A community solar project for nuns. An all-electric affordable housing complex. Inexpensive loans for rooftop solar and energy efficiency. These are just a few projects green banks have managed to get done despite Trump’s funding clawbacks.

With scaled-back plans, green banks navigate Trump’s funding freeze

Green banks enabled $12.4 billion in hard-to-finance clean energy and climate projects in 2024 and 2025. But they had to scramble to make up for lost…

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Thread on whether we can conclude that the current El Nino event is the largest in a thousand years. Short answer: NO Long answer: Read the thread. bsky.app/profile/mich...

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Here's the specific discussion. At present, there are no continuous coral records in regions directly impacted by El Niño stretching back a thousand years. And records (e.g. tree rings) from teleconnected regions are notoriously unreliable recorders of El Niño itself.

Outside of the #Antarctic, temperatures have been above average for nearly all areas of our planet in the last three months. This is clear when looking at each latitude band. [Plot shows zonal-mean surface air temperature anomalies, where latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). Data: GISTEMPv4]

The average global temperature so far this year (for the January-September period) is the 2nd warmest on record since the start of this dataset... This data is using NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...

From record-breaking rain in Tokyo to the spectacular flowering of Chile's Atacama Desert, El Niño is influencing weather patterns far beyond the tropical Pacific. El Niño will continue to intensify ahead of its forecast peak in December. WMO Global Seasonal Climate Update: https://bit.ly/4hFr1XD

My Arctic temperature graphics have been updated through September 2026: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe... There was a sharp contrast in departures last month between Greenland (much colder) and western Siberia (much warmer). #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #Arctic

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Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea-Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea-Ice E…

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Europe’s biggest funder of fossil fuels urges investors to see an opportunity in ‘super’ El Niño "For investors, a very strong El Niño should be viewed as a source of market dispersion rather than a uniformly negative shock" www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

Barclays spots a chance to profit from extreme weather crisis

Europe’s biggest funder of fossil fuels urges investors to see an opportunity in ‘super’ El Niño that could leave millions starving

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Speaking tomorrow at New Scientist Live with Profs Behrens & Seddon. The Paris climate challenge is no longer a matter of urgency, but of emergency. Urgency seeks to accelerate change; emergency demands & fundamentally different policy & technology agenda. live.newscientist.com/speakers/kev...

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Global ocean heat content (0-2000 m depth) now updated through June 2026... Do you see where this is heading? 🔥📈🌊 This graph showing anomalies is created by NOAA at www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa....

The October runs for dynamical El Niño models are now all out, and its a mixed bag. Some revise the event downward, some upward, but on average its still expected to peak at ~4C, albeit with the peak more likely to occur in December than November:

Can small towns band together to make clean energy action happen? This mayor thinks so. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/new-group-small-towns-clean-energy

Plug-in solar was approved in CA, and it's turning homes into a distributed network of tiny power plants. “It’s really ideal to use renewable electricity exactly where it’s generated.” - @amandadsmith.bsky.social, sr. scientist @mrmattsimon.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4xSqxCf #cleanenergy

California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants

The state is the biggest to approve solar panels that plug into walls, giving residents a cheaper way to generate their own electricity.

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America’s demand for heat pumps isn’t going away just because federal incentives did.

Heat pumps have so far withstood the death of federal tax credits

Demand for the climate-friendly HVAC tech has persisted even after Republicans killed incentives, with 2026 set to be another good year for the sector.

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DeBriefed: ‘Scarily thin’ oil stockpiles | US supreme court case | UK Conservative ‘spreadsheet blunder’ ✍️ Written by @giulianaviglione.bsky.social 📝 Edited by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/NETmGJi Subscribe to Carbon Brief's newsletters ⬇️ carbonbrief.org/newsletters

The NOAA National Hurricane Center has just issued a Tropical Storm Watch part coastal Southern California, including city/county of San Diego. This is only second time such a product has ever been issued for any part of California (TS Hilary in 2023 was other instance). #CAwx

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 16th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 420,000 km² above the 2010s mean • about 860,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,960,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,610,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

A wide range of potential impacts is possible in SoCal, mainly from Orange/San Diego counties south & east, on Sun. There is, however, a growing risk of some notably strong/gusty winds--& ECMWF ensemble now indicates a ~50% chance of wind gusts over 50mph in San Diego. #CAwx

California is still struggling to build the transmission lines it needs to expand clean energy. This bill could finally push things forward.

Seeing multiple reports of notable and even locally damaging coastal flooding ongoing already in parts of coastal SoCal. This could get significantly worse this weekend due to TS Rachel.

Maxmax@maxmax.bsky.social · 3d ago

Coastal flooding in Balboa and Long Beach right now. ktla.com/news/local-n...

I have finally found an acceptable hotel wifi connection, and will have a short-notice livestream at Noon Pacific Time today (Oct 9) on Tropical Storm Rachel and the growing potential for significant Southern California impacts this weekend. #CAwx

Late-breaking developments regarding Tropical Storm Rachel's close approach on Southern California - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 10/09/2026 topics: ...

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NEW – Factcheck: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder ✍️ Written by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/CIGaq6y

Daily Briefing: 1.5C ‘matter of survival’ | Tories’ net-zero ‘error’ | Philippines EV 'surge' Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/8c7POTG Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/TwwsRyc

Who’s telling you climate change is no big deal? New @caadcoalition.bsky.social report documents how many of the voices that pushed misleading narratives about the RCP 8.5 "high emissions" scenario are connected to fossil fuel money heated.world/p/how-good-c...

Who’s telling you climate change is no big deal?

A new report traces the financial connections behind conservative media’s latest attack on climate science.

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CAAD talks to HEATED about our latest report exposing how climate disinformation actually works in turning good news into conspiracies: heated.world/p/how-good-c...

Catch my latest video podcast episode with the wonderful Laura Tobin, where we talk weather, climate and why they matter for all of us. ▶️ youtu.be/NUpPVXTgkEE

It's not JUST weather.

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Connecticut wants to build more solar power. One of its top utilities is holding things up.

Connecticut’s solar ambitions hit skepticism from a major utility

The state’s top utility has refused to sign deals for solar projects picked by the state. Will the same thing happen with Connecticut’s latest round of…

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You’re hearing a lot about rising power bills this election season. Here’s what’s actually driving them up.

Here's why your energy bills are going up

Politicians talk about the energy affordability crisis but don't always grapple with the root causes — or the solutions. Here’s the lowdown.

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At this year's NY Climate Week, the biggest positive change I saw wasn't the buzz about some new technology or policy. It was people finally realizing that talking about climate is where action starts! Talking about climate isn't optional. It's where change begins 💚

Conversations catching on at Climate Week | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe

The other week was NYC Climate Week, which happens every year alongside the UN General Assembly. This means that, for a few days, New York i

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California utilities are lagging on much-needed transmission development. This new law wants to hold them accountable.

Getting California’s sluggish grid buildout on track

The state needs utilities to finish grid projects faster so it can hit its clean energy goals. This new law could help.

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NEW – Forests ‘degraded’ | COP17 nears | ‘Wild river’ risks ✍️ Written by @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org and @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org 📝 Edited by @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/Abom65A Subscribe to our newsletters ➡️ carbonbrief.org/newsletters

Cropped 7 October 2026: Forests ‘degraded’ | COP17 nears | ‘Wild river’ risks - Carbon Brief

This week, Carbon Brief covers the dangers facing the Vjosa river, one of the last “wild rivers” in Europe.

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