(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Renewable Tuesday: COP 31 Preview [1] ['Chitown Kev', 'Belinda Ridgewood', 'Meteor Blades'] Date: 2026-08-04 I’m sorry, I just have to laugh out loud when I hear about “an open, transparent and inclusive” COP31 UN Climate Change Conference – Antalya, November 2026 COP 31 will be held in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026. More information will be provided soon. In the lead-up, the COP 30 Presidency and the incoming COP 31 Presidency are working together to foster an open, transparent and inclusive process, through regular engagement with Parties and observers throughout the year. 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 31) SDG Knowledge Hub The 2026 UN Climate Change Conference will convene from 9-20 November in Antalya, Türkiye. The meeting will consist of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 31) to the UNFCCC, the 21st meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 21), and the eighth meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 8), as well as the 65th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 65) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 65). 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference Wikipedia The 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP31, is the upcoming 31st session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held at the Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey from 9 to 20 November, 2026. COP31 Türkiye – Antalya 2026 | Official Climate Summit … Why Is Türkiye Hosting COP31? Türkiye is a country highly exposed to climate risks and globally recognized for its leadership in zero waste and the circular economy, while actively developing systemic solutions that place sustainable development at the core. Through the Zero Waste initiative, Türkiye has emerged as a global model, demonstrating how national policy, international advocacy, and societal transformation can converge into a truly transformative sustainability movement. COP31: UN Climate Change Conference 2026 Climate Alliance The Road to Antalya UNFCCC The blueprint for the 2026 United Nations Climate Change … Facebook · Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers4 reactions · 1 month ago UN Climate Change conference – COP31 BusinessEurope COP31 – UN Climate Change Conference SER Europe Next year we will have a more serious discussion of going off fossil fuels. The Voyage Continues: TUVALU 2027 The Second Conference for the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels The Good News Why not 2029, under a Democratic President? How about an Executive Order repealing the Trump tariffs and other trade barriers on Day 1? — Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T05:55:23.727Z By Alex Guillén | 07/31/2026 01:38 PM EDT The agency had faced a court-ordered deadline of November 2028 to update the rule but agreed with green groups to postpone the decision. The Biden administration in 2024 struck a deal with environmentalists for a timeline to review and potentially revise the standard by the end of 2028. That came after green groups sued EPA for missing a statutory deadline to act on the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for nitrogen oxides, which are emitted from burning fossil fuels. But that decision will now be kicked to the following year, according to a modified consent decree filed Thursday with a federal court in California. “Frankly, we didn’t think this administration was going to do anything responsible with the primary NOx NAAQS,” Ryan Maher, a staff attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, said in an interview. “We figured it was better to hope for a more favorable future administration that might be more receptive to protecting public health with the NAAQS review, so that’s why we pushed the proposed and final deadline.” Researchers at UCLA & Ewha Womans Univ used Alkaline Thermal Treatment to turn mixed, unsorted plastics into 90%+ pure hydrogen. The process works at lower temps while capturing 75% of carbon byproducts.tinyurl.com/yc5kerwn #CleanTech #Hydrogen #CircularEconomy #Innovation #ClimateHope — activist360 (@activist360.bsky.social) 2026-08-01T00:55:35.340Z UK is getting record energy from solar. That's where government money needs to go. Add battery storage & we get a solution to emissions and energy costs. Forget nuclear and no more drilling. Legislate all buildings & carparks to be covered in panels. We can do it. www.theguardian.com/environment/… — Alchemy Honey (@alchemyhoney.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T05:19:41.511Z Iran Rachel Maddow was laughing out loud at this story on her show yesterday. Caption: Rookies of the Year CNN Politics: Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in US Central Command’s intelligence branch wrote in a message sent Wednesday to a broad group of military analysts, according to a source familiar with the message. A second source also said that a senior US military officer sent the message last week soliciting new ideas for how to deal with Iran. The crowdsourcing-style query, which military officials said was unusual over email, is one sign of the limited — and potentially unpalatable —options available to Trump to force Iran into a deal on his terms. Hoping to find an alternative, the official at CENTCOM kicked off the brainstorming session via email to see if anyone had a better idea. The second source said CENTCOM is looking at everything, acknowledging it needs to reevaluate the strategy. After the changes at the end of 2025 in the EV world, who would have figured that 2026 would be as significant in global EV adoption as it's shaping up to be.insideevs.com/news/803381/… — SparcMotion (@sparcmotion.bsky.social) 2026-08-01T15:10:40.455Z Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "They even bigger problem than Iran with gasoline prices is Democrat green policies"(Note how even the Fox News host isn't really buying this) — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-03T14:01:30.036Z This is a fun dashboard. Tracks the ongoing consumer burden of the Iran War, as measured by additional aggregate spending on fuel (gasoline/diesel). Current tally is $60.5Biranwarcost.watson.brown.edu — Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2026-06-20T00:56:47.353Z We’re all focused on gasoline prices but don’t sleep on what’s happened to mortgage rates since the Iran war began — Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 2026-07-23T14:33:23.315Z Food, fertilzer & fuel – the triple disaster in Africa of Trump’s stupid war on Iran, following his gutting of #USAID. This is what famine looks like. There are still some groups working to get aid to the neediest: Mercy Corps, MSF, IRC, STC, etc. Donations needed!www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b… — Red2Blue.org (@red-to-blue.bsky.social) 2026-05-24T15:33:44.448Z Global Warming Catastrophes Last night, @governorferguson.bsky.social made a formal request for an expedited emergency declaration for the Spokane fires. Our ENTIRE delegation is urging the President to approve that request immediately.All of us are working together to make sure Eastern & Central WA get more help ASAP. — Senator Patty Murray (@murray.senate.gov) 2026-08-03T20:47:49.807Z Arizona flood recovery stalled after FEMA denies $100M in disaster aid | FOX 10 Phoenix #fema #disaster #relief #disasterrelief #politics #news #arizona #fox10phoenix #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCdh8rWnjL0 — AZcoigreach (@azcoigreach.stranger.social.ap.brid.gy) 2026-08-02T16:45:25.000Z More wildfires possible as millions face high temperatures across California #Wildfires #Drought #Storms #Rain #Snow #Mudslides #FEMA #California #CalFire #LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #ParkFire #LakeFire #PacificPalisades #Evacuations #HeatAlertswww.aol.com/articles/mor… — PhatzNewsRoom (@phatznewsroom.bsky.social) 2026-08-02T13:38:33.122Z #Biosecurity #PublicHealth #Europe #GlobalWarming Tropical Diseases Like #Dengue Fever and #Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europewww.wired.com/story/tropic…[…]As climate change increases temperatures across Europe, invasive mosquitoes are spreading and introducing disease agents … — @ban-cbw.bsky.social 2026-08-04T02:43:36.594Z Data Centers This one is local to me. I intend to attend future meetings about it, and report back to you. While officials debate data center regulations, residents want to know where they’ll be built Although Champaign County is under a 12-month moratorium on new large-scale data centers, concerns about the location of a potential facility continue to grow among residents. On July 13, 2026, the Champaign County Data Center Activities Task Force convened for its sixth meeting to discuss proposed requirements regarding backup generators, noise and vibration concerns and minimum separation distances for large data centers. County officials have acknowledged they have heard of a proposed site southwest of the City of Champaign, but have said they will not disclose details of it because they have not received a formal proposal. Data centers capture attention of voters ahead of MO, KS primary elections share.google/ucHeE4YVg7v0… — William "Chip" Nagel (@cto1usn.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T06:07:54.267Z MEMPHIS: “A mechanical contractor who helped build Elon Musk’s Memphis-area data centers at breakneck speed says SpaceXAI is dragging its feet on paying his company for work performed since 2024…owes his company more than $136 million…” www.actionnews5.com/2026/08/01/c… — The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T03:09:20.423Z MISunderstanding, His Honor means, of course. Understanding Data Centers: Mayor Cohen Barnes on DeKalb’s Meta Data CenterOn this special edition of Worker Wednesday on Your Money Matters, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher and Phil Davidson welcome Mayor of DeKalb, Illinois Cohen Barnes to discuss DeKalb being a pioneer and anchor of the large-scale dat — The Labor Radio Podcast Network (@laborradionet.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T05:30:57.191Z No New Nukes So what are We The People? Chopped liver? arXiv📈🤖Analysis of Stakeholder Involvement in Nuclear Power Plant Cost Overruns and Implications for Contract StructuringBy Forsyth, Larsen, Spangler et al — ArXiv Paperboy (Econ.GN + Econ.TH) (@arxivecongnbot.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T06:10:32.632370+00:00 Romania blasts rocks to reroute cooling Danube water to nuclear reactor @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Romania #Danube #Europedrought #Hungary #nuclearpower sightmagazine.com.au/news/romania… — Sight Magazine (@sightmagazine.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T05:40:24.529Z Secret nuclear waste files the govt is fighting to hidewww.thenewdaily.com.au/podcast/2026… — John Lewis (@johnnol1.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T02:55:41.337Z Denial and Obstruction vs. Resistance and $$Real Money$$™ The President’s job is to help Americans in need, not punish them for voting against him. Trump has approved nearly 90% of disaster-aid requests from Republican-led states.But not one, not two, not three—FOUR Democratic-led states were denied assistance they needed and qualified for. — Rep. Mike Levin (@levin.house.gov) 2026-08-02T20:55:32.674Z The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is a climate change denial lobby group registered as a charitable organisation in the United KingdomNote "charitable" 🙄 — @bystander1.bsky.social 2026-08-04T06:15:22.439Z A Yale survey found that roughly 66% of Americans are worried about global warming. Climate-hushing is “the climate denial of 2026”. Ignoring the climate crisis is not smart politics, it is dropping the ball on the biggest threat the US and the world faces.”www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026… — Bryan Godbe (@bryangodbe.bsky.social) 2026-08-01T14:19:29.706Z Ooh, I hadn't heard about the case mentioned here at all! Shell is being sued, in the UK, by Filipino typhoon victims, on the basis that Shell's climate denial and continued emissions worsened typhoon severity. Lovelock's memo telling them about global warming – from 1966 – is part of that. — Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate (@hutchingsmusic.bsky.social) 2026-08-01T08:23:51.975Z A Different Level of Idiocy Trump blasts Chevron CEO over high gas prices #UsPolitics #News — Hivewire Politics (@politics.hivewire.news) 2026-08-04T02:00:48.760669Z [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/4/800077600/community/renewable-tuesday/ Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/