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Great Sand Dunes National Park sign

Trump administration to scrap rule encouraging conservation

The Biden-era measure was intended to protect millions of acres from industrial development and the effects of climate change.
www.nytimes.com
The construction of a warehouse or data center in a dry location

EPA plan would let work start on data centers, power plants before air permits

Developers could start building "non-emitting" components ahead of air permitting under Administrator Lee Zeldin's proposal.
www.eenews.net
Filling and transportation of water bottles at lake for women to irrigate crops

Some climate shocks can increase the likelihood of war

Researchers warn against oversimplifying climate change’s role in conflict. But some conditions can increase the likelihood of violence, a new study finds.

insideclimatenews.org
A row of industrial batteries

For California farmers, a clean-energy dilemma

How close to prime farmland should large-scale battery facilities be built?
civileats.com
A child holding a protest sign that says Act Now for a Healthy Future

Climate Reality group in North Carolina to fight PFAS and more

A new Wilmington, NC chapter of the Climate Reality Project aims to teach people on how to engage their neighbors and officials on important environmental issues.

www.starnewsonline.com
Brazil mining operation—stripped off vegetation—resource extraction

Indigenous Amazon groups urge UN action on organized crime in rainforest territories

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is driving violence and environmental destruction in Indigenous territories.
apnews.com
A maintenance worker walking alongside solar panels on a roof

Nigeria's solar boom faces cost and policy barriers

Nigeria's rising solar imports signal a search for alternatives to unreliable grid power and high fuel costs.

www.dw.com
Two schoolchildren sitting at a desk in a classroom taking a test

Data centers, air pollution, climate math: Lessons from a climate and education conference

Students who attend schools near data centers are more likely to see their math performance decline than those who don’t.

hechingerreport.org
Wind turbine towers awaiting assembly

Opinion: Why Trump’s $2 billion buyoff to cancel offshore wind farms is a bad deal for American taxpayers and the US energy supply

Communities have been laying the groundwork for offshore energy projects for years and counting on the jobs and energy supply.
theconversation.com
Oilfield worker standing next to a pumpjack and holding a large rectangular piece of paper

Plugging away at the millions of derelict oil and gas wells in the US

The Well Done Foundation is remediating abandoned and orphaned fossil fuel wells that pollute water, soils, and the atmosphere. But plugging a borehole can be even harder than drilling it.

insideclimatenews.org
Black smoke billowing out of a smokestack

Trump let polluters sidestep Clean Air Act rules with just an email

In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act.

www.propublica.org
Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the Colorado River showing "bathtub ring" indicative of low water level.

Why short-term wins for the Colorado River won’t avert a water crisis

A stopgap proposal from Arizona, California and Nevada is unlikely to break the stalemate in negotiations over the future of the river.
www.washingtonpost.com
A destroyed boat leaning against a dock after a hurricane

“Green finance” promises to save the planet. It’s doing the opposite

Every firestorm, hurricane, and flood gives investors an opportunity to make more money.

thewalrus.ca
Coal-fired power station, Victoria, Australia

As coal rebounds, more toxic mercury is in the air

Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development.
www.nytimes.com
Helicopter shot of a large refinery outside of Houston

Farm country critics balk at carbon capture projects, citing health risks of "grand experiment"

Carbon capture and sequestration, as the process is called, has been widely touted as a solution to the climate crisis, reducing CO2 emissions from power plants and industrial facilities that contribute to increasingly erratic and dangerous weather patterns.

www.thenewlede.org
Coal fired power plant with piles of coal beneath red & white stacks emitting smoke

Louisiana GOP candidate stakes US Senate hopes to carbon storage opposition

Carbon capture and storage projects have created a unique divide among the GOP in Louisiana.
lailluminator.com
Three firefighters in turnout gear — woman in the center, flanked by two men carrying shovels in smoky air

These blue states aren’t getting fire prevention money from Trump

FEMA slowed grants intended to help states such as California and Colorado prepare for and prevent wildfires, a Washington Post analysis shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
Rows of US dollars on a red background

Trump’s Iran war may stymie climate gains with boost to big oil, experts say

Windfall profits could lock in Trump-era political wins for the fossil fuel industry and slow clean-energy transition.

www.theguardian.com
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