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"Another Gold Rush Could Bring Open Pit Mines To South Dakota’s Black Hills" [1]

"A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of miners driven by gold prices at more than $3,000 an ounce are seeking to return to the treasured landscape, promising an economic boost while raising fears of how modern gold extraction could forever change the region."

Source: AP [2], 08/20/2025

As Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Clouds Of Dangerous Dust Blow Into Boomtowns [3]

"Dozens of dust events probably happen each year across the 120-square-mile playa once covered by the Great Salt Lake. But there are no comprehensive state or federal records of them."

Source: Washington Post [4], 08/20/2025

Court Puts The Brakes On Contested Land Transfer For Arizona Copper Mine [5]

"A U.S. appeals court has temporarily blocked the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America. ... The land includes Oak Flat — an area used for centuries for religious ceremonies, prayer and gathering of medicinal plants by the San Carlos Apache people and other Native American tribes."

Source: AP [6], 08/20/2025

Erin To Churn Up Dangerous Swells And Winds From Florida To New England [7]

"Hurricane Erin churned slowly toward the eastern U.S. on Tuesday, stirring up treacherous waves that already have led to dozens of water rescues and shut down beaches along the coast in the midst of summer’s last hurrah. While forecasters remain confident the center of the monster storm will remain far offshore, the outer edges are likely to bring damaging tropical-force winds, large swells and life-threatening rip currents into Friday."

Source: AP [8], 08/20/2025

SciLine Media Briefing: EPA Climate Regulations Under Threat [9]

SciLine’s next briefing will cover the state of evidence leading to the adoption of the EPA’s “endangerment finding” in 2009 and how it has evolved since, implications of rolling back the finding for federal and state regulations and climate goals, and what these changes could mean at the local level. 1 p.m. ET.

"These Crabs Probably Saved Your Life. Can We Save Theirs?" [10]

"The medical world relies on horseshoe crab blood in the production of vaccines and equipment. A synthetic is available, but companies have been slow to adopt it."

Source: Washington Post [11], 08/19/2025

Restoring Marshes, Dunes, Reefs To Protect Against Rising Seas, Storm Surges [12]

"Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to fend off rising seas, higher tides and stronger storm surges that are chewing away at coastlines, pushing saltwater farther inland and threatening ecosystems and communities."

Source: AP [13], 08/19/2025

"The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door" [14]

"L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill has spewed high levels of toxic gases and climate super-pollutants for years. Yet local residents’ pleas for help from state officials remain unanswered."

Source: Inside Climate News [15], 08/19/2025

GOP Looks To Make A U-Turn On Electric Vehicles For The Postal Service [16]

"A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding."

Source: AP [17], 08/19/2025

White House Draft Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations [18]

"A highly anticipated White House report on the health of American children would stop short of proposing direct restrictions on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has called major threats, according to a draft of the document that was reviewed by The New York Times."

Source: NYTimes [19], 08/19/2025

SciLine Media Briefing: EPA Climate Regulations Under Threat [9]

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