{ "entity": "EarthNews", "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture", "domain": "earthnews.net", "vertical": "Climate & Energy", "count": 18, "generated_at": "2026-10-04T23:57:02.231Z", "articles": [ { "title": "Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/04/government-dropped-plan-england-countryside-wildfires", "summary": "FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as survey highlights many fire services lack proper protective gearThe government quietly scrapped plans to prepare the countryside in England for wildfires, it has been revealed. This was despite new data showing fire crews do not", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:00:21 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/eb716903a9bd44112fe2252b6488b772f09bf8d1/866_0_6415_5135/master/6415.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bc64cc8dd3618f1de16e1eef7484e8bb" }, { "title": "Our Future Might Be Darker—and That’s a Good Thing", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03102026/dark-sky-future/", "summary": "From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with author Craig Childs. Think about the darkest sky you’ve ever seen. Did you see the Milky Way? Did starlight cast shadows? This kind of experience is beco", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:50:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/05/australia-and-turkey-criticised-for-hosting-un-climate-conference-while-embracing-coal", "summary": "Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuelsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe hosts of the next major United Nations climate conference, Tur", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:32 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b38f197a970ed6f4dbd632fdc85328e1fc89d988/457_0_3750_3003/master/3750.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=da04122808c391644926269578a4ad93" }, { "title": "To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects", "url": "https://grist.org/accountability/to-win-over-locals-data-centers-pump-340m-into-rural-texas-projects/", "summary": "The companies have faced waves of public backlash in Texas. To battle that negative public perception, they’ve donated millions to community causes and needs.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/04/colorado-climate-high-school-students", "summary": "A statewide initiative pairs climate-focused coursework with community service – and is spreading to other statesAs a student at a high school not far from Denver’s main airport, Anthony Muñoz wondered whether the jet fuel from airplanes flying above his campus was harming living", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:30:27 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/486c6258b5f0fb3657c9564559b954429c9d6831/0_0_5001_4000/master/5001.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e90fd84a6ca48116eafcf77178fa61e7" }, { "title": "New California Law Aims to Stop ‘Predatory’ Developers from Moving In on Wildfire-Ravaged Community", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04102026/california-law-aims-to-stop-predatory-developers-after-disasters/", "summary": "ALTADENA, Calif.—Sylvie Andrews walks among the brilliant white poppies, purple California grapes and olive-green thorns surrounding her yard’s blackened pizza oven—one of the only things that survived last year’s devastating Eaton Fire. But her eyes scan the block beyond, ever-a", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "A Colorado Water Trial Could Decide the Future of an Agricultural Valley", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04102026/san-luis-valley-water-trial/", "summary": "Water regulators and farmers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are in a lose-lose situation. Either they adopt a plan to aggressively manage the use of groundwater from their rapidly declining aquifer, likely forcing a contraction of the local agricultural economy, or continue overpu", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Southern California swelters as late-season heatwave smothers region", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/03/southern-california-late-season-heatwave", "summary": "Temperatures expected to hover around 100F in downtown LA and even hotter inland, raising concerns about wildfiresSouthern California faced scorching heatwaves this summer that made locals wonder what happened to their famed Mediterranean climate.Now, the fall is bringing heatwav", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:26:46 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0245570dde26a2b52719cf97d3806b757bf61d09/933_0_4753_3802/master/4753.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b54ced4cacff986149d9a5fbda97cf3a" }, { "title": "New Colorado neighborhood could offer glimpse into the future of home energy use", "url": "https://grist.org/energy/new-colorado-neighborhood-could-offer-glimpse-into-the-future-of-home-energy-use/", "summary": "The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.", "source": "grist.org", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "‘Nature-Based’ Solutions Could Save Insurers and Policyholders Billions", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03102026/nature-protections-could-drive-down-home-insurance-costs/", "summary": "After years trudging through marshes around San Francisco Bay studying conservation practices, coastal ecologist Megan Kelso realized that one of the largest determinants of wetland health may not be an invasive species lurking with her among the sea grasses, but decisions made m", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "SEC Move Would Make it Harder for Shareholders to Push Companies on Climate Action", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03102026/sec-shareholder-proposals-rule-change-climate-action/", "summary": "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to scrap a rule that allows shareholders to formally petition companies, one of the ways that shareholder advocacy groups have pressed for more action on climate and sustainability.  Investor and advocacy groups warn that the SEC’", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/03/heathrow-third-runway-climate-warnings-economic-reality", "summary": "A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more\r\n If a third runway is built at Heathrow, what will be the impact on the wealth of the nation? It will cost us somewhere between £23.4", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:53 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/aa5acae7bc5294979a28713b76d4dfc0f3236f0e/51_0_3874_3100/master/3874.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d5438a98276221534f0bc64ef2ebe503" }, { "title": "Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/03/bluetongue-hits-british-farmers", "summary": "Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as AberdeenshireBritish farmers are experiencing the worst bluetongue season on record, with the number of cases surpassing the past three years combined.The viral disease, which affects sh", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:52 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/41213452bc20c00e60dc99cb783786c35a7e275d/1396_349_4364_3491/master/4364.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3d09c5e99226ca4d5f7bfed2f866ed3c" }, { "title": "Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/bangkok-thailand-floods-breaking-point-stagnant-lakes", "summary": "With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east AsiaBangkok is used to absorbing the sudden afternoon downpours that inundate the city during the rainy season. Even streets in many central high-ri", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:00:46 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28d65843d5c98581f9f88c0d389449839bd10c02/453_0_4506_3605/master/4506.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6b14e58d75e1a36e96ac8619c7e0fda5" }, { "title": "‘We want action’: Fijian climate activist sends message ahead of UN talks in Pacific", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/we-want-action-fijian-climate-activist-sends-message-ahead-of-un-talks-in-pacific", "summary": "Lavenia Naivalu has seen the impact of the climate crisis first-hand and is determined to amplify Pacific voices at this year’s pre-Cop summit in FijiFrom her wooden veranda in Fiji’s remote Yasawa islands, climate activist Lavenia Naivalu remembers when the reefs were once so he", "source": "theguardian.com", "published": "Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:30:43 GMT", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/434da0dc919b41fbbea917572999bc65643444a8/523_0_2111_1690/master/2111.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e4d6bedbeda2860b5bc48a5ad2bf54bc" }, { "title": "Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02102026/federal-judge-halts-big-bend-border-wall-construction/", "summary": "EL PASO—Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a preliminary injunction Friday to halt construction on the border wall in Texas’ expansive Big Bend sector, including the national and state parks. Cardone read a brief order from the bench after hearing more than four hours of test", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:46:29 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Europe’s Extreme Summer Triggered Cascading Climate Shocks", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02102026/europe-record-heat-climate-shocks/", "summary": "During this past summer of climate extremes, more than half of Europe experienced dangerous levels of heat stress, the combined effect of temperature, humidity, wind and sunshine on the body’s ability to cool itself. In some places, that amounted to a “feels like” temperature of ", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:11:30 +0000", "image": null }, { "title": "Long-Awaited Senate Deal to Speed Permitting Faces Familiar Hurdles", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02102026/senate-introduces-energy-permitting-bill/", "summary": "The so-called “lame duck” session of Congress after November’s midterm elections could be momentous for clean energy as lawmakers are set to consider a long-sought bipartisan deal to speed permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects. Clean energy advocates and policy e", "source": "insideclimatenews.org", "published": "Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:51:43 +0000", "image": null } ] }