"How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves"
"President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening."
Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2025
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"How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank"
"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."
Source: DeSmog, 10/17/2025"Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?"
"Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps."
Source: Undark, 10/17/2025Judge Rules Permit For Cameron Parish LNG Terminal Ignored Climate Impacts
"A Cameron Parish judge has ruled that state officials violated the Louisiana Constitution when they issued a permit for a liquified gas export terminal, which has halted construction on the facility."
Source: Louisiana Illuminator, 10/17/2025Philadelphia Takes On Companies Over Deceptive Plastic Recycling Claims
"When Philadelphia filed a lawsuit last month alleging two prominent companies were engaged in a “coordinated campaign of deception” regarding the recyclability of their plastic film products, the city joined a growing group of state and local governments hoping litigation can help stem a rising tide of plastic waste."
Source: The New Lede, 10/17/2025"To Meet Pledges to Save Forests Spending Must Triple, U.N. Report Says"
"Nations are not spending enough to ensure that the forests that cover nearly a third of the planet remain healthy, according to a new United Nations report. To meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030, the report found."
Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2025"U.S. Mayors To Take Lead At COP30 In Place Of Trump"
"As the Trump administration halts climate programmes, local leaders plan to participate in Brazil's COP30 to reaffirm their commitment."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 10/17/2025"Trump Admin Approves $1.6B In Financing For AEP Transmission Project"
"In a rare example of continuity on energy policy, Trump’s DOE finalized the Biden-era loan to upgrade 5,000 miles of power lines across the Midwest."
Source: Canary Media, 10/17/2025"Ohio To Fast-Track Energy At Former Coal Mines And Brownfields"
"A new law in Ohio will fast-track energy projects in places that are hard to argue with: former coal mines and brownfields."
Source: Canary Media, 10/17/2025As Wolves Roam Calif., Livestock Losses Remain Low, Yet Ranchers Worry
"In California, as wolf numbers grow — a remarkable return after a century — livestock producers are increasingly worried as these predators occasionally take down cattle."
Source: Mongabay, 10/17/2025Journalists Turn In Badges, Exit Pentagon Rather Than Agree To New Rules
"Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power."
Source: AP, 10/16/2025"A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone"
"Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January."
Source: WIRED, 10/16/2025"Court Blocks Trump’s Shutdown Layoff Plans"
"A federal judge in California has temporarily barred the Trump administration from using the government shutdown as the basis for layoffs at EPA, the Energy Department and other agencies."
Source: E&E News, 10/16/2025"Natural Gas Prices Are Low, But Your Monthly Gas Bill Is Up. Here's Why"
"In the Philadelphia suburb of Wyncote, Pa., Michelle Lordi has taken notice of her higher gas bills. ... Now Lordi is making the connection between her higher gas bill and the nearby construction."
Source: NPR, 10/16/2025UN Warns Colombia Over Mercury In Atrato River As Human Rights Emergency
"The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the health and survival of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities who depend on the river for food, water and culture."
Source: AP, 10/16/2025
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