"Climate Misinformation Turning Crisis Into Catastrophe, Report Says"
"Rampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report."
Source: Guardian, 06/25/2025
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"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"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, 06/25/2025"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"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, 06/24/2025"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"Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech"
"Oil companies are employing an unusual tactic in some of their biggest court battles. They’re alleging that their critics are infringing on their free-speech rights, invoking laws designed to protect people who challenge the powerful."
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2025"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"Land Deal Ends Controversial Mining Fight Near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp"
"A contentious, years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places ended abruptly Friday, when a nonprofit group announced it would spend nearly $60 million to acquire thousands of acres of land near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in rural Georgia."
Source: Washington Post, 06/23/2025"Supreme Court Allows Challenge On EPA Pollution Waiver"
"The Supreme Court cleared the way for fuel producers to pursue their lawsuit over California’s vehicle emission rules in a lower court."
Source: E&E News, 06/23/2025"There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys"
"Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key geologic mapping work."
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2025
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