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Fighting wildfire with fire: California residents, once wary, embrace ‘controlled burns’ California once suppressed “controlled burns,” an Indigenous practice. Residents are now embracing it to reduce the growing threat of wildfire.

#California Residents, Once Wary, Embrace ‘Controlled Burns’

Stephanie Hanes reports for @csmonitor.bsky.social

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07.10.2025 11:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rising Sea Levels Threaten Over 100M Buildings. Where Does Europe Stand?

Liam Gilliver reports for @euronews.com

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07.10.2025 11:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Along the banks of the Mon, fracking waste in a landfill once again poses a pollution problem The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill accepts fracking waste. Some fear fracking contaminants like radium could end up in the Monongahela River.

Fracking Waste In A #Landfill Again Poses A Monongahela #Pollution Problem

@reidfrazier.bsky.social reports for @alleghenyfront.bsky.social

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07.10.2025 11:31 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Admin Hires

Aidan Hughes and @psskow.bsky.social report for @insideclimatenews.org

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07.10.2025 11:29 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How Big Agriculture got its way in the latest MAHA report Alarmed by the first MAHA commission report, the agriculture industry mobilized to shape the next installment. Those efforts seemingly paid off.

How Big Agriculture Got Its Way In The Latest MAHA Report

Amudalat Ajasa and @rachelroubein.bsky.social report for @washingtonpost.com

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07.10.2025 11:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Major Midwest port begins electrifying operations to reduce emissions The Port of Cleveland is adding charging ports, batteries, and solar to its main warehouse — work funded by a federal program that has so far survived…

Decarbonization work sails ahead at the Port of Cleveland and elsewhere on the Great Lakes. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/sea...

06.10.2025 13:10 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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In the Arctic, the U.S. Shifts Focus From Climate Research to Security

In the Arctic, the U.S. Shifts Focus From #Climate Research to Security

@sachimulkey.bsky.social reports for @nytimes.com

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06.10.2025 16:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations

#FEMA Holds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations

@byscottdance.com reports for @nytimes.com

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06.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate change is messing with global wind speeds, impacting planetary health Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that p...

Climate Change Is Disrupting Global Wind Speeds, Impacting Planetary #Health

Sean Mowbray reports for @mongabay.com

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06.10.2025 16:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights - Inside Climate News A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next.

The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights

@katiesurma.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org

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06.10.2025 16:47 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities

Youth-Led US #Climate Activists Widen Focus To Fight Authoritarianism

@dharna.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com

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06.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants

Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on #Climate Super #Pollutants

Lisa Friedman reports for @nytimes.com

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03.10.2025 00:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Interior Shutdown: National Parks Open With Limited Staff. Oil And Gas Permitting To Continue Apace. Don’t count on a few new AI lawnmowers to steward America’s national treasures through the fallout.

National Parks Open With Limited Staff. Oil/Gas Permitting Continues Apace

@chrisdangelo.bsky.social reports for Public Domain

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03.10.2025 00:23 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Can a new fund give tropical forests a future? | Context by TRF Brazil is set to launch the TFFF at COP30, a new approach to unlock conservation funding

Can A New Fund Give Tropical Forests A Future?

Andre Cabette Fabio reports for Thomas Reuters Foundation

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03.10.2025 00:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Despite the Trump Administration’s Best Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online - Inside Climate News Hundreds of scientists worldwide are collaborating to combat misinformation by making accurate climate information widely available to the public.

Despite Trump Efforts to Suppress It, #Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online

@bberwyn.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org

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03.10.2025 00:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Federal agents grab and shove journalists outside NYC immigration court, sending one to hospital Federal agents grabbed and shoved journalists in a hall outside a New York City immigration court, sending one to the hospital.

Federal Agents Shove Journalists At #NYC Immigration Court, Hospitalizing One

@mikesisak.bsky.social reports for @apnews.com

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03.10.2025 00:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

#Energy Dept. Adds ‘#ClimateChange’ And ‘#Emissions’ To Banned Words List"

@zcolman.bsky.social reports for @politico.com

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30.09.2025 21:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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EPA’s Effort to Pull Back PFAS Limits Spurs Statutory Tug of War The EPA is attempting an end run around the Safe Drinking Water Act by trying to rollback drinking water limits it previously set for four PFAS, attorneys representing affected communities said in leg...

#EPA’s Effort to Pull Back #PFAS Limits Spurs Statutory Tug of War #pollution

@patrizzuto.bsky.social reports for Bloomberg Law

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30.09.2025 21:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump Can't Condition Disaster Grants On Immigration Policy, Judge Rules

@rachelfrazin.bsky.social report for @thehill.com

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30.09.2025 21:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists - Inside Climate News Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organi...

Indigenous Land Defender Killed As #Ecuador Cracks Down on Activists

@katiesurma.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org

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30.09.2025 21:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry - Inside Climate News The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs an...

Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Admin Aims to Rekindle US Coal Industry

@jakebolster.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org

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30.09.2025 21:47 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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29.09.2025 14:50 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming - Inside Climate News The Trump administration has offered coal reserves in Wyoming in its latest move to reinvigorate the country’s coal industry. One environmental lawyer says it’s “ludicrous” to be selling leases for th...

Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming

Arcelia Martin and @jakebolster.bsky.social report for @insideclimatenews.org

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29.09.2025 11:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene

@jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social reports for @propublica.org @renlarson.bsky.social reports for @theassemblync.bsky.social

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29.09.2025 11:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump officials shut off funding for climate adaptation centers A third of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers are expected to drastically wind down and possibly close after Sept. 30.

Trump Officials Shut Off Funding For USGS #Climate Adaptation Centers

Kasha Patel @jakespring.bsky.social @bradydennis.bsky.social and @hannahnatanson.bsky.social report for @washingtonpost.com

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29.09.2025 11:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches The National Weather Service is struggling to maintain its forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration.

National #Weather Service At ‘Breaking Point’ As #Storm Approaches

@hannahnatanson.bsky.social and @bradydennis.bsky.social report for @washingtonpost.com

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29.09.2025 11:38 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Federal workforce girds for mass firings amid shutdown threat The White House has directed federal agencies to consider handing out pink slips if the government shuts down.

Federal Workforce Girds For Mass Firings Amid Shutdown Threat

@hmnorthey.bsky.social @andpicon.bsky.social @yachnin.bsky.social and @kevinbogardus.bsky.social report for @eenews.bsky.social

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29.09.2025 11:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Greenpeace accuses Brazil's JBS of buying cattle illegally raised in indigenous lands SAO PAULO (Reuters) -JBS, the world's largest meat company, has indirectly bought cattle raised illegally on indigenous land in Brazil, according to a Greenpeace investigation released on Thursday. T...

Brazil's JBS Accused Of Buying Cattle Illegally Raised In #Indigenous Lands

Ana Mano reports for @reuters.com

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26.09.2025 16:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Public Domain sues Trump's Interior Department Our first FOIA lawsuit seeks the calendar entries of top DOGE operatives and other political appointees.

Public Domain Sues Trump's Interior Department

@jamesctobias.bsky.social reports for Public Domain

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26.09.2025 16:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump-backed ‘Stargate’ project unveils plans for 5 AI sites OpenAI and Oracle say the data centers will deliver 5.5 gigawatts of capacity — double the electricity needed to power San Francisco.

Trump-Backed ‘Stargate’ Project Unveils Plans For 5 AI Sites

Christa Marshall reports for @eenews.bsky.social

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26.09.2025 16:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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