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Meat industry-backed PR campaign fueled backlash against plant-forward diet study

A public relations firm working with the meat and dairy industry orchestrated an aggressive media campaign to discredit the landmark 2019 EAT-Lancet report, documents reviewed by DeSmog reveal.

Clare Carlile reports for DeSmog.

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BLM nominee backs out after past criticism of Jan. 6 attack surfaces

Kathleen Sgamma withdrew her nomination to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) just before her Senate confirmation hearing, following the resurfacing of her 2021 condemnation of the Capitol riot and Trump’s role in it.

Maxine Joselow reports for The Washington Post.

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Trump bets on coal as Kentucky’s power edge fades

President Donald Trump signed new executive orders to keep coal plants running, but experts say Kentucky’s rising power costs could hurt economic growth unless the state diversifies its energy sources.

Liam Niemeyer reports for Kentucky Lantern.

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Trump opens protected lands in Nevada and New Mexico to drilling and mining

The Trump administration has opened protected lands in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains and New Mexico’s Upper Pecos watershed to drilling and mining, reversing Biden-era rules enacted at the request of Native American communities.

Lisa Friedman reports for The New York Times.

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One lawyer's groundbreaking work in shaping climate law

As governments stall and emissions climb, human rights lawyers like Monica Feria-Tinta are turning to the courts to force climate action — one tree, island, or river at a time.

Samira Shackle reports for The Guardian.

In short:

  • Feria-Tinta is pioneering legal strategies that argue climate inaction violates human rights, helping Indigenous and vulnerable communities take their cases to global courts.
  • Her work includes landmark victories like the Torres Strait case, where the United Nations ruled Australia failed to protect islanders from climate harm, and Ecuador’s Los Cedros forest, which won legal rights as a living entity.
  • While legal wins are often slow and hard-fought, they’re shifting the global legal landscape, transforming courts into battlegrounds where climate justice and biodiversity now have a voice.

Key quote:

“Whether it’s a single tree, or a whole community depending on a river, what is at stake is the future of humanity.”

— Monica Feria-Tinta

Why this matters:

As heat, floods, and displacement intensify, the courtroom has become a potent line of defense. Climate litigation can hold powerful players accountable, push policy change, and help protect the ecosystems our health depends on — even when other systems fail. These legal wins are slow, complex, and anything but guaranteed. But they’re a signal that the courtroom is becoming one of the last places where the planet still stands a fighting chance.

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Electric vehicles are helping Nepal clean up its deadly air

As Kathmandu fights to breathe through some of the world’s worst air pollution, Nepal’s rapid embrace of electric vehicles is bringing cleaner skies and contributing to greater longevity.

Pete Pattisson reports for The Guardian.

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EPA stalls civil rights enforcement as pollution complaints pile up

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to investigate environmental discrimination has ground to a halt under Trump, leaving dozens of communities of color without recourse as pollution complaints sit unresolved.

Grey Moran reports for Sentient.

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