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Illinois requires Climate Education in Schools. Now Teachers Plan How. [1]

"It’s the seventh state to pass a law requiring climate education in public schools. The requirement will kick in next fall."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 10/21/2025

"To Meet Pledges to Save Forests Spending Must Triple, U.N. Report Says" [11]

"Nations are not spending enough to ensure that the forests that cover nearly a third of the planet remain healthy, according to a new United Nations report. To meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030, the report found."

Biodiversity [12]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Studies [4]
Forests [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 10/17/2025

Aeroecology Reveals Creatures That Populate the Skies and How They Survive [18]

"The sky above us is a complex ecosystem, just like the land and sea. A new field of research is bringing a fresh understanding of the birds, bugs and other species that live there"

Air [19]
Biodiversity [12]
Environmental Studies [4]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [16]
Source: Smithsonian [23], 10/16/2025

"A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone" [24]

"Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January."

Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: WIRED [27], 10/16/2025

Commercial Lion Farming in S. Africa Could Be Harming Wild Lions: Study [28]

"As we’ve seen with tigers and other threatened species, captive lion breeding may stimulate consumer demand and put additional pressure on wild populations across African home ranges."

Biodiversity [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [22]
Public [7]
Africa [29]
Source: The Revelator [30], 10/14/2025

Arctic Seals And Over Half Of Bird Species Now Listed As Threatened By IUCN [31]

"Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, according to an annual assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature."

Biodiversity [12]
Environmental Studies [4]
Wildlife [22]
Public [7]
International [16]
Source: AP [32], 10/14/2025

DOE Climate ‘Endangerment’ Report Sparks Stormy Retort [33]

When the Trump Energy Department issued a report this summer questioning a central precept of U.S. climate change policy, it kicked off an angry backlash from scientific experts who fear it undermines decades of peer-reviewed research — and the very basis for climate action. Backgrounder scrutinizes the DOE report and the climate skeptics behind it, as well as the furious response.

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Climate Change [2]
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"‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist Confirmed As NOAA Chief" [37]

"The Senate has voted to confirm President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a group of nominees confirmed en masse."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [41], 10/09/2025

"Science Teachers Scramble As U.S. Climate Resources Vanish" [42]

"When news broke that climate.gov was about to go dark in June, Jeffrey Grant scrambled to download as many graphs and data tables from the website as he could. The high school biology teacher had relied heavily on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website to teach students about climate change, showing data on carbon dioxide levels and asking the students to analyze trends and make connections like real climatologists."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Journalism & Media [43]
People & Population [6]
Science [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Science [44], 10/07/2025

"Rising Sea Levels Threaten Over 100M Buildings. Where Does Europe Stand?" [45]

"Sea levels will drastically rise and push millions of buildings into danger if the world continues burning fossil fuels, a new report has warned."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Studies [4]
Infrastructure [46]
People & Population [6]
Planning & Growth [47]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [7]
International [16]
Source: Euronews [48], 10/07/2025

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