Alaskan Graphite Mine Races Toward Approval Without Required Tribal Consent
"A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities."
Source: Grist, 10/01/2025
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"World’s Major Cities Hit By 25% Leap In Extremely Hot Days Since The 1990s"
"The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said."
Source: Guardian, 10/01/2025"How Big Sugar Pushed Fluoride — New Study Alleges A Century Of Spin"
"The sugar industry and companies that make sweet drinks and foods have spent nearly a century downplaying sugar’s role in health problems and distorting the science around fluoride — and the practice continues today, according to a new study."
Source: The New Lede, 10/01/2025As Trump Cuts NSF By 56 Percent, Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors
"After nearly 40 years, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, or ARCUS, will close September 30, a casualty of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and his administration’s focus on using the Arctic as an outpost for national security and energy dominance — and its push away from science."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/01/2025"Incredible Journeys: Migratory Sharks on the Move"
"Even as scientists rush to identify the migratory paths of some endangered shark species to help better protect them, climate change and other threats shift this behavior, adding urgency to the research."
Source: The Revelator, 10/01/2025Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Admin Aims to Rekindle US Coal Industry
"The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs and threats to land, water and air."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/30/2025Indigenous Land Defender Killed As Ecuador Cracks Down on Activists
"An Indigenous land defender was shot and killed on Sunday in Cotacachi, Ecuador, where he was marching in protest of high costs of living and government crackdowns on Indigenous and environmental activists."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/30/2025Trump Can't Condition Disaster Grants On Immigration Policy, Judge Rules
"A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies."
Source: The Hill, 09/30/2025"EPA’s Effort to Pull Back PFAS Limits Spurs Statutory Tug of War"
"The EPA is attempting an end run around the Safe Drinking Water Act by trying to rollback drinking water limits it previously set for four PFAS, attorneys representing affected communities said in legal briefs."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/30/2025"Energy Dept. Adds ‘Climate Change’ And ‘Emissions’ To Banned Words List"
"The Energy Department has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, according to an email issued Friday and obtained by POLITICO."
Source: Politico, 09/30/2025"Trump Agencies Lean Into Shortcuts for Public Comment Process"
"The Trump administration is repeatedly disregarding the notice-and-comment process normally required for creating or repealing regulations, raising alarms from those who say it’s sidestepping safeguards against arbitrary and ineffective government action."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/30/2025"Endangered Whooping Crane Dies Of Avian Flu At Wisconsin Wildlife Refuge"
"The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after becoming infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, a strain of avian flu."
Source: AP, 09/30/2025"Carrier Wants To Pair Batteries With Air Conditioners To Help The Grid"
"Utilities are struggling to meet demand as AI data centers surge. Equipping air conditioners with batteries could be an easy and hugely scalable way to free up electricity supply at peak times."
Source: Canary Media, 09/30/2025One Year After Helene: The Massive Effort To Rebuild The Appalachian Trail
"More than 680 volunteers, including some from as far away as Japan, descended on the Appalachian Trail in the past year to help recover a landscape forever scarred by Hurricane Helene."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 09/30/2025"What Do Fens Do? Make Peat, Store Water And Help Combat Climate Change"
"Meet the researchers restoring these unique wetlands high in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains."
Source: High Country News, 09/30/2025
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