Inside The Failed Mission To Eliminate FEMA
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is no longer in the Trump administration's crosshairs, according to its former leader."
Source: NPR, 09/04/2026
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Wells Drying Up At South Dakota Homes And Ranches Due To Heat And Drought
“We can’t do laundry or dishes or take showers other than with a little trickle,” said Connie Howie, 76. “Other times we have a little water because it seems to come and go.”
Source: South Dakota News Watch, 09/04/2026Patagonia Joins Lawsuit Against Trump’s Utah National Monument Reduction
"The outdoor retailer Patagonia on Wednesday joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its executive orders to shrink the sizes of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah."
Source: The Hill, 09/04/2026Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named a new culprit this week for the high energy prices that are weighing on the world economy: Ukraine."
Source: New York Times, 09/04/2026Smart Toilets Are Already Using AI to Analyze Your Poop
"While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in th�e way of benefits to the average person."
Source: WIRED, 09/04/2026NPR Spent 2 Years Tracking US Deaths From Heat, A Staggering Hidden Toll
"Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat."
Source: NPR, 09/03/2026Almost Half World’s Farmers Poisoned By Pesticides Every Year: Experts
"Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found."
Source: Guardian, 09/03/2026Trump’s Tactics to Lower Beef Prices and Appease Ranchers Fall Short
"The Trump administration has rolled out several programs intended to pacify consumers frustrated with high beef prices and ranchers angered by beef imports."
Source: New York Times, 09/03/2026New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
"[T]he EPA is moving forward with revisions to a separate set of Clean Water Act regulations that would limit state and tribal authority over waterways—especially when it comes to weighing in on major energy projects like oil and gas pipelines, export terminals and hydropower dams."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2026AC Cooling Saves 1000s Of Lives Yearly, But Worsens Warming: Experts
"Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say."
Source: AP, 09/03/2026UN Talks In Mongolia Show Growing Drought Crisis As Climate Impacts Worsen
"Representatives from nearly 200 countries wrapped up United Nations desertification talks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Friday, seeking ways to keep land productive as climate change heats the planet and degraded soils and landscapes lose their ability to hold water, produce food and support livelihoods.
Source: AP, 09/03/2026Study Suggests That Climate Change Is Intensifying El Niños
"A new study suggests that El Niños — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change."
Source: AP, 09/03/2026Trump Admin Used Bad Logic To Justify Killing Auto Emission Rules: Study
"The Trump administration relied on flawed logic to justify scrapping vehicle emissions standards this year, making errors in how it accounted for fuel savings, the price of technology and mileage, according to a new study by a group of economists.
Correcting those errors would negate the economic benefits that the administration said would come from eliminating greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and trucks, according to the paper published Thursday in the journal Science.
Source: AP, 09/03/2026"No One Knows All the Toxic Chemicals You’re Eating"
"More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2026Gen Z Is Using ‘Polyester’ As An Insult. It’s Actually A Throwback.
"Here's how the fabric went from a "miracle" fiber to TikTok slang for fake."
"Even if you’re not wearing polyester now, it’s probably sitting somewhere in your closet — after all, it is the most ubiquitous fabric for textiles on Earth. Is that bad?
Judging by social media, the answer is solidly “yes.” Influencers want you to know it’s a form of plastic, fashioned from melted crude oil or PET bottles and extruded into threads. That disgust factor (“ugh, I’m wearing plastic?”) might help explain why “polyester” is now trending as an insult on TikTok.
Source: , 09/03/2026
