1. 2025 on Track to Be
Second Warmest Year Ever

2. No Mention of Planet-Warming Fossil Fuels in COP30 Agreement

3. Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations End Without Deal Again

4. World’s Top Court Lays Out
Historic Protections For Climate

5. Scientists Confirm Largest Coral Bleaching Event on Record Affecting Nearly 84% of World’s Reefs

6. Climate Change ‘Supercharged’ Deadly Asian Storms That Killed More Than 1,800

7. Trump Signs Executive Orders to Blow to US Emissions Reduction Efforts

8. ‘Historic’ UN-Led High Seas Treaty to Take Effect in 2026

9. Green Sea Turtles No Longer Endangered Species in Major Conservation Win

10. Fossil Fuel Companies Intensified Hundreds of Heatwaves Worldwide This Century

June 12, 2026 -The plume of smoke rose above the Ship Canal shortly after 5 p.m. and could be seen from all over the city. Firefighters and vehicles surrounded the building on Northwest 42nd Street, dousing it with water. Due to the smoke, residents within a half-mile radius were cautioned to close their windows and doors.

Seattle Fire Department spokesperson David Cuerpo said the incident at Consolidated Supply Co., a plumbing supply business, was upgraded to a three-alarm fire, meaning it posed a danger for those in the building and responding firefighters. Such large fires are rare in Seattle.

June 12, 2026 -After decades without the deadly parasites, New World screwworm is back in the U.S. with confirmed cases in New Mexico and Texas. New World screwworm flies can infect any warm-blooded animal, including humans and pets, by laying eggs in open wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths.

The eggs then hatch into parasitic larvae that eat flesh as they burrow into their hosts.

With detections in Colorado’s southern neighbor New Mexico and nearby Texas, the Colorado Department of Agriculture implemented a new rule prohibiting animals infected with New World screwworm from entering the state and requiring specific movement protocols for livestock from infected zones.

June 12, 2026 -It’s been a particularly toasty start to the year on planet Earth — and it may be a sign of the kind of temperature extremes coming in the year ahead.

So far this year, over 70 percent of the globe has experienced well above average temperatures. Of that area, 8 percent has seen record-breaking warmth, including parts of the western United States, Asia and the Arctic. Meanwhile, just about 1 percent of the planet has experienced well below average temperatures.