Natural Resources

"White House Outlines Plan To Gut NOAA, Smother Climate Research"

"The Trump administration wants to effectively break up NOAA and end its climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to help boost U.S. fossil fuel production, budget documents show."

Source: E&E News, 04/14/2025

#SEJ2025 — Confronting the Past, Surviving the Future

Next week, hundreds of environmental journalists are expected to gather in Arizona for #SEJ2025, the Society of Environmental Journalists’ expansive annual conference. Co-chair Kendal Blust has highlights of the four-day event, plus how the challenges facing the Southwest are those of communities across the United States, and why now is a critical time for journalists to come together. Read her rundown and register now, before the April 16 midnight deadline.

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"Water Looms As New Front In Mexico's Trade Negotiations With The U.S"

"Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that President Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, according to three sources familiar with the matter."

Source: Reuters, 04/11/2025

Haze Rule Helped Clear Air Over American Parks. Trump EPA Wants To Kill It

"During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All he saw was a wall of gray haze. Today, he said, he can see some 50 miles (80 kilometers) across that same valley to the Cumberland Mountains."

Source: AP, 04/11/2025

Threatened Carbon Pipeline Filed Hundreds Of Lawsuits Against Landowners

"Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit."

Source: AP, 04/10/2025

White House Ends Funding For Key US Climate Research Body

"The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government’s pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States."

Source: Guardian, 04/10/2025

"With the Great Mussel Die-Off, Scientists Scramble for Answers"

"One of the most endangered animals in the world, freshwater mussels are threatened by pollution, climate change, habitat loss, and invasive species. But in the epicenter of their diversity — the Southeastern U.S. — the root cause of a catastrophic die-off remains a mystery."

Source: YaleE360, 04/09/2025

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