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GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

Kevin Gallagher

A weekly aggregation of ecological and climate events occurring around the world.

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2025/10/20

Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity so far this yearBoston's Long Wharf saw higher than average tides known as King tides.Spain's olive, citrus, and avocado crops sustain major hail damageEuropean wild bee species, risk becoming extinctThe Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in 2024Humanity has pushed seven of nine critical planetary boundaries past their safe limitsFrance using moss-tile systems to combat air

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2025/10/08

-A dangerous hazmat situation happened in central Arizona due to flash flooding -Tampa faces $117 billion in property risk from flooding-18 houses, 6 last week, collapsed on the coast of North Carolina in just over five years, due to Beach erosion -West Antarctic Ice Sheet is at an increased risk of completely collapsing due to global warming-Karachi, with a population of 18 million, suffers from acute water shortages.-The extraction of water from aquifers in Iran is causing an area the

4:31

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2025/10/02

-U.S. rivers are running hot.-Antarctica has climbed to more than 86 degrees fahrenheit in the past week. -Big Tech follows of Big Oil, as they build data centers in the South-China is all in on becoming an “electrostate”.-First hybrid offspring between a green jay and a blue jay the grujay.

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2025/09/28

-Nobel laureate warns the world is on track for catastrophic levels of warming-Exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050-Sea ice in the Arctic shrank to its annual minimum on Sept. 10-Court rules anti-climate group not exempt from Federal Advisory Committee Act-Panama’s seasonal upwelling collapsed in 2025-A new top tomato, the ‘Scarlet Sunrise” ripens in New Jersey.

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2025/09/23

-EPA stops requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases emitted-Spain recently has been battered by torrential rain-September Drought continues to worsen in several parts of the U S.-The rapid rise and explosive spread of pelagic sargassum causing environmental concerns-Millions of brown tree snakes fundamentally altering the balance of Guam’s ecosystem -China suggests that oysters can be good at removing carbon dioxide from oceans

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2025/09/11

-85 climate experts denounce U S “Climate Working Group” report on climate change science,-Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers account for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves -The world’s methane emissions continue to rise steadily -Alaskan rivers can be seen from space as the permafrost melts, turning them orange-Pennsylvania towns are seeking government funding to replace wells contaminated by fracking-Pakistan’s Punjab flooding displaced 1.8 million people last month-China’s

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2025/09/03

-The world’s 10 largest oil-consuming countries accounted for 61% of the global share-Utility-scale solar and wind projects account for 90% of all new builds-Trump Administration’s actions to cripple commercial use of wind energy -This summer, the U.S. and the world have been pummeled by floods, fires and heat waves.-Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods continue to pound Pakistan-Kuwait adapts extreme heat, with summer temperatures reaching 120°F -Temperatures made El Paso the deadliest

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2025/09/01

-Trump administration will not approve solar or wind power projects-3.5 million New Yorkers have water systems that have so-called forever chemicals-Record-breaking quantities of the seaweed set to hit Mexico’s beaches-Techniques known as “eco-driving” could cut carbon emissions -Shifting climate patterns exposing banana crops around the world to diseases and other pressures.- New biodegradable film keeps buildings cool without electricity- US economists urge the world to push back

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2025/08/20

-Washington State is experiencing at least moderate drought conditions -Heavy rain and flash flooding lashed Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week. -U.S. rejected the "Net-Zero Framework" proposal by the International Maritime Organization-Trump administration officials instructed NASA to terminate and destroy the U S Orbiting Carbon Observatories tools, -Europe’s glaciers are shrinking faster, than anywhere else on Earth.-A woman wins $10,000 by removing 60 invasive pythons from South Florida

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2025/08/11

Trump administration preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants that helps lowincome families install solar panels on their homes First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force the EPA to reinstate its $3b climate programThree chemical producers reach a historic 2 Billion dollar settlement with the state of New JerseyParts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral in nearly 40 years Phoenix Arizona has heat that is one for the history books.

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2025/08/07

Tampa Bay area’s most intense heat wave on record hit 119FMuch of the U S sweated under a brutal heatwave last weekBridgeport Ct. reached 95 degrees last week, tying a 1949 record .Nordic countries are experiencing “truly unprecedented” heatGreenland ice sheet temperatures approaching the melting point in mid-July. Tick infestation closes Bridgeport’s Pleasure beach for the seasonUtah's has a state of emergency due to surging wildfiresWest Virginia embraces wind driven green energy The

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2025/07/30

The International Court of Justice said that states must protect people from the “urgent and existential threat” of climate changeThe First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway.Trump administration to repeal scientific finding that gives the US government its authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions.Two incurable diseases threaten Missouri’s Soybeans and corn crops.Invasive seaweed from Southeast Asia, describe as a serious threat to Spain's regional biodiversity.Rising

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2025/07/25

-The Rio Grande River in Albuquerque, New Mexico is bone dry. -US threatens tariffs and sanctions against Mexico “stealing” water from Texas farmers-The Mississippi River, North America's largest river system, is under threat-Kabul Afghanistan the first modern capital city on the verge of running dry.-Greece faces a growing water scarcity crisis-The Environmental Protection Agency announces eliminating its scientific division-The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive

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2025/07/14

-Miami's drinking water is threatened by Nuclear power plant leak-2,300 people died of heat-related causes during European severe heatwave -PFAS now contaminate the bodies of nearly all Europeans-The Great Green Wall of the Sahara is a modern ecological wonder -The Golden Plains wind farm in Australia is now its biggest wind farm -Pope Leo XIV is committed to emphasizing the dangers posed to humanity by climate change.

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2025/07/09

Deaths from Catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend surpassed 100 Trump “ends taxpayer support for unaffordable and unreliable ‘green’ energy sources”State of the Climate in Asia report, 2024 was ranked as the hottest year New York City has a new elevated waterfront park just opened A growing number of American cities using “cool roofs.

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2025/07/02

Major heat waves hit southern EuropeIndia also struggling with heat wavesMajority of Britain’s want the most polluting companies to face tax hikes The Caspian Sea level is likely to decline by up to 59 feet Proposal to sell off millions of acres of public lands across Western states haltedE.P.A. Workers Warn Trump Is Politicizing Their Work Texas has lowest chance of power supply emergencies in yearsSolar is now California’s #1 electricity source

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2025/07/02

-The risk of encountering ticks outdoors in the New York area is very high.-The global food system faces growing risks from climate change-EPA’s termination of $600 million in environmental justice grants ruled illegal.-The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. -Southern France is choking under an intense bout of air pollution -Just 4. companies are top four companies contributing the most

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2025/06/19

The DOJ says the President has the power to eliminate national monuments to make way for development Global EV sales surged in May 2025Pennsylvania to protect farmland from residential and commercial developmentFairbanks, Alaska, issued a first ever heat advisory World Meteorological Organization state of the climate report released, Scientists detect a unique kind of toxic organic pollutant in the Western Hemisphere.Japanese scientists have created a new family of recyclable plastics

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2025/06/13

-Costa Rica shapes the global agenda on marine protection and ocean governance-Ocean acidification entered a "danger zone" in 2020-EPS may repeal rules limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants - coastal flooding is happening much more often previously known-Trump administration has fired all of its content production staff of Climate.gov-Climate change will “quadruple” the likelihood of conflict over scarce resources-Donald Trump to pave over the grass in the Rose

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2025/06/13

-Smoke from wildfires in Canada effecting large parts of the U.S.-Nigerian Flooding finds 500 missing and presumed dead and thousands displaced -Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants-More than 6,400 attacks against human rights defenders worldwide-Widespread use of drifting net devices harm ocean life and coastal communities

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