Infrastructure

"Trump and GOP’s Tax Bill Would Sell Off USPS’s Brand-New EVs"

"A little-noticed provision of President Donald Trump and Republicans’ massive tax and immigration legislation would force the government to undo billions of dollars in electric-vehicle investments made by the U.S. Postal Service, unwinding much of the Biden administration’s climate push at the mail agency while dealing it a sharp financial setback."

Source: Washington Post, 06/23/2025

"What To Know As The Senate Tries To Pass Trump’s Agenda Bill Next Week"

"After months of negotiations, Senate Republicans are gearing up for a potential vote next week on Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. It will be a major test for Republican Leader John Thune and Trump’s own hold on the upper chamber that aides say will be cast as a binary choice for the rank-and-file: you either are with the president or you aren’t."

Source: CNN, 06/23/2025

"Iran Threatens To Close Strait of Hormuz: What Would Happen?"

"Iran has warned that it could shut the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints, in retaliation for U.S. involvement in its conflict with Israel."

Source: Newsweek, 06/20/2025

"Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Deaths"

"Window collisions and cats kill more birds than wind farms do, but ornithologists say turbine impacts must be taken seriously. Scientists are testing a range of technologies to reduce bird strikes — from painting stripes to using artificial intelligence — to keep birds safe."

Source: YaleE360, 06/17/2025

Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Residents' Tearful Protests

"The Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J., has two distinct sections: an immigrant-rich area of rowhouses, ethnic restaurants and shops, and a clogged industrial zone with three power plants, the state’s largest incinerator and biggest sewage facility, a slew of factories and a near-constant parade of diesel trucks."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/17/2025

Trump Cuts EPA Grants to Address Health Risks on Hopi and Navajo Reservations

"Red Feather, which works to improve housing on the Navajo and Hopi reservations, is just one of hundreds of groups that have had grants meant to help disadvantaged communities terminated by the Trump administration." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/16/2025

"Trump Topples $1 Billion Columbia River Settlement Deal"

"President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the federal government must pull out of a settlement agreement that had halted the long-running legal battle over 14 dams in the Pacific Northwest, reopening a fight over the future of fish populations in the Columbia River Basin."

Source: E&E News, 06/16/2025

"In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water"

"An Alabama town is at risk of losing water access after it disputed rate rises and recent charges by a neighboring water board. The mayor says customers are being “bamboozled.”"

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2025

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