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A Mayan Jungle Corridor, Spain’s Wildfire Response, and Wind Energy Backlash

Sep 3, 2025

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12 min read

A Mayan Jungle Corridor, Spain’s Wildfire Response, and Wind Energy Backlash

In this edition of This Week in Climate, we look at a historic tri-national forest corridor in Central America, Spain’s sweeping wildfire response plan, New Hampshire’s retreat from offshore wind, a landmark Swiss climate lawsuit, and how drones are transforming US wildfire management.

Energy

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The Latest

Utilities Want Their Power Plants Back, and Customers Could Foot the Bill

An analysis of how utilities in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions are trying to regain the power to build and control power plants, and how it could mean significant price hikes for ratepayers.

Energy

This Week in Climate

Renewables To Surpass Coal by 2026

We look into how renewables are on track to overtake coal in global electricity generation by 2026, marking a pivotal shift in the energy transition.

Energy

Deep Dive

California Hits Pause, Ecuador Reverses Course, Trump Targets EPA

In this edition of This Week in Climate, we cover California’s controversial pause on building code upgrades, Ecuador’s rollback of environmental protections, the Trump administration’s bid to strip the EPA of its climate authority, and why agriculture needs the same decarbonization push that transformed the energy sector.

This Week in Climate

Policy

This Week in Climate

Utilities Want Their Power Plants Back, and Customers Could Foot the Bill

Aug 26, 2025

13 min read

Utilities Want Their Power Plants Back, and Customers Could Foot the Bill

An analysis of how utilities in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions are trying to regain the power to build and control power plants, and how it could mean significant price hikes for ratepayers.

Climatebase Team, +1

This Week in Climate

California Hits Pause, Ecuador Reverses Course, Trump Targets EPA

Aug 5, 2025

5 min read

California Hits Pause, Ecuador Reverses Course, Trump Targets EPA

Julian Moore

This Week in Climate

AI Weather Models, FEMA Lawsuits, Food Price Shocks, and China’s Mega Dam

Jul 22, 2025

4 min read

AI Weather Models, FEMA Lawsuits, Food Price Shocks, and China’s Mega Dam

In this edition of This Week in Climate, we look at Europe’s breakthrough AI weather model, U.S. states suing over FEMA cuts, new research linking climate shocks to food prices, and China’s push to build the world’s largest hydropower dam.

Julian Moore

Deep Dives

Deep Dive

Aug 12, 2025

8 min read

Renewables To Surpass Coal by 2026

We look into how renewables are on track to overtake coal in global electricity generation by 2026, marking a pivotal shift in the energy transition.

Abigail Basset

Deep Dive

Jul 28, 2025

8 min read

The Climate Activists’ Dilemma

An analysis of new research on “extreme” climate protests finds they boost public concern but erode support for activist groups—raising the question of whether short-term attention is worth long-term reputational costs.

Abigail Basset

Deep Dive

Jul 14, 2025

9 min read

Climate Scrambles Weather Predictions

We examine how extreme summer heat, deadly floods, and cuts to U.S. weather agencies are converging to make climate-driven disasters both more dangerous and harder to predict.

Abigail Basset

Your weekly digest of the latest climate jobs, stories and events.

Read by 150,000+ subscribers every week

Energy

A Mayan Jungle Corridor, Spain’s Wildfire Response, and Wind Energy Backlash

Energy

Utilities Want Their Power Plants Back, and Customers Could Foot the Bill

An analysis of how utilities in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions are trying to regain the power to build and control power plants, and how it could mean significant price hikes for ratepayers.

Energy

Renewables To Surpass Coal by 2026

We look into how renewables are on track to overtake coal in global electricity generation by 2026, marking a pivotal shift in the energy transition.

Energy

Policy

California Hits Pause, Ecuador Reverses Course, Trump Targets EPA

Policy

The Climate Activists’ Dilemma

Policy

AI Weather Models, FEMA Lawsuits, Food Price Shocks, and China’s Mega Dam

Policy

Nature

A Mayan Jungle Corridor, Spain’s Wildfire Response, and Wind Energy Backlash

Nature

Animals and Plants Are Adapting to a Warming Climate

In this edition of This Week in Climate, we look at how species from Dutch songbirds to Australian corals are finding new ways to adapt—sometimes with a helping hand from humans—in the face of a rapidly changing climate.

Nature

Trump Ignores the Forest for the Trees

Trump’s new logging orders fast-track clear-cutting on federal lands, sparking backlash over false fire-prevention claims and climate risks.

Nature

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Featured

A Mayan Jungle Corridor, Spain’s Wildfire Response, and Wind Energy Backlash

The Latest

Utilities Want Their Power Plants Back, and Customers Could Foot the Bill

Renewables To Surpass Coal by 2026

California Hits Pause, Ecuador Reverses Course, Trump Targets EPA

This Week in Climate

Utilities Want Their Power Plants Back, and Customers Could Foot the Bill

California Hits Pause, Ecuador Reverses Course, Trump Targets EPA

AI Weather Models, FEMA Lawsuits, Food Price Shocks, and China’s Mega Dam

Deep Dives

Renewables To Surpass Coal by 2026

The Climate Activists’ Dilemma

Climate Scrambles Weather Predictions

Your weekly digest of the latest climate jobs, stories and events.

A Mayan Jungle Corridor, Spain’s Wildfire Response, and Wind Energy Backlash

Utilities Want Their Power Plants Back, and Customers Could Foot the Bill

Renewables To Surpass Coal by 2026

Policy

California Hits Pause, Ecuador Reverses Course, Trump Targets EPA

The Climate Activists’ Dilemma

AI Weather Models, FEMA Lawsuits, Food Price Shocks, and China’s Mega Dam

Nature

A Mayan Jungle Corridor, Spain’s Wildfire Response, and Wind Energy Backlash

Animals and Plants Are Adapting to a Warming Climate

Trump Ignores the Forest for the Trees

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