Economy & Business

"EPA Cuts Could Leave Small Rural Towns Choking In Smoke"

"The EPA’s slashing of more than $1 billion in grant funding has hit hard in Western communities that have felt climate impacts from flooding, wildfire smoke and melting permafrost."

Source: Washington Post, 04/04/2025

"U.S. Honeybee Deaths Soar, And Grocery Store Bills Could Take The Hit"

"Beekeepers across the country are sounding the alarm as honeybee populations are dwindling at an unprecedented rate, a trend that could affect Americans' wallets at the grocery store."

Source: NBC News, 04/03/2025

Firing National Park and Forest Workers Stresses Nearby Communities

"As government agencies slash staff managing federal lands, rural populations dependent on outdoor tourism face mounting economic and environmental risks that are trickling down from the cuts."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/03/2025

"Big Banks Predict Catastrophic Warming, With Profit Potential"

"Top Wall Street institutions are preparing for a severe future of global warming that blows past the temperature limits agreed to by more than 190 nations a decade ago, industry documents show."

Source: E&E News, 04/02/2025

Trump’s DOE Targets Calif. And Other Blue States For Cuts: Leaked Docs

"The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections and roll back nationwide progress toward clean energy disproportionately target California and other blue states, internal documents show."

Source: LA Times, 04/02/2025

"Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True."

"President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to relax limits on pollution from cars, saying that the move wouldn’t “mean a damn bit of difference to the environment.” But decades of science show that the pollution from automobile tailpipes has harmed the environment and public health, from the days when leaded gasoline sent neurotoxins into the air and soil to the carbon dioxide emissions that are heating the planet right now."

Source: NYTimes, 04/02/2025

"Exclusive: Global Ad Giant WPP Shutters Sustainability-Focused Agency"

"Global ad giant WPP has closed AKQA Bloom, a Miami-based communications agency specialising in sustainability campaigns, according to an email to staff obtained by DeSmog, and merged its operations with parent agency AKQA."

Source: DeSmog, 04/01/2025

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