{ "entity": "OceanNews", "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture", "domain": "oceannews.net", "vertical": "Climate & Energy", "count": 18, "generated_at": "2026-07-18T15:55:14.074Z", "articles": [ { "title": "Latest Precipitation Models Still Seem to Underestimate Risk as ‘1,000-Year’ Rain Events Pummel Texas", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/texas-precipitation-models-underestimate-risk/", "summary": "Parts of South Texas ravaged by flooding this week have logged a steep rise in rainfall intensity over recent decades, federal data show.  The latest official dataset, published in 2018 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), increased estimates of benchmar", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:32:46 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "New York governor orders first statewide data center moratorium", "url": "https://grist.org/politics/new-york-governor-orders-first-statewide-data-center-moratorium/", "summary": "Data centers have drawn vocal opposition at local public meetings and in state capitols across the U.S.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "What Will It Take To End the Slaughter of Dolphins in the Faroe Islands?", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072026/activists-fight-to-end-faroe-islands-dolphin-hunts/", "summary": "On May 27, a massive pod of more than 400 long-finned pilot whales was spotted off the coast of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands—a remote archipelago located about 200 miles north of Scotland. By early evening, dozens of motorboats converged on the animals, forming a wi", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Why Plastics Have Overtaken the Planet", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072026/why-plastics-have-overtaken-the-planet/", "summary": "From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Judith Enck, the founder of advocacy group Beyond Plastics. After World War II, plastics grew from a cheap wartime alternative to a staple in the Americ", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Wildfire Smoke Chokes Eastern and Midwestern Cities as Air Pollution Soars to Dangerously High Levels", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/wildfire-smoke-chokes-eastern-and-midwestern-cities/", "summary": "Smoke from climate change-fueled wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota blanketed skies across much of the Midwest and East Coast, exposing millions of Americans to dangerous levels of air pollution. The National Weather Service warned residents in exposed areas to stay indoo", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:30:46 +0000", "image": "https://cdn.insideclimatenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/17181105/canada-wildfires-07-2026.v5.mp4" }, { "title": "Thousands flee as First Nations bear the brunt of Canada’s wildfires", "url": "https://grist.org/indigenous/thousands-flee-as-first-nations-bear-the-brunt-of-canadas-wildfires/", "summary": "Residents of one First Nations community went door-to-door warning neighbors before fleeing by boat. More than 900 fires continue burning across Canada.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:48:10 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/mobile-bay-dredged-mud-dumping-ban/", "summary": "For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from dredging operations in the Mobile Bay shipping channel have been smothering seagrasses, choking out oysters and clouding water that was once pristine.  Now those groups are one step clo", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:37:14 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final. FIFA still doesn’t have a plan.", "url": "https://grist.org/extreme-weather/wildfire-smoke-threatens-the-world-cup-final-fifa-still-doesnt-have-a-plan/", "summary": "There’s no way to close off the open-air stadium where stars Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are slated to square off.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:55:16 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "A Record-Warm Winter and Summer Heatwave Are Stoking Montana’s Wildfire Risk", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/montana-wildfire-risk-after-warm-winter-and-summer-heat/", "summary": "Just weeks ago, western Montana appeared to have escaped the early wildfires that forecasters feared after one of the warmest and driest winters on record, as heavy rains in late June soaked forests and grasslands, tamping down the threat. But scientists now warn that the repriev", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/virginia-fails-to-require-data-centers-use-clean-energy/", "summary": "RICHMOND, Va.—Before the start of Virginia’s legislative session in January, 53-year-old William Ward attended a Virginia League of Conservation Voters rally in Petersburg, where he learned about how the state’s data center industry is straining the grid, harming the environment ", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Why did energy-saving tips disappear from the Energy Department website?", "url": "https://grist.org/politics/energy-department-saving-disappear-website/", "summary": "As the country sizzled through heat waves, the government removed some of its most actionable advice about how to conserve energy.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition", "url": "https://grist.org/energy/line-5-tunnel-in-michigan-clears-major-permitting-hurdle-in-blow-to-opposition/", "summary": "Despite \"adverse\" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Biden’s climate law is dead. The energy transition might not be.", "url": "https://grist.org/energy/trump-inflation-reduction-act-big-beautiful-bil/", "summary": "A year after Trump repealed the Inflation Reduction Act, the outlook for climate action is dark. But there are silver linings.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Tribes and Environmental Groups Push Back on Trump Rule to Diminish Habitat Protections for Endangered Species", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/groups-push-back-on-trump-endangered-species-act-rule/", "summary": "Environmental groups and tribes are suing the Trump administration over a new rule eliminating the majority of habitat protections for imperiled wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act.  Experts say the rule represents the most profound change to the law since it was fir", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:31:27 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "As Climate Extremes Collide, Attribution Science Evolves", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/climate-event-attribution-science-evolves/", "summary": "A new assessment from the United States’ most influential science advisory panel says climate attribution science has moved beyond asking whether human-caused global warming is driving deadly heat waves, floods and wildfires. The focus is now on how severe future impacts will bec", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:06:37 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare — it’s a carbon bomb", "url": "https://grist.org/science/the-aral-sea-isnt-just-an-ecological-nightmare-its-a-carbon-bomb/", "summary": "Most of this inland sea is a dry lakebed the size of Ireland, and it has already released 748 million metric tons of CO2. But scientists say there's still time to reverse course.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Without Tax Credits, EV Sales Are Searching for a Spark", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/inside-clean-energy-us-ev-sales/", "summary": "The U.S. electric vehicle market continues to suffer through a long hangover following the cancellation of federal tax credits. One of the keys to recovery is a model, or hopefully several models, that grab the public’s attention and exceed sales forecasts. Among the candidates i", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Data centers are booming. Indigenous leaders want help protecting their lands.", "url": "https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/data-centers-are-booming-indigenous-leaders-want-help-protecting-their-lands/", "summary": "Indigenous leaders warn the U.N. that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence data centers threatens their rights.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000", "image": null } ] }