"Cities Lose Hope For Restarting Disaster Projects Killed By Trump"
"The president canceled $4.5 billion in FEMA grants that helped communities prepare for rising disaster damage."
Source: E&E News, 06/25/2025
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"Megabill Could Derail Hundreds Of Planned Clean Energy Projects"
"A POLITICO analysis identified 794 planned clean electricity generation facilities — mostly in GOP districts — that could lose subsidies under the House bill. The Senate is debating changes."
Source: Politico, 06/25/2025First Amendment Groups Push ICE To Release Spanish-Language Georgia Reporter
"Several organizations dedicated to preserving free speech and protecting members of the press are calling for the release of a prominent immigration reporter who was detained while covering a protest in Atlanta earlier this month and is now on track to be deported."
Source: States Newsroom, 06/25/2025"The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want"
"More women are connecting environmental degradation with attacks on women's rights, seeing both as rooted in similar values. They’re drawing on personal experiences and reams of research to make their case."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/25/2025Photos Of Gaza Youth Surviving As Makeshift Burners Turn Plastic Into Fuel
"South of Gaza City, along the Sea Road that runs beside the Mediterranean, Palestinian youth are producing fuel by melting plastic in makeshift burners. With limited access to commercial fuel, they collect plastic waste, process it in metal drums to extract crude fuel, and then bottle and sell it to passersby."
Source: AP, 06/25/2025"US Forest Service to Repeal Roadless Rule to Promote Logging"
"The US Forest Service will begin the process to repeal the agency’s 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects millions of acres of national forest land from logging nationwide, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/24/2025"What The Texas Food Label Law Means For The Rest Of America"
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed sweeping legislation Sunday to slap warning labels on potentially tens of thousands of food and beverage packages — a move that could have ripple effects across the country." "The measure applies to 44 dyes or additives commonly found in baked goods, candy and drinks, and could force the food industry to change what it sells."
Source: Washington Post, 06/24/2025As GOP Tries to Pass Tax Bill, Senate Includes Billions for Oil Industry
"Draft legislation released by the Senate Finance Committee includes $18 billion in new tax benefits for oil and gas companies and guts those for renewable energy and electric vehicles."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/24/2025"NY Governor Seeks To Build State’s First Nuclear Power Plant In Decades
"New York’s governor on Monday proposed the construction of the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades."
Source: AP, 06/24/2025"Bees Are Collapsing In The U.S. A Key To Their Secrets Might Vanish."
"The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget."
Source: Washington Post, 06/24/2025"Intense Weather Means Rethinking Your Home Construction — And Insurance"
"Ron Watson's new roof doesn't just protect him from storms. It's saving him money, too."
Source: NPR, 06/24/2025"Colorado Landscapers Are Discovering The Perks Of Electric Lawn Equipment"
"State regulations limiting gas-powered lawn equipment for public properties went into effect this month. Users are warming up to the cleaner, quieter tools."
Source: Canary Media, 06/24/2025Early Humans Survived In A Range Of Extreme Environments, Study Says
"Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age."
Source: AP, 06/24/2025"What Do You Do With 4,000 Hailstones That You Collect While Chasing Storms"
"Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope these hailstones will reveal secrets about storms, damage and maybe the air itself."
Source: AP, 06/24/2025"The Largest Camera Ever Built Releases Its First Images of the Cosmos"
"The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of everything from the history of the solar system to the workings of dark energy."
Source: WIRED, 06/24/2025
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