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Climate

Trump Widens His War on Wind
Energy

AM Briefing: Trump’s Wind Blitz Widens

On Crux’s growth, Tesla’s slow ‘death,’ and a carbon storage warning

Climate

AM Briefing: America’s Green Bank Withers

On PJM’s inflexible giants, another wind attack, and a Sino-Russia mega deal

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Podcast

What Carbon Dioxide Has to Do With the Meaning of Life

Rob talks to Peter Brannen, author of the new book The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything.

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Exxon Counterattacks California Over Plastics

AM Briefing: Exxon’s Plastic Counterattack

On uranium challenges, Cadillac’s EV dreams, and a firefighter’s firestorm

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EPA Prepares to Gut Wetland Protections

AM Briefing: EPA Muddies The Waters

On fusion’s big fundraise, nuclear fears, and geothermal’s generations uniting

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Energy

AM Briefing: Trump Brings In the Lumberjacks

On Alaska’s permitting overhaul, HALEU winners, and Heatmap’s Climate 101

Trump Axes Logging Protections for 44 Million Acres of National Forest
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Current conditions: Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas brace for up to a foot of rain • Tropical Storm Juliette, still located well west of Mexico, is moving northward and bringing rain to parts of Southern California • Heat and dryness are raising the risk of wildfire in South Africa.

THE TOP FIVE

1. Trump to ax logging protections from 44 million acres of national forest

The Trump administration has started the process to roll back logging protections from more than 44 million acres of national forest land. On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins proposed undoing a 25-year-old rule that banned building roads or harvesting timber on federally controlled forest land, much of which is located in Alaska. “Today marks a critical step forward in President Trump’s commitment to restoring local decision-making to federal land managers to empower them to do what’s necessary to protect America’s forests and communities from devastating destruction from fires,” Rollins said in a statement. “This administration is dedicated to removing burdensome, outdated, one-size-fits-all regulations that not only put people and livelihoods at risk but also stifle economic growth in rural America.”

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Climate 101

Why We Need Carbon Removal

Plus how it’s different from carbon capture — and, while we’re at it, carbon offsets.

Why We Need Carbon Removal
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At the heart of the climate crisis lies a harsh physical reality: Once carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, it can stay there for hundreds or even thousands of years. Although some carbon does cycle in and out of the air via plants, soils, and the ocean, we are emitting far more than these systems can handle, meaning that most of it is just piling up. Burning fossil fuels is like continuously stuffing feathers into a duvet blanketing the Earth.

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