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Covington Residents React to Report Naming Local Paper Mill Nation’s Top Climate Polluter
WSLS - Virginia
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June 7, 2025
COVINGTON, Va. – A new environmental report has placed Covington’s Smurfit WestRock paper mill under intense national scrutiny, calling it the worst climate polluter in the U.S. paper industry. Now, some of the residents who live just steps away...
The administration’s attempts to delegitimize science, especially climate-related science
The Free Press
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June 7, 2025
We expected the worst environmental outcomes when Trump ran for and won re-election in November. Unfortunately, Trump and his administration are doing what we expected, though not totally. At the time of the election in November 2024, I wrote this...
Climate Action the global push to save a warming world
Switch TV
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June 6, 2025
LONDON — Climate action. It’s a term often heard in speeches, splashed across international agreements, and repeated at global summits. But what does it really mean and how does it affect everyday life? At its core, climate action is about...
The Municipality of Rethymno is on the front lines for environmental protection
Tornos News
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June 6, 2025
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2025, which this year has as its slogan “Blow Plastic Pollution”, the Municipality of Rethymno stands out as one of the most active examples of local government in Greece in the fight for environmental...
Forest Preservation, Tree Planting Could Actually Worsen Climate Change
Scientific American
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June 6, 2025
Tree Planting Efforts Could Actually Worsen Climate Change With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase carbon emissions, a new report says By Anne C. Mulkern & E&E News...
Ocean County Teachers Inspired To Give Environmental Lessons
Jersey Shore Online - New Jersey
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June 6, 2025
OCEAN COUNTY – With spring in the air, environmentalists inspired local teachers in crafting green lessons at the 28th Annual Barnegat Bay Environmental Educators Roundtable. This year’s event, which featured the theme of “Caring for Our Precious...
The link between leprosy and climate-change that we did not know about: an Indian story
The Hindu
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June 7, 2025
When Sharadindu Ghosh* was young, he was taught not to speak about his father’s leprosy. He, like many others, grew up in the lanes of Jamuria Leprosy Colony, in West Bengal, facing stigma and discrimination. Today, years after his father’s...
New study links global warming to rising antibiotic...
Envirotech Online
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A groundbreaking international study, involving researchers from Durham University, has revealed that climate change is accelerating the development and spread of antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — posing a growing threat to global public...
Antonello Pasini: ‘We must not let our guard down’ on the climate
Il Manifesto
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June 5, 2025
Don’t stop now, is the message of the appeal addressed to Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Giorgia Meloni, and, by extension, the European Commission, urging them not to halt the fight against climate change. It was written by two...
Experts decry environmental inaction in GB
Dawn
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June 6, 2025
GILGIT: The World Environment Day remained largely ignored in Gilgit-Baltistan, as no major event was held across the region this year. However, some national and international non-governmental organisations marked the day in various areas, though...
Prince Rupert gas pipeline cleared to keep environmental permit indefinitely
Canada's National Observer
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June 6, 2025
The Prince Rupert gas pipeline project is “substantially started” and will keep its valid environmental certificate for the life of the pipeline, the BC Environmental Assessment Office has ruled. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline...
Bill to fast-track projects gets instant pushback from climate groups and First Nations
Canada's National Observer
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June 6, 2025
The federal government’s new bill to fast-track projects “in the national interest” sparked immediate concerns from the Assembly of First Nations and Canada’s largest network of labour unions, climate, environmental and faith groups and Indigenous...
BC green lights LNG pipeline, with no need for new environmental assessment
Canada's National Observer
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June 6, 2025
The British Columbia government says a decade-old environmental assessment certificate remains valid for the construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern BC, in a decision opposed by the province's Green Party and environmental groups. The...
How The Environment Shapes Health: Groundbreaking Research With David Molitor
Poets&Quants - California
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June 6, 2025
Join us as we explore groundbreaking health care research at Gies College of Business with Professor David Molitor, who leads the Health Care Research Initiative. David’s work unites top health researchers to examine critical issues at the...
Huffman's social media highlights stance on GOP budget and environmental advocacy
Redwood Empire News - California
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June 5, 2025
Jared Huffman U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd district | Official U.S. House Headshot Jared Huffman U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd district | Official U.S. House Headshot Rep. Jared Huffman, currently...
UDC Installed Climate Change Tower to Monitor Air Quality in Portmore
Nationwide 90FM
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June 6, 2025
File Photo – Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness examines the environmental features of the Portmore Resilience Park during a walkthrough in early 2025. The Urban Development Corporation, UDC, has installed a Climate Change Tower aimed at analysing...
CSR News: Mangrove cleanup drive near TS Chanakya, Navi Mumbai on World Environment Day 2025
The CSR Journal
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June 6, 2025
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra: In commemoration of World Environment Day, on June 5, 2025, Henkel India partnered with the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), to organize a cleanup drive along the mangrove belt near TS Chanakya in Navi Mumbai,...
Cincinnati's environmental hazards fall hardest on minorities, people with disabilities, study says
WVXU News - Ohio
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June 6, 2025
Flooding, heat islands, air pollution, and landslides are all problems in Cincinnati. But the health and financial risks associated with them aren't spread evenly across the city, a new study says. The research from Housing Opportunities Made...
EPA Administrator Zeldin vowed to protect human health and the environment. His proposed budget tells a different story
Federal News Network - Washington D.C.
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June 6, 2025
Zeldin’s proposed budget would weaken the EPA and drastically reduce support for state and community programs. Marie Owens Powell June 6, 2025 5:25 pm 4 min read Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin took a vow to protect human...
DOT floats $5.4 billion for bridges, strikes diversity, climate criteria
The Bond Buyer - New York
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June 6, 2025
There are more than 623,000 spans across the country, of which 49% are in "fair" condition, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Bloomberg News The Trump administration amended a pair of bridge grant funding programs to strip out...