People & Population

"How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt"

"A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/02/2025

"Big Banks Predict Catastrophic Warming, With Profit Potential"

"Top Wall Street institutions are preparing for a severe future of global warming that blows past the temperature limits agreed to by more than 190 nations a decade ago, industry documents show."

Source: E&E News, 04/02/2025

Trump’s DOE Targets Calif. And Other Blue States For Cuts: Leaked Docs

"The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections and roll back nationwide progress toward clean energy disproportionately target California and other blue states, internal documents show."

Source: LA Times, 04/02/2025

Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Slams Climate Action as ‘Religion’

"When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin made a defiant reference to “climate change religion” in order to justify a plan to roll back environmental protections, American faith leaders and scholars reacted with confusion, sadness and anger."  "Jewish and Christian faith leaders responded to Lee Zeldin’s comments with “righteous anger” and called for policies that support a more just, livable world."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/01/2025

"Fumed Episode 4: Locked and Loaded"

"This season, two stubborn Texans try to salvage what’s left of their working-class community. That’s a problem, though, because they live in East Harris County, where the petrochemical industry calls the shots — and where pushing back can be dangerous."

"Set in Channelview, Texas, in the heart of the nation's petrochemical industry, Fumed follows Carolyn Stone and Greg Moss as they risk everything to fight for their community’s future."

Source: Public Health Watch, 04/01/2025

West Africa's Hazardous Winds: Harmattan Carries Dust, Spreads Disease

"Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti. ... The Harmattan's effects go beyond reduced visibility and dryness. It has an impact on human health, agriculture and ecosystems."

Source: The Conversation, 04/01/2025

"Calif. Snowpack Is Near-Average — What Does This Mean For Water Supplies?"

"At 90% of the state historical average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is nothing like record-smashing 2023. But it ‘s the third year in the row with near-average or above-average snowpack."

Source: CalMatters, 04/01/2025

"Blue Ridge Parkway: Will "Take Years" For Some Areas To Be Repaired"

"While repairs to storm-battered sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway are underway, it will "take years" to repair some of the damage, according to the National Park Service."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/31/2025

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