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Last week, an aerial survey team spotted endangered blue whales two days in a row in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

This is the same area the trump admin is now slashing protections for

“Seeing blue #whales outside of their Canadian feeding grounds is rare," they said

Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025 Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and

"People typically do not start their day with a cup of coffee and the latest peer-reviewed journal article. Instead, they turn to media — television, newspapers, radio, social media — to understand how science and policies could impact their everyday lives."
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Trump sidelines climate contrarians in science rollback The president has mocked global warming as a “hoax,” but his administration avoided testing that claim in court as it targeted the endangerment finding.

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Arizona ups the ante in Colorado River fight If no deal materializes, state officials say they are prepared to test a never-used legal provision to seize water from Upper Basin states.

If there's not enough love for a Colorado River deal by Valentine's Day, Arizona said it might be time to revisit the prenup. With my @politico.com counterpart Annie Snider.

E&E News: Chris Wright: US will control Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that oil released from tankers off Venezuela’s coast would be arriving in the U.S. “very soon.”

From my colleague Christa Marshall @eenews.bsky.social

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E&E News: Trump’s Venezuela gambit relies on oil boom for payback A global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in the South American petrostate, whose leader was captured by the U.S. on Saturday.

My colleague @mikesoraghan.bsky.social with a great explainer on why the global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in Venezuela.

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E&E News: A Democratic clash over the environment in Colorado Phil Weiser, Colorado’s state attorney general, and Sen. Michael Bennet are vying to succeed Gov. Jared Polis, in part leaning on their conservationist bona fides.

A new look at Colorado's 2026 gubernatorial battle for @eenews.bsky.social

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Chirp one out for the pika: Hot rocks from climate change are killing Rocky Mountain critters Colorado's pika population is hurting from higher temperatures climate change brings to their talus nesting areas, a new CU Boulder study says.

"But the rabbit-cousin pikas have evolved a delicate metabolic sensibility: Above 76 degrees, their insides start to cook."

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E&E News: Feds go back to work The deal to reopen the government ensures all civil servants will be paid retroactively and reverses shutdown-tied layoffs.

Federal employees expressed relief tinged with frustration after 43 days of uncertainty as they came to work.E&E News reporters granted civil servants anonymity to speak freely. From my colleagues @eenews.bsky.social

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E&E News: Deadline for Colorado River decision shifts to February The clock is ticking on short-term interstate deals on water use. A long-term operating plan must be in place by Oct. 1, 2026.

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E&E News: Meet the Republicans who killed solar subsidies — after using them POLITICO’s E&E News examined satellite imagery of more than 100 homes owned by Republican lawmakers to see if they have solar panels. Seven had rooftop arrays.

My colleagues @timothycama.bsky.social and @corbinhiar.bsky.social spent some time on the (virtual) rooftops of 112 members of Congress: every Senate Republican and 59 House GOP lawmakers who are in leadership or facing tough reelection races.

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E&E News: Colorado River negotiations blow past deadline The Trump administration will grant states more time to work on a deal for reducing water use.

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E&E News: On eve of Trump deadline, Colorado River talks still going It is unclear whether negotiators will come up with even the broad outline of a deal by Tuesday, which the Trump administration set as the cutoff for an initial agreement.

And in the meantime, the clock ticks down on the Colorado River negotiations.

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E&E News: Shutdown deal puts RIF sword back into scabbard, for now The Interior Department has indicated officials were working on layoffs that would include more than 2,000 employees.

Mass layoffs on hold for now @deptofinterior.bsky.social, if shutdown deal moves. From @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social

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Busy beavers are building back as Lake Powell retreats Drought and steady demand along the Colorado River are draining the nation's second-largest reservoir. Land that was once submerged is now full of beavers and thriving ecosystems.

Look to the beavers. These fat, fluffy, flat-tailed rodents can tell you a lot.

E&E News: Interior halts layoff plans during government shutdown Other federal agencies spelled out how many employees are protected by a judge's injunction temporarily blocking many layoffs.

An update on planned RIFs at Interior

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Shutdown disrupts research into Great Lakes’ toxic algae At risk is the ability for researchers to forecast dangerous blooms weeks in advance.

The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...

E&E News: ‘Very undesirable’: Interior could decide Colorado River’s future After almost two years of talks, the seven states that depend on the river are perilously close to a deadline to reach a deal on water use cuts.

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E&E News: Harold Hamm, NextEra among Trump’s ballroom donors A sugar magnate and a major railroad company are also on the list of people and companies funding the White House revamp.

From @timothycama.bsky.social on who is funding the White House East Wing demolition:

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E&E News: Interior divulges more details on layoff plans Newly filed court documents reveal anticipated cuts at the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Geological Survey and elsewhere across the Interior Department.

New details on looming RIFs at Interior, with my colleagues Scott Streater and @kevinbogardus.bsky.social

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E&E News: Judge expands order banning RIFs during shutdown "During this time, these agencies should not be doing RIFs of the protected folks that we're talking about," Judge Susan Illston said.

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E&E News: Interior planning layoffs despite court order, unions say In a court filing, lawyers for federal unions say they have received information about plans for potentially thousands of employees to be laid off Monday.

Updated with details on tomorrow's hearing.

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E&E News: Unions say Interior planning layoffs despite court order In a court filing, lawyers for federal unions say they have received information about plans for potentially thousands of employees to be laid off Monday.

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Media is worse, journalism is worse, and the stories we tell are worse when we limit the access to telling them to people who can afford to live in the two or three biggest cities in the country.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

E&E News: ‘Treading water in the dark’ as Interior shutters Wildland firefighters, staffers working on administration energy priorities and some park rangers will keep working during the shutdown.

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E&E News: What to know about the government shutdown Parks are mostly open. EPA staff is still working. Feds are freaked out.

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Government shutdown 2025: A guide to what’s still open, what’s closed and what’s fuzzy While Social Security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of workers are still set to suffer financial hardship.

The federal government has shut down.

Here's what that means for government services in transportation, food safety, housing, defense and more.

Comprehensive breakdown from team @politico.com:

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