"Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal. It’s Working."
"As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one."
Source: Grist, 06/02/2025
Climate Change
"Youth Launch New Climate Lawsuit Against Trump’s Energy Orders"
"The next generation of youth climate litigation was filed in federal district court on Thursday, challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders that young plaintiffs say violate their constitutional rights."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/02/2025
"This Little-Known ‘Dark Roof’ Lobby May Be Making Your City Hotter"
"As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules."
Source: Floodlight, 06/02/2025
"Trump Emergency Order Halts Second Power Plant From Closure"
"The Trump administration ordered another power plant to remain operational by invoking emergency powers for a second time, a day before the facility in Pennsylvania was scheduled to close."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/02/2025
"Is The Oil And Gas Boom Harming New Mexico’s Students?"
"Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance."
Source: Searchlight NM/AP, 06/02/2025
"White House Releases Details About Proposed Budget Cuts"
"EPA’s core workforce would shrink to its smallest size since the mid-1980s, while funding for numerous grant programs would be zeroed out, according to new documents released Friday."
Source: E&E News, 06/02/2025
Analysis: Trump Administration Attacks Science, As Environment Suffers
It’s not just scientists who are being lost to the new administration’s extensive firings of federal workers. A Backgrounder Analysis argues it’s the science itself. It’s happening at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but also across agencies that conduct research to protect health and the environment, whether around toxic chemicals or on the battleground of climate change science. A frank look at the reality and what’s being lost for journalists and the communities they serve.
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Why Now’s the Time To Tell a Good Fish Tale
With fishing season underway across the United States, reporters have a line to an array of great, local environmental stories, whether about the recreation and tourism industries or overfishing and the health of regional ecosystems. The latest TipSheet has more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to help you reel in an angle of your own.
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"Insurance Costs Are Soaring Around Tornado Alley. Hail Is The Big Problem."
"The cost of homeowners insurance is soaring in states where large outbreaks of tornadoes are becoming more common. But it's hail — not tornadoes — that are the biggest concern for insurers in the middle of the country, according to industry experts and analysts."
Source: NPR, 05/30/2025
"US Woman Brings First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Big Oil"
"A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave."
Source: Guardian, 05/30/2025
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