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Chesapeake Bay Health Slips in 2025 Report Card as Persistent Challenges Threaten Long-Term Gains
The Chesapeake Bay’s health has taken a downturn, according to a new report card, with the estuary relegated from a “C+” to a “C” as climate extremes and runaway pollution limit restoration efforts. The annual scorecard, produced by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), evaluates the state of the bay and its […]
Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source:
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Trump Officials Visit Alaska as Interior Department Pushes Proposal Rescinding Biden-era Arctic Protections
The Department of the Interior announced a proposal last week to cancel its protections of 13 million acres of Alaskan land inside a previously created reserve. More than 40 Indigenous communities rely on the acreage in question for clean water and critical subsistence resources like caribou, fish and other wildlife. Indigenous people have occupied the […]
Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source:Animals—Living and Dead—Can Help Track Humanity’s Toxic Legacy
In the early 20th century, more than a million miners in Britain made a daily descent into the depths of the Earth to extract coal, the country’s main source of energy at the time. Joining them on their journey to the harsh, dark underground: bright yellow canaries, about the size of a coffee cup. These […]
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Tearful Protests From Ironbound Residents
The Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J., has two distinct sections: an immigrant-rich area of rowhouses, ethnic restaurants and shops, and a clogged industrial zone with three power plants, the state’s largest incinerator and biggest sewage facility, a slew of factories and a near-constant parade of diesel trucks. And now, there will be a fourth power […]
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:In a Deep Red State, a Mining Regulator Is Wary of Possible Trump Cuts to Its Budget
JASPER, Ala.—If federal funds designated for Alabama’s mining regulator dry up—there is a 16 percent cut in state grants now being debated in Congress—director Kathy Love believes she has a quick and compelling rebuttal. Alabama has primary oversight, as do 14 other states, over its mines but it needs the federal government to help pay […]
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings
A new set of detailed clues gleaned from ancient fossil reefs on the Seychelle Islands shows an increasing likelihood that human-caused warming will raise the global average sea level at least 3 feet by 2100, at the high end of the projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Due to regional variations, sea level […]
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:'Glimmer of hope' for marine life at UN Ocean conference
Environmental groups have praised government's progress made on marine protection at the UN meeting
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:A COP30 roadmap to inaction or ambition on climate finance?
If it lets wealthy countries off the hook, the “Baku-to-Belém” roadmap risks entrenching climate injustice and increasing debt burdens in the Global South The post A COP30 roadmap to inaction or ambition on climate finance? appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 13 June 2025: Trump’s ‘biggest’ climate rollback; UK goes nuclear; How Carbon Brief visualises research
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 13 June 2025: Trump’s ‘biggest’ climate rollback; UK goes nuclear; How Carbon Brief visualises research appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Chart: The rise, fall and rise of UK nuclear power over eight decades
The UK’s chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the green light this week to the Sizewell C... The post Chart: The rise, fall and rise of UK nuclear power over eight decades appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Guest post: How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather
Recent years have seen a rapid succession of climate-related records broken. To name just a... The post Guest post: How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Pennsylvania Bill Would Create a State Board to Oversee New Energy Projects
Pennsylvania lawmakers heard conflicting views this week over whether the state should set up a board that oversees the siting and operation of new electric-generating plants amid national fears that growing demand for electricity will exceed supply. The Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board, or RESET, would set statewide standards for the selection and […]
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims
The American Midwest is home to some of the richest, most productive farmland in the world, enabling its transformation into a vast corn- and soy-producing machine—a conversion spurred largely by decades-long policies that support the production of biofuels. But a new report takes a big swing at the ethanol orthodoxy of American agriculture, criticizing the […]
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:California Sues Trump Administration Over Right to Clean Air
President Donald Trump signed congressional resolutions Thursday morning to repeal California’s pioneering vehicle emissions standards, which he called a “disaster for this country.” California was ready. “We made a promise that if the president attempted to illegally interfere with our clean air standards, we’d hold him accountable in court,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Study Says Clean Energy Rollbacks Will Cost Economy $1.1 Trillion by 2035
In a week when the Trump administration moved forward on multiple fronts to repeal U.S. climate policies, a new analysis quantified the potential costs for public health, households and the economy—including a stunning $1.1 trillion reduction in U.S. gross domestic product by 2035. The study by the University of Maryland’s Center for Global Sustainability found […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:As Wildfire Smoke Increases Bad-Air Days, Are Government Agencies Doing Enough?
CHICAGO—As Canadian wildfire smoke moved south into the American Midwest last week, this city experienced not only some of the worst air quality in the United States, but in the entire world. The day before smoke rolled in, the Cook County government sent out air-quality warnings to residents who subscribed to text alerts. Yet even […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Deep-sea geoengineering set for scrutiny, as ocean treaty approval nears
The High Seas Treaty could require environmental impact assessments and consultation for marine carbon dioxide removal projects The post Deep-sea geoengineering set for scrutiny, as ocean treaty approval nears appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:China Briefing 12 June 2025: Critical mineral exports; Electricity price; Coal ‘capacity payment’
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 12 June 2025: Critical mineral exports; Electricity price; Coal ‘capacity payment’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:How Did the Housing Crisis Revitalize Efforts by Western Republicans to Sell Off Public Lands?
A years-long effort to sell public lands has gained steam in this year’s federal budget negotiations as a proposed solution to the housing crisis, but critics say it’s just the latest attempt to render an unpopular political proposition more palatable. Reps. Mark Amodei (R-Nevada) and Celeste Maloy (R-Utah) inserted a last-minute provision into the House […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Guest post: China’s ‘capacity payments’ boosted coal-plant revenue by up to 8%
At the start of 2024, China introduced a new system of “capacity payments” designed to... The post Guest post: China’s ‘capacity payments’ boosted coal-plant revenue by up to 8% appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Tax Cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill” Could Kill Solar Power Progress
The loss of federal tax credits for rooftop solar could wreck the business that Allan O’Shea has built in Michigan. O’Shea, who runs his company along with his wife and sons, has been selling solar panels since the 1990s. He’s witnessed the growing popularity of rooftop solar in the state, which accounted for 19 percent […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water
CAMP HILL, Ala.—A dispute over soaring water bills for this town’s 1,000 residents has ended up in court this summer after Mayor Messiah Williams-Cole said that his town’s water contract has been violated by its neighbors in Dadeville, who control the flow. The water woes began in January, when a water main break sent Camp […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:‘We’ve Treated it as a Global Waste Dump’: Costa Rica’s President Calls for Action on the Ocean
Costa Rica is helping to shape the global agenda on marine protection and ocean governance this week as co-host, with France, of the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice. Costa Rica accounts for 20,000 square miles of land in Central America, but its marine territory covers nearly 200,000 square miles of ocean. About 30 […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Bills That Could Have Hurt Renewable Energy Die in Texas Legislature
Four bills aimed at limiting renewable energy projects in Texas failed during the last legislative session as lawmakers, facing increasing energy demands, found constituents and industry leaders alike turning up in Austin to describe wind and solar projects as now pivotal to the state’s economy and grid. While the proposals were backed by far-right advocacy […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:New species of dinosaur discovered that 'rewrites' T.rex family tree
The dinosaur skeletons, found hidden in a museum collection in Mongolia, is an ancestor of the mighty tyrannosaurs.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Phase-Out of FEMA On Course, Trump Says, Raising Worries About a Weakened National Disaster Response
The Trump administration will begin dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency later this year, the president announced on Tuesday, setting a tight timeframe for a breakup that many experts warned would likely harm the nation’s ability to respond to disasters. FEMA leads and funds long-term recovery efforts after natural disasters, which are growing in frequency, […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Over half of countries push for plastic production cuts in new UN pact
Ahead of hard-fought negotiations due to resume in August, 95 countries have issued a "wake up" call for an "ambitious" plastics treaty The post Over half of countries push for plastic production cuts in new UN pact appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Department of Justice Gives Trump Go-Ahead to Eliminate National Monuments
The Department of Justice, in an opinion issued Tuesday, argues President Donald Trump has the power to review and eliminate national monuments to make way for development and resource extraction on public lands—walking back a previous opinion from the department that found only Congress can dismantle a national monument. Since Trump took office, his administration […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:UK spending review 2025: Key climate and energy announcements
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first spending review under the current Labour government,... The post UK spending review 2025: Key climate and energy announcements appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:First view of the Sun's south pole filmed by spacecraft
Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming
A “collapse” of key Atlantic ocean currents would cause winter temperatures to plunge across northern... The post Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Guest post: Why the global area for regrowing trees is 71% smaller than thought
Over the past decade, research has emerged suggesting that ramping up reforestation around the world... The post Guest post: Why the global area for regrowing trees is 71% smaller than thought appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas
Companies plan to build more than 100 new gas-fired power plants in Texas in the next few years amid a race to meet enormous electrical demand from energy-hungry industries, according to a report released Wednesday by the Environmental Integrity Project, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit. The projects would amount to 58,000 megawatts of new generation capacity, […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Virginia Vulnerable to Trump’s Proposed Cuts in Emergency Management and Disaster Relief
CHESTERFIELD, Va.—Virginia was one of several states in the Appalachian region slammed by Hurricane Helene’s rainfall last September. The storm caused the New River to crest at 31 feet a day after it battered the region. In one area of Damascus, homes were lifted up and washed away. A separate storm besieged southwest Virginia in […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales
Tonga, a Pacific Island nation with deep connections to the ocean and its non-human inhabitants, could become the first country in the world to recognize that whales have inherent rights. Speaking in Nice, France, where the United Nations Ocean Conference is taking place, Tongan Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho called for the recognition of whales as […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source: