August 6, 2025

 

Consumers Energy spent $29 million in the first month of complying with the U.S. Department of Energy's order to continue operating the coal-fired J.H. Campbell Plant past its planned closure date, according to a recent corporate filing. (Carol Thompson/The Detroit News)

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The Trump administration just dealt another blow to U.S. environmental regulations — one that could allow more contamination of drinking water from toxic coal ash contamination thanks to an EPA proposed extension of deadlines for required reporting and groundwater monitoring at coal ash landfills and dumps. (Kari Lydersen/Canary Media)

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While improvements in precise insecticides are a benefit to agriculture, scientists are now realizing that there are downsides with impacts on the surface waters – lakes and tributaries – and aquatic life. (Mark H. Stowers/Downtown Newsmagazine)

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A 2023 analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that the Great Lakes states have enough offshore wind power potential to provide three times as much electricity as all eight Great Lakes states use currently, which would mean plenty left over to meet increasing demand or send power elsewhere in the country. (Cora Sutherland, Melissa Scanlan/Ohio Capital Journal)

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President Lyndon B. Johnson’s science advisory committee in 1965 warned of the dangers of unchecked global warming, and the United States has taken steps to protect people from these risks, but now, however, the Trump administration appears to be essentially abandoning this principle, claiming that the costs of addressing climate change outweigh the benefits. (David Gelles, Maxine Joselow/The New York Times)

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The U.S. Energy Department has released a rather unusual report, written by five climate skeptics, which is meant to support the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to roll back climate regulations, contending that the mainstream scientific view on climate change is too dire and overlooks the positive effects of a warming planet. (Maxine Joselow, Brad Plumer/The New York Times)

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As the climate warms, new data shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying, threatening humanity’s supply of fresh water. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)

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The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia. (Fernanda Gonzalez/Wired)

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Researchers are enlisting sharks as mobile marine monitors, attaching sensors to their dorsal fins, in hopes that as the sharks swim through the ocean, they will collect temperature readings and other information that can be used to predict the power and trajectory of Atlantic hurricanes. (Dino Grandoni/The Washington Post)