Permian Basin Pressure: Texas officials warn the oil industry may soon run out of underground space for nearly 1 billion gallons of produced wastewater daily, pushing regulators toward slow-moving rules for river discharge and land application. Wildfire & Heat Fallout: Southeast Europe is seeing wildfire losses far above normal, with drought stressing rivers, hydropower cooling, and farms—while smoke advisories warn it could travel across borders. El Niño Watch: The Met Office calls this year’s El Niño “unprecedented,” forecasting wetter, stormier autumn and early winter for parts of the UK and north-west Europe, after severe drought conditions. Public Health Algae: Wisconsin reports rising blue-green algae blooms and related illnesses as peak season warms up. Climate Litigation Backlash: Red states are narrowing public nuisance laws to blunt climate and pollution lawsuits, raising alarms that communities will lose legal remedies. Biodiversity Data Leap: Chinese researchers mapped more than 130,000 rock glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, boosting climate and disaster-risk baselines. Local Resilience Moves: Plymouth, Massachusetts wins $3M for downtown green infrastructure to cut heat and stormwater impacts. Water Stress in Turkey: A new sinkhole map in Konya counts 739 collapses tied to groundwater overuse and climate-driven drought.