Climate Change

"Trump Says Governors Should Be Able To Handle Disasters Without FEMA"

"President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration plans to “wean” states off Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance after this year’s hurricane season, offering in the most explicit terms yet his plans for states to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies on their own."

Source: Washington Post, 06/11/2025

"A Proposal For A Massachusetts Wood-Burning Plant Is Back From The Dead"

"A plan to build a wood-burning power plant in a Massachusetts city once dubbed the asthma capital of the country could be springing back to life years after state and local officials struck it down — and opponents are ready to renew their fight against what many call a ​“zombie project.”"

Source: Canary Media, 06/10/2025

Homeless Are The Group Most Vulnerable To Heat-Related Illnesses By Far

"Last summer, Taylor Weckstein was driving around rural New Mexico in a van delivering medical care to the homeless in the sweltering heat. The Harvard Medical School graduate came across people with severe dehydration, kidney disease and third-degree burns from being seared by the pavement, she recalled."

Source: Washington Post, 06/10/2025

UN Ocean Summit Opens In France As U.S. Government Scientists Stay Away

"World leaders, scientists and officials gathered on Monday to open the third United Nations Ocean Conference and launch a global appeal to save the world's oceans, which scientists say are in bad health." "Glaringly absent are U.S. scientific agencies like NASA and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Their scientists weren't allowed to attend the summit, say organizers."

Source: NPR, 06/10/2025

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