"House Republicans Buck Trump On NOAA Cuts"
"House Republican appropriators would cut NOAA by nearly $400 million for fiscal 2026, but they’re rejecting deeper reductions proposed by the White House."
Source: E&E News, 07/16/2025
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"Texas Failed To Spend Federal Aid For Disaster Protection"
"In the past decade, as extreme weather killed nearly 700 people in Texas, the state relinquished $225 million in federal grant money that it was supposed to spend on protecting residents from disasters, federal records show." "States across the country have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other disasters."
Source: E&E News, 07/16/2025"The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill"
"Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?"
Source: The Tyee, 07/16/2025Enviros Sue EPA To Reassess A Toxic Chemical Used At A Pa. Oil Refinery
"Sandwiched between the Delaware River and closely spaced homes, the Monroe Energy oil refinery in Trainer exemplifies the need for better regulation of a dangerous chemical used around the country to produce high-octane gasoline, environmental groups said." "Monroe Energy in Delaware County is among more than 40 still using hydrofluoric acid, despite safer alternatives"
Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star, 07/16/2025Humans Are Wiping Out Wetlands That Life Depends On, New Report Says
"Wetlands provide freshwater, food, storm protection and climate regulation. Yet over the last 50 years, humans have destroyed one-fifth of them." "A landmark report for the global agreement on wetlands paints a dire picture of the state of the world’s water bodies that underpin all life on Earth."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/16/2025New Invasive Mussel Threatens Calif. Water Supplies. Can State Stop Its Spread?
"Officials are shoring up water systems infiltrated by the golden mussel. Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats at some lakes, but a patchwork of oversight leaves many lakes unprotected. “There’s just too many boats and too many people out there,” one warden said."
Source: CalMatters, 07/16/2025"Critics Fear Trump Will Use Flawed DOE Report To Push Pro-Coal Agenda"
"Grid experts say DOE’s new forecast of major blackout risks by 2030 misuses data to justify the Trump administration’s push to force dirty plants to stay open."
Source: Canary Media, 07/16/2025"Killer In The Nest: How Young Storks Are Being Strangled By Plastic"
"Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species too, say experts in the US, UK and Argentina"
Source: Guardian, 07/16/2025How Removing Old New England Dams Is Opening Rivers To New Wildlife
"The silvery water of the Royal River glistens as sunlight strikes its surface on an overcast afternoon. The modest waterway flows an easy 39 miles from southern Maine’s Sabbathday Lake to the Atlantic coast at Casco Bay, attracting kayakers, paddleboarders, and great blue heron."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 07/16/2025Trump Admin Says It Won’t Publish Climate Report On NASA Site As Promised
"The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people."
Source: AP, 07/15/2025"House Releases Interior-EPA Spending Bill With Deep Cuts"
"House Republican appropriators unveiled their fiscal 2026 funding legislation for the Interior Department and EPA, with steep cuts proposed for both agencies."
Source: E&E News, 07/15/2025"Wildfire Destroys A Historic Grand Canyon Lodge And Other Structures"
"A fast-moving wildfire destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, forcing officials to close access to that area for the season, the park said Sunday."
Source: AP, 07/15/2025Chesapeake Bay Program Nixes Membership For Virginia Tribal Nations For Now
"Recognized for their environmental stewardship rooted in ancestral practices, seven tribes in Virginia are seeking full membership in the Chesapeake Bay Program alongside its existing signatory partners"
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/15/2025Osprey Came Back From The Brink Once. Now Chicks Are Dying In Nests
"Stepping onto an old wooden duck blind in the middle of the York River, Bryan Watts looks down at a circle of sticks and pine cones on the weathered, guano-spattered platform. It’s a failed osprey nest, taken over by diving terns."
Source: AP, 07/15/2025Recurrent Wildfires Across The Mediterranean Region Changing Landscape
"Multiple countries in the Mediterranean region have been battling intense wildfires this summer, including France, Greece, Syria and Turkey. These aggressive, recurring fires suggests a new normal of altered lives, landscapes and economies in the Mediterranean basin."
Source: France24, 07/15/2025
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