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NYTIMES (Claire Brown and Brad Plumer) - Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running

The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.

AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Geomorphologist stumbles onto 2.5-million-year-old mastodon molar in California creek bed

A scientist surveying a California creek bed for a frog habitat project accidentally discovered a pristinely preserved Pacific Mastodon tooth estimated to be 2.5 million years old, now headed to Stanford University for research. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist with Balance Hydrologics, was picking through rocks in a San Mateo County creek bed when one caught […] The post Geomorphologist stumbles onto 2.5-million-year-old mastodon molar in California creek bed appeared first on American Almanac .

A scientist surveying a California creek bed for a frog habitat project accidentally discovered a pristinely preserved Pacific Mastodon tooth estimated to be 2.5 million years old, now headed to Stanford University for research. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist with Balance Hydrologics, was picking through rocks in a San Mateo County creek bed when one caught her eye. She photographed the oddly shaped stone and moved on. The next day, reviewing the image, she realized she wasn't looking at a rock at all. It was a mastodon molar, an upper left third molar from a beast that roamed Ice Age California. The accidental find, The Sun reported , has now been donated to Stanford University's Doerr School of Sustainability, where researchers plan…Open

NYTIMES (Hiroko Tabuchi) - A.I. Data Center Pollution Poses Health Threat, Former E.P.A. Officials Warn

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.

NYTIMES (Jeanna Smialek) - How Fighting Fires Became an All-of-Europe Project

The European Union isn’t known for firefighting expertise. But with the continent ablaze, Brussels is playing a growing role.

NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong) - August Ties for Hottest Month on Record

Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.

ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Global temperatures hit record highs as El Niño strengthens: Report

Global temperatures are once again reaching new records as potentially historic El Niño conditions continue to unfold, according to a study released Tuesday.

YOUTUBE (CNN) - This was the hottest US summer on record. And there’s more on the way

The United States just experienced its hottest summer in more than 130 years of recordkeeping. Its impacts ranged from annoying to deadly — and it’s a preview of what’s to come. CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir explains.

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - AI concerns are bigger than climate change: Geraldo Rivera | NewsNation Live

On Wednesday's "The Daily Take": NewsNation's Connell McShane and Geraldo Rivera discuss the kickoff of the Republican midterm convention in Dallas. Rivera talks about how the event will focus on the GOP's main pillars like immigration and other issues, but lack conversation around the big news of the day — that AI may be the demise of humans in the future. "We may not have a world to elect a president in a couple of years if AI is allowed to do what it's doing," Rivera says. "This is bigger than climate change." He says if it's true that AI is teaching itself then it's a "digital cancer" growing and he questions what will happen. #midtermconvention #AI #Anthropic Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the…

DAILYCALLER (Paris Apodaca) - Clearing The Roadless Rule: What Comes Next For America’s Burning Forests?

‘the answer is yes’