GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

A blanket of dense wildfire smoke from Canada spread across Ontario and into the U.S. Midwest and Northeast  last week The fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute near 6 trillion per year The United States is driving a global emissions surge.  Despite expanding renewable energy Residential battery storage is expanding in the US, with homeowners installing record capacity  Renewable electricity grew 9.8% in 2024, far outpacing non-renewables Major industrialized nations understood climate risks decades before the 2015 Paris Agreement.  The Trump administration has appointed climate science critic Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program,

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

Connecticut beaches, including Sherwood Island state park are closed for swimming until further notice  El Nino will likely become a strong event between July and September,  Global ocean surface temperatures reached record highs in June 2026. Maryland environmental officials are investigating a reported fish kill in the Potomac River. People in the U.S. appear to be  choosing EV hybrids over EV's.  China’s Great Green Wall reforestation program shows signs of success. Shelton Ct has purchased the late Guy Beardsley’s land preventing future housing development

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

Three firefighters died  last week while battling an inferno along the Utah-Colorado border  French Polynesia has expanded its marine protections, bringing 30% of its waters under full protection   Legal challenge targets the nearly completed 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda Turkey’s has a growing crisis as drought and intensive farming drain groundwater, making sinkholes Drifting tuna fishing devices (dFADs) are entering over half of the world’s marine protected areas, threatening ecosystems Researchers found battery electric vehicles typically produce 40–60% fewer emissions than gas cars Eaglets, hatched to the  famous bald eagle pair are officially named Sandy & Luna

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

Europe has been gripped by severe weather [https://www.dw.com/en/extreme-weather/t-19020379] recently as a prolonged heat wave [https://www.dw.com/en/climate-extremes-sweltering-heat-waves/a-73548975] set in  NOAA forecasts a hotter-than-average summer across most of the United States. The Caspian Sea is shrinking due largely to human activity Trump administration has ordered removal of more than 900 bison from federal lands in Montana Lebanese conservationist Mona Khalil, died at 76 after an Israeli airstrike struck her coastal home Data shows people consistently underestimate how much others care about climate change

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

An unprecedented winter heatwave has struck Antarctica’s rapidly warming peninsula, shattering temperature records  Scientists warn the AMOC , a key ocean current,  may be nearing a tipping point as warming surpasses 1.5°Celcius Solar power generated more U.S. electricity than coal for the first time A judge rules the Trump administration illegally canceled a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program  Arnold Schwarzenegger urges environmentalists to focus on action rather than despair  Trump  administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system [https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/kiVK9evpXTFQrjyeCCn62A~~/AAAAARA~/5Gkt1R6M4oLIv-w89IXOP4docgQIxibd16iBl00T9NPrgil1pJKQG7GXP4Ce3Jp78aCOcSiLjWWGeP4cuqAu2uwrEsNoEc32C0XnDvKI1XPzTXQ-UmB_odAhTe2HXHNeI_yY-J7yMFF7fFxnrNfofZytCxQd7fHVM8ynYC3rzMyATboofxpLfNStnEsd-hSjcY3xZNfW0fnQMCoJnwk2zkivxcTgPZCsquA_xq42c_-d3izXZuTFDoxEjujBjgqq2vd-SVVjNyVk3kctn_NpLw~~] 44 percent of U.S. adults “worry a great deal about global warming or climate change.”