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Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized

Two-thirds of Utah voters support restoring the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to the previous boundaries they had before President Donald Trump reduced them to less than a quarter of their original size. That’s according to new polling

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 11h ago
The Cost of Keeping Cool: Georgia Power Customers Struggle With Summer Bills

When the power goes out during a Georgia summer, the heat builds fast. Inside a home without air conditioning, the air turns heavy and stifling. For Donica Odell, who has dealt with Georgia Power disconnections for much of her life, it feels “like you’re boiling like crab legs.”

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 2d ago
Court Stalls EPA Plan to Override California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from challenging California’s longstanding authority to set vehicle pollution stan tdadards stricter than federal requirements. The legal dispute stems from a decision announced in June by EPA administrat

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 7d ago
The Amazon’s Defenders Declare a State of Emergency

PUYO, Ecuador—People fighting oil wells, mines and other threats to their homelands did not come to this Amazonian city to lobby politicians at an environmental conference hosted by governments. They built the conference themselves.  The 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum, known as

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 9d ago
California Dairy Farm’s New Biogas Project Makes History and Raises Eyebrows

KERMAN, Calif.—One hundred degrees on a steamy Thursday afternoon and not much can be seen along the dust-blown avenue in Kerman. A school bus cruises by. Cows lap up water or feed behind a fence. A tractor crosses the road.  What’s most evident in this span of the San Joaquin Va

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 12d ago
A Global Gathering to Tackle the Planet’s Soil Crisis Is Underway in Mongolia

In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, policy makers, scientists and global negotiators are gathering to convey an urgent message: The world’s rangelands, which make up about half of Earth’s land surface, are in trouble. But these same lands offer an opportunity. If, collectively, farmers and

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 19d ago
‘Lead City’ Series Receives National Association of Black Journalists Award

A collaborative project about Chicago’s handling of its massive number of lead water pipes—a public health hazard—has won a reporting award from the National Association of Black Journalists. The “Salute to Excellence” award is the latest in a list of honors for “Lead City,” a se

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 20d ago
As Seas Rise, Scientists Race to Save Coastal Marshes From Drowning

STONE HARBOR, N.J.—Against a lush carpet of marsh grasses, the five-and-a-half acre island of muddy sediment, shallow pools and tufts of straggly vegetation stood out like a sore thumb.  It wasn’t enough to catch the eye of young visitors to The Wetlands Institute, who were far m

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 22d ago

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Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized

Two-thirds of Utah voters support restoring the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to the previous boundaries they had before President Donald Trump reduced them to less than a quarter of their original size. That’s according to new polling

insideclimatenews.org · 11h ago

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