"Tom and Diane Peterman tried to buy flood insurance when they moved to their retirement home on the shores of Black Lake 14 years ago but were told it wasn’t available. John Solum was told he wasn’t in a flood zone when his family bought a 1940s-era cabin there."
"The Interior Department’s guidance instructs parks staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details."
"To some political pundits and Democratic strategists, one takeaway from the 2024 presidential election was clear: Don’t talk about climate change." "An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability."
"A covid vaccine study that the CDC’s chief halted this spring over methodological concerns was published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open, a leading peer-reviewed medical journal."
"The Justice Department took the extraordinary step of seeking to force reporters for The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal to testify before a federal grand jury — but withdrew the subpoenas earlier this month after they were challenged by the news organizations, according to a Justice Department official familiar with the matter."
"The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science."
"An appeals panel ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can take down an exhibit on the enslaved servants of George Washington at a Philadelphia national park, a win for the White House as it tries to reframe the nation’s sins into uplifting stories of progress across national park sites."
An explosion of new artificial intelligence data centers means potential trouble, as they hoover up power and water, and spew global warming gases. It’s a story with national and global ramifications, certainly. But it’s also one that can be reported locally. Reporter’s Toolbox offers up some handy databases for environmental journalists to find data center stories in their communities.
When the Supreme Court further hollowed out the Voting Rights Act this spring, it augured a historic loss of civic power for Black communities. And with that comes a further blow — to progress on the environment. For as Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes explains, key to climate policy are Black voters, and the Black legislators they bring into office.
