Debate Over Preservation Law Tripping Up Permitting Talks
“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”
Source: E&E News, 06/10/2026
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Climate Cost Of Expanded World Cup Feared As Emissions To Soar
“The World Cup kicks off on Thursday as a celebration of goals, drama and global fandom, but it is also expected to carry a climate cost more than double that of Qatar 2022, throwing a harsh spotlight on the environmental price of football's expanding showpiece.”
Source: Reuters, 06/10/2026Brussels Presses Albania As Kushner Resort Flouts EU Green Law
“On Monday, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama told Reuters in an interview that his country will press ahead with a luxury resort planned by U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka Trump on a remote stretch of Balkan coast despite protests over its environmental impact.”
Source: Reuters, 06/10/2026MegaBanks Pledged $906bn To Fossil Fuel Firms In 2025: Report
“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”
Source: The Guardian, 06/10/2026There's Something Special About Kangaroo Island's Koalas
“Inside the island colony being tapped to help save Australia's koalas from deadly chlamydia.”
Source: BBC News, 06/10/2026US Drought Tests Trump Strategy of Logging to Fight Wildfire
“Extreme drought and rising temperatures in the US are poised to overwhelm the Trump administration’s plans to control wildfire by logging federal forests, scientists say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/10/2026Deep Sea Secrets: Ping-Pong Sponges And ‘Black Smokers’
“The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains momentum, we risk destroying one of the Earth’s last great wildernesses.”
Source: The Guardian, 06/10/2026Hannah Natanson’s Advice to Journalists
“A Lecture To The Columbia Journalism School Class Of 2026.”
Source: Columbia Journalism Review, 06/10/2026‘Severe’ Stress on Oceans as Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles in 10 Years, UN Warns
“Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says.”
Source: The Guardian, 06/09/2026Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats — and Has Determined Protectors
“Groups work to identify, save and reseed areas to help the culturally significant resource thrive as climate change portends more strains.”
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/09/2026Why Are Blue States Scapegoating Energy Efficiency?
“A handful of Democratic-led states are targeting energy-efficiency programs in an attempt to provide relief on soaring utility bills. It’s surprising, given the broad support energy-efficiency programs have among Democrats — and the fact that these incentives produce energy savings that benefit both the climate and all consumers. The short-term savings may be tempting, advocates say, but chasing them is misguided."
Source: Canary Media, 06/09/2026MAHA’s CAFO Conundrum
“While the movement has long railed against harmful pesticides — such as glyphosate and paraquat — that are sprayed on crops and linked to cancers and other health ills, there is mounting evidence that CAFOs, which generate massive amounts of manure, are linked to some of these same health problems, including increased cancer rates.”
Source: The New Lede, 06/09/2026Hot Weather Hurts Asian Crops as Powerful El Nino Takes Shape
“Dry weather is disrupting crop planting across Asia, raising concerns about food supplies in the world's most populous region, and an expected severe El Nino weather pattern could inflict more damage.”
Source: Reuters, 06/09/2026EPA’s HFC Delay Tests Trump’s Made in America Agenda
“The agency’s regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.”
Source: E&E News, 06/09/2026Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action
“For decades, a landfill has towered over the town of Brookhaven. A groundwater contamination plume has spread beneath nearby properties.”
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/09/2026
