Globally, last month was the second-hottest June ever recorded.

As federal regulations falter and “forever chemicals” continue to disproportionately impact disadvantaged fenceline communities, ordinary citizens are bypassing political gridlock to spearhead their own environmental justice movements.

The European Commission aimed to have at least one energy community in every municipality by 2025.

Thursday’s ruling marked a partial victory for campaigners and the City of Paris in their attempt to hold TotalEnergies responsible for global warming.

In 1976, when some of the previous European records were set, this heatwave would have been “virtually impossible,” researchers at World Weather Attribution concluded.