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The Old Trails Fire burned through the city’s northwest corner — an area considered outside the highest risk zone.
The Spokane burns show not even surburbia is immune to wildfire - High Country News
The Old Trails Fire burned through the city’s northwest corner — an area considered outside the highest risk zone.
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A federal court says the Trump admin improperly terminated $20B in "green bank" funds — a big win for the nonprofit groups fighting to restore clean-energy and climate lending. But a likely Supreme Court appeal may delay them from getting their money: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli... #energysky
Court rules against Trump EPA’s freeze of $20B in ‘green bank’ funds
A federal appeals court finds the EPA acted improperly in terminating grants to boost clean energy projects. The Trump administration may appeal to the…
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El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity
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Butterflies around the world are changing habitats - and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats - and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude
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‘You’d want one as a pet’: the irresistibly cute solar-powered sea slug
‘You’d want one as a pet’: the irresistibly cute solar-powered sea slug
The beady-eyed, Pokémon-like leaf sheep is far more ingenious than us land mammals
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Drones can peer into secretive factory farms. A proposed FAA ban could make this illegal. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
A Trump administration rule could stop a powerful tool for exposing animal cruelty
Drones can peer into secretive factory farms. A proposed FAA ban could make this illegal.
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Among the places threatened by worsening wildfire: America’s natural and cultural sites.
Climate-Fueled Fires Put America’s Natural and Cultural Sites At Risk - Inside Climate News
New studies find that wildfire is a major threat to significant historical and national park sites across the United States.
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Wolf reintroduction in Colorado has been anything but smooth. One nonprofit founded by a wolf advocate is stepping into the fray to help ranchers.
Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist? - Inside Climate News
A small nonprofit with an innovative approach to predator-livestock conflicts is trying to ease Colorado ranchers’ concerns about wolves.
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For decades, the residents of Progress Village, outside of Tampa, have lived beside a radioactive phosphogypsum stack. Now there are plans to expand the waste site.
A Radioactive Waste Stack Looms Beside a Segregation-Era Community—and It’s Expanding - Inside Climate News
Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next d...
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In March, the world passed a major energy milestone, adding its third terawatt of solar power. While rich countries initially powered the solar buildout, as prices fall, poorer countries are increasingly taking the lead.
The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power
In March, the world passed a major energy milestone, adding its third terawatt of solar power. Increasingly, poorer countries are leading the shift to solar, analysts say.
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More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality. www.wired.com/story/china-...
China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem
More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.
wired.com
An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect.
A ban on chainsaws in wilderness is performative, not practical - High Country News
An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect.
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“I don’t think that ignoring the climate crisis is smart politics,” she said. “I think that it is dropping the ball on the biggest threat the US and the world faces.” Excellent story from @dharna.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’ prompts activists to turn up the volume
Nationwide actions seek to counter view that talking about climate crisis distracts from affordability messaging
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U.S. emissions are still on track to keep falling through 2030. But after that, just how quickly they’ll sink is unclear.
The US clean energy boom will continue to 2030. Then things get hazy.
Despite Trump’s attacks, renewables are set for big growth over the next few years, a new Rhodium Group study says. Whether it lasts depends on some key…
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The Trump administration just keeps checking off the coal industry’s wishlist — but some wishes have been harder to grant than others.
The coal industry gave Trump a wish list. He’s checking items off it.
The Trump admin is propping up the aging coal fleet despite the financial and environmental costs — and also making far-fetched plans to build new coal…
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El Niño is expected to intensify in the weeks ahead, fueling more severe heat across the globe, according to the WMO. The forecast comes as blistering heat shatters temperature records from Europe to Asia.
In an Already Broiling Summer, El Niño Is About to Turn Up the Heat
Temperatures forecasted between August and October of this year. Red areas are projected to be far warmer than normal. World Meteorological Organization
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From sharky shores and starving seabirds to droughts, wildfires, and floods. www.vox.com/videos/49725...
How a super El Niño affects the global climate
From sharky shores and starving seabirds to droughts, wildfires, and floods.
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Officials call push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’ buff.ly/91yjePv
Pueblo leaders, New Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon - High Country News
Officials are calling the push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’
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‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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13 percent of deaths in un-air-conditioned Texas prisons between 2001 and 2019, roughly 271 people, were attributable to extreme heat, an average of 14 a year. slate.trib.al/q1sSHua
Texas Prisoners Are Baking to Death. The State Keeps Saying No to AC.
A 90-year-old with hypertension could still fail to qualify for a bed with AC.
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Communities of color, many already experiencing environmental stressors like pollution and drought, disproportionately bear the brunt of data centers in Washington state, new research shows.
More Than Half of Washington State’s Data Centers Are Located in Environmental Justice Areas - Inside Climate News
Washington is home to dozens of data centers, and more are on the way. But the impacts are not shared equally, a new report finds.
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The administration wants to open 3 million acres to mining claims and oil and gas leasing at the expense of the landscape.
What’s destroying Utah’s monuments - High Country News
The administration wants to open 3 million acres to mining claims and oil and gas leasing at the expense of the landscape.
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Here’s what Trump’s ban on foreign-made inverters means for the clean energy industry.
Trump admin bans ‘new’ foreign-made inverters. What does that mean?
A just-issued national security ban appears to exclude existing inverters for solar and battery projects — but future models could face restrictions,…
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Since the colonial era, India has regarded its scrublands and savannas as little more than degraded forest. Now, amid a growing recognition of the value of rangelands globally, India plans to map its ailing grasslands, with a view to restoring them.
‘Wastelands’ No More: India Charts a Future for Its Grasslands
Since the colonial era, India has regarded its native scrublands and savannas as little more than degraded forest. Now, amid a growing recognition of rangelands globally, officials are working to map the nation's ailing grasslands, with a view to restoring these vital ecosystems.
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4 things to know about cyclospora and climate change
4 things to know about cyclospora and climate change
A fragile food system, uneven public health messaging, and global warming are all working to supercharge the parasite’s spread.
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Startup Zanskar has created one of the most productive geothermal wells in the US at a power plant that had been in decline for years. www.wired.com/story/zanska...
How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back From the Dead
Startup Zanskar has created one of the most productive geothermal wells in the US at a power plant that had been in decline for years.
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Countries with good governance and environmental rule of law can make a just transition work.
More Countries Are Factoring Fairness Into the Clean Energy Transition - Inside Climate News
Countries with strong environmental governance and trusted institutions are well positioned to pivot away from fossil fuels, a new United Nations report finds.
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From keeping power plants from retiring to rolling back environmental protections, the Trump administration keeps checking off the coal industry’s wish list.
The coal industry gave Trump a wish list. He’s checking items off it.
The Trump admin is propping up the aging coal fleet despite the financial and environmental costs — and also making far-fetched plans to build new coal…
canarymedia.com
Four organizations filed a lawsuit against Oregon over its new permit for industrial livestock operations, alleging it fails to meet Clean Water Act standards and leaves groundwater and surface water vulnerable to pollution.
A New Oregon Permit for Industrial Farms Violates the Clean Water Act, Advocates Allege - Inside Climate News
Four organizations filed a lawsuit against the state over what plaintiffs say is a failure to adequately monitor and prevent CAFOs from illegally discharging waste into ground and surface water.
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