The Climate Recap
The Climate Recap, brought to you by the Beckisphere Climate Corner, is the place to get your weekly dose of global and US-based climate and clean energy news. How are we doing at reducing the impacts of and preparing for climate change?
Episodes
131 episodes
Montana KIDS beat STATE in CLIMATE lawsuit!
Scorched Europe battles deadly fires. Turkey shuts shipping lane | ReutersMore than 100,000 people have been evacuated over 3 weeks from flooding in Pakistan | NPRLethal fires in Peru Andes | AP NewsCanada’s Northwest Territories de...
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14:44
FIRST nuclear plant joins US grid in 30 YEARS!
Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show | The GuardianIs the Atlantic Ocean current system AMOC nearing collapse? Probably not – but scientists are seeing troubling signs | CBS NewsIndia pauses plans...
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13:52
Amazon deforestation DROPPED!
Extreme weather: What you need to know about the global heatwave | Al Jazeera‘It’s really cool’: Visitors flock to Death Valley amid soaring heatwave | NBC NewsHistorically bad heat wave isn’t close to over: 5 maps to make you sweat | T...
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Lab-grown meat hits restaurants!
World registers hottest day ever recorded on July 3 | ReutersMultnomah County in Oregon Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over Heat Dome | The NYTimesSupreme Court rejects Navajo Nation’s water rights trust claim | ICT NewsBiden administra...
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UN protects the high seas!
Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s why there is so much smoke | AP NewsCanada’s wildfires are part of our new climate reality, expert officials say | The GuardianPeru battles record dengue fever, in a warni...
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Wind overtakes gas in the UK!
US, EU lawmakers push depose UAE’s Jaber from climate talks | ReutersBreakthrough Colorado River deal reached, outlining big water cuts for the next three years | The LA TimesSupreme Court erases protections for most wetlands | E&E ...
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Sweden found a huge rare earths deposit
Mexico bans solar geoengineering after rogue experiment | Climate Change News‘It’s time to start suing’: States tee up next WOTUS war | E&E NewsHSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village | The Bureau of Investigati...
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The ozone layer is healing!
California contends with flooding, power outage as severe storms batter the state | CBS NewsLake Tahoe snowpack levels nearly 250% above normal | Fox40Low water levels have created an energy crisis at the world’s largest dam | The Washi...
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Was 2022 a good year for the climate?
Did world leaders and trends do the climate crisis any favors in 2022?Source list- https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/2022-M...
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EU to tax carbon at its border
This Will Be The Coldest Christmas In Decades… | Ryan Hall, Y’allExtreme winter spells trouble for food insecure | AxiosState of the climate: 2022 to date is fourth warmest year on record | Carbon BriefArctic is rapidly turni...
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LA bans new oil wells
Global renewable capacity set to double over next five years, says IEA | ReutersUS utilities to triple battery storage capacity in 2025 - EIA | ReutersUK coal mine approval sparks global fury and hypocrisy claims | Climate Change News
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20:33
Greta sues Sweden
Meta tops list of US corporate solar adopters with 3.6 GW, more than Amazon and Apple combined: SEIA | Utility DiveEvidence grows of forced labour and slavery in production of solar panels and wind turbines | The GuardianSwedish activis...
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COP27 Week 2 Recap: Did anything get done?
How much got done at COP27, the big UN climate conference in Egypt in mid-November? What ended up being on the final agenda? Listen to COP27 Week 1's recap first to gain more context.Source list-
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South Africa plans to switch from coal straight to clean energy
Flash floods in Australia’s southeast cut off inland towns | Reuters‘Rain bursts’ over Sydney have intensified by 40% over the last two decades, research finds | The GuardianWarmest Armistice Day ever for England, Scotland, and Northern...
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COP27 Week 1 Recap
What's the backdrop of this year's conference? And what got done on week 1?Source list- https://heavenly-sceptre-002.notion.site/COP27-week...
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Big Ag companies agree to regenerative agriculture pledge
UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050 | UNESCOClimate risks and rewards for the global workforce | AxiosReport: Countries need an impossible amount of land to meet climate pledges | GristProtec...
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19:49
Lula win's Brazil's presidential race!
Chad declares state of emergency as floods affect 1 mil people | ReutersStorm Nalgae: floods and landslides in Philippines kill at least 72 | The GuardianClimate crisis fuelling unseasonably warm October in UK and Europe | The Guardian<...
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Italy's new PM Meloni wants climate change to be a right-wing issue
Southeast Australia braces more rain residents told evacuate | ReutersCyclone lashes Bangladesh, killing nine flooding low-lying areas | ReutersRoslyn Moves Inland and Breaks Up After Lashing Mexican Coast | The NYTimesNew fossil fu...
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Russia uses emissions counting to claim territory
Amount of ocean heat found to be accelerating and fueling extreme weather events | The GuardianIncreasing Hurricane Intensification Rate Near the US Atlantic Coast | Geophysical Research LettersClean Energy, Electric Cars Are Hitting Ti...
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20 vulnerable countries threaten to withhold debt payments
Nigeria Floods Kill Hundreds and Displace Over a Million | The NYTimesFirst came the fires. Now Australia is facing devastating floods. | The Washington PostRare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely – what does the future hold? |...
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Arkansas grows its EV charging network
Chad climate disaster leaves record 2.1 mil people hungry | Reuters:Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population crash | The Washington PostThe 2022 Living Planet Index Is Out. Here’s How to Understand It. | The NYTim...
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Greta says Germany's messing up
Barges stranded as Mississippi River water levels reach critical low | The GuardianIan is the 15th billion-dollar disaster this year so far | NOAASurging Weather-related Power Outages | Climate CentraClimate Crisis Poses as Great a ...
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New Zealand plans to tax cow farts
Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought | ReutersSydney records wettest year since 1858 as Australia braces for more floods | ReutersScotland ‘snow-free’ for fourth time in six years | BBCSnow loss is fu...
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