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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Historic U.N. treaty protecting the High Seas comes into force; Coral reefs won't survive a warming planet, study warns; PLUS: The Trump Energy Department's climate science deniers group has been disbanded... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): UN chief warns 1.5C warming goal at risk of 'collapsing'; Judge says work on wind farm off Rhode Island can proceed, for now; Defense Department delays cleanup of 'forever chemicals' nationwide; PA governor threatens to pull the state out of the region's power grid; National parks remove signs about climate, slavery and Japanese detention; FOIA records reveal EPA leaders' frequent meetings with industry lobbyists; Communities around the world find plastic pellets in their local waterways... PLUS: The people behind America’s disaster recovery... and much, MUCH more! ...

STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY'S 'GREEN NEWS REPORT'...

• Today's GNR links are limited due to computer and internet connectivity issues...
• Atlantic coral reefs likely won't survive a warming planet:
• Corals won't survive a warmer planet, new study finds (NY Times)
• Warming oceans threatens key phytoplankton species:
• Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds (AP)
• EPA halts publication of scientific research studies:
• EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say (MSN/Washington Post)
• Trump DOE quietly dissolves its Climate [Science Denier] Working Group:
• Trump's Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change (NPR)
• UN Treaty of the High Seas ratified, comes into force in January:
• Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle (NY Times):
  
  The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.
• UN treaty to protect oceans to take effect after crossing ratification threshold (France 24)
• VIDEO: UN High Seas Treaty, ratified by 60 countries, to take effect in early 2026 (France 24)

'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (Stuff we didn't have time for in today's audio report)...

For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists' Daily Headlines page

• UN chief warns 1.5C warming goal at risk of 'collapsing' (AFP)
• Judge says work on wind farm off Rhode Island can proceed, for now (NY Times)
• Hurricane Gabrielle swirls SE of Bermuda as Storm Narda forms off Mexico (AP)
• Senate Dems blame Trump Assault on clean energy for high electricity prices (Inside Climate News)
• Defense Department delays cleanup of 'forever chemicals' nationwide (NY Times)
• Chinese mining firm downplays toxic spill as residents reel from impacts (Inside Climate News)
• Pennsylvania’s governor threatens to pull the state out of the region's power grid (Inside Climate News)
• The people behind America’s disaster recovery (Grist)
• National parks remove signs about climate, slavery and Japanese detention (Washington Post)
• Dems Float dueling Continuing Resolution with energy, environment language (E&E News)
• A Trump Administration playbook: no data, no problem (NY Times)
• Trump nears deal for road through Alaskan Wildlife Refuge (NY Times)
• Wildfire smoke will fuel many more premature deaths in the US, new study warns (Inside Climate News)
• FOIA records reveal EPA leaders' frequent meetings with industry lobbyists (The New Lede)
• Communities around the world find plastic pellets in their local waterways (Inside Climate News)
• Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in 'grim' report (Yale Climate Connections)
• How Trump's War on Climate Science impacts all Americans (Bloomberg)
• Solar Is Liberation (Rolling Stone)
• Governments legally required to address climate change, global court says (Inside Climate News)
• 10 Ways to Keep Your Home Cool This Summer (Bloomberg, no paywall)
• David Attenborough's 'Ocean' is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea (AP)
• Wall Street Journal: Clean energy transition is unstoppable (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech? (David Roberts, Volts)
• Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check (Dr. Andrew Dessler, Climate Brink)
• Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration? (Pro Publica)
• Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? (The Oceanography Society)
• How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists (Drilled)
• How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry's Biggest Disinformation Tactics (Guardian)
• The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone (The Atlantic)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here's How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
• Exxon's Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)

                 

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