Climate Change News Digest for August 6, 2025
- Tim Tesar
- Aug 7
- 2 min read
This digest provides a selection of recent news articles relating to climate change and other environmental issues. Click on the title to read the full article from its original source.
Ohio’s potential for annual offshore wind power production is higher than the state’s current annual electricity consumption.
By Cora Sutherland, Melissa Scanlan (Ohio Capital Journal)
New Michigan data center plans are on the verge of triggering an “offramp” in the state’s nation-leading climate laws that would effectively halt the shift to renewables less than two years after the plans were approved.
By Tom Perkins (Inside Climate News)
One-third of all food produced globally by weight is lost or wasted between farm and fork — that's more than 1 billion tonnes.
By Liz Goodwin (World Resources Institute)
Today, nine public advocacy groups filed a petition for review at the United States Court of Appeals in response to the Department of Energy’s unlawful and unreasonable extension of Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant.
By Jesús Canchola Sánchez, Gabby Kientzle, Kathryn McGrath (NRDC)
The agency asked five climate skeptics to write a report criticizing the consensus on global warming. Scientists are pointing out its errors.
By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer (New York Times)
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