January 22, 2025
Hours after being sworn in as forty-seventh president, Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement created to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. (Max Bearak/The New York Times)
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is facing public pushback for the proposed lease of state managed forest land for solar development outside of Gaylord. (Keith Matheny/The Detroit Free Press)
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Thousands of California insurance policies were dropped by State Farm before the Pacific Palisades wildfires, following a growing trend with insurance companies in regions prone to climate disasters. (Aimee Picchi/CBS Moneywatch)
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For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge fertilizer can pose risks to human health. (Hiroko Tabuchi/The New York Times)
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A quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction, according to new research. (Christina Larson/The Associated Press)
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According to a new United Nations report, more than three-quarters of the world’s land is now considered drylands. (Cristen Hemingway Jaynes/EcoWatch)
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Renewable energy makes up over sixty two percent of Germany’s electricity publicly. (Paige Bennett/EcoWatch)
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How the impacts from climate change and erratic weather are affecting Michigan’s cherry industry. (Ayurella Horn-Muller, Izzy Ross/Grist)
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A new type of grassroots community solar project in Brooklyn will sell renewable energy to the grid reducing local energy bills and investing funds into a community wealth fund. (Maria Gallucci/Canary Media)
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The Supreme Court declined an appeal from major oil and gas companies to block the Honolulu lawsuit holding them accountable for their role in climate change, including misleading the public about damages from burning fossil fuels. (John Kruzel/Reuters)
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A new study finds Michigan lost nine days of freezing weather annually due to human-caused climate change. (Kelly House/Bridge MI)
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Then there’s this…
Researchers have unearthed a “dinosaur highway” in England featuring hundreds of giant prehistoric footprints dating back 155 million years. (Mary Walrath-Holdridge/USA Today)