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What Will It Take To End the Slaughter of Dolphins in the Faroe Islands?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072026/activists-fight-to-end-faroe-islands-dolphin-hunts/
Published: July 18, 2026 09:00
On May 27, a massive pod of more than 400 long-finned pilot whales was spotted off the coast of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands—a remote archipelago located about 200 miles north of Scotland. By early evening, dozens of motorboats converged on…
Why Plastics Have Overtaken the Planet
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072026/why-plastics-have-overtaken-the-planet/
Published: July 18, 2026 08:55
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Judith Enck, the founder of advocacy group Beyond Plastics. After World War II, plastics grew from a cheap wartime alternative…
Latest Precipitation Models Still Seem to Underestimate Risk as ‘1,000-Year’ Rain Events Pummel Texas
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/texas-precipitation-models-underestimate-risk/
Published: July 17, 2026 23:32
Parts of South Texas ravaged by flooding this week have logged a steep rise in rainfall intensity over recent decades, federal data show. The latest official dataset, published in 2018 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),…
Wildfire Smoke Chokes Eastern and Midwestern Cities As Air Quality Soars to Dangerously High Levels
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/wildfire-smoke-chokes-eastern-and-midwestern-cities/
Published: July 17, 2026 21:30
Smoke from climate change-fueled wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota blanketed skies across much of the Midwest and East Coast, exposing millions of Americans to dangerous levels of air pollution. The National Weather Service warned residents in…
Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/mobile-bay-dredged-mud-dumping-ban/
Published: July 17, 2026 20:37
For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from dredging operations in the Mobile Bay shipping channel have been smothering seagrasses, choking out oysters and clouding water that was once pristine. Now those…
A Record-Warm Winter and Summer Heatwave Are Stoking Montana’s Wildfire Risk
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/montana-wildfire-risk-after-warm-winter-and-summer-heat/
Published: July 17, 2026 09:00
Just weeks ago, western Montana appeared to have escaped the early wildfires that forecasters feared after one of the warmest and driest winters on record, as heavy rains in late June soaked forests and grasslands, tamping down the threat. But scientists…
After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072026/virginia-fails-to-require-data-centers-use-clean-energy/
Published: July 17, 2026 08:55
RICHMOND, Va.—Before the start of Virginia’s legislative session in January, 53-year-old William Ward attended a Virginia League of Conservation Voters rally in Petersburg, where he learned about how the state’s data center industry is straining the grid,…
Tribes and Environmental Groups Push Back on Trump Rule to Diminish Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/groups-push-back-on-trump-endangered-species-act-rule/
Published: July 16, 2026 23:31
Environmental groups and tribes are suing the Trump administration over a new rule eliminating the majority of habitat protections for imperiled wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act. Experts say the rule represents the most profound change to…
As Climate Extremes Collide, Attribution Science Evolves
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/climate-event-attribution-science-evolves/
Published: July 16, 2026 22:06
A new assessment from the United States’ most influential science advisory panel says climate attribution science has moved beyond asking whether human-caused global warming is driving deadly heat waves, floods and wildfires. The focus is now on how severe…
Without Tax Credits, EV Sales Are Searching for a Spark
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/inside-clean-energy-us-ev-sales/
Published: July 16, 2026 13:00
The U.S. electric vehicle market continues to suffer through a long hangover following the cancellation of federal tax credits. One of the keys to recovery is a model, or hopefully several models, that grab the public’s attention and exceed sales…
A Shark-Feeding Ban Exposes a Deeper Fight Over Florida’s Changing Seas
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/florida-shark-feeding-ban/
Published: July 16, 2026 09:00
Fifteen, 20, 30 feet down, a crate of dead fish hung in the water five miles off of Jupiter, Florida’s coastline, and the sharks rode up and down with it. Every so often, Tanner Mansell would reach into the crate, pull out a fish head and wave it through…
As Climate Change Expands Mosquito Ranges, Better Monitoring Is Key to Preventing Disease
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/better-monitoring-needed-as-mosquito-ranges-expand/
Published: July 16, 2026 08:55
With summer heat comes pool parties, beach days, backyard cookouts and, of course, swarms of bloodthirsty mosquitos. But while insect bites have always been a side effect of time spent outdoors, the species doing the biting are changing in historically…
Will Trump’s Handoff of Grizzly Management to States Lead to More Dead Bears?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072026/trump-interior-grizzly-management/
Published: July 15, 2026 23:27
Standing just north of Yellowstone National Park in Montana, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum proposed Tuesday to return management of grizzly bears to the states. At the Montana press conference, where he was joined by Idaho Gov. Brad Little,…
Fracking Ban in the Delaware River Basin Survives a Republican Challenge (For Now)
Published: July 15, 2026 15:55
A Republican-led effort to end the Delaware River Basin’s ban on fracking fell short on Tuesday after an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act was not brought before a congressional committee, allowing the longstanding restriction to stand for…
Bay Program Delays Decision on Tribes’ Place in Chesapeake Agreement
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072026/chesapeake-bay-watershed-agreement-tribes-inclusion/
Published: July 15, 2026 09:00
Virginia’s seven federally recognized tribes said they’re cautiously optimistic about their prospects of becoming full signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement even after program leadership missed the July 1 deadline for presenting a roadmap…
Governments Knew the Risks of Global Warming as They Chose Fossil-Fueled Growth in the 1950s and ’60s
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072026/governments-knew-global-warming-risks/
Published: July 15, 2026 04:01
A new report strengthens the case that the United States and other major industrialized countries knew, long before they signed the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming, that they could face legal obligations to reduce climate-damaging greenhouse…
New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072026/new-york-first-data-center-moratorium/
Published: July 14, 2026 22:16
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday making the state the first in the nation to implement a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. The Democratic governor said she would pause environmental permits while the state researches…
What Happens When Extreme Weather Becomes a Cycle You Can’t Escape
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072026/todays-climate-extreme-weather-disaster-fatigue/
Published: July 14, 2026 21:13
An aggressive downpour over the weekend in the eastern areas around Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains triggered severe flooding and multiple mudslides across the region. The watery assault hit particularly hard in Del Rio—a community still recovering from…
Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072026/trump-again-shrinks-utah-national-monuments/
Published: July 14, 2026 19:33
Monday morning, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments stretched across over three million acres of public lands in southern Utah, protecting some of the country’s most remote landscapes and scores of archaeological sites sacred to…
AI, Defense Spending Fuel the Rush to Mine Minerals, Report Says
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072026/ai-and-defense-spending-fuel-critical-mineral-rush/
Published: July 14, 2026 16:00
The global rush to mine copper, lithium, cobalt and other so-called critical minerals has been framed by the mining industry as essential for addressing climate change. But a report released Tuesday says that much of the demand fueling today’s mining boom…
The Dire Lengths Florida Farmworkers Go to Keep Working in ‘Scorching’ Heat
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072026/florida-farmworkers-heat-health/
Published: July 14, 2026 09:00
It’s shaping up to be another hot Florida summer. Among the most vulnerable are those with the least resources for dealing with the heat: underserved communities and communities of color, who often are excluded from environmental and climate protections. …
Trump EPA Moves to Approve Alabama Coal Ash Program Rejected by Biden Administration
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072026/trump-epa-approves-alabama-coal-ash-program/
Published: July 14, 2026 08:55
The Trump administration is moving to approve a controversial program in Alabama that could allow millions of tons of toxic coal ash to remain buried in place alongside the state’s rivers, even though much of that material is sitting in groundwater where…
Europe Opens a New Front in the Mackerel Wars
Published: July 14, 2026 08:50
Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Russia all share the world’s largest and most lucrative Atlantic mackerel supply, an industry valued at more than $1 billion annually. But they can’t agree on who gets what slice of the…
An AI Data Center at the Edge of the Everglades Heads to a Decisive Vote
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072026/florida-everglades-ai-data-center-opposition/
Published: July 14, 2026 08:45
On a stretch of former farmland near the eastern edge of the Everglades, about 1,250 feet from a two-year-old elementary school, one of the region’s largest artificial-intelligence data centers could rise. On July 15, Palm Beach County commissioners will…
The World’s Largest Meat Company Abandons Its Climate and Deforestation Goals
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072026/jbs-meat-company-abandons-climate-deforestation-goals/
Published: July 13, 2026 22:40
The world’s largest meat company is backing away from its climate and deforestation commitments after claiming for several years that reducing its greenhouse gas emissions was a key goal. In its recent annual sustainability report, released last week, JBS…
A Key Forever Chemicals Lawsuit Settles Out of Court in North Carolina
Published: July 13, 2026 22:04
Forever War: This is part of a series about the PFAS crisis in North Carolina. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C.—Mike Watters was running on two hours of sleep and one cup of coffee as he drove home to Grays Creek from the federal courthouse in Raleigh. Watters is…
Alabama Data Center Non-Disclosure Agreement Required City Officials to Destroy Records, Document Shows
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072026/alabama-data-center-non-disclosure-agreement/
Published: July 13, 2026 20:14
BESSEMER, Ala.—After months of resistance, officials in a historic suburb of Birmingham have released a non-disclosure agreement between city leaders and developers of a hyperscale data center. The release of the agreement came after environmental groups…
Virginia’s Governor Weighs in on Pivotal Case About Data Center Transmission Costs
Published: July 13, 2026 16:59
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, through a filing submitted by her newly appointed chief energy officer, is urging regulators at the State Corporation Commission to assign costs of transmission projects driven by data center needs to those facilities. …
Corpus Christi Residents and Businesses Subsidized Industrial Water Bills for Years, Officials Say
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072026/corpus-christi-water-rates-case/
Published: July 13, 2026 09:00
This story was produced in partnership by Inside Climate News and the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations. For at least a decade, Corpus Christi sold water to a handful of large industrial plants at a steeply discounted rate,…
Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether a ‘Right to Natural Gas’ is Added to the State Constitution
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072026/colorado-right-to-natural-gas-amendment/
Published: July 13, 2026 08:55
A ballot measure written by a conservative nonprofit could amend the Colorado Constitution to enshrine fossil fuel companies’ right to sell methane gas and possibly force communities that have tried to eliminate gas appliances from new construction to back…
In Gambia, Salt Water Intrusion Is the Leading Edge of Climate Change
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12072026/gambia-sea-level-rise-agricultural-crisis/
Published: July 12, 2026 09:00
BANTANG KILLING, Gambia—In this little village in West Africa, Ebrima Nyan is watching his farmland slowly wither away. When Nyan, 47, was a teenager, the village grew all the rice it consumed, in a field alongside the Gambia River. Now that field lies dry…
Herring and Herons: Signs of the Charles River’s Vast Improvement
Published: July 12, 2026 08:55
This article previously appeared in Cambridge Day. From Boston’s Museum of Science to the Watertown Dam, the Charles River this spring was rife with river herring swirling in the water like scores of baby sharks. Near the dam, dozens of the aptly named…