Sunday, June 28, 2026

Tag: environment

NOAA: 2025 Atlantic hurricane season predicted to be above normal with...

NOAA predicts a 60 percent chance of it being “above normal,” a 30 percent chance of it being near normal and a 10 percent chance that it will be below normal.

Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands

DOGE cuts are killing Americans.

Report links meat giant JBS to massive destruction of jaguar habitat

It attributes part of this loss to ranches indirectly supplying cattle to meatpacking giant JBS, with nearly all of the deforestation since 2013 being illegal. 

Governor Hochul to make New York center of nuclear revival in...

Governor Kathy Hochul has also become involved in promoting nuclear power nationally.

GOP advances sweeping plan to fast-track drilling, mining, and logging on...

A new Republican bill would open millions of acres of protected land to fossil fuel and timber companies while gutting environmental review processes, in a bid to help fund massive tax cuts.

See the world and save the planet: 10 incredible places that...

Purpose-driven travel offers unforgettable experiences that foster environmental stewardship, cultural connection, and lasting impact.

Huge pollution footprint flows from commercial communications satellites in orbit

Scientists are asking if the United States is prepared to handle the impacts.

Renewables generated 43% of electricity used by Australia’s main power grid...

It was the highest first-quarter share of renewables in the 25-year history of the National Energy Market.

North American bird populations are collapsing in places they once thrived:...

The analysis of almost 500 species of North American birds indicates that three out of four species are suffering declines across their ranges, with two in three shrinking significantly.

Millions of people depend on the Great Lakes’ water supply. Trump...

Cutbacks have gutted the staff at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.