"Supreme Court Sets Tighter Limits On NEPA Reviews"
"The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on environmental reviews for major federal projects such as pipelines and railways."
Source: E&E News, 05/30/2025
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$14 Billion In Clean Energy Projects Canceled In US This Year: Analysis
"More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s pending megabill has raised fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development."
Source: AP, 05/30/2025Trump Admin Reverses Planned Closures Of 3 Dozen US Mine Safety Offices
"The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said Thursday."
Source: AP, 05/30/2025Appeals Court Revives Tribal Challenge To $10B SunZia Transmission Project
"A federal appeals court has sided with Native American tribes in their fight against the federal government over a $10 billion energy transmission line designed to carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California."
Source: AP, 05/30/2025Almost 40% Of World’s Glaciers Already Doomed Due To Climate – Study
"Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found."
Source: Guardian, 05/30/2025"US Woman Brings First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Big Oil"
"A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave."
Source: Guardian, 05/30/2025"Louisiana Republicans Help Kill Anti-Fluoride Bill"
"Republicans in the Louisiana House stifled a proposal Wednesday that would have banned the addition of fluoride in public water systems — rejecting a burgeoning movement backed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
Source: The Hill, 05/30/2025"Insurance Costs Are Soaring Around Tornado Alley. Hail Is The Big Problem."
"The cost of homeowners insurance is soaring in states where large outbreaks of tornadoes are becoming more common. But it's hail — not tornadoes — that are the biggest concern for insurers in the middle of the country, according to industry experts and analysts."
Source: NPR, 05/30/2025"HHS Cancels Funding For Moderna To Develop Vaccines To Combat Bird Flu"
"The Department of Health and Human Services is pulling millions of dollars it had committed to give Moderna to aid the effort to develop a vaccine to combat the bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday.
Source: Washington Post, 05/30/2025Ancestral Eyes: Storytelling Under The Night Skies Of The Stargazer Highway
"Against the black night, the darker-than-night silhouettes of Monument Valley buttes graced the horizon. Overhead, stars were scattered across the sky—a prank by Coyote, according to Navajo legend—and the stripe of Milky Way stars arced brilliantly across the sky from the southwest to the northeast horizon."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 05/30/2025Manitoba Declares A State Of Emergency Over Wildfires As Thousands Flee
The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help. ... The fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee."
Source: AP, 05/29/2025"Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Stop Arizona Copper Mine"
"The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from some members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe to block a massive proposed copper mine that they say will destroy a holy site in Arizona known as Oak Flat."
Source: E&E News, 05/29/2025"Trump Plan Could Offload Hundreds Of National Park Sites To States"
"The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of historical significance."
Source: E&E News, 05/29/2025Fungus Devastated North American Bats. New Species Could Be Killer Blow.
"Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada."
Source: NYTimes, 05/29/2025"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing"
"A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."
Source: The Hill, 05/29/2025
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