2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #45

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Policy and Politics (11 items)

• The EPA is quietly killing its web archive Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear. Grist, Rachel Santarsiero, Oct 31, 2026.
• Exclusive: Most voters believe climate change threatens the American Dream As the cost of living rises, a poll for Grist from Data for Progress suggests voters are connecting the dots to a warming world. Grist, Kate Yoder, Nov 02, 2026.
• For US Democrats, climate policy is now about energy bills Climate change has all but disappeared from Democrats' campaign pitches, replaced by promises to lower electricity bills. So what would the party really do for climate policy should it win control of Congress? DW, Josh Axelrod, Nov 02, 2026.
• DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects The cuts, compounded by the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act grants, deepen decades of federal underinvestment in Indian Country. The Daily Climate, EHN Curators, Nov 03, 2026.
• Is It Better to Speak, or to `Hush`? Voters say they want to hear more about climate. This election, candidates mostly stopped saying it. Inside Climate News, Kate Waxman, Nov 03, 2026.
• How Science and the Environment Fared in the 2026 U.S. Midterms Science was on the ballot across the United States in Tuesday’s midterm elections. On federal, state, and municipal levels, hundreds of people with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine ran for office. Eos, Kimberly M. S. Cartier, Grace van Deelen and Emily Gardner, Nov 04, 2026.
• What a historic `blue wave` midterm means for climate action Democrats swept Congress and won in red states. Here are the races that matter most for decarbonization, disasters, and data centers. Grist, Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Nov 04, 2026.
• Voters Reject Industry-Backed Ballot Measures With Big Environmental Stakes Via 'down-ballot' measures voters send clear instructions to politicians and policymakers about matters of environmental and climate policy. Inside Climate News, By Steven Rodas, Liza Gross, Nov 05, 2026.
• The Tide Could Be Turning on Global Climate Cooperation A Paris Agreement negotiatior sees the 2026 US midterm election as providing a path for the country to rejoin the rest of the world in dealing with climate change facts. TIME, Laurence Tubiana, Nov 06, 2026.
• Most Europeans want action to tackle climate crisis but not at any cost, poll shows YouGov survey finds support for tree planting and emissions taxes but opposition to air travel and fuel levies. The Guardian, Jon Henley, Nov 06, 2026.
• Global Science Panel Hits Roadblocks Ahead of COP31 Climate Summit Scientists working on new reports for the IPCC, the U.N.’s climate science panel, warn about a funding crunch and report timelines in an open letter. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Nov 07, 2026.

Climate Change Impacts (4 items)

• Climate change is killing the plants of Ulur?u?Kata Tju?a: An?angu traditional owners are concerned The Conversation, Rita Okai, Andy (Andrea) Leigh, Boyd Wright, Jaylen Nicholson & Nyinku Jingo, Oct 28, 2026.
• The American Dream wasn`t built for climate change Climate change becomes more salient in the minds of Americans as climate impacts become more obvious. Grist, Kate Yoder, Nov 02, 2026.
• Climate change is killing hundreds of thousands - a kidney specialist`s concerns The evidence that climate change threatens human health has never been stronger. Yet a new report suggests that world leaders are giving less attention to its health consequences in international political debate. The Conversation, Peter Stenvinkel, Professor of Nephrology, Karolinska Institutet, Nov 03, 2026.
• State of the climate: 2026 likely to tie with 2024 as the warmest year on record With three-quarters of the year now past, it is virtually certain that 2026 will be the warmest or second-warmest year on record. Carbon Brief, Zeke Hausfather, Nov 03, 2026.

Climate Law and Justice (3 items)

• The Amazonian Community That Beat Big Oil Is Sharing Its Secrets Indigenous leaders challenging Brazilian oil projects traveled to Ecuador to learn how the Sarayaku people fought back and helped reshape laws around the globe. Inside Climate News, Katie Surma, Nov 01, 2026.
• Missing the boat on extreme event attribution Almost every attack on attribution science is an attack on the scientists. Almost none of them engage the science. The Climate Brink, Andrew Dessler, Nov. 5, 2026.
• Why Shell is getting nervous about the Philippines New video from Simon Clark about how weather attribution science finds its way into lawsuits agains fossil fuel companies. Youtube, Simon Clark, Nov 5, 2026.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (2 items)

• `Bookkeeping Trick` and Fuzzy Math Conceal the Climate Impacts of Beef, Researchers Say New reports say more robust and accurate accounting of livestock-based emissions should underpin the all-out effort needed to slow global warming. Inside Climate News, Georgina Gustin, Nov 02, 2026.
• The worse climate change gets, the harder it becomes to stop it The Conversation, James Dyke, Nov 06, 2026.

Climate Science and Research (2 items)

• Collective human metabolism produces 2 billion metric tons of CO? a year, global study estimates A new study led by the University of Bath estimates that carbon dioxide production from human metabolism increased by 74% between 1985 and 2015, reaching 2.05 billion metric tons annually. The researchers found that the dramatic rise was primarily the result of population growth, rather than a substantial increase in how much CO2 each person produces. Phys.org, University of Bath , Nov 01, 2026.
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #45 2026 Our latest new climate research collection includes 140 articles in 63 academic journals by 921 contributing authors plus 13 government and NGO reports on matters of climate change and climate change impacts. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Nov 05, 2026.

International Climate Conferences and Agreements (2 items)

• The Paris Climate Agreement Was A Lie Climate Adam on Youtube, Adam Levy, Nov 1, 2026.
• Interactive: Who wants what at the COP31 climate change summit Delegates will soon gather in the Turkish resort city of Antalya for UN climate negotiations, against a backdrop of war, energy crisis and climate extremes. Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Nov 02, 2026.

Miscellaneous (2 items)

• ‘Snipped And Posted’: How Pro-Oil Groups Generate Viral Content Online Internal slidedecks from Canada Action explain strategy to get millions of views for industry talking points. DeSmog, Taylor Noakes, Oct. 22, 2026.
• 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #44 A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, October 25, 2026 thru Sat, October 31, 2026. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler & Doug Bostrom, Nov 1, 2026.

Climate Education and Communication (1 item)

• A really simple guide to climate change A five-minute ramp to understanding major features of human-caused climate change and why it's important. BBC News, Mark Poynting and Alex Brian, Nov 06, 2026.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (1 item)

• Extreme weather is creating a perfect storm of misinformation. Here`s what`s at stake. Rumors and conspiracies are spreading too fast for emergency managers to keep up. This information chaos is slowing disaster relief and putting lives at risk. Grist, Jake Bittle, Oct 28, 2026.

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