"The Biden administration said officials historically gave “little, if any, consideration” to impacts on tribal fishing. But some sought deliberately to upend the harvest, according to documents obtained by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting."
"Mike Bettwy, a government meteorologist who focuses on potential threats from space weather, says that we are more prepared than ever — and that forecasting is only getting better."
"Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown."
"A pair of moderate Utah Republicans won primary elections Tuesday for U.S. Senate and governor over far-right candidates who are loyalists to former President Donald Trump, the latest example of how Utah is a rare Republican state that doesn’t fully embrace Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP."
"Sweltering summer weather is worsening conditions in Gaza where nearly all the 2.3 million inhabitants have been driven from their homes by Israel's military campaign and where there is almost no electricity and little clean water."
"President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments."
"As the Supreme Court gets ready to issue the final rulings of the term, the justices are still sitting on a handful of cases that could deal a blow to environmental protections and agency powers."
This Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar is on investigations into intricate webs of misconduct that start in Latin America but impact communities around the world. Explore the region’s global reach of illicit money, deforestation, illegal mining, drug trafficking and environmental destruction. 11:00 ET.
"We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis."
"The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a criminal bribery complaint urging the Justice Department to investigate former President Trump’s solicitation of campaign donations from fossil fuel executives."
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[2] https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-report-columbia-river-dams-northwest-tribes
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/he-monitors-solar-flares-here-s-what-keeps-him-night
[4] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/science/mike-bettwy-solar-flares-storms.html
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[14] https://www.eenews.net/articles/environmental-rulings-to-watch-at-the-supreme-court/
[15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/gijn-webinar-how-latin-america-connects-your-story
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/summer-reads-lost-birds-pummeled-pumas-and-climate-anxiety
[17] https://therevelator.org/environmental-books-june2024/
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/crew-files-bribery-complaint-against-trump-over-oil-industry-donations
[19] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4737278-trump-bribery-complaint-fossil-fuel/
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