"Judges Say EPA Can Take Back Billions In Climate Grants"
"A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that EPA can terminate $20 billion in climate grants that was awarded to nonprofit groups last year."
Source: E&E News, 09/03/2025
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"EPA Plans To Dramatically Reduce Wetland Protection"
"The Trump administration will soon propose a new Clean Water Act rule that could eliminate federal protections for many wetlands across the U.S., according to an internal EPA presentation obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."
Source: E&E News, 09/03/2025Chinese Mining Company Accused Of Covering Up Major Toxic Spill In Zambia
"A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic."
Source: AP, 09/03/2025Weather Service Union Sues Trump Over Order Ending Collective Bargaining
"Unions representing employees of the National Weather Service and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sued President Trump on Tuesday over an executive order that sought to end employee rights to collectively bargain with the government."
Source: The Hill, 09/03/2025"Eyeing A Potential Future Tropical Storm In The Eastern Atlantic"
"A tropical wave located a few hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on Tuesday morning was headed west at about 15 mph." "And in the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Lorena is a heavy rain threat for Mexico, while Hurricane Kiko may pass close to Hawaii Sep. 10-11."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/03/2025"EPA Fires Some Staffers Who Signed Letter Critical of Leadership"
"The EPA on Friday terminated at least five of the roughly 140 employees who signed a public letter in June critical of the agency’s political leadership, according to the staffers’ union. At least 10 other tenured employees have gotten a notice of proposed removal, said Nicole Cantello, an EPA lawyer and president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/03/2025Despite Trump, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports
"Even as the U.S. federal government rapidly retreats from science-based decision-making, adopts climate-damaging energy policies and disengages from international climate efforts, 46 American researchers have been chosen as authors for the upcoming three main global climate reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2025"The Druids Oak Is 800 Years Old - Can It Help Save Tomorrow's Forests?"
"Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more. "We know that this tree is a survivor," he says, taking a leaf sample for DNA testing."
Source: BBC News, 09/03/2025"Former CDC Leaders Slam RFK Jr For Endangering Americans’ Health"
"Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership of the US health and human services department is “unlike anything our country has ever experienced” and “unacceptable”.
Source: Guardian, 09/02/2025Labor Day Swimmers Face Fecal Contamination At Beaches Along US Coastline
"Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. The advisories typically discourage beachgoers from going in the water because the bacteria can cause gastrointestinal illness, rashes and nausea."
Source: AP, 09/02/2025"Shrinking Post-Katrina Levees Need $1B In Upgrades"
"Twenty years out from the New Orleans disaster, the city’s levee and flood wall system must be raised or the region could become ineligible for federal flood insurance."
Source: E&E News, 09/02/2025Chagas Disease, Once Mostly Abroad, Now Established In Calif., Southern US
"California has the largest number of people in the U.S. infected with Chagas disease — between 70,000 and 100,000. Many people do not know they are ill until they have a heart attack or stroke."
Source: LA Times, 09/02/2025"‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In More NC Drinking Water, EPA Data Shows"
"New EPA data shows PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in 200 more drinking water systems nationwide, including Durham and Fayetteville, as NC utilities work to remove them."
Source: WRAL, 09/02/2025Trump Cuts To Climate Satellites Will Make Weather Prediction Harder
"The Trump administration is scrapping satellite observations of Earth that officials say go beyond the essential task of predicting the weather."
Source: Washington Post, 09/02/2025Trump DOT Cancels $679 Million For Offshore Wind Projects As Industry Reels
"The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry."
Source: AP, 09/02/2025
