"Frontline Communities Fight to Evict a Toxic Roofing Company"
"One of America’s largest shingle makers is pumping pollution into Black and brown communities from Texas to Minnesota"
Source: Sierra, 01/09/2025
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"Trump Wants Oil Drilling in Alaska. A Lease Sale There Just Flopped."
"One of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s biggest “drill, baby, drill” initiatives suffered a significant setback on Wednesday as the Interior Department announced that a lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended without a single bidder."
Source: NYTimes, 01/09/2025
What Are The Factors That Caused The Unseasonal California Fires?
"Southern California is experiencing it’s most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a fast and deadly manner."
Source: AP, 01/09/2025
Jimmy Carter Raised Climate Change Concerns 35 Years Before Paris Accords
"Nearly a half-century later, environmental advocates are remembering Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, as a president who elevated environmental stewardship, energy conservation and discussions about the global threat of rising carbon dioxide levels."
Source: AP, 01/08/2025
USFS Withdraws Old-Growth Forest Plan After Pushback From Industry And GOP
"The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry."
Source: AP, 01/08/2025
"Extreme Weather Events Pose Outsized Risks for Food Delivery Workers"
"As climate change worsens, the people delivering your food are increasingly exposed to heat, wildfire smoke and other dangerous weather events."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/08/2025
"What's In A Name? Trump Set To Wipe Government Language"
"As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume the White House on Jan. 20, the federal government is bracing for a massive overhaul in policy – and how it labels issues and individuals."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 01/08/2025
"Why Does Trump Want Greenland?"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s attention returned Tuesday to an idea that has fascinated him for years: acquiring Greenland for the United States. In a news conference on Tuesday, he refused to rule out using military or economic force to take the territory from Denmark, a U.S. ally."
Source: NYTimes, 01/08/2025
Calif. And Greens Sued Exxon Over Plastics. Now Exxon Is Striking Back.
"On Monday, Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental groups over their criticism of the company’s plastics recycling initiatives."
Source: Grist, 01/08/2025
"Campaigners Celebrate As Firm Making First-Ever GMO Fish Ceases Operations"
"AquaBounty Technologies, the first company in North America to get regulatory approval to sell a genetically engineered animal for human consumption — an Atlantic salmon spliced with genes from other fish — announced on Dec. 11 that it was closing its last facility, ceasing fish farming activities, and culling remaining stock.
Source: Mongabay, 01/08/2025
