"Asia Boosts Coal Use As Iran War Squeezes Global LNG Supplies"
"Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments."
Source: AP, 03/25/2026
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Libya Tows Drifting Russian ‘Shadow’ Tanker To Avert A Mediterranean Spill
"Libyan authorities were towing a Russian tanker drifting in the Mediterranean for the past three weeks, after the vessel was damaged in a suspected sea drone attack, officials said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 03/25/2026"California Sues Trump To Keep Shut Oil Pipeline On Santa Barbara Coast"
"California sued the Trump administration Monday to block what it says is an unprecedented power grab: using emergency authority to force the restart of an offshore oil operation shut down more than a decade ago."
Source: CalMatters, 03/25/2026"Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows 70 Percent Efficacy, Pfizer Says"
"Four doses of an experimental vaccine to protect against Lyme disease reduced the number of tick-borne infections by more than 70 percent, according to Pfizer and Valneva, the pharmaceutical companies developing the shot." "If approved by regulators, it could become the only Lyme disease vaccine available for people — although it would not be the first."
Source: Washington Post, 03/25/2026"Florida Panthers, An Endangered Species In Limbo"
"Folklore dating to ancient Egypt has held that cats have nine lives and in modern times that mystique certainly seems true for the Florida panther. Sometimes it feels like everything in the world is trying to snuff out the panthers — everything human, that is. The panthers, a mountain lion subspecies, nearly went extinct in the 1990s, when the population dwindled to 20. That would have been embarrassing for Florida, which — thanks to a 1981 vote by schoolchildren — had designated the panther as the official state animal."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/25/2026Climate Change Preview: Records Shattered As Summer Heat Hits Southwest
"The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It’s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth’s warming builds."
Source: AP, 03/24/2026Interior, TotalEnergies Strike $1B Deal Ending US Offshore Wind Projects
"The Trump administration reached a nearly $1 billion agreement with French energy giant TotalEnergies on Monday to cancel its offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York and North Carolina."
Source: E&E News, 03/24/2026Report Shows Earth’s Climate Out Of Balance, As Indicators Hit New Extremes
"The world is in a state of climate emergency, the head of the United Nations declared Sunday, following the release of the latest State of the Global Climate report from the World Meteorological Organization."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/24/2026'Climate Gaslighting': Fossil Giants Have Abandoned Their Net Zero Pledges
"A new analysis warns that some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have entered a ‘gaslighting’ phase to bolster their profits."
Source: Euronews, 03/24/2026"Suddenly, The US Manufactures A Ton Of Grid Batteries"
"Energy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and now the country has more than enough battery-making factories to meet that booming demand."
Source: Canary Media, 03/24/2026Shell's Cracker Has Polluted More Than Permitted With No New Fines For 3 Years
"State regulators have allowed the Beaver County ethylene plant to keep exceeding limits on damaging nitrogen oxides while the official permitting process has taken seven times its original timeline."
Source: Public Source, 03/24/2026Border Communities Remain in Dark About DHS' Billion-Dollar Buoy Project
"The industrial-grade buoys, already being installed in Brownsville, Texas, are meant to prevent unauthorized crossings. But experts warn the buoys could intensify flooding and change the river’s course."
Source: E&E News, 03/24/2026Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois: Report
"Illinois has nearly 1.5 million lead service lines. A new report estimates replacing the unsafe plumbing has the potential to create 90,000 jobs."
Source: Grist/WBEZ, 03/24/2026"Nebraska Fires Burn Grazing Lands, Threaten Plans To Grow US Cattle Herd"
"Wildfires burn nearly 775,000 acres in Nebraska. Land is a grazing resource for about 40,000 cows."
Source: Reuters, 03/24/2026Warming Climate Brings Bears Out Of Hibernation, Into Vt. Backyards Earlier
"As bears emerge from their dens in early spring, they’re on the search for food. That can lead them to backyard beehives, birdfeeders, compost piles and even chicken coops."
Source: VTDigger, 03/24/2026
