"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
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"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, 06/23/2025Calif. 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"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"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, 06/23/2025Heat Dome Will Blanket Much of US, With Worrisome Temperatures In Midwest
"Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling temperatures and uncomfortable humidity to millions."
Source: AP, 06/20/2025"US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms"
"Ahead of a hotter than normal summer, activists call for immediate action to protect workers from deadly temperatures. “We shouldn’t be waiting for Donald Trump,” one said."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/20/2025"The World’s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth"
"The world’s biggest banks continue to bankroll the expansion of the fossil fuel industry and have largely retreated from their climate commitments, even as the world heads toward breaching thresholds for a livable planet."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/20/2025Trees To Offset Fossil Fuels Would Take All Of North And Central America
"Planting trees has plenty of benefits, but this popular carbon-removal method alone can’t possibly counteract the planet-warming emissions caused by the world’s largest fossil-fuel companies. To do that, trees would have to cover the entire land mass of North and Central America, according to a study out Thursday."
Source: AP, 06/20/2025"Court Blocks EPA From Axing Environmental Justice Grants"
"A federal judge this week barred the Trump administration from axing grants that were part of a $600 million program that aimed to tackle pollution in underserved communities."
Source: The Hill, 06/20/2025"Supreme Court Raises Bar For Future Curbs On Industrial Air Pollution"
"The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with two Republican states on a venue question that could hamper future EPA efforts to combat dangerous air pollution that crosses state lines."
Source: E&E News, 06/20/2025"The Billion-Dollar US Green Hydrogen Boom Ended Before It Ever Began"
"Even before Trump and fellow Republicans began pulling the financial rug out from under the industry, green hydrogen megaprojects were collapsing. Here’s why."
Source: Canary Media, 06/20/2025"Is Fake Grass Safe? A Manufacturer Sues to Stop a Discussion."
"Four experts were sued for defamation ahead of a seminar where they planned to talk about research into the potential health risks on playgrounds and sports fields nationwide." "The seminar seemed straightforward enough. Four experts planned to talk about whether artificial grass, which is used on playgrounds and sports fields nationwide, has health risks for children."
Source: NYTimes, 06/20/2025"How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying"
"A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI — even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret."
Source: WIRED, 06/20/2025"Iran Threatens To Close Strait of Hormuz: What Would Happen?"
"Iran has warned that it could shut the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints, in retaliation for U.S. involvement in its conflict with Israel."
Source: Newsweek, 06/20/2025
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