Today's environment wrap up
New rules are making it a bit more expensive for folks in North Carolina to shift their homes to electric power.
New Trump rules make it more costly to electrify North Carolina homes
The Department of Energy recently announced new guidance that prevents “fuel switching,” scrambling the state’s first-ever electrification program.
A recent MIT report shows that the US solar and battery storage markets are holding steady despite federal funding cuts.
MIT Report: Solar and storage industry show resilience despite Republican bill cuts - pv magazine USA
MIT analysis reveals that while the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 has slowed down federal clean energy deployment, the market fundamentals for U.S. solar and battery storage remain remarkably resilient.
Ryan Kennedy
Western Europe just saw its hottest June on record as heat waves swept across the continent.
Western Europe records its hottest June as heat waves surge: EU monitor
Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heat wave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the European Union’s climate monitor said Thursday.
Ali Bekhtaoui and Laurent Thomet
A lawsuit has brought the USDA's plan for the Forest Service into the open, forcing the department to finally share its details.
USDA’s Hidden Plan to Dismantle the Forest Service Exposed in Sweeping Federal Lawsuit
USDA swore it wasn’t gutting the Forest Service. Then a federal court pried loose the plan the department spent a year hiding, and the plan proves the agency lied. A judge could halt the whole thing o
Will Pattiz and More Than Just Parks
New York is suing companies like 3M and DuPont for hiding the toxic risks of forever chemicals in everyday products for decades.
New York sues 3M, DuPont and others over ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer goods
State says companies hid environmental and health risks of Pfas for decades even as they began phasing them out
Guardian staff reporter
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