Climate Change

"The Great Salt Lake Is Dying. Can This $1B Trump Plan Save It?"

"Winter's disastrously low snowfall could further complicate an already audacious plan to refill the dying Great Salt Lake in time for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Utah."

Source: USA TODAY, 04/16/2026

Michigan Updates Air Quality Alert System As Wildfire Smoke Season Nears

"After Canadian wildfires brought extremely poor air quality to Detroit in the summers of 2023 and 2025, Michigan is updating how it communicates air quality risks to residents this year."

Source: Planet Detroit, 04/15/2026

Indonesia's Prabowo Urges Charges Against Firms Resisting Forest Crackdown

"Indonesian President ‌Prabowo Subianto ordered prosecutors on Friday to file criminal charges against companies that refuse to cooperate with a task force he launched to crack down on illegal activities in the country's forests."

Source: Reuters, 04/15/2026

"Trump Administration Holds Up NOAA Grant Funding"

"The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding."

Source: The Hill, 04/15/2026

"Afghanistan’s Capital Is In The Grip Of A Water Crisis"

"The woman was furious. Standing in the muddy lane sloping up the hill in one of the Afghan capital’s poorer neighborhoods, she pulled her headscarf aside to reveal thick grey-white hair. “You see this hair? Even I with my white hair, I have to carry water,” said Marofa, 52, a resident of Kabul’s Deh Mazang neighborhood who, like many Afghans, goes by one name."

Source: AP, 04/15/2026

Climate Change Is Outpacing Evolution. Scientists Using DNA To Catch Up

"Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing some of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, from California’s towering redwoods to the seagrass meadows along its coast, both of which store vast amounts of carbon and support complex webs of life."

Source: AP, 04/14/2026

"Iran War’s Global Energy Crisis Sharpens China’s Advantage In Clean Tech"

"China is poised to benefit from the Iran war as global energy disruptions accelerate a shift away from fossil fuels and toward clean technologies and renewable power, industries that China dominates, experts say."

Source: AP, 04/14/2026

Commercial Salmon Fishing To Open In Calif.For The First Time Since 2022

"Federal fishery managers voted Sunday to open waters off the coast of California to commercial salmon fishing for the first time since 2022, with the population rebounding after wet winters ended a long drought."

Source: AP, 04/14/2026

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