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A blanket of dense wildfire smoke from Canada spread across Ontario and into the U.S. Midwest and Northeast last weekThe fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute near 6 trillion per yearThe United States is driving a global emissions surge. Despite expanding renewable energyResidential battery storage is expanding in the US, with homeowners installing record capacity Renewable electricity grew 9.8% in 2024, far outpacing non-renewablesMajor industrialized nations understood climate risks decades before the 2015 Paris Agreement. The Trump administration has appointed climate science critic Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program,
Connecticut beaches, including Sherwood Island state park are closed for swimming until further notice El Nino will likely become a strong event between July and September, Global ocean surface temperatures reached record highs in June 2026.Maryland environmental officials are investigating a reported fish kill in the Potomac River.People in the U.S. appear to be choosing EV hybrids over EV's. China’s Great Green Wall reforestation program shows signs of success.Shelton Ct has purchased the late Guy Beardsley’s land preventing future housing development
Three firefighters died last week while battling an inferno along the Utah-Colorado border French Polynesia has expanded its marine protections, bringing 30% of its waters under full protection Legal challenge targets the nearly completed 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline in UgandaTurkey’s has a growing crisis as drought and intensive farming drain groundwater, making sinkholesDrifting tuna fishing devices (dFADs) are entering over half of the world’s marine protected areas, threatening ecosystemsResearchers found battery electric vehicles typically produce 40–60% fewer emissions than gas carsEaglets, hatched to the famous bald eagle pair are officially named Sandy & Luna
Europe has been gripped by severe weather recently as a prolonged heat wave set in NOAA forecasts a hotter-than-average summer across most of the United States.The Caspian Sea is shrinking due largely to human activityTrump administration has ordered removal of more than 900 bison from federal lands in MontanaLebanese conservationist Mona Khalil, died at 76 after an Israeli airstrike struck her coastal homeData shows people consistently underestimate how much others care about climate change
An unprecedented winter heatwave has struck Antarctica’s rapidly warming peninsula, shattering temperature records Scientists warn the AMOC , a key ocean current, may be nearing a tipping point as warming surpasses 1.5°CelciusSolar power generated more U.S. electricity than coal for the first timeA judge rules the Trump administration illegally canceled a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program Arnold Schwarzenegger urges environmentalists to focus on action rather than despair Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system44 percent of U.S. adults “worry a great deal about global warming or climate change.”
France enacts one of the world’s toughest environmental laws by criminalizing ecocide under its Climate and Resilience Act.Humanity exceeded Earth’s sustainable population decades agoTrying to save a critically endangered Chilean tree reduced to a single wild individual Asian Glaciers may have finally begun to succumb to global warmingAntarctic krill, food for whales, seals, and penguins, face pressure from climate change and industrial fishingCovering irrigation canals with solar panels can address energy demand and water loss “ An urban mine” of electronics, and waste streams across 30 countries,could replace up to 56 percent of new supplyElectric vehicle sales set records in 37 countries
War’s tolls leave enduring ecological and health crises long after fighting ends.A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday GlacierDensely populated coastal regions face accelerated flooding risk as land subsidence amplifies sea-level riseThe Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observing network Japan has launched Asia’s first osmotic power plant a reliable, emissions-free sourceReintroduced beavers in West London help to combat climate-driven floodingConnecticut is poised to legalize plug-in “portable” solar,
Severe erosion and crumbling asphalt closes beloved Long Island beachU.S. Forest Service plans to spray glyphosate across tens of thousands of acresEurope is experiencing unusually high spring temperatures reaching up to 100 FahrenheitHeavy Rain and Floods in China Killed at Least 22 peopleRenewable Energy Agency report finds that combining solar, wind, and battery storage is cheaper than new coal and gas plantsGrowth in renewables and electric vehicles—has slowed emissions growth and lessened worse case climate scenarios New research shows that healthier ecosystems directly boost business productivity
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