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• Engineers Just Mapped a Narrow Path to Greener Flying Flying Behind Commercial Jets, a Team Pinpointed the Exact Combination of Fuel and Engine Technology That Cuts Both Soot and the Contrails Warming the Planet Sept. 24, 2026 -Flying is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the European Commission. And while road transport emits more carbon over, flying is energy-intensive per person. Flying from Lisbon to New York and back produces roughly the same emissions as an average European Union citizen heating their home for a year. The aviation industry has adopted several measures to cut its emissions. But data on the impact of these measures has been limited. |
• Trump Dismantled U.S. Climate Policy. But His War is Cutting Emissions While the President Remains a Climate-Change Denier, the War With Iran Has Triggered an Unforeseen Benefit in the Fight Against Global Warming Sept. 24, 2026 -Trump dismisses climate change as a hoax. He calls federal policies aimed at curbing it a wasteful “Green New Scam.” His administration has worked furiously to gut such policies and unleash unbridled consumption of fossil fuels. But the Trump agenda has inadvertently dealt a sizable blow against global warming. His war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and gas around the world as fighting disrupts production and transportation. |
• Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals The First Fall Runs of Chinook Salmon Since the Project in California and Oregon Was Completed Have Surpassed Researchers’ Expectations Sept. 24, 2026 -The Klamath River, cleared of big barriers for the first time in more than a century after the largest dam removal project in American history, is experiencing a significant rebound of native chinook salmon, according to a new study. Thousands of the salmon were recorded passing a former dam site in 2024 and 2025, researchers say, and have reoccupied nearly the full extent of their known historical range. |