AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoClimate litigation & policy fights: A coalition of Democratic states and cities sued the U.S. EPA to block rollbacks of greenhouse gas rules for power plants, arguing they’ll worsen extreme heat and disasters. Oil-and-gas accountability: Middlesex County, New Jersey, filed another climate-cost lawsuit against major oil companies, joining a broader wave of similar cases that could be reshaped by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Boulder climate-torts fight. EU environment law: An Advocate General at the EU Court of Justice proposed striking key parts of a directive that would have forced pharma and cosmetics firms to pay most advanced wastewater treatment costs, warning the scientific basis was too weak. Extreme weather impacts: Copernicus reported Europe’s 2026 summer heat stress covered a record 52% of the continent, with river low flows and major crop losses. Local climate action: San Diego kicked off Climate Week with a water-quality focus tied to the Tijuana River pollution crisis, while Plymouth approved a 10-year climate plan and Collingwood advanced a climate adaptation roadmap. Data for the climate record: Volunteers recovered 255,000 historical weather observations from 19th-century Royal Navy logbooks, extending climate knowledge back more than 160 years.
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