Last month, extensive flooding broke a dam in the Russian city of Orsk, leading to the evacuation of approximately 2,000 people due to rising water levels in the Ural River. In a related story, Austria's glaciers receded rapidly, with experts predicting that the country will likely be largely ice-free within 45 years. In another vital climate-related story, an environmental group sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure set for 2025. This move opens another battlefront in the fight over the future of Diablo Canyon’s twin reactors. In other crucial news, Mexican scientist, Cristina López, and her family had to relocate from their fishing town, El Bosque, due to seawater flooding their home as a result of rising sea levels. This exemplifies the real and immediate impact of climate change on communities, in this case forcing a family to leave the family home. President Biden's new offshore wind project, the nation’s eighth large offshore wind project to be greenlit, aims at more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station, signifying a shift towards sustainable energy sources. There's also a critical piece discussing farmers in India being adversely affected by extreme weather conditions, with some advocating for expanding natural farming to mitigate the impacts of climate change on agriculture.