"Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?"
"Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps."
Source: Undark, 10/17/2025
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"How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank"
"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."
Source: DeSmog, 10/17/2025
"How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves"
"President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening."
Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2025
Aeroecology Reveals Creatures That Populate the Skies and How They Survive
"The sky above us is a complex ecosystem, just like the land and sea. A new field of research is bringing a fresh understanding of the birds, bugs and other species that live there"
Source: Smithsonian, 10/16/2025
"Calif.'s Incarcerated Firefighters Just Got A Nearly 700% Raise"
"More than 1,100 incarcerated firefighters were sent to Southern California in January to fight four different wildfires. As the Palisades Fire ran up a hillside, one strike team saved the life of a resident who was still at his home."
Source: SFGate, 10/16/2025
"Newsom Vetoes Bill Banning Forever Chemicals In Cookware"
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill that would have banned the use of “forever chemicals” in cookware and other products in California."
Source: The Hill, 10/16/2025
"Texas County Sues Trump Admin Over Canceled Solar Grants"
"A Texas county is suing EPA over the agency’s cancellation of nearly $250 million in solar energy grants." "The lawsuit says the Trump administration unlawfully revoked funding for low-income communities to access clean, affordable energy."
Source: E&E News, 10/16/2025
"Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant"
"Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2025
UN Warns Colombia Over Mercury In Atrato River As Human Rights Emergency
"The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the health and survival of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities who depend on the river for food, water and culture."
Source: AP, 10/16/2025
"Natural Gas Prices Are Low, But Your Monthly Gas Bill Is Up. Here's Why"
"In the Philadelphia suburb of Wyncote, Pa., Michelle Lordi has taken notice of her higher gas bills. ... Now Lordi is making the connection between her higher gas bill and the nearby construction."
Source: NPR, 10/16/2025
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