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Report Calls Plastics “Grave” Danger To Health As Nations Negotiate Treaty

"Plastics are a “grave” danger to humans and the planet, responsible for an estimated $1.5 trillion annually in health-related costs, and nations need to center human health as they finalize the global plastics treaty, scientists said in a new report released Monday."

Source: The New Lede, 08/05/2025
August 12, 2025

Finding Your Voice in Longterm Storytelling: A Conversation With David Walter Banks

Vital Impacts' online talk at 11 a.m. ET is with David Walter Banks who is known for his blend of stylized portraiture, documentary work and long-term storytelling. You'll be taken behind the scenes of "Trembling Earth," his three-year project focused on protecting Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp.

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Ecofiction — A Novel Approach to Environmental Truth-Telling

Fiction and journalism might seem like polar opposites, but some environmental journalists find writing ecofiction is an ideal complement to their day jobs. Drawing on journalistic research skills and curiosity, ecofiction lets them explore environmental issues from a different angle while enjoying an opportunity to unleash their imaginations. Journalist-fictioneers Valerie Brown and Meg Turville-Heitz on working across genre boundaries.

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Coastal Flooding Challenges Cities Around the U.S.

The United States has nearly 100,000 miles of coastline and much of it is at risk of flooding. But what that inundation looks like varies widely from place to place. From storm surges to land subsidence, the latest Backgrounder details the different types of flooding and the threats they pose to coastal communities, especially sea level cities.

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"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future"

"Climate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to soak up, store, and redistribute future floods."

Source: YaleE360, 08/04/2025

"Trump’s EPA Puts California In Its Crosshairs With Its Proposed Car Rules"

"Documents supporting the EPA’s plan to roll back vehicle emission standards reference California by name nearly 30 times. For more than 50 years, California has had special authority from the EPA to set strict tailpipe emission standards. The agency’s own analysis indicates that without California’s leadership and tax credits created under President Biden, national adoption of electric vehicles will decline and gasoline prices will increase." 

Source: LA Times, 08/04/2025

"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won"

"As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world. Here’s how" 

Source: Guardian, 08/04/2025

"Biggest US Offshore Wind Project Marches Ahead Despite Trump Attacks"

"The largest planned offshore wind project in the U.S. is 60 percent complete and is on track to begin delivering electricity early next year."

Source: E&E News, 08/04/2025

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