Tim Wheeler

The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop industrial herbicides from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees.

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Opinion | How to Count Butterflies

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/o...

Florida's once-pristine springs threatened by pollution, development and climate change Florida boasts at least 1,000 freshwater springs, more than any other U.S. state. They are all under threats from agricultural pollution, stress from rapid development and from climate change that is ...

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Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

The Trump administration's war on renewable energy extends beyond the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

Trump’s Acting NASA Chief Wants to End Agency Science Focused on the Most Important Planet in Space - Ours The latest move in Trump's demolition of Earth-focused science

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Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in fundin...

Trump’s EPA delays, reconsiders regulatory action vs PFAS, cuts research. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...

Logging plan for Eastern Shore forest stirs pushback from residents - Maryland Matters The 0.7-mile Blue Bike Trail in Pocomoke State Forest is easy to miss, but a commercial logging plan proposed by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources has stirred opposition and brought the lesse...

Logging plan for Eastern Shore forest stirs pushback from residents marylandmatters.org/2025/06/23/p...

As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a  Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life - Inside Climate News On Tuesday, President Donald Trump took to the White House podium to boost one of his favorite energy sources.  “We’re ending Joe Biden’s war on beautiful clean coal once and for all,” he said, as uni...

As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a  Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...

How a Maryland county tried to sway a Delaware vote on offshore wind - Maryland Matters A group that pushed for the Sussex County Council in Delaware to reject a permit for a proposed offshore wind farm was created by Maryland wind farm opponents and funded by the Worcester County govern...

How a Maryland county tried to sway a Delaware vote on offshore wind marylandmatters.org/2025/01/13/h...

In Mobile Bay, the Oysters’ Tale of Woe - Inside Climate News Academics, conservationists, nonprofits, government agencies—and one passionate, retired scientist—are working to rebuild reefs, reduce the carbon imprint and educate the public about the importance o...

All hands on deck in the struggle to save Mobile Bay’s keystone bivalves. insideclimatenews.org/news/2512202...

Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.

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Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

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Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse

Reusing plastic water bottles, to-go containers? Scientists say that’s a bad idea.

Why cranberry country is turning into wetlands Cranberry farmers in Massachusetts edged out by climate change and competition have found an exit strategy — selling their land for conservation.

Why cranberry country is turning into wetlands

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Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says Researchers identify collision hotspots around world but reveal almost all these lack preventive measures

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YouTube video by Earth Optimism Our Shared Future: Life on a Sustainable Planet

Meet one of our newest community members: the incredible @ellenstofan.bsky.social! She's a former NASA Chief Scientist who helped develop a long range plan to get humans to Mars; now Undersecretary for the Smithsonian, where she leads the charge for "Life on a Sustainable Planet." Here's her vision:

Tracking Trump’s Cabinet and Staff Nominations These are President-elect Donald J. Trump’s intended nominees and appointees for his second-term cabinet and other high-level positions.

Tracking Trump’s cabinet and staff nominations: Here are President-elect Donald Trump’s intended nominees and appointees for his second-term cabinet and other high-level positions.

Terrible news today:

This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.

Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.

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Japan’s nuclear future: Caught between climate goals and reality Japan is well short of hitting its nuclear power goals by 2030, with the challenging nature of reactor restarts likely impacting its emissions reduction targets.

Commentary: Since 3/11, nuclear has no longer been Japan's "dream energy." But is the country prepared to align its climate targets with the pragmatic challenges of this energy source? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/11/19/japan/japan-nuclear-policy-climate-goals/?utm_medium=Social&utm…

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Superintendent's warning to coastal commission rings true | Coastal Review Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Dave Hallac had told the Coastal Resources Commission last week that Rodanthe homes were apt to fall this weekend. It took fewer than 48 hours for the fi...

Outer Banks beach homes falling into the surf -the leading edge of a coastwide problem? coastalreview.org/2024/11/supe...