"Heatwaves Are Making People Age Faster, Study Suggests"
"Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warn"
Source: Guardian, 08/26/2025
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"Climate Change Is Bringing Legionnaire’s Disease to a Town Near You"
"This deadly bacteria, which hits low-income people the hardest, was once an “only in New York” problem. Extreme heat is now increasing its prevalence."
Source: Vox, 08/26/2025Weather Key To Perfect Ear Of Corn, But Climate Change Is Making It Dicier
'Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what’s now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum. Last year was a good year, and Rynd said he enjoyed walking the fields with his kids to see how the corn was doing. This year is a different story.'
Source: AP, 08/26/2025"Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Closed Over NEPA Failures"
"U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams late Thursday issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting more detainees from coming to the site, barring new construction and giving the state 60 days to remove many of its major elements."
Source: E&E News, 08/25/2025"Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built"
"The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built."
Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2025"Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team"
"A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety of Covid vaccines will be led by a panel member who has described the shots as “the most failing medical product in the history of medical products.”
Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2025"Why Power Bills Are Rising — And Why That’s Not Changing Soon"
"Ending support for renewables and keeping fossil fuel power plants are the wrong tactics for addressing skyrocketing electricity rates"
Source: Canary Media, 08/25/2025"Scientists: Loss Of Antarctic Ice May Be Climate Tipping Point"
"Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice could be a tipping point for the global climate, causing sea level rises, changes to ocean currents and loss of marine life that are impossible to reverse, a scientific study published on Thursday said."
Source: Reuters, 08/25/2025Trump EPA Urged To Speed Monitoring Fenceline Pollution From Steel Plants
"Public health advocates urged the Trump administration to protect residents and workers by sticking to a Biden-era timeline for reducing benzene and chromium emissions at the perimeter of steel and coke plants in Pennsylvania and other states rather than continuing to delay compliance rules."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/25/2025Aging US Railroad Bridges Are Self-Inspected And Findings Are Kept Secret
"The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University."
Source: Howard Center, 08/25/2025"China's Carbon Emissions Fell In The First Half Of 2025, Study Shows"
"China's carbon dioxide emissions dropped 1% in the first half of 2025 from the same period last year, helped by growing use of renewable energy to generate power, according to a study by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air."
Source: Reuters, 08/25/2025Climate Change May Spread an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries
"A vaccine in development may slow the spread of Nipah virus, which kills up to 75 percent of the people it sickens, but reducing the environmental disruptions that bring people, livestock and bats together could be more effective."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/25/2025"Green Spaces Are Key To Combating Record Heat In Marginalized Communities"
"Keith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly as possible and making sure their insulated shades are always drawn."
Source: AP, 08/25/2025Feds Failed To Conduct Environmental Review Of 'Alligator Alcatraz': Docs
"Internal documents obtained by Public Domain show that the federal government did not conduct an Endangered Species Act or a National Environmental Policy Act review for the Florida migrant detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' — further proof that the facility may be operating in violation of federal environmental laws."
Source: Public Domain, 08/22/2025"The Unseen Harvest: Pesticides, Cancer And Rural Missouri’s Health Crisis"
"The counties with the highest use of pesticides per square mile are all located in Missouri’s Bootheel. Many of these counties have some of the state’s highest cancer rates and their health care options are dwindling."
Source: Investgate Midwest, 08/22/2025
