"Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less?"
"When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases."
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2025
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"Putting Western Lands Up For Sale Highly Unpopular"
"U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah single-handedly appears to have produced what just might be the most unified, and broadly dispersed, opposition to anti-conservation legislation ever considered by Congress."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 06/23/2025
Calif. Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Advances
"In Richmond, California, Zenaida Gomez is ready to say goodbye to the gas stove in the apartment she has rented for over a decade. She has a hunch that the pollution it emits is exacerbating her 10-year-old son’s asthma attacks, and she has heard from public health experts and doctors who’ve said it probably is."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/23/2025
"There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys"
"Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key geologic mapping work."
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2025
"Supreme Court Allows Challenge On EPA Pollution Waiver"
"The Supreme Court cleared the way for fuel producers to pursue their lawsuit over California’s vehicle emission rules in a lower court."
Source: E&E News, 06/23/2025
"Land Deal Ends Controversial Mining Fight Near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp"
"A contentious, years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places ended abruptly Friday, when a nonprofit group announced it would spend nearly $60 million to acquire thousands of acres of land near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in rural Georgia."
Source: Washington Post, 06/23/2025
"Trump and GOP’s Tax Bill Would Sell Off USPS’s Brand-New EVs"
"A little-noticed provision of President Donald Trump and Republicans’ massive tax and immigration legislation would force the government to undo billions of dollars in electric-vehicle investments made by the U.S. Postal Service, unwinding much of the Biden administration’s climate push at the mail agency while dealing it a sharp financial setback."
Source: Washington Post, 06/23/2025
"Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech"
"Oil companies are employing an unusual tactic in some of their biggest court battles. They’re alleging that their critics are infringing on their free-speech rights, invoking laws designed to protect people who challenge the powerful."
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2025
"What To Know As The Senate Tries To Pass Trump’s Agenda Bill Next Week"
"After months of negotiations, Senate Republicans are gearing up for a potential vote next week on Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill. It will be a major test for Republican Leader John Thune and Trump’s own hold on the upper chamber that aides say will be cast as a binary choice for the rank-and-file: you either are with the president or you aren’t."
Source: CNN, 06/23/2025
