"Solar Beat Coal On The US Grid In May — A New Milestone"
"The U.S. just hit a big milestone: It got more power from solar panels than from coal plants in May."
Source: Canary Media, 06/15/2026
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‘Flamingo Revolution’ Opposes Kushner Resort On Protected Albanian Delta
"In late April, heavy machinery began moving into the Pishë Poro-Narta protected landscape on Albania’s Adriatic coast without permits or public notice. Bulldozers and excavators felled coastal pine trees, flattened sand dunes, and cut new roads through previously untouched habitat." "The incursion was the realization of a luxury resort development backed by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law."
Source: Mongabay, 06/15/2026Trump Attacks Forest And Wildfire Research Just As West Is Poised To Burn
"Few public universities get more federal research funding than the University of Washington."
Source: NPR, 06/15/2026Rebuilding To Endure
"In the days after Hurricane Helene devastated the southern Appalachians in late September 2024, Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Tracy Swartout went up in a helicopter to survey the damage. What she saw was deeply troubling. 'When Helene happened, we ended up with 58 landslides spread across 200 linear miles of the parkway,' Swartout says."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 06/15/2026Patagonia Is Suing Pattie Gonia, Drag Queen With Environmental Message
"Days before the beginning of Pride Month in June, a glamorous drag queen with long, wavy red hair, a matching mustache and carabiner earrings stared into a camera and levied a strong accusation against a famous sustainable outdoors apparel brand: "This is a corporation trying to erase an activist."
Source: AP, 06/15/2026El Niño Is Here, And It’s Developing Earlier And Faster Than Many Do
"El Niño has developed in the Pacific Ocean, a climate pattern that can reshape weather around the globe into 2027. The last El Niño was in 2023-24, and forecasters say this one is developing earlier than many typically do."
Source: AccuWeather, 06/12/2026"Oceans Are Warming, But Scientists Are Concerned About This Cold Blob"
"If the blob persists for years, it could eventually cool the climate around Greenland, Iceland and northern Europe."
Source: Washington Post, 06/12/2026"Workers at Washington Paper Mill Died of Chemical Burns"
"Ten of the 11 plant workers killed at a Longview, Wash., paper mill last month died from alkaline chemical burns, the result of caustic liquid that flooded out of a failed holding tank and through the plant."
Source: New York Times, 06/12/2026Clergy Across New Jersey Urge Lawmakers To Pass Climate Superfund Act
"More than 230 clergy and faith leaders representing congregations and faith communities across all 21 New Jersey counties are urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would require major fossil fuel companies to help pay for climate-related damage and infrastructure costs."
Source: NJ Vindicator, 06/12/2026"No One Knows How to Handle Nurdle Spills"
"A year after a shipwreck flooded India’s beaches with tiny plastic pieces, scientists fear the environmental damage has just begun."
Source: bioGraphic, 06/12/2026"On the Historic Route From Selma to Montgomery, an AI Cloud Looms"
"In this rural Alabama community, some residents can’t flush their toilets. Developers want to build a state-of-the-art data center next door."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/12/2026"New Qcells Plant Doubles Current US Capacity To Make Solar Cells"
"Qcells has officially begun commercial production of silicon solar cells at its factory in Cartersville, Georgia, the company said Tuesday. That factory is the largest of its kind in the country — and a long-awaited boost to the U.S. solar supply chain."
Source: Canary Media, 06/12/2026"FDA OKs First New Sunscreen Ingredient In More Than 25 Years"
"Federal health regulators on Tuesday signed off on the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in more than 25 years, giving Americans access to a skin-protecting chemical long used in Europe and other parts of the world."
Source: AP, 06/12/2026Consumer Report Finds “Concerning Levels Of Additives” In Popular Snacks
"Some of the snacks finding their way into American pantries contain “concerning levels of additives,” according to new findings by Consumer Reports and the food-scanning app Yuka."
Source: The New Lede, 06/12/2026"68 Quadrillion Underground Miles of Fungi"
"A hidden circulatory system pulses just beneath the planet’s surface. There, embedded in the soil, are dense networks of microorganisms known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. These fungi attach themselves to the roots of plants, sending long, thin filaments out through the soil. These ferry water and nutrients to plants and whisk away carbon, helping to keep vast quantities of it out of the atmosphere."
Source: New York Times, 06/12/2026
