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The Colorado Sun · Environment · 09:57 UTC · Dean Krakel · Donate
PHOTOS: The charm of Colorado hummingbirds
Photojournalist Dean Krakel has been paying attention to his hummingbird neighbors in the Gunnison Valley as they court and feed and prepare for the long migration south
The Nevada Independent · Environment · 09:00 UTC · Piper Heath · Donate
'Excessive' water users in Las Vegas are getting big fines. Now there's a lawsuit.
Since January 2023, the Las Vegas Valley Water District has charged residential customers a flat $9 for every 1,000 gallons they use beyond a seasonal threshold — roughly five times the district's base tier rate, and nearly 1.5 times its top-tier rate.
Inside Climate News · Environment · 08:55 UTC · By Dana Drugmand · Support
Boulder, Colorado, and Big Oil Prepare for High-Stakes Clash in Supreme Court
Local and state governments across the United States have turned to state courts over the past nine years, filing lawsuits reminiscent of those against the tobacco industry in the 1990s against major fossil fuel companies, aiming to hold them accountable for climate change damages and alleged deception. The cases are still in preliminary stages and
The Assembly · Environment · 18:22 UTC · Jhurld · Donate
Can Solar Energy Save the Family Farm?
By Jen McGivney When Chris Barnhill decided to put solar panels on his Bladen County farm, his uncle tried to convince him otherwise. Four generations of their family have farmed blueberries here, and his uncle believed it was risky to pivot. But the solar panels, Barnhill insisted, wouldn’t disrupt the family business; the 500 acres
Grist · Environment · 13:00 UTC · Gabrielle Canon · Donate
Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
Mission Local · Environment · 13:00 UTC · Walter Mackins · Donate
On Russia Avenue. Photo by Walter Mackins. A garden of delights
THE CITY · Environment · 12:05 UTC · Lit NYC · Donate
LISTEN: ‘Thou Shall Not Push Your Neighbor Around’
“There’s a quality that all great historians have of being a little prophetic — an ability to identify deep trends in American society and history and then, without claiming to speak for the future, see what might happen.” Joel Feingold, the researcher who worked with the late historian Mike Wallace on the final two books
Signal Cleveland · Environment · 04:01 UTC · Jake Zuckerman · Donate
Natural gas plant, brownfield solar farm get green light from Ohio regulators
The Ohio Power Siting Board issued its first permit to a grid-tied natural gas fired power plant since 2019. It also greenlit a solar farm planned on a former coal mine.
WyoFile · Environment · 21:39 UTC · Angus M. Thuermer Jr. · Donate
Burgum OKs Colorado River plan, sparing cuts to Wyoming water use
Interior secretary cements headwater states’ rights to use their shares of water while California, Nevada and Arizona will be pinched.
Echo: The Salt Lake Tribune: Nevada sues federal government over cuts to ‘already meager’ Colorado River water allocation · Inside Climate News: Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
WyoFile · Environment · 20:47 UTC · Teal Davis · Donate
Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.
VTDigger · Environment · 19:37 UTC · Theo Wells-Spackman · Donate
As heating oil prices remain volatile, Vermonters prepare cautiously for winter
Vermont’s deep reliance on heating oil makes the state vulnerable to price swings. Some residents are trying to find a safer path. Read the story on VTDigger here: As heating oil prices remain volatile, Vermonters prepare cautiously for winter.
Bridge Michigan · Environment · 19:28 UTC · Isabella Figueroa Nogueira · Donate
Residents and officials feeling powerless in Michigan data center fights
Town leaders say they’re powerless to stop data centers from moving in. And residents who’ve tried to recall officials over data center votes have struggled to get those efforts on the ballot.
San José Spotlight · Environment · 19:00 UTC · Gabriel Symkowick · Donate
San Jose’s Circle of Palms is losing its iconic trees
Ice skating in downtown San Jose won’t be the same this holiday season, after losing its iconic namesake. Crews began removing all 32 palm trees from the Circle of Palms on Thursday, after a city arborist found none of them were healthy enough to keep. Work is expected to continue for the next several days.
MinnPost · Environment · 17:25 UTC · Claire Carlson · Donate
Minnesota agencies planning ahead for changes to state’s water supply
The 2100 Water Futures Project is one of six long-range planning projects designed to prepare Minnesota for generational shifts.
The Connecticut Mirror · Environment · 14:00 UTC · Chris Polansky | Connecticut Public · Donate
Shark populations ‘increasing slowly’ in Long Island Sound, CT biologist says
Certain shark species native to Long Island Sound are increasing in population, according to CT's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
RANGE · Environment · 13:00 UTC · RANGE · Donate
Mobilizing for data center pause
A heated national issue has come to Spokane; this is what one activist is doing about it
The Assembly · Environment · 10:55 UTC · Jack Igelman · Donate
An annual tradition brings people back to the land their families lost to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park nearly a century ago.
The Texas Tribune · Environment · 10:00 UTC · By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News · Donate
Pressure mounts to allow treated oilfield waste in Texas rivers and on rangeland
As oil and gas companies run out of places to dispose of their wastewater, Texas regulators are drafting permits to treat and reuse it outside the oilfields.
Voice of San Diego · Environment · 09:00 UTC · MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón · Donate
Arizona Wants to Suck Water Supplies From Mexico’s Sea of Cortez
Mexico would keep the water, but Arizona’s investment in building desalination would allow the state to draw more Colorado River water.
Grist · Environment · 08:45 UTC · Austin Corona · Donate
Solar buoyed Europe’s grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer
WyoFile · Environment · 22:10 UTC · Mike Koshmrl · Donate
Wyoming stockgrowers have cows staged ‘in limbo’ as federal judge mulls Upper Green grazing dispute
The decision over whether to let the cattlemen turn their livestock onto Northwestern Wyoming allotments full of grizzly bears will soon be made by a U.S. District Court judge.
Underscore Native News · Environment · 22:05 UTC · Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore Native News + ICT · Donate
Klamath Tribes Respond to Wrights Spring Fire
The Klamath Tribes’ Wildland Fire Program continues to work with other crews to help contain the Wrights Spring Fire.
The Texas Tribune · Environment · 18:00 UTC · Jess Huff · Donate
As the U.S. pushes to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, Texas companies prepare to capitalize on the state's emerging lithium industry.
The New Bedford Light · Environment · 17:39 UTC · Brooke Kushwaha and Nathan Collins · Donate
How AI is reshaping ocean science
Artificial intelligence tools are quietly transforming how ocean scientists gather and analyze information from the watery deep.
THE CITY · Environment · 16:01 UTC · Katie Honan · Donate
Far Rockaway Residents Rally Against Dust-Blowing Concrete Recycling Plant
A fight over pollution along the Queens-Long Island border is boiling over, as residents from one side of the dividing line accuse a concrete recycling plant on the other of spoiling their bayfront air — and see an opening to close the facility for good. The Inwood Material Terminal sits near Motts Basin in Jamaica
Spotlight PA · Environment · 16:00 UTC · Jon Hurdle · Donate
Safety failures led to last year’s fatal explosion at US Steel plant in Pa.
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The federal government alleged that U.S. Steel could have prevented a catastrophic explosion at Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh on Aug. 11, 2025, killing two workers and injuring 11. The U.S. Chemical Safety and
Investigate Midwest · Environment · 19:55 UTC · Caspar Dowdy, Investigate Midwest · Donate
USDA wants to revive the cotton industry. Experts aren’t sure that’s possible.
A denim-clad rancher poses on horseback, crimson-red shirt against a hazy blue sky. A farmer in a T-shirt stands surrounded by his crop, leaves bending toward weathered hands. “Real Americans wear cotton,” reads bold text over a photo of a sprawling white field. This Americana-laden imagery came in an X post from Agriculture Secretary Brooke
Flatwater Free Press · Environment · 15:16 UTC · Omaha Documenters · Donate
Aug. 10: Lincoln City Council advances infrastructure, airport and public safety measures
The Lincoln City Council approved a series of appointments, resolutions and infrastructure items during its meeting, including new members for the Lincoln City Libraries Board, Veterans Memorial Garden
Sahan Journal · Environment · 11:00 UTC · Andrew Hazzard · Donate
Residents in Minneapolis ‘green zones’ want more benefits, power as city redraws boundaries
Minneapolis established special environmental zones on the city’s north and south sides a decade ago. Now, the boundaries are being redrawn, and the city wants to hear from you.
Stateline · Environment · 09:00 UTC · Alex Baumhardt · Support
Trump administration advances plan to rescind protections for nearly 45 million wild acres
The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25 years of sweeping protections for tens of millions of wild, federally managed acres across the U.S. Brooke Rollins, head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on Tuesday filed a rule to rescind “in its entirety” the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule,
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