Climate Change News Digest for September 2, 2026

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.

65 Michigan School Districts to Receive Solar Power as MISEC Genesee Solar Goes Live

The Michigan Schools Energy Cooperative (MISEC) and NorthStar Clean Energy announced that the MISEC Genesee Solar Farm in Genesee County is now operational and will provide renewable energy to dozens of Michigan school districts.

By Caryn Aldape (NorthStar Clean Energy)

The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to induction stoves

As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction stoves can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10C

By Fiona Harvey (The Guardian)

Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis

Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused by wealthy states

By Sunil Acharya (The Guardian)

Michigan House Republican bill would allow aboveground power lines to use highway rights-of-way

The move would help alleviate conflicts with those residents opposed to new transmission lines spanning over their private lands, moving it to an area already zoned as public property.

By Ben Solis (Michigan Advance)

United Nations talks in Mongolia expose growing drought crisis as climate impacts worsen

Representatives from nearly 200 countries wrapped up United Nations desertification talks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Friday, seeking ways to keep land productive as climate change heats the planet and degraded soils and landscapes lose their ability to hold water, produce food and support livelihoods.

By Sibi Arasu (AP)

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