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A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 31, 2026 thru Sat, June 6, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Policy and Politics (8 articles)

• Scilencing The Trump Administration would just as soon we didn't know stuff, especially about our planet The Crucial Years, Bill McKibben, May 31, 2026.
• Companies No Longer Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Climate Risk Progressive lawmakers and environmental groups strongly condemned the decision, arguing that it leaves investors in the dark regarding trillions of dollars in hidden climate liabilities and systemic economic risks. Climate News Now, Climate News Now, May 31, 2026.
• DOE restarts home efficiency rebates, and electrification is the biggest loser New rules for the $8.8 billion in program funding no longer promote electric home heating. The Daily Climate, Dan Gearino, Jun 02, 2026.
• Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts The Guardian, Maya Yang, Jun 02, 2026.
• USDA revamp of `climate smart` program left farmers reeling With dubious DOGE savings, the agency has left farmers with fewer tools to address the climate crisis. Civil Eats, Lisa Held, Jun 04, 2026.
• The wasting disease threatening US science and ‘Patient Earth’ Bulletin of the Atomic Scienctists, Benjamin Santer, June 4, 2026.
• California and New York weaken climate rules as red states ramp up green energy Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader The Guardian, Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman, Jun 04, 2026.
• Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world `flying blind` Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions Environment The Guardian, Karen McVeigh, Jun 05, 2026.

Climate Science and Research (7 articles)

• Current and Future Changes in Earth's Outgoing Infrared Spectrum Study finds fingerprint of global warming on infrared energy spectrum emitted by Earth. Geophysical Research Letters, Shaw et al., May 30, 2026.
• Antarctic climate change is coming: this will help us prepare Dr Gilbz on Youtube, Ella Gilbert, May 30, 2026.
• Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research. New York Times, Eric Niiler, June 1, 2026.
• Climate-based tool predicts coral bleaching months in advance, offering critical lead time for reef protection Phys.org, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Jun 02, 2026.
• Extreme weather is making Antarctic research harder, but new technology is providing some answers - new study The Conversation, Katharine Hendry, Jun 02, 2026.
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #23 2026 Skeptical Science's weekly survey of newly published academic climate research and select government/NGO climate-related reports and analysis. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Jun 04, 2026.
• Satellite images reveals mangroves rebounding worldwide - but here's why they could still 'drown' A new study finds mangrove forests are no longer shrinking worldwide and offering hope for coastal protection and climate resilience, but sea level rise remains a threat. Live Science, Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Jun 04, 2026.

Climate Change Impacts (5 articles)

• They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains As temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. Ars Technica, Marta Zaraska, May 31, 2026.
• Coral Reefs in French Polynesia Are Stuck Between Life and Death Scientists’ discovery of hollowed coral skeletons after a 2019 bleaching event reveals a reef that isn’t coming back. Inside Climate News, Ryan Green, Jun 01, 2026.
• Colorado River faces `devastating consequences` if another dry winter lands, experts warn Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of storage before reservoirs returned to historic lows. Inside Climate News, Jake Bolster, Jun 03, 2026.
• Climate change may shift hailstorms towards Earth`s poles - new study Two studies point to increasing risk from hail damage in a warming world, even though the details of where this will be experienced are still not clear. The Conversation, Timothy H. Raupach, Jun 03, 2026.
• School in a hot world: what research is saying about children`s health and learning While much attention has focused on climate impacts like droughts, floods and food insecurity, another crisis is unfolding quietly inside classrooms, where research has shown that some schools are becoming dangerously hot places for children to develop, learn and play. The Conversation, Caradee Yael Wright and Natasha Naidoo, Jun 04, 2026.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (4 articles)

• As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide Coastal Louisiana may be ground zero for climate migration in the U.S., but a new study argues that planning now could turn displacement into agency. Inside Climate News, Avery Schuyler Nunn, May 30, 2026.
• How methane policy will make or break the climate crisis While some countries are introducing abatement policies, key gaps remain in current policies. The Conversation, Helena Wright, Executive Director, Climate Policy Monitor, University of Oxford, Jun 03, 2026.
• Electric vehicles cut pollution in China – and prevent 260,000 premature deaths Having fewer fossil-fuel powered cars on the road is reducing some pollutants, but not others. Nature, Claudia Steiner, June 5, 2026.
• UK urged not to further weaken EV rules as CO2 impact revealed British vehicles will emit extra 17m tonnes of CO2 by 2030 due to loophole allowing sale of more PHEVs, data suggests. The Guardian, Jasper Jolly, Jun 06, 2026.

Miscellaneous (2 articles)

• A Rule That Would Rewrite the Terms of U.S. Science A new rule promulgated by the US executive branch would give political appointees veto power over peer review, allow the government to cancel active grants mid-project with minimal justification, ban entire categories of science from federal funding, and restrict researchers’ ability to publish their work and attend scientific conferences. American Geophysical Union, Brando Jones, May 4, 2026.
• 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #22 A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 24, 2026 thru Sat, May 30, 2026. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler & Doug Bostrom, May 31, 2026.

Climate Education and Communication (1 article)

• Irish people's lack of concern over climate action due to mixed messaging from politicians What is clear from the Irish Examiner climate poll is that the gap between the intensifying global climate crisis and public concern is still very wide Irish Examiner, John Gibbons, Jun 02, 2026.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Solutions (1 article)

• Fact brief - Do electric vehicles almost always have a lower carbon footprint than gasoline-powered cars? Analysis indicates that electric vehicles nearly always end up with a net benefit for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Skeptical Science, Sue Bin Park, Jun 02, 2026.

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President Donald Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700 million to coal-fired power plants in the U.S., the latest move by the president to bolster what he called “clean, beautiful coal,” despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels.

“Today, we’re taking historic action to bring down the price of energy and the cost of living for all Americans with the power of clean, beautiful coal,” he said at a press conference on Thursday.

Trump is using the Defense Production Act, a Cold War-era statute used to accelerate American industrial output in times of national need, to provide grants to more than a dozen existing coal plants across the U.S., including facilities capable of exporting coal.

“As a result of the $700 million investment that I’m announcing today, we will protect 14 coal plants and 42 coalmines, a tremendous number, and build two new coal plants and one massive new export terminal,” Trump said.

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The funds will be used to bring a new coal export terminal online in Oakland, California, and to restart an existing facility in Maryland.

They will also keep online plants across 10 states: West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. Each of those 10 states voted for Trump, the president boasted on Thursday. “We won them all,” he said.

The two new coal plants will be in Alaska and West Virginia.

Trump has long been a champion of reviving the United States’ ailing coal industry. Thursday’s White House event featured supportive governors and lawmakers from coal-rich states such as Wyoming and West Virginia.

In the past year, the Trump administration has doled out hundreds of millions of dollars to the coal industry, signed orders forcing ratepayers to pay extra for aging plants to stay open, and dismantled environmental rules that limit toxins from coal leaching into Americans’ shared air and water.

The administration’s attempts to provide a cuddly rebranding to coal have even extended to creating a new mascot with giant eyes, called Coalie, and gushing social media posts that include an image of a lump of coal wearing sunglasses as if it were on the TV show Love Island.

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“You’re not allowed to say ‘coal’ within the Trump administration unless it’s preceded by the words ‘clean, beautiful,’” Trump said on Thursday. “Complicates our life, but it’s good.”

Regardless of such terminology, coal is not clean. It is the most carbon-dense fossil fuel and therefore a leading cause of the climate crisis when burned. Coal also gives off tiny toxic particles that sicken miners and trigger widespread respiratory and heart health problems across the U.S. — research has estimated that as many as 460,000 deaths in the U.S. from 1999 to 2020 were attributable to air pollution from coal plants alone.

Environmental groups strongly criticized the administration’s latest aid for coal. “It is disgusting and reprehensible that the president of the United States is giving away our taxpayer dollars to deadly and expensive coal plants that will make Americans sicker and drive up electricity prices even more,” said Patrick Drupp, climate policy director of the Sierra Club.

“This handout betrays everything Donald Trump promised and only serves his big coal buddies who stroke his ego and hand him shiny trophies.”

Though Trump on Thursday claimed that his pro-coal actions will lower energy bills and that wind power is “the most expensive energy,” experts say coal plants are more expensive to build and operate than renewable power sources.

Read Next In coal country, black lung surges as federal protections stall Kate Morgan

Trump’s attempts to revive the coal industry, while at the same time seeking to stymie the rapid growth of clean energy such as solar and wind, have so far floundered. The number of people working in coal has declined by more than 90 percent in the past century, with more people now working in Waffle Houses across the U.S. than in coal.

U.S. coal production is currently less than half of what it was in 2008, with coal recently declining as both a fuel for electricity and as an input for manufacturing materials such as iron and steel. Cheap, abundant gas has helped displace coal from power grids, with even cheaper renewable energy also now taking off in the U.S. despite the administration’s efforts to kill it off.

“What’s next, a taxpayer bailout to build new phone booths?” said Kit Kennedy, a senior climate campaigner at the Natural Resources Defense Council, of the new round of support for coal. “This is going to mean higher bills and dirtier air. What a waste.

“Propping up coal billionaires with taxpayer money is one more way for the Trump administration to put polluters first and put the rest of us at risk.”

The coal industry applauded Trump’s new order, arguing that ramped-up coal production will help the U.S. meet a historic spike in electricity demand caused by the surging artificial intelligence sector.

“Coal generation shields consumers from the impacts of volatile energy prices and supply challenges,” said Rich Nolan, chief executive of the National Mining Association.

The Environmental Protection Agency also announced plans to change an Obama-era emissions reductions plan that would have shuttered the Dave Johnston Unit 3 power plant in Wyoming.

Trump railed against Obama and Joe Biden for working to scale back coal power.

“Under four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the radical left Democrats in Congress, not a single permit was approved for a new coal mining project, but in over one year of our administration, we’ve already approved 76 permits for clean, beautiful coal,” Trump said.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700 million to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal on Jun 7, 2026.

Headline News:

• “Fuel Prices Are Shaping Summer Plans As US Boaters Get Ready To Hit The Water” • Recreational boaters, like motorists, are feeling a pinch from the Iran war. US gas prices have come down in recent weeks, but a gallon of regular gas still cost an average of 34% more than it did a year earlier, according to motor club AAA. [ABC News]

Motorboat at sunset (Zia Ur Rehman, Unsplash)

• “Heat Map Shows Most Of Spain In Intense Heat” • Clear skies will dominate almost everywhere in Spain, and 34ºC (100°F) will be reached in much of central and southern regions. Madrid will hover around the high, and Seville and Córdoba will reach 36ºC at noon. And even along the Cantabrian coast temperatures will rise sharply. [Euronews]
• “CATL Developing 12,000 Wh Per Kg Lithium-Air Battery” • Now that CATL, the largest battery manufacturer in the world, has begun mass production of sodium-ion batteries, it is turning its attention to the batteries it will manufacture in the future. And reportedly, the company’s long-term focus is on lithium-air battery technology. [CleanTechnica]
• “Scientists Blame Climate Change For UK Heatwave And Say 35°C In Spring Is ‘Absolutely Astonishing'” • The UK is in the midst of a spring heatwave, in which the temperatures in parts of the country are hitting highs of 35.1°C (95.2°F). As people struggle to find some relief, scientists are blaming climate change for the blistering heat. [MSN]
• “Why Solar Power Is Booming Under Trump” • The Trump administration may pivot away from renewable energies, but solar still rules. Newly released data from FERC shows that at the close of last year, solar energy additions were the single largest form of new energy capacity installations for the 28th straight month, starting in September of 2023. [MSN]

For more news, please visit geoharvey – Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.

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Equity raising and debt funding pitch from listed company provides rare insight into the mechanics of solar-battery hybrid projects in Australia.

The post Anatomy of a renewable finance deal: Developer lands equity for state’s largest solar-battery hybrid appeared first on Renew Economy.

Diamondback Energy's acquisition of Endeavor Energy Resources will create the region's third largest energy producer.

The impact of the energy industry on Texas' economy shattered records, but that performance is not guaranteed to continue

The Texas power grid operator will add nearly $119 million to its annual budget.

The EPA last year announced aerial surveillance of “super-emitters.”

The all-Republican court narrowly found that the nonprofit corporation qualifies for sovereign immunity.

The energy firm leader's $37.8M salary is 366 times median employee pay.

The measure is the first in a series of GOP proposals aimed at “unleashing American energy production.''

The U.S. Department of Energy granted permission for power plants to release more pollution than is normally allowed — if grid conditions worsen

Texans will be bailing out energy providers haurt by the winter storm for decades.

 The proposed offshore terminal is one of four projects intended to expand oil export capacity.

The Texas Utility Help program has been reopened for low-income Texans to apply. 

In Texas' oil and gas fields, technology to curtail methane "just doesn’t work," environmentalists say.

An analysis by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission indicates that the grid would not hold up well under extreme winter weather conditions.