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Natural Disasters · Texas

Hundreds gather at high school stadium to honor the many lost to Texas deadly floods

62% Center coverage: 95 sources

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday, as well the many still missing. “Our communities were struck with tragedy literally in the darkness,” Wyatt Wentrcek, a local youth minister, told the crowd in the bleachers of Tivy Antler Stadium in Kerrvil…See the Story

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The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida Wants to Join a Federal Lawsuit Against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

68% Center coverage: 44 sources

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands.See the Story

US Politics · United States

When Grief Involves Trauma: A Social Worker Explains How to Support Survivors of the Recent Floods

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

The July 4, 2025, floods in Kerr County, Texas, swept away children and entire families, leaving horror in their wake. Days later, flash floods struck Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing three people, including two young children.Climate Change See the Story

USDA abruptly cancels rural energy grant application window

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

For over two decades, Bruce Everly has been helping Indiana farmers apply for funding from the federal Rural Energy for America Program, which provides grants for solar, wind, energy-efficiency upgrades, grain dryers, biodigesters, and other projects in rural America. He’s seen it serve as an economic lifeline for small farmers, especially the state’s poultry producers who operate on thin profit margins. But the program, known as REAP, has faced…Republican Party · Indiana See the Story

Inside the movement to recognize nature as an artist

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Have you ever listened to a recording of birdsong? Or ocean waves? The howling of wolves, or thunder and rain? If you have, did you ever wonder whether nature was getting any compensation for producing that acoustic art that found its way to your speakers? A number of musicians and environmentalists have begun raising that last question — and trying to ensure that its answer is yes. Nature sounds have long been sampled in musical tracks of all g…Climate Change · Wicklow Read Article

How reducing the U.S. military budget would also reduce emissions

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The next time you’re on a flight worrying about destroying the planet, rest easy knowing that at least you’re not in a fighter jet. The airline industry is responsible for 2.5 percent of global CO2 emissions, but the world’s militaries are responsible for more than double that, at 5.5 percent. When nations boost military budgets, they also boost their carbon emissions. With a bump of $157 billion, thanks to the budget the Trump administration p…Climate Change · Gaza Read Article

This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially bans the export of unsorted plastic waste from rich countries to poor countries and requires it to be disclosed in shipments between poor countries. But the rule has a big loophole. Every year, an unknown but potentially large amount of plastic waste …Climate Change · Australia See the Story

Why the federal government is making climate data disappear

Coverage: 2 sources

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. For 25 years, a group of the country’s top experts has been fastidiously tracking the ways that climate change threatens every part of the United States. Their findings informed the National Climate Assessments, a series of congressionally mandated reports released every four years that translated the science into accessible warnings for policymakers and th…Climate Change · United States See the Story

A heat wave hit New England’s grid. Clean energy saved the day.

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

As temperatures across New England soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in recent weeks, solar panels and batteries helped keep air conditioners running while reducing fossil-fuel generation and likely saving consumers more than $20 million. “Local solar, energy efficiency, and other clean energy resources helped make the power grid more reliable and more affordable for consumers,” said Jamie Dickerson, senior director of clean energy and climate…Solar Power · United States Read Article

Inside New Orleans' plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area. As thousands of architects and planners flocked to New Orleans in 2014 for the world’s largest sustainable design conference, the city saw a chance to prove it belonged in the green building big leagues. City leaders announced at the Gre…Journalism · New Orleans See the Story

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Hundreds gather at high school stadium to honor the many lost to Texas deadly floods

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida Wants to Join a Federal Lawsuit Against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Trump directs Treasury to limit wind and solar tax credits

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When Grief Involves Trauma: A Social Worker Explains How to Support Survivors of the Recent Floods

USDA abruptly cancels rural energy grant application window

Inside the movement to recognize nature as an artist

How reducing the U.S. military budget would also reduce emissions

This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law

Why the federal government is making climate data disappear

A heat wave hit New England’s grid. Clean energy saved the day.

Inside New Orleans' plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings

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