Climate Change

"Study Offers Best Picture Yet Of Sinking Land In Chesapeake Bay Region"

"Scientists have known for years that water levels are rising faster in the Chesapeake Bay region than just about anywhere else in the world — because water is only part of the problem here. The land is also sinking."

Source: Bay Journal, 02/06/2026

"U.S. Push for Greenland’s Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities"

"President Trump has made access to Greenland’s vast reserves of critical minerals a focus of ongoing negotiations. But experts say the U.S. is underestimating the difficulties of mining in a rapidly changing Arctic region that is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth."

Source: YaleE360, 02/06/2026

Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects

"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

Source: NYTimes, 02/06/2026

"Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack"

"Amid one of the driest winters on record, representatives from seven Western states have less than two weeks to meet an already-delayed federal deadline to find a new way to share the dwindling Colorado River—one that recognizes the megadrought and overconsumption plaguing the basin."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/05/2026

"Why China Is Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar And Wind Boom"

"Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world’s largest emitter will reduce carbon emissions enough to limit climate change."

Source: AP, 02/05/2026

"Traveler Special Report: Florida's Ailing Reef"

"The Florida Reef, heralded in tourist come-ons as a “world-class natural wonderland waiting to be discovered,” is a vast and vibrant underwater world, extending from Atlantic Ocean waters north of Biscayne National Park, arcing south around the bottom of Florida, and swinging into the Gulf of Mexico where Dry Tortugas National Park is mostly submerged."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 02/05/2026

Mexico’s Push For US Natural Gas Sparks Community Opposition

"The sun has set and the clouds are washed in purple as Mauricio Contreras and his daughter Eunices head out to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Eunices casts the heavy net for snapper, pollock or cabrilla while her father pilots their small boat."

Source: AP, 02/05/2026

"Energy Star Has Emerged Stronger After Trump's EPA Tried To End It"

"The Trump administration tried to end the government's Energy Star program last year, but now Congress has passed — and President Trump has signed into law — bipartisan budget legislation that has the potential to strengthen the energy efficiency program by giving it dedicated funding."

Source: NPR, 02/05/2026

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