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June 11, 2025

  • Downtown Newsmagazine
  • Jun 11
  • 2 min read

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers finds the proposed Enbridge Line 5 oil and gas pipeline tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac would cause “detrimental effects” to the environment. (Keith Matheny/Detroit Free Press)

New documents reveal the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drafted plans to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the U.S. (Lisa Friedman/The New York Times)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced it will retire the critical “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database essential to assessing climate risk. (Katie Myers, Matt Simon/Grist)

A new report finds Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years by warming 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre industrial levels. (Shannon Osaka/The Washington Post)

Data shows Earth’s atmosphere has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions of years. (Denise Chow, Chase Cain/NBC News)

A Supreme Court ruling limits the scope of government-required environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects. (Adam Liptak/The New York Times)

The Trump administration is proposing transferring federal management of hundreds of national parks to state and tribal governments where limited resources put them at risk of closing. (Bobby Magill/Bloomberg)

How the government in Norway championed EVs to account for nearly all new car sales. (Karla Adam/The Washington Post)

Global energy investment is expected to reach a record $3.3 trillion drive by clean energy technologies. (Cristen Hemingway Jaynes/EcoWatch)

The latest longform piece in the June Issue of Downtown Newsmagazine explores the growing concerns of biosolids and farming in Michigan. (Stacey Gittleman/Downtown Newsmagazine)

Then there’s this…


The ParkTok “raunchy” viral TikTok trend uses humor to raise awareness about the threats to the U.S. national parks amid government spending cuts. (Clare Duffy/CNN)

 
 

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