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- Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrongScientists say ‘old-school denier nonsense’ isn’t helpful as podcaster repeatedly airs false claim on his show.
- Humans are altering the seas. Here’s what the future ocean might look like.Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research.
- Goodbye, FEMA. Hello, disaster consultantsPushing more responsibility for disaster response onto the states will mean depending more on private contractors.
- Why some Illinois farmers are stuck raising crops that no longer thriveSome farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy. Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.
- Smoketember is rolling in. Here’s how to protect yourselfWith wildfire smoke pushing air quality into the highest risk category, health experts warn there’s no safe level of exposure.
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- Chart: State lawmakers introduced a ton of anti-renewables bills this yearSee more from Canary Media’s "Chart of the week” column . State legislatures saw a torrent of anti-clean energy bills introduced this year — and little more than a trickle of measures that would benefit renewables. Fortunately, most of the legislation was not signed into law. As of June, with most states’…
- California quietly guts ambitious virtual power plant billThree bills have advanced through the California Legislature that are meant to increase the use of virtual power plants as a way to rein in energy costs. While good news for utility customers, that welcomed progress comes with its own dose of bad news: The most ambitious proposals were stripped out of one of the…
- ‘Bizarre’ and ‘unlawful:’ States, Ørsted challenge Revolution Wind freezeThe Trump administration’s latest attack on an in-progress offshore wind project is now being challenged in court. Two lawsuits announced Thursday — one brought by the wind farm’s developers, the other by Rhode Island and Connecticut — seek immediate relief from a federal stop-work order that froze construction of…
- Virginia’s data center boom tests clean energy lawKnown as the data center capital of the world, Virginia offers a crucial test case for electric utilities: Can they meet power demand from the explosion of AI while keeping bills affordable and slashing carbon emissions? Many experts fear that Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, is failing that test. In…
- These conservatives want government to stop working against clean energyHundreds of business people, policy analysts, and conservative advocates filled a downtown Cleveland conference hall last week for the National Conservative Energy Summit. One major theme: the need for both the federal and local governments to remove increasingly high hurdles to building renewable energy. …
Recovery Diva
- Enhanced Role for Disaster Consultants?From The Atlantic: Goodbye, FEMA. Hello, Disaster Consultants. ” Pushing more responsibility for disaster response onto the states will mean depending more on private contractors.”
- Retaliation re FEMA Employees Was IllegalFrom the WashPost: Trump administration illegally retaliated against FEMA employees, legal experts say The Trump administration put many FEMA employees on leave, about 36 hours after they signed an open letter of dissent about agency leadership. “Legal and whistleblower experts … Continue reading →
- GAO Report on Federal Response Workforce ReadinessFrom the GAO: Disaster Assistance High-Risk Series: Federal Response Workforce Readiness. GAO Report:25-108598 “Federal agencies sent thousands of personnel to support response efforts to recent disasters such as Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. But the … Continue reading →
- FEMA as Independent AgencyFrom MSNBC: I led the Army into New Orleans after Katrina. Why I worry about the next storm. “FEMA should be its own Cabinet-level agency. Emergency management is a mission on its own, not a part-time function of Homeland Security.” … Continue reading →
- Disasters Are Deadlier at NightFrom HSNW: The Surprising Reasons Floods and Other Disasters Are Deadlier at Night It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.