"Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web"
"Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything."
Source: NYTimes, 03/04/2025
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"Green Group Looks To Use Its Clout With Republicans"
"A conservation group founded by young conservatives has pulled out all the stops in the hopes of being a player with Republicans in Washington. Whether that push from the American Conservation Coalition bears fruit remains a big question."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2025Endangered Florida Panther Faces Threats Of Urban Sprawl And More Traffic
"In January, an endangered Florida panther known as UCFP479 became the first to die this year in a vehicle collision along a rural southwestern Florida road. The male panther, just under 2 years old, will not be the last."
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Source: AP, 03/04/2025"‘Full on Fight Club’: How Trump Is Crushing U.S. Climate Policy"
"In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change, upending American environmental policy with moves that could have lasting implications for the country, and the planet. With a flurry of actions that have stretched the limits of presidential power, Mr. Trump has gutted federal climate efforts, rolled back regulations aimed at limiting pollution and given a major boost to the fossil fuel industry."
Source: NYTimes, 03/03/2025Judge Says Trump's Mass Firing Of Federal Workers Is Illegal And Should Stop
"A federal judge in San Francisco says the Trump administration's firing of thousands of probationary employees is illegal and should be stopped."
Source: NPR, 03/03/2025"Hundreds Of Weather Forecasters Fired In Latest Wave Of DOGE Cuts"
"Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said. Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country."
Source: AP, 03/03/2025Media Spar With Trump Over ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’" and Press Freedom
"President Donald Trump’s executive order was clear: The Gulf of Mexico was out after hundreds of years. The Gulf of America was its name now. But The Associated Press decided to keep the original name for its style and also note that Trump changed it. Trump limited the global news outlet’s access to some presidential events. The AP sued."
Source: AP, 03/03/2025"Over-Planting Of GM Corn Costing Farmers Billions, Study Finds"
"A new study adds to evidence that farmers in the US corn belt have over-planted a type of genetically modified (GM) corn, leading to estimated losses of more than $1 billion as the pests the corn was designed to repel have grown resistant over time."
Source: The New Lede, 03/03/2025"Hawaiian Bird Species At Risk Of Extinction From Halt In Federal Funding"
"A federal hold on funding could upend a novel approach to preventing mosquitoes from sending a number of Hawaiian bird species into extinction."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/03/2025"US Lobster Catch Drops As Crustaceans Migrate To Colder Canadian Waters"
"The U.S. lobster industry’s catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans."
Source: AP, 03/03/2025"Coming Soon: Trump Plans To Boot Agencies From Washington"
"President Donald Trump, who pledged to send up to 100,000 federal workers outside of Washington, could move quickly to eject energy and environmental agencies from the nation’s capital."
Source: E&E News, 03/03/2025Nations Agree On Plan To Finance Nature Protection, At Second Attempt
"A gathering of countries in Rome this week agreed a plan to generate $200 billion in finance a year by 2030 to halt and begin to reverse the destruction of the natural world."
Source: Reuters, 03/03/2025"Crews Battle Wildfires In North And South Carolina Amid Dry Conditions"
"Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina on Sunday amid dry conditions and gusty winds as residents were forced to evacuate in some areas."
Source: AP, 03/03/2025"Mass Layoffs Begin at NOAA, With Hundreds Said to Be Fired in One Day"
"The Trump administration has begun firing employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science."
Source: NYTimes, 02/28/2025Jeffrey Clark: "Trump To Name Embattled Ex-Enviro Lawyer For Top Regs Job"
"Jeffrey Bossert Clark, who led the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division during President Donald Trump’s first term, is the expected pick to lead the White House regulatory review office."
Source: E&E News, 02/28/2025
