Climate News

A meteorologist is questioning whether the summer of 2026 was truly the hottest on record in the United States, according to a Sept. 11, 2026, report published by Climate Depot [1]. The claim follows statements from federal agencies that the summer set a national heat record, a conclusion that has been reported by major news outlets including CBS News, CNN, and USA Today [1].

Maryland electricity bills have jumped 50.9% over five years, reaching 24% above the national average. Governor Wes Moore blames utility profiteering and data center demand, while critics point to state decarbonization mandates. Climate Solutions Now Act and RGGI carbon fees have pushed fossil fuel plants toward closure, forcing Maryland to import 43% of its power. A new scorecard from the Maryland Affordability Project found five of seven recent energy bills raised costs for ratepayers.

Trump administration finalized Endangered Species Act reforms in July, narrowing habitat protections while critics call it a rollback. NextEra subsidiary ESI Energy paid over $8 million and got five years probation for killing at least 150 bald and golden eagles at its wind facilities. Federal incidental-take permits let wind operators legally injure or kill protected eagles as a routine cost of turbine operation.

Nepal’s climate change chief requested $5 billion in disaster aid from a UN climate fund after a landslide and flood killed more than 1,100 people Satellite images show a bedrock collapse beneath a glacier triggered the disaster, not warming-driven glacial melt Geomorphologists Kristen Cook and Dan Shugar say they have not established climate warming as the cause of the collapse Geologists note that tectonic plate collisions naturally fracture mountainsides in regions like the Himalayas,...

Chinese firm Niutech Technology Group announced a contract with an anonymous global energy company to construct a large-scale facility that will convert plastic waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The project, revealed in a company press release, involves building an industrial continuous waste plastic pyrolysis production line with an annual capacity of 10,000 to 50,000 tons.

Eliminating all U.S. fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions would lower global temperatures by just 0.24°C by 2100, even under alarmist assumptions. State-level temperature reductions are too small to measure, with no state reaching even 0.031°C of avoided warming. NASA data confirms carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere reflects heat back into space, cooling rather than warming. Real-world physics shows CO2’s warming effect diminishes as concentrations rise, with saturation limiting further impact.

The catastrophic glacier collapse in Nepal’s Langtang valley was caused by bedrock failure, a geological process, not directly linked to climate change according to geologists. The disaster killed hundreds and destroyed infrastructure within minutes, with floodwaters traveling from Tibet into Nepal in just 26 minutes. Media outlets including The New York Times prematurely attributed the tragedy to climate change despite ongoing scientific uncertainty about the exact cause.

Richard Tice vs. ITV News: The Dispute at a Glance Richard Tice, a prominent figure in the Reform UK party, is publicly disputing a characterization of his recent remarks on climate change by ITV News. The dispute came to light following a report published by the blog Watts Up With That, which asserted that the broadcaster misrepresented Tice’s position on the issue. According to the blog’s coverage, ITV News described Tice as “out of touch” on climate change in its reporting.

Conservative-commissioned analysis finds Labour’s Clean Power 2030 plan will cost £320 billion more than alternative approach by 2050. Costs include £137 billion in grid upgrades, £94 billion in lost carbon tax revenue, £67 billion in system balancing and £22 billion in generation subsidies. Report from think tank Onward, originally commissioned by former Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho, was shelved by Ed Miliband upon taking office.

The Dutch Ministry of Defense has published an Energy Security Roadmap acknowledging that 95% of military vehicles and aircraft depend on fossil fuels. EU industrial electricity prices have risen to twice U.S. levels and 50% above China’s, undermining defense manufacturing capacity. European steel output fell to its lowest level since 1960 as deindustrialization accelerates under climate policies.