds of those deaths on human-caused climate change. abcnews.com/Health/wireStory…

A new United Nations report says humanity is falling behind in the climate fight and is on track for a hotter planet than experts forecasted last year—with the U.S. serving as a major factor. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-…

CNN is threatening further legal action against the government unless Trump allows its reporters on Air Force One. washingtonpost.com/business/…

CBS News reports that a decision by Elon Musk restricted Ukraine's access to SpaceX's satellite communications network. cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-u…

Under Trump's new rules, power plants across the US can pollute freely with unlimited CO2—fueling climate change and putting communities at risk.

Trump is set to mine a vast, biodiverse stretch of the Pacific Ocean. Nodules that took millions of years to form and generate oxygen will be wiped out in just minutes. news.mongabay.com/custom-sto…

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil appeals to Supreme Court to sue Trump admin over free speech abcnews.com/Politics/pro-pal…

People in a remote Norwegian town, situated in a global hotspot for climate change, are now banned from drinking tap water. The move comes after scientists tied heavy metal pollution to melting permafrost. theguardian.com/environment/…

Trump is promising to make E-15 (gasoline with 15% ethanol) available year-round "permanently"—but only if Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall gets re-elected.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a deep, dark part of the Gulf of Mexico, the number of marine animals plummeted by about 60% in the years following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, a new study found. apnews.com/article/fish-dead…

To Save Nature, Countries Should Eliminate Subsidies That Harm Forests cleantechnica.com/2026/10/12…

Katie Zacharia identifies as a lawyer, but legal experts aren’t so sure. There’s no indication the new White House press secretary was ever admitted to the U.S. bar. washingtonpost.com/business/…

🎉 Good news from @IUCNRedList: the numbat is now Near Threatened, not Endangered. Cats and foxes once cut this Western Australian marsupial to 300. Thanks to predator-proof fencing and reintroductions, 2,000–3,000 now live in the wild. 🙌

After years of political back-and-forth and a string of violent incidents in Central Park—most recently the summer death of a tourist—New York City will phase out horse-drawn carriages in under two years, City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced Tuesday. abcnews.com/US/new-york-city…