"Tarantula Mating Season Is In Full Swing. Not Everyone Comes Out Alive"
"Tarantula mating season runs from about July to November, skewing toward October in California. Female tarantulas sometimes eat their suitors."
Source: LA Times, 10/27/2025
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Where Appalachian Brook Trout Vanish, Something Human Goes Missing, Too
"As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground — but dedicated anglers and scientists are racing to save them."
Source: Grist, 10/27/2025
"Trump Claims ‘Wind Mills’ Kill Whales But Quietly Torpedoes The Science"
"The Trump administration has repeatedly blamed offshore wind farms for whale deaths, contrary to scientific evidence. Now the administration is quietly abandoning key research programs meant to protect marine mammals living in an increasingly busy ocean."
Source: Canary Media, 10/27/2025
Stormy Seas: Can The Deadliest Catch Crab Fishery Survive Warming Seas?
"Warmer waters in the Bering Sea caused snow crabs to crash. Now, scientists are racing to predict the future of the lucrative fishery"
Source: Science, 10/27/2025
"Trump Administration Moves to Accelerate AI Power Hookups"
"The Trump administration is pushing regulators to dramatically accelerate the process of allowing the booming data-center sector to connect to power grids."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/27/2025
"Trump Makes Laura Swett FERC Chair. What Will Be Her Focus?"
"President Donald Trump on Thursday designated Laura Swett chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, marking the agency’s third leadership change in nine months."
Source: E&E News, 10/27/2025
"Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane As It Nears Jamaica"
"Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge."
Source: AP, 10/27/2025
Will Your Town Pass the Electric School Bus Acid Test?
A Biden-era plan to put billions into school buses, clean EV-style, could be in the rearview mirror under the Trump administration, reports the latest TipSheet. That’s despite the fume-free, greenhouse gas-scarce qualities that benefit the air and the climate, parents and kids. To get in the driver’s seat on this story, here are a half a dozen local story ideas, plus reporting resources.
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Why Media Consolidation Threatens Press Freedom, Democracy
Speeding media mergers — the latest examples being Paramount’s hookup with CBS and its recent pursuit of CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery — could have serious societal repercussions, argues WatchDog Opinion. Among them: the risks of growing government control and political censorship. But a glimmer of hope comes from another, quieter, revolution that might just be the saving grace for independent accountability journalism.
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Montana’s Blackfeet Nation Turns To An Old Friend For Food Sovereignty: Bison
"Local non-profits and schools are helping students explore traditional practices paired with modern science to make food sovereignty a reality"
Source: Guardian, 10/24/2025
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