Fewer Buyers for Timber on Federal Land Raises Risk of Wildfires
"Loggers are finding it impossible to profitably harvest some federal forests. That leaves more fuel for fires to accumulate."
Source: New York Times, 10/14/2026
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The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water
"In the arid American West, expanded mining intensifies battles in vulnerable communities over one of the region’s scarcest resources."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/14/2026What Happened to Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hubs?
"Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/14/2026‘Shocking And Sobering’: UK Bird Populations Fall To Lowest Level On Record
"Wild bird populations in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since records began, figures show, with nearly half of species in decline."
Source: Guardian, 10/14/2026Scientists Deploy A 24-Armed Secret Weapon To Save Calif. Kelp Forests
"Team works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific coast in past decade"
Source: Guardian, 10/14/2026Isaias Makes Landfall Along Central Gulf Coast As Flooding Spread Inland
"Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday evening as a 105-mph Category 2 -- just 6 mph below Category 3 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Isaias will continue to lose wind intensity as it moves over the interior United States. As storm surge flooding and winds subside along the Gulf Coast, torrential rainfall, gusty winds and tornadoes will occur inland this weekend."
Source: AccuWeather, 10/13/2026DOJ Investigating Five TV Networks Over White House Pool Coverage
"The Justice Department is investigating five major television networks for potential antitrust violations, the department’s top spokesperson said Saturday night, as the Trump administration’s battle with the mainstream press intensifies."
Source: Washington Post, 10/13/2026Trump Could Remove More Than 500 Trees At Historic DC Public Golf Course
"The National Park Service has begun a new round of tree-cutting at a historic golf course near the National Mall as the Trump administration proceeds with a plan to renovate the East Potomac Golf Links into a championship-level course."
Source: AP, 10/13/2026Trawling Catches Huge Amounts Of Seafood, But Can Devastate The Seafloor
"Behind a trawl fishing boat, a vast net can spend hours scraping the seafloor, funneling schools of fish toward a narrow bag at the back. A single tow can bring tens of thousands of pounds of seafood aboard."
Source: AP, 10/13/2026Greece’s Seafood Problem Starts Elsewhere
"One of Europe’s biggest aquaculture industries is linked to overfishing, pollution, food insecurity and labor abuses."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/13/2026In One Historically Black Florida Community, the Drinking Water Is Brown
"In Whitted, testing has confirmed the water is contaminated with arsenic and PFAS/PFOS. An effort to connect the residents to the local water system has moved slowly."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/13/2026N. Calif. Community Wants Stronger Oversight of Dangerous Refineries Nearby
"Residents of a small San Francisco Bay Area town plagued by refinery accidents came to a community meeting to call for stronger enforcement and transparency about risks."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/13/2026As EPA Shrugs, California Designates Atrazine Weed Killer As Cancer Risk
"California regulators said Friday they intend to designate the widely used weed killer atrazine as a known carcinogen, a move that contrasts with the opinion of federal regulators."
Source: The New Lede, 10/13/2026Clean-Energy Super PAC Names Its Target List For General Elections
"Midterm elections are less than a month away. For the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition, it’s the perfect time to double down on fighting clean energy opponents in races across the country."
Source: Canary Media, 10/13/2026Oil Analyst ‘Skeptical’ That Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Will Lower Prices
"Oil analyst Patrick De Haan said Monday that President Trump’s deal with Russia to supply the U.S. and global markets with diesel fuel may not lower fuel prices."
Source: The Hill, 10/13/2026
