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Courts ordered to end the EPA funding freeze, and lawmakers and employees are protesting until the grants — integral to clean air, water, and climate action — are released (Bloomberg)

🌎 Indonesia is considering withdrawing from the Paris Agreement as well, arguing that it is unfair for developing nations to comply while a major polluter like the US has pulled out (Mongabay)

Geothermal still needs to overcome challenges before it is widely adopted but some recent technological developments is bringing us one step closer (Distilled)

DOGE has hold of NOAA’s data, the agency responsible for monitoring the oceans and atmosphere to predict changes in climate and weather (and Project 2025 calls for it to be broken up and downsized, btw) (Wired)

Lawmakers in California want to expedite crucial wildfire safety regulations that could save money by helping maintain insurance coverage and prevent home losses in wildfires (LA Times)

The FDA has approved two biotechnology companies to proceed with clinical trials in which genetically modified pig kidneys will be transplanted into people with kidney failure (The New York Times)

Your brain accumulates higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, and researchers have found that people with dementia have up to 10 times more microplastic in their brains than those without dementia (The LA Times)

The Black Maternal Health Caucus continues to advance the Momnibus Act to reduce maternal mortality (Ms Magazine)

🌎 An international clinical trial with the goal of preventing Alzheimer’s disease in high-risk young adults has begun (WashU Medicine)

Scared of getting needles? Nasal vaccines may be the future of vaccinations (Vox)

🌏 Most of the biggest food companies don’t report how they manage fertilizer risks, making it difficult to assess overuse and achieve a more sustainable food system (Mongabay)

🌎 Farmers in Africa are breeding cows that can better withstand a warming climate, and produce more milk (Bloomberg)

Big Meat works to silence people who are critical of factory farming (Vox)

The Senate Agriculture Committee heard testimony from key farm group leaders to discuss the challenges US farmers face, which include farm incomes, and concerns of a labor shortage, and calls for a modernized farm bill (that is way past due) (Civil Eats)

Farmers are suing over PFAS-containing firefighting foam, claiming property damage and personal injury (Bloomberg)

The siege of public data, and its scope, suggest a broader agenda beyond gender ideology, effectively limiting public access to important government data and information (American Inequality)

In response to the arrival of DeepSeek, OpenAI has released a new AI model for free, one that has AI safety advocates concerned (The Guardian)

Speaking of DeepSeek, the model was developed more cheaply and efficiently but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will decrease AI energy demand (Heatmap)

The Senate Commerce Committee has approved bipartisan legislation to ban children under 13 from social media (Politico)

🌎 The UK government has ordered Apple to let it spy on encrypted accounts (The Washington Post)

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