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Climate

Paris, a Slate, and J. Stuart Adams.
Daily Briefing

Heat Waves, Hot Rods, and Mr. Wonderful

Three climate stories that caught my eye today.

AM Briefing

Gassed Up

On alumina, CANDUs, and copper

Yellow
AM Briefing

Save Nuclear Plants. Live Better.

On Trump’s AP1000 deal, Utah solar, Canadian cobalt

Yellow
AM Briefing

Lucid Shrinking


On simplified oil and gas leases, lawsuits over plastic and coal, and a new climate research database

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Climate migrants.

How a Documentary About Climate Migration Found a Happy Ending

Director Josh Fox on his latest film, The Welcome Table, plus Shakespearean comedy and the New York Knicks.

The Strait of Hormuz.

‘Incidents and Miscommunication’

On Michael Bloomberg’s big climate gift, SMRs in Ohio, and the consequences of a “Super El Niño”

Green
Climate

Californians: Brace Yourselves for a Hurricane This Summer

An active Pacific cyclone season plus El Niño-warmed waters could produce a first-of-its-kind West Coast storm.

A California hurricane.
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Among hurricane watchers, “I” is the scariest letter in the alphabet. Since 2001, the ninth named storm of the year in the Atlantic Basin — which usually arrives around the mid-September peak of the season — has historically been the worst of the worst. Ida. Irma. Ivan. Isabel.

This year, there might not be enough storms for “I” ever to become a threat. With just eight to 14 named storms expected, the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season could very well conclude with the formation of Tropical Storm Hanna.

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Strait Shooting

On Estonian nuclear, solar’s land use, and Kristi Noem’s mining gig

A Wall Street trader.
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Current conditions: Tropical Storm Arthur made landfall over Texas just hours after strengthening into the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season • Temperatures in Spain, France, and Portugal are forecast to eclipse 104 degrees Fahrenheit by this weekend • A fast-moving wildfire is scorching homes in the Beacon Hill area of Spokane, Washington.


THE TOP FIVE

1. U.S.-Iran deal will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift sanctions

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a 14-paragraph memorandum of understanding with Iran to end the war. Under the deal, which is set for tougher negotiations over the fine details within 60 days, the Strait of Hormuz will reopen, the U.S. will lift sanctions on Iran and unfreeze billions of dollars, and Tehran will continue expanding its civilian nuclear program with a pledge not to seek an atomic weapon. Oil markets responded to the milestone with mixed results. The benchmark prices for oil produced in the U.S. and Europe tumbled about 2% on Wednesday, while the standard for crude from the United Arab Emirates jumped over 3%.

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